On May Day 2013

Central Executive Committee, YCL-LJC

May, 2013

Capitalism IS Crisis

868 million people globally are go hungry. Global food production can feed 1.18 times the global population.
For every homeless person in the United States there are 5 vacant homes.
The global corporate class has $32 trillion hidden in off-shore tax havens
In Canada, over the last 50 years the share of taxes for individuals has gone from 50% to 92% while corporate taxes have declined from 50% to 8% of total government revenue. We have some of the lowest corporate tax rates in the industrialized world.
The average undergraduate student graduates with more than 30 000 dollars of debt.
Cost of a jail cell: $250. Cost of a homeless shelter per night: $85. Cost of supportive housing: $35.
Almost 75% of drinking water systems on-reserve pose health and safety risks to Aboriginal communities.
Youth unemployment hit a 30 year high during the current recession. Unemployment among youth remains double that of the overall population.

Reverse Harper’s cuts to EI, put Canada back to work!

Central Executive Committee, YCL-LJC

May, 2013

Over the past six months, the Harper Conservative government has put in place vicious “austerity” attacks on the people of Canada by severely restricting access to Employment Insurance (EI) benefits for workers. Young workers, already at a disadvantage in collecting EI, will be further excluded and impoverished.

Solidarity with Israeli Apartheid Week!

International Commission, YCL-LJC

March, 2013

The Canadian government’s position on Israel has gone from shamefully silent to actively supportive of violence, occupation and apartheid in the few short years of the Harper Conservative Party regime. The latest of the Harper government’s attack on the Palestinian people is voting against the UN’s recognition of Palestine as a state. The Canadian government, along with just a handful of other countries, including the US and Israel, voted against making Palestine a non-member observer state. Canada’s Minister of foreign affairs, John Baird, stated that official recognition of Palestine “will undermine the objective of reaching a comprehensive, lasting and just settlement for both sides”.

On the recent murderous aggression against Gaza

Central Executive Committee, YCL-LJC

December 2012

The Young Communist League of Canada greets the announcement of a cease-fire in Gaza positively and the halt of the slaughter committed by Israel towards the Palestinian people over the past days.

Against Misogyny and CAFE, for Equality!

YCL-LJC Central Executive Committee

December, 2012

The Young Communist League of Canada calls on all democratic-minded youth and students to redouble their efforts to defend and extend women’s rights for full equality and expose the misogynistic “Canadian Association for Equality” (CAFE).

Students Mobilize Against the Corporate Attack

Joint Statement by the YCL-LJC and the Communist Party of Canada

February, 2012

Students today are facing a corporate steamroller in the form of massive tuition increases and high youth unemployment like our generation has never seen before. The only way forward for the students is to develop a united fightback. The cross-Canada Day of Action, organized by the Canadian Federation of Students, is an excellent step in that direction and has the full support of the Communist Party of Canada and the Young Communist League.

CETA: Stop negotiations immediately and scrap the deal!

Central Executive Committee, YCL-LJC

February, 2012

Young Communist League demands a Charter of Youth Rights, not Corporate Rights

Shrouded in secrecy, the Harper Conservative government, the European Union, and major trans-national corporations recently concluded the final round of negotiations for the largest free-trade agreement in Canada’s history since NAFTA.

Evict the System, Not the People!

Central Central Executive Committee, YCL-LJC

November, 2011

The Young Communist League condemns the anti-democratic and illegal evictions (and attempted evictions) of the Occupy movement in Halifax, London, Victoria, Regina, Saskatoon, Whitehorse, Quebec city as well as Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, and elsewhere across Canada. In many cities the police attacks or threats against the occupiers have been pushed back by the largest showings of community mobilization since the demos began!

Support Sisters in Spirit!

Stop the attack on Aboriginal Organizations!

Central Executive Committee, YCL-LJC

February, 2011

On the occasion of the 5th annual memorial cross-Canada Sister in Spirit marches and vigils, the Young Communist League of Canada expresses our continued solidarity and support with this campaign and the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC). We call for an immediate end to the dirty attack by the Harper Conservative government on Aboriginal people’s organizations, including the Sisters in Spirit campaign.