2023 NWT Election
Shauna Morgan
Candidate in the Yellowknife North Yellowknife race.
Shauna can be reached at Shaunamorganyknorth@gmail.com, or by calling 867-686-8147.
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‘I’m alarmed’: N.W.T. MLAs question minister on emergency plan updates
April 24, 2024
CBC North - ...framework in the N.W.T. and the roles and responsibilities of departments, governments and non-government agencies. Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan said she's concerned that the updates don't help residents prepare for an emergency. "I'm alarmed," Morgan said. "It seems that the objective of...
What MLAs heard about Missing Persons Act in Aklavik and Inuvik
April 11, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...murdered, as there’s many in the Delta.” MLAs George Nerysoo, Danny McNeely, Kieron Testart, Sheryl Yakeleya, Jane Weyallon Armstrong and Shauna Morgan travelled to the two communities. In Aklavik, Kerr said speakers included Status of Women Council president Rita Arey, former mayor and Gwich’in...
N.W.T. MLAs hold Missing Persons Act meetings in Aklavik and Inuvik
April 11, 2024
CBC North - ...Act on Wednesday. (Dez Loreen/CBC) Along with Testart, other MLAs on the tour included Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan, Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo, Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakelaya and Sahtu MLA Daniel McNeely. Over a dozen people came out in Inuvik on Wednesday...
NWT plans to expand detox, withdrawal management
March 7, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...years in new healthcare funding from the federal government. The NWT’s health authority has since expanded on the detail. Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan said current detox programming in the NWT is a “patchwork,” only offered at Stanton Territorial Hospital to people with significant medical...
Assembly update for February 29
March 1, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...Lake MLA Kieron Testart), diabetes rates and treatments (YK Centre MLA Robert Hawkins); the Slave Geological Province development (YK North MLA Shauna Morgan); and crime on the streets of Yellowknife and funding for the Spruce Bough transitional living facility (Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse). Great Slave...
NWT’s MLAs pass Israel-Hamas ceasefire motion
February 29, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...people from the group who gathered at the Legislative Assembly to watch as the vote took place. Great Slave MLA Kate Reid and Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan tabled and seconded the motion, respectively, in response to a YK Citizens for Ceasefire petition. “When I first met with a Palestinian member of...
Bill that would switch N.W.T. to federal carbon tax program moving forward
February 28, 2024
CBC North - ...version passed a second reading at the Legislative Assembly — meaning it'll now be reviewed at the committee level. Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan voted against Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart's Carbon Tax Repeal Act. One of the issues she raised about the bill in the House on Wednesday evening...
Bill to repeal NWT’s carbon tax clears second reading
February 28, 2024
Cabin Radio - ... ‘All this trouble for less control’ Not all MLAs are satisfied with the bill – even those who voted in favour of it. Yellowknife North’s Shauna Morgan was the sole MLA to oppose the bill passing second reading. She doesn’t believe it will address concerns residents have with the current NWT...
MLAs to vote on Israel-Hamas ceasefire motion
February 27, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...among other measures. Great Slave MLA Kate Reid told the legislature on Tuesday she plans to table the motion, seconded by Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan, on Thursday. The motion, which is non-binding, requests that Premier RJ Simpson write a letter asking the “Canadian government to call for an...
Live: MLAs pass motion calling for wildfire public inquiry
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...inquiry. Why regular MLAs want a public inquiry Explaining why existing review processes aren’t good enough in her view, Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan said the transparency required was not there. “Even if we’re assured by the government that Maca staff wouldn’t be directing the contractor...
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 - ...which might come forward prior to the vote, so will speak to my vote and reasons therefore when the motion comes forward in the house," Morse said. Shauna Morgan, MLA for Yellowknife North, also said she would wait until the vote to share her perspective. "As you will hear during the debate on the motion on...
N.W.T. MLAs set 4 priorities for their term in office
February 20, 2024
CBC North - ...be their priorities for the next four years. The priorities were announced in a news release issued Tuesday. In that news release, caucus chair Shauna Morgan said the priorities "provide an ambitious yet manageable focus." The priorities are, typically, vague objectives all of the territory's 19 MLAs...
N.W.T. MLA says review into wildfire response should consider territory’s most vulnerable
February 7, 2024
CBC North - ...and Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart gave notice in the legislature Tuesday that they will be calling for a public inquiry into the wildfire crisis. Shauna Morgan, MLA for Yellowknife North, says the treatment of shelter users and seniors are an example of why that review is necessary. "I wanted to raise this...
MLAs and premier hint at priorities during initial sitting
February 7, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...that the public has an opportunity to share their thoughts and experiences as part of that review process,” he said. Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan, however, questioned whether those reviews would adequately address concerns like the support offered to vulnerable people and front-line...
MLAs seek formal vote on NWT wildfire public inquiry
February 6, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...cabinet argues the existing reviews are independent in the sense that hired contractors will do the work, regular MLAs like Yellowknife North’s Shauna Morgan have said any government-commissioned review is inadequate as the GNWT ultimately holds the purse strings and controls the terms of reference. In...