Month: February 2019
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Some positives, but the BC Budget falls far short
BC Provincial Committee resolution, Feb. 24, 2019 The BC Provincial Budget released on February 19 includes some items that benefit working people, but falls far short in many areas. While the Communist Party of BC welcomes the positive elements of the Budget 2019, we are not surprised that the NDP government refuses to challenge the…
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MASS MOBILIZATION IN WASHINGTON TO OPPOSE NATO, WAR AND RACISM
The following call for a mass mobilization against the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, DC, has been issued by the Administrative Committee of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), a broad-based coalition of movements and organizations in the United States but also Canada, such as the Canadian Peace Congress. UNAC is organizing for a massive…
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BC NDP GETS BREATHING SPACE IN BY-ELECTION WIN
By Kimball Cariou The much-anticipated Nanaimo by-election on January 30 resulted in a win for Premier John Horgan’s NDP, in large part due to an expenses scandal which has rocked the B.C. Legislature in recent weeks. The outcome leaves the uneasy coalition of NDP and Green MLAs with their slight majority, and breathing space…