PM Justin Trudeau's Trail of Broken Promises... Electoral Reform / Pipeline Consultation / Health Care Funding / Environment / Door- To-Door Mail Delivery
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1• PEOPLE’S VOICE • APRIL 16-30, 2017 Prolétaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous! Otatoskewak ota kitaskinahk mamawentotan Workers of all lands, unite! APRIL Zuma must 16-30, resign: SACP 2017 people's VOL. 25 Page 9 #7 Printed by union labour in Canada $1.50 Canada Post Publications Mail VOICE Agreement #40011632 Protests hit US bombing of Syria Page 5 PM Justin Trudeau's trail of broken promises... electoral reform / pipeline consultation / health care funding / environment / door- to-door mail delivery... and the list goes on Commentary on page 6 Photo by Ed Bil 3 INSIDE 12 Trump's Missiles Journalist under attack 7 Only in Canada? Justin Brake, a Reds in BC Election Abandoning his campaign rhetoric, journalist for the Independent, an Donald Trump launched 59 Cruise online publication, is facing criminal British Columbians go to the polls on missiles against Syria on April 6th. charges over his coverage of protests May 9th. Voters in six ridings will have But it's really no surprise - this is against the Muskrat Falls hydro a Communist on their ballots - check the latest episode in Washington's project in Labrador. out the party's election platform. long class war against Syria. 2• PEOPLE’S VOICE • APRIL 16-30, 2017 Say NO to US aggression against DPRK! Central Executive Comm- in Ottawa and around the world. weapons and its reckless corporate interests in the world. from US aggressions, illegal wars, ittee, Communist Party of These acts and threats of war aggression endangers peoples and He means NATO and the military and crimes against humanity. Canada, April 10, 2017 and aggression against sovereign states around the globe. forces of the US and its allies, Canadian government support for states are completely outside the Nuclear tests by DPRK are the including Japan, should attack US aggression and wars is The illegal US airstrikes on rules of international law, and are result of a relentless US campaign DPRK. complicity, and complicity is also Syria combined with ominous a threat to peace and security on a against Korea, including threats to It’s in this context that the a war crime. threats of similar US action against global scale. The US is not the overthrow the government, threats DPRK is testing its nuclear The Communist Party calls on the Democratic Peoples Republic world’s policeman, though it is of invasion, sanctions that have capacity. An end to US threats of the Canadian government, on of Korea should raise alarm bells armed to the teeth with nuclear contributed to severe shortages in regime change and invasion, and Parliament, to oppose US threats DPRK, and a continuous campaign negotiations leading to a political and aggression against DPRK and of disinformation aimed to keep solution are the only way to de- Syria without further delay. We tensions in the region at peak escalate growing tensions and to call on the labour and democratic levels. This includes US proposals achieve peace and disarmament in movements, and all those to re-arm Japan with nuclear the region. US gun-boat diplomacy concerned with peace and the weapons, and increasing US in the nuclear age threatens the growing danger of further illegal interference in the South China whole world. No-one is safe. US aggression and global Sea including Trump’s decision to Parliament, and the government confrontations, to mobilize to send more US warships to the of Canada, must say no to the oppose the US war machine, and region in February. Trump administration’s declara- to demand that Canada stand up It is the US that has prevented tions of war on Syria and DPRK. for peace, for international law, all efforts at reunification of North The Canadian government has a and for negotiated political and South Korea through a responsibility to protect Canadians solutions. negotiated political solution to the 1953 ceasefire agreement that has maintained a state of war between north and south ever since. Regime A Canadian surge? change has been the US motivation exposed when the extension of since the end of WW II, based on By Paul Bentley Operation Impact is seen in the its Cold War determination to Without a peep from the context of other recent military dominate the region and “roll-back moves. Communism” in south-east Asia, opposition parties, the Trudeau In addition to previously in Vietnam, China, and in Europe. government announced on March 31st that it will extend Canada’s announced plans for the Today, the overthrow of sovereign deployment of “heavily armoured” governments in south-east Asia is “military contribution to the fight Canadian troops to lead a NATO a key part of the US pivot to Asia, against Da’esh”, dubbed Operation Impact, until June 30th. contingent in Latvia, Canada and the encirclement and isolation confirmed on March 25th that its of