By Bruce Pardy, first published by the National Post In December 2021, Everton Downey stabbed his girlfriend 15 times in a stairwell at a shopping mall in Burnaby. She died. Downey was convicted of second-degree murder. In February, theBritish Columbia Supreme Court sentenced him to life in prison, the minimum sentence set out in the […]
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Fundamental Truths — Red Deer — January 10, 2026 Among the highlights of the one-day Fundamental Truths event in Red Deer, Alberta, this debate during the closing Q&A session examined the fundamental principles behind where ultimate authority lies on difficult issues of bodily autonomy and gender dysphoric children. In a discussion featuring legal scholar Professor […]
Ezra Levant of Rebel News in conversation with Professor Bruce Pardy, executive director of Rights Probe and law professor at Queen’s University. “What is more rare, a unicorn or a freedom-loving law professor actually hired by a university in Canada?” So begins Ezra Levant’s interview with Prof. Pardy on his work as a 24/7 freedom […]
By Anna Farrow | Published by the Conservative Women’s Organization In recent years, Britain and Canada have become each other’s object lesson in how shoddy lawcraft can lead to dystopian outcomes. As the Leadbeater bill was being debated in Westminster last November, Canada was the spectre of an out-of-control euthanasia regime that haunted the room. […]
Brave New Normal with host Jason James: In a compelling and wide-ranging discussion, law professor Bruce Pardy delves into the Canadian government’s increasing tendency to manage society through a series of new bills—C-2, C-5, C-8, C-9, and C-12—legislation that reflects a broader philosophy of state control, placing power in the hands of bureaucrats, officials, and […]
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‘Not “Sorry”’ | Juno News with host Alexander Brown: A compelling discussion about the ongoing threats to free speech under Prime Minister Mark Carney. A prominent critic of legal progressivism and the managerial state, Prof. Bruce Pardy discusses the shift from legal equality to equity in Canada, where laws are increasingly designed to treat individuals […]
By Probe Media In a genuinely free country, individuals have the right to hate and express that hatred openly, a fundamental aspect of true freedom that should not be suppressed, argues law professor Bruce Pardy in his testimony on Oct. 23 to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) in […]
June 19, 2025: In his address to a Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) panel discussion on the rise of antisemitism and ideological extremism in Canada and the West, professor Bruce Pardy of Rights Probe cited a February 2022 column on the portrayal of the peaceful trucker convoy protest as “seditionists and terrorists”. The author of that piece […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by The Brownstone Institute | First published by The Epoch Times Forget the members of Parliament who may have colluded with foreign governments. The real menace, the RCMP seem to think, are House of Commons pages. MPs suspected of foreign election interference should not be identified, the Mounties have insisted, […]
The modern state has abandoned its role as a guardian of freedom to take on the mantle of managerial overlord. What would limiting the state to its core function—protecting liberty—look like? Could we as citizens cope without the Nanny State? Are we able to see that many of our societal problems are exacerbated, not solved, […]