Today

Mentioned by Cabin Radio Indian restaurant opens in YK – with one missing ingredient According to Rahman Tito, he contacted the offices of Yellowknife-based MLAs Julie Green and Cory Vanthuyne, the Premier's office, and the office of Northwest Territories MP Michael McLeod, to no avail. “In Yellowknife there are lots of restaurants and ...

Posted on Twitter Great to see two #WomenInLeadership ! https://t.co/aiIBKCU0tG

Posted on Twitter Great initiative @OurYellowknife https://t.co/A5TidMSjxX

Posted on Twitter Congratulations on opening your restaurant. I am sorry to hear about your wife’s immigration delay. MP @MMcLeodNWT… https://t.co/G14FQ90f5m

Yesterday

Posted on Twitter @cabin_radio A thought: the government is advertising a lease for the Museum cafe https://t.co/Yonjmt2NG6

Posted on Twitter I’m so sorry Anita, Luc. What a disaster. Please contact me if I can help. #Yellowknife #yzf https://t.co/qDPX3A1hKb

Two days ago

Posted on Twitter @ecurrie65 Congratulations and with great distinction no less!

Three days ago

Posted on Facebook Good to hear this case is settled. I believe ECE has now dropped the voucher system in all the communities it was in place. The important finding in ... (Don't discriminate against people on income assistance, human rights panel tells N.W.T. gov't | CBC News link) View post

This week

Posted on Facebook What I'm wondering is whether the NWT version of the carbon tax is going to actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Cost drives behaviour change.When gas prices go through ... (Here's what carbon tax in the N.W.T. will look like | CBC News link) View post

Posted on Facebook What a brilliant resource to use to buy book presents for children. (NWT Literacy Council Photo link) View post

Posted on Twitter @OllieW How did I forget to include you in this? https://t.co/vjNqA1qOuG

Posted on Twitter This is loads of fun. He was down and unable to get up .... then he scored a goal. #WorldCup ⁦@BrockmanCBC⁩ https://t.co/PntUfUNEGL

Posted on Twitter This set of recommendations should be accepted by @OurYellowknife as soon as possible. There are another dozen empt… https://t.co/57bHqhMezd

Posted on Twitter @OllieNWT Clear travesty

Posted on Facebook Take the time to look at 10 neat ideas to bring new life to the gravel lot between the Raven and the Bistro and vote for your favorites. (Ecology North link) View post

A week ago

Posted on Facebook Wild fire update: all the rain we have had has reduced the acres burned dramatically, from a 20 year average of 100,000 HA by this time of year ... ( Photo link) View post

Posted on Facebook A reminder to parents of newborns that they can apply for both the Canada Child Benefit and the NWT Child Benefit by providing their consent on the birth ... ( Photo link) View post

Posted on Facebook A couple of constituents have contacted me about the Department of Health and Social Services data breach caused by the theft of a laptop in late May. Residents ... ( Photo link) View post

Posted on Facebook I am happy to report that the new tender for the Adult Day Program is now being advertised. The deadline is July 27. In the picture below, a ... (Adult Day Program (SC0965) | contracts.opennwt.ca link) View post

Posted on Facebook Government is trying to make good its initial interest in transparency and accountability. See the regular filings on the cost of ministerial travel here: https://enga... Interesting ... (Ministerial Travel Expenses | Public Engagement & Transparency Portal link) View post

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Two weeks ago

Mentioned by Cabin Radio More than three-quarters of NWT affected by health laptop theft According to the department, information on the laptop included the names of patients in the NWT, their health card numbers, dates of birth, details of their diseases or conditions, and their home communities. ... On May 17, more than a week after the ...

