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Eby bringing B.C. to its knees with Aboriginal land deals

By Bruce Pardy | Published by the National Post | October 28, 2025 “It is finally dawning on British Columbians that obsequious devotion to reconciliation is putting their land at risk,” says law professor Bruce Pardy in his survey for the National Post on the threat posed by recent legal decisions to property rights and […]

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Poll: Canadians overwhelmingly want First Nations financial transparency

By Clayton DeMaine for Juno News An Angus Reid survey finds 60% of Canadians believe Indigenous people should abide by the same rules as the rest of Canadians, while the other 40% said First Nations communities should be moving towards more independence. The survey follows an argument made days before by law professor, Bruce Pardy, who called […]

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Canadians’ legal rights should not depend on lineage — Indigenous or otherwise

By Professor Bruce Pardy | Financial Post A judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court recently found that the Cowichan First Nation holds Aboriginal title over 800 acres of government land in Richmond, B.C. But that’s not all. Wherever Aboriginal title is found to exist, said the court, it is a “prior and senior right” […]