December 18, 2025
Northerners for Highway Safety
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 governmen... More
December 11, 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
November 26, 2025
NDP MPPs reintroduce Chad’s Law to strengthen road safety and protect northern Ontarians on the province’s highways
QUEEN’S PARK – Northern NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) is reintroducing Chad’s Law, a law named after a resident in northern Ontario who narrowly survived a severe collision caused... More
November 24, 2025
Verdict of Constance Lake Blastomycosis Inquest: NDP MPPs Call for Urgent Action to Address Systemic Barriers to Indigenous Health Care
QUEEN’S PARK - Jurors have affirmed what Constance Lake First Nation (CLFN) leadership has been raising for decades, issuing 79 recommendations to confront the systemic failures that allowed blasto... More
November 18, 2025
BOURGOUIN: The government has failed the north again.
QUEEN’S PARK – The legislature resumed today to vote on NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin’s (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) private member’s bill, Bill 49, regarding northern highway safety for highways 11 and 17. “... 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-Sup... More
February 26, 2024
NDP, OPSEU/SEFPO unite to demand forest firefighter recognition
QUEEN'S PARK - Today, Official Opposition NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong ), WSIB and Injured Workers critic Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North), critic for Natural Resources and... More
November 22, 2023
NDP highlight Ford's housing failures as lack of affordable housing in the North continues to grow
QUEEN'S PARK - Today, Ontario NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay) and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) addressed Northern Ontario's extreme housing and affordability crisis, where an increasin... More
November 21, 2023
Ontario NDP paving way for safer highways with common sense solution
QUEEN'S PARK - NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) has introduced Chad's Law, a common-sense private member's bill aimed at preventing tragic accidents caused by overtaking vehicles by ... More
October 18, 2023