Submission to Global Affairs Canada’s NAFTA Consultations, by the Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada was among the first organizations in Canada to oppose the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement proposed by the Mulroney government in 1988 just months before that year’s federal election. Our opposition was based on our view that Canada’s…
The Communist Party of Canada condemns the federal Liberal government’s June announcement of its plan to increase military spending by 70% over the next ten years. This massive militarization means the government is committing to increase its already significant role in military interventions and full-scale wars around the world, further escalating imperialism’s drive towards world…
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…
A Political Solution to the Crisis is Possible and Urgent US President Donald Trump’s threatening statements regarding the DPRK and its missile tests this week are a serious danger to peace in the region and in the world. President Trump and his administration are not the world’s policeman, and have no right to threaten “punishment”…
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…
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…
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…