2023 NWT Election
Denny Rodgers
Candidate in the Inuvik Boot Lake Inuvik race.
Denny can be reached at DennyRodgers2023@gmail.com, or by calling 867-678-0646.
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N.W.T. budget passes with $41.6M addition to housing
March 14, 2025
CBC North - ... Community learning centres, Arctic defence Other members spoke about the collaborative process that led to the additional housing investment. Denny Rodgers, chair of the Accountability and Oversight Committee of all regular members, said the budget reflects input from all 19 members. "Whether you...
The NWT’s budget has new housing cash. What will it buy?
March 14, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...be available for people to live in, use, and move away from waitlists,” she said. Until Thursday’s new money came along, Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers said, the NWT did not have the funding to get large-scale public housing maintenance projects done. “Now we have that funding, and now we can...
With added housing cash, NWT’s 2025-26 budget comfortably passes
March 13, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...they have and even a bit beyond, as they’re willing to go into what I’ve been calling good debt for social investment.” Inuvik Boot Lake’s Denny Rodgers said: “They’re our cabinet, we elected them. We put them in there to be our leadership group and we have to put some faith in what they do,...
Motion to halt Indigenous Employment Policy is defeated
March 13, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...he was prepared to give the policy a chance but would request an annual review to ensure it was having the desired impact. Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers said he was “willing to give this a shot” based on feedback from constituents, while Great Slave MLA Kate Reid – though expressing concern...
NWT adds $41M in housing spending to draft budget
March 13, 2025
Cabin Radio - ... MLAs must still vote to pass the budget before that spending is finalized. That vote is expected later this week. Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers, who chairs an accountability and oversight committee made up of all 11 regular MLAs, said housing is a priority need. He described the new spending...
Some MLAs still critical of Indigenous Employment Policy
March 11, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...those positions.” Some MLAs want more support for Indigenous hiring At least two MLAs appeared supportive of the Indigenous Employment Policy. Denny Rodgers, the MLA for Inuvik Boot Lake, said he was in favour of increasing Indigenous employment in the territorial government. To that end, he called for...
Deaths of 3 Dehcho residents have MLAs demanding an investigation
March 7, 2025
CBC North - ...to provide emotional and cultural support. "This is about compassion, it's about doing the right thing, and it's why we're here," said Inuvik MLA Denny Rodgers who supported the motion. Semmler said medical transports don't support escorts for safety reasons because they need space in the vehicle or...
MLAs call for critical incident investigation into deaths
March 7, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...away while they were stuck in Yellowknife because there was no proper non-medical escort policy for medical evacuations.” Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers, who seconded the motion, said it was about compassion and “doing the right thing.” Other MLAs shared stories of constituents facing challenges...
‘When they arrive, the distressing reality is there’s nowhere to stay’
March 6, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Dene First Nation, are designed to provide places to stay while people are in the city on medical travel. However, Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers said on Wednesday, Keskorie is at capacity – and so are the city’s hotels. March is peak tourism season in parts of the Northwest Territories....
Patients on medical travel have nowhere to stay in Yellowknife right now
March 6, 2025
CBC North - ...along with all the city's hotels, are currently booked up — and that's leaving some medical patients without accommodations. Inuvik MLA Denny Rodgers said that's making the stress of medical travel all the more taxing as patients from other communities arrive for doctor and dentist appointments in...
MLA pushes for Inuvik’s airport to add security screening
March 3, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...town’s airport to add security measures that would open up the possibility of welcoming a broader range of flights. In the legislature on Friday, Denny Rodgers called for Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport to have security screening installed when planned upgrades take place in the coming years. Flights taking...
How NWT MLAs have voted in the 20th Assembly so far
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...capital budget. The six included those three plus Morse, Morgan and George Nerysoo. Even so, third reading of the bill passed with Kate Reid, Denny Rodgers, Danny McNeely, and Jane Weyallon Armstrong voting in favour alongside six cabinet members. Regular MLAs initially said they would not support the...
Budget must improve lives in small communities, says Yakeleya
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...start investing in its greatest resources. No, it is not precious metals or oil or gas, but our people of the North.” Focus on the economy Denny Rodgers, the MLA for Inuvik Boot Lake, said the latest budget offers little in reductions and does not move away from “a status quo budget.” He called...
MLAs narrowly defeat bid to remove $5.25M from ECE’s budget
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...did so in solidarity with the “frustration” of smaller NWT communities’ MLAs and constituents. Richard Edjericon, Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Denny Rodgers and George Nerysoo also voted in favour. Motion ‘would have negative impact’ The motion was defeated when Yellowknife North’s Shauna Morgan...
Ancestral remains at Fort Resolution residential school site can’t be moved
February 26, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...for more information on St. Joseph’s residential school gravesites and missing children. Also in the Assembly on Tuesday, Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers said in his reply to the 2025-2026 budget, the NWT is missing out on energy projects in the Beaufort Delta region that could help change the...