Sol Mamakwa MPP for Kiiwetinoong

Government of Ontario

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April 9, 2026

NDP MPPs continue push for Highway safety in the North

NORTH BAY - NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk–James Bay) and John Vanthof (Timiskaming–Cochrane) have released the following statement upon learning that the Premier will be in North Bay this mor... More
April 2, 2026

One year later – Ford government still has no plan to address the toxic drug crisis

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, Dr. Robin Lennox; and Shadow Minister for Health, MPP France Gélinas, issued the fo... More
March 30, 2026

NDP: Ford gets an F for failing Northern Ontarians

QUEEN’S PARK – Northern Ontario NDP MPPs are giving Doug Ford’s 2026 Budget an F for failing Ontario. The 2026 Budget ignores the real needs of Northern communities, from health care and highways t... More
March 26, 2026

“Systemic discrimination and neglect,” Mamakwa responds to another tragic loss of a child to a house fire in a northern First Nation

SIOUX LOOKOUT – Deputy Leader and Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa has released a statement in response to the news of a house fire in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) that took the life of the three-... More
March 25, 2026

"Protect our lab services, and protect the North,” NDP MPPs Gélinas and West raise concerns about LifeLabs closures at Queen’s Park

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning in the legislature, NDP Shadow Minister of Labour, Energy and Mines MPP Jamie West (Sudbury), and NDP Shadow Minister of Health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), both qu... More
March 24, 2026

Ford’s cuts leaves northern Ontario patients without medical transportation

QUEEN’S PARK – Following a clear failure by Ford and his Conservatives to coordinate and take responsibility for health care services in Northern Ontario, NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Super... More
March 24, 2026

Northern Highways need real action, not same recycled promises by Ford government

QUEEN’S PARK — Following two weeks of the NDP Northern Tour: Our Roads, Our Safety, which travelled across northern Ontario along Highways 11 and 17, and included NDP Leader Marit Stiles and MPPs J... More
March 24, 2026

NDP tables Putting Fans First Act, calls on Ford to end predatory resale pricing

QUEEN’S PARK — The Ontario NDP is calling on Doug Ford to follow up with more than just words on ticket resale price gouging, introducing the Putting Fans First Act, 2026. The act would ban the res... More
March 23, 2026

Algoma Steel layoffs are the real consequences to Ford’s inaction

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles released the following statement in response to the effected layoffs at Algoma Steel: “Nearly a thousand workers lost their livelihoods today. These l... More
March 23, 2026

NDP continues to demand government accountability on Northern Highways as Legislature Resumes

QUEEN’S PARK – As the Legislature resumes today, Ontario New Democrats are continuing their fight for safer northern highways after two weeks on the ground listening to families, workers, and first... More