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{{Infobox political party|name=Communist Party of Canada|native_name=Parti communiste du Canada|logo=Communist Party of Canada.png|founded=28 May 1921|abbreviation=CPC (English)<br>PCC (French)|leader=[[Liz Rowley]]<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=Communist Party elects first woman leader|date=2016-02-16|url=http://communist-party.ca/statement/2031|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104544/http://communist-party.ca/statement/2031|archive-date=2016-03-04|retrieved=2023-06-14}}</ref> |newspaper=[[People's Voice]]|youth_wing=[[Young Communist League of Canada]]|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]|international=[[IMCWP|International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties]]|colours=Red|website=https://communist-party.ca/|colorcode=e02224}}{{Communist parties}}The '''Communist Party of Canada''' ('''CPC''') is a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] party in [[Canada]].  
{{Infobox political party|name=Communist Party of Canada|native_name=Parti communiste du Canada|logo=Communist Party of Canada.png|founded=28 May 1921|abbreviation=CPC (English)<br>PCC (French)|leader=[[Liz Rowley]]<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=Communist Party elects first woman leader|date=2016-02-16|url=http://communist-party.ca/statement/2031|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104544/http://communist-party.ca/statement/2031|archive-date=2016-03-04|retrieved=2023-06-14}}</ref> |newspaper=[[People's Voice]]|youth_wing=[[Young Communist League of Canada]]|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]|international=[[IMCWP|International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties]]|colours=Red|website=https://communist-party.ca/|colorcode=e02224}}{{Communist parties}}The '''Communist Party of Canada''' ('''CPC''') is a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] party in [[Canada]].  
== Political positions ==
The CPC advocates for Canada's withdrawal from [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]]. It also supports [[self-determination]] for [[Quebec]] and the [[Indigenous Peoples in Canada]],<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=Program of the Communist Party of Canada Chapter 4: The Canadian State, the Nations and Peoples of Canada, and the Crisis of Democracy|date=2023-05|url=https://communist-party.ca/chapter-4-the-canadian-state-the-nations-and-peoples-of-canada-and-the-crisis-of-democracy/|retrieved=2023-06-14}}</ref> though it avoids any mention of [[settler colonialism]] in its messaging.{{Original research}}
The CPC also advocates for a two state solution in [[Palestine]] as the "only immediate hope" to end the genocide of Palestinians, and has avoided making any statement advocating for the dissolution of the [[Zionist Entity]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=Reaction, genocide, environmental catastrophe – and growing resistance|date=2024-03-01|url=https://communist-party.ca/reaction-genocide-environmental-catastrophe-and-growing-resistance/|retrieved=2024-03-17|quote=The only immediate hope for peace is the creation of a Palestinian state, as set out in UN resolutions 242 and others, based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as the capital, and including the right to return.}}</ref>, and have indeed framed the issues of Israel as being the fault of its government, ignoring the material basis for its support amongst Israelis in settler colonialism.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=End Zionist expansionism and genocide|date=2023-10-10|url=https://communist-party.ca/end-zionist-expansionism-and-genocide/|retrieved=2024-03-17|quote=Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu bears full responsibility, and for which the people of Gaza and Israel are paying with their lives.
The Israeli government, and its Zionist, expansionist aims has rejected a peaceful and democratic solution which would include the immediate creation of a Palestinian state comprised of the land occupied by Israel since 1967, including the West Bank and Gaza, with the capital in East Jerusalem, and including the right of return of Palestinians in exile, as set out in numerous UN resolutions, including resolution 242.}}</ref> The party also claims to support Palestinian resistance fighters, while calling their main resistance organization, [[Hamas]], a "reactionary organization" and implying they commit terrorist acts.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=Israel as the standard bearer of Western imperialism|date=2023-11-09|url=https://communist-party.ca/israel-as-the-standard-bearer-of-western-imperialism/|retrieved=2024-03-17|quote=While Israel carries out massacres, imperialist governments use the pretext that Hamas fired the first shots on October 7th. They use this as an opportunity to label any action, demonstration, or organization in solidarity with Palestine as supporting terrorism, as if Palestinian solidarity is represented by a single organization. Those who once claimed that Nelson Mandela and the ANC were terrorists are the same ones who prevent various solidarity demonstrations with Palestine and trade unionists, progressives, and students here and elsewhere in the world.
As Communists, we have no illusions about the political agenda or the origins of Hamas, let alone its historical ties to Israel. However, we refuse to reduce Palestinian resistance to this reactionary organization. Also, it must be clearly stated that there is no fair comparison of the crimes of Hamas with those of the Israeli army, which has carried out massacres of Palestinians since 1948, starting with the Deir Yassin massacre and the Plan Dalet.}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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After the fall of [[socialism]] in [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[overthrow of the Soviet Union]], the CPC took a revisionist line under General Secretary [[George Hewison]]. The party briefly abandoned revolutionary socialism for [[social democracy]] but reaffirmed Marxism–Leninism at the 30th party congress in 1992.<ref name=":0" />
After the fall of [[socialism]] in [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[overthrow of the Soviet Union]], the CPC took a revisionist line under General Secretary [[George Hewison]]. The party briefly abandoned revolutionary socialism for [[social democracy]] but reaffirmed Marxism–Leninism at the 30th party congress in 1992.<ref name=":0" />


