Video: appeal from Miguel Figueroa – Stop Bill C-51
Miguel Figueroa, leader of the Communist Party of Canada, makes an appeal that the people can stop this dangerous legislation in its tracks.
Civil and Democratic rights | International relations and global solidarity | Palestine | Peace and disarmament
The Canada-Israel MOU and Bill C-51
People’s Voice Editorial When John Baird resigned his federal cabinet post in early February. there was considerable mock “dismay”, including the question: how will Israel be able to function with only one foreign minister? Probably it’s just a coincidence, but his sudden departure came just two weeks after a shocking “Memorandum of Agreement” was co-signed…
Dîtes au parlement qu’il doit défaire le projet de loi d’État policier C-51 !
Déclaration du Comité exécutif central du Parti communiste du Canada, le 5 février 2015 Partout au Canada, l’alarme est sonnée contre le projet de loi C-51, la soi-disant « Loi anti-terroriste 2015 », qui donne à l’État canadien de nouveaux pouvoirs pour criminaliser la dissidence publique. En premier lieu, il vise celles et ceux qui…
C-51 campaign | Civil and Democratic rights | CPC Campaigns | Federal elections | Police and prisons
Tell Parliament: Stop Bill C-51
Visit our anti-Bill C-51 campaign site here. Across Canada, alarms are being raised against Bill C-51, the so-called “Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015” which gives the Canadian state sweeping new powers to further criminalize public dissent. In the first place, it targets those critical of the corporate agenda of austerity, environmental destruction, and imperialist war. This dangerous…
Civil and Democratic rights | International relations and global solidarity | Peace and disarmament | Statements
On the expanding “War on terror”: unite to defend democracy, peace and equality
Since the terrible events of January 7 and beyond in Paris, politicians and the corporate media in the NATO countries, including Canada, are thundering that “we must all unite” in response to a so-called “declaration of war” by religious extremist groups. But under the cover of “safeguarding our freedom from terrorism”, the Harper and other…
Anti-racism | Civil and Democratic rights | Français | International relations and global solidarity | Peace and disarmament | Statements
À propos de l’expansion de la « guerre au terrorisme » : Unissons-nous pour défendre la démocratie, la paix et l’égalité
Depuis les terribles événements survenus à Paris le 7 Janvier et les jours suivants, politiciens et grands médias des pays membres de l’OTAN, dont le Canada, tonnent que «nous devons tous nous unir» en réponse à une soi-disant «déclaration de guerre» de groupes religieux extrémistes. Mais sous le couvert de «sauvegarder nos libertés contre le…
Cuba and Cuban revolution | International relations and global solidarity | National self-determination | Statements
A win-win agreement for the peoples of Cuba, the United States and all the peoples of this hemisphere!
The simultaneous statements by U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruiz are of great historic significance. The comprehensive package of measures aimed at improving the economic, political and diplomatic relations between these two countries signals the beginning of the end to one of the darkest periods in the history of this hemisphere…
Unite against Harper’s politics of fear
In the wake of the violent events in Ottawa and Quebec last month, the Communist Party of Canada warned against attempts to use such incidents to impose new restriction on civil liberties and democratic freedoms. The Harper government is clearly adopting such a strategy, in an effort to intimidate Canadians against expressing criticism of Conservative…
Solidarity with Communist Party and Communist Youth of Venezuela
The Communist Party of Canada condemns the criminal attack against the offices of the Communist Party and Communist Youth of Venezuela, that occurred in Caracas on October 21. This attack is part of the ongoing campaign by reactionary forces in Venezuela – with support from foreign powers – to destabilize the country and turn back…
Solidarity with Sudanese Communists
The Communist Party of Canada joins progressive and democratic voices around the world in condemning the new wave of anti-Communist repression in Sudan. We demand the immediate end of this repression and the release of all political detainees. The CPC is particularly concerned about the capture of Suliman Ali, the Political Secretary of the Sudanese…