For immediate release, Oct. 20, 2020 The tragic news on Oct. 20 that British Columbia recorded another 127 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in September is a siren call for action by all levels of government. The BC Coroners Service reports that the death total for the first nine months of 2020 has reached 1,202,…

For immediate release, Oct. 21, 2020 The spread of street homelessness and unaffordable housing has steadily worsened in British Columbia ever since the 1980s, as governments at all levels promote so-called “market solutions” that turn housing into a source of private profit rather than a basic human right. In the Oct. 24, provincial election, the…

The Communist Party of Canada stands with Mi’kmaq fishers, the Sipekne’katik First Nation and Indigenous nations across Canada who are demanding protection for Indigenous fishers and the legal Indigenous fishery under attack by mobs of 200 or more people in New Edinburgh and Middle West Pubnico, Nova Scotia this week. The attacks have escalated over…

Labour, democratic, civil and equality rights in the crosshairs October marks 50 years since the October crisis of 1970, during which PM Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act, suspended civil and democratic rights across Canada and sent thousands of troops to occupy Quebec. The government’s real purpose for this unprecedented act during peacetime was…

From the Communist Party of BC, October 9, 2020 As part of the campaign leading up to the Oct. 24 provincial election in British Columbia, 850 secondary and elementary schools across the province are taking part in “Student Vote 2020”. Students will each vote for one of the candidates on the ballot in the riding…

by Carlito Pablo on October 6th, 2020 at 9:22 AM – The Georgia Straight Each member of the legislative assembly of B.C. receives an annual basic compensation of $111,024.19. A number of MLAs earn more. MLAs who hold a ministerial or parliamentary office receive additional pay corresponding to a percentage of their basic pay. For example, the Premier gets an…

For immediate release, Oct. 6, 2020 The five candidates nominated by the Communist Party of BC in the Oct. 24 provincial election have expressed full support for the Open Letter by 12 prominent British Columbians calling for an immediate halt to the Site C dam project. The Communist candidates include Tyson Riel Strandlund (Langford-Juan de…

This commentary was published in early September, before Premier Horgan’s snap election call caught many British Columbians by surprise. PV Vancouver Bureau With 13 months left until the British Columbia election scheduled for October 2021, Premier John Horgan’s minority NDP government is among the most popular in Canada. But a year is an eternity in…