Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Député de Monfwi

Circonscription électorale de Monfwi

Jane Weyallon Armstrong a été élue députée de la circonscription de Monfwi à la 20e Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Jane Weyallon Armstrong a été élue à la 19e Assemblée lors d’une élection partielle pour représenter la circonscription de Monfwi. 

Elle est née à Fort Rae, aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Résidant actuellement à Behchoko, aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest, son parcours a laissé une trace indélébile dans sa collectivité. 

Ayant été présidente de l’Association des femmes autochtones de 2019 à 2021, Jane Weyallon Armstrong a collaboré avec les membres du conseil d’administration sur le rapport final de l’Enquête nationale sur les femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinées. Son engagement pour la cause a joué un rôle majeur dans la résolution de problèmes cruciaux. 

La riche participation de Jane Weyallon Armstrong à la gouvernance de la collectivité comprend des rôles tels que conseillère à l’administration communautaire de Behchoko (2009-2013, 2017-2021, juin et juillet 2021) et membre de l’assemblée du gouvernement tłı̨chǫ (gouvernement de consensus) de 2009 à 2013. En outre, elle a siégé à l’Office d’examen des répercussions environnementales de la vallée du Mackenzie de 2020 à 2021. 

Avec une carrière de plus de 25 ans au Conseil scolaire de division des Dogrib (aujourd’hui l’Agence de services communautaires tłįchǫ), Jane Weyallon Armstrong a eu une incidence positive sur la vie d’élèves du secondaire issus de diverses collectivités. Ses fonctions de directrice de résidence, puis de coordonnatrice, d’agente de liaison et de responsable des services aux étudiants et d’aide à la transition après les études ont mis en évidence son dévouement à l’éducation et au développement de la collectivité. 

Jane Weyallon Armstrong a fait ses études secondaires à l’École Sir John Franklin à Yellowknife, et résidait à l’Akaitcho Hall. Elle a décroché un baccalauréat ès arts avec une majeure en politique et une mineure en études autochtones à l’université de la Saskatchewan. En 1994, elle a obtenu un diplôme de travailleuse sociale au Collège Aurora, au Campus Thebacha, et en 1992, un diplôme d’assistante sociale auprès des enfants et des jeunes au Mount Royal College. Jane Weyallon Armstrong a élevé sa fille avec son conjoint et se réjouit aujourd’hui d’être la fière grand-mère d’un petit-fils. Elle s’intéresse à la couture et à la lecture et participe à diverses activités culturelles. Son engagement de longue date en tant que bénévole pour des événements de collecte de fonds et des sorties scolaires souligne son dévouement pour le bien-être de la collectivité.

Committees

Responsabilisation et supervision
Affaires sociales
Opérations gouvernementales
Member Jane Weyallon Armstrong
Monfwi
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Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
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Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

Yes, thank you. I know I spoke in this House before regarding the BDIC, and they do forgive millions and millions of dollars of business loans. And why not do the same for the housing those who have outstanding mortgage or the old mortgage, you know, and I think across the territory there's like 247 outstanding old mortgages. If they can do a writeoff, they can do it. It's just that they're not they're not making an effort to do it. That's how we feel because a lot of people are asking. And some of the people were saying or they said to me that, from the outlying communities, they told us...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

Yes, why is it less, yes. Are they giving people a break? Like, this 2021 I know it might be related to COVID, I'm not too sure. But it's lesser than to current to the main estimate for 20232024.

Member’s Statement 1363-19(2): Housing Policies and Procedures
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, the government's housing policies are not working for Indigenous people. There are too many barriers in place for Indigenous people to succeed in being a homeowner. These policies are working against our people, not for them.

Madam Speaker, the territorial government receives funds from the federal government to provide housing for Indigenous people however more of our people are homeless. Housing NWT has a homelessness specialist to fix the problem, but the solution is simple: Give public housing houses to current tenants to be homeowners and build more...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

For emergency repair, that is another important one too, where there's lots of issues especially for the private homeowners. So that one too also increased, and I just wanted to ask for 20232024 I know it's for 20232024 and I know that they are collecting or they're I know people are applying for the new fiscal year because they're saying that for this program there's no more funds. So when can people start receiving some repair done to their place? Do they have to wait until April 1st, or can they receive funds or help for the emergency repair to their units before April 1st?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

Okay, thank you. Well, that's good. I think then we know that, you know, we'll get program will be operating effectively and efficiently and especially for the people and for the elders, you know, that require interpreters and all that.

So seniors aging in place retrofit and repairs, okay, it increases. It increased this year to 20232024, it increased. So I just wanted to ask for the income threshold, what is the income threshold? Is it the same in all the regions or is it different, like from Tuk to Behchoko?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

Okay, I just said that it's not just Tlicho communities. There's four Tlicho communities. There's Dettah, N'dilo. There Lutselk'e. There's Fort Resolution and Yellowknife headquarters I mean, North Slave. You know, Yellowknife is for us, it's headquarters. So I'm just how many of this position is allocated in the outlying communities?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

Okay. So that North Slave district office here, it says there's you recognize North Slave district office for the active position. And, I mean, for North Slave district, but you recognize Tlicho but there's nothing allocated there. So I ask why is that?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

I was just wondering because if that includes the LHO office?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

North Slave district office, there's an increase from 20212022 to 20232024. I just want to ask or know how many of these will be allocated to Tlicho region, these funds?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 139)

Yes, thank you for the information, because I was just wondering what was happening over there, you know, from 313, because in the small communities we have a lot of issues with mortgage. We have there's a lot of people that have mortgage and a lot of them they had to refinance agreement. And some of these mortgage are old. You know, like they're over 20 years old and they're still on their books. And they were recently refinanced. And I just wanted to ask the Minister and they did some they forgave some of the arrears before. Why not do the same with the mortgage arrears? Will the Minister...