As part of our special federal election coverage, People’s Voice will be preparing a series of articles, analyses and interviews, for both our print and online editions, that examine the key issues and discuss real solutions. Here, we speak with Liz Rowley, leader of the Communist Party of Canada, about what’s at stake for workers…

Party calls for justice for teachers, students The Communist Party of BC has issued a statement saying the present course of the NDP government on public education issues poses a serious threat to the interests of teachers, support staff, students and families across the province. The Party is demanding that Premier Horgan replace Education Minister…

James Chumsa Sawmill workers across Vancouver Island have been picketing for a fair contract with Western Forest Products since the Canada Day long weekend. The strike by 3000 members of United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 is in opposition to WFP’s proposed clawback of holidays, pensions, seniority rights and many other contract areas. The workers are also…

Kimball Cariou The NDP government of British Columbia has released figures showing an operating surplus of $1.5 billion during the 2018-19 fiscal year. The amount is $1.3 billion higher than projected in previous budgets, thanks largely to increased revenues from personal and corporate income taxes, even though the province has not rolled back the enormous…

The Trudeau government was elected  in 2015 after a decade of Conservative austerity and attacks on working people. Four years later, it is clear that Bay street is still in control.Canada is not meeting carbon emission targets as the government does the bidding of the oil and gas monopolies while trampling Indigenous sovereignty. Living standards…

People’s Voice Editorial As the U.S. administration’s threats against Iran escalate, everyone knows the potential consequences of this deadly strategy. The clique of warmongers preparing to bomb Iran is almost completely isolated on the international stage. Even the foreign minister of the UK, Washington’s most faithful ally, has called for “urgent de-escalation” of regional tensions.…

By Kimball Cariou Three years ago, after years of threats, the B.C. Liberal government fired the entire Vancouver School Board just as the trustees were about to meet to fulfill their legal requirement to adopt a balanced budget for the 2016-17 school term. The real reason for the firing was that for most of the…

By Kimball Cariou With time running out to reach a new collective agreement, the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the provincial government have very different views. Key bargaining talks in British Columbia are conducted province-wide between the BCTF and the BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), which represents the government and school boards. The former…

PV Vancouver Bureau Speaking at meetings in Edmonton and Vancouver on May 4 and 5, independent journalist Eva Bartlett shredded the corporate media narrative about the situation of people in Syria and Venezuela, countries which targetted for “regime change” by US imperialism and its allies, including Canada. The forums were organized by the Edmonton and…

By Kimball Cariou Several events during April and May point to a potential rearrangement of the electoral landscape in Canada, linked to the deepening crisis of the global environment, and the desire for governments that are more responsive to the views and interests of working people. Most immediately, the latest gains by the Green Party…