Pride 2017 Statement from the Communist Party of Canada and the Young Communist League In 2017, Pride events across Canada take place in a much different context than one short year ago. The election of Donald Trump has encouraged fascists and other reactionaries to emerge from their dark corners and to openly promote hatred in…
Unite and fight for jobs, democracy, sovereignty, equality and socialism! We celebrate May Day 2017 in the shadow of the Trump war machine which has moved the whole planet into extreme danger of extinction due to nuclear war and/or climate change. According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, it took just 100 days in office…
For Peace, Jobs, Sovereignty and Democracy – Put People before Profits Political Report of the March 4th & 5th Central Committee meeting of the Communist Party of Canada The International Situation The most significant event since our October plenum, is the election of US President Donald Trump and of Republican majorities in both the House…
(List of rallies taking place across Canada below) US President Donald Trump’s illegal bombing of Syria yesterday is a war crime. Prime Minister Trudeau’s statement this morning, supporting the US airstrikes, makes Canada complicit in these war crimes. We call on the Liberal government to oppose the US airstrikes, to take a firm position supporting…
The Liberals’ second budget, delivered March 22, made the corporations happy, but left working people, youth and the unemployed looking for the beef promised during the 2015 federal election, and in last year’s budget. For the corporations and the wealthy: no tax hikes, and no new taxes, and no loopholes closed, leaving the government with…
The Communist Party of Canada today condemned the deadly attack by a masked gunman with assault weapons which killed 6 people and injured 19 more, who were at prayers in the Grand Mosque in St. Foy, Quebec Sunday night. The Party’s Executive Committee expressed deepest sympathy to the families of those killed and injured in…
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…
Déclaration sur les élections américaines, Comité exécutif central, Parti communiste du Canada, 10 novembre 2016 L’élection de Donald Trump marque un changement extrêmement dangereux qui menace la paix, la démocratie et la souveraineté à l’extérieur des États-Unis, et les droits civils et sociaux, ainsi que le droit à l’égalité aux États-Unis mêmes. En tant que chef…
The best thing about the federal government’s pension reform is its pending decision to restore the age of eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) to 65. It was Harper who raised the age to 67, citing the OECD countries which had re-set the pension age to 67, and in one case to 68. Canadians were…
In the lead up to the June 23 Brexit vote, Canadian media reported almost daily on the line-up of right-wing, anti-immigrant, racist and fascist organizations that were campaigning in support of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union: the Brexit referendum. The message to Canadians was clear: Brexit is dangerous; the European Union is safe. To…