Party Name: Communist Party of Canada
Tag Line:
- For peace, jobs, sovereignty and democracy
Leader (Location):
- Miguel Figueroa (Davenport, ON)
Date of Founding:
- May 1921
2008 election:
- 24 candidates
- 3,572 total votes
- 10th of 19 parties
Notable History:
- "Figueroa v. Attorney-General of Canada resulted in the courts declaring several sections of the Elections Act unconstitutional, including a precedent-setting judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada in June 2003 which struck down the 50-candidate rule as the threshold for federal party registration in Canada."
Biggest Issues:
- "Our goal is a socialist Canada, in which resources and economic wealth are socially owned and democratically controlled by the working people, not private capitalists."
Intriguing statement on website:
- "Scrap the Drug Patent Act (which guarantees mega-profits for the big drug companies, and high costs for health care), and build a publicly-owned pharmaceutical sector. Expand Medicare to include eye, dental, pharmacare and long-term care. Stop the “war on drugs”; treat addiction as a medical problem, not a criminal act."
Extraordinary statement on website:
- "the Conservative party ‑ the preferred party of monopoly capital ‑ is the most dangerous threat to peace, democracy, and workers’ rights. They must go… now!"
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