“The government has failed the North again.”

That’s the message from Mushkegowuk-James Bay MPP Guy Bourgouin after his latest attempt to improve safety on Highways 11 and 17 was defeated in the Ontario legislature.

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Bourgouin introduced Bill 49, the Northern Highway 11 and 17 safety act 2025 in June.

“This bill is not about political stripes,” Bourgouin said in a statement issued on Nov. 3.

“It’s about protecting the safety of northern families and communities … Once again, they have failed the North by turning the safety of Northerners into a political issue.”

Bourgouin first introduced the bill at Queen’s Park, joined by co-sponsors Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Lise Vaugeois, Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof, Sudbury MPP Jamie West, and Nipigon Mayor Suzann

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