June 20, 2024
Ontario NDP statement for National Indigenous Peoples Day 2024
QUEEN’S PARK— Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, Marit Stiles, and Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa, Critic for Indigenous & Treaty Relations shared statements ahead of National Indigenous Peoples... More
June 11, 2024
Mamakwa Demands Justice: “Scouts Canada and Anglican Church Must Apologize to First Nations Survivors of Ralph Rowe”
QUEEN'S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) released the following statement after sitting with the Debwe Boonendamowin group, a First Nations group of survivors... More
June 7, 2024
West Pushes for Hope Air Funding and Improved Northern Healthcare Access
QUEEN'S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) used the last day of Question Period to urge the Conservative Government to improve access to healthcare for northern communities after the famil... More
June 5, 2024
Mamakwa Raises Concerns as Educator Safety Threatened by Conservatives' Chronic Underfunding
QUEEN’S PARK — Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), the Official Opposition NDP Deputy Leader, raised the concerns of educators across the northwest during Question Period today. “Under this government, the... More
May 24, 2024
Premier’s silence on Grassy Narrows study appalling: NDP
TORONTO — Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles issued the following statement on Doug Ford’s silence in response to a new study showing mercury poisoning near Grassy Narrows First Nation has been worsen... More
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