January 19, 2023
Statement from Sol Mamakwa on the discovery of 171 potential burial sites at the St. Mary’s Indian Residential School
TREATY 3 TERRITORY –Sol Mamakwa, NDP Deputy Leader and critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, issued the following statement in response to the recent discovery of potential burials at the for... More
January 16, 2023
Ontario NDP vows action against Ford’s health care privatization scheme
QUEEN’S PARK – Incoming Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles and NDP Health critic France Gélinas released the following statement in response to Doug Ford’s announcement of funding private, for-profit ... More
December 15, 2022
ONDP: Ford should extend staycation tax credit
QUEEN’S PARK – Niagara Falls NDP MPP Wayne Gates and NDP Tourism critic Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines) are urging the Ford government to extend Ontario's staycation tax credit, which Ford is cance... More
December 12, 2022
ONDP: Ford must do more to help Ontario's tourism sector thrive and recover post-pandemic
QUEEN’S PARK – A new report reveals Ontario’s tourism industry is not expected to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic until 2025. NDP tourism critic and St. Catharines MPP Jennie Stevens is pu... More
December 7, 2022
Ford wrong to ignore rights of Ontarians to be consulted on environmental concerns: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK – Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns said Doug Ford’s government is wrong to deliberately ignore the rights of Ontarians to be consulted on important environmental matters, respon... More
November 14, 2022
ONDP statement in support of Kiashke Zaaging Anishnaabek (Gull Bay First Nation)
QUEEN’S PARK — Sol Mamakwa, NDP Deputy Leader and critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, and Lise Vaugeois, MPP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, released the following statement: “What several... More
November 13, 2022
Ford leaves folks struggling with crush of grocery, housing, utility costs: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK — Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns released the following statement in response to Doug Ford’s gas tax announcement: “Ontarians are getting crushed by the skyrocketing cost of g... More
November 10, 2022
Statement on Treaties Recognition Week 2022
SIOUX LOOKOUT, TREATY 3 TERRITORY —Sol Mamakwa, NDP Deputy Leader and critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, issued the following statement marking this year’s Treaties Recognition Week in Ont... More
October 20, 2022
NDP statement on Supreme Court decision to dismiss appeal by St. Anne’s survivors
QUEEN’S PARK – The Ontario NDP’s critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Supreme Court will not hear fro... More
July 6, 2022