By Lawrence Solomon | Published by American Thinker Now that Jimmy Kimmel is back, will Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr follow through on his threat to discipline ABC, a move President Trump would welcome? For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. In Brief by Probe Media Conservatives universally […]
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By Nicholas Thorne | Substack Shifting definitions of words—from “racism” to “free speech”—reflect a broader collapse of ethical norms that mirror ancient historian Thucydides’ account of semantic decay during societal breakdown. Modern parallels abound, argues author Nicholas Thorne. His examples include law professor Bruce Pardy’s look at Canada’s double standards (e.g., condoning certain protests while […]
February 17, 2025: Today marks the launch of the Free Speech Union of Canada (FSU). A non-partisan, non-profit membership organization committed to defending free speech in Canada, FSU counts Prof. Bruce Pardy of Rights Probe as a director on its Board. FSU is one of several international sister organizations linked to the Free Speech Union […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Podcast: A flavorful and expansive conversation on freedom of speech hosted by Jordan Peterson with guests Bruce Pardy of Rights Probe and Konstantin Kisin, a Russian-British satirist/author/podcaster. Through the lens of the Online Harms Act (C-63), the discussion travels back in time to revisit Bill C-16, to the shifting ground […]
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Host Obaid Omer and guest Bruce Pardy dig into government overreach. Bruce describes the root of the issue as the mandate itself. People object to the problem of overreach without recognizing that the government has been given the mandate to supervise us, he says. Did cohorts, in particular Gen X, who came of age during […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by the National Post Last Saturday, Liz Magill resigned as president of the University of Pennsylvania. Four days earlier she had testified before Congress about campus antisemitism. Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn’s code of conduct? “It is a context-dependent decision,” Magill equivocated. Billionaire hedge fund manager […]
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 […]
Education and Law Journal, Vol 29, p 27 (2020). 28 Pages Posted: 24 Sep 2020 Bruce Pardy Queen’s University – Faculty of Law Date Written: August 20, 2020 Abstract Universities have no legal rationale for restricting the content of speech. Laws that limit speech automatically apply to university campuses as they do everywhere else. Having […]