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Pirate Party Signs Joint Statement Against Mass Surveillance

"Over 35 leading academics and 19 organizations sign on in support of the Ottawa Statement on Mass Surveillance, which sets out what needs to be done to protect Canadians from out-of-control mass surveillance" "Professor David Murakami Wood, Canada Research Chair in Surveillance Studies, Queen's University, said: "Canada is deploying ever more surveillance in the name of safety and security, but the end result is discrimination, the reduction of privacy and the chilling of free speech. We nee...
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PRESS RELEASE: Party Discipline or Democracy; Pick One

Fox Creek, AB - May 9th On Wednesday Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announced that all future party candidates would be expected to vote pro-choice in Parliament and he will not be signing the nomination papers of candidates that refuse to agree to do so. Currently voting on this issue is a matter of conscience. The Pirate Party of Canada views Trudeau's actions as a further tightening of party discipline in Canada. It is also an open question how Trudeau intends to enforce this if MP Micha...
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