January 22, 2026
NDP Raises Concerns About Learn and Stay Expansion as Northern Lab Jobs Are Lost
SUDBURY — In response to ongoing job losses at LifeLabs in Northern Ontario, including the layoff of 40 medical laboratory technologists in Sudbury, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Labour Jamie Wes... More
January 19, 2026
Stiles calls for a New Deal for Municipalities at ROMA 2026
TORONTO — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles addressed the 2026 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference today, calling for a new deal to ensure certainty and prosperity for rural... More
January 15, 2026
Northern Ontario homelessness crisis spirals under Ford Conservatives
SUDBURY – Ontario NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) has issued the following statement after harrowing reports of worsening homelessness in Northern Ontario were released: “What we are seeing in Sudbu... More
January 15, 2026
Government Neglect of Forestry Continues to Erode Northern Ontario
IGNACE – NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) and MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) released the following joint statement following reports of the indefinite shutdown of ... More
January 13, 2026
Return of Northlander train to northeast Ontario a reminder of limited transportation options in the northwest
THUNDER BAY – Ontario NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay–Superior North) welcomed the return of the Northlander passenger train to Northeastern Ontario, while noting that people in Northwestern Ont... More
December 23, 2025
Bourgouin Calls for Urgent Action After Fatal Northern Highway Collision
MUSHKEGOWUK–JAMES BAY – Following a tragic and fatal collision on Northern Ontario highways, NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin released the following statement, raising urgent concerns about unsafe road condit... More
December 18, 2025
MPP Sol Mamakwa calls on Ontario and Canada to respect the jurisdiction of First Nations
TREATY 3 TERRITORY – Ontario NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (MPP for Kiiwetinoong) is standing in support of First Nations whose Inherent and Treaty rights continue to be violated by the Governments... More
December 11, 2025
MPP Mamakwa responds to the Auditor General’s Five-Year Follow-Up Report on Indigenous Affairs in Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK – Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa, Kiiwetinoong MPP and NDP Shadow Minister of Indigenous and Treaty Relations denounces the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs for willfully neglecting their dut... More
December 10, 2025
Ford Government Neglect Leaves Terrace Bay Mill, Workers at Risk
QUEEN’S PARK - The Official Opposition demanded clear answers from the Minister of Natural Resources on whether the government will take immediate steps to heat the Terrace Bay mill and protect bot... More
December 10, 2025