Workers' Communist Party (Canada)
{{Other uses|Communist Party of Canada (disambiguation)}}
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{{Expand French|Parti communiste ouvrier (Canada)|date=April 2020|topic=gov}}
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| name = Workers' Communist Party
| native_name = Parti communiste ouvrier
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| abbreviation = WCP (English)
PCO (French)
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The Workers' Communist Party ({{langx|fr|Parti communiste ouvrier}}) was a Canadian Marxist–Leninist political party, founded in 1975 under the name Communist (Marxist–Leninist) League of Canada (Ligue communiste (marxiste-léniniste) du Canada). The party followed a Maoist political program and was part of the broader New Left movement. For several years it published a weekly newspaper, The Forge (La Forge). The party was strongest in Quebec, but alienated many of Quebec's young progressives because it declined to support independence for Quebec, although it did support Quebec's right to self-determination.
The most prominent former member of the Workers' Communist Party is Gilles Duceppe, former leader of the Bloc Québécois and former Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons of Canada. Duceppe called his membership "a mistake" based on a search for "absolute answers" during his youth.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/leadersparties/leaders/bio_duceppe.html|title=Gilles Duceppe: Leader, Bloc Québécois|accessdate=August 30, 2007|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20070807075036/http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/leadersparties/leaders/bio_duceppe.html|archivedate=August 7, 2007}} Judy Darcy was active in the party before joining the New Democratic Party. She later became a trade union leader and a cabinet minister in British Columbia.
The Workers' Communist Party nominated 30 candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election and 33 in the 1981 Quebec general election; the party achieved its best result in the latter, receiving 4,956 votes, or 0.14% of the provincial total.
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- {{cite book |first=Charles-Antoine |last=Bachand |title=Le discours de la ligue communiste (marxiste-léniniste) du Canada (1975-1983) |year=2004 |publisher=[unpublished] |pages=21 |url=https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ca.secondwave/bachand-2004a.pdf |accessdate=July 13, 2020 }}.
- {{cite journal |first=Lucille |last=Beaudry |title= Les groupes d'extrême gauche au Québec et la question des femmes: De l'opposition à la conciliation |journal=Bulletin d'histoire politique |volume=13: Histoire du mouvement marxiste-léniniste au Québec 1973-1983. Un premier bilan. |issue=1 |year=2004 |pages=57–64|doi=10.7202/1055010ar |doi-access=free }}.
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- {{cite journal |authorlink=Pierre Dubuc |first=Pierre |last=Dubuc |title=Le mouvement marxiste-léniniste et la question nationale québécoise |journal=Bulletin d'histoire politique |volume=13: Histoire du mouvement marxiste-léniniste au Québec 1973-1983. Un premier bilan |issue=1 |year=2004 |pages=129–138|doi=10.7202/1055015ar |doi-access=free }}
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- {{cite book |first=Charles |last=Gagnon |url=http://www.luxediteur.com/enlutte |title=En lutte ! |volume=II (1972-1982): Écrits politiques |publisher=LUX Éditeur |year=2008 |location=Montréal |oclc=259974150 |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911071145/http://www.luxediteur.com/enlutte |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite book|last=Ligue communiste (marxiste-léniniste) du Canada |title=La question nationale québécoise : Le point de vue de la classe ouvrière |publisher=Les éditions Drapeau rouge |year=1979 |pages =32}}\
- {{cite journal |first=David |last=Milot |title= Présentation |journal=Bulletin d'histoire politique |volume=13: Histoire du mouvement marxiste-léniniste au Québec 1973-1983. Un premier bilan |issue=1 |year=2004 |pages=11–16|doi=10.7202/1055005ar |doi-access=free }}
- {{cite journal |first=François |last=Moreau |title=Bilan de l'extrême-gauche au Québec |journal=Revue de la Quatrième Internationale |issue=21 |date=September 1986 |url=http://www.lagauche.com/Gauche_socialiste/moreaubextg.htm |accessdate=April 10, 2012 }}
- Marcel Simard (producer). Il était une fois... le Québec rouge. 2003. 53 minutes, Les Productions virage. [view online [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8oei2_il-etait-une-fois-le-quebec-rouge-p_news 1], [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8of9i_il-etait-une-fois-le-quebec-rouge-p_news 2], [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8ofiv_il-etait-une-fois-le-quebec-rouge-p_news 3]
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