Elders Parliament Motions
(Yellowknife, NT) May 5, 2010 – The Legislative Assembly’s Elder Parliamentarians have chosen the five motions that they will debate during the inaugural “mock” session to be held tomorrow in the Chamber of the Legislative Assembly building. The five topics were chosen during discussions in “Caucus” meetings involving all the elders.
The five motions that are scheduled to be discussed are:
1. The Establishment of an Elders Senate and Secretariat;
2. Supplementary Health Benefits Program;
3. Housing Programs and Services for Seniors;
4. Support for the Mackenzie Valley Highway;
5. Community-Based Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers.
“I am very pleased with the efforts to date of the participants in this inaugural Elders Parliament. It has brought together so many wise and knowledgeable elders from all over the territory and I am looking forward to the debate tomorrow and to continue to hear the wisdom and the vision of our elders,” says Mr. Paul Delorey,
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
The media and general public are invited to watch the proceedings from the public gallery of the Legislative Assembly building beginning at 1:30 p.m. with a break in the Great Hall at approximately 3:00 p.m. The session will also be broadcast live on the Legislative Assembly broadcasting network, and will continue to be re-
broadcast over the coming months. Please visit the Legislative Assembly’s website at http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca
for a community channel listing.
For more information, please contact:
Paul Delorey, Speaker
Legislative Assembly of the NWT
P: 867-669-2234 or toll-free 1-800-661-0784
F: 867-873-0273
E: paul_delorey@gov.nt.ca
Danielle O’Neill, Public Affairs and
Communications Advisor
Legislative Assembly of the NWT
P: 867-669-2230 or toll-free 1-800-661-0784
F: 867-873-0222
E: danielle_o’neill@gov.nt.ca
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Thursday, 6 May 2010
Thursday, 29 April 2010
NWT Legislative Assembly Welcomes Elder Parliamentarians
Legislative Assembly Welcomes Elder Parliamentarians
(Yellowknife, NT) April 29, 2010 – The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Paul Delorey, will be hosting the first ever Elders Parliament the week of May 3 – 7, 2010. Through an application process, nineteen individuals over the age of 50 from across the North have been selected to take part in this exciting program. The participants will attend meetings and briefings during this week-long event in preparation for Elders Parliament session, in which they assume the role of a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Elders Parliament follows on the heels of a very successful educational outreach program, Youth Parliament, which the Legislative Assembly has hosted for the past ten years. During Elders Parliament, the participants will have three opportunities to sit in the Chamber. The first opportunity will be on Tuesday, May 4 when the participants take part in a mock ‘Territorial Leadership Committee’ (TLC). Each participant who wishes to be part of the Executive Council will have the opportunity to make a short speech about what they would do if they were a Minister in the NWT. Once all participants have had the opportunity to speak, seven names will be picked by random draw and of those names chosen, six will become Ministers on the Elders Parliament Executive Council and one will become the Premier of Elders Parliament. The second opportunity to sit in the Chamber will be on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 5. The Premier of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Floyd Roland, will address the Elders Parliament participants and will have a round table discussion on a common vision and roadmap for future political development in the NWT. On Thursday, May 6 the participants will sit in the Chamber for the Elders Parliament ‘session’ where they will read their statements and debate issues of their choice.
The participants, by constituency, are:
Deh Cho – Mrs. Margaret Field
Great Slave – Ms. Lena Pedersen
Hay River South – Mrs. Alvina Sibbeston
Inuvik Twin Lakes – Mr. Tom Wright
Mackenzie Delta – Mr. John Norbert
Nahendeh – Ms. Agnes McPherson
Range Lake – Mr. Blake Lyons
Thebacha – Mr. Michel Labine
Weledeh – Mr. Philip Liske
Yellowknife South – Ms. Catherine Doctor
Frame Lake – Mr. George Lessard
Hay River North – Mrs. Dawna O’Brien
Inuvik Boot Lake – Miss Marjorie Elanik
Kam Lake – Mrs. Esther Braden
Monfwi – Mr. Ted Blondin
Nunakput – Mrs. Georgina Jacobson-Masuzumi
Sahtu – Mrs. Cathy Pope
Tu Nedhe – Mrs. Therese Villeneuve
Yellowknife Centre – Mr. Felicito Domingo
Chamber sittings are at the following times:
Mock ‘TLC’ - Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
Round Table Discussion with Premier Roland – Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
Elders Parliament session – Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
The public is invited to come watch the Session from the Public Gallery and can also view proceedings on the Legislative Assembly’s broadcasting network. Media are encouraged to arrange interviews with the participants prior to the sitting day.
