Over 100,000 out in Ottawa on Nov 25th. The march demanded a permanent ceasefire and an end to Canada's complicity in genocide & the siege on Gaza.
The Communist Party was there and stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people fighting for liberation. #canlab#cdnpoli
The Communist Party held a press conference on Friday on Parliament Hill delivering 5,000+ petition signatures demanding immediate action to roll back prices on food, fuel & rent and end corporate price gouging.
Watch here! https://t.co/joEL9Bm4SH
The Ford government’s stated reason for removing 7,400 acres of land from #Greenbelt protection was to build 50k homes in order to alleviate the housing crisis. This was a lie and a scam.
Full statement here ➡️ https://t.co/ol3rfg57DM
#Onpoli#canlab
We need a real public housing program, based on the idea that housing is a human right & should be treated as a public utility - homes would be accessible, with rents geared to incomes rather than an ever-increasing market average #HousingCrisis#canpoli
https://t.co/FuOXeJGldZ
"In an important show of private and public sector unity, immediately after the Metro strike began on July 29, the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) issued a message of solidarity on behalf of its 68,000 members" #onpoli#SupportMetroWorkers
https://t.co/iY1fzmCgEc
Speakers will include:
Miguel Figueroa - President of the Canadian Peace Congress
Drew Garvie - Ontario Provincial Secretary, Communist Party of Canada.
Manuel Johnson - Montreal-based lawyer active in the movement for peace and international solidarity
This report uncovers important information about just how close the relationship is between @fordnation government and profiteering developers.
Profits for a tiny few > the environment, farmers, local democracy and the interests of working people.
Next Wednesday, the U of T Club of the Communist Party of Canada is hosting a FREE screening of Gillo Pontecorvo’s classic film THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966). We’ll see you there!
We join Metro workers on the picket lines & demand higher wages and real action by governments to roll back prices on necessities such as food, fuel and rent!
Find a picket line near you! 🔗https://t.co/24eeudXaYf
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Five corporations, Loblaw, Sobeys, #Metro, Costco and Walmart, control 75% of the country’s grocery market; making massive profits by exploiting working people. The unrestrained power of corporate monopolies is the principal driver of the deepening cost-of-living crisis. (3/4)
As everyone knows, the corporate grocery monopolies have the record profits to pay for livable wages. But #Metro wages declined while workers risked their lives and health during the pandemic. #SupportMetroWorkers
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The Communist Party stands in solidarity with the #MetroStrike and workers fighting against precarious work & for livable wages. The Canadian grocery monopolies amass record profits by pushing down workers’ wages and price-gouging the public.
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