Workers' Communist Party of Canada
- Workers' Communist Party of Canada
The Workers' Communist Party of Canada was a Canadian political party that nominated candidates in the 1972 and 1980 general elections. For several years it published a weekly newspaper "The Forge/La Forge". The WCP was strongest in Quebec, but alienated many young Quebec progressive people because it declined to support independence for Quebec, although it did support Quebec's right to self determination. The most prominent former WCP member is Gilles Duceppe, leader of the Bloc Québécois and former Leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons. Duceppe called his membership a mistake and based it on his youth. [cite web
url = http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/leadersparties/leaders/bio_duceppe.html
title = Gilles Duceppe: Leader, Bloc Québécois
accessdate = 2007-08-30
publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]
None of its candidates was elected to the House of Commons, nor did they receive many votes.
The party followed a Maoist political program, and was influenced by the New Left.
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*List of political parties in Canada
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