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SOLIDARITY WITH B.C. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES!
Statement by the Communist Party of BC Provincial Committee, April 9, 2022 This spring’s round of collective bargaining talks between the main union representing provincial employees and the Horgan government has reached an impasse, according to the BCGEU, which says the latest offer from the NDP is effectively a wage cut. The BC Provincial Committee…
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The Horgan government’s priority must be public health, not corporate profits
Statement by the Communist Party of BC Provincial Committee, Jan. 15, 2022 As 2022 begins, the Horgan government’s shift away from the promises which helped them win elections in 2017 and 2019 has become even more evident. Recent months have highlighted several key areas where the NDP has retreated further in the face of pressures…
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DROP CHARGES AGAINST WET’SUWET’EN DEFENDERS
Statement by the Communist Party of BC Provincial Executive Committee, Nov. 22, 2021 The Communist Party of BC condemns the latest RCMP arrests of twenty people during a violent two-day raid on Wet’suwet’en territory, and demands the immediate dropping of all charges. This is yet another violent chapter in the centuries-long effort by corporations and…
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BC GOVERNMENT BACKS FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, BUT FAILS TO PREPARE FOR CRISIS
Statement by the Communist Party of BC Provincial Executive Committee, Nov. 19, 2021 The succession of natural disasters hammering British Columbia and other parts of the world this year are warning signs that massive economic and social change is needed to avert catastrophe. Record heat waves, uncontrolled wildfires and massive flooding are not isolated “once…
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BC workers need 14 days paid sick leave!
Statement by the Communist Party of BC Provincial Committee, Nov. 6, 2021 The global covid pandemic has had a devastating impact on health and safety. In British Columbia, over 200,000 cases have been reported since March 2020, and nearly 2200 have died. But other workplace health and safety problems remain serious in this province. In…
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BC government cloaks corporate resource policies with highsounding rhetoric
Commentary by Kimball Cariou, leader of the Communist Party of BC, Nov. 5, 2021 A hallmark of B.C. Premier John Horgan’s four years in office has been the contradiction between his efforts to claim credibility on environmental issues, and his refusal to break with the resource extraction and export policies of the previous Liberal government.…
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BC Communists call for solidarity with health, education and hospitality workers
Statement by the CPBC Provincial Executive, Sept. 27, 2021 In recent weeks, workers in various sectors of the BC economy have faced a growing trend of verbal attacks, harassment and threats at workplaces, organized by far-right groups which have used the complex public debate around government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic to justify their tactics. …
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Interview of CPC leader Liz Rowley with Parvasi TV at Walkathon event!
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Communists welcome arrival of volunteer firefighters from Mexico
Statement by the Provincial Executive, Communist Party of BC, July 26, 2021 The arrival of one hundred highly-skilled firefighters from Mexico to help combat hundreds of wildfires across the province is a true expression of international solidarity. The Communist Party of BC welcomes this assistance, at this difficult moment when thousands of residents have lost…
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Time to change the name of this province!
Statement by the Provincial Executive, Communist Party of BC, July 26, 2021 During the recent public discussions and debates around the 150th anniversary of “British Columbia’s” entry into the Canadian state, a growing number of Indigenous activists and other people have renewed the long-standing proposal to drop the name given to this province by the…