Category. | Statistic. |
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Operated in. | Canada |
Founder(s) | Annie Buller |
Founded in | 1921 |
Disbanded in | No |
Political alignment | Pro-USSR and anti-Quebec nationalism. |
Activity | Strikes, protests, supporting trades unions, supporting militant industrial unionism and campaigning. |
Online Links | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada and http://communist-party.ca/ |
The Canadian Communist Party was made illegal and banned in 1941, and henceforth the party operated as Parti ouvrier-progressiste (in English: "Labor-Progressive Party") until 1959. The Communist Party of Quebec was banned unitl 1935 and re-banned from 1937 to 1959.