Statement by the Provincial Executive, Communist Party of BC, July 26, 2021 The arrival of one hundred highly-skilled firefighters from Mexico to help combat hundreds of wildfires across the province is a true expression of international solidarity. The Communist Party of BC welcomes this assistance, at this difficult moment when […]

Statement by the Provincial Executive, Communist Party of BC, July 26, 2021 During the recent public discussions and debates around the 150th anniversary of “British Columbia’s” entry into the Canadian state, a growing number of Indigenous activists and other people have renewed the long-standing proposal to drop the name given […]

Statement by the Provincial Executive, Communist Party of BC, July 7, 2021 Recent events confirm the view of the Communist Party of BC that the refusal by Premier John Horgan and his NDP government to prioritize action on the deepening climate catastrophe has serious consequences for the people of British […]

Statement by the Provincial Executive, Communist Party of BC, June 23, 2021 For the second summer in a row, Pride events across British Columbia are sharply limited by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the growing and diverse Two-Spirit /Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender / Intersex / Queer+ movements continue […]

Statement by the Provincial Executive, Communist Party of BC, June 15, 2021 The ongoing arrests at the Fairy Creek watershed emphasize yet again the need to declare a ban on logging in areas of old-growth forests across British Columbia. This step is urgent – time is quickly running out to […]

Statement by the Communist Party of BC, May 31, 2021 The discovery of 215 children’s bodies buried on the grounds of the Indian Residential School in Kamloops has sparked a wave of deep sorrow and anger across Canada, which has a centuries-old history of committing genocide against Indigenous peoples. As […]

For immediate release to all media, April 22, 2021 In last October’s election, John Horgan’s NDP appealed for the votes of left-minded British Columbians. Without being shackled to their alliance with the Greens, went the argument, an NDP majority could finally implement a stronger progressive agenda. But on April 20, […]

For immediate release to all media, March 17, 2021 The Communist Party of British Columbia calls the March 16 announcement of $175 monthly increases to people on income and disability assistance “totally inadequate to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands living in dire poverty” during the current pandemic and […]

It’s 2021, and mass poverty is still a reality in British Columbia. Despite some limited reforms under the NDP, almost 160,000 children and youth still live in poor households. And that was before the covid pandemic wiped out thousands of jobs, with the hardest impacts on women, youth, and racialized […]

For immediate release, January 5, 2021 As 2021 begins, the recently re-elected NDP government of British Columbia has slashed the province’s monthly $300 Covid assistance benefits in half. Just before Christmas, the news was released that starting in January, income assistance and disability recipients will receive just $150 per month, […]