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.
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”.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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!
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.