Today

Posted on Facebook McKenna Funeral Home is hosting its annual candle lighting service tomorrow (December 11) from 3 to 8 pm. Light a candle to honour and remember your loved one. ( Photo link) View post

Posted on Twitter @janicemckenn McKenna Funeral Home is hosting its annual candle lighting service tomorrow (December 11) from 3 to… https://t.co/RlCaSB6WBr

Posted on Facebook ICYMI: two landmarks of YWCA NWT's 52 year history providing non-profit housing to vulnerable populations are being demolished. (Photos from Julie Green MLA Yellowknife Centre's post Photo link) View post

Posted on Facebook Happy Human Rights Day! It is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration. These rights are important to all of us. ( Photo link) View post

Posted on Twitter ICYMI: two landmarks of @YWCANWT 's 52 year history providing non-profit housing to vulnerable populations are bein… https://t.co/Dfclo16Cap

This week

Posted on Twitter Memorial tonight at 7 at the Prince of Wales Museum auditorium #December6 #Yellowknife @StatusofWomenNT https://t.co/6p3detf3M9

Posted on Facebook A healthy pregnancy gives the whole family a good start! ( Photo link) View post

Posted on Facebook The committee to increase the representation of women in the Legislative Assembly is up and running. We will be travelling to communities throughout the NWT and asking for ... ( Photo link) View post

A week ago

Posted on Twitter Turned out to support ⁦@cupw⁩ #Yellowknife with @PSAC North ⁦@NTFedLabour⁩ ⁦@unw_nwt⁩ today in front of ⁦… https://t.co/DXNIqpaSu9

Posted on Facebook I’d like to add my personal thanks to Victim Services as well. (Status of Women Council of the NWT link) View post

Posted on Facebook Bad news about the Kids Corner Day Care closing next week. Parents are worried about how they are going to find child care given the waiting lists that ... (Anger as YK daycare gives just two weeks’ notice of closure link) View post

Posted on Twitter This is a disturbing trend, one that I have seen at the semi-annual day of services I provide. Looking forward to G… https://t.co/70gbGIotEE

Mentioned by Northern News Services Yk MLA criticizes arts centre for postponing fire victims fundraiser Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green is criticizing the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre after the organization postponed a fundraising concert for victims of the Rockhill Apartments fire. The concert was supposed to take place Dec. 4 but NACC has ...

Posted on Facebook UPDATE: NACC's explanation for postponing the concert. (Northern Arts and Cultural Centre - NACC link) View post

Posted on Facebook Getting into the holiday spirit with JK students from Mildred Hall School and the Night Before Christmas. They decorated their tree at the Legislative Assembly with beautiful birch ... ( Photo link) View post

Posted on Facebook Thanks to the City of Yellowknife and Carmelita Allen for this photo of my rig in the Santa Claus parade on Saturday. Big thanks to Janice McKenna for ... (City of Yellowknife Photo link) View post

Posted on Twitter Spotted while walking: Former Rockhill resident takes a delivery from the Brick part of the $67k ordered by ⁦… https://t.co/axmZKn7lzd

Posted on Twitter #HolidaysAreComing with a reading for @mhs_school JK students today @AssemblyNWT with all time class Twas the Night… https://t.co/C1o25nQrCK

Two weeks ago

Posted on Twitter Watch me in the @OurYellowknife #SantaClausParade tonight in a pimped out ATV #nwtpoli https://t.co/6PRqNHwgOv

Posted on Twitter @UnitedWayNWT has $170K to give away this year. If your organization has a project in mind that will move people fr… https://t.co/cUNPbFsRfd

Posted on Twitter Plus thanks @ycs_schools @ykbestmovers True North Rotary NTHSSA #Yellowknife region @NWTLiteracy Christina Vernon L… https://t.co/oL84LW4Eef

A month ago

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure today to introduce Mr. Trevin Yakeleya. He is a Page from the Yellowknife Centre constituency. I would ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Carbon Pricing Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the issue of carbon pricing and how to encourage reduced use of fossil fuels takes up a lot of space in ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Question 489-18(3): Reduction of Non-Renewable Energy Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment. I referred to the announcement this week of an additional ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Question 496-18(3): New Government Building Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for your patience. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Premier and Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs. The GNWT has ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Question 493-18(3): New Government Building Name Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for letting me clear out my closet of extra questions. This time, my questions are for the Minister of Infrastructure. The GNWT ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Motion 30-18(3): Extended Adjournment of the House to February 5, 2019, Carried I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Great Slave, that, notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on November 1, 2018, it shall be adjourned ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Question 492-18(3): Availability of Family Planning Tools Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this set of questions is for the Minister of Health and Social Services. Last winter we discussed the availability of family ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Following Yukon, NWT commits to funding 'abortion pill' Following the Yukon's lead, the N.W.T. will cover the cost of Mifegymiso, commonly known as the "abortion pill," for individuals with no other insurance. Minister of Health and Social Services Glen Abernethy made the announcement in the Legislative ...

