Celebrate the Summer of World Pride!

Joint statement from the Young Communist League of Canada and Communist Party of Canada

June, 2014

The Pride 2014 summer season is here, including World Pride in Toronto and hundreds of events in cities and towns right across Canada! This is a time to celebrate the gains by LGBTTQ+ communities, and to reflect on the challenges we still face. The past year has seen some remarkable victories, but also ominous signals of a dangerous pushback from anti equality forces.. More and more countries are recognizing same sex marriage and other fundamental LGBTTQ+ rights. In Canada, the struggle to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender expression/identity has seen new progress.

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Complete Solidarity With BC Teachers!

Young Communist League – Vancouver

June, 2014

There has been a troubling current in the student movement’s response to the current labour dispute between the British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) and the BC Liberal government, most obvious in the June 4th “BC Student Walkout for Students.” Many students view themselves as caught in middle of a battle between equally powerful and dangerous camps, when in reality nothing could be further from the truth! In every set of collective bargaining talks between the BCTF and the government since the Liberals took power in 2001, the government has been the aggressor and has made it their explicit mission to curtail and even destroy teachers’ bargaining rights.

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