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Déclaration de solidarité avec les manifestations étudiantes du Québec par le PPCA

PPCA Statement of Solidarity with the Quebec Student Protests

The Pirate Party of Canada stands behind the Quebec Student Protesters who are standing up for their right to affordable education. The corporatization of the public education system is an issue all Canadians should take extremely seriously. Rising tuition fees are only the tip of the …

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PPCA in Rural Canada

On April 20th & 21st, the rural town of Osgoode held their annual Osgoode Home & Trade Show. The event holds about 50 booths, and is visited by several hundred people annually. This year, the Pirate Party of Canada (PPCA) obtained a booth to provide an easy-to-access location to discuss the party’s views with average …

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Supreme Court Upholds Judicial Oversight of Police Surveillance

On Friday the Supreme Court upheld the need for judicial oversight of police surveillance activities. In R. v. Tse. the Supreme Court upheld that under emergency conditions police may undertake surveillance activities without a warrant, however the existing provisions for this in the Criminal Code were ruled to be overly broad. The court stressed the …

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Canada Post Sues GeoCoder.ca Over Postal Code Database

Canada Post has filed a lawsuit against GeoCoder.ca over GeoCoder’s crowdsourced ’Canadian Postal Code Geocoded Database’. The case will involve complicated questions over the extent of copyright and ability of copyright infringement to be filed against independent production.

This case highlights attempts by copyright holders to ever expand the scope of their ‘rights’ at the …

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PRESS RELEASE - Pirate Party of Canada mirrors Canadian WikiLeaks Data

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC - April 6, 2022 - The Pirate Party has hoisted a mirror of all Canadian WikiLeaks to date on their private torrent tracker, CaPT. The release is hoped to spark debate in Canada over the importance of whistle-blowing and high quality investigative journalism. The files can be …

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