Category: OneBC
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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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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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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…