2023 NWT Election
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Caroline Wawzonek
Candidate in the Yellowknife South Yellowknife race.
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‘I expect more of you,’ speaker says of NWT MLAs
March 3, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Thompson on Monday urged the territory’s politicians to do better as he addressed a recent complaint from one MLA about another. Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek told the speaker last week that she felt a Facebook post by Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart had put “a chill on all relationships as elected...
MLA pushes for Inuvik’s airport to add security screening
March 3, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...was announced several years ago. The terminal was initially scheduled to open in 2024 before the work was pushed back. Infrastructure minister Caroline Wawzonek said the design for the new terminal “is meant to balance both the current needs and future opportunities” but added she didn’t have the...
Cell service dead zones, cash for communities and another upset MLA round out the week
February 28, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...as well, and it must be improved. “The volume of traffic continues to increase, and this is a serious safety issue.” Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said the GNWT is dependent on Northwestel, the main provider of cell services. But Wawzonek noted while erecting cell towers to cover the hundreds...
Norman Wells is ‘a community living in fear,’ says Sahtu MLA
February 28, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...– Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon, passed and now cabinet has 120 days to respond. At the start of proceedings on Thursday, Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek raised a point of privilege, asserting that a Facebook post by Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart implied that the ongoing budget process involves...
Testart defends ‘rhetorical flourishes’ after minister’s complaint
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...motion. Testart’s post that evening received three shares and a handful of comments. In the legislature on Thursday, finance minister Caroline Wawzonek said Testart’s post implied that “the vote on the motion was the result of backroom deals and that the advancement of discussions about the...
Budget must improve lives in small communities, says Yakeleya
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...sharing their views on the budget. The territorial government released its proposed 2025-26 operating budget earlier this month. Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek said it focuses on “using the resources that we have for change” during a time of uncertainty. Four regular MLAs had already suggested the...
MLAs narrowly defeat bid to remove $5.25M from ECE’s budget
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...education, especially in small communities, but by taking money away from small communities, we’re not going to get there.” Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek characterized the motion as an attempt to force a change on the fly without any time to analyze what the actual consequences might be. Morse, in...
N.W.T. minister defends government’s decision not to disclose costs related to former hospital building
February 13, 2025
CBC North - ...from the auditor general that the territorial government rejects. At the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Morgan pressed Infrastructure Minister Caroline Wawzonek on why the government won't accept that final recommendation. "Who or what are we protecting by refusing to acknowledge mistakes," Morgan asked. ...
‘Monumental accomplishment for Indigenous peoples; the GNWT honoured to be part of it.”
February 13, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...up by international legal standards which were reaffirmed through in this chamber.” With Premier R.J. Simpson in Washington, Deputy Premier Caroline Wawzonek said there is an action plan underway with a target date of this fall of 2025 to have it published. “I don’t want to presuppose the work of the...
Shauna Morgan questions NWT’s plan for civic addresses
February 12, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...they do their homework and to realize that the practical reality is that Inuvik is best suited for this type of infrastructure.” Deputy premier Caroline Wawzonek said while there is not a full-time position within the NWT’s executive department dedicated to Arctic security, the premier’s office does...
What caused January’s power outage in Fort Resolution?
February 11, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...or fall. He noted the Taltson hydro plant, which would normally provide Fort Resolution’s power, has now been offline for almost two years. Caroline Wawzonek, the minister responsible for NTPC, said the events related to January’s outage were “routine operations” unrelated to the Taltson plant. ...
NWT ‘has no levers’ to address huge jumps in home insurance
February 10, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...a major impact on NWT residents – and as a consequence, some impact on insurers – over the past few years. The territory’s finance minister, Caroline Wawzonek, said the NWT government doesn’t have a lot it can do to help. Wawzonek said the GNWT taxes insurance companies but has kept that rate lower than...
Stagnant economy, uncertain times, call for public investment in infrastructure
February 7, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...want residents to know that we're going to keep things stable,' says Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek, delivering her second budget The territorial government plans to spend roughly $2.5 billion in the coming year, but is watching a shrinking GDP as private business activity slows, mostly due to the large...
Some NWT MLAs say budget doesn’t do enough to advance priorities
February 7, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...regular MLAs say the NWT’s new budget does little to advance the 20th Legislative Assembly’s priorities. Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek delivered the 2025-26 operating budget on Thursday, which she described as “using the resources that we have for change” amid a time of uncertainty. Wawzonek...
Use of N.W.T. man’s Indigenous name in integrity commissioner complaint an ‘invasion’
February 6, 2025
CBC North - ...complaints against MLAs. The N.W.T. integrity commissioner dismissed complaints made by Daniel Richards against N.W.T. MLAs Shane Thompson and Caroline Wawzonek. Richards used the name Dëneze Nakehk'o to make the complaints. Nakehk'o, well-known in the territory for his work in media and broadcasting, told...