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VOTE COMMUNIST FOR REAL CHANGE ON OCTOBER 19!
On October 19, voters will elect a new B.C. government. For many, the ballot will be disappointing at best, or terrifying at worst: a choice between four more years of achingly limited reforms from politicians who pour billions into the fossil fuel industry, or far-right politicians who promote bigotry and corporate profiteering. But in some…
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People’s Voice Walkathon 2024
The annual People’s Voice Walkathon will take place Sunday, August 25, 2024. Join us for a walk through Bear Creek Park in Surrey. We will meet at 140th St. at 10:30 before taking off on our light walk, returning for a potluck lunch at 12pm. From 12:30pm onward there will be entertainment and raffle prizes.…
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BC’s New Protections for Gig Workers Fall Short
PV Vancouver Bureau On June 12, BC’s NDP government announced that it had finalized a new set of regulations for app-based employers in the province. These regulations are ostensibly meant to improve working conditions for workers of corporations such as Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, SkiptheDishes and DoorDash, otherwise known as gig workers. As of September…
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Recriminalization Puts “Tough on Crime” Agenda Ahead of Public Health
By Ashley Shapiro and Monica Shannon Decriminalization of drugs in British Columbia has been a contentious issue marked by significant shifts and recent legislative changes. As it existed from January 2023 until May 7, 2024, “decrim” allowed individuals to possess small amounts of drugs without facing criminal charges. Under these laws, possession of under 2.5…
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Moncada Day in Nanaimo!
The Nanaimo Club of the Communist Party BC will be holding their annual Moncada Day Picnic on Sunday, July 28 at Colliery Dam Park from 4pm to 8pm. All progressives and friends of Cuba are welcome! For more information email cpcbcorganizer@gmail.com
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Revolutionary Vancouver Walking Tour
Join us for a Walking Tour of Revolutionary Vancouver! The tour will meet at Victory Square in downtown Vancouver at 1pm on Saturday, July 27. The tour will visit key locations highlighting Vancouver’s RADICAL history. We’ll learn about the On-to-Ottawa Trek, unemployment struggles, trade union organizing, the Communist Party and much more! The tour will…
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People’s Voice Talent Show!
On Saturday, June 22nd 2024, the Communist Party of BC will be holding a Talent Show to raise money for People’s Voice Newspaper! While we struggle together, shoulder to shoulder against the deadly ills of the inhumane and irrational profit-driven capitalist system, we can sometimes forget that our comrades are multidimensional people with interests beyond…
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May Day 2024: Unite and Fight for Peace, Jobs, and Rising Living Standards
May Day 2024 marks the rising struggle of workers against low wages and falling living standards, after years of austerity, high prices and gargantuan profits by the biggest national and transnational corporations. A year and a half of high interest rates by the Bank of Canada has enabled the big banks, landlords, developers, loan sharks…
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With the province on fire, the NDP must change course now!
Emergency Resolution, BC Committee CPC, August 19, 2023 Yet again this summer, wildfires are ravaging Canada, dramatic new proof of climate change directly related to human economic activity – carbon emissions in particular. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health, and there is…
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COMMUNIST PARTY OF BC PLATFORM for the June 24, 2023 by-elections VOTE KIMBALL CARIOU (Vancouver-Mount Pleasant) and TYSON RIEL STRANDLUND (Langford-Juan de Fuca)
TAX THE WEALTHY Increase annual provincial revenues by $3 billion, by rolling back the huge tax breaks granted to the wealthy & corporations by the Gordon Campbell Liberals. Abolish provincial income tax on earnings under $40,000. CLIMATE JUSTICE, NOT CARBON BOMBS Cut hydrocarbon emissions now! Stop the Site “C” dam, LNG/Coastal GasLink fossil fuel project,…
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