In 1993, [[Brian Mulroney]]'s [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] government passed amendments to the [[Elections Act]] which stripped parties of their registered status if they failed to field 50 or more candidates in the 1993 election, raised the required deposit to nominate a candidate from $200 to $1000, forcing parties to have at least $50 000 in order to avoid being deregistered, and if a party was not able to field 50 candidates, either due to a lack of candidates or funds, they would be deregistered and forced to liquidate all their assets and pay off all outstanding bills. This practically amounted to shutting down the party. Consequently, the CPC was basically forced to shut down, though did not formally disband and would spend the next 13 years fighting the amendments in court, eventually getting the sections of the law struck down in 2001 and a $65 000 settlement for damages caused, though the Federal government did not admit any wrongdoing and the CPC said this figure was very modest.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=The Figueroa v. A-G of Canada case: The Communist Party’s legal Challenge to Anti-Democratic Aspects of the Canada Elections Act|url=https://communist-party.ca/the-figueroa-v-a-g-of-canada-case/|retrieved=2023-06-02}}</ref>
In 1993, [[Brian Mulroney]]'s [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] government passed amendments to the [[Elections Act]] which stripped parties of their registered status if they failed to field 50 or more candidates in the 1993 election, raised the required deposit to nominate a candidate from $200 to $1000, forcing parties to have at least $50 000 in order to avoid being deregistered, and if a party was not able to field 50 candidates, either due to a lack of candidates or funds, they would be deregistered and forced to liquidate all their assets and pay off all outstanding bills. This practically amounted to shutting down the party. As the CPC was not able to meet these insane requirements, they were basically forced to shut down, though did not formally disband and would spend the next 13 years fighting these unconstitutional amendments in court, eventually getting the sections of the law struck down in 2001 and a $65 000 settlement for damages caused, though the Federal government did not admit any wrongdoing and the CPC said this figure was very modest.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=The Figueroa v. A-G of Canada case: The Communist Party’s legal Challenge to Anti-Democratic Aspects of the Canada Elections Act|url=https://communist-party.ca/the-figueroa-v-a-g-of-canada-case/|retrieved=2023-06-02}}</ref>


== Membership ==
== Membership ==
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=== Local level ===
=== Local level ===
The lowest level of party organization is the club, which consists of at least three members. Areas or cities with multiple clubs hold a Regional Convention once every two years, which elect a Regional Committee. Regional committee members must have been party members in good standing for at least a year.<ref name=":1" />
The lowest level of party organization is the club, which consists of at least three members. Areas or cities with multiple clubs hold a Regional Convention once every two years, which elect a Regional Committee. Regional committee members must have been party members in good standing for at least a year.<ref name=":1" />
== Political positions ==
The CPC stands for Canada's withdrawal from [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]]. It also supports [[self-determination]] for [[Quebec]] and the [[Indigenous Peoples in Canada]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=Program of the Communist Party of Canada Chapter 4: The Canadian State, the Nations and Peoples of Canada, and the Crisis of Democracy|date=2023-05|url=https://communist-party.ca/chapter-4-the-canadian-state-the-nations-and-peoples-of-canada-and-the-crisis-of-democracy/|retrieved=2023-06-14}}</ref>


== Controversies ==
== Controversies ==
More recently, the CPC was the focus of a mishandled sexual abuse scandal, over which many members resigned. The Central Committee largely ignored this, instead chosing to put out a state about "slanderous attacks" on social media being made against them.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Scott Martin|title=I have resigned from the Communist Party of Canada|date=2022-06-26|url=https://youcaughtscott.medium.com/i-have-resigned-from-the-communist-party-of-canada-88a062fa59a2|retrieved=2024-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada|newspaper=Communist Party of Canada|title=On the Recent Social Media Attacks on the Communist Party|date=2022-07-29|url=https://communist-party.ca/on-the-recent-social-media-attacks-on-the-communist-party/}}</ref>
Like most communist parties in [[the West]], the CPC has its fair share of criticism and issues.
 
[Temporary list, remember that there is nuance to each of these and they have not been well-researched by prolewiki as of yet]
 
* Recent sexual assault mishandling
* Accusations of being tailist
* Doesn't do enough to connect with Indigenous Peoples


== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Communist parties]]
[[Category:Communist parties]]
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