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 […]
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 […]
Brave New Normal with host Jason James: In a compelling and wide-ranging discussion, law professor Bruce Pardy delves into the Canadian government’s increasing tendency to manage society through a series of new bills—C-2, C-5, C-8, C-9, and C-12—legislation that reflects a broader philosophy of state control, placing power in the hands of bureaucrats, officials, and […]
The Candice Malcolm Show: Pledging to uphold existing Indigenous treaty rights in an independent Alberta is a mistake, argues Prof. Bruce Pardy. Maintaining group-specific rights, he says, contradicts the principle of “blind justice”—a legal framework that treats all citizens as equal regardless of ancestry. A recent article by the professor contends that while Canada’s constitution […]
The Real Citizen Podcast: Canada is a country in crisis that long predates Donald Trump’s provocations. The Trump disruption, however, has ignited fundamental conversations that are overdue and immensely valuable. For example, when we’re not defining ourselves in opposition to America, who are we? What does “Canadian” mean? Prof. Bruce Pardy breaks down what has […]
By Bruce Pardy | The Fraser Institute It’s been 800 years since the Magna Carta. Governments everywhere now aspire to tear down the concept that it helped establish: the rule of law. Last week, British Columbia’s NDP government introduced the Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, also known as Bill 7, which would allow Premier David Eby and his […]
By Probe International China’s rapid advancements in AI, exemplified by DeepSeek’s open-source R1 reasoning model, have unsettled markets and the artificial intelligence community. The impressive rise of Chinese AI is complicated, however, by China’s rogue and unlawful approach to its AI expansion, argues a new report from Uganda’s PML Daily. A closer look through the […]
Bruce Pardy explores the shift in Western societies from the rule of law to rule by law, and the use of laws by governments as tools to achieve specific goals. Speak Free is hosted by Simon O’Connor, a former member of New Zealand Parliament. LISTEN HERE
By Bruce Pardy | Published by C2C Journal | Republished by Brownstone Institute Summary It is people who make laws. People enforce laws. People apply laws to cases. It can’t be any other way. How to have the rule of law without the rule of persons? Most Canadians surely believe their society is governed by […]
Bruce Pardy surveys the descent of Canada’s legal system into Alice-in-Wonderland surrealism, a state that poses dangers to virtually every Canadian and to the future of the rule of law itself. By Bruce Pardy, published by C2C Journal To hold themselves together, societies tell themselves stories. People are honest; marriages are faithful; parents are devoted […]