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