Until COVID-19 triggered the current economic crisis, the “great economic meltdown” of 2007-08 was the largest, most widespread and protracted capitalist crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In response to that deep recession, ruling [...]
PV Vancouver Bureau With 13 months left until the British Columbia election scheduled for October 2021, Premier John Horgan's minority NDP government is among the most popular in Canada. But a year is an eternity in 21st century politics. Public [...]
With a spirit of combativeness and unity, the Young Communist League (YCL-LJC) held an extraordinary online convention on August 22 and 23. The COVID-19 pandemic had forced the YCL-LJC to postpone its 28th Central Convention, initially scheduled for [...]
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 [...]
By Communist Party, Fredericton Club With the sudden calling of an election by Progressive Conservative premier Blaine Higgs, New Brunswick faces the possibility of a Conservative majority government – this is a bid for unchecked power. A [...]
With two million students and hundreds of thousands of education workers returning to schools across Ontario, the provincial government is still refusing to enact health measures that would limit the health risks of the ongoing pandemic. Teachers [...]
This is a moment of extreme danger and challenges for our planet. The pandemic remains a deadly threat, climate change has not been halted, imperialist wars continue to rage, and fascist forces are on the rise. Here in Canada, governments and bosses [...]
By Caleb Thompson New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called a snap election for September 14, well in advance of the 2022 date established by the provincial Legislative Assembly Act, which mandates that a general election be held every [...]
By Aliza Kassam Amid yet another zoonotic disease, COVID-19, it is even more urgent that the public has full transparency and access to information about intensive animal farming. But federal and provincial governments continue to placate the [...]
“Social Solidarity” or social regulation? By Jason Johnson In 2002 the Quebec National Assembly adopted the Act to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion. This law obliges the Quebec government to establish a national strategy including [...]
