November 23, 2023
NDP, Truckers for Safer Highways unite for improved safety ahead of winter season
QUEEN'S PARK — In a joint effort to address the need for improved highway safety in Ontario, NDP MPPs Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) and Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay), along wit... More
November 22, 2023
NDP highlight Ford's housing failures as lack of affordable housing in the North continues to grow
QUEEN'S PARK - Today, Ontario NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay) and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) addressed Northern Ontario's extreme housing and affordability crisis, where an increasin... More
November 21, 2023
Ontario NDP paving way for safer highways with common sense solution
QUEEN'S PARK - NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) has introduced Chad's Law, a common-sense private member's bill aimed at preventing tragic accidents caused by overtaking vehicles by ... More
October 30, 2023
NDP: Ford Conservatives won’t recognize Indigeneity and colonialism as determinants of health
QUEEN'S PARK - On Monday, MPP Sol Mamakwa's motion to recognize Indigeneity and colonialism as overarching and intersectional determinants of health across government ministries in Ontario was defe... More
October 26, 2023
NDP MPP Mamakwa tables landmark motion to recognize Indigeneity and colonialism as determinants of health
QUEEN'S PARK– During a press conference Thursday, Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), Deputy Leader of the Ontario NDP and Critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, called for immediate action to address... More
October 18, 2023
Fair wages, not smoke and mirrors: NDP demands Ford Government address firefighter retention crisis
QUEEN'S PARK - Ontario NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk— James Bay), Official Opposition critic for Natural Resources and Forestry, and Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) are calling out ... More
October 10, 2023
Ford Conservatives putting hundreds of lives on the line in Northern Ontario
SUDBURY - NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) and Official Opposition Health critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) say the Ford Conservatives are putting hundreds of lives at risk by refusing to fund harm r... More
October 4, 2023
NDP pitches solutions for the North’s brutal doctor shortage
QUEEN'S PARK - Ontario NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) implored Ford’s Conservatives to address the critical family physicians shortage in Northern Ontario during Question Period today. West's stateme... More
September 29, 2023
Ontario NDP commemorates National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
QUEEN'S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, and Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, issued the following statement to comme... More
September 27, 2023