Sol Mamakwa MPP for Kiiwetinoong

Government of Ontario

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February 10, 2022

Ford government must include northern rural communities in free antigen test distribution: NDP

NORTHERN ONTARIO - Northern NDP MPPs have written an open letter to Minister of Health Christine Elliott calling on her to include northern rural communities in the provincial government’s distribu... More
January 26, 2022

NDP support NOSM’s call for more students to address doctor shortage

NORTHERN ONTARIO – Northern NDP MPPs are supporting the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s call on the Ford government to allow more students and residents to be admitted to address the doctor s... More
January 24, 2022

Ford failed to take action on First Nations housing conditions hurting children’s health

TREATY 3 TERRITORY – Doug Ford should have acted years ago to fix the housing conditions in First Nations communities outlined in a new study that shows poor housing conditions are hurting the heal... More
January 18, 2022

Mamakwa calls on Doug Ford to listen to First Nations and support urgently needed fire services

QUEEN’S PARK - Doug Ford must listen to First Nations calling on the provincial and federal governments to support communities that urgently need fire resources to prevent any more tragic fire deat... More
January 14, 2022

Statement of condolence from MPP Sol Mamakwa after three children lose lives to fire in Sandy Lake First Nation

KIIWETINOONG — MPP Sol Mamakwa issued the following statement in response to news several children died in a house fire in Sandy Lake First Nation early Friday: "Our hearts are broken for the membe... More
January 4, 2022

Ford must help end the crisis in Bearskin Lake: Mamakwa

SIOUX LOOKOUT – On behalf of the Ontario NDP, MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) is calling on the Ford government to urgently support Bearskin Lake First Nation, which has declared a state of emergenc... More
December 31, 2021

Support needed for Regional Lockdown of 33 First Nations in the North

SIOUX LOOKOUT — The Official Opposition NDP is calling on the Ford government to urgently provide supports to 33 First Nations served by the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority as they mov... More
December 22, 2021

Doug Ford must act now to help Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario stop COVID spread

THUNDER BAY – Doug Ford needs to move now to stop the rapid spread of COVID in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario, said NDP MPPs Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan) and Sol Mamakwa (Ki... More
December 16, 2021

Doug Ford must not delay free rapid COVID tests for Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario

THUNDER BAY– NDP MPPs Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay – Atikokan) and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) are calling on Doug Ford to act now to get free rapid COVID tests to Thunder Bay and Northweste... More
December 15, 2021

Mamakwa statement on tragic deaths of young Indigenous people after leaving hospital

SIOUX LOOKOUT — NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, released the following statement on the deaths of Brent Sky and Heather Winterstein. Sky, 32, of Shoa... More