Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Rianna Lim
Publication Date: February 15, 2025 - 15:58
NDP Leader Marit Stiles focuses on northern Ontario highways
February 15, 2025
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles reiterated her pledge on Saturday to make northern Ontario highways safer, promising to widen some highways and end private highway maintenance contracts.Her announcement in Thunder Bay came after all four of the province’s main party leaders clashed in their first debate on Friday in North Bay, Ont., held specifically to discuss northern issues such as infrastructure, road safety and an addictions crisis that has hit many communities hard.
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