2023 NWT Election
Julian Morse
Candidate in the Frame Lake Yellowknife race.
Julian can be reached at Jmorsenwt@gmail.com, or by calling 867-446-0276.
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How should the NWT save money?
November 7, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...needs to decide which responsibilities it should step away from, both ethically and to reduce duplication and operational costs. Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio Julian Morse, representing Frame Lake, highlighted a speech he made in the legislature last month expressing concerns...
MLAs pass capital budget despite gripes
November 5, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...fiscal position,” Sahtu MLA Danny McNeely said. The budget ultimately passed with 11 MLAs in favour and Testart, Nerysoo, Robert Hawkins, Julian Morse and Shauna Morgan voting against...
N.W.T. MLAs to ask auditor general to review territory’s health authority
November 2, 2024
CBC North - ...despite government town-hall meetings, committees and strategies. Members say the territory needs an outside perspective to create real change. Julian Morse, MLA for Frame Lake, said health-care professionals are telling him they feel their voices don't matter. "The fact that so many practitioners'...
N.W.T. assembly passes capital budget despite concerns over priorities
November 1, 2024
CBC North - ...McNeely, Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Kate Reid and Denny Rodgers. Voting against the budget were MLAs Robert Hawkins, Shauna Morgan, Kieron Testart, Julian Morse and George Nerysoo. The finance minister responded to members asking for more for housing and healthcare by committing to remove derelict housing...
MLAs want auditor general to investigate health authority
November 1, 2024
Cabin Radio - ... “This can be the government that finally, finally sets healthcare on the right course for the Northwest Territories,” he said. Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse said the “overwhelming message” he had heard from healthcare practitioners is that “they feel their voices are not being heard by...
N.W.T. gov’t creating team to cut health spending
October 27, 2024
CBC North - ...the briefing pressed the government on its recruitment and retention strategy, saying the two initiatives should be interconnected. Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse urged the N.W.T. government to look for other efficiencies in the system before cutting any services, suggesting there might be "low-hanging fruit"...
N.W.T. MLAs say capital budget doesn’t reflect housing priorities, again
October 22, 2024
CBC North - ...does it continue to get one of the smallest allocations of public dollars? According to some MLAs, the problem is the budget setting process. Julian Morse, MLA for Frame Lake, is calling for a "procedural reset" so that the government works holistically rather than departments working in isolation. He...
Imperial should ‘step up,’ minister says as MLAs debate Sahtu fuel crisis
October 18, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...accordingly. “In the long term, we’ve got to be forward-thinking and not be getting caught off-guard by these things,” said Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse. “Low water levels was unpredictable, but the fact that the cost of living was going to come to a head is predictable. “Right now, we’re not...
Ex-Aurora College research chair describes chaos, lack of planning behind the scenes
October 17, 2024
CBC North - ...spokesperson said operations, including the transformation toward a polytechnic, falls under the purview of the college's board, not the minister. Julian Morse, MLA for Frame Lake, is also concerned about the college's lack of progress toward becoming a polytechnic. Morse said the N.W.T. is "playing...
Northerners remember Tony Whitford
September 16, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...awards during his lifetime and was inducted into the Order of the NWT in 2016. He was also an honourary captain with the Royal Canadian Navy. Julian Morse, the MLA for Frame Lake, said he first met Whitford while working as a page in the Legislative Assembly where Whitford was the sergeant at arms at...
Yellowknife lab changes ’caused new problems rather than solving one’
June 20, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...wait in line at 7am for same-day service, leaving “no option other than to wait.” Breaking something by trying to fix it Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse raised a complaint from one of his constituents in the legislature earlier this month. “Seconds” after sharing their story, he said, “the text...
New lab test appointment policy gets failing grade from MLA Julian Morse
June 14, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...to access outpatient lab services at Stanton has soured some feelings among clients who preferred the old method, the NWT Assembly heard today. Julian Morse is the MLA for Frame Lake in Yellowknife. “I am concerned this new process is going to be a barrier for a single mother, elderly person, someone...
NWT’s 20th Assembly passes its first budget
June 13, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...unit at Fort Smith’s jail and reinstate some midwifery funding. MLAs Denny Rodgers, Danny McNeely, Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Sheryl Yakeleya and Julian Morse spoke about the importance of compromise and collaborative process between regular MLAs and cabinet in the legislature ahead of Thursday’s vote....
Can the NWT police its way out of the drug crisis?
June 12, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...“Most of the social problems that we are facing in the Northwest Territories are not problems that we can police our way out of,” Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse told the legislature. “The way out of social issues is poverty reduction, treating addictions, mental health, wellness, ensuring … that...
MLAs call for assembly to close municipal funding gap
June 10, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...in the context of understanding that we know our communities need more help,” he said of his fellow members. Former Yellowknife city councillor Julian Morse, now the Frame Lake MLA, said he supported efforts to address the discrepancy between the funding communities receive and what they say they need. ...