Just as Stephen Harper unleashed his threat to dissolve Parliament, members of the Communist Party of Canada's Central Committee gathered in Toronto for a two day meeting over the August 23-24 weekend. The meeting finalized plans to nominate some two dozen candidates in the October 14 election, running on a platform to defeat the Harper Tories and to fight for policies of peace, Canadian sovereignty, jobs, social justice, and democracy.
The policy centrepiece of the Communist campaign will be a "People's Energy Plan for Canada," based on public ownership of the oil and gas industry as the material basis for a radical shift in economic and environmental priorities for the country.
Communists will be on the ballot in five provinces: BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. Party leader Miguel Figueroa, a candidate in Toronto, will be on the road during much of the campaign, speaking at public forums and media events in most of the ridings where Communists are on the ballot.
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