People's Voice

Free Meng campaign marks 1000 days of incarceration

Thursday, August 26, 2021, marked the 1000th day of unjust incarceration by the Trudeau government of Meng Wanzhou. That’s 1000 days during which Ms. Meng has been denied her freedom, has not been able to be with members of her family, has not been [...]

Organizing is a necessity, not an option

A political history of the Hamilton Unemployed Union By Sam Hammond and Terry Fraser In the summer of 1981, Canada’s economy was in a recession which by mid-1982 had deepened into one of the worst in the post-WW2 era. Unemployment reached [...]

PV Exclusive: Eye-witness account of US attempts to destabilize Cuba

Social media manipulation and cyberattacks By Kathryn Guerrera As a Canadian with family members that live in Cuba, who was in Cuba during the anti-government protests that occurred on July 11, I found myself in a unique and disturbing [...]

Hands off Cuba!

CPC denounces US destabilization campaign, calls for end to blockade In response to the July 11 protests in Cuba, the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) has denounced this latest US-backed destabilization attempt and is calling for increased [...]

Pay equity – still half a trillion dollars away

Editorial At the end of August – three years after it was passed in 2018 – Canada’s federal pay equity law comes into force for workers in federally regulated industries. It’s a milestone that is being celebrated by unions, equity seeking [...]

Capitalism – the root cause of the mental health epidemic

Jianhong Li The federal budget announced in April included a commitment to provide nearly $1 billion in additional government funding for mental health. This increase is welcome, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing [...]

A ban on old-growth logging in BC is long overdue

The ongoing arrests at the Fairy Creek watershed emphasize yet again the need to declare a ban on logging in areas of old-growth forests across British Columbia. This step is urgent - time is quickly running out to save our planet from the [...]

Canada-Cuba relations and the solidarity movement

Interview with Cuban Ambassador Josefina Vidal Part Two: Canada-Cuba relations and the solidarity movement Longtime peace and solidarity activists Miguel Figueroa and Larry Wasslen interviewed Cuban Ambassador to Canada, Josefina Vidal, to [...]

July 1 is not a day for celebrations

The tragic discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval residential school in Saskatchewan is a powerful reminder that this was not simply a "dark chapter" in the history of Canada. For over a century, these institutions were [...]