International Women's Day statement from the Women's Commission of the CPC:

"We need to continue to Rise Up! We need to organize! The Communist Party of Canada demands Full Gender Equality NOW:
-Restore funding for women’s equality programs.
-Close the wage gap – legislate full pay and employment equity.
-Guarantee accessible and publicly funded abortion and reproductive rights services in every province and territory.
-Create a universal, accessible, affordable, quality, public childcare system, with Canada-wide standards and union wages for childcare workers.
-Protect women’s right to EI maternity coverage; expand parental benefits to 52 weeks.
-End all forms of violence against women and provide adequate funding for crisis centres and transition houses. Repeal Bill C-36!
-Scrap NAFTA, TPP and other treaties for corporate rule.
-No to Islamophobia! End US, Canadian, and NATO intervention in the Middle East, zero tolerance for Islamophobic and gendered violence, and open Canada’s doors to immigrants and refugees. Repeal the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement. Repeal Bill C-51, stop Bill C-59 and other unconstitutional and undemocratic security state laws.
-Repeal the Barbaric Cultural Practices Act, which the Trudeau Liberals supported.
-No to austerity. No to war. People’s needs – not corporate greed!"

IWD 2018 Greetings – Women* Rise Up! » Communist Party of Canada - Parti Communiste du Canada
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