By Canadian Peace Congress To all those who share our sense of urgency about the worsening international situation, and the grave danger that war poses for the world today, we issue this Appeal for a united and powerful response. At this critical moment, ending militarism, aggression and war, averting climate catastrophe, and tackling poverty, social disparity…

Statement from the Communist Party of BC, March 19, 2019 In the wake of the mass killing of 50 members of the Muslim community in Christchurch, New Zealand, the Communist Party of BC urges all progressive people in the Vancouver region to take part in the annual United Nations Day for the Elimination of Racial…

The Provincial Executive of the Communist Party of BC joins with a wide range of democratic movements calling on the Hellenic Community Centre of Vancouver to cancel the March 15 speaking engagement featuring two notorious spokespersons for racist and fascist ideologies. These speakers openly advocate hatred, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, transphobia and violence, and should not…

BC Provincial Committee resolution, Feb. 24, 2019 The BC Provincial Budget released on February 19 includes some items that benefit working people, but falls far short in many areas. While the Communist Party of BC welcomes the positive elements of the Budget 2019, we are not surprised that the NDP government refuses to challenge the…

The following call for a mass mobilization against the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, DC, has been issued by the Administrative Committee of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), a broad-based coalition of movements and organizations in the United States but also Canada, such as the Canadian Peace Congress. UNAC is organizing for a massive…

By Kimball Cariou   The much-anticipated Nanaimo by-election on January 30 resulted in a win for Premier John Horgan’s NDP, in large part due to an expenses scandal which has rocked the B.C. Legislature in recent weeks. The outcome leaves the uneasy coalition of NDP and Green MLAs with their slight majority, and breathing space…

Revoke recognition of Juan Guaido, Venezuelan coup plotter and self-proclaimed President! The Communist Party of Canada condemns the Canadian government’s recognition of Juan Guaido, leader of Venezuela’s opposition and self-proclaimed President of Venezuela, as the ‘legitimate’ President of Venezuela; and we condemn the Canadian government’s endorsement of the US call for the Venezuelan military to…

Next year will bring important developments for the Communist Party of Canada, which continues to grow and rebuild across the country. The CPC’s Central Committee met in Toronto over the Nov. 17-18 weekend, holding an intensive discussion on plans for 2019, including an update of the Party’s basic program at its 39th Central Convention. The…

General Motors’ announcement that it will close the Oshawa car plant is a declaration of war on Canadian autoworkers and on automobile manufacturing in Canada.  The Big Three automakers will use the new NAFTA 2.0 agreement to shift their plants south to Mexico where wages are $4 an hour or less – a fraction of…

On Nov. 23, the federal Liberal government introduced back-to-work legislation against the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. In response, the Communist Party of Canada demanded the government withdraw the legislation and the enabling bill to speed its passage, which was being pushed through Parliament as this issue of People’s Voice went to press. The CPC…