Pirate Party of Canada
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![Former logo of the PPCA](/Images/godic/202502/04/Pirate_Party_of_Canada_signet.svg1505.png")
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![Mikkel Paulson, party leader from 2010-2012](/Images/godic/202502/04/Mikkel_Paulson_High_Level_Bridge_cropped1505.jpg")
The Pirate Party of Canada (French:Parti Pirate du Canada, abbreviated as the PPCA), is a minor party in federal Canadian politics. Founded in 2009, the party officially registered with Elections Canada in 2010. The PPCA is modelled on the Swedish Pirate Party and advocates intellectual property reform, privacy protection, network neutrality and greater government openness. No member of the party has been elected to Parliament.