Denny Rodgers

Member Inuvik Boot Lake

Circonscription électorale d’Inuvik Boot Lake 

Denny Rodgers a été élu député de la circonscription d’Inuvik Boot Lake à la 20e Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. 

Né le 4 août 1968 à Come by Chance, à Terre-Neuve, il compte parmi les principales personnalités d’Inuvik depuis 1994. Avec à son actif huit ans au conseil municipal d’Inuvik et trois en tant que maire, son engagement envers la collectivité est inébranlable. 

Denny Rodgers a étudié l’administration, les affaires bancaires, le marketing et la comptabilité financière à l’Eastern College. Son parcours professionnel comporte diverses fonctions, dont trois ans à la Ville d’Inuvik, 12 ans à la Société de développement des Inuvialuits, 10 ans à l’Office d’habitation d’Inuvik et deux ans en tant travailleur autonome. En dehors de ses activités civiques et professionnelles, Denny Rodgers s’épanouit dans sa vie familiale, en tant qu’époux et en tant que père de trois enfants. L’été, il fait du bateau et joue au golf, tandis que l’hiver, il enfourche sa motoneige et fréquente les pistes de curling. Les voyages, une passion à laquelle il s’adonne dès que le temps le lui permet, complètent son emploi du temps chargé. 

Au cours des trois dernières décennies, Denny Rodgers s’est engagé corps et âme dans des activités philanthropiques. Il a présidé le Conseil de gouvernance de la Commission de la sécurité au travail et de l’indemnisation des travailleurs, dirigé la Société d’investissement et de développement et assumé le rôle d’administrateur public du Collège Aurora. Son dévouement s’étend à diverses organisations, dont le hockey mineur, l’initiative Children First, le curling, la balle molle et l’Expo pour le développement de l’Arctique. Ces multiples engagements démontrent sa volonté profonde d’avoir un impact positif sur la vie de ceux qui l’entourent.

Committees

Responsabilisation et supervision
Comptes publics
Opérations gouvernementales
Procédure et privilèges
Member Denny Rodgers
Inuvik Boot Lake
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
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Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 19)

Thank you. Yes, it just makes sense to me if we're losing that portion of a department, then likely there's less work the department needs to do.

My other question, Mr. Chair, is that is there any consideration given the -- I mean, the opportunity to work in this, certainly in this field, or to work in general in Fort Smith, likely not as robust as in the capital city, was there any consideration given to potentially closing a couple of wings in the Yellowknife facility and keeping the Fort Smith open and given there may be easier then for either a transfer of jobs for the people affected here...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 19)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my question is -- so if I understand correctly, the Fort Smith correctional facility equates to about 40 percent of what the department has. Is that -- or there was a 40 percent occupancy in the corrections facility itself?

Reply 4-20(1): Mr. Rodgers
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 19)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I apologize to our amazing interpreters and I try and move slow today.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday I presented the AOC response to the 2024-2025 GNWT budget. These are the items that we generally agreed up and support, and I am proud of the work committee done and the work the committee put in to create this document, Mr. Speaker. But make no mistake, there are areas that I am concerned about that are specific to my region and that may not have been in that document, and I want to present those today, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, several years ago, between 2011 and...

Committee Motion 8-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): Main Estimates 2024-2025, Deferral of Administrative and Support Services – Health and Social Services, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 19)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I thank the Minister for that answer. And, yes, of course, I mean, the funding that they receive to -- for in the Gwich'in -- for the Gwich'in centre to renovate, they got the feds, and I know that the Inuvialuit as well got federal funding to build their new centre. You know, and, yeah, we need their money likely more than what they need ours. But certainly for programming, and I get that. And I know this will -- both these programs will dovetail very nicely into the new aftercare centre we're going to build there next year. So that's great to hear.

So the other thing...

Committee Motion 8-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): Main Estimates 2024-2025, Deferral of Administrative and Support Services – Health and Social Services, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 19)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that the committee defer further consideration of the activity administrative and support services in the main estimates for the Department of Health and Social Services at this time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 18)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'm sure I'll be corrected if it's not. I guess you could look at page 72 in the business plan or you could look at page 126 in the main estimates but, again, I talked a little earlier about having the right people in the right place doing the right work. Can the department speak to what it's doing with the regional director position that's been vacant for four years in Inuvik and where that sits now?

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 18)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the committee would like to consider Tabled Document number 09320(1) tabled on May 24th, 2024, and with the departments of EIA, Justice, and Health and Social Services for consideration.

Committee Report 1-20(1): Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight Report on the 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Adopted
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 18)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight is pleased to provide its report on the 20242025 Main Estimates.

Mr. Speaker, the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight, the committee of course, of the 20th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories is charged with the responsibility of providing oversight over the business and budget operations of the Government of the Northwest Territories.

The purpose of this report, Mr. Speaker, is twofold:

To provide publicly the position of the committee in their review of the proposed 20242025...

Question 206-20(1): Medical Travel
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 18)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I'm very happy to hear that. And I know the Minister realizes that this is not this is not a new concern, something that's been just brought to the forefront.

Can the Minister elaborate a little more, I guess, on medical travel and the plan? Is medical travel in its entirety undergoing a review, or are we just looking at kind of the escort side. Maybe the Minister could speak to that. Thank you.

Question 206-20(1): Medical Travel
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 18)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement, I spoke about the issues we're having with escorts for elders travelling to Yellowknife or Inuvik or Edmonton. I'd like to ask my colleague, the Minister of Health and Social Services, what the department's doing to look at dealing with the issue of the onerous bureaucracy that these elders have to go through to get an escort to escort them out? Thank you.