Thursday 19 November 2015

#Yellowknife All-Candidates Territorial #Women’s #Forum Hosted by Status of Women Council of the #NWT

Yellowknife All-Candidates Territorial Women's Forum
Hosted by Status of Women Council of the NWT
https://youtu.be/9gBOFJ7maoc 


Status of Women Council
Lorraine Phaneuf

Question 1
The prevalence of family violence in the Northwest Territories is staggering.  While women and men are both perpetrators and victims, the violence against women and girls is far more severe, and more often lethal.
If elected, what initiatives do you think are important to address family violence?

Yellowknife Centre
Julie Green
Robert Hawkins

Question 2
There is a lack of female representation in our leadership in the Legislative Assembly.  If an equal number of women are not elected in this election, what policies might you implement to achieve a more equitable representation of half the population for the next four years?

Kam Lake
Kieron Testart
Dave Ramsay

Question 1
The prevalence of family violence in the Northwest Territories is staggering.  While women and men are both perpetrators and victims, the violence against women and girls is far more severe, and more often lethal.
If elected, what initiatives do you think are important to address family violence?

Great Slave
Chris Clarke
Glen Abernethy

Question 3
The level of poverty in the Northwest Territories is an issue for all residents, and the last Assembly began to take steps to address it.  We know that the reasons women and men experience poverty are different. 
How do you think the GNWT should approach gender differences when it comes to alleviating poverty in the Northwest Territories?

Frame Lake
Dave Wasylciw
Roy Erasmus
Jan Fullerton
Kevin O'Reilly

Question 1
The prevalence of family violence in the Northwest Territories is staggering.  While women and men are both perpetrators and victims, the violence against women and girls is far more severe, and more often lethal.
If elected, what initiatives do you think are important to address family violence?

Range Lake
Caroline Cochrane
Daryl Dolynny

Question 3
The level of poverty in the Northwest Territories is an issue for all residents, and the last Assembly began to take steps to address it.  We know that the reasons women and men experience poverty are different. 
How do you think the GNWT should approach gender differences when it comes to alleviating poverty in the Northwest Territories?

Yellowknife South
Samuel Roland
Bob McLeod
Nigit'Stil Norbert

Question 2
There is a lack of female representation in our leadership in the Legislative Assembly.  If an equal number of women are not elected in this election, what policies might you implement to achieve a more equitable representation of half the population for the next four years?

Yellowknife North
Dan Wong
Cory Vanthuyne
Edwin Castillo
Ben Nind
Sean Erasmus

Yellowknife Women's Society
Gerri Hunter
Question 3 (Yellowknife Women's Society)
Women often face barriers to accessing mental health and addiction services due to a variety of factors, such as a lack of safe and stable housing, limited child care options, and a scarcity of northern treatment options. What would you do to address these barriers, in order to improve women's access to treatment?

Kam Lake
Dave Ramsay
Kieron Testart

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 1 (NWA)
How will you work with the Native Women's Association of the NWT to address social and economic issues in the North?

Range Lake
Daryl Dolynny
Caroline Cochrane

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 2 (NWA) Can you identify 2 systemic issues that contribute to MMIW and how would you address this in the North?

Yellowknife Centre
Robert Hawkins
Julie Green

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 1
How will you work with the Native Women's Association of the NWT to address social and economic issues in the North?

Yellowknife North
Cory Vanthuyne
Dan Wong
Sean Erasmus
Ben Nind
Edwin Castillo

Yellowknife Women's Society
Gerri Hunter
Question 3
Women often face barriers to accessing mental health and addiction services due to a variety of factors, such as a lack of safe and stable housing, limited child care options, and a scarcity of northern treatment options. What would you do to address these barriers, in order to improve women's access to treatment?

Great Slave
Glen Abernethy
Chris Clarke

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 1
How will you work with the Native Women's Association of the NWT to address social and economic issues in the North?

Frame Lake
Dave Wasylciw
Roy Erasmus
Jan Fullerton
Kevin O'Reilly

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 2 (NWA) Can you identify 2 systemic issues that contribute to MMIW and how would you address this in the North?

Yellowknife South
Nigit'Stil Norbert
Samuel Roland
Bob McLeod

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 2 Poverty is a major cost to society wherever it exists in terms of health care and other services provided by government.  The NWT has one of the largest gaps between high and lowest income of any Canadian jurisdiction.  Poverty is a gender issue.  It disproportionately impacts women.
Question:  If elected, what will you do to reduce poverty, socio-economic inequality and food insecurity in Yellowknife and the NWT?

Great Slave
Chris Clarke
Glen Abernethy

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 2 Poverty is a major cost to society wherever it exists in terms of health care and other services provided by government.  The NWT has one of the largest gaps between high and lowest income of any Canadian jurisdiction.  Poverty is a gender issue.  It disproportionately impacts women.
Question:  If elected, what will you do to reduce poverty, socio-economic inequality and food insecurity in Yellowknife and the NWT?

Yellowknife South
Bob McLeod
Nigit'Stil Norbert
Samuel Roland

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 1 Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is relatively new technology to access oil and gas. There are serious concerns about human and environmental impacts of the activity.  Two petitions, signed by 800 to 1200 NWT residents, called for a comprehensive, transparent transparent and public review of the risks of fracking, and  whether the risks are acceptable or not. The Dene Nation, the Sahtu, Gwich'in, Dehcho, Tłı̨chǫ, and Akaitcho governments all passed motions or resolutions calling for a similar review, a moratorium, or ban on fracking.  To date, the GNWT has ignored or refused all these calls.
Question:  Acknowledging that women and children often bear the brunt of negative impacts from industrial extractive activities, would you support a moratorium or a ban on horizontal hydraulic fracturing?  Why, or why not, and under what conditions would you allow fracking in the NWT?

Range Lake
Caroline Cochrane
Daryl Dolynny

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 3 "Alleviating poverty and creating good, reliable jobs are crucial issues for residents in the Northwest Territories.  Unemployment rates in each of the three territories are higher than the national average. Young Canadians are also particularly affected, dealing with double the national unemployment rate.  Nearly three quarters of the new jobs created in the past six years have also been shaky – either part-time, temporary or in the self -employment sector.
Question:  With that in mind, how will you make sure there are jobs that employ northerners, particularly women?

Kam Lake
Kieron Testart
Dave Ramsay

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 2 Poverty is a major cost to society wherever it exists in terms of health care and other services provided by government.  The NWT has one of the largest gaps between high and lowest income of any Canadian jurisdiction.  Poverty is a gender issue.  It disproportionately impacts women.
Question:  If elected, what will you do to reduce poverty, socio-economic inequality and food insecurity in Yellowknife and the NWT?

Frame Lake
Roy Erasmus
Kevin O'Reilly
Jan Fullerton
Dave Wasylciw

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 1 Acknowledging that women and children often bear the brunt of negative impacts from industrial extractive activities, would you support a moratorium or a ban on horizontal hydraulic fracturing?  Why, or why not, and under what conditions would you allow fracking in the NWT?

Yellowknife Centre
Julie Green
Robert Hawkins

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 3 "Alleviating poverty and creating good, reliable jobs are crucial issues for residents in the Northwest Territories.  Unemployment rates in each of the three territories are higher than the national average. Young Canadians are also particularly affected, dealing with double the national unemployment rate.  Nearly three quarters of the new jobs created in the past six years have also been shaky – either part-time, temporary or in the self -employment sector.
Question:  With that in mind, how will you make sure there are jobs that employ northerners, particularly women?

Yellowknife North
Edwin Castillo
Ben Nind
Sean Erasmus
Cory Vanthuyne
Dan Wong

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 3 When families and individuals begin to experience a crisis other aspects of life often begin to deteriorate. Any one of the following can lead to the others: unemployment, financial debt, conflict with the law, physical illness or onset of disability, addictions, family breakdown, family violence. Yet the various social supports that exist to assist with any one of these needs are in disparate government departments or sub departments. Do you see this as a problem facing the government? If not, why not? If yes, what kinds of steps will you take to solve it?

Kam Lake
Dave Ramsay
Kieron Testart

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 1 Women are disproportionately responsible for unpaid caregiving. And a lack of affordable early learning and childcare programs limit women's opportunities for full participation in the workforce. How will you ensure that all women in the Northwest Territories have access to early learning and childcare opportunities?

Yellowknife North
Cory Vanthuyne
Sean Erasmus
Dan Wong
Ben Nind
Edwin Castillo

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 2 There is no shelter anywhere in the Northwest Territories dedicated to girls under 19 yet these children are often homeless as a result of some form of abuse and are highly vulnerable to further or ongoing harm or exploitation. What are some of the problems you think lead young girls to be homeless and what ideas do you have to end it?

Frame Lake
Jan Fullerton
Roy Erasmus
Dave Wasylciw
Kevin O'Reilly

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 3 When families and individuals begin to experience a crisis other aspects of life often begin to deteriorate. Any one of the following can lead to the others: unemployment, financial debt, conflict with the law, physical illness or onset of disability, addictions, family breakdown, family violence. Yet the various social supports that exist to assist with any one of these needs are in disparate government departments or sub departments. Do you see this as a problem facing the government? If not, why not? If yes, what kinds of steps will you take to solve it?

Great Slave
Glen Abernethy
Chris Clarke

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 2 There is no shelter anywhere in the Northwest Territories dedicated to girls under 19 yet these children are often homeless as a result of some form of abuse and are highly vulnerable to further or ongoing harm or exploitation. What are some of the problems you think lead young girls to be homeless and what ideas do you have to end it?

Yellowknife South
Samuel Roland
Bob McLeod
Nigit'Stil Norbert

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 1 Women are disproportionately responsible for unpaid caregiving. And a lack of affordable early learning and childcare programs limit women's opportunities for full participation in the workforce. How will you ensure that all women in the Northwest Territories have access to early learning and childcare opportunities?

Range Lake
Daryl Dolynny
Caroline Cochrane

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 2 There is no shelter anywhere in the Northwest Territories dedicated to girls under 19 yet these children are often homeless as a result of some form of abuse and are highly vulnerable to further or ongoing harm or exploitation. What are some of the problems you think lead young girls to be homeless and what ideas do you have to end it?

Yellowknife Centre
Robert Hawkins
Julie Green

Jack Bourassa's Question
If elected what will you do to support    and while insuring women have an equal place in that transition?

Yellowknife North
Ben Nind
Cory Vanthuyne
Edwin Castillo
Sean Erasmus
Dan Wong

Lois Little's Question
What will you do to make consensus government work better?

Kam Lake
Dave Ramsay
Kieron Testart

Sandra Lockhart's Question
As an action to eliminate violence against indigenous women in the NWT, what would you do in your riding to eliminate racism and sexism?

Yellowknife Centre
Robert Hawkins
Julie Green

Nancy Vail's question on
a fracking moratorium in the NWT

Yellowknife South
Samuel Roland
Nigit'Stil Norbert
Bob McLeod

Arlene Hache's question on
educating aboriginal women about the legal system

Kam Lake
Kieron Testart
Dave Ramsay

Barb Hood's question on
elder abuse in the NWT

Yellowknife Centre
Julie Green
Robert Hawkins

Jacq Brasseur's question on
supporting LGBTQ women in the NWT

Frame Lake
Dave Wasylciw
Kevin O'Reilly
Jan Fullerton
Roy Erasmus

A question on
increasing funding for education in the NWT

Range Lake
Caroline Cochrane
Daryl Dolynny

Lorna Skinner's question on
an energy plan for the NWT

Great Slave
Chris Clarke
Glen Abernethy

Closing Statements – Order of Candidates

1.    Dan Wong
2.    Sean Erasmus
3.    Ben Nind
4.    Caroline Cochrane
5.    Jan Fullerton
6.    Dave Ramsay
7.    Robert Hawkins
8.    Chris Clarke
9.    Daryl Dolynny
10.  Julie Green
11.  Kevin O'Reilly
12.  Glen Abernethy
13.  Roy Erasmus
14.  David Wasylciw
15.  Samuel Roland
16.  Robert R. McLeod
17.  Edwin Castillo
18.  Nigit'Stil Norbert
19.  Corey Vanthuyne
20.  Kieron Testart