Pirate Party of Canada Forum

I think Winnipeg fielding the first candidate for Pirate Party of Canada have awaken the sense of civic duty in me. :)

I think it is important that we promote PPCA not just as one policy party, which some people are perceiving it to be. People recognize that they have limited power and are disenfranchised, resigned, or disillusioned. PPCA could reinvigorate people and connecting with them to make them say yeah, that's the party that understand how I feel.

So here are some quick thoughts that I have for promoting PPCA and making sure it is not perceived as a one policy party.

A Party for the Digital Age.  One policy party – a policy of better government of the people.

Changing the government of the digital age for the better.

Goodbye to politics as usual. Welcome to policy for a progressive future with people’s welfare and common good as the business of the day.

Where “government of the people, by the people, for the people” is a reality.

Power to the grassroots citizens through internet. Internet as an open forum for policy consultations.

Open, accountable government. Transparent and increased voter’s rights and voices. Ultimate power rest in citizens not government officials. Harnessing the power of technology so that power of decision remains with people not government officials.

Make underhanded poltical maneuvering obsolete. A civilized and mature government for 21st century and beyond.

Knowledge and information is power. Equal power to everyone through equal access to the internet.

Privacy is a right not a scapegoat.  Innocent citizen should not be presumed guilty and secretly spied on. Private information is not a commodity to be traded on (e.g. telemarketing, aggressive marketing).

Improved transparency in government and publicly traded corporations. Transparent and open accounting. Ease public scrutiny through technology – e.g. internet, etc.

The perfect catchphrase is so hard to come upon. It takes a lot of thinking to put our entire message into a short sentence. Most of these are too long. I seriously hope you keep trying and that you help us out with our other goings-on.

Just thought of another one.

"Protecting Our Civil Liberties in the Information Age"

I think that would cover a lot. With internet wire tapping, they are violating our civil liberties. There is a net loss of civil liberties and the claim that they are trying to protect our civil liberties by violating them is the biggest farce ever. What about our rights to own property? DRM not only deny that right but also violate our rights to privacy (rootkit).

What about our freedom of expression / speech? With past history of witch-hunting and McCarthyism, can people be assured that they can speak freely without suffering repercussion from the government of the day? Harper demonstrated that politicians can appoint their man to head RCMP. A body that would have easy access to what could soon become legal wire-tapping. If you say something that could expose the government and seriously undermine them, can you be assured that your civil liberties will not be violated?

Right to information is a basic rights and denying a group of people this right would deny ones right to equality. If that is not a constitutional rights then it ought to be. That means all government records should be transparent especially when it comes to finances. All people should have equal access to the internet to obtain the same sets of information and be assured of equal opportunity.

I am sure I can go on and on. But our civil liberties is what is at stake.

Here's what I've been batting around for my specific campaign in Winnipeg North:

Information Leadership

Leadership in Listening: Giving people real ways to participate directly in changing their community and country.

Leadership in Law:  Using our country's laws and policies to smoothly guide both businesses and citizens into the Information Age by reforming "Intellectual Property" laws, mandating Net Neutrality, protecting digital privacy, and effectively opening government practice and information to the public.

Leadership in Innovation:  Using our fresh, digitally enabled perspective to sidestep partisan politics and create a new user interface for government that is future-minded, practical, and transparent.


What do people think?

Jeff, those sound like great starting points. Not only do they show people what you mean and where you're standing, but they open up a lot of doors for conversation. In this new digital age, it is through conversation that Canada can grow and prosper. I think it speaks out in a way that is fresh, and should be embraced. None of them are really slogans, but do make good quotables.

Leadership in Listening, Law, and Innovation - <riding> are you ready?

That's make a nice headline on a flyer or newsletter...

Thanks Shawn!

I certainly don't know about that last part, Shawn, sounds like a wrestling match... but believe me, I like the theme.

We could give Jeff the nickname "The Punisher".

Shucks, and I've already started printing my flyers!

Boxing has "Are you ready to rumble?" which has occasionally been brought into some wrestling. Doesn't really sound the same, but I suppose I can see how someone might associate it.

 I think "Winnipeg North, are you ready?" sound like a challenge, and an opportunity. It still works, and the first part brings in some of the core values we want to put forth.

The name of the riding represents our core values?

If anything, I'd say, "Winnipeg, are you ready?", since most people lack any emotional connection to the boundaries of their riding (or are even aware of them). However, I'm really not a fan of the slogan in general.

No, the first part. Leadership in Listening, Law, and Innovation. The later portion just shows the challenge. You're right though, just saying the city works in this case. Unfortunately a lot of ridings aren't just one city, so it isn't completely universal along those lines. I was just kinda working together the long suggestions that were there before. Slogans are always a problem, and their interpretation is just as problematic sometimes.

I was listening to Jeff's recent radio interview, and he mentioned the premise of "Information Leadership". The term "Information Leadership" in itself is surprisingly powerful. I listened to that section more than once. Those two words do, in my eyes, effectively sum everything up.

Slogan should be

A Mari Usque Ad Mare (From sea to sea)

The same official slogan of Canada, but not sure if that is against election Canada rules

I seem to remember them adding another "Usque Ad Mare" to the end of that a decade ago. Did that not stick?

Regardless, we can't use the motto for Canada. There's got to be a law against that somewhere. Additionally, most people don't know that's Canada's slogan, and almost no one can read Latin anymore. Defeats the purpose I think.

There was a movement to do so, and it's sometimes used by people wanting to be inclusive, but it's not official.


Jake adopted “from coast to coast, from sea to sea” a while back, but I don't think it was ever formalized. I think it's okay, and included it in the custom Gelaskin I ordered for myself (along with a rudimentary French translation), but I'm certainly open to others more relevant to our platform rather than a mere play on our name. I'm not exactly sold on anything suggested thus far, but I don't have the right to veto anything that others agree on, nor would I.

If there are no law that objects to using Canada's motto, then there is no reason not to use it.



Well no one is ever gonna know either if no one gets the message out that it is Canada's motto.

Points to Biogrand!  Too true on that. I don't even know where to look in the disorganized mess they call Canadian Law to see if there's something against using it.

It's irrelevant to what we specifically do. I'm not a fan of it for that reason.

Just use it and wait till you get a threatening lawsuit letter from the government telling you to discontinue the use of the motto then you'll know for sure :P

1 The accessibility of distributed resources carries with it the need for an information                           
                                            service that enables users


2 the appropriate "host protocols" for intercommunicating over the subnetwork.

You're all over thinking it.   Here's my offering:

Vote for us because we wont screw you over.     ;D

Short and sweet! 

Bingo, we have a winner.

how about "100100101101101010"

I like this one for a few reasons.  For one It is short and sweet.  For another it's a bold statement for a party to make, one that I think a great many voters can relate to.  Yet another is that it introduces a certain language into public politics that, while not quite swearing, is both strong and effective.

I'm going to throw in my vote against that slogan, because it comes off as harsh. I might come to love it, but I think we'd better keep a positive face to other parties, because we are going to have to function alongside them.

How bout  "Ayes on the Future"

I agree. A positive message is part of what will set our party apart.


I'm sure you'd like that. :)

it uses the same pun as my username, i admit it

Do the ayes have it?

Oh God... make them stop!!


and FYI, my "offering" was just a joke.  Although it's clearly a superior choice (and correctly to the point  ;D ), it's just a tad bit too harsh...  I mean, blowing the competition away would be nice and all, but we don't want to be show-offs.  :P

Nay.

Freedom of Information is Freedom