Before discovering the Communist Party of Canada at a rally in support of Palestinian rights earlier this year, Spencer Nosella didn't think she aligned with any political parties. She says she's found her people in the Communist Party. Although Communist Party members, both Saskatchewan MP Dorise Nielsen and Montreal MP Fred Rose ran under different party names, as the Communist Party itself was banned. Politics expert weighs in on party's goalsThe party is also not connected to the similarly named Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist). The last time the Communist Party ran a candidate in Hamilton Centre was 2008, when Ryan Sparrow earned 125 votes, or 0.3 per cent.

Source: CBC News August 19, 2021 18:55 UTC