July 29, 2020
Ford government fails to provide funding or plan to transform child welfare in Ontario
Monique Taylor, NDP critic for Children and Youth Services, and Sol Mamakwa, NDP critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation released the following statement in response to the Ford governme... More
July 28, 2020
Doug Ford doubles down on cuts to Anti-Racism, Reconciliation
QUEEN’S PARK – The Official Opposition NDP’s critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Sol Mamakwa, and critic for Anti-Racism, Laura Mae Lindo, issued a joint statement following the For... More
July 23, 2020
New Democrats call for emergency investigation into deaths of children in care
Ford government failed children who died QUEEN’S PARK – Monique Taylor, NDP critic for Children and Youth Services, and Sol Mamakwa, NDP critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, issued t... More
July 21, 2020
NDP MPPs call on Ford government to step up with provincial support for homelessness crisis in Kenora
Rima Berns-McGown, Ontario NDP critic for Poverty and Homelessness, and Sol Mamakwa, MPP for Kiiwetinoong, are calling on the Ford government to take immediate steps to alleviate the homelessness c... More
July 13, 2020
Ford must stop excluding Northern schools from reopening plans
Letter from MPP Mamakwa and MPP Vanthof. More
July 13, 2020
Mamakwa calls on Ford government for urgent support of Matawa First Nations COVID-19 Emergency Education Response Plan
SIOUX LOOKOUT – Sol Mamakwa, NDP Official Opposition critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, sent the following open letter to Ontario’s education minister requesting urgent support for... More
July 2, 2020
Mamakwa calls for immediate action to save lives at Thunder Bay and Kenora jails
SIOUX LOOKOUT - Inmates and staff who face appalling conditions at the Thunder Bay and Kenora jails cannot afford to wait years in the future for the Ford government to take action, said Kiiwetinoo... More
July 2, 2020
When it comes to Thunder Bay and Kenora jails inaction is violence
SIOUX LOOKOUT – Sol Mamakwa, NDP Official Opposition Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation critic, and Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP, Judith Monteith-Farrell, released the following statement after On... More
June 18, 2020
First Nations communities facing life-threatening COVID-19 crisis need Ford’s help now
QUEEN’S PARK – First Nations communities in Ontario’s Far North facing the COVID-19 pandemic need additional support and action from the Ford government to contain the virus, said Kiiwetinoong MPP ... More
June 13, 2020