Category. | Statistic. |
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Operated in. | Quebec. |
Founder(s). | Annie Buller as part of the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) and Albert Saint-Martin as an independent Communist Party of Quebec. |
Founded in. | 1921 as part of the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) and 1923 as an independent Communist Party of Quebec. |
Disbanded in. | Merged with other kindred parties in 2002 to form Québec solidaire. |
Political alignment. | Pro-USSR and pro-Quebec nationalisum. |
Activity. | Strikes, protests, helping trades unions and campainging. |
Online Links. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Quebec. |
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.