From Steal to Secession AM with Professor Wall How do you seize the current moment, one that may not come again, and yet embrace the uncertainty of an unknown future? Law professor Bruce Pardy and Calgary-based lawyer Katherine Kowalchuk explore the steps to and beyond a referendum vote for Albertan independence. Charged with a sense […]
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Alberta’s right to secede
Entrepreneur and former political candidate, Nadine Wellwood, in conversation with law professor Bruce Pardy. According to the 1998 Supreme Court “Secession Reference,” there are no predetermined legal conclusions regarding Alberta’s potential independence, meaning all issues are open for negotiation. Independence presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a new governance structure that corrects past wrongs, including […]
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 […]