A month ago

Mentioned by My Yellowknife Now Yellowknife MLA reacts to Nunavut premier's ousting ... was ousted in a non-confidence vote today. Julie Green, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, took to Twitter today, saying the Northwest Territories can learn a lesson from this. ... So much for #NWT to learn #nwtpoli. — Julie Green MLA (@juliegreenMLA ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca No housing assistance for NWT family of 6 living in 1-bedroom suite A family of six living in a small, one bedroom suite at the Discovery Suites in Yellowknife has been trying to get assistance from the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation for three years. The family keeps a coffee maker in the .... He said the ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca No housing assistance for NWT family of 6 living in 1-bedroom suite A family of six living in a small, one bedroom suite at the Discovery Suites in Yellowknife has been trying to get assistance from the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation for three years. The family keeps a coffee maker in the ... He said the ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca MLAs reject call for audit of Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk highway project Several regular MLAs supported Tesart's motion, including Tom Beaulieu, Julie Green and Shane Thompson. All three expressed hope an audit could shed more light onto why the road was closed for most of the spring due to slippery and muddy conditions.

Mentioned by CBC.ca MLAs reject call for audit of Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk highway project Several regular MLAs supported Tesart's motion, including Tom Beaulieu, Julie Green and Shane Thompson. All three expressed hope an audit could shed more light onto why the road was closed for most of the spring due to slippery and muddy conditions.

Mentioned by CBC.ca For a way to improve female representation in the legislature, look to Samoa A discussion paper tabled by House Speaker Jackson Lafferty Thursday in the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, pitches a new way to bring more women into the assembly — create new seats exclusively for them. According to the report, the N.W.T ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Question 345-18(3): Adult Day Program Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. On this Intergenerational Day, I would like to see ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Motion 20-18(3): Extended Adjournment of the House to October 11, 2018 Masi, Mr. Speaker. I MOVE, seconded by the Honourable Member for Great Slave, that, notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on June 1, 2018, it ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Temporary Special Measures Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you for tabling your discussion paper yesterday with the title "Temporary Special Measures to Increase the Representation ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca For a way to improve female representation in the legislature, look to Samoa A discussion paper tabled by House Speaker Jackson Lafferty in the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly on Thursday, pitches a new way to bring more women into the assembly — create new seats exclusively for them.

Mentioned by CBC.ca Review proposes transforming Aurora College into polytechnic university A highly anticipated review of Aurora College begun last year has now been released, and it recommends Aurora College be transformed into a Northern Canada polytechnic university. The 143-page document includes 67 recommendations on everything ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Committee Motion 62-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A, Section 11 - Addition After subsection (2) DEFEATED Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am in support of this motion. I was in support of it even before the debacle of the last ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Question 337-18(3): Housing Policy for Families Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister has suggested at one point that the family apply for income assistance, and that's in spite of the ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Motion 17-18(3): Review of Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Project, Defeated Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we know, this road was billed as an all-weather road, and it was a road in which the GNWT ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am just going to take a step back. I want to reiterate a point that another of my colleagues ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Committee Motion 61-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A, Clause 5 - Addition of Subsection 6.1 after subsection 5(6), Defeated Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the federal government appointed a task force to study the legalization and regulation of cannabis, and that task force delivered ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Committee Motion 60-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A, Clause 5 - Addition of Subsection 5(1), Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm fond of saying that the biggest problem small business has in this territory is the Government of the Northwest ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Housing Policies for Families Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last week, I provided my mandate letter to the Minister now responsible for the Housing Corporation and Homelessness. One of ...

Mentioned by Yahoo News Canada (blog) Review proposes transforming Aurora College into polytechnic university To do that, the report suggests the N.W.T. should convert Aurora College, over the next six to eight years, into an institution that would "combine select elements of a baccalaureate and applied studies institution, a polytechnic institution, and a ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Review proposes transforming Aurora College into polytechnic university To do that, the report suggests the N.W.T. should convert Aurora College, over the next six to eight years, into an institution that would "combine select elements of a baccalaureate and applied studies institution, a polytechnic institution, and a ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Question 327-18(3): Yellowknife Sobering Centre Operations Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. In my statement, I talked about my expectation that the ...

Spoke in the Legislative Assembly on Motion 20-18(3): Extended Adjournment of the House to October 11, 2018 Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, June 1, 2018, I will move the following motion: I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Great ...

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

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

Voted Yes on Vote #99 on Bill 33, Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2018-2019

Statements in the House