Julie Green

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Crucial Fact

Historical Information Julie Green is no longer a member of the Legislative Assembly.

Last in the Legislative Assembly October 2023, as MLA for Yellowknife Centre

Won her last election, in 2019, with 35% of the vote.

Statements in the House

Daughters Of The Vote Celebration 2017 October 27th, 2016

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it was 100 years ago this year that women got the right to vote. Women in Alberta were the first to be enfranchised and voters there elected the first female MLA, Louise McKinney, in 1917. Suffrage spread slowly across Canada, with women in Quebec getting the vote in 1940 and Aboriginal women along with men as well in 1960. Women slowly entered political life and in small numbers, and today we are still well short of parity. A quarter of members of Parliament are women, and here in the NWT, as you know, there are just the two of us. This Assembly has committed in its mandate to increasing the number of women running for elected office.

Mr. Speaker, I bring this information to your attention because I recently attended an event which shared this same goal. The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians in Canada met in Regina at the beginning of the month. We spent a day with a group of young women who are considering running for, or helping someone else run for, public office at some point in their lives. They are part of a national initiative called Daughters of the Vote.

Mr. Speaker, a young woman between the ages of 18 and 23 will be selected from each of the 338 federal ridings to attend an event in Ottawa the week of March 6th next year. The programming for these emerging leaders will introduce them to how Parliament works and it will give them an opportunity to engage with elected officials. The goal is to provide knowledge and inspiration to women who are considering a career in public life.

Mr. Speaker, I'm delighted to tell you that the event sponsor, Equal Voice Canada, received a total of 19 applications from the NWT, representing eight different communities. Unfortunately, only one of them will be chosen to go to Ottawa because, of course, we have just the one federal riding. This is a challenge faced in other jurisdictions as well, where there were several times as many applications as there are positions available.

Mr. Speaker, one of my take aways from this outreach event is that if we want more women elected to represent us in all orders of government, and of course we do, we need to make engaging young women a priority. They see a world of possibilities as they work on their post-secondary education and plan their careers. If we inspire young women we may indeed have more women sitting in this Legislature one day in numbers approaching half the population. That is our challenge and we need to dedicate time, effort and resources to making this goal a reality. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters October 26th, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that answer. What I was trying to get to was that there was some evidence base to the allocation of retrofit dollars among the various needs of the housing authority. It is good to know that there is an evidence base to that. I think it would be useful to include a little bit of an explanation of what that evidence is in this capital plan in years going forward. That is a comment. I don't have any other questions. Thank you.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters October 26th, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So this variable of age and condition seems to be a very powerful indicator of investment. What I see -- my colleague has called up the survey -- is that core housing need in Yellowknife is 17 per cent but the number of retrofits being proposed are 33 per cent. Maybe I could get a better idea of how these different elements are weighted. Do they each have an equal weight, or do they have unequal weights, whatever the weights are? Thank you.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters October 26th, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm now on page 71. I'm looking at the second line from the bottom, that says 103 units will be retrofitted this year. I'm wondering how the NWT housing survey was used to determine that 103 units need retrofitting. Thank you.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters October 26th, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So then I have some questions about page 71, which shows there is a major retrofit of 103 units, so that's about a third of the Yellowknife Housing Authority stock. How was that number arrived at vis-a-vis the core need for Yellowknife? Thank you.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters October 26th, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the witness has said that the Housing Corporation considers core need but other factors, so could he confirm that age and condition are factors that are in addition and outside of core need, or does he mean something else? Thank you.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters October 26th, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the witness for his response. I'm still not really sure how the core need numbers are worked into the plan for retrofits in places like Gameti or anywhere else for that matter. Thank you.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters October 26th, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't have the housing survey in front of me, so I just remember that their core need number was in the high 40s. Is the witness then saying that most of that core need is that the houses are too small rather than the houses are in need of repair? Thank you.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters October 26th, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm looking at page 70, and I see that the community of Gameti has one unit that will be retrofitted. I know that Gameti has one of the highest core needs in housing in the NWT, so I'm wondering what the relationship is between the core need and the allocation of retrofit dollars. Thank you.

Tabled Document 194-18(2): Yellowknife Homelessness Road Map Action Plan – Report Of The Homelessness Working Group, October 2016 October 26th, 2016

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document "Yellowknife Homelessness Road Map Action Plan – Report of the Homelessness Working Group, October 2016." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.