February 7, 2024
"Student safety at Risk” - NDP urges Ford to rethink poorly planned transportation formula affecting Northern Students
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Education Critic Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West—Nepean) and MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay–Superior North) are sounding the alarm after the Ministry of Education ... More
January 31, 2024
NDP: Northern highway advocates, social service providers call for urgent support as pre-budget committee visits Thunder Bay
THUNDER BAY – NDP MPPs were in Thunder Bay today to hear from local organizations as they brought forward their need for funding and resources – something urgently needed as Ford and the Conservati... More
January 29, 2024
NDP: Survey finds Conservatives failing Ontario truckers, the North on highway safety
QUEEN'S PARK – Official Opposition NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay), Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North), and John Vanthof (Timiskaming—Cochrane) issued a joint statement after... More
January 25, 2024
Mamakwa on school fire in Eabametoong
TREATY THREE TERRITORY - MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), Deputy Leader of the Ontario NDP, issued the following statement on the loss of Eabametoong First Nation’s only school in a devastating fire... More
January 18, 2024
Statement from MPP Sol Mamakwa on the ongoing work of the Land Defence Alliance
TREATY 3 TERRITORY- Official Opposition NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), released the following statement on the ongoing work of the Land Defence Alliance: "Yesterday, I had the opport... More
January 18, 2024
Stiles pledges to stand up for the North
QUEEN’S PARK - Official Opposition NDP Leader Marit Stiles spent this past week travelling Northern Ontario, making stops in Thunder Bay, Terrace Bay, Nipigon and Schreiber advocating for safer roa... More
January 16, 2024
Stiles, NDP propose highway safety solutions before more Northern lives lost to senseless Conservative inaction
THUNDER BAY – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition and Ontario NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) held a press conference today exposing the Conservative government's ina... More
January 5, 2024
NDP demand justice for First Nations amidst tragic pattern of systemic failures
THUNDER BAY - Ontario NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North), Solicitor General Critic John Vanthof (Timiskaming—Cochrane), and Critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations Sol Mamakwa (K... More
January 3, 2024
Vaugeois calls for support to end AV Terrace Bay Kraft Pulp Mill shutdown
Thunder Bay - NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay — Superior North) released the following statement following the announcement of a temporary shutdown at the AV Terrace Bay Kraft Pulp Mill: "This i... More
December 18, 2023