Emergency Resolution on the Crisis in the Communist Party of Canada - Eric Blair Club, St. Catharines/Niagara, Ontario

 

Emergency Resolution on the Crisis in the Communist Party of Canada

Eric Blair Club, St. Catharines/Niagara – Ontario

June 26, 2022 – Emergency Club Meeting

WHEREAS certain members of the Communist Party of Canada have engaged in factionalism and have used very vile, violent, abusive, and malicious language towards Party members including the Central Executive Committee; and

WHEREAS nevertheless the Central Executive Committee did not follow the Constitution in informing the Parkdale Club of disciplinary action against their member, Central Organizer Jay Watts III, and, along with Ivan Byard, failed to enforce this disciplinary measure; and

WHEREAS the Central Executive Committee and Ivan Byard have been shown to have mishandled allegations of sexual harassment and failed to protect vulnerable people from predation, which has rightfully upset many Party members, damaged the revolutionary morale of the Party, and discredited and embarrassed the Party to the working class; and

WHEREAS, as demonstrated in our member Saleh Waziruddin's June 23, 2022 letter to the Central Committee, there is a documented history of willful suppression of allegations of wrong-doing and retaliation by the Central Executive Committee; and

WHEREAS earlier Central Executive Committee members Liz Rowley and Drew Garvie themselves said our member Saleh Waziruddin should not run for an Executive position despite having the support of 94% of the Convention because it could send the wrong message and upset even one member;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Eric Blair Club condemns the vile, violent, abusive, and malicious activity in the recorded June 20^th “Twitter Space” linked from the Central Committee's June 25, 2022 letter, and the factional activity described in the letter; and

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Eric Blair Club believes that Central Executive Committee members and Ivan Byard should immediately step down from all positions of responsibility in the Party and not run for or accept any leadership positions for at least two years, as in line with the standards CEC members Liz Rowley and Drew Garvie themselves advocated earlier for our member Saleh Waziruddin regarding not running for a position despite the support of the Convention because of the negative message it would send and/or it would upset even one Party member; and

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as the Constitution's Section Five provides for summary expulsion without appeal when there is unmistakable evidence that a Party member is an undercover agent or provocateur, the Central Committee elected at the upcoming 40^th Central Convention should explore extending this section to cover sexual predators who also cause extensive damage to the cause of socialism in Canada and the organization of the Communist Party.