November 26, 2021
MPP Monteith-Farrell reintroduces bill to fix the Northern Health Travel Grant
THUNDER BAY – MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan) is once again introducing a bill in the legislature to fix the Northern Health Travel Grant so families get more reimbursements when... More
October 8, 2021
Ford fails to stop gas price gouging in Northern Ontario: NDP
NORTHERN ONTARIO – As gasoline prices soar across Northern Ontario, northern NDP MPPs are calling out Doug Ford for failing to act after three years in government despite having an NDP bill that wo... More
October 5, 2021
MPP Monteith-Farrell supports Thunder Bay moms calling for action to end opioid epidemic
QUEEN’S PARK – In a statement in the legislature on Tuesday, NDP MPP Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan) said the Ford government should listen to families and mothers like those in T... More
August 5, 2021
Ford leaves Northerners stranded on driving test backlog
NORTHERN ONTARIO – After waiting over a year for their driving tests, Northerners will be forced to keep waiting after the Ford government left out Northern Ontario from a plan to open temporary ro... More
July 28, 2021
Ford refuses to declare state of emergency as fires burn and resources still aren’t in place
SIOUX LOOKOUT — It’s callous that Doug Ford is still refusing to declare a state of emergency to deal with more than 100 fires that have been burning for weeks in Northwestern Ontario, and denying ... More
July 22, 2021
Ford must declare immediate state of emergency in Northwestern Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford must stop ignoring the wildfire crisis in Northwestern Ontario, declare a state of emergency now, and see the devastation himself, said NDP MPPs Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong)... More
June 4, 2021
Ford hurts Northerners by ending NOSM partnership with Lakehead
THUNDER BAY – NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan) issued the following statement in response to the Ford government’s passage of a bill that ends the partnership of the Northern ... More
May 27, 2021
Monteith-Farrell will vote to stop Ford’s bill to scrap NOSM partnership with Lakehead
THUNDER BAY — NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay- Atikokan) is fighting to keep the partnership between the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), Lakehead and Laurentian universiti... More
April 20, 2021
Monteith-Farrell calls on Ford for consultations on NOSM decision
Doug Ford needs to listen to Lakehead University’s president and staff who are calling him to revisit his government’s decision to separate the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) from its ... More
April 1, 2021