The Communist Party of Canada condemns Doug Ford’s push for further healthcare privatization, which marks another escalation in his pro-corporate war against working people. Ford’s ongoing cuts to public healthcare will not improve wait times or health outcomes for working people, and instead are only intended to further fatten corporate profits.
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The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) condemns the ongoing assault on democratic norms underway in Ontario at the hands of Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives. These attacks on democratic rights enrich developers and corporations by cutting workers’ wages and benefits , while pushing back advances won by working people.
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The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) stands with tens of thousands of post-secondary students and education workers who have mobilized against Doug Ford’s latest attacks. Education is a right, not a privilege – it should be fully funded by the government and provided free of tuition. Student debt should be cancelled, and students should be provided with a stipend to cover their living expenses.
Ford’s February 12 announcement that Ontario is ending the years-long tuition freeze and reducing OSAP grants to a maximum of 25 percent of student assistance is a deliberate step that accelerates the drive to privatization in post-secondary education.
The Toronto Committee of the Communist Party of Canada condemns the recent announcement of the joint bid to host the global headquarters of the newly announced “Defense, Security and Resilience Bank” in Toronto. While the Bank’s stated purpose is to “provide long-term, affordable capital for defence, security and resilience investments,” its true purpose is to support US and NATO imperialism, ratchet up the drive to war, and provide a vehicle for military investments. The Bank Read more…
After one of the longest summer breaks in recent history, the Ford government has returned to Queen’s Park with a plan for another short, intense session designed to limit debate, avoid public scrutiny, and ram through more of its sweeping corporate agenda. This is their new, undemocratic playbook: govern while the legislature isn’t in session, then unleash a blitz of omnibus legislation to overwhelm resistance. It is a conscious method for accelerating the transfer of public wealth into private hands while minimizing democratic accountability.
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