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Third Annual People’s Voice Talent Show Fundraiser
Join us on June 30th from 7pm to 11pm at the Centre for Socialist Education for a night of music, comedy, storytelling, magic and other performances by local leftist artists! For the third year in a row, we are throwing a fundraiser Canada’s leading socialist newspaper, People’s Voice, by focusing on the hidden and extraordinary…
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Election of new BC Conservative leaders is a warning shot to the left
By Kimball Cariou Originally published in People’s Voice Not many people were paying close attention to the contest this spring for leadership of British Columbia’s fractious Conservative party. But that changed on May 30, with the narrow victory of Kerry-Lynne Findlay. A former cabinet minister in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, the new leader of the…
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People’s Voice editor visits BC
We are happy to welcome the editor of People’s Voice, Dave McKee, to BC this week. He will be visiting to speak about the importance of independent working class media in a capitalist world. He will be joined by union activists and grass-roots organizers about distortions of working class issues in the mainstream corporate media…
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BC nurses show unity and militancy, as historic strike mandate leads to tentative deal
Originally published in People’s Voice. Nearly 61,000 registered, psychiatric and licensed practical nurses in BC have made their voices clear, forcefully and in unison, that they deserve a fair contract. Between May 8 and 11, nurses who are party to the sectoral Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) Provincial Collective Agreement held a strike vote. The majority…
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BC’s paramedics on the frontlines of the crisis in rural healthcare
By Monica Shannon On March 16, the Ambulance Paramedics of BC (CUPE Local 873) ratified a new collective agreement. The union’s 6,000 members, primarily paramedics and 911 dispatchers, had voted 97 percent in favour of job action in February, with their demands including wage increases, sufficient staffing and improved supports around burnout and other psychological…
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BC Communists: Vancouver electoral plan falls short of urgent need for unity
(Statement by BC-PEC, April 21, 2026) “The agreement on electoral cooperation issued by three progressive civic political parties in Vancouver (COPE, One City, and the Greens) falls profoundly short of the type of electoral unity which could throw Mayor Ken Sim and his anti-working class ABC party out of City Hall in October,” the Communist…
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CPC BC Statement on Recriminalization
The Communist Party of British Columbia has long fought for policies that save lives, including the decriminalization of illicit substances; the creation of a regulated, accessible safe supply; the development of voluntary on-demand, low-barrier treatment; drug education; nationalization of addiction services and the pharmaceutical industry; and the protection and expansion of genuine harm-reduction services. These…
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CPC BC Statement: Stop the Attacks on DRIPA!
The Provincial Executive of the Communist Party of BC condemns the escalating attacks on DRIPA by the major political parties in Victoria. On Monday, December 8th, interim leader of the BC Conservatives, Trevor Halford, called on NDP Premier David Eby to reconvene the legislature to repeal the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act…
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Leftwing Communism Presentation and Discussion
Join us on the evening of December 17th at the Centre for Socialist Education for a presentation and discussion on Lenin’s 1920 text “Leftwing Communism: an Infantile Disorder.” Wednesday, December 17th 7pm at the Centre for Socialist Education 706 Clark Drive, East Vancouver To participate on Zoom, email cpcbcorganizer@gmail.com With this now-classic work, Lenin aimed…
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BC’s Bill 31 a pretext for US takeover of Canada’s minerals
On October 20, BC Premier David Eby introduced Bill 31, The Energy Statutes Amendment Act. The legislation is being touted as a necessary measure to speed up “nation building projects” in the face of threats to Canada’s sovereignty from US President Donald Trump. When looked at in the larger context of Canada’s economic restructuring, however, the bill…
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