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“NET ZERO” ISN’T ZERO ENOUGH
Imagine a really radical government policy to reduce homelessness to zero. It involves building lots of housing – at least one unit for every homeless person. The catch, though, is […]
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NDP BUDGET FALLS FAR SHORT OF PEOPLE’S NEEDS
While the corporate media’s attention was focused on demonstrations outside the Legislature in Victoria, the BC government’s 2020 budget was delivered inside on February 18. Anti-poverty groups, some of which […]
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PIPELINES VIOLATE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND THREATEN THE PLANET
As resistance grows against the Coastal GasLink pipeline and the massive RCMP invasion of Wet’suwet’en territories, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada, meeting over the Feb. 8-9 […]
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COPS AND CORPORATIONS OUT OF WET’SUWET’EN TRADITIONAL TERRITORY
Despite the rhetoric by politicians and corporate bosses about “reconciliation” and “respect for Indigenous rights,” the invasion of Wet’suwet’en traditional territory in north-central British Columbia by Coastal GasLink (CGL) and […]
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ANTI-CHINA RACISM MUST BE REJECTED
The dangerous upsurge in Sinophobia since the start of the coronavirus crisis is a present day reflection of the anti-China xenophobia which has always been deliberately fanned by reactionary forces, […]
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FORESTRY WORKERS STILL STANDING STRONG IN FACE OF CORPORATE ATTACKS
After being on strike for 7 months, 2600 members of United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 are still picketing outside Western Forest Products (WFP) sawmills on Vancouver Island. This is one of […]
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WANT THEIR #LANDBACK
On December 31, the BC Supreme Court ruled in favour of Coastal GasLink (CGL), which has never obtained consent from the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs to work on un-surrendered traditional Indigenous […]
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Vancouver and District Labour Council mobilizes solidarity with Chilean people
ACTIONS INCLUDE CALL FOR CLC TO IMPLEMENT BOYCOTT Beginning October 18, Chile has been rocked by massive protests, strikes and mobilizations against the neoliberal austerity imposed by the right-wing government […]
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BC transit workers: Driving for pay equity, better working conditions
BC LABOUR COMMITTEE, CPC A winter of labour discontent is beginning to emerge on the west coast. Transit workers in Metro Vancouver are in the headlines, and a wider series […]
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BC’s UNDRIP legislation charts new path in continuing struggle
Kimball Cariou Four years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on all levels of government in Canada to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous […]
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