Miguel Figueroa: Leader, Communist Party of Canada

[Bluebeltonproduction]

Anyone notice the old communist at 1:58 with the mail order bride?

[raycharest1]

You are an idiot.  In your blurb, you say you will tax the "windfall" profits of the oil companies and in the next sentende you are going to nationalize them. Which is it??

If you think they're making so much money, buy their stock and collect their dividends.

Do you thinbk the highly paid oil and gas workers will want to work for less when you take over??

Perhaps you can replace them with lower paid workers and get a corresponding drop in production.

All you propsoe is theft.

[raycharest1]

In a tryly fair society, the only role of government would be to protect indivual rights and freedoms....not trample then for what a few determine to be the public good.Individual rights, private property and productivity are all in the public good.

Long live Mijhail Gorbachev....He brought you losers to your knees!!!

Libertarians arise!!!

[raycharest1]

How do you propase to prevent plant shutdowns when your policies will FORCE their shutdon. I am a business owner who will simply pack up and leave with my money in the event of a left wing government. Ot perhaps you will attempt to keep the true producers here at gunpoint. Perhaps you will attempt to confiscate my life's work.

Tell the truth...Communism as you propose will simply enslave EVERYONE except your chosen few looters and moochers.

[Losuol]

Yes, let's create a system where money has no value. People will just work whenever they want, for how much they want.

Communism doesn't work :) I lived in the CCCR, trust me, it's no good.

[Wolfreys44]

@Losuol soviet russia was far from a true communist society. i hate it when people use that example

[granddad2002]

I'm not to happy with current geopolitics. But unless Communism doesn't reform around modern problems... banning, taxing and blank check social justice without any lawful meaning is rather ineffective.

[raycharest1]

Communism is one of the biggest threats to Canada today. We need the freedopm to succeed or to fail.

I am a relatively successful small business person who is also fully disabled (legally blind). I do not get ANY help from the government because I don't want it.

I doubt there is anything you could do for me other than pick my pocket.

Better Dead than Red !!!

[koopa322]

No one likes ur party. It brings corruption to countries and brings the standard of living down in a country. Thats why ur ideology is dead. Move on

[abola2121]

You people vilify capitalism like the Nazis vilified Jews. You'll get nowhere with that approach.

[Timmins420]

DUDE YOU LIVE IN GRANDVILLE LMFAO BROKE NIGGA

[chadberry75]

COMMUNISM-HOPE U LIKE YOUR GULAG...IN COLD LAKE, ALBERTA..NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOO. 2 COMMUNISM.

[Ricky3570]

There ain't no party like the communist party...

[AspiringPotato]

c'mon guys you are never going to get a seat. You just split the left wing vote even further.

[ChompChain]

THE OPPOSITE OF DEMOCRACY IS AUTOCRACY

THE OPPOSITE OF COMMUNISM IS CAPITALISM, NOT DEMOCRACY

A COMMUNIST SOCIETY IS MUCH, MUCH MORE DEMOCRATIC AND PEOPLE-CENTRIC THAN A CAPITALIST ONE

[televisionblitz]

I will vote for you If you can proof you will uphold communism and socialism(not what happened in russia) and democracy.

[canuckleful]

@Kitjune1996 What's this "only 14"? Everyone counts.

[wespayne67]

Even the most truly Marxist application of Commism nessisarily uses violence to reach its ends. Violence and coersion are immoral, period. That includes the current Harper government as well.

If you can tell me how you will implement you're "policies" without using overwhelming force, then I will vote for you.

[smartbomb33]

Make no mistake about it... if this party somehow came close to winning an election, the United States will probably step in and stop that from happening... somehow. If you know what I mean.

[OnionTears123]

I hate how some people are convinced that communism is always a dictatorship

[Jh5kRadio]

@OnionTears123 I know right?!

[Jh5kRadio]

I wonder if the Canadian Flag will ever get a change should the CCP win the votes.

Either a big red star where the Maple Leaf should be, or a small Sickle and Hammer in the Maple Leaf.

