Free Membership -- Pirate Party of Canada

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16 points·christopherolah··6 comments

According to their website, they are in favour of: copyright reform, reform of the patents system, better respect of privacy, net neutrality, open government.

That's very vague. I know I'm not going to stick my head out and affiliate myself with a party that doesn't describe their platform in more detail than that.

On top of that, those platforms are shared between all the major Canadian political parties.

There more detail in this article (press release?): http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/30/tech-pirate-pa...

"It opposes government and corporate monitoring of Internet activities, unless the monitoring is part of a criminal investigation. And it also wants to phase out patents, arguing that patents on new drugs, for example, raise the cost of medical care and keep life-saving medicine out of the hands of many people."

What I think would be concerning is if they already in the startup phase had a detailed platform. The party is going to be shaped by it members and not the other way around. In the beginning your voice is going to count a lot more, but there is also going to be more challenges. Then again democracy is all about making you voice heard.

I'll join.

@a-priori: The point isn't to help champion vague and undifferentiable ideals. It's to help the Pirate Party define those ideals and bring the issues to non-technical and uninterested Canadians so that they understand and care.

We have to refine, educate, and motivate -- and the time is right.

They need more members to become a Canadian political party... Make sure to consider filling out the second form, which is the one needed to become a political party.

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