the USA’s biggest economic The absence of any objections, air force will also be deployed in and political competitor, China. or even questions, in Parliament from the NDP is particularly disa- Iceland and Romania to “defend When President Trump calls against Russian aggression”; and, on “the civilized world” to act ppointing given that they had on April 3rd, Canada’s right-wing against DPRK, he means imper- originally opposed the war. The only political party in Canada now Ukrainian nationalist Foreign ialism and the biggest global calling for an end to Canada’s Minister, Chrystia Freeland, met participation is the Communist with Ukraine Defense Minister Party. Stephen Poltarak to finalize details Fund Drive now over $18,000 When Trudeau recently back- of the new Canada-Ukraine tracked on his promise to end the Defense Cooperation Arrange- Since our most recent issue, the Justin Trudeau, our supposedly desperately need media outlets that “first-past-the-post” system, on the ment. biggest development on the less-aggressive Prime Minister. expose the warmongers and excuse of protecting against the According to the CBC, Poltorak international scene has been the Not only does this unprovoked campaign for world peace and election of “extremist parties”, says his government views the new illegal US bombing of Syria. The attack against Syria completely disarmament. But we can only presumably he was concerned that co-operation agreement as a step mainstream corporate media ignore that country’s national continue to play this role with your he might face hard questions from towards eventually getting on the obediently reported that this sovereignty, it brings the world help to complete our annual Fund socialist parties. automatic firearms country control violation of international law was one step closer to a potential wider Drive for $50,000. Questions like these: “Wouldn’t list, which would allow Canadian a “necessary” step towards the military confrontation in a volatile We reported in our previous the Billion dollars you are putting exporters to sell the country so- violent removal of the elected region. No wonder that anti-war issue that this year’s Fund Drive is into a dirty oil war be better spent called prohibited weapons: “I do government of Syria, in retaliation protests were organized as an off to a great start. As of April 7, on mental health”? hope this agreement will serve as for alleged chemical weapons immediate emergency response. six weeks into the Drive, we have “Hundreds of soldiers died in the foundation for the future attacks against Syrian civilians. But the truth is that the peace raised $18,185, which works out the war in Afghanistan. Many more dialogue on the possibility of this As the Bolivian government movement in Canada remains far to 36.3% of our $50,000 target. committed suicide or continue to sort of assistance to Ukraine”, correctly pointed out, the US smaller than it should be. One key Going from west to east, that suffer the effects of PTSD. Yet the Poltorak said. government appointed itself as reason is that our mass media are includes $4480 from British Taliban now control 60% of the The anti-Russian sentiment prosecutor, judge and jury in this completely lined up with US Columbia, $570 from Alberta, country of Afghanistan. Why behind Freeland’s policy in case, issuing a “guilty” verdict the imperialism and its deadly doctrine $180 from Saskatchewan, $1200 should Canadians suffer and die Eastern Europe is also implicit in moment the incident took place, of “responsibility to protect” - also from Manitoba, $10,690 from in a losing cause again?” her aggressive remarks regarding without any need for investigations known as the US right to dictate to Ontario (over 50% of the “If Canada’s role in the war the chemical weapons catastrophe to find the truth. Why bother with the rest of the planet. provincial target of $22,000), $135 against Da’esh is simply a training in Syria: “Tuesday’s horrific attack facts when Uncle Sam is on hand People’s Voice is more from Quebec, $730 from Nova mission, why are Canada’s raises grave questions about the to launch 59 Cruise missiles? necessary than ever in these Scotia (the first area to officially notoriously lethal JTF2 special possibility of working with the Certainly Donald Trump’s situations, where the working class achieve its target), and $200 from forces assuming an advance Assad regime. They are accusation was good enough for and democratic movements Newfoundland & Labrador. position in the Battle for Mosul?” responsible and we have to treat Our next fundraising event is “How do you explain CBC them as responsible”, she said. Contribute online at being held by our Edmonton reports that a “special forces We might be surprised that Tru- supporters: a ”Tribute to Fidel” officer, who asked not to be deau, famous for his mockery of peoplesvoice.ca/donate on, Sat., April 22, 6-11:30 pm, at identified for security reasons, said former Prime Minister’s Stephen the Ukrainian Hall, 11018 97 St.