August 16th 2015 The Communist Party of Canada released its 21-point federal election platform this week and announced that it will field 28 candidates in selected ridings across the country, from the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
9e août 2015 La plateforme électorale du parti communiste du Canada propose: le plein emploi et des salaires plus élevés; l’imposition du « 1% » et non plus de celles et ceux qui sont dans le besoin; le développement des programmes sociaux; la protection des droits du travail; la nationalisation des ressources naturelles et énergétiques ainsi…
August 9th, 2015 The Communist Party of Canada’s election platform includes: full employment and higher wages; tax the “one percent”, not the needy; expand social programs; a massive housing program; protect labour rights; nationalize energy, natural resources, and the banks; withdraw from NATO; cut carbon emissions; scrap “security state” laws; justice for Aboriginal peoples; full…
The following commentary is from the Political Report of the June Central Committee meeting. You can read the full report here. After nine years of Tory rule, the coming federal elections on October 19th will provide a crucial opportunity to finally remove the reactionary government of PM Stephen Harper and the Conservatives from office, to…
The 3rd Memorandum debt refinancing pact signed between the Troika (European Commission, the IMF and the European Central Bank) and the Syriza-led government in Greece will have disastrous effects on the Greek working class and working people. It constitutes a monumental betrayal by the Syriza (social democratic) party of its previous promises to stand up…
L’entente signée de refinancement de la dette du 3ième mémorandum entre la Troïka (Commission européenne, le FMI et la Banque centrale européenne) et le gouvernement dirigé par Syriza en Grèce aura des effets désastreux pour la classe ouvrière et le peuple travailleur grec. Elle constitue une trahison monumentale des promesses du parti social-démocrate Syriza de…
July 1 marked the 80th anniversary of the brutal police attack against the On to Ottawa Trek. On that date in 1935, the citizens of Regina and Trek participants were holding a peaceful mass rally in that city’s Market Square. Suddenly, at 8:17 pm, RCMP officers emerged from vans parked at the square with…