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

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Courriel
Phone
867-767-9143
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12185
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867-446-1335
Bureau de circonscription
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Phone
867-446-2564

Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 27)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, want to recognize the grand chief of the Tlicho region, Mr. Jackson Lafferty. Mahsi for being here. I also want to recognize Louise Mackenzie and June Mackenzie as well. Mahsi for being here.

Committee Motion 33-20(1) : Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Thank you. Please turn to page 45.

Education, Culture and Employment, education, operations expenditure summary, 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $236,524,000. Does the committee agree?

Question 292-20(1): Transboundary Water Pollution and Testing
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In 1998, the Mackenzie Valley Risk Management Act was created, which gave way to the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board and Mackenzie Valley Impact Review Board. In the Yukon, they have the YESAB board, in Nunavut they have the NIRB board. Alberta, they have the Environment and Protection and Enhancement Act and the Alberta Water Act.

Mr. Speaker, my question will be is can the Minister work with the federal government to work on new legislation to protect residents in the Northwest Territories as downstream users from the