April 16, 2024
Ford pads housing numbers to hide failure to build housing in the North: NDP
QUEEN'S PARK — Official Opposition Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa and Sudbury MPP Jamie West are calling out the Ford government's failure to address the lack of affordable housing in northern Ontario. ... More
April 9, 2024
Mamakwa Statement on Chiefs of Ontario Closing the Infrastructure Gap: Ontario Regional Analysis Report
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Deputy Leader and critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, Sol Mamakwa made the following statement responding to “The Closing the Infrastructure Gap: Ontario Regional Analysi... More
April 8, 2024
NDP Calls Out Ford Government for Turning Back on Hundreds of Terrace Bay Workers
QUEEN'S PARK – Thunder Bay—Superior North MPP Lise Vaugeois called out the Ford Conservatives for abandoning the people of Terrace Bay and Schreiber after the Premier suggested the recently closed ... More
March 28, 2024
Mamakwa: Northern Ontario left behind in Ford's 2024 budget
QUEEN'S PARK – NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), issued the following statement today, calling out the blatant disregard for Northern Ontario in the 2024 provincial budget: "This 2024 b... More
March 22, 2024
NDP: Ford's treatment of wildland firefighters is shameful and puts province at risk
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP is calling out the Ford government’s insufficient funding and lackluster plan to prepare the province for wildland forest fire season. “Ford's Conservatives c... More
March 5, 2024
‘Shameful’: Ontario NDP seeks justice for Indigenous youth exploited by for-profit group homes
QUEEN’S PARK – The Ontario NDP are calling for action after a recent Global News investigation revealed that youth from northern First Nations are being targeted by group home operators looking ... More
February 26, 2024
NDP, OPSEU/SEFPO unite to demand forest firefighter recognition
QUEEN'S PARK - Today, Official Opposition NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong ), WSIB and Injured Workers critic Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North), critic for Natural Resources and... More
February 22, 2024
NDP Deputy Leader Mamakwa exposes Ford's dismal track record addressing home care disaster in North
QUEEN'S PARK - During Thursday's Question Period, Official Opposition Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa called out the Ford government for their dismal track record and out-of-touch policies that have fail... More
February 21, 2024
NDP calls for immediate action from Conservatives as North grapples with severe doctor shortage
QUEEN'S PARK - During Wednesday's Question Period, NDP Deputy Leader and Indigenous and Treaty Relations critic Sol Mamakwa and Health Critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) called out the Ford govern... More
February 21, 2024