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Delivered Friday, October 13, 2017

Good morning, I am pleased to be in Iceland this week representing the people and Government of the Northwest Territories.

The Northwest Territories – along with Nunavut – is one of two Canadian jurisdictions where Indigenous people are in the majority. Our two jurisdictions are also the only two in Canada whose Legislative Assemblies typically have a majority of Indigenous representatives and whose Premiers have historically also been Indigenous.

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Delivered Saturday, October 14, 2017

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today on the achievements, opportunities and challenges of Canada’s North from the perspective of its people. Not only am I Premier of the NWT, I am also a proud Indigenous northerner who was born in raised within its borders.

Delivered October 3, 2017

Mr. Speaker, since 2013, September 30^th has been marked as Orange Shirt Day, a day for all Canadians to remember the survivors of the residential school system.

Organizers chose an orange shirt as the symbol for that day based on a story told by Phyllis Jack Webstat, a survivor of the St. Joseph Mission Residential School in Williams Lake, BC. In her story, Ms. Webstat tells of having the shiny, new orange shirt her grandmother had given to her being taken away on her first day at residential school.

Yellowknife (Territoires du Nord-Ouest), Whitehorse (Yukon) et Iqaluit (Nunavut), le 22 septembre 2017 – Les premiers ministres des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, M. Bob McLeod, du Yukon, M. Sandy Silver, et du Nunavut, M. Peter Taptuna ont publié aujourd’hui le document Vision panterritoriale en vue d’un développement durable.

Delivered on September 19, 2017

Mr. Speaker, as we begin the final sitting of the Second Session of the Legislative Assembly, many people are looking back at the past two years and our mandate successes. We have many successes to look at and we will discuss them in more detail during this sitting. Right now, I want to look in a different direction, Mr. Speaker. Today, I want to talk about the future of the North.

Good morning. I want to start off by thanking the organizers of Opportunities North for having me here today, and for putting together another successful conference.

Delivered on September 12, 2017

Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be here today, joined by colleagues, neighbouring governments and community leaders from all across Western Canada. This conference is an important one as it brings our jurisdictions together for focused discussions on ways we can work together to achieve greater economic prosperity.

Yellowknife, le 5 septembre 2017 – Le premier ministre Bob McLeod a annoncé aujourd’hui la nomination de Bruce Cooper à titre de sous-ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux du gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (GTNO).

M. Cooper a travaillé plus de dix ans comme cadre au sein du gouvernement de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, dont cinq à titre de sous-ministre de la Santé et des Services communautaires. Il occupe actuellement le poste de sous-ministre des Enfants, des Aînés et du Développement social dans ce même gouvernement.

Welcome everyone. I am happy to be here this afternoon with Yukon Premier Sandy Silver and Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna.

As the leaders of three territories that share in a unified vision for the North, our meetings today have provided us an opportunity to discuss how we can move forward to create the North our residents deserve.

YELLOWKNIFE, TNO (31 août 2017) – Les premiers ministres des trois territoires canadiens se sont rencontrés cette semaine à Yellowknife pour discuter des moyens de collaborer afin de multiplier les occasions dont jouissent les habitants du Nord, qu’il s’agisse d’accès à de bons emplois dans leurs localités ou de la création de collectivités durables.