Jan 24, 2026 at 09:12 Members of the Thunder Bay—Superior North New Democratic Party Riding Association met Monday evening to elect a full slate of delegates and adopt key resolutions ahead of Canada’s NDP Convention 2026, taking place March 27–29 in Winnipeg. The well-attended Federal General Membership Meeting confirmed a complete delegation to Convention and included presentations from all federal ...

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 the Ignace sawmill, leaving another group of forestry workers without jobs, and further eroding the fabric of our Northern Ontario communities. “Communities like Ear Falls, and now Ignace, deserve better than ...

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 Ontario continue to face limited transportation options. “I want to congratulate communities in the Northeast on the return of the Northlander between Toronto and Timmins,” said Vaugeois. “People have fought hard for this service, and ...

The Liberal government has begun their consultation period for the Initial Project Description of constructing a deep geological repository in Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace. Deep geological repositories are designed to contain used nuclear fuel underground for long-term storage and this project is projected to be the largest and most expensive waste management project in Canadian ...

Le gouvernement libéral a lancé sa période de consultation pour présenter la description initiale du projet de construction d’un dépôt géologique en profondeur dans la Nation ojibway de Wabigoon Lake et le canton d’Ignace. Les dépôts géologiques en profondeur sont conçus pour contenir le combustible nucléaire usé sous terre pour un stockage à long terme, et ce projet est considéré ...

December 18, 2025 Safer Roads Are Not Optional Northerners are tired of unsafe road conditions, prolonged closures, and preventable collisions. Public safety is not optional — it is a basic obligation of government. MPP Guy Bourgouin has introduced multiple legislative proposals to improve road safety in Northern Ontario. These are practical, necessary measures that would save lives. Ford’s Conservatives have ...

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 both workers and the surrounding community. NDP MPPs Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) and Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk James Bay) released the following statement: “Despite producing some of the best pulp ...

Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West); and Shadow Minister for Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity and Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park); issued the following statement in response to Feed Ontario’s latest Hunger Report: “More than one million people in Ontario needed a food bank this year. Let ...

A provision buried in the Ford government’s Fall Economic Statement (Bill 68) allows the government to seize the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) lands owned by the City of Toronto. “This is an unconscionable land grab,” said Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York). “Especially on the heels of an Auditor General report that found the Ford government was not fair, ...

MPP Bourgouin’s Private Member’s Bill, The Northern Highways 11 & 17 Safety Act, 2025, was debated today (October 30, 2025) at Queen’s Park – calling on the Ford government to take long-overdue action to make Northern Ontario’s highways safer for everyone. “Highways 11 and 17 are lifelines for Northern communities,” said MPP Bourgouin. “They connect families to hospitals, get our ...

NDP Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Forestry MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) and NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo) released the following statement after the Trump administration levied an additional 10% duty on Canadian softwood, raising total tariffs to 45% – the highest level since the dispute began and higher than ...

Chandra Pasma, Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Education, made the following statement in response to news that the Minister of Education is looking at collapsing Ontario school boards into four provincial-level boards: “Local decision-making is essential to providing the supports that our children need to be safe and successful at school. School boards oversee everything from hiring and assigning EAs ...

Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition, along with the Ontario NDP caucus will be meeting with mayors, councillors, and municipal leaders from across the province at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario annual conference to hear about real solutions from those who know their communities best. “People aren’t asking for miracles,” said Stiles. “They’re simply asking for a partnership ...

After months of sitting on the province’s most up-to-date housing numbers, the government has finally updated the housing supply progress tracker, showing that the province is nowhere near meeting their target to build 1.5 million homes by 2031. “The Premier and this government have no one to blame but themselves,” said NDP Leader of the Official Opposition Marit Stiles. “Ontario ...

Aug 1, 2025 at 08:21 July 29th, 2025 – NDP MPP Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Forestry Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) is calling for a strategy to support the lumber industry in response to Trump’s tariffs threatening the sector: “The lumber industry is vital to Ontario’s economy,” said Bourgouin. “The anti-dumping tariffs imposed by Trump will devastate ...