Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples struggles – Page 3 – Communist Party of Canada

Solidarity with Indigenous peoples’ demands for justice!

février 16, 2018février 16, 2018

The acquittal of Gerald Stanley, who fired the shot that killed Colten Boushie, is a stinging indictment of the systemic racism which permeates the entire policing and legal system. The Communist Party of Canada stands in full solidarity with the demands of the Boushie/Baptiste family for genuine reforms to the institutions which continue to systematically…

Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples struggles | Sexism and misogyny | Treaty and inherent rights | Violence against women | Women and gender equality

Reset the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

février 13, 2018juillet 13, 2025

This February 14th, as in past years, marches will be held across Canada to commemorate the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The February 14th marches demanding justice have been being held for almost three decades, but the current need for action is as great as ever before. The Communist Party of…

Canada 150: whitewashing the genocidal history of colonialism

juin 21, 2017juin 27, 2017

On National Aboriginal Day, June 21, the Communist Party of Canada sends our warmest greetings to all First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We take this important occasion to renew our solidarity with the resistance against the expansion of resource extraction industries on traditional indigenous territories, and with all those who stand for an end…

Repeal C-51, Scrap CSIS: Brief to the House Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

Décembre 22, 2016juillet 13, 2025

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…

Éducation | Provincial politics | Quebec student strike | Treaty and inherent rights | Youth and students

All out November 2nd: build the student struggle for free post-secondary education

novembre 1, 2016novembre 2, 2016

Central Committee CPC, October 15-16, 2016 This November 2nd, students across Canada are taking part in a Day of Action demanding free, accessible, public post secondary education from coast-to-coast. The Communist Party of Canada stands in full solidarity in this important student struggle.

For international working class unity against imperialism: 38th Central Convention, Main Political Report, Section one.

août 25, 2016juillet 13, 2025

Our 38th Central Convention meets at a moment of escalating danger, from increasing war, environmental crisis and economic decay. As the systemic crisis of capitalism continues to deepen, and the effects of the 2008 economic meltdown continue to be felt, imperialist states and organizations are becoming increasingly aggressive. The standoff between nuclear armed states in…

Canada and the Fightback: 38th Central Convention, Main Political Report, Section two.

août 25, 2016juillet 13, 2025

The 38th Central Convention of our Party follows a major political upheaval in the recent federal election, and a new escalation of the global economic crisis which emerged in 2007-08. Initially, the Canadian economy was buffered to some degree by exports of fossil fuels and other natural resources, and because Canada’s megabanks were somewhat less…

Keynote address – 36th Central Convention, CPC

juin 19, 2016juillet 13, 2025

Keynote address delivered by Elizabeth Rowley, leader of the Communist Party of Canada at the occasion of the Parties 38th Central Convention in Toronto. Comrade Chair and Comrades: We open this convention with a warm welcome to all of the Delegates and Alternates who have traveled from all over Canada to attend this 38th Convention…

Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples struggles | Anti-racism | Civil and Democratic rights | Idle No More | National self-determination

Solidarity with Attawapiskat and indigenous resistance struggles!

juin 16, 2016juin 16, 2016

The suicide crisis among youth in the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat is a scathing indictment of centuries of capitalist colonialism imposed on indigenous peoples within the Canadian state, from the theft of the traditional territories of aboriginal peoples, to the residential schools and other forms of assimilation which followed. Despite the federal government’s commitment…

The wildfire tragedies – a call for radical action against global warming

juin 7, 2016juin 7, 2016

The Fort McMurray fire, which broke out May 2nd during an unprecedented spring heat wave in northern Alberta, now covers 423,000 hectares of boreal forest as of May 18th. The plight of more than 80,000 Fort McMurray residents, frantically trying to evacuate amidst fire and smoke, knowing they might not have homes to return to,…