The YCL-LJC vehemently condemns the Coup d’État attempt against Venezuela perpetrated by the US, Canada, the European Union and reactionary governments in South America, including Colombia and Brazil, which represent potential back bases for US – NATO imperialism’s plans of invasion.
Student Commission of the YCL-LJC
January 2019
On January 17th, Doug Ford’s Conservative government announced that tuition fees would be reduced by 10% under the slogan “for the people”. This benign-sounding announcement heralds an attack on students’ political power and our access to a quality, public-funded post-secondary education.
Central Executive Committee
January 2019
The YCL-LJC condemns Doug Ford’s January 17th announcement on post-secondary education and calls for all progressive organisations, including student unions, labour and all kind of on-campus groups to mobilise against this attack aimed at weakening the student fightback and at going one step further in the direction of privatisation and commodification of our education.
In a vicious way similar to the ‘free speech’ directive (that was all about empowering hate and bigoted speech on campus), Ontario’s reactionary government is playing with words and presents this new attack as a benefit for students. It furthers the provocation to the point where it announces that students’ tuition burden will be lowered by 10%. However, a closer look to the numbers makes it clear that the real goal of this announcement has very little to do with a move towards public, free education.
La Ligue de la jeunesse communiste appuie la lutte de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne mobilisée pour la défense de ses droits linguistiques et appelle ses membres ainsi que les progressistes, syndicats, associations étudiantes, groups communautaires, etc. à affirmer leur solidarité envers les revendications des Franco-Ontariens.
The Young Communist League supports the struggle of Franco-Ontarian youth mobilized for the defense of their language rights and calls on its members as well as progressives, unions, student associations, community groups, etc. to affirm their solidarity with the demands of Franco-Ontarians.
La YCL-LJC dénonce la loi spéciale adoptée par le Gouvernement Trudeau le 26 novembre dernier, forçant du même coup le retour au travail des agent.es postaux en grève tournante depuis le 21 octobre dernier et sans convention collective depuis plus d’un an.
The YCL-LJC denounces the back to work legislation passed by the Trudeau Government on November 26th, forcing the postal workers, who were on a rotating strike since October 21st and without a collective agreement for more than a year, to resume work.
The YCL-LJC joins forces with organizations across Ontario to denounce the so-called “free speech” directive passed by Doug Ford’s provincial government and urges all progressive and democratic students to oppose and resist this directive by all means possible. We encourage young people across Canada to express their solidarity with students in Ontario.
Passed in August, this directive purports to defend freedom of expression in Ontario universities by denying funding to those who, by January 1, have not complied with the directive through bylaws, policies, or other mechanisms designed to counter any restrictions on this right; a fundamental principle already protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Those deemed to have violated said policies would also be subject to individual punishment by the school. The HEQCO (Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario) is tasked with auditing the performance of this resolution – if the school is deemed not to have sufficiently enforced these policies, the HEQCO may report this to the Ontario government, which will then threaten their funding. This use of funding as leverage for compliance with government policy is undemocratic and unconstitutional.
La YCL-LJC joint sa voix aux organisations dénonçant la directive sur la « liberté d’expression » votée par le gouvernement conservateur de l’Ontario et enjoint tous les étudiant.es et jeunes progressistes et démocrates à s’opposer et à résister contre cette loi par tous les moyens possible. Nous encourageons également les jeunes du reste du Canada à exprimer leur solidarité envers leurs confrères et consoeurs de l’Ontario.
Votée en aout dernier, cette loi feint défendre la liberté d’expression dans les universités ontariennes en sanctionnant financièrement celles qui, d’ici le 1er janvier prochain, ne se seraient pas dotées de règlements ou autres mécanismes destinés à contrer toute restriction à ce droit fondamental pourtant déjà protégé par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés. Ceux et celles qui l’enfreindraient seraient également susceptibles de sanctions individuelles par leur établissement. Le Conseil ontarien de la qualité de l’enseignement supérieur (COQES) aura pour tâche de s’assurer de la bonne application de cette directive. Un établissement qui serait considéré comme ayant appliqué la directive de façon laxiste serait dénoncé auprès du gouvernement et son financement s’en retrouverait entamé. Cette utilisation du chantage financier est antidémocratique et anticonstitutionnelle.