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Reset the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

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…

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Unifor and CLC: get back to the table!

The announcement on January 17 by the National Executive Board of UNIFOR, Canada’s largest private sector union, that it was disaffiliating from the Canadian Labour Congress, effective immediately, is a shock to millions of workers in Canada – over 3 million of whom are members of unions affiliated to the CLC, and 300,000 who are…

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Update on City of Montreal’s removal of 2015 election signs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Citizens head to court against city of Montreal Montreal, January 18, 2018 Members of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) and the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) are suing the City of Montreal for compensatory and punitive damages for the city’s actions which occurred during the 2015 federal election campaign. The…

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“Vancouver Group Summit”: Escalating imperialist threats of sanctions & war

The so-called “Vancouver Group” Summit on January 16 will bring together the 14 countries which waged war against Korea in 1950, plus South Korea and Japan – invited by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, allegedly to seek “a diplomatic solution to the Korean crisis.” The Communist Party of…

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Canada OUT of NAFTA: 9 things you should know about this corporate deal

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

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Let the Russian Team Compete in Pyeongchang

The Communist Party of Canada gives full support to the ongoing efforts to reach an agreement which would allow Russian athletes to compete in PyeongChang under the flag of their own country. We have to note that far from being outside the realm of politics or untainted by social pressures, the Olympic movement, like many…

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Solidarity with the people of Honduras

The Communist Party of Canada extends its full solidarity to the people of Honduras who are struggling against election fraud, the suspension of democratic rights and brutal repression. Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans have taken to the streets to protest the blatant irregularities in the results of the November 26th Presidential election provided by the…

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Trump’s Jerusalem Statement is a Declaration of War

The Communist Party of Canada condemns the statement by US President Trump, declaring US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and directing the US Embassy to move to Jerusalem from its present location in Tel Aviv. The US statement is a declaration of war on the Palestinian people, and complete support and endorsement…

CPC contribution to 19th International Meeting of Communist & Workers’ Parties

The Communist Party of Canada’s contribution to the 19th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties We are honoured to bring greetings to this historic gathering on the centenary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Great October is the historic marker between all class divided, exploitative and oppressive societies heretofore; and the end of the…

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100th anniversary of Great October Revolution

Throughout November, celebrations around the world will mark the centenary of the outstanding political event of the 20th century: the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917. By overthrowing the Russian capitalists, landowners and aristocrats, the workers, peasants and soldiers of the Tsarist empire opened the door to a new society in which humanity’s dreams of…