Archive by month: December 2014

PRESS RELEASE: US Government Study Predicts Little GDP Growth From Trans-Pacific Partnership For Canada

December 15, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fox Creek, AB - December 11th - An Economic Research Report published by the United States Department of Agriculture is predicting that Canada will receive no growth to its GDP from the agriculture portions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.[1] Meanwhile, Australia & New Zealand have demanded concessions in other areas to secure the needed opening of their agricultural sectors. Back in June, Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz stated that the Conservative Government wo...
Continue reading →

PRESS RELEASE: Pirate Party Stands Up for Independent Candidates

December 10, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fox Creek, AB - December 8th - On Thursday & Friday of last week representatives of the Pirate Party of Canada attended the General Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Political Parties organized by Elections Canada. As part of the party's continuing efforts to improve Canadian democracy we presented a letter outlining necessary changes that the party feels need to be made to Canadian election laws to end the systematic disadvantage faced by Independent candidates.[...
Continue reading →

Text of the Letter Presented to the CEO of Elections Canada

December 7, 2021

Greetings to the Chief Electoral Officer & our colleagues among the other parties, These meetings are an important part of maintaining Canada's election laws. Here concerns,observations, and new ideas can be shared freely with those charged with enforcing Canada's election laws and the representatives of the parties who have to live by those rules and, at times, legislate them. It is in the interest of fairness and an acknowledgement that political fortunes can change quickly that has, fo...
Continue reading →