Damming the Peace — the Hidden Costs of the Site C Dam, edited by Wendy Holm, published by James Lorimer & Co., 2018. Book review by Tim Pelzer “Damming the Peace” delivers a devastating critique of the Site C dam building project in British Columbia’s Peace River Valley and tells us why the project should…

By Kimball Cariou, editor of People’s Voice   Starting on October 23, British Columbians are receiving ballot packages in the mail, for the province’s referendum on electoral reform. Ballots must be returned in time to count by late November. Most progressive political forces, including the labour movement, are urging a “yes” vote to switch from…

People’s Voice Editorial The start of rotating strikes across the country by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is a signal that solidarity is needed more than ever, by other trade unions, and by the public. That begins with picket line support, the most immediate way to show that the courageous members of CUPW are…

By Kimball Cariou October 20 was municipal election day across British Columbia, earlier than in the past, when campaigning went into the mid-November rainy season. The highlight for many observers was in Vancouver, where Vision’s ten years of majority control of City Hall was ending. After a crushing byelection defeat a year ago, new finance…

PV Vancouver Bureau On October 7, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change launched its Special Report on Global Warming at 1.5 degrees. The IPCC report provides evidence that governments must now heed: there are still ways to avoid runaway climate change, but only if the world acts now, and with determination—going well beyond the commitments…

Statement by the Provincial Executive, Communist Party of BC The announcement of a major new liquid natural gas (LNG) export facility near Kitimat, British Columbia, escalates the climate change threat to the planet, in exchange for dubious promises of benefits for the province. The Communist Party of BC joins with Indigenous leaders, environmental groups and…

The BC Health Coalition has welcome the Minister of Health’s Sept. 24 announcement that the province is purchasing two private, for-profit MRI clinics in order to make use of them in the public system. “For too long B.C. has allowed public MRI wait times to grow while allowing a market for private MRI clinics to…

“Proportional representation makes your vote count.” That’s the message from the Communist Party of BC heading into this fall’s mail-in referendum on electoral reform in British Columbia. The CPBC is a registered provincial party, and one of thirteen organizations approved by Elections BC as a “referendum advertising sponsor” (eligible to print and distribute campaign  materials;…

Statement byCentral Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada, Aug. 30, 2018   The Communist Party of Canada welcomes today’s Federal Court of Appeal ruling which overturns the federal government’s approvals to build the Trans Mountain expansion project. This decision builds upon decades of legal and political struggles by Indigenous peoples in British Columbia and across…

PV Vancouver Bureau Elections for city councils and school boards across British Columbia will be held on Saturday, October 20. As always, local elections are a significant arena of political struggle, especially in major cities where right-wing pro-corporate forces seek to advance the interests of big developers and landlords, resource capital and other elements of…