Statement from the Communist Party of BC, Oct. 22, 2020 The Communist Party of BC has denounced a recent rash of fake “communist election posters” being slapped on bus shelters, utility poles, businesses and other spots in several neighbourhoods located in the three Victoria-region electoral districts where the CP-BC has […]
For immediate release, Oct. 20, 2020 The tragic news on Oct. 20 that British Columbia recorded another 127 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in September is a siren call for action by all levels of government. The BC Coroners Service reports that the death total for the first nine months […]
Video supporting candidates of the Communist Party of British Columbia
For immediate release, Oct. 21, 2020 The spread of street homelessness and unaffordable housing has steadily worsened in British Columbia ever since the 1980s, as governments at all levels promote so-called “market solutions” that turn housing into a source of private profit rather than a basic human right. In the […]
Video supporting candidates of the Communist Party of British Columbia
The Communist Party of Canada stands with Mi’kmaq fishers, the Sipekne’katik First Nation and Indigenous nations across Canada who are demanding protection for Indigenous fishers and the legal Indigenous fishery under attack by mobs of 200 or more people in New Edinburgh and Middle West Pubnico, Nova Scotia this week. […]
Labour, democratic, civil and equality rights in the crosshairs October marks 50 years since the October crisis of 1970, during which PM Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act, suspended civil and democratic rights across Canada and sent thousands of troops to occupy Quebec. The government’s real purpose for this […]
From the Communist Party of BC, October 9, 2020 As part of the campaign leading up to the Oct. 24 provincial election in British Columbia, 850 secondary and elementary schools across the province are taking part in “Student Vote 2020”. Students will each vote for one of the candidates on […]
by Carlito Pablo on October 6th, 2020 at 9:22 AM – The Georgia Straight Each member of the legislative assembly of B.C. receives an annual basic compensation of $111,024.19. A number of MLAs earn more. MLAs who hold a ministerial or parliamentary office receive additional pay corresponding to a percentage of their basic pay. For […]
For immediate release, Oct. 6, 2020 The five candidates nominated by the Communist Party of BC in the Oct. 24 provincial election have expressed full support for the Open Letter by 12 prominent British Columbians calling for an immediate halt to the Site C dam project. The Communist candidates include […]