2023 NWT Election
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Jane Armstrong
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Here’s an updated list of who’s running in the N.W.T. election
October 12, 2023
CBC North - residents will vote for a new territorial government on Nov. 14. The nomination period officially closed Friday at 2 p.m., with anyone wishing to withdraw their candidacy having until 5 p.m. The Legislative Assembly is made up of 19 members, three of which are already acclaimed: Caroline Wawzonek in Yellowknife South; Caitlin Cleveland in Kam Lake, and Jane Weyallon Armstrong in Monfwi. Once elected, the members will vote for a premier, six other cabinet members, and a Speaker. Here's who's running in the upcoming territorial election.
Territorial politicians give thanks to NWT firefighters
October 12, 2023
NNSL Media - When the legislative assembly reconvened from late September into early October, there was an outpouring of gratitude and tributes for firefighters from MLAs and ministers. “I want to acknowledge the tragic passing of firefighter Adam Yeadon from Fort Liard,” she said. “I also want to acknowledge the fallen NWT firefighter, Mr. Adam Yeadon, who died on the job in July while battling a fire near Fort Liard. Adam, the fourth of five children, was raised in Fort Liard. After telling him the truth… he was then sent home on the next plane to Fort Liard.
Nominations open next week in N.W.T. election, here’s who’s running so far
October 12, 2023
CBC North - 's chief electoral officer will issue writs of election on Monday, officially opening up the nomination period. CBC News has compiled a list of people who have so far indicated their interest in running in the Nov. 14 territorial election. Sitting MLAs not seeking another term include Premier Caroline Cochrane (Range Lake), Health Minister Julie Green (Yellowknife Centre), and regular MLAs Jackie Jacobson (Nunakput), Kevin O'Reilly (Frame Lake) and Rylund Johnson (Yellowknife North). Neither has regular MLA Rocky Simpson (Hay River South). Election day was originally supposed to be Oct. 3, but MLAs voted in August to postpone it until Nov. 14.
Jackie Jacobson says he won’t seek re-election in Nunakput
October 6, 2023
Cabin Radio - Nunakput MLA Jackie Jacobson says he won’t seek re-election in this fall’s territorial election. Jacobson made the announcement on Friday afternoon as he delivered what turned into a farewell speech in the waning minutes of the 19th Assembly. He has represented Nunakput – a district that includes Tuktoyaktuk, Paulatuk, Ulukhaktok and Sachs Harbour – for 12 years, from 2007 to 2015 and again from 2019 until now. I want to be with my son, Joseph, who is 10 years old, and the rest of my children, my grandchildren,” Jacobson told colleagues. Jane Weyallon Armstrong and Ron Bonnetrouge each confirmed on Friday they will seek re-election in Monfwi and Deh Cho respectively.
MLA Katrina Nokleby says she regrets ever leaving Yellowknife evacuation zone
October 6, 2023
CBC North - Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby says she's surprised and disappointed by the integrity commissioner's decision that said she showed poor judgment by returning to Yellowknife during the wildfire evacuation. In an interview with The Trailbreaker host Hilary Bird, Nokleby said she regrets leaving during the initial evacuation and part of the reason she stayed after being told to leave a second time was due to depression. And so I just thought you know what, I'm going I'm not going to push on like I would normally do, and I pulled over and I fell asleep. You told the commissioner that you didn't leave because you were in an emotional tailspin. So I didn't leave again.
Work on N.W.T. roads a priority in final capital budget of 19th Assembly
September 29, 2023
CBC North - government budgeted for next year's infrastructure projects is expected to go toward highways, winter roads, bridges and culverts. In her final capital budget of the 19th Assembly, Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said the government is projecting to spend over $361 million, of which over $94 million will go toward roadwork. Although the budget included significant investment in key infrastructure projects, several regular MLAs were critical that it didn't focus enough on upgrades or replacements for schools across the territory. The budget also set aside $73 million to support community governments for infrastructure needs and $26.2 million for renewable energy projects, Wawzonek said. "When our government continues to spend six times as much on roads versus housing, there is something wrong," he said.
In final sitting, N.W.T. MLAs to discuss capital budget, evacuations and pass about ‘a dozen bills’
September 27, 2023
CBC North - MLAs have a long list of tasks to complete during the final sitting of the 19th Assembly which begins Wednesday. "Despite the delay and the emergency, [the] fall sitting is first and foremost always about the capital budget," said Rylund Johnson, Yellowknife North MLA. He added, along with the capital budget, there are "about a dozen bills" that still need it to make it through third reading. "I think we will probably pass more pieces of legislation in this sitting than we have in any other," Johnson said. The sitting is scheduled to last until Oct. 5, but Johnson says MLAs says the session will continue until everything is complete.
MLA wants Indigenous governments involved in emergency decisions
August 29, 2023
Cabin Radio - The MLA for Monfwi says hardship for Tłı̨chǫ wildfire evacuees this month could have been avoided had the territory consulted the Tłı̨chǫ Government. All this was happening on our land and we were not consulted,” Jane Weyallon Armstrong said during an emergency sitting of the legislature in Inuvik on Monday. The MLA said Indigenous people, including Elders and those facing homelessness and addictions, were uprooted to large cities in the south. Weyallon Armstrong said wildfire experts had not consulted with Indigenous Elders and knowledge-keepers. The move was supported by the Tłı̨chǫ Government, which said in a statement that it estimated 1,000 Tłı̨chǫ citizens to be among the current evacuees.
N.W.T. minister slams MLA’s decision to return to Yellowknife despite evacuation order; RCMP investigating
August 27, 2023
CBC North - MLA's decision to re-enter Yellowknife despite a city-wide evacuation order is drawing ire from her colleagues and city officials, and has triggered an RCMP investigation. It isn't clear if she's allowed to be there, though Nokleby told CBC News she believes she re-entered legally. She also told CBC News she doesn't believe the wildfire burning out-of-control 15 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife poses an urgent threat. Nokleby told CBC News she expected to take some heat for her decision, but says she followed the rules. "Currently, there is no need for more essential workers in evacuated communities," Thompson wrote.
‘It’s a nightmare’: Tłı̨chǫ gov’t scrambles to find evacuees down south
August 23, 2023
CBC North - The Tłı̨chǫ Government is scrambling to track down its citizens, who were sent all over western Canada when Yellowknife was evacuated last week. "We're very worried about our Tłı̨chǫ citizens," Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty said Tuesday. Among the evacuees were nearly 900 Tłı̨chǫ citizens, according to the Tłı̨chǫ Government. Lafferty said he's frustrated that his government wasn't told where Tłı̨chǫ evacuees would end up. Lafferty said the Tłı̨chǫ Government plans to ship its own groceries up from the South.