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 (Read more…)