Archive by month: May 2016

Meeting Schedule May 28th - June 4th

May 27, 2022

This is historical, for the Pirate Party of Canada. Never have we had so many regular local meetings happening at once. We're growing faster than we ever have in party history. We need your help to bring the Pirate agenda to more cities. This week we have six meetings planned: Vancouver, BC - 7PM - Sunday the 29th - Decentral Commons - 436 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1T5, Canada Halifax, NS - 2PM - Sunday the 29th - Dalhousie University - Wallace McCain Learning Commons, Stud...
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Leadership Results 2016-2017 Term

May 26, 2022

The Pirate Party of Canada has selected it's leadership for the 2016-2017 term.Within the Pirate Party of Canada we have three leaders who work in tandem to get the best results. Formerly, we've had just one leader at a time. This is a new experimental form of organizing within the PPCA that we would like to continue.In addition to our three leaders we also have an additional group of co-leaders, members of our political council and executive board. They are: James Phillips (Edmonton,) Travis Mc...
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Membership Drive!

May 19, 2022

The Pirate Party of Canada is growing rapidly and we'd like to invite you come on board and participate as we change the face of politics in Canada. Whether you're a member, a potential candidate, or simply concerned about some of the issues with which we are engaged, we invite you to join our crew and be part of our growth. Currently, we are: Building local groups Organizing events both on and offline Keeping our members up to date. Making pirate party artwork, websites, and ca...
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Local Meetings List - May 2016

May 17, 2022

Vancouver, BC Decentral commons - 436 w Pender street - on Sundays at 7PM London, ON Scot's Corner - 268 Dundas, London, Ontario N6A 1H3 - 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month at 7PM Halifax, NS Dalhousie University - Wallace McCain Learning Commons, Study Room 7 - Sundays 2-4 PM If you'd like to host a local meeting in your area, become a member for free now!

Pirate Party of Iceland Polling in First Place!

May 16, 2022

Congratulations to our friends in Iceland. :D Iceland's Pirate Party secures more election funding than all its rivals as it continues to top polls This Radical Protest Pirate Party Is Now Leading Iceland Polls Iceland’s Pirate party sets sail for power With Iceland’s Pirate Party Surging in the Polls, Its Government Resists New Elections

The Pirate Bay is the World’s Most Efficient Public Library

May 12, 2022

By Zacqary Adam Xeper The way media piracy works is that one person or group purchases a work, and then shares it with millions of other people. This supposedly deprives the author or artist of those millions of people’s money. One group has acquired over 50 million media items, and makes each of them available to approximately 20 million people — which must be a tremendous hit to creative professionals’ wallets. This notorious institution is called the New York Public Library. It begs the...
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Print out your own “Pirate Party Swarm Orientation!”

May 11, 2022

Print and fold yourself a nice, quick overview of the way the Pirate Party swarm works! Full sheets here on our wiki: https://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php?title=Swarm_Orientation Folding instructions: http://experimentwithnature.com/03-found/experiment-with-paper-how-to-make-a-one-page-zine/#.VzqFHuSTOh0 The Pirate Swarm Orientation is free to be remixed, reimagined, and recreated by members of the Pirate Party. If you'd like to make your own version, or become a member, e-mail ...
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The First Ten Years of the Global Pirate Party: Lessons Learned and Road Ahead

May 5, 2022

By Rick Falkvinge Exactly ten years ago, on January 1 2006 at 20:30 CET, the Swedish and first Pirate Party was launched by me setting up an ugly website. Since then, we delivered on the proof of concept on June 7, 2009, and the movement grew from there. We weren’t always successful, though, and it’s important to be humble and do a little retrospection. The choice of January 1 wasn’t so much chosen as a symbolic date as it was done then out of necessity. I had worked on the ugly site over th...
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