Both seem liable designs.

[Jh5kRadio]

10 people are big businessmen.

[TheHerbulator]

@duck24x Are you, therefore, no different than them?

[AngelFormoso]

Miguel Figueroa is the type of buddy who would not leave you in case skinheads in Alberta picks on you on the sidewalks of Calgary. He'll die for you. Who would not vote communist. Only the greedy and the cowards who will leave you to the skinheads of Alberta oilsands. We need Miguel Figueroa for speedy dispensation of justice. It is time to dump Harper and the Tories!

[AngelFormoso]

Miguel Figueroa is the type of buddy who would not leave you in case skinheads in Alberta picks on you on the sidewalks of Calgary. He'll die for you. Who would not vote communist. Only the greedy and the cowards who will leave you to the skinheads of Alberta oilsands. We need Miguel Figueroa for speedy dispensation of justice.

[ridey44]

this guys a fuckin moron. global warming is a hoax u prick...why dont u do some research b4 making a video. taxing oil companies? ha, y dont u tell that to all the ppl who make a living in the patch!! ur a dumb ass foreigner..go back to ur own country!!!

[TheHerbulator]

@ridey44 Were you trying to be ironic? Calling somebody an idiot whilst being one yourself? Why don't YOU do some research on global warming, the evidence is conclusive. Why NOT tax oil companies, aside from BP, which is obviously in a bad situation, they make billions. That would generate a fair amount of tax revenue for the government, hopefully which would be spent on social programs and reducing our deficit. You're ancestors were most likely immigrants, so you're self-hating in that regard.

[kevinfavron]

you know what alot of his points are valid but and there is a but the world is a screwd up place and that portecting all the freedoms that you all have comes at a cost i as a solider in the canadian armed forces like that my boss steven harper takes care of his country i would like to see some of the changes that miguel wants to make like bringing jobs back to canada but there is no magic button to push to get companies to setup shop here seems is how he wants to raise mimum wadges to 14$ hourly

[AcePilot101]

The Communist Party of Canada supports the transition of Canada from a free enterprise system to socialism (state capitalism). Therefore it is wrong to suggest that Communists support democracy. In fact, they support the dictatorship of the proletariat and regard themselves as the vanguard of the working class.

[TheVengefulTortoise]

@AcePilot101 -The dictatorship of the proletariat is NOT a literal dictatorship of one person and/or party in classical Marxism. It's the absolute, mutual, leaderless and stateless supremacy of the working class proletariat over the bourgeoisie. Of course, if a true communist society were to develop, all classes, including bourgeois would be equalized naturally by socialist measures. So really, everyone would theoretically turn out equal. Of course, Leninism works rather differently, as you said

[chrispydogs]

everyone that makes ignorant comments about communism should do some research. Communism isn't what we all have come to believe and what the government propaganda has told us. Communism spreads the wealth amongst the nation evenly non like Democratic or republican as they keep the total power within the elite atop the political chain, communism on the other hand if applied properly based on Marxism theory it can and would work. Its just the people who become politicians abuse the power

[EnergizerBunny804]

@chrispydogs is commuism in total oppostition to private property, or just private ownership of means of production?

[TheVengefulTortoise]

@EnergizerBunny804 - Usually, communism is only in opposition to the private ownership of the means of production :)

[EnergizerBunny804]

@TheVengefulTortoise but could I own things like books cds and dvds for my personal use?

[TheVengefulTortoise]

@EnergizerBunny804 - As I understand it, most certainly! :)

[EnergizerBunny804]

@TheVengefulTortoise but if it's an egalitarian society, and I make the same as everyone else, how can I afford to live in excess?

