Chronic power outages in Whati need to be prevented by the government: N W T MLA cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted: Mar 04, 2021 8:37 AM CT | Last Updated: March 4 Thebacha MLA Frieda Martselos put forward the motion.(Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
All regular N.W.T. MLAs have directed the territorial government to review its policies and practices for racial and cultural bias.
The motion, put forward by Thebacha MLA Frieda Martselos, directs the territorial government to review policies relating to education, health, justice, housing and hiring. Racism takes many different forms, especially in government, said Martselos. Cultural barriers have always been a problem. Affirmative action and the procurement policy are prime examples of bureaucratic, systemic racism. This has to change. Only then, we will make a difference.
Little progress in N W T on bill to devolve child and family services to Indigenous governments cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted: Feb 25, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 26 Sufficient aftercare services are not available to people returning from southern addictions treatment, says MLA Frieda Martselos.(Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
N.W.T. MLAs seek a slew of mechanisms to improve addictions treatment in the territory including aftercare and permanent funding for harm reduction measures like managed alcohol.
Thebacha MLA Frieda Martselos said there are no adequate aftercare programs to support people in their recovery. She wants three facilities staffed with mental health workers built in the South Slave, central N.W.T. and the Beaufort Delta to provide those programs. With the structure and routine suddenly gone, when they return home, people can easily slip back into their addictions, she said.
Reinstate N.W.T. Language Bureau, legislative committee recommends
Last March, Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty was silenced because a Tłı̨chǫ interpreter was not present in the house. A legislative committee suggested Tuesday that shouldn t happen again.
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Committee revisited a 2020 incident when no Tłı̨chǫ interpreter was available, and the house carried on
Posted: Feb 10, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 10
In March of 2020, MLA Jackson Lafferty was asked to apologize after the Speaker ruled he had made comments that were inappropriate and unparliamentary in the house. He declined because no Tlicho language interpreter was available. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)