Stephen Harper finally announced the next round of federal by-elections. Two of the open seats are in Manitoba.
They are: Winnipeg North which was held by New Democrat Judy Wasylycia-Leis and Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette which was held by Inky Mark.
I will detail the race later on but of interest is the fact that the Pirate Party is running their first candidate outside of Europe. The candidate is Mikkel Paulson.
The platform of the party is:
* Copyright reform
* Reform of the patents system
* Better respect for privacy
* Net neutrality
* Open government
* Digital sovereignty
By the way, I stole that from their website as well as their logo atop.
