Angry Mortgage Guy Podcast | Host Ron Butler with guest, law professor Bruce Pardy. This episode explores the ongoing legal claims regarding Aboriginal title in Canada, particularly in British Columbia and New Brunswick. In the case of the latter, a claim for the western half of the province has yet to be fully adjudicated, with […]
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The National Telegraph: Journalist (and host) Wyatt Claypool is joined by OneBC leader Dallas Brodie (MLA) and law professor Bruce Pardy to explore the real-world impacts of UNDRIP and DRIPA on British Columbia’s property rights, governance, and everyday British Columbians (who are subject to an overwhelming number of regulations—173,000—compared to other provinces). The conversation highlights growing concerns over secret […]
By Peter Shawn Taylor, published by C2C Journal Read the original article at the publisher’s website here. Summarized by Probe Media C2C editor Peter Shawn Taylor highlights the alarming lack of constitutional protection for property rights in Canada, which sets it apart from most modern democracies. Taylor argues the absence of property rights in the […]
By Professor Bruce Pardy | Published by the National Post In September, the British Columbia Supreme Court threw private property into turmoil. Aboriginal title in Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver, is “prior and senior” to fee simple interests, the court said. That means it trumps the property you have in your house, farm or factory. […]
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Land claims shocker
Leaders on the Frontier with David Leis: The British Columbia Supreme Court’s ruling in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada has exposed a profound clash in Canadian law. Exploring the implications of that decision, Prof. Bruce Pardy asserts Aboriginal title—a communal, inalienable right—cannot peacefully coexist with individual fee-simple ownership. With hundreds of Richmond, B.C., properties suddenly sitting […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by the National Post | November 13, 2025 In British Columbia, property rights are in turmoil. The B.C. Supreme Court recently declared that Aboriginal title exists on 800 acres of land in Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver. Aboriginal title, said the court, is “senior and prior” to fee simple interests. […]
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Canada’s porous ports
Massive fentanyl precursor seizure exposes cartel infiltration at B.C. gateway: Sam Cooper. By Sam Cooper | The Bureau For the original article this summary is based on, see the publisher’s website here: Canada Seizes 4,300 Litres of Chinese Drug Precursors Amid Trump’s Tariff Pressure Over Fentanyl Flows | The Bureau In Brief by Probe Media In a […]
By Bruce Pardy | Financial Post They say existing property rights will be honoured but give jurisdiction to local Native councils whose law doesn’t recognize them. In April 2024, the B.C. government agreed to recognize and affirm the Haida Nation’s Aboriginal title to the archipelago on Canada’s west coast. In December, Ottawa did likewise. These agreements signal danger, […]