Archive by month: July 2014

PRESS RELEASE: CBC Should Change Online Comment Policy

July 10, 2022

Fox Creek, AB - July 10th - Members of the Pirate Party of Canada recently examined the CBC.ca comment policy as it is applied in practice. While the comment policy itself [1] strikes a good balance between encouraging dialogue about current events and protecting vulnerable individuals featured in their stories, the policy's implementation appears at times to be inconsistent. - The policy states that commenting is disabled if "comments may cause harm". Examples of this type of situation in...
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PRESS RELEASE: All-time low in Voter Turnout Should be a Wake-up Call

July 10, 2022

Fox Creek, AB - July 10th - The by-elections held last week have officially set a new low for voter turnout with less than 20% turnout in the two Alberta races. Part of the reason for this is believed to be the election date which was set to occur right before Canada Day. While by-election turnout is generally lower on average the government should try to avoid making the problem worse. The Pirate Party of Canada believes that it was irresponsible to pick such a date to hold any type of elect...
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PRESS RELEASE: NDP rejection of candidate Not Just Their Loss

July 10, 2022

Fox Creek, AB - July 10th - On July 2 the CBC reported that Paul Manly had been blocked from seeking the NDP's nomination in Nanaimo-Ladysmith. This is the most recent in a string of issues with federal party nominations among the 'big three' parties in Parliament. The reason given was that the NDP feared Paul Manly was going to make Mideast politics an election issue. An assertion that Mr. Manly denies. The Pirate Party of Canada feels that even if that were true it would be insufficient and...
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PRESS RELEASE: Harper Government’s Failing Free Trade Strategy

July 10, 2022

Fox Creek, AB - July 10th - Last week Canada was host to negotiations surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The meetings were held in secret and were not even open to federal ministers. Meanwhile the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) as well as Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPA) remain stalled. One of Prime Minister Harper's only free trade successes has been the free trade agreement with South Korea. At this point what was going ...
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Holding Power to Account – Investigative Journalism Conference in Winnipeg

July 6, 2022

We had the pleasure of attending the Investigative Journalism Conference in Winnipeg in June 2014. We always admire journalists who risk their lives to expose the truth. It was nice to see academics, journalists and students gather together learning and discussing investigative journalism. Here is a short summary from some of the panel and talks from the conference: Exposing Corruption in Quebec The CBC Quebec's counter part Radio-Canada discussed how they exposed the widespread corrup...
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