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Toronto’s “New Deal” alleviates symptoms, leaves root causes unaddressed

The Toronto Committee of the Communist Party calls for needs-based statutory funding for the city of Toronto to provide good quality public services, free transit, reverse privatization, and expand rent-geared-to-income social housing in the city. While the so-called ‘new deal’ negotiated with the Province takes some of the most intense pressures off the city, it does nothing to address the root causes of the decay at Toronto’s core. It is undeniable that the Don Valley Read more…

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Communist Party submission on Ontario’s “Accelerated Apprenticeship Pathway”

Accelerated Apprenticeship Pathway Consultations – Submission from the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) Both of the models being promoted by the Ontario government for the accelerated apprenticeship pathway appear designed to weaken and degrade both the public education system and the skilled trades & apprenticeship system. There are two models being proposed: “Model 1” encourages students to stop attending school to enter a full-time apprenticeship starting in grade 11—they would continue to be enrolled with Read more…

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Ontario Provincial Committee – Political Report

The following is the political report of the Ontario Committee of the Communist Party of Canada which was discussed and amended at an Ontario Committee meeting on Sept 30th, 2023. The political situation in Ontario As imperialism hurtles towards world war, nuclear catastrophe and irreversible climate chaos, the living standards of working people in advanced imperialist countries continue to decline. In Canada, working people face plummeting real wages and skyrocketing costs for housing and basic Read more…

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Solidarity with the First Nations Land Alliance defending Indigenous land rights against resource extraction

Since it was elected in 2018, Ontario’s Conservative government has facilitated the acceleration of corporate exploitation of Indigenous territory in the province.  After declaring that he would “drive the first bulldozer” into the mineral-rich Ring of Fire in Northern Ontario, Doug Ford has allowed prospectors to stake thousands of new claims on First Nations’ land without the consent of the Indigenous people living there. Last year, he named as Minister of Mines long-time gold industry Read more…

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Unite against right-wing attacks on trans people

Across the country, right-wing forces are escalating their campaign against trans people, denying their rights and their very existence. In the parliamentary arena, these attacks are echoed by legislation that has been passed or is being promoted by conservative parties including Doug Ford’s Ontario government. In early September, Ford tried to deflect public opinion from the Greenbelt scandal by criticizing school boards and teachers who keep information confidential about students’ sexuality and gender identity, including Read more…

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