2023 NWT Election
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Richard Edjericon
Candidate in the Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh race.
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‘I’m alarmed’: N.W.T. MLAs question minister on emergency plan updates
April 24, 2024
CBC North - ...organization] level ... that they're responsible for the emergency at hand," he said. Fort Resolution without fire plan Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon noted that Fort Resolution has been under third-party management for about a year. He said he's been asking for a fire plan from the territorial...
MLAs wonder who’ll benefit if NWT makes carbon tax changes
April 9, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...NWT’s present situation, even as they argued against each other in back-to-back appearances before five regular MLAs (Hawkins, McNeely, Rodgers, Richard Edjericon and committee chair Julian Morse). “We’re still trapped in that first-stage discussion, which is: should we even have it in the first place,”...
Firefighter numbers returning to normal in Fort Resolution, N.W.T.
March 7, 2024
CBC North - ...to normal after low numbers prompted a mention in the legislature last month and one resident lost his home in a fire. Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon informed fellow MLAs during the Feb. 8 session of the legislature that the community had no firefighters. Edjericon asked Municipal and Community...
NWT’s MLAs pass Israel-Hamas ceasefire motion
February 29, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...them.” Simpson said cabinet would abstain from voting on the motion, but would provide a well-researched response within 120 days. Regular MLAs Richard Edjericon, Sheryl Yakeleya and Jane Weyallon Armstrong also abstained from voting. Nobody opposed the...
Shane Thompson opts for the no-nonsense approach
February 25, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...which was littered with enough amendments to confuse anyone – after Jane Weyallon Armstrong had uttered two and a half sentences. Later, after Richard Edjericon strayed into a political minefield by referring to cabinet members as “you,” Thompson responded: “Colleagues, I need to reiterate, speak to...
N.W.T. MLAs vote for inquiry into 2023 wildfire response, but premier makes no promises
February 22, 2024
CBC North - ...about the summer's evacuations. "People want to be heard, they want to know what happened. We cannot forget, we cannot repeat," she said. Richard Edjericon, MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, similarly spoke to the importance of including Indigenous governments. He said there was no communication and that it's...
Live: MLAs pass motion calling for wildfire public inquiry
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...more natural disasters and emergencies. Let’s take a pause and hear from everyone impacted, so we can get this right.” Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon – describing the chaos of last year’s evacuations, for which he says an inquiry is the best way to get answers – recalled that “patients in...
Here’s how N.W.T. MLAs say they’ll vote on a public inquiry into last summer’s wildfire response
February 22, 2024
CBC North - ...my role as Speaker. As well, I do not like to speculate on what is going to happen until it is done," he said. MLAs George Nerysoo, Denny Rodgers, Richard Edjericon, Jane Weyallon Armstrong and Danny McNeely did not respond to CBC's question. The motion on whether to call a public inquiry is non-binding and...
NWT releases interim budget for opening months of new government
February 8, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...of about $1.5 billion, $300 million shy of the federally imposed debt ceiling of $1.8 billion. Minister dismisses concerns about cuts, layoffs Richard Edjericon, the MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, questioned the territory’s financial outlook on Wednesday and asked whether it might lead to less government...
‘Sorely missed.’ MLAs share tributes following Fort Smith plane crash
February 7, 2024
Cabin Radio - ... Premier RJ Simpson, Speaker Shane Thompson, environment minister Jay Macdonald – who represents Fort Smith – and regular MLAs Kieron Testart, Richard Edjericon and Kate Reid all rose to offer tributes, thanking first responders and highlighting the outpouring of support for Fort Smith and loved ones of...
GNWT takes no position on China mine deal that some call a betrayal
December 19, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...minister Cleveland need to be reaching out to their counterparts in Ottawa and seeing what sort of positions the federal government has on this.” Richard Edjericon is the MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, which includes the communities of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Deninu Kųę́ First Nation and Łútsël...
R.J. Simpson elected Premier of the Northwest Territories
December 8, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...Only Wawzonek has experience in cabinet. Seven others also put their names forward: Denny Rogers, Daniel McNeely, Jane Weyallon-Armstrong, Richard Edjericon, Kieron Testart, Robert Hawkins, and Shauna Morgan. This means just four MLAs did not put their names forward for either speaker, premier, or...
Live: Shane Thompson becomes speaker, is out of premier race
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...of Leaders speaking to Ottawa or regional opportunities to do the same. He says the GNWT must be flexible and not dictate. Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon wants each candidate to explain how they'll address the culture camp raid issue that remains outstanding more than a year after it happened. He...
What your new MLAs say they want for the Northwest Territories
November 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...worried about the future, as I am as well. But we need to take thoughtful, collective steps together to help address many of their concerns. Richard Edjericon, Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh We’re going to have settled claims here in the Northwest Territories sooner than later. And I have mentioned to my colleagues...
Only one N.W.T. MLA told us they’re fluent in an Indigenous language
November 24, 2023
CBC North - ...which is also known as South Slavey. She said she is able to speak the language a bit, but that she was not fluent. The MLA for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, Richard Edjericon, said in the survey he could speak Chipewyan. He did not respond to calls or text messages from CBC News for more information about his proficiency....