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NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa was removed from the legislature at Queen's Park on June 2, 2025, for saying that the Ontario government was "telling untruths to First Nations" surrounding Bill 5 (CHCH News).
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Ontario NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa was removed from legislature Monday morning after claiming Doug Ford is not telling the truth about Bill 5 to First Nations peoples.

On the floor, Mamakwa said Premier Doug Ford and his government was “telling untruths to First Nations” regarding respecting treaty rights.

Mamakwa was removed after he refused several times to take back his comments accusing Premier Doug Ford of lying.

“You cannot trample on inherent rights. You cannot trample on First Nations rights, you cannot trample on those things and get away with it. And they need to be said in a very public way. The premier is telling untruths. Basically it’s another way of the premier – the government is lying,” said Mamakwa.

According to the Ford government, Bill 5 is meant to hasten economic development in the province and would give the government power to suspend provincial and municipal laws for chosen projects in areas deemed to have so-called economic importance. It would also remove some endangered species protections.

The bill is being opposed by multiple Indigenous groups, environmentalists and the opposition.

Last week the province said it would make amendments to the law to include special Indigenous economic zones at the request of First Nations for projects they want fast-tracked. However, Mamakwa says that is not the case.

“He said that he respects and honors treaties, that he respects and honors the duty to consult. And that’s not the truth because the way they’re presenting this bill, the way the bill is written up, speaks the opposite,” said Mamakwa.

READ MORE: Ontario to amend controversial Bill 5 following backlash

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles walked out of the room along with Mamakwa.

Stiles posted on X around 11:09 a.m. a video of Mamakwa being named and removed from the legislature for speaking out against Bill 5, calling it “shameful.”

Stiles says Ford’s government needs to dump the bill altogether

“There is no fixing Bill 5, and that the only right thing to do is to scrap it and go back to the drawing board,” said Stiles.

A protest was also held Monday outside of Queen’s Park.

Organizer and Lake Huron Regional Chief Scott McLeod says consultation should have happened before the bill was introduced.

“The supreme courts have said in many cases that where underlying title exists, that they have a duty, not only to consult, but to get consent from those parties,” said McLeod.

Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, is expected to quickly pass into law this week because the Conservative government has limited debate on it.

MPPs break for a three-month summer vacation starting at the end of this week.

READ MORE: Ontario PCs to limit debate on controversial Bill 5, among other legislation

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