Category: BC Politics
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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: 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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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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Rise of residential school denialism reflects drive for more resource extraction
Millions of people across Canada paid solemn tribute to the Indigenous victims of the residential school system on September 30, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. But even as awareness grows of the genocidal policies of residential schools, which operated coast-to-coast-to-coast from 1883 to 1997, there is also an alarming rise in residential school…