Le 29 juillet à Ottawa, le chef du Parti communiste, Drew Garvie, et le secrétaire national du Parti communiste du Québec, Adrien Welsh, ont tenu une conférence de presse pour contester le budget de guerre de 150 milliards de dollars proposé par le gouvernement fédéral. Ils ont exposé la campagne du Parti contre l’économie de…
On July 29 in Ottawa, Communist Party Leader Drew Garvie and National Secretary of the Communist Party of Quebec, Adrien Welsh, held a press conference challenging the federal government’s proposed $150 billion war budget. They articulated the Party’s campaign against the war economy, which argues that this military spending serves weapons manufacturers and banks, not…
The Communist Party of Canada has launched votecommunist.com, a website highlighting the 26 candidates the Party is running across nine provinces.
After an intense 40-day election campaign, neither Big Business political party has won a majority in the new Parliament. Pending final counts, voters have elected 157 Liberals, 120 Conservatives, 32 Bloc Quebecois, 24 New Democrats, 3 Greens, and one independent – Jody Wilson-Raybould in Vancouver Granville. The Communist Party of Canada, which ran 30 candidates…
The Communist Party of Canada today demanded the federal government withdraw back to work legislation and an enabling bill to speed its passage, which the government will use against the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The union has been forced to strike as a result of the employer’s refusal to negotiate a fair contract that…
The Communist Party of Canada extends its full and active solidarity with postal workers who have been on rotating strike since October 22. The Communist Party demands that Canada Post put forward an offer that addresses the needs of its workers and that the federal government honour the rights of workers to strike and bargain…
The Communist Party of Canada demands that the Liberal government live up to their promises made during the Federal election surrounding Canada Post and immediately restore door-to-door delivery service for the nearly one million households who have had this service cut.
The “re-negotiation of NAFTA” is an attempt by the US to unilaterally dictate new terms of this anti-people corporate pact. The Communist Party says “no” to NAFTA, and “yes” to policies that put people’s needs before corporate greed. 9 things you should know about NAFTA
Bill C-59, the Liberals’ new national security legislation, is a cleaned up continuation of the Tories’ infamous and draconian Bill C-51, which the Liberals promised to significantly amend if elected in 2015. In fact they voted for C-51 despite mass country-wide protests against the Bill before and during the election. Their promises to amend it…
Brief to the House Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Consultation on Canada’s National Security Framework, including Bill C-51 Communist Party of Canada, December 2016 The following Brief outlines the position of the Communist Party of Canada regarding former five-part omnibus Bill C-51, (the Anti-terrorism Act, passed by the Harper Conservative government in…