“A lot of people want to stay inside a Canada that is an imaginary country inside their heads. It’s not the real one. …The reason to leave is that Canada has become something else. Canada has become a manager.” ~ Prof. Bruce Pardy As Alberta contemplates separation, the need for a fundamental shift is obvious. […]
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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 […]
Published by C2C Journal | Sept. 9, 2025 Alberta separatism is often dismissed—even within the province itself—as the domain of a few deluded rural hardliners. But the sentiment and the movement have only grown since the federal election brought another Liberal government to power. And Bruce Pardy, one of the country’s senior legal scholars (and […]
“In Lay Terms” with host Peyman Askari: Liberty is not just an economic argument. Independence is inside-out, spirit-wide change. Law professor Bruce Pardy and family law lawyer Katherine Kowalchuk urge Alberta’s independence movement to transcend mere economic separation from Ottawa to address the deeper systemic and cultural failures that will continue to dog the new […]
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Free Alberta, save the West
Professor Bruce Pardy’s address to The Courage to Listen town hall, recorded on June 25. As a nation rooted in deference to authority, systemic corruption (“grift”), and a self-destructive managerial state, Prof. Pardy argues that Alberta must secede from Canada to dismantle entrenched systems like the Westminster model, single-payer healthcare, and bureaucratic overreach. Framing Alberta’s […]
The News Forum | Canadian Innovators: Host Catherine Swift is joined by law professor Bruce Pardy to discuss the concept of “state singularity”. A metaphor, borrowed from physics, Prof. Pardy describes “state singularity” as the moment when the state and society become indistinguishable. In this increasingly eminent scenario, it becomes difficult to differentiate between the […]
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 […]
Canadian Libertarian | X Spaces The Canon of Classical Liberalism—The Liberty Angle An expansive conversation between Professor Bruce Pardy and Canadian Libertarian host, Bennett Hunter. Initially, this conversation was prompted by an X exchange between Prof. Pardy and host Hunter on the three foundational concepts in classical liberalism—natural rights, rationality, and objective truth. Prof. Pardy […]
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 […]
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 […]