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…
The Communist Party of Canada today called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to intervene with Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra to restart negotiations and stop the clock on the 72 hour countdown to a lockout initiated by the corporation July 3rd to take effect at 12:01 am Monday. “Canada Post’s Deepak Chopra’s “my way or…
Demand that Canada stay out of NATO escalation against Russia Since the United States-orchestrated coup d’état in Ukraine in February 2014, NATO has escalated its campaign of aggression against Russia, to the point that there is currently a very real risk of open war between nuclear weapons states. NATO’s current Anakonda 2016 war games –…
An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Pride 2016 Statement from the Communist Party of Canada and the Young Communist League The massacre in Orlando at the Pulse gay night club makes it clear that the struggle for the rights of LGBTQ2SI people is far from over. (Note: In this statement, the acronym…
The 38th Central Convention received verbal and written greetings from a range of Canadian and international organizations. The Convention was very pleased to receive the messages from over thirty Communist and Workers parties around the world, which are listed below.
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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…
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 Communist Party of Canada calls on all its members and friends to join the efforts of public health-care coalitions to defend and expand our public health-care system. Comrades in Ontario are urged to vote in the Ontario Health Care Coalition’s May 28 referendum which calls on the Ontario government to stop the cuts to…
The 38″‘ Convention of the Communist Party of Canada condemns the imperialist-backed coup in Brazil and expresses its solidarity with the workers’ and peoples’ organizations that are resisting this attack on democracy and progress in Brazil. The coup was achieved through impeachment votes against democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff, based on exaggerated and selectively-applied charges of corruption….