from across Canada participate. This congress is seen as a critically important milestone for the party. Several supporting committees and organizations made speeches at the congress, including activists from as far west as Manitoba. In addition, a variety of international organizations and parties sent messages of solidarity, including the Committee of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (CoRIM), the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, the Communist Workers Union of Colombia, Marxist–Leninist Revolutionaries of Iraq, the Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist), and the Communist Party of the Philippines. All were messages of support, urging the RCP(OC) to develop the revolutionary situation in Canada while maintaining a proper critical outlook on the historical conditions of past and present communist movements. In addition to the various messages received from external organizations, the RCP(OC) introduced several resolutions for popular vote on the assembly floor. The four resolutions were: Resolution to support the founding of the Revolutionary Communist Party Resolution to support the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement Resolution to support the revolutionary struggle in Nepal Resolution to hold a second Canadian Revolutionary Congress in Toronto All resolutions were passed unanimously. An immediate consequence of the Canadian Revolutionary Congress was the creation of the Revolutionary Communist Party proper and the dropping of the Organizing Committees tag from the party's name. Split A book launch for J. Moufawad-Paul's Continuity and Rupture was held at the Maison Norman Bethune on March 4, 2017. During the event, four members of the party's Montreal branch entered the bookstore and forcefully removed three other party members they deemed "anti-party elements". This prompted the central committee to expel the former four, and in response, the party's Montreal and Valleyfield cells published a polemic against the central committee and took full control of the party's website and finances. These cells declared themselves to be the real Revolutionary Communist Party, defending it from the "opportunist clique" in control of the central committee. The central committee announced the expulsion of the party cells in Montreal and Valleyfield on May 2, 2017. The party subsequently split into the PCR-RCP (Central Committee) and PCR-RCP (Historical Direction). The PCR-RCP (Central Committee) retained control over fronts such as the Revolutionary Student Movement, as well as the rest of the party membership. It later set up a new website, leading to two competing websites of similar names. The PCR-RCP (Central Committee) announced its dissolution on November 5, 2021. References External links ISKRA website