Winnipeg North first Canadian battleground for Pirate Party
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Published On Thu Nov 04 2010 Debra Black Staff Reporter
A 25-year-old Winnipeg businessman is the first Pirate Party of Canada candidate to run for federal election.
Jeff Coleman, a former ESL teacher who owns a design and 3-D company, is running in the upcoming federal by-election on November 29 in Winnipeg North.
His plan: to take to the streets of his home riding to engage voters in issues that surround the digital age.
Coleman plans to campaign on his party’s key principles: confidentiality on the internet, intellectual copyright and patent law reform, keeping the internet democratic and free and using the web to make government practices and information available to the public.
But he’ll also be adding to his platform some local issues, determined by his constituents through Twitter and Facebook.
It’s all part of the party’s campaign model to bring a platform of information reform coupled with “a crowdsourced listening campaign” which is designed to identify the distinct needs of each riding.
“The Pirate Party is focused on issues of the information age,” Coleman said in an interview with the Star.
“Copyright and patent laws aren’t well designed for a new era. They are designed to protect old business models. We think copyright and patent laws are blocking opportunities and stifling creativity.”
Coleman also said that his party wants to keep the Internet democratic and make it free for everyone, objecting to the fact that some content providers want to restrict where people can go on the web and provide different levels of service based on who pays them money.
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Published On Thu Nov 04 2010 Debra Black Staff Reporter
A 25-year-old Winnipeg businessman is the first Pirate Party of Canada candidate to run for federal election.
Jeff Coleman, a former ESL teacher who owns a design and 3-D company, is running in the upcoming federal by-election on November 29 in Winnipeg North.
His plan: to take to the streets of his home riding to engage voters in issues that surround the digital age.
Coleman plans to campaign on his party’s key principles: confidentiality on the internet, intellectual copyright and patent law reform, keeping the internet democratic and free and using the web to make government practices and information available to the public.
But he’ll also be adding to his platform some local issues, determined by his constituents through Twitter and Facebook.
It’s all part of the party’s campaign model to bring a platform of information reform coupled with “a crowdsourced listening campaign” which is designed to identify the distinct needs of each riding.
“The Pirate Party is focused on issues of the information age,” Coleman said in an interview with the Star.
“Copyright and patent laws aren’t well designed for a new era. They are designed to protect old business models. We think copyright and patent laws are blocking opportunities and stifling creativity.”
Coleman also said that his party wants to keep the Internet democratic and make it free for everyone, objecting to the fact that some content providers want to restrict where people can go on the web and provide different levels of service based on who pays them money.
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