Richard Edjericon

Member du Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh 

Circonscription électorale de Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh

Richard Edjericon a été élu pour la première fois dans la circonscription de Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh lors de la 19e Assemblée en 2022 et a été réélu à la 20e Assemblée l’année suivante. Descendant du chef Oliver Edjericon, signataire du traité n° 8 conclu avec les Chipewyans, Richard Edjericon est né et a grandi à Little Buffalo River, près de Fort Resolution. Il a fréquenté l’école secondaire Diamond Jenness à Hay River et l’Akaitcho Hall à Yellowknife.

Titulaire d’un certificat de compagnon charpentier délivré par le Collège Thebacha de Fort Smith, M. Edjericon compte près de quarante ans d’expérience en tant que compagnon charpentier certifié. Il a travaillé aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest et au Nunavut dans le domaine de la construction résidentielle et commerciale.

Son travail dans le secteur de la construction l’a finalement amené à travailler pour Habitation Territoires du Nord-Ouest en tant que coordonnateur de l’entretien du Slave Nord. Il est également devenu directeur général de la division du logement de la Première Nation des Dénés Yellowknives.

Le dévouement de M. Edjericon envers sa collectivité l’a amené à briguer le poste de chef élu de Dettah et de la Première Nation des Dénés Yellowknives, qu’il a occupé de 1999 à 2003. Il est également devenu le grand chef porte-parole par intérim des chefs du territoire d’Akaitcho pour le gouvernement du territoire d’Akaitcho. Il a ensuite rejoint l’Office d’examen des répercussions environnementales de la vallée du Mackenzie en 2007, dont il est rapidement devenu le président, avant d’être reconduit à ce poste en 2011.

Les réalisations dont M. Edjericon est le plus fier sont le règlement de différends frontaliers, la signature d’accords politiques, l’instauration de relations plus équitables entre les nations et la promotion du développement économique. En tant que député, il apporte sa passion pour un Nord plus juste et plus prospère, ainsi que ses connaissances approfondies dans les domaines du logement, de l’économie et de la politique. Il vit à Ndilo avec sa femme, Aleida.

Committees

Responsabilisation et supervision
Bureau de régie
Opérations gouvernementales
Tu Nedhé - Wiilideh
Bureau

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Boîte
1320
Email
Courriel
Phone
867-767-9143
Extension
12185
Mobile
867-446-1335
Bureau de circonscription
Email
Courriel
Phone
867-446-2564

Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 14)

There's a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? Okay, thank you. The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress.

MR. SPEAKER:

Member from Tu Nedhe-Willideh.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 14)

Committee to order. I now call committee to order. What is the wish of committee? Go to Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Oral Question 164-20(1): Supports Available for Hamlet of Fort Resolution
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Minister. Will the Minister commit to holding a public meeting with the SAO and the GNWT emergency management officials, local leaders, and community, going into the 2024 fire season and to give comfort to the residents of Fort Resolution? Thank you.

Oral Question 164-20(1): Supports Available for Hamlet of Fort Resolution
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was listening to CBC Radio this morning, and Minister McKay was on the radio talking about the fire season from 2023. And he also spoke about the uninsured homes in that community and they're not able to help them.

So, Mr. Speaker, I'm deeply concerned that the hamlet of Fort Resolution has no fire plan for the 2024 fire season, and we may find ourselves in the same situation going into the 2024 fire season.

Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of MACA Jay MacDonald. Mr. Speaker, I'm not sure what are the issues in the last year to put in place a...

Question 146-20(1): Treaty Rights
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now that Canada and the GNWT's bound legally by section 35 in UNDRIP to bring themselves in compliance with Treaty 8 and Treaty 11 rights, the question is how is this new government working to implement section 35 UNDRIP with existing treaties in partnership with Indigenous governments? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Member’s Statement 149-20(1): Taxing Treaty People
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission strongly recommends that the full and meaningful implementation of the United Nation Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People in order to achieve reconciliation. Last year the previous Assembly passed a bill to implement UNDRIP and ensure all future laws were consist with those principles. UNDRIP complements the rights of Indigenous people as set out in section 35 of the Canadian Constitution which upholds treaty rights. Under both UNDRIP and section 35, Canada, and by extension the GNWT, now have federal and...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Okay, thank you. There is a motion on the floor to report progress, and the motion is in order and nondebatable. All those in favour to the motion. All those opposed? Motion carried.

Carried

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Thank you. Calling committee to order. I now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? I'm going to go to Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Rodgers.

Question 146-20(1): Treaty Rights
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Premier. Mr. Speaker, as you know that the territorial council or the Territorial Council Act was created in 1967. That's 67 years ago. So my question to the primary is will the Premier consider developing some taxation to Indigenous governments as to how they're going to deal with taxation on treaties? Thank you.

Question 146-20(1): Treaty Rights
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Premier. Mahsi.