The Pardy School of Law

How the law works, and how it doesn’t.

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An American not in Paris

Bruce Pardy praises the Trump administration’s exit from the Paris Climate Agreement—not as climate denial, but as a principled rejection of a progressive fairy tale in pursuit of a Marxist-style global transformation.

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No independence vote because courts

The court rulings are a convenient pretext. Danielle Smith does not actually want Alberta independence and is manufacturing obstacles to ensure it never happens under her leadership. ~ Bruce Pardy

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Canada is cooked

Advice from a constitutional expert: Canada is headed toward communism and youth should “get out.”

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Go for it!

Cultural and constitutional change inside Canada? Not likely. That leaves Alberta independence as the rare revolutionary opening, but the window won’t stay open for long. Bruce Pardy in conversation with the Brave New Normal’s Jason James.

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It’s not a big deal

Three erroneous reasons to ignore the Aboriginal title threat to property in B.C. ~ Bruce Pardy

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An independent Alberta?

An interview with law professor Bruce Pardy about the potential for Alberta to become a truly independent country.

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Alberta independence debate

“I don’t want to see Canada destroyed. But here’s the problem: it has already been destroyed.” Law professor Bruce Pardy and former Alberta premier Jason Kenney face off over whether Alberta should leave Canada.

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Surrendered Vancouver

The federal government has quietly recognized Musqueam Aboriginal title over land that encompasses much of Metro Vancouver. No public consultation. No warning to the people who own homes there. This is not reconciliation. This is expropriation by another name.

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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.
— C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock