Talk:Pirate Party of Canada

Kevin Price
Until the Canadian Kevin Price gets his own page, editors should refrain from linking to Kevin Price. The currently referenced Price is a businessman in Texas, not a Canadian citizen. --ChannelSix (talk) 22:25, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Elections Canada
The source for being accepted by Elections Canada needs to be one that isn't the party's own website. See WP:V and WP:CITE. --Me-123567-Me (talk) 04:01, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Elections Canada lists them as being eligible to be registered. 24.84.50.181 (talk) 06:15, 19 April 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.50.181 (talk) 06:16, 19 April 2010 (UTC)


 * yes, eligible to register, but not registered as of yet. It's almost there though! Outback the koala (talk) 07:26, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

User box
I created a user box for supporters. --Me-123567-Me (talk) 18:47, 30 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I've made another one corresponding to the current branding guide and logo:   Tradereddy (talk) 12:24, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Potential COI edits
Please be aware that User:IntrigueBlue, a regular editor to this article, purports on his User Page to be Mikkel Paulson, which is the same name as this article identifies as being the leader of Pirate Party of Canada. Onthegogo (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Per WP:COI it is completely acceptable to edit an article you have a COI with as long as you do so in a npov manor. Looking at his edits it was quickly evident there wasn't remotely a pov edit among them. -DJSasso (talk) 00:10, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It is helpful that you have clarified that point: Having a COI doesn't preclude a person from editing, it just means that you have to be extra careful to be neutral and rely on reliable sources. However, the COI tag on the article says that A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. That statement is accurate and therefore the COI tag should not be removed from this article. Onthegogo (talk) 01:48, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The tag is only a warning that a cleanup may need to be done to remove any POV that that editor may have added. Since atleast from what I have seen, and you are welcome to go through his edits as well, there is no POV, and thus no longer needs the cleanup tag. Cleanup tags aren't meant to stay on articles forever, they are only meant to be there until the issue is removed. -DJSasso (talk) 18:31, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * From my user page:
 * "Please note: I am a member of the Pirate Party of Canada. While I will as always do my best to ensure that my edits remain impartial, please feel free to revert those that you feel violate that obligation, and inform me if you are concerned by the tone of my edits. Thank you."
 * I am careful to be open about my potential conflicts of interest, which is why I have avoided making any substantive edits to this article in particular. It's hardly a secret. If you have any particular concerns, I am quite happy to discuss them with you, as indicated above. — INTRIGUE B LUE (talk&#124;contribs) 07:07, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I should also mention that I have been very conservative in marking minor edits to this article. Many of my edits here would have been marked minor anywhere else, but I felt that they should be open to added scrutiny given the subject matter. — INTRIGUE B LUE (talk&#124;contribs) 

Party structure out of date
The party approved a new constitution in December that (among other things) changed the party leadership structure. Source: http://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php/Constitution_2011-12-18 --Wilson (talk) 05:00, 16 January 2012 (UTC) -More or less fixed now except for addition of political council table.Wilson (talk) 01:26, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Too young?
I was just wondering, isn't the current Pirate Party leader too young to hold the office of Prime Minister in this country? As far as I am aware, there is a constitutional requirement that a Prime Minister must be at least 35 years old. Just wondering if this should be reflected in the article or not before I or someone else does so. And if the party did, somehow, win a federal election, would the leader have to appoint an older party member to act as Prime Minister? Does it necessarily have to be the party leader who becomes PM? 108.161.125.15 (talk) 22:35, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you sure you're not thinking of the US? Since PMs are choosen from the Commons and the Commons only requires the person running be 18 it would stand to reason he meets all requirements. I've taken quite a few political science courses and I have never heard of there being an age limit on the PM. Wilson (talk) 01:17, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I made a quick check of the Prime Minister of Canada wikipedia article under 'qualification and selection' and I should go a bit farther. Since there is no requirement for the PM to be in the House of Commons they could be any age. In a hypothetical example (that is too remote to include in the article) the youngest a Pirate PM could be is 14 as that is the youngest age that can become a member of the party. To answer your other question: the governor general can appoint whomever they please. It is convention that they be leader of the largest party in parliament. The Canadian constitution is fun like that. Wilson (talk) 01:23, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Lets not forget that the PM has to have a seat in the House of Commons as an MP as well. To run as an MP you need to be 18 years old which is the age of majority. Thus there's really no restriction on being a PM other than being able to run as an MP. BoomBoxMegaphone (talk) 08:53, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, the Canadian constitution doesn't mention a "prime minister", so it can't put restrictions on who can be prime minister. The U.S. Constitution sets a minimum age of 35 for the President. But Canada is not the United States. Don't add material to Wikipedia based on what you think you know - please only add what you can reference to reliable sources, so that you don't put mistakes like this one in the encyclopedia. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 02:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ummmm. Do you mean "But Canada is not the United States"? 117Avenue (talk) 05:02, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Um, yeah. Oops. Thanks for pointing that out. Fixed now. Ground Zero | t 02:04, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Source?
Where is this person getting the party membership numbers from? There isn't any source being provided for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bodo3 (talk • contribs) 05:43, 5 August 2012 (UTC)