Labour movement : Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)

Meet our candidates

Elizabeth Rowley, Brampton-Springdale

Elizabeth Rowley is Ontario Leader of the Communist...

Saleh Waziruddin, St Catharines

Saleh Waziruddin is a 33-year old call centre worker...

Miguel Figueroa, Davenport

For almost 40 years of activism and campaigning,...

Cathy Holliday, Toronto Centre

Cathy Holliday has worked as a front line nurse for...

Rick Gunderman, Ancaster-Flamborough-Dundas-Westdale

Rick Gunderman is a factory worker, musician and community...

Drew Garvie, Guelph

Drew Garvie is a service sector worker, part-time...

Stuart Ryan, Ottawa Centre

Stuart Ryan works for a Canadian Union of Public Employees...

Jim Kabitsis, Don Valley West

Dimitrios “Jim” Kabitsis is the Communist...

Anthony Gracey: Hamilton-Centre

Anthony Gracey is a graduate student and Teaching Assistant...

Unite and Drive Against Austerity and for a People’s Recovery! 26th Ontario Convention, May 5-6

Posted by DM on April 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The 26th Convention of the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) will take place May 5-6 at the GCDO Hall, 290 Danforth Avenue, Toronto. Members and friends of the Party are encouraged to read the Draft Political Resolution (click the link below for a pdf version) and submit their analyses to the Discussion Bulletin, care of mckee1968@gmail.com. OntConvDB1 Share this: Read More

Category 2011 Election, 2011 Election News, Economic Crisis, Headline, HST, Labour movement, Occupy, Ontario New Democratic Party, Strike · Tags

Toronto Negotiations will set pattern across Canada

Posted by admin on January 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

PV Ontario Bureau Close to 30,000 municipal workers, organized into three CUPE Locals, are facing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and a right-wing majority on City Council, with Canada-wide implications for years to come. The Ford administration have made it clear that their main aim is to privatize, contract out, and eliminate city services, and to break the back of the union whose... Read More

Category Labour movement, Toronto · Tags city hall, CUPE, cupe 416, cupe 4948, cupe 78, Mike Del Grade, Rob Ford

Which Direction for the OFL?

Posted by admin on December 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Ontario Federation of Labour meets Nov. 21‑25 in Toronto, but without the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA), who refuse to pay up back dues in a continuing struggle over the OFL’s direction and leadership. The decision isn’t unanimous. One of the biggest... Read More

Category Labour movement · Tags Common Front, Days of Action, Harris, NDP, ONA, Ontario Federation of Labour, OPSEU, SEIU, Sid Ryan

Hospital “Superbug” Deaths Preventable

Posted by DM on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

ST. CATHARINES, ON – After yesterday’s announcement of the 35th death of a Niagara hospital patient from “superbug” outbreak-related infections, the Communist candidate for St. Catharines, Saleh Waziruddin, is calling on all candidates in the four Niagara ridings to publicly commit to restoring hospital staffing, beds, and services to prevent further loss of life. At an... Read More

Category 2011 Election News, Health Care, Labour movement, Pharmacare, Taxation · Tags

Ontario Liberal budget attacks public sector

Posted by admin on April 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

People’s Voice, April 16 2011. By Liz Rowley. Setting the stage for the October 6 provincial election, the Ontario Liberals have crafted a budget intended to scare voters away from the provincial Tories, while wooing Big Business for their continued support. The budget speech announced that recovery is in full swing, but the world is an unstable place and thus... Read More

Category 2011 Election, 2011 Election News, Labour movement, Liberal Party of Ontario, Ontario Budget, Wage Freeze · Tags

Time for a united fightback strategy says April 2012 Central Committee meeting
As global capitalism continues to flounder, the attraction of radical alternatives appears to be rising. Meeting in Toronto over the April 14-15 weekend, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada analyzed this important development, and how to help strengthen the working class movements. Elected from across Canada at the Party’s 36th Convention […]
Solidarity with Quebec students
For free education and a general political strike! Resolution of the Central Committee, Communist Party of Canada Since early February, college and university students across Québec have been confronting the Charest Liberal government’s attack on accessible education with a magnificent and historic student strike that has rocked the province. The student str […]
No fighter jets – slash military spending!
Resolution adopted by the Central Committee, Communist Party of Canada, April 14‑15, 2012 Demands are growing for the resignation of Defense Minister Peter MacKay and Prime Minister Harper, in the wake of the Auditor‑General’s report that the purchase of sixty‑five F‑35 fighter‑bombers would cost taxpayers at least $10 billion more than the Conservative gove […]
Organization and resistance!
Solidarity message from the Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada Organized labour in Canada is under attack legislatively and economically, blackmailed by strike and lockout. Two and three tier levels of wages, benefits and pensions are being forced on workers under the bludgeon of lockout and forced strikes. There has not been a major [... […]