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- ↑ Liz Rowley, Communist Party of Canada, accessed 2 November 2021.
- ↑ "Ontario Communists elect new leader", Communist Party of Canada, 9 March 2016, accessed 4 April 2022.
- 1 2 Ontario Provincial Election 2003: Platform of the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) – Our Candidates, Archived 2004-08-07 at the Wayback Machine , Communist Party of Canada (Ontario), 2003, accessed 2 November 2021.
- ↑ Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) Candidate Runs in St. Catherine’s on Saving Jobs Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine , Communist Party of Canada, 2007, accessed 18 March 2008.
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