Bourgouin Calls for Urgent Action After Fatal Northern Highway Collision

MUSHKEGOWUK–JAMES BAY – Following a tragic and fatal collision on Northern Ontario highways, NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin released the following statement, raising urgent concerns about unsafe road conditions and repeated highway closures across the North:

“We share our deepest condolences with the family and loved ones affected by the deadly collision near Opasatika that claimed the lives of three people. This tragedy is part of a much bigger pattern of neglect on Highways 11 and 17. Northern highways are lifelines. There are no alternate routes. When roads are unsafe or closed, communities are cut off, people are afraid to travel, and lives are put at risk. We have written to Premier Ford again and are pushing a renewed letter-writing campaign because this is a public safety crisis. Northern lives deserve urgency, investment, and action.”