For more information, please contact:
Danielle O’Neill, Public Affairs and Communications Advisor Legislative Assembly of the NWT
P: 867-669-2230 or toll-free 1-800-661-0784
F: 867-873-0222
E: danielle_o’neill@gov.nt.ca
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories P.O. Box 1320, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 10-07
Telephone: 867-669-2200
Fax 867-920-4735
http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca
(Yellowknife, NT) April 29, 2010 – The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Paul Delorey, will be hosting the first ever Elders Parliament the week of May 3 – 7, 2010. Through an application process, nineteen individuals over the age of 50 from across the North have been selected to take part in this exciting program. The participants will attend meetings and briefings during this week-long event in preparation for Elders Parliament session, in which they assume the role of a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Elders Parliament follows on the heels of a very successful educational outreach program, Youth Parliament, which the Legislative Assembly has hosted for the past ten years. During Elders Parliament, the participants will have three opportunities to sit in the Chamber. The first opportunity will be on Tuesday, May 4 when the participants take part in a mock ‘Territorial Leadership Committee’ (TLC). Each participant who wishes to be part of the Executive Council will have the opportunity to make a short speech about what they would do if they were a Minister in the NWT. Once all participants have had the opportunity to speak, seven names will be picked by random draw and of those names chosen, six will become Ministers on the Elders Parliament Executive Council and one will become the Premier of Elders Parliament. The second opportunity to sit in the Chamber will be on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 5. The Premier of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Floyd Roland, will address the Elders Parliament participants and will have a round table discussion on a common vision and roadmap for future political development in the NWT. On Thursday, May 6 the participants will sit in the Chamber for the Elders Parliament ‘session’ where they will read their statements and debate issues of their choice.
The participants, by constituency, are:
Deh Cho – Mrs. Margaret Field
Great Slave – Ms. Lena Pedersen
Hay River South – Mrs. Alvina Sibbeston
Inuvik Twin Lakes – Mr. Tom Wright
Mackenzie Delta – Mr. John Norbert
Nahendeh – Ms. Agnes McPherson
Range Lake – Mr. Blake Lyons
Thebacha – Mr. Michel Labine
Weledeh – Mr. Philip Liske
Yellowknife South – Ms. Catherine Doctor
Frame Lake – Mr. George Lessard
Hay River North – Mrs. Dawna O’Brien
Inuvik Boot Lake – Miss Marjorie Elanik
Kam Lake – Mrs. Esther Braden
Monfwi – Mr. Ted Blondin
Nunakput – Mrs. Georgina Jacobson-Masuzumi
Sahtu – Mrs. Cathy Pope
Tu Nedhe – Mrs. Therese Villeneuve
Yellowknife Centre – Mr. Felicito Domingo
Chamber sittings are at the following times:
Mock ‘TLC’ - Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
Round Table Discussion with Premier Roland – Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
Elders Parliament session – Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
The public is invited to come watch the Session from the Public Gallery and can also view proceedings on the Legislative Assembly’s broadcasting network. Media are encouraged to arrange interviews with the participants prior to the sitting day.
For more information, please contact:
Danielle O’Neill, Public Affairs and Communications Advisor Legislative Assembly of the NWT
P: 867-669-2230 or toll-free 1-800-661-0784
F: 867-873-0222
E: danielle_o’neill@gov.nt.ca
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories P.O. Box 1320, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 10-07
Telephone: 867-669-2200
Fax 867-920-4735
http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca
Monday, 30 November 2009
MPs from Nunavut and the Western Arctic have the highest office budgets
MPs want bigger budgets, but not now
Many MPs say they want significantly larger office budgets, but will seriously look at it once the economy is stronger.
MPs from Nunavut and the Western Arctic have the highest office budgets at $352,520 ... and the maximum geographical supplement of $52,120 ... also MPs received a basic office budget (MOB) of $280,500 On top of this, MPs received $5,000 for "constituency office furniture and equipment improvements" as well as extra airplane trips and money.
More at http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/budgets-11-30-2009
Many MPs say they want significantly larger office budgets, but will seriously look at it once the economy is stronger.
MPs from Nunavut and the Western Arctic have the highest office budgets at $352,520 ... and the maximum geographical supplement of $52,120 ... also MPs received a basic office budget (MOB) of $280,500 On top of this, MPs received $5,000 for "constituency office furniture and equipment improvements" as well as extra airplane trips and money.
More at http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/budgets-11-30-2009
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