2023 NWT Election
Kate Reid
Candidate in the Great Slave Yellowknife race.
Kate can be reached at Katereidnwt@gmail.com, or by calling 867-688-5933.
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Motion to halt Indigenous Employment Policy is defeated
March 13, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...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 about the loss of priority for people with disabilities – said she could see a path toward addressing perceived...
Some MLAs still critical of Indigenous Employment Policy
March 11, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...pathway” to working in the public service. Concerns about dropping priority groups Not all MLAs are happy with the new policy. Great Slave MLA Kate Reid said while she will back the new policy if it is supported by Indigenous MLAs, she was concerned that, unlike the affirmative action policy, the...
Deaths of 3 Dehcho residents have MLAs demanding an investigation
March 7, 2025
CBC North - ...motion that MLAs passed at the legislature on Thursday calls for the territory's health minister to appoint an investigator to look into the deaths. Kate Reid, the MLA for Great Slave, brought forward the motion. She said it speaks to inequity in the territory's health-care system. "These three...
Problems, solutions emerge in hearing on closure of 19 Community Learning Centres
March 7, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...College facilities exist. Later in the afternoon sitting, tears flowed in what was an emotional time for Speaker Shane Thompson and Great Slave MLA Kate Reid. Thompson was moved as Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse eulogized Ian Legaree, a dedicated public servant, tireless advocate for the North, and champion...
MLAs call for critical incident investigation into deaths
March 7, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...MLAs are calling on the NWT government to investigate the deaths of three residents in the Dehcho region. Kate Reid, the MLA for Great Slave, made a motion in the NWT legislature on Thursday requesting that the health minister appoint a person to conduct critical incident investigations into the...
MLAs question Aurora College’s plans to close community learning centres, boost online learning
March 6, 2025
CBC North - ...people to be able to succeed," Handley said. He added that students will have access to tech support systems to help them adjust. Great Slave MLA Kate Reid says online programs have limitations, which became evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reid also questioned why the college made the decision...
Facing skeptical MLAs, college defends community centre closures
March 6, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...(Handley said interest in other programs besides adult upgrading had waned over that same period.) Watch the briefing in full. Great Slave MLA Kate Reid said the college had acted “abruptly and without community input” in reaching its decision. Handley said the college had held dozens of...
N.W.T. nominee program reopening day brings uncertainty for many
February 28, 2025
CBC North - ...employers in other communities, and 10 Francophone applications. The nominee program came up in the N.W.T. legislature this week. Great Slave MLA Kate Reid said Wednesday that she was worried about people impacted by the new limitations to the nominee program and newcomers with expiring work visas....
Nominee program reopens in NWT after six-month pause
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...and its future. “I don’t think anybody across the country expected their allocations to be cut in half,” Cleveland told Great Slave MLA Kate Reid, who asked on Tuesday how the territory planned to meet its business targets under the current cuts. “We will certainly have to pivot to ensure...
How NWT MLAs have voted in the 20th Assembly so far
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...the 2025-26 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...
Budget must improve lives in small communities, says Yakeleya
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...everything MLAs want, she said she believes it is “responsible, sustainable and the first step towards reducing our debt.” A culture shift Kate Reid, the MLA for Great Slave, said discussion about the budget should not just be about investing money but also intention and leadership. “I am not...
MLAs narrowly defeat bid to remove $5.25M from ECE’s budget
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...going to shut their doors,” said Sahtu MLA Danny McNeely. “Come back with a plan and we’ll reinstate that funding.” Great Slave MLA Kate Reid supported the motion, saying she did so in solidarity with the “frustration” of smaller NWT communities’ MLAs and constituents. Richard...
New mining legislation for N.W.T. expected to come into force in 2027
February 27, 2025
CBC North - ...Resources Act] development process that the active mines that we have in the Northwest Territories would not be allowed under the revised MRA," said Kate Reid, MLA for Great Slave. "So can the minister explain why this may be?" Strand, the deputy minister, says the act is not designed to have a negative...
Reid questions proposed $100K family violence budget cut
February 18, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Yellowknife MLA says a proposed budget cut to an NWT family violence shelter network will remove important funding for training. Great Slave MLA Kate Reid told the legislature she and others had received a letter from the Family Violence Shelter Network asking for help reinstating a $100,000 Building...
N.W.T. gov’t scrapping $100K to family violence shelters, shelters say bring it back
February 14, 2025
CBC North - ...the Department of Health and Social Services since learning in August about the planned cut. To advocate further, the network brought concerns to Kate Reid, MLA for Great Slave and former president of the YWCA N.W.T. "Does the minister believe that in-person connections for a sensitive sector such as...