Mentioned by CKLB News (press release) Two NWT cabinet ministers survive non-confidence votes Two NWT cabinet ministers survive non-confidence votes. TOPICS:Ministers ... Glen Abernethy remains Health and Social Services Minister after MLAs voted 11-7 against a motion to remove him. MLAs Julie Green, Frederick Blake, Danny McNeely and Herb ...

Mentioned by Cabin Radio Ministers Schumann and Abernethy survive removal votes MLAs voted 12 to six to keep Schumann in office, then preserved Abernethy's place in cabinet by 11 votes to seven. Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green dramatically backed Abernethy after a lengthy critique of his government's social services record ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Motion 24-18(3): Revocation of Appointment of the Honourable Member for Great Slave to the Executive Council, Defeated Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when the Auditor General's report on Child and Family Services arrived last week, it ignited a fire that had been ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Childcare Agreement Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about the high cost and limited availability of licensed childcare in Yellowknife. For young families in ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Question 481-18(3): Childcare Agreement That is welcome news, Mr. Speaker. I am looking forward to additional detail. In the meantime, I'm wondering when the Minister is planning to share the ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Motion 23-18(3): Revocation of the Appointment of the Honourable Member for Hay River South, Defeated Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with the information that I now have, I am satisfied the Minister has managed an effective solution to the stranded cargo ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca NWT Infrastructure Minister survives non-confidence vote, MLAs debate Health Minister's fate The motion to remove Schumann from cabinet was brought forth by Kam Lake MLA Testart, who gave a scathing statement criticizing his handling of an MTS barge cancellation earlier this month that left the N.W.T. community of Paulatuk and the Nunavut ...

Mentioned by Cabin Radio Schumann survives removal attempt, Abernethy vote to come Infrastructure Minister Wally Schumann survived a bid to remove him from cabinet by 12 votes to six in the legislature on Wednesday. Schumann was supported by Nunakput MLA Herb Nakimayak – whose constituents are at the heart of the barge resupply ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Poverty in the Northwest Territories Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at the end of August the Government of Canada introduced its long-awaited and first-ever poverty reduction strategy. After years of telling ...

Mentioned by Northern News Services 'We should all be ashamed' In the legislative assembly, Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green said she “wept” when she read the latest auditor general report. Hay River North MLA RJ Simpson is “terrified” for what the future holds, based on the lack of progress since 2014. “We ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by CKLB News (press release) RCMP say they can't force sex assault victims into hospital Laporte was responding after criticism from Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green who last week told CKLB that she was outraged to learn that a sexual assault victim was thrown in jail in 2017 instead of being taken to Stanton Territorial Hospital ...

Mentioned by Cabin Radio Yellowknife RCMP, who put sex assault victim in cell, say 'things have changed' Julie Green, the MLA for Yellowknife Centre, is since reported to have sternly criticized that response – calling the force's decision to investigate itself “completely outrageous.” However, the Yellowknife Women's Society told Cabin Radio it believes ...

Mentioned by CKLB News (press release) Busy first day of cannabis sales at Yk Liquor Shop Finance Minister Robert C. McLeod said that there are still some regulations and details that have to be finalized but as most provincial governments have said, they'll watch how things go and possibly tweak legislation moving forward. McLeod said he ...

Voted Yes on Vote #101 on Bill 14, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018

Voted Yes on Vote #67 on Bill 14, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018

Mentioned by CKLB News (press release) Yk MLA rips RCMP for 'outrageous' self-probe She says an outside agency should have conducted an investigation as is usually the case when RCMP in the NWT are accused of wrongdoing. Mounties began the internal review after territorial court Judge Garth Malakoe also lit into them for arresting the ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca NWT education minster says she's not qualified to make call on Aurora College program The minister responsible for N.W.T.'s Aurora College says she's not qualified to make a decision on the future of its social work program. Instead, she'll leave it to a government official who hasn't been hired yet. Regular MLAs grilled Education ...

More than three months ago

Voted Yes on Vote #11 on Bill 4, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2018-2019

Voted Yes on Vote #10 on Bill 3, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2017-2018

Voted Yes on Vote #101 on Bill 27, An Act to Amend the Environmental Protection Act

Voted Yes on Vote #100 on Bill 27, An Act to Amend the Environmental Protection Act

Statements in the House