By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY – The Ontario government needs to do more to address the transportation needs of the Far North, says Kiiwetinoong’s member of provincial parliament. “The Ontario government continues to invest only $6 million (annually) for winter roads in the Far North,” Sol Mamakwa said Tuesday in an interview. The funding has been the same for years, he said. “It’s just a program that they re-announce every year,” Mamakwa added. Seeing the static budgeting for winter roads while inflation carries on and climate change chips into winter road season, Mamakwa said, “you just shake your head.” The winter roads line in the provincial budget is overdue for a substantial increase, he said. Mamakwa represents a riding that comprises much of Ontario’s North and…
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