Category: BC Politics
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MAJOR PROGRESSIVE VICTORY IN VANCOUVER CIVIC ELECTION; turn to right in other cities
People’s Voice Vancouver Bureau For the first time in a quarter-century, a broad-based, labour-backed movement of diverse progressive forces has won a sweeping victory in Vancouver. However, the BC-wide municipal elections held on October 17 saw a turn to the right in several other cities. And while it appears that various far-right groups did not…
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BC NDP needs more than promises to win back the province
Originally published by People’s Voice. In the middle of municipal elections, BC premier David Eby called a snap provincial election for October 24, only two years into his NDP government’s term. But what may have seemed at the time like a strategic move on his part, though nakedly opportunistic, may end up backfiring. The BC…
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High stakes for working people as Vancouver election comes down to the wire: People’s Voice calls for unity against mayor Ken Sim’s right-wing ABC
Another complicated Vancouver civic election campaign is entering the final stretch. When this issue of People’s Voice reaches print subscribers, advance voting will be underway for municipal elections taking place here and across BC on October 17. Veteran Green city councillor Pete Fry has emerged as the leading candidate for mayor in Vancouver, heading up…
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Farewell Dear Comrade
Obituary of Syed Nazir Rizvi December 1, 1929 – July 19, 2026 It is with profound sadness and deep gratitude for a life of extraordinary purpose that the BC Provincial Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada announces the passing of Syed Nazir Rizvi, who died peacefully on July 19, 2026, at the age of 96.…
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CPC BC Statement on the Nurses Bargaining Association Strike
The Communist Party of BC stands in solidarity with striking nurses in their struggle for a new collective agreement. Their calls for more staffing, safer working conditions and a fair wage impact all of us who rely on public services in our daily lives. This is a fight against austerity, privatization and the degradation of…
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CPC BC Statement: Solidarity Against Pipeline Expansion
The Communist Party of BC expresses our profound alarm about recent decisions by the federal and provincial governments to accelerate major resource development, including increased support for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure, and an oil pipeline corridor from Alberta to Roberts Bank on the Salish Sea. These announcements come during a summer of rising death…
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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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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…