[TheVengefulTortoise]

@EnergizerBunny804 - You're missing the point lol; you said so yourself, it's an egalitarian society. Thus, you won't be living in excess, as everyone else will have the same opportunities you have! That's the point of communism: equality, abolition of classes and the end of struggle. :)

[EnergizerBunny804]

@TheVengefulTortoise so I wouldn't be able to have those things

[TheVengefulTortoise]

@EnergizerBunny804 - Again, missing the point. Socialism doesn't make everyone poorer; it makes everyone richer! You won't be living in excess, because the definition of excess will change. You CAN have those things; so can everyone else. That's what I mean. Socialism and, by extension, communism, both discourage wealth disparity and class division, but that doesn't mean that they necessarily rule out luxury. It's just that luxury is no longer luxurious per se, since everyone can have it.

[smartbomb33]

@chrispydogs Well that's the problem. A Communist government holds too much power because they control too many aspects of the lives of their people. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Nuff said. Communism only works on paper. Technically, it'd work if people were perfect, but we're not.

[boskinator]

@chrispydogs

So in a nutshell, you're saying, that in THEORY, communism can work, but the problem is boils down to "who watches the watchers", right?

"All power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - lord Acton

Ergo, communism is a failed ideology (see USSR, Cuba, North Korea, etc.), to be tossed into the dustbin of history.

[chrispydogs]

@boskinator No What I'm saying is that the elements of Communism with elements of Democratic and Republican views are a necessities in part of the whole system. As you say, "Absolute power corrupts Absolutely", Then the only goal to achieve would be to apply different elements of each political structure and not allow one dominate party in power. Hence, majority voting. Politicians know that not one power cannot dominate in a totalitarian state. It would be a social and economical breakdown

[chrispydogs]

@boskinator Continueing from my previous vote... North Korea. Prime example of a totalitarian breakdown. Socially and economically.

[boskinator]

@chrispydogs

don't worry, I won't tell anyone you have communist leanings XD

[chrispydogs]

@boskinator lol. My opinion doesn't matter. Its a millions of me that matter. Although many think my ideas are left wing. When in fact there are hardly a sidestep from conventional politics. Clearly from our current circumstances of political woes we are not on the right track. China, One of the leading Communist governments is excelling beyond American and European standards of economic trade, and are the top economic super powers. This cannot be argued.

[boskinator]

@chrispydogs

You should should move there, then...I hear they have an excellent human rights record, and free speech flourishes! I'm sure they'd have no problem with hip-hop.

[chrispydogs]

@boskinator @boskinator That is true they're human rights are very poor. And that is why I don't endorse a full communist ruling. Each political party have good offers to bring to the table. China's communist party of economics with democratic human rights dictated by a bureaucratic vote. So no one person suffers from a totalitarian state. I never said China is a great place. However, certain aspects of their politics structure are world leading. The liking of hip hop then shouldn't matter

[datrippledot]

@chrispydogs Yes it is true that in theory the aspect of comunism would be a perfect world but there are 3 problems 1 People are greedy 2 People are lazy 3 people want to be an individual because of this a party lead with a purly left winged sence of mind would eventualy destroy a countrys economy.

[444nationalist]

@chrispydogs Spreading the wealth evenly? If one person has a far more difficult and skilled job than another why is the person making less entitled to a portion of his earnings? Taking money from people who earned it and giving it to someone who did not is theft. Where do you stand on private property?

[chrispydogs]

@444nationalist Government isn't looked at as a whole but rather many levels and structure within. Each person is born into this world equal. One persons gift should not have him or her any higher to someone that is less knowledgeable. Do you think its fair that someone living in a 3rd world country who works HARD for a living to survive and provide for their family has nothing, and we living in a democratic countries sit at our desk jobs and get everything handed to us?

[444nationalist]

@chrispydogs How is everyone born equal? Working hard is not a gift it is a choice. A persons knowledge is due to there willingness to learn. I dont sit at a desk and get everything handed to me. If i dont go to work I dont get paid. Regardless of how much money people have if they earned it then no one has the right to take it because some people are jealous of what other people have.

