The Pardy School of Law
How the law works, and how it doesn’t.
What’s yours is ours: Why Canada’s Charter ignores property rights and what that means for everything you own
“Property is one of the basic ideas of Western liberal democracy. It is also fundamental to our economic system. If you don’t have security of property, you don’t have much.” ~ Professor Bruce Pardy
What they’re saying an independent Alberta would look like
Law professor Bruce Pardy supports the idea that independence would mean rejecting the existing constitutional order, including treaty and Aboriginal rights, and offers a perspective that independence could provide an opportunity to address outdated concepts.
Parental rights or state might?
Prof. Bruce Pardy at Fundamental Truths: What’s the principle that distinguishes a parent signing off on a leg amputation from refusing a vaccine—and the state forcing it?
Confronting state power
Law should not enforce unprovable moral propositions that ignore society’s diversity. Instead, it should prevent harm while allowing everyone to pursue their own truths—without coercion. [A presentation by Prof. Bruce Pardy].
Virtue-signalling devotion to reconciliation will not end well
Like the proverb says, make yourself into a doormat and someone will walk all over you.
Property rights fallout from Aboriginal title rulings extends beyond B.C.
The notion that individuals of certain descent belong to a different legal category is an idea Professor Bruce Pardy stresses “we have to do away with.”
The referendum goose could still be cooked
Bruce Pardy: Bill 14 removed one obstacle but installed a new gatekeeper. Is this real progress for Alberta sovereignty — or a clever trap to defuse the movement without ever letting it succeed?
Rarer than a unicorn: Canada’s freedom-loving law professor speaks out
Ezra Levant sits down with Prof. Bruce Pardy, head of Rights Probe, for a hard-hitting discussion on free speech erosion, anarcho-tyranny, UNDRIP’s impact on property rights, and why Canada’s governance framework empowers unlimited state control over individual liberties.
Time for true autonomy
Professor Bruce Pardy exposes how governments evaded judicial scrutiny during COVID by rendering challenges moot, eroding bodily autonomy and the rule of law. His bold vision for an independent Alberta flips the script: time for true autonomy over endless state overreach.
The revolution is complete
How can a society abandon liberalism almost without realizing it?
Courts and governments caused B.C.’s property crisis. They’re not about to fix it
Bruce Pardy: Section 43, which allows province-specific amendments, won't provide the answer.
How Britain set the stage for Canada’s chilling crackdown on dissent
As Canada debates bills C-8 and C-9, the U.K. serves as a stark warning for the potential consequences of poorly crafted laws.
Notwithstanding the Charter, neither legislatures nor courts protect individual liberties in Canada
In a striking contradiction, the federal government is urging the Supreme Court to limit the use of the Charter’s “notwithstanding clause” while simultaneously introducing the “Combatting Hate Act,” which threatens free speech without invoking this very clause. Thus, raising the critical question: in Canada, who truly safeguards individual liberties?
Eby bringing B.C. to its knees with Aboriginal land deals
British Columbians have had their heads in the sand as the premier mounts an existential threat to the future of his own province, but they are waking up.
To dislike but not intensely so
Professor Bruce Pardy explores the paradox that is Bill C-9, the “Combatting Hate Act,” in his testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Law professors warn Carney’s Bill C-9 could trigger politically motivated prosecutions
Experts tell Justice Committee the bill lowers safeguards against abuse and erodes free expression.
Freedom or Virtue?
Professor Bruce Pardy explains why a truly free society is risky — and why that risk is necessary for genuine virtue and responsibility.
Aboriginal rights now more constitutionally powerful than any Charter right
Bruce Pardy: A B.C. Supreme Court ruling that the Cowichan First Nation holds Aboriginal title over 800 acres of government land affirms that Aboriginal rights take precedence over unprotected private property rights in Canada.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”