The National Telegraph: Journalist (and host) Wyatt Claypool is joined by OneBC leader Dallas Brodie (MLA) and law professor Bruce Pardy to explore the real-world impacts of UNDRIP and DRIPA on British Columbia’s property rights, governance, and everyday British Columbians (who are subject to an overwhelming number of regulations—173,000—compared to other provinces). The conversation highlights growing concerns over secret […]
Tag: Indigenous rights
By Tristin Hopper, published by the National Post Read the original article at the publisher’s website here. Summarized by Probe Media Alberta’s independence movement is bold: aligned with Saskatchewan separatists and even PQ leaders who promise quick recognition. The pitch? True prosperity through lower taxes, unleashed oil & gas, and ditching Ottawa’s overreach. Independence isn’t […]
Professor Bruce Pardy in conversation with Nadine Wellwood Will the push for recognition of Indigenous rights lead to a fracturing of the rule of law and societal cohesion? The current legal framework treats Indigenous peoples as a distinct group with special rights. Prof. Pardy looks at how this undermines the principle of equality before the […]
The Lavigne Show | Tea & Coffee with Paula & Jay featuring special guest Professor Bruce Pardy: The province’s new Justice Statutes Amendment Act, known as Bill 14, if passed would repeal a contentious section of Alberta’s Citizens Initiative Act, removing a significant court obstacle to independence. The bill, while seemingly positive, contains troubling provisions […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by the Fraser Institute A judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court recently found that the Cowichan First Nation holds Aboriginal title over 800 acres of government land in Richmond, British Columbia. Wherever Aboriginal title is found to exist, said the court, it’s a “prior and senior right” to fee […]
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 […]
Leaders on the Frontier : Aboriginal title is a prior and senior right to fee simple title interest in Canada. That’s the takeaway. The Cowichan decision has exposed a constitutional crisis where Indigenous title claims, legal precedents, and policies like DRIPA destabilize property norms. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, enshrines Indigenous rights but excludes […]
By Clayton DeMaine for Juno News An Angus Reid survey finds 60% of Canadians believe Indigenous people should abide by the same rules as the rest of Canadians, while the other 40% said First Nations communities should be moving towards more independence. The survey follows an argument made days before by law professor, Bruce Pardy, who called […]
Shaun Newman Podcast: In this heated discussion on Alberta’s potential secession from Canada, legal scholar Prof. Bruce Pardy (Queen’s University) and Indigenous rights lawyer Jeff Wrath (Alberta Prosperity Project co-founder) clash over the future of Indigenous treaty rights in an independent Alberta. Wrath dismisses Prof. Pardy’s argument to abolish collective rights as legally reckless and […]