[chrispydogs]

@444nationalist ...People may call it conspiracy theory. Which is fine. Bottom line is that we are imprisoned in our own existence.  A slave to the powers that be. throughout history many structure have tried to rule mankind. Religion, Democracy, Communism, etc. The one true success of any of these. "Product" From cellphones to Tv, clothes, music, etc This is the global power of control. Financially and mentally. Have you seen a person without their cellphone or latest gadget. Crazy

[444nationalist]

@chrispydogs Are you saying that all the neat gadgets people have are distracting them from what is really going on in the world? Where do you stand on Private property?

[chrispydogs]

@444nationalist People need freedoms. there is no need to have thousands of pointless apps for cell phones, Corporate take over of free information e.g Youtube, facebook, etc. Power should be in the hands of the people and not corporate organizations. Government doesn't even have that much power any more either. What is in best interest of the financial structure is what's important. meaning, Commerce, business and product. Company acquisition is what will rule the world....

[chrispydogs]

@444nationalist ... Small businesses that is in the hands of the people and don't have political influence are those that have no power. A small dept store would be stomped out if a Walmart is put up. Or if the person has a chain of small businesses. If profitable, many company will buyout their competition. Well, if there is no room for the small timers, and larger and larger companies are buying out each other, How long before you have a one world company that produces %90+ of the market?

[chrispydogs]

@444nationalist With %90+ percent of political influence. Considering a countries economy is driven by these product(s) , They would have no choice but be at the mercy of their will. Example. around %95 of the US debt is owned to China. China makes %90 of the product that we purchase. China can't call in their debt since it would destroy their profit margin since all their money is tied up with US consumers.

[chrispydogs]

@444nationalist Since political "aid" is technically not real money. Its more like an I.O.U. Most aid is not financial in the first place. Most aid that is given is product or manual labourers that sadly joined the military. When we hear about US, Canadian debts we are really hearing how much product value we are providing. That is why a country like China would not call in a "aid" debt since the real money is in the product and the consumers that purchase.

[chrispydogs]

@444nationalist Sorry for so many replies. I just couldn't explain "Product" in less than 500 characters.

[orospakr]

@chrispydogs yeah, and all we have to do is submit to the tyranny of the majority and sacrifice our freedom in order to do it!

[smilly456]

long live communism

[Thomistica]

It should be legal to kill communists on the spot, like the vermin they are.

[chrispydogs]

@Thomistica I think you should learn something about Marxism political theory on communism as it is elegant but always applied in the wrong manner. Communism is not a state of absolute power but a way of balance we are all equal is society and we deserve equality. So that doucebag neighbor of your and everyone else doesn't have a case of the jones. there is more than enough to go around that everyone can be well off.

[lazerBAR]

@Thomistica I RATHER VOTE COMMUNIST! then be a blood thirsty capitalist that wants to mass-murder communist :D

[eleventhsun]

LMAO communisim in Canda? I love how they make you feel good then next thing you know bam!!! you got Mao or Kim Jung Il as a leader.

[wiggs333]

communism does not work. 2 much power to one gouvernment, but their'e ideas are correct, in ONE way! But people want to be free, which reulted in the fall of the USSR.

[fishontuesday]

Communism in the marxian sense is a stateless society where people govern themselves and government doen't exist!

[SerbiansareTrash]

the song?

[CueWunAye]

fuckin commies

[SerbiansareTrash]

@CueWunAye strong argument

[CueWunAye]

@SerbiansareTrash Communism does not work, Communism failed in the USSR, and its not working too well in PRC and all of the eastern bloc failed. It never works, this guy right here, wants to be a superpower, he wants to make an army and wants them to march like the Chinese or the Russians, and he wants to make Canada look tough. Hes dreaming, it WILL NOT WORK. Communism only works in theroy. This guy even prolly wants to make a KGB, the Canadian version lol.

[agentcamo]

something i actually want to join in canada

[Janeskyle]

Well they have to they cant change the proses unless all of parliament agrees on there terms and i doubt other parts would agree

[M4ckAtt4ck]

could somebody enlighten me here. Is the communist party support the democratic process? As in if we elected them, would they continue to hold fair and open elections?

[timberwulfzero]

@M4ckAtt4ck; Your assuming that Liberal Democracy is fair and open; I'd call what we have a "Dictatorship of Capitalism".

