Hardial Bains (15 August 1939 – 24 August 1997) was a Canadian communist leader who founded a number of leftist organizations, foremost of which was the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) (CPC(M-L)). Presenting himself as an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist until his death, Bains acted as the spokesperson and ideological leader of the CPC(M-L), known in elections as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada. During his lifetime, Bains's outlook was initially heavily influenced by Maoism until the Sino-Albanian split, where he then became closely aligned with Hoxhaism and the government of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. Shortly before he died, while never having reneged on his anti-revisionist stance, Bains shifted his focus to issues of the "democratic renewal" of the Canadian electoral system. This perspective was shaped within the context of the Charlottetown Accord Referendum and Bains' perception of the "retreat of revolution" after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc states by the early 1990s. Spending most of his life in Canada Bains was also politically active in England, Ireland, United States, and India. Initially, he was a lecturer of microbiology by profession.
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Hardial Bains (15 August 1939 – 24 August 1997) was a Canadian communist leader who founded a number of leftist organizations, foremost of which was the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) (CPC(M-L)). Presenting himself as an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist until his death, Bains acted as the spokesperson and ideological leader of the CPC(M-L), known in elections as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada. During his lifetime, Bains's outlook was initially heavily influenced by Maoism until the Sino-Albanian split, where he then became closely aligned with Hoxhaism and the government of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. Shortly before he died, while never having reneged on his anti-revisionist stance, Bains shifted his focus to issues of the "democratic renewal" of the Canadian electoral system. This perspective was shaped within the context of the Charlottetown Accord Referendum and Bains' perception of the "retreat of revolution" after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc states by the early 1990s. Spending most of his life in Canada Bains was also politically active in England, Ireland, United States, and India. Initially, he was a lecturer of microbiology by profession.
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