Category: David Eby
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CPC BC Statement on Recriminalization
The Communist Party of British Columbia has long fought for policies that save lives, including the decriminalization of illicit substances; the creation of a regulated, accessible safe supply; the development of voluntary on-demand, low-barrier treatment; drug education; nationalization of addiction services and the pharmaceutical industry; and the protection and expansion of genuine harm-reduction services. These…
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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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Defend First Nations Rights, Not Copper and Gold Profiteering!
Statement by the PEC, Communist Party of BC, Sept. 8, 2025 The Provincial Executive Committee of the Communist Party of BC expresses full support for the Xatśūll First Nation’s challenge to a B.C. Supreme Court decision in favour of allowing the Mount Polley Mining Corp. to raise the level of a tailings pond at the…
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Eby Government Violates Indigenous Rights to Protect Resource Sector Profits
After narrowly winning a provincial election in which his party campaigned as defenders of Indigenous peoples, Premier David Eby’s NDP has quickly broken its solemn commitments to uphold the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Instead, the NDP is following the same natural resource extraction and export agenda promoted by the new federal…