2023 NWT Election
Denny Rodgers
Candidate in the Inuvik Boot Lake Inuvik race.
Denny can be reached at [email protected], or by calling 867-678-0646.
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When will the NWT’s new public safety legislation kick in?
May 30, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...in the House later in 2025, Macdonald said. Macdonald provided the update on timelines in response to questions from Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers. Rodgers is also interested in updating the Residential Tenancies Act, which governs relations between landlords and tenants, “to give that some...
MLAs vote to examine tightening their social media rules
May 29, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...communities and infrastructure minister, abstained. ‘Trying to sanitize political speech’ On the other side of the House, Inuvik Boot Lake’s Denny Rodgers said he was “not convinced” and Sahtu MLA Danny McNeely said he did not “really see the validity” in the motion, but both said they would...
Morgan’s nurses’ bargaining bill passes second reading
May 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...to second reading allows you to do that,” said Danny McNeely, the MLA for the Sahtu. “Let’s hear from our residents.” Weyallon Armstrong, Denny Rodgers, Julian Morse and Robert Hawkins also spoke in support of further examining Morgan’s bill. Morgan had said getting the bill through second...
MLAs turn up volume in NWT Assembly; Speaker’s temper blows
May 25, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...the client’s needs.” The newly modernized medical travel program is expected to come into effect on September 1st. Also, Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers pleaded with Housing Minister Lucy Kuptana to find a solution for residents of Nova Apartments who “live in fear” of the crime and violence that...
Premier backs Semmler as 3 MLAs float idea of removing her
May 9, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...and ensure the voices and ideas of frontline healthcare workers are taken seriously by decision makers,” she concluded. Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers struck a similar tone. “While I respect everyone’s opinion and understand that press releases and political discussions, often had through...
Inuvik to hold appreciation event for first responders
April 15, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...North return tickets between Inuvik and Edmonton. The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Inuvik Community Corporation, NorthMart and Inuvik MLAs Denny Rodgers and Lesa Semmler are contributing to the event. More broadly, this week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. The City of Yellowknife...
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....