From tyrant kings to the administrative state: are we repeating history by vesting too much power in a centralized bureaucracy? What are the competing visions for how the law works and who benefits from the vision that rules Canada’s legal system today? What happened to the concept of law as a set of guardrails? David […]
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By Tamar Ugolini | Published by Rebel News The Revival Theatre on College Street in Toronto was the venue for a free speech discussion earlier this week [held Dec. 4]. Titled “Canada’s Free Speech Crisis”, the event was hosted by the Lighthouse Community Foundation and included presentations from law professor Bruce Pardy and journalists Trish […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by The Brownstone Institute | Included in The Epoch Times US Edition There’s an elephant in the room, the speaker declared. He was right. I was at a gathering, as I often am, of people who aspire to rescue their countries from descending into woke, collectivist hell. But the attendees […]
Canary In a Covid World: Missed reading this collection of 34 essays from contemporary and credentialed thought leaders on how Covid propaganda and censorship changed our world? Now you can listen to it! The audio version entered the listening stream this week and is available for purchase from Amazon, Apple Books and Audible. Every chapter is read by […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by Brownstone Institute On Friday, George Will squared off against Sohrab Ahmari in the Munk debate on “the crisis of liberalism.” But the crisis didn’t come up. Will is a prominent conservative commentator who writes for the Washington Post. Ahmari is an author, editor, and publisher who has advocated for […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by Brownstone Institute Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill is a pediatric allergist in Toronto. She condemned COVID rules as irrational, political, harmful, and inconsistent with scientific data. In the eyes of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), Gill was dangerous. In 2021, the CPSO issued three “cautions” (formal […]
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Counterpoint with Tanya Granic Allen | Guest Bruce Pardy The discussion for this episode focuses on Canada’s culture wars. A recent National Post piece, authored by Bruce Pardy, characterizes the five culture war factions identified by an Angus Reid study as animal caricatures. Those caricatures are as follows: “zealous activists” (wolves), “quiet accommodators” (sheep), the […]
Trish Wood | On the Fringe Guest: Bruce Pardy Many of us think we are still living in a Western liberal democracy with “a fairly open economy” in a society where “there are certain values that we more or less hold to be true,” but, says law professor Bruce Pardy, “in many respects, that world […]
Liberty Dispatch | September 12, 2023 Law professor Bruce Pardy joins hosts Andrew DeBartolo and Matthew Hallick to discuss his recent article published by the Brownstone Institute, “The Anatomy of the Administrative State.” What is it? And how does it undermine principles of freedom and self-governance? How can we fight back? Tune in! Background Reading: […]
By Bruce Pardy | Special to National Post The Ontario College of Psychologists can re-educate Jordan Peterson. So said the Ontario Divisional Court on Wednesday. In November 2022, the College ordered Peterson, a prominent public intellectual and emeritus University of Toronto psychology professor, to undergo remedial education because of statements he made on social media. […]