The CPC wants a functional democracy which is responsive to the needs of Canadian people, not corporations.

[Janeskyle]

good to know people are not retarded Yes it is not a real socialism but it would be the first step in my nation as our CPC is broken and small at this time aqnd even then there not true communists

[timberwulfzero]

The Communist Party of Canada may be small, but I don't think it is broken.

In terms of policies, I'm not sure that the NDP is too far removed from the Conservatives, or Liberals; they still collude with Capital at the expense of the working class.

How do you define "true" Communists?

[Janeskyle]

I define communism as a society of people with out material needs that have a common brotherhood with each other were there is not a government or a leader that has power but as all men are equal our party wants to do this but its really small i was a member for a few years and the leader is some what incompetent aparently there is another party its called the Marxist Leninist party of Canada but i think they got like 1000 votes were the CPC gets near the 10,000 mark

[timberwulfzero]

In my opinion, a "contemporary" Communist is someone who believes in the eventual establishment of a Communist society; generally accomplished through a revolutionary period of Socialism.

Which Communist party were you a member of?

[Janeskyle]

I was a member of the CPC if i knew they would make a dif i would join them back in a heart beat Also alot of americans call the NDP the communist party of canada idk why but thats prolly cuz there paranoid they would call G.W.B a commie if he said anything about free health care obama is a commie to some of em aparently

[Jasonthegaiface]

@Janeskyle Thats why americans are brainwashed idiots...mostly (no offense to americans)

[Janeskyle]

Ya its to bad about it but its dieing out its mostly the people who lived through the cold war

[Janeskyle]

this party has same chances of winning election as me having Sex with Angelina Jolie Communism is only good in theory but i dout it will ever take to humanity maybe a ant hive or some shit but not humans (former CCP member) why not vote NDP as lennin said the first step to communism is a socialist regime :)

[timberwulfzero]

@Janeskyle; "By "social democracy" Lenin means revolutionary political Marxism, not the later concept of "moderate" socialism."

- Editors note from "What is to be done" by Vladimir Illyich Lenin.

In my opinion, what the NDP proposes is not Socialism, but rather a less obvious Capitalism.

[miller44jpgg44]

So how would this work? Would you send the police or the army in to collect all the guns from the people? Tell us we do not own our house or our land and we now have to rent it from the state? I would rather not have the state tell me how I am going to live my life.

[NorthernComrade]

Who says we would collect all the gun's from people? Believe it or not most people, especially the working class DON'T own their house or land because of the monopoly of the banks on land and houses not to mention mortgages.

[miller44jpgg44]

The state would need to control everything so you would take the guns from the people in order to have no resistance. I would rather take out a loan and pay for my property over a few years than not having the option to own property.

[Cycon626]

im personally a communist but i must argue

does canada really need communism

im new in canada so someone please enlighten me

[NorthernComrade]

I don't really believe you are a communist if you think Canada is A-OK!

[Cycon626]

hi you know i guess i was quite ignorant when i first came here to canada ive been here for about 2 weeks now and ive been asking around and yes canada is not as fine as seems to the outside world.

and as soon as i came to that conclusion i joined the YCL (young communist league) apparently its part of the CPC (im 18 u see).

and yes i hope god helps Miguel Figueroa achive his goals.

Workers of the world unite!

[NorthernComrade]

The most important thing you can do is read works by revolutionaries and really make up your mind and then think about organizing or joining a party. don't just jump into the CPC.. I have heard rumors of Stalinism among other things. Always think critically.

[jeanpaulfelix]

good luck to you..

in solidarity!!!

[sailpunk]

The CPC is a great party; Cnada would beneift from their leadership

[Gareth10Stego]

Comrade Figueroa = My idol. Canadian Communism Revolution! 2030!

[drewamira]

i dont get it. communists are against democracy, however if they ever get elected they would be elected democraticly..

[Neutraleyes66]

Is Miguel Figueroa from Cuba?

[AkaiShizuku]

No, that's not necessarily true. Communists are against capitalism, and in fact communism implements a degree of democracy.

[NorthernComrade]

If you are a communist you don't support a "degree" of democracy you support complete democracy..

[Cycon626]

no communism doesnt really go against dmocracy as EuropeanComrade1 said read marx' communist manifesto

[snain1]

brigade rosa? are u kidding me?

[HeyMrWheat]

RIGHT ARM MAN!!!!

[trock626]

32 hour work week.....i'm so there

[sum41fann]

If you don't know the difference from communism and fascistism. just keep your comment to your self because, your ignorance makes me sick.

[korndud]

people like you need to be purged.

[korndud]

i was responding to market888 btw

[sabresrock17]

stupid commi

[bladeere14]

its hopless, tories and liberals outnumber us dramtically :(

[yomurphy1]

Communists are retarded they'd send our country down the shithole.

[13hellflips]

Consumerism destroies everything...the only other thing that consumes and doens't give back is a virus....are you a Virus?

[jeanpaulfelix]

Nazi scum, fuck off..

[hatboatgoat]

Fascism is far right communism is far left you have to be in gr 5 not to know that go back to school

[jeanpaulfelix]

lol calm down, i was replying to a fascist dog and not addressing the makers of the video or miguel (people i deeply respect)... You just looked at the first page and saw my comment like that... it was a response to a neo-nazi...

[TremcladClock]

Canada needs socialism more than ever right now.

[sabresrock17]

why would we want ndp

[GTF4EVER1994]

Anybody thinks he's a bit like obama?The way he talk and his voice...

[Mig775]

he has my name same name

[SmoothCriminalAaron]

well he failed to get a majority :) :) :)

but i like the things he has to say.

Why can't he be in the debate if elizabeth may can be in the debate????? She has no seat like him. But i think canada should have a majority conservatives since they havent had in so many years.

[ComradeHamish]

It would actually be best if all leaders were in the debate. We have good enough communication technology to make it a realty. Anyways, I would LOVE to hear what the Neo-Rhinos would say! :P

[SmoothCriminalAaron]

Yeah, How many Parties are there????

I know Iseral Has like 40

[amsterdam78]

Your right about them being anti-Trotsky, I have joined the socialist alternative here but it is not an actual party.

[johan1917]

Well done Communist Party. Got my vote! In the last federal election, almost two-thirds of voters rejected Stephen Harpers Tories. What did we get? A far-right government closely linked to the reactionary Bush Republicans and to deep integration with the United States, dedicated to destroying social programs and industrial jobs, selling out our resources, and dragging us deeper into war. DUMP THE HARPER TORIES!!! Block the right! Peoples Need Not Corporate Greed! Vote Communist!

[johan1917]

Well done Communist Party on a great video. Got my vote!

[RiClive]

I think the reason very few candidates run is because the Communist Party does not want to split votes and potentially help the Conservatives.

[ganderdip]

its funny how the only parties that actually care about the people are communist/socialist parties. this video is correct Harper is a pro war neo con just like the fascists down south

[jeanpaulfelix]

true...

[amsterdam78]

I would vote communist, but im in the US, and yes, being a communist in the US is a pain in the ass. They treat us worse then dirt and through capitalism in our face like it is some shield.

[whereismysanity]

I would vote Communist both federally and provincially (especially provincially, as the Manitoba NDP has completely sold out to Blairite third way ideas) if only I lived in a riding that had a Communist candidate.

[kovai]

fuck them commies...vote for george bush to run canada, vote americanist!!!

[lifelikezombie]

you...are....god!

[daiitokumyouou899]

roflmao, i has bush!

[Pres7]

I could not agree more with this platform.

Vote Communist This Election. It's time for change, real change.

[patient0Studios]

I really don't understand how the Communist party can be Soviet. Revisit Marxism and Left Wing ideology not Right Wing Sovietism.

[parce86]

what is his background?

[johan1917]

This is great platform

[shivpatel]

damb commies

[brassknuckles789]

thanks miguel!

vote communist!