Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) Parti communiste du Canada (marxiste–léniniste) | |
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| Abbreviation | CPC(M-L) |
| Leader | Anna Di Carlo |
| President | Rolf Gerstenberger |
| First Secretary | Sandra L. Smith |
| Founder | Hardial Bains |
| Founded | March 31, 1970 |
| Headquarters | PO Box 666, Station C, Montreal, Quebec H2L 4L5 |
| Newspaper | The Marxist–Leninist Monthly |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth Union of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) Youth for Democratic Renewal |
| Ideology |
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| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red and yellow |
| Senate | 0 / 105
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| House of Commons | 0 / 343
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| Website | |
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The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) (abbr. CPC(M-L)) is an anti-revisionist, Marxist–Leninist communist party in Canada, founded in 1970 by Hardial Bains. It has been registered with Elections Canada as a federal political party under the name Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada (MLPC) since 1974. The party is not an offshoot of the Communist Party of Canada; its early membership came from student-led organizations active in the 1960s. After a period of alignment with Maoism and China, the CPC(M-L) pursued a Hoxhaist, pro-Albanian line until the early 1990s. At present, the party directs most of its public support to Cuba and North Korea.
Bains led the CPC(M-L) from its founding in 1970 until his death in 1997. Bains' widow Sandra L. Smith succeeded her late husband as First Secretary following his death. Elections Canada lists Anna Di Carlo as the head of the electorally-registered organization. None of the party's candidates have been elected. Since the 1970s, the party has had a larger electoral campaign presence than the CPC. It ran its largest number of candidates in 1980 when it nominated 177 candidates, contesting 63 percent of the country's electoral districts.
The party publishes an online newspaper named The Marxist–Leninist Monthly.