April 19, 2023
Gélinas: Northern Ontarians need help with health travel costs
QUEEN’S PARK – France Gélinas, NDP MPP for Nickel Belt, spoke in the legislature this morning about the need for better funding to support Northern Ontarians who have to travel long distances to ac... More
April 18, 2023
NDP: Ford government continues to fail First Nations children in Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK - Today during Question Period, the Leader of the Official Opposition Marit Stiles and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), Critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations pressed Premier Ford on hi... More
April 17, 2023
NDP stress importance of free and informed prior consent in mining act amendments
QUEENS' PARK – Ontario NDP Members Jamie West and Sol Mamakwa are calling for more robust guidelines on free and informed prior consent and a framework for consultation in the proposed amendments t... More
April 11, 2023
NDP: Miners deserve better safety from harmful particulates at work
QUEEN'S PARK – Jamie West (Sudbury), the NDP Critic for Labour, and Health Critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) issued the following statement in response to the government's announcement today that... More
April 6, 2023
MPP Vaugeois calls for expanded life-saving dialysis care in Northwestern Ontario
QUEENS PARK- NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) raised concerns yesterday in Question Period about the hurdles that residents of Northwestern Ontario face just to receive life-savin... More
March 31, 2023
NDP, Truckers for Safer Highways Unify in Call for Action
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay-Superior North) and strong advocate for safer roads in Northern Ontario, is once again urging the Ford government to take immediate action followin... More
March 22, 2023
Statement from MPP Sol Mamakwa on World Water Day
QUEEN’S PARK – Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa, Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and Critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, issued the following statement on World Water Day 2023. “We... More
March 9, 2023
Sol Mamakwa calls on Ford government to uphold First Nations' rights and protocols
QUEEN’S PARK - During Question Period today, MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) NDP Deputy Leader and Critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, opened with a critical question to the Ford government ... More
February 27, 2023
Mamakwa calls for urgently needed increases in fire-safety investments for First Nations
QUEEN’S PARK: Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), Ontario NDP Critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations and Northern Development, issued the following statement regarding a string of recent house fires cl... More
February 21, 2023