May 23, 2024
MPPs Mamakwa and Shaw ask for urgency to halt exacerbating Grassy Narrows mercury poisoning
QUEEN’S PARK –– A new report reveals that effluent from the Dryden mill is worsening mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows. Despite no new mercury being released, bacteria in the effluent is generati... More
May 7, 2024
Mamakwa Supports Chiefs of Ontario Lawsuit Against Province for Failing to Provide First Nations with Equal Access to Justice
QUEEN'S PARK – MPP Sol Mamakwa, Official Opposition Deputy Leader, expressed his full support for the Chiefs of Ontario and the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario (IPCO) as they announced their in... More
April 29, 2024
NDP, Forest Firefighters Celebrate Long-Awaited WSIB Coverage
QUEEN'S PARK - Official Opposition NDP Natural Resources and Forestry critic Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay) and critic for WSIB and Injured Workers Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay-Superior North)... More
April 22, 2024
Mamakwa Joins Community Members Calling for Thunder Bay Police Services Reform
QUEEN'S PARK — Today at Queen's Park, NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa stood alongside First Nations Chiefs, leadership from Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Anishinabek Nation, and families from Thunder... More
April 18, 2024
Profit Over People: Conservative Inaction Allowing INEOS Styrolution to Harm Aamjiwnaang First Nation for Quick Buck
QUEEN'S PARK — NDP Deputy Leader and critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations Sol Mamakwa urgently called on all levels of government to intervene and halt the alarming spread of toxic airborne c... More
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