Draft Vision and Mission

=Slogan= Creativity, Empowerment, Enhanced Democracy & Liberties =Mission= =Vision= Our vision is a Canada where creativity and innovation are prevalent and widely accessible and practiced regardless of ones social and financial standing. A model democracy for the world with a vibrant civic engagement from its citizenry, whose freedom and rights are unwaveringly safeguarded.
 * To create policies that would make Canada a world leader in creativity and innovativeness. And to facilitate open access to culture and information inorder to make that a reality.
 * To create a modern democracy for the information age that allows grassroot engagement while protecting civil liberties be it online or offline. A natural extension of that is an inherently open and transparent government, which helps keep corruption, abuse of power and waste of public funds in check.

=The Figurative Pirate= Is an information age pirates that fearlessly explore the new frontier of the information ocean. Is a guardian that protects from incursions by the looters and hoarders of the treasures of this frontier. Makes the monopolist/oligopolist and the corrupt, the totalitarian and civil rights violators, walk the plank. =Values=

[1] Open Government, Transparency and Accountability in practice, not just as a political slogan
Key concepts / Keywords: Proactive disclosure of public finance and information,few exceptions.

[2] Interest of the many over interest of the few
Key concepts / Keywords: public interest, innovative competition, anti-compettitive act, keep ego in check, lobbying consequences, obsolete businesses.

[3] Institute government openness and transparency while protecting citizen's privacy
Key concepts / Keywords: accountability, privacy, whistleblower, freedom to criticize, freedom from harrassment and retribution.

[4] Keep an eye on the future
Key concepts / Keywords: proactive long term planning, better policies and use of funds.

[5] Spend public funds wisely with constant proactive re-evaluation of budget
Key concepts / Keywords: constant re-evaluation, budget and savings, cost savings.

[6] Keep an open mind and be cautious of possible personal biases
Key concepts / Keywords: cognitive biases, decentralized decision making.

[7] Protect and encourage whistleblowing
Key concepts / Keywords: enhanced whistleblower protection laws.

[8] Be a model for civil public discourse
Key concepts / Keywords: conduct, personal attacks.

[9] Maintain high ethical standard and actively avoid conflict of interest
Key concepts / Keywords: zero tolerance against conflict of interest, justifications, unethical actions.

[10] Be Independent-minded and responsible
Key concepts / Keywords: top down leadership and corruptibility, constituents view, consequences to society, groupthink.

[11] Avoid partisan and ideological trap
Key concepts / Keywords: avoid partisanship / partisan blinders.

[12] Be pragmatic but do not settle for status quo
Key concepts / Keywords: progress and sustainability, reasonableness, groundbreaking solutions.

[13] Minimize government interference without sacrificing well being of its citizens
Key concepts / Keywords: regulation, nanny state and big brother government, citizen's necessities.

[14] Be an effective information leaders
Key concepts / Keywords: Talking down, constituents inputs, responsibility to inform, access to information, understanding an issue, owning research and decision making, impartiality, ==[15] Do not engage in fear and war mongering Key concepts / Keywords: Peace maker ==[16] 5.16 Do not support violence, extremism, hatred and divisiveness Key concepts / Keywords: civil, moderator, rights =Strategies=

[1] Create a genuine open government that is proactively transparent
Key concepts / Keywords: Real-time diclosure, Full disclosure of rationales for decisions, free access to information, all financial and data, stricter independent classification.

[2] Zero tolerance on conflict of interest
Key concepts / Keywords: contracts, biddings, public officials connections, Absence of conflict of interest requirement, immediate dismissal, litigation savings.

[3] Improve Electoral Integrity
Key concepts / Keywords: Electoral reform, every vote counts, Real majority, Ban E-voting on general elections or by-elections, Crackdown on voters disnfranchisement and electoral fraud, recall of elected representatives.

[4] Empower Individual Citizens
Key concepts / Keywords: Livable income, encourage creativity / innovation / entrepreneurship, improve privacy protection, real public consultation, affordable post-secondary education, enhance law for civil liberties protection.

[5] Release political prisoners who are fighting for open access and protect them from political persecution
Key concepts / Keywords: political prisoners, political retribution, persecution, whistleblowers

[6] Support sustainability
Key concepts / Keywords: sustainable future

[7] Plug loopholes that can be used to subvert democracy
Key concepts / Keywords: democracy loopholes

[8] Built-in real public consultation and accountability system
Key concepts / Keywords: constituents-representative interaction systems, grass root inputs, crowdsourcing,

[9] Magnify the voices of independent free press and whistleblowers (e.g. improving public broadcasting instead of dismantling it)
Key concepts / Keywords: improved public broadcaster, open journalism, independent, not-for-profit, press, disaster alert system

[10] Protect the internet and the qualities that makes it one of the greatest democratization tool of our time
Key concepts / Keywords: mass surveillance security holes, anti-censorship, consumer protection

[11] Work collaboratively with government and civic partners around the world to achieve our vision and mission.
Key concepts / Keywords: International co-operation, joint research and innovation

[12] Modernize the intellectual property law to ensure wider access to culture and innovation
Key concepts / Keywords: intellectual property reform, creator's profit shares, propagation of culture, right to innovate, creator's rights, anti-hoarding and artificial scarcity of information and cultural works.

[13] Invest in the future through education
Key concepts / Keywords: Affodable / accessible education, open access, open textbook

[14] Invest in the future through research
Key concepts / Keywords: basic research, science based not-profit centric research, open data, open science.

[15] Crack down on anti-competitive acts and conducts
Key concepts / Keywords: Modernization of competition act for information age

[16] Make government open and the Open Data & Open Source a government standard
Key concepts / Keywords: Open data, open source, public ownership and access to government assets and data, transparent and auditable codes. =Action Plans= See Policies page, help create them