News & Statements

The Communist Party in Ontario is fighting for the following policies during the municipal elections taking place on October 24th. A New Financial Deal for Cities Update the inadequate property tax system: Remove education from the property tax Cut property taxes by 50% Generate revenues from commercial, industrial and corporate wealth not from working people Fund cities through provincial statutory grants at levels sufficient to meet the needs of modern cities to provide municipal services, Read more…

The re-election of the Ford government is an immediate call to action for labour and people’s movements. The Conservatives will no doubt continue their attacks on living standards, health, education and the environment, but the popular vote shows the support base for this government is quite narrow. A fightback in our workplaces and the streets can develop quickly. The new majority government will continue to privatize healthcare, including allowing private surgeries and expanding private long-term Read more…

On April 2nd, comrades in Toronto met for our first political convention of the 21st century, to reorganize our political work in Toronto amidst a severe economic crisis, the ravages of the global pandemic, related environmental carnage and heightened imperialist warmongering. These crises are rooted in capitalism and are felt particularly sharply in cities, where the forces of production – labour and capital – and the struggle between them are especially concentrated. It’s been twenty-four years since our last Toronto convention, held in Read more…