Our program

The communist program to combat the crisis

Economic disaster is on the horizon, and the ruling class is preparing to make working people foot the bill. The labour movement must prepare to mobilize the working class to defend our jobs, our wages and our public services.

No to cuts! Make the bosses pay for their crisis!

Capitalist governments are preparing brutal cuts in social services and layoffs in the public sector. We reject any attempt to shift the burden of the crisis onto the backs of working people. There’s plenty of money in the bosses’ pockets!

Wages adjusted to inflation

Workers should not have to pay for this trade war, which is not our war. We stand for pegging wages to the inflation rate to guarantee that workers will still be able to pay the bills.

No to layoffs! Mass working class action to save jobs!

We cannot rely on the federal or provincial governments. The labour movement must get ready to respond to any mass layoffs or closure with strikes and occupations. This is the only way to protect jobs.

Open the books! Down with business secrets!

We cannot be expected to blindly trust the bosses when they say they have to close a workplace or lay off workers—they will inevitably try to take advantage of the situation. The books of the big banks and corporations must be made public so all of the workers can observe the real situation. This is also a first step towards workers’ control over production.

Don't bail-out! Expropriate!

We cannot control what we do not own. Any company which decides to shut down or lay off workers because of the trade war should be expropriated. These factories can be retooled and integrated into a vast chain of production to produce for need instead of profit. There is no need for compensation—companies have been living on the taxpayers’ dime for far too long.

If capitalism cannot guarantee good living conditions for workers—then the problem is the system itself. More than ever, the choice we are faced with is between socialism and barbarism.