A National Citizens Inquiry Roundtable Discussion “Government has grown so much that it wants to meddle in and micromanage every aspect of our lives, to the point where it’s making these philosophical value judgments about how individuals should live, which forfeits the reason for agreeing to live in society in the first place.”—Dr. Julie Ponesse […]
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The Liberty Exchange: In conversation with Professor Bruce Pardy, host Jonathan Fortier examines the erosion of key libertarian principles through the lens of the pandemic experience. Prof. Pardy credits the one upside of Covid-19 as the moment when the coercive role of the administrative state finally revealed itself. That rupture marked a turning point for […]
By Dr. Mark Trozzi | Published via Substack Canadian law professor and executive director of Rights Probe, Bruce Pardy, highlights a striking irony during his testimony before a federal committee on freedom of expression: Free speech is a fundamental right that protects individuals from government interference. In its purest form, free speech means the absence […]
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Making Sense of the Political Ecosystem Nadine Ness, founder of Saskatchewan’s Unified Grassroots, a group concerned with civil liberties formed during Covid, invites Bruce Pardy, a professor of law at Queen’s University and the executive director of Rights Probe, to explain changes in the political ecosystem that her group [and many of us] have grappled […]
By Bruce Pardy | Special to the National Post In late November, the Alberta legislature passed its newly improved Bill of Rights. The bill is a signature plank of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative government. New provisions purport to guarantee rights to hold property, own firearms and prohibit vaccine mandates. Unfortunately, the bill may not […]
December 4: Testifying to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on the best way to protect freedom of expression (FOE), Queen’s law professor Bruce Pardy urged for the government to cease limiting it. This involves defeating Bill C-63 (Online Harms Act), and repealing C-18 (Online News Act), C-11 (Online Streaming Act), and the gender amendments […]
A powerhouse panel unpacks the new wording in Bill 24, the Alberta Bill of Rights Amendment Act. By incorporating phrases such as “demonstrably and proportionally justified based on evidence,” the legislation diminishes protections for Albertans and grants unprecedented authority to courts and future governments. Critics caution that Bill 24 may fail to protect Albertans during […]
There is no such thing as centralization of power for good. This presentation, based on an earlier piece by Professor Bruce Pardy for The Brownstone Institute, warns of an approaching “State Singularity,” where the state and society become indistinguishable, and legal norms lose relevance. At this point, the government justifies its actions under various social causes, expanding its […]
The Reason We Learn: Former classroom teacher turned homeschooling consultant, Deb Fillman, explores the state of education in the U.S., including education trends, reform efforts, and the need to research first before reacting to or supporting any of them. In this episode of “The Reason We Learn,” she invites Prof. Pardy to discuss the different philosophical […]
The law is intended to prevent injustice, serving as a shield to protect our freedoms. At the forefront of these laws is the Constitution, designed to limit government power and safeguard those freedoms. In the past four years, we have collectively experienced all levels of government using so-called legal protections as instruments of control, a […]