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Sol Mamakwa
Ontario NDP
Sol Mamakwa is NDP deputy leader and the Ontario legislature's only First Nations MPP. He called Premier Ford's "hat in hand" comments about First Nations racist and has been a consistent critic of Bill 5's impacts on Indigenous rights.
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The Ford government is fast-tracking Ring of Fire mining and road construction through its Bill 5 "One Project, One Process" system, overriding the objections of Grassy Narrows First Nation — a community still living with mercury poisoning — bypassing a federally required environmental assessment, and pushing toward a June 2026 construction start that Neskantaga and Attawapiskat First Nations are physically blockading.
As the legislature's only First Nations MPP, Mamakwa called Ford's "hat in hand" comments racist and has been the primary opposition voice on how Bill 5's Ring of Fire fast-track violates Indigenous rights and the duty to consult.