Bruce Pardy on the Myth of Eternal Treaties & Why Alberta Independence Needs a Blank Slate

Dr. Bruce Pardy returns to The Critical Compass Podcast to give us some updates on the Alberta independence movement and information about some potential roadblocks he has recently written about.

In this interview, we discuss how the real hurdles are self-inflicted restrictions within Alberta's own legislation, how aboriginal / indigenous treaty rights are indeed negotiable, and how proper commitment to an independent Alberta means the complete scrapping of group-based rights and crown obligations entirely.

Dr Pardy notes, “The most difficult fight is going to be inside Alberta between Albertans, between those who want a fresh start and those who want to maintain their status in the old order.”

Despite all this, despite the roadblocks and legal challenges, Bruce leaves us on a note of optimism, namely that: This is happening nowhere else in Canada and these difficulties are going to come up. It comes with the territory and these are just bumps in the road. Alberta is still the best shot—for Alberta, for Canada, for all of us. And so we carry on.

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00:00 Alberta Independence Movement Update
03:52 Legal Challenges and the Citizen Initiative Act
06:53 Government's Role in Referendums
09:48 Aboriginal Rights and Independence Referendums
12:53 Negotiating Treaties in an Independent Alberta
16:05 The Role of the Alberta Legislature
21:56 The Complexity of Independence Negotiations
24:52 The Future of Aboriginal Rights
28:09 Challenges of Internal Politics
34:02 The System and Corruption
38:50 The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
44:01 The Alberta Independence Referendum Debate
44:01 The Alberta Independence Referendum Debate
46:56 Government's Role in Referendums and Citizen Initiatives
51:02 Political Dynamics and Leadership in Alberta
58:02 Legal Challenges and the Future of Independence
01:01:59 Optimism Amidst Challenges in the Independence Movement
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You can follow Dr. Bruce Pardy on X at: https://x.com/PardyBruce
And in his work as Executive Director of Rights Probe: https://www.rightsprobe.org/

Article: "The Referendum Goose is Cooked" https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/pardy-the-referendum-goose-is-cooked/68605

"Alberta Delcaration of Independence" by Bruce Pardy: https://www.rightsprobe.org/alberta-declaration-of-independence

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