The Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada sends
greetings to the workers across the country
and salutes their struggles for wages and
working conditions which protect their health
and safety, affirm the rights of all and
demand equal rights and status for all
workers.
This Labour Day the MLPC expresses profound
gratitude to the working people in every
sector of the economy for fighting to make
sure the lives of all are protected under the
conditions of the COVID pandemic which is not
over.
The past year and a half under COVID
conditions has proven above all else that our
security lies in the fight for the rights of
all and that the country needs democratic
renewal so that the interests of the working
people, not those of the rich, define the way
forward.
Labour Day 2021 falls during the federal
election campaign, a most irresponsible
election called by the Trudeau government even
though the pandemic is far from over.
Spokespersons of the ruling elite and their
media claim that this election is about
"making the right choice," by which they mean
voting for the party that will best serve the
policies to pay the rich and continue
integrating Canada into the U.S. war machine.
Workers are under pressure to take as their
reference point the platforms of the cartel
parties, to examine them and vote for the
platform that is allegedly closest to what
they want. It is merely a ploy to divide the
people who have no say or control over those
platforms. There is no mechanism to hold
parties to account and we have seen how
governments use any excuse to dictate
self-serving laws and regulations.
The election is two weeks away. Let's make
good use of this time to speak out and take
action in defence of the rights of all, demand
that governments stop paying the rich,
increase investments in social programs and
make Canada a zone for peace! Let's make sure
no cartel party gets a majority to claim it
has a mandate to pay the rich,
privatize, sell out our resources, carry on
racist attacks against Indigenous people and
minorities, treat the workers as disposable
and engage in war preparations.
