September 30, 2020
Mamakwa calls on Ford to help First Nations during COVID-19 second wave
QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford needs to help First Nations deal with the second wave of the pandemic after he failed to provide them with the extra support they needed since the start of the crisis, said... More
September 25, 2020
NDP plan for jobs and financial security will support working people in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario
THUNDER BAY – NDP MPPs Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay - Atikokan) and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) held a press conference Friday in Thunder Bay to discuss Save Main Street: A Plan for Jobs and... More
September 17, 2020
Mamakwa calls on Ford to respect Treaty rights, include First Nations in economic recovery
QUEEN’S PARK - During question period Wednesday, Sol Mamakwa, the Official Opposition Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation critic, called on Doug Ford to honour Treaty and Aboriginal rights and ... More
September 6, 2020
NDP statement regarding OPP arresting and laying charges against First Nations journalist Karl Dockstader
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP MPPs Sol Mamakwa, critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, and Kevin Yarde, critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services, released the fol... More
August 26, 2020
Ford tramples on treaty rights with rushed changes to legislation
All eight Northern NDP MPPs released a letter to Doug Ford calling on him to respond to the concerns of First Nations who have contacted him after he failed to respect treaty rights and rushed chan... More
August 14, 2020
Mamakwa calls on Ford to help evacuated families in Red Lake and Eabametoong
Kiiwetinoong NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa is calling on the Ford government to support families who have evacuated Red Lake and Eabametoong, after their communities declared a state of emergency due to the ... More
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