Elizabeth Rowley |

Needed now: EI reform, work and wages

By Liz Rowley The Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue Parliament until September 23 is an effort to position the Liberals as defenders of the 7 million people who lost their jobs this spring, the 8.4 million who needed CERB and the 4.5 [...]

Upsurge in struggle against systemic racism, economic crisis

The Communist Party’s Central Committee met on June 14, amid a massive struggle against police killings and systemic racism that began in the US and led to mass protests on six continents and sixty countries, including Canada. Led by Black Lives [...]

Trilateral meeting of Communist parties in USMCA countries

Participants agree to joint action, future meetings Communist parties from Mexico, the US and Canada met in Mexico City November 28 to December 1 to discuss the USMCA free trade agreement, whose ratification by governments across North America is [...]

International meeting celebrates centenary of Comintern, stresses deeper unity of Communist movement

The 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties (IMCWP) took place October 18-21 in Izmir, Turkey, just as the Turkish government launched its invasion of Syria under the pretext of protecting the Kurds. In fact, as Turkish [...]

Voters deny Big Business parties a majority – what are the next steps?

Now that the votes are all counted, it’s clear that once again a majority of electors voted defensively, using their ballots to stave off a Big Business majority government. Given the hard drive to the right by the Tories and the Peoples Party, a [...]

What We Really Need to Know About the SNC Lavalin Affair

The Federal Ethics Commissioner’s ruling that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated conflict of interest rules, when he pressured then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt major criminal charges against SNC Lavalin and instead provide a [...]

Failure to Launch: Liberals’ Federal Budget

This budget failed to deliver on almost every key issue for working people, who can’t afford four more years of falling wages and living standards.

Bernier Forms Hard-Right Anti-People’s Party

Maxime Bernier, a defeated leadership candidate who left his top secret files with a girlfriend who consorted with the Hells Angels, has left the federal Tories.

Trump’s Tariff Threats Prove Canada Should Exit NAFTA While We Can

The pressure’s on. While Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland gamely smiles and tells reporters every day that a deal on NAFTA is “close”, President Trump tweets that he’ll “cause the ruination of Canada” with 25% tariffs on Canadian-made cars if the [...]

Canadian Delegates Attend Marx Conference In China

50 Communist parties attended a theoretical conference held in China on "The Historical Contribution of Karl Marx and the Contemporary Significance of Marxism." Here, we reprint the presentation to the meeting by Elizabeth Rowley, leader of the [...]