The Political Situation: The Ford government’s corporate offensive The re-election of Doug Ford’s Conservative government in February 2025 represents a dangerous acceleration of corporate power over Ontario’s working class, Indigenous nations, public services, and democratic institutions. Ford’s victory was engineered through a campaign that cynically exploited fears of U.S. tariff Read more…
The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) condemns the Ford Conservative government’s politically motivated seizure of four democratically elected school boards: the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. Minister Paul Calandra’s claim that this is an act of Read more…
The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) strongly condemns the passing of the Ford government’s Bill 6, The Safer Municipalities Act. This legislation gives municipalities and police sweeping new authority to issue trespass notices and forcibly remove unhoused individuals from public spaces, targeting those who have already been abandoned by the Read more…
The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) stands in full solidarity with autoworkers, Unifor Local 222, Local 88, and all workers and communities devastated by the latest wave of layoffs at General Motors’ Oshawa and Ingersoll plants. The elimination of 700 jobs in Oshawa and 500 in Ingersoll—which follow temporary layoffs Read more…
The Toronto Committee of the Communist Party of Canada reaffirms its condemnation of restrictive, anti-worker, and anti-democratic legislation being considered by Toronto City Council. To protect the gains won by labour and progressive movements, we call on Council to reject any measures which seek to restrict the democratic rights of the working class, and we urge all in the labour and people’s movements to fight and reject any restrictions.
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