Archive by month: September 2015

Pirate Party Press Conference Scheduled for Tomorrow

September 29, 2021

PRESS RELEASE AND INVITATION TO PRESS CONFERENCE For Immediate Release ELECTION ISSUE AND POLICY BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PIRATE PARTY OF CANADA Winnipeg, MB - September 29, 2021 - The Pirate Party of Canada will be holding a press conference tomorrow at: Millenium Library Buchwald room 251 Donald Street Winnipeg, Manitoba at 1:00 PM Central Time (2:00 PM Eastern Time) September 30, 2021 Wednesday The Pirate Party is expected to join other smaller parties across the country t...
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Live Tweet from Munk Debate on Foreign Policy

September 28, 2021

Here are exact text from our live tweets during the Munk Debate on foreign policy, word for word including typos and weird phrasing due to tweet size limit. One paragraph per tweet. ISIS threat: On humanitarian crisis and Mulclair's pledge to pull troops out Bombing is not the only solution. We need to minimize creation of failed states from bombing without humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid needs to be substantial similar to rebuilding effort for Germany and Japan after World War II. ...
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Our Live Blog of the Debate - How to make Canada a World Leader in Economy

September 18, 2021

Here is the complete list of our responses to the Globe Economy Debate from our live blog. It ends up being semi-live as our leader was only able to join in to the PVR recorded debate one hour after (8 pm Central). Question 1: Jobs Canada is facing structural, rather than cyclical change. Do you have a job plan, beyond taking things out of the ground? Response: Restructuring Canadian economy through Mincome or Basic Income Guarantee (B.I.G.) http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1snfpad?...
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Pirate Party Ad to Appear on CBC and Radio Canada

September 12, 2021

Watch for these ad starting September 15 on CBC and Radio Canada. We were allotted two 2 minutes free time slot by the broadcast arbitrator, a fraction of the free time the major parties got. Conservative 58 minutes and 30 seconds of free time, New Democratic Party 43 minutes in total, Liberal Party 25 minutes, Green Party 11 minutes. But we'll use what we have. English version https://youtu.be/dc8kCkQvaNo version française Re...
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Policies for Combating Commercial Piracy / Politiques de lutte contre la piraterie commerciale

September 10, 2021

La version française suit l'anglais FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Winnipeg, Manitoba - September 10, 2021 Policies for Combating Commercial Piracy Non-Commercial File Sharing vs Commercial Piracy Non-commercial sharing often leads to recognition and propagation of creators’ works similar to how sharing of cassette tapes and vinyl records led to increased sales in the 1970s and 80s. Commercial piracy, on the other hand, leads to the original creator of the work losing out financially when thei...
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Refugees and Foreign Affairs

September 5, 2021

↵ For Immediate Release REFUGEES AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS Winnipeg, Manitoba – September 5, 2021 - The refugee crisis in Europe suddenly hits home to most Canadians with the release of the photo of the dead child Aylan Kurdi. It is time for us to acknowledge the folly of our foreign policy. The government responding to the media questions claim the solution is more than just accepting refugees. While that is true, the solution is not as simple as the war against ISIS. The crisis was years ...
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