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The Parti communiste du Québec or PCQ (in English: Communist Party of Quebec) is a communist political party in Quebec. The PCQ was the Quebec branch of the Communist Party of Canada, which was founded in 1921. It has run candidates in Quebec general elections from 1936 to 1998. Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 625–750 nm. ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. ...

The party was banned in 1941, and henceforth ran candidates as the Parti ouvrier-progressiste (in English: Labour Progressive Party) until 1959. The Parti ouvrier-progressiste (in English: Labour Progressive Party) is the name under which the Parti Communiste du Québec ran candidates from 1944 to 1956, after the banning of the Communist Party of Canada in 1941. ...

In 2002, the PCQ has merged with the Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste and the Parti de la démocratie socialiste to form the Union des forces progressistes, which in turn merged with Option Citoyenne to form Québec Solidaire. However, the organization is still active as a tendency within Québec Solidaire. The Rassemblement pour lalternative progressiste or RAP originated as the Rassemblement pour lalternative politique, a social movement founded in 1996 as an attempt to unite the progressive and leftist forces in Quebec, Canada. ... The Parti de la Democratie Socialiste (PDS) (in English: Party of Socialist Democracy) was a political party in Quebec, Canada. ... The Union des forces progressistes (UFP) is a left wing political party in Quebec, Canada. ... Québec solidaire is a broadly left-wing and sovereignist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on February 4, 2006 in Montreal. ...

As of 2006, the name "Parti communiste du Québec" is officially authorized by the DGEQ as the name of a political party led by André Parizeau. This party did not run any candidates in the 2007 Quebec election. The Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (French: Directeur général des élections du Québec) is the institution responsible for the administration of the electoral and referendum system in Quebec, Canada. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The new composition of the legislature Map of Quebecs ridings coloured in to indicate ridings won by each party and their popular vote. ...

2005 split

In 2005, the Parti communiste du Québec split into two rival groups, both of which claim to represent the party. The national committee of one group, led by André Parizeau, voted unanimously to expelled Gang Of four from the PCQ in June 2005. The Communist Party of Canada had previously expelled Parizeau, and does not recognize the legality of his group or his motion, stating that Parizeau had first expelled the members who would not vote in favour of his motion. As a result, a group called Gang Of four who were originally expelled from Parizeau's PCQ stayed loyal the Communist Party of Canada and its Quebec section also calling themselves the CPQ/CPC. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The split followed a lengthy dispute between Parizeau and the Central Executive Committee of the CPC. In November 2004, Parizeau introduced a series of amendments to the CPC program "Canada's Future is Socialism". According to a letter from Ontario leader Elizabeth Rowley, these amendments called on the party to expand its support for Quebec Independence. Elizabeth Rowley Elizabeth (Liz) Rowley is a politician and political activist in Ontario, Canada. ...

Parizeau's amendments were rejected by the Central Executive Committee by a vote of 7-1; Parizeau himself was the only member to vote in favour. The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Quebec Party also rejected Parizeau's amendments by a vote of 4-2.

In January 2005, Parizeau wrote a letter to PCQ members declaring that the party was in crisis. Describing the four NEC members who opposed his amendments as a Gang of Four and a pro-federalist faction, he summarily dismissed them from office. In turn, Parizeau's opponents called for the CPC to suspend him from office pending an investigation into his activities. This does not cite its references or sources. ...

This controversy came to a head at the PCQ convention of April 2005. After delegates voted 16-14 to expel one of the four suspended NEC members, Parizeau's opponents staged a mass walkout from the convention hall. The seventeen delegates who stayed voted to establish a new National Committee and Executive, consisting entirely of Parizeau's supporters.

On April 27, 2005, the Central Executive of the CPC voted to expel Parizeau for "factional activity and the pursuit of a right opportunist line", declared that the expulsions from the PCQ were illegal, and affirmed the authority of the previous National Executive Committee. This decision was confirmed by the party's Central Committee at a meeting held on June 18-19, 2005.

Parizeau's group published a letter of withdrawal from the CPC on June 15, 2005. In this letter, the CPC was accused of holding "des idées chauvines vis-à-vis du Québec". The CPC has rejected similar accusations from Parizeau in the past, and now holds the position that Parizeau's group has no legal authority to use the PCQ name.

The PCQ account of this situation is available online ([3]).

2006

The official Directeur général des élections du Québec recognizes the existence of a Parti communiste du Québec with leader André Parizeau, authorized April 3, 2006. [4] This party did not run any candidates in the 2007 Quebec election. The Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (French: Directeur général des élections du Québec) is the institution responsible for the administration of the electoral and referendum system in Quebec, Canada. ... The new composition of the legislature Map of Quebecs ridings coloured in to indicate ridings won by each party and their popular vote. ...

See also

• Parti ouvrier-progressiste
• Politics of Quebec
• List of Quebec general elections
• List of Quebec premiers
• List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
• National Assembly of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• Political parties in Quebec
• Communist Party of Canada

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External links

• Parti communiste du Québec
• Youth organisation of PCQ
• La Voix du Peuple PCQ's Newspaper
• PCQ Forum
• National Assembly historical information
• La Politique québécoise sur le Web