Probe MediaClub Grubbery Media – with hosts Graham Hood (“Hoody”) and Johnny Larter featuring guest professor Bruce Pardy In a discussion about the legal implications of COVID-19 governance, Professor Bruce Pardy reveals the ways in which the doctrine of mootness has been exploited by governments to evade judicial scrutiny. He explains that by changing rules before […]
By Probe Media The scenic rural municipality of Tiny Township in Simcoe County, Ont., has become a flashpoint for debates on local democracy as it grapples with controversies surrounding governance, infrastructure spending, and regulatory policies. With a permanent population of around 13,000, the township is currently embroiled in a heated debate over a contentious $28 […]
Juno News Podcast: Host Candice Malcolm looks at the disqualification of Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla, who learned she was dropped from the race during a live CBC interview. The day before, a senior Liberal strategist appeared on CBC and told viewers she hoped the Liberals would find “a legitimate reason to disqualify Dhalla” because […]
No other country devotes as large a share of its resources to the protection of countries threatened by belligerents and tyrannies. By Lawrence Solomon | Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) Israel devotes a larger proportion of its GDP to arms and security exports than any other country on Earth. That devotion makes it unique in another […]
Reporter, novelist and China’s first post-Mao historical investigative journalist, Dai Qing continues her quest to reveal China to itself. By Lisa Peryman for Probe International A revised edition of Deng Xiaoping in 1989 戴晴 著, an account by the iconic investigative journalist Dai Qing of the events that led to the tragedy of June 4 on […]
The Hrvoje Moric Show: Bruce Pardy joins the conversation at the 19:10 mark to discuss the age of democracy and to consider the possibility that it may be ending. As we bear witness, the cornerstones of society – the legislature, courts and state – have signed over their power to a technocratic, bureaucratic machinery that […]
The Triumph of the Administrative State: A wide-ranging discussion with Bruce Pardy and Jan Jekielek for American Thought Leaders [see video] focused on the Canadian experience. The administrative state succeeded beyond its wildest dreams thanks to the rupture of COVID, when Canada’s nanny state became extreme and people succumbed in ways they would not have […]
Following the greatest repudiation of the left in Israeli history, right-wing lawmakers are aggressively honoring their election promises.
Some may argue that the pandemic was a once-in-a-century emergency that justified authoritarian methods to keep society safe. With due respect, this is nonsense.
“Even in the best of times, we’re a heartbeat away from tyranny. Democracy is one of the most fragile concepts in the world. That’s why most of the world doesn’t have democracy…. Democracy may be fragile, but we shall defend it.”