The Pardy School of Law
How the law works, and how it doesn’t.
Withdrawal of BC’s proposed Land Act changes is a triumph of democracy and common sense
This is only the latest episode in the feckless and invertebrate failure of our governments to produce and enact a serious plan to address legitimate grievances of the indigenous people.
No taxation without representation? Canadian judges aren't buying that
Despite our own long tradition of “no taxation without representation,” courts in Canada increasingly dictate to governments how to spend taxpayer dollars.
The virtue in liberty
A continuing conversation: the work to defend freedom and whether traditionalists and libertarians can find ways to join together in its defense.
With recent rulings, courts cast aside traditional deference to executive, legislative branches
Are federally appointed judges standing up more to the executive and legislative branches in Ottawa or does a departure from the default of deference depend on whether decisions are progressive or not?
Yes, BC’s Land Act changes give First Nations veto over use of Crown land
Nathan Cullen says there’s no veto. But Cullen has a problem. Any activity that requires your consent is an activity over which you have a veto.
Bruce Pardy: A letter to my ‘TERF’ friends
A double standard that became the ethos of modern social justice turns the tables on the politics of inclusion.
B.C.’s plan to ‘reconcile’ by giving First Nations a veto on land use
UNDRIP-inspired land law reforms are poised to turn B.C. into an untenable host for mining, forestry and much more.
The WHO and phony international law
Agreements will override national sovereignty because their provisions will be binding, say critics. But international law is the art of the Big Pretend. Bruce Pardy investigates.
Canada vs. Jordan Peterson
In his willingness to fight back, Jordan Peterson, a polemicist who is unafraid, represents “a problem for the mob and a danger to a system that relies on cultural repression to advance its agenda.”
Federal Court judge pulls Canada back from the brink
The decision may help to pull Canada back from the brink of authoritarian rule, but there’s a wrinkle in the works.
What if? And who to trust?
If the WEF and WHO have their way with censorship, nobody will know what's really going on in the world. Independent journalist Keri Molloy finds confusion abounds over national and individual sovereignty. Professor Pardy sounds the alarm.
Jordan Peterson: Bureaucrats will rue the day they tried to shut me up
The appeal rejected, what now? Jordan Peterson vows: “We’re going to perform that dance on the international stage, with all that light shining on your machinations, and you may well come to rue the day you attempted to take possession of my tongue.”
The WHO’s managerial gambit
The WHO’s proposed new international pandemic agreement and amendments to International Health Regulations will make the next public health emergency worse. Not because they override sovereignty, but because they will protect domestic authorities from responsibility.
WHO health treaty a convenient cover for more government overreach
Draft agreement includes a commitment to censoring 'false, misleading, misinformation or disinformation'. Bruce Pardy on proposed amendments to International Health Regulations.
Freedom Defender of the Week: Prof. Bruce Pardy
Leave the regulation of expression to the laws of the land, and not to overzealous student groups or busybody university administrators.
Don't give campus censors more power — they'll double down on woke agenda
'Progressive' antisemites won't be punished, but everyone else will. Bruce Pardy looks at the double standard on campuses that’s distracting from a larger mistake.
Muzzled but not gagged
Free speech advocates speak out at ‘Canada’s Free Speech Crisis’ event on topics ranging from the Freedom Convoy protest to the ongoing debate surrounding biological sex.
Canada's free speech crisis with Meghan Murphy, Trish Wood and Bruce Pardy
Freethinkers and free speech enthusiasts gathered in Toronto to share their thoughts on the current landscape of thought policing in Canada and what free speech truly means in a free and democratic nation.
Alberta to apply sovereignty act to try to thwart federal clean-electricity plan
Alberta is “on good ground constitutionally”. ~ Bruce Pardy
Freedom and Virtue: Friends or Enemies?
There’s an elephant in the room but not everyone sees it.