Peter Marcus

Canadian Peter Marcus is a poet, retired hospital worker, and a long-time trade unionist and political activist. As the Communist Party federal election candidate in Vancouver East, where he has lived for almost fifty years, he calls for comprehensive action to tackle the crises of homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, and mental illness, especially in the Downtown Eastside, the poorest urban postal code in Canada. He is campaigning for an emergency plan to build low-income and social housing, involving all levels of government.