Communist Party Calls for Full Employment Strategy, Nationalized Industries
Public Investment and Shorter Work Week, Not Corporate Tax Cuts
Campaigning in Vancouver today, Communist Party leader Miguel Figueroa issued a strong call for a full employment strategy that would generate millions of jobs, preserve and rebuild Canada’s industrial economy, and improve working conditions for all.
“Despite daily reports from big business and their minions in government that the economic crisis is over, there is still no recovery for working people in Canada,” said Figueroa. “With nearly two million people who are still unemployed, and over a half million well paid manufacturing jobs that have been wiped out, it is a disgrace that the Harper government and its corporate backers have the audacity to tell workers to keep our heads down, give more concessions to the bosses, and wait for “better days.” It is time for a jobs strategy that puts people’s needs before corporate greed.”
