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