2023 NWT Election
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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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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...
Will the GNWT launch an independent wildfire inquiry?
January 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...the terms of reference, even though there will be independent contractors or consultants in charge of conducting and writing these reports,” said Shauna Morgan, the MLA for Yellowknife North, who wants an independent public inquiry as well as all the reviews the GNWT says it’s already doing. Her point is...
Vital Metals, reputation battered, hires former NWT deputy minister
January 20, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...the most recent developments involved little to no consultation with Indigenous governments, and the company has lost face. Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan sees things slightly differently. To her, the territory has been naive. “This should be teaching us lessons about how the global mining industry...
R.J. Simpson elected Premier of the Northwest Territories
December 8, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...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 cabinet. The new cabinet ministers will have their...
Live: RJ Simpson is new NWT premier, cabinet also chosen
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...plenty from him earlier. RJ Simpson will give his first one-on-one interviews to reporters as NWT premier tomorrow afternoon, we've just been told. Shauna Morgan, a two-term Yellowknife city councillor, also studied international development and worked for the Pembina Institute on renewable energy and climate...
Live: Shane Thompson becomes speaker, is out of premier race
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...with your views. Refresh the page for the latest. Event status Live Live Jump to highlight Shane Thompson elected speaker Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan asks if the role of premier and cabinet in an emergency is to get out of the way or to take a more active role – and how involved the premier...
What your new MLAs say they want for the Northwest Territories
November 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...about or do any reports or anything – we need to deal with this. And it’s not just in the regional centres, it’s in our small communities. Shauna Morgan, Yellowknife North When the smallest community or the most vulnerable amongst us suffers, we all suffer. Those of us in Yellowknife must find...
In pictures: MLAs are sworn in on a new note of optimism
November 24, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...governments is a must. Yakeleya said: “I want help with my riding. We need help with the fires. I need help with rebuilding Enterprise.” Shauna Morgan, right, greets a daughter of Caroline Wawzonek, left. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio Sahtu MLA Danny McNeely, left. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio From...