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PRESS RELEASE: MP candidate Mikkel Paulson announces support for education

April 15, 2011

EDMONTON – Pirate Party leader and Edmonton Centre MP candidate Mikkel Paulson announced today in an interview with Shaw TV his intention to create to a bursary fund at two universities located within the Edmonton Centre riding. By providing $50,000 per year to students at Grant MacEwan and $25,000 per year to NAIT students from [...]

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Youth and politics

April 9, 2011

I’ve contacted a number of local high schools to see if they’d be interested in arranging me to join a class as a guest speaker. So far I have several such engagements, and am looking forward to booking more in the near future. Whether or not they vote for me (or for their local Pirate [...]

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Moving into our campaign office

April 4, 2011

Today we collected the last of the signatures needed for the nomination papers. We’ll be meeting with the Returning Officer early this week to complete the nomination process, and are getting ready to move into our new campaign office. Exciting times ahead, so stay tuned!

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Our digital means

March 31, 2011

It costs $40,000 to fill a single iPod with music. I don’t know anyone who can afford to spend a year’s salary on music, an intangible product. I doubt if you do either. Yet I do know people with full iPods. Quite a few of them. How do we reconcile these realities? Obviously, not all [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: Pirate Party leader Mikkel Paulson to run for MP in Edmonton Centre

March 26, 2011

EDMONTON – Pirate Party leader Mikkel Paulson formally announced today his intention to run for MP in the riding of Edmonton Centre. In addition to the core values centred around defending freedom of speech and creativity, all Pirate Party candidates must build their own platforms in response to the concerns of their constituents. Paulson will: [...]

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Campaign kick-off

March 22, 2011

Anticipating the upcoming federal election, we’ll be meeting on Sunday (March 27) to coordinate volunteer activity and set the tone for the coming election. You can find event info in the forum and on Facebook.

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