“Your life and your property is your business and nobody else’s” — the state does not believe that. ~ Bruce Pardy “Your Land,” a conference on “Property Rights, Land Use, and Constitutional Authority in Canada,” April 11. Hosted by Upper Canada Land Titles and Patent Research Initiative. At the heart of our constitutional rights lies a profound […]
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Off-Grid with Curtis Stone and guest Professor Bruce Pardy This conversation is a clarion call for a fundamental reevaluation of how we safeguard freedom: a radical rethink of governance. Prof. Pardy discusses the ideas he presented in his new constitutional framework for an independent Alberta. Ideas that could shift the future of governance for the […]
Brave New Normal with host Jason James: Law professor Bruce Pardy continues to explore the world he has envisioned through the creation of a new constitution for an independent Alberta. In this conversation, Prof. Pardy walks us back to Canada’s origin story of deference to authority and how that beginning has shaped Canadians’ sense of […]
Tea & Coffee w/ Paula & Jay | The Lavigne Show: Prof. Bruce Pardy joins hosts Jason and Paula Lavigne to unpack the second half of his proposed constitution for a free and independent Alberta. [The first half is available here]. Sections Covered: 7. Branches of the State and Elections The proposed constitutional framework for […]
Constitution for Alberta
“It is not the role of government, I think, for the government to make policy about most things. If they are, they are not leaving you to your own life.” ~ Bruce Pardy Entrepreneur and former political candidate, Nadine Wellwood, and law professor Bruce Pardy compare their most recent work on Alberta independence (Nadine’s book […]
VIDEO: Cory Morgan Queen’s University law professor, Bruce Pardy, offers a blueprint for a new Alberta constitution that represents not just a political reset but a philosophical revolution: transforming Alberta into a beacon of liberty, where government serves as a restrained guardian, not an overbearing ruler. Exploring Prof. Pardy’s newly released proposed constitution for an […]
Tea & Coffee w/ Paula & Jay | The Lavigne Show: Prof. Bruce Pardy joins hosts Jason and Paula Lavigne to unpack the first half of his proposed constitution for a free and independent Alberta. [The second half is available here]. Sections Covered: 1. Force and Threats of Force Prohibited 2. Using Force to Enforce […]
Shaun Newman Podcast: Prof. Bruce Pardy continues the conversation he sparked earlier in the month when he proposed a hypothetical independent Alberta should also separate itself from special status for Aboriginal people, arguing Aboriginal rights undermine the principle of legal equality by granting race-based privileges. This discussion walks further out to explore tensions between Canada’s […]
Reserve land should be transferred to individual Indigenous people. By Bruce Pardy Alberta Premier Danielle Smith recently said that an independent Alberta would honour Aboriginal rights. She’s not alone. Some separation advocates have suggested the same. Treaties would be recognized and honoured. Canadian constitutional rights for Aboriginal peoples would be preserved. Special status would continue. […]
Canada51 State Discussion
June 1, 2025 | X Communities Alberta’s path to independence requires ruthless realism. The greatest trap is underestimating Canada’s resolve to retain control and overestimating the ease of building a free society from the ashes of a broken compact. Prof. Bruce Pardy of Rights Probe outlines why success hinges on a principled constitution, strategic patience, […]
