Ever since the May 2021 revelation of 215 potential unmarked graves at the former “residential school” in Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation (Kamloops), similar discoveries have been made across Canada. This is a searing indictment of the genocidal record of Canadian governments, which still fail to provide the resources and equipment necessary to answer many…
The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (“Orange Shirt Day”) on September 30 is an important occasion for all who live in Canada to pay a solemn tribute to the victims and survivors of the so-called “residential school system,” which was an instrument to further the assimilationist and genocidal agenda imposed against Indigenous peoples.
The formal head of state should not be appointed by the reactionary feudal institution of the British monarchy. The position of Governor General should be abolished, as well as the Senate, which is also composed of unelected appointees.
La découverte tragique de 751 tombes anonymes sur le site de l’ancien pensionnat autochtone de Marieval en Saskatchewan est un exemple poignant de ce qui est loin d’être seulement une page sombre de l’histoire du Canada. Durant plus d’un siècle, ces institutions ont été la pierre angulaire de l’effort suprématiste blanc d’assimilation des peuples autochtones…
The Communist Party of Canada expresses deep sorrow and sympathy to the Indigenous survivors of 500 years of colonial and capitalist genocide, including more than a century of the residential school system which forcibly removed 150,000 children from their families, and is responsible for the death of thousands. We support the AFN’s demand that the…
We call on the labour and democratic movements to speak up in support of the Indigenous fishers and communities affected in NS, and to demand government action to end the violence against Indigenous fishers and communities
Five decades after the October Crisis, the WMA has been replaced with the Emergencies Act, and the RCMP Security Service by CSIS and the CSE, giving governments the same, and even greater powers to impose martial law than they had in 1970.
Le mouvement contre la police raciste a déjà rassemblé des centaines de milliers de travailleurs et travailleuses issus de différentes communautés sur le continent.
The Communist Party of Canada stands in full solidarity with the ongoing rebellion against racist murders by police. We salute all those standing against racism and demanding justice for those murdered by police forces who are allowed and encouraged to act with impunity.
As resistance grows against the Coastal GasLink pipeline and the massive RCMP invasion of Wet’suwet’en territories, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada, meeting over the Feb. 8-9 weekend in Toronto, sends greetings of solidarity to all who are in struggle today for Indigenous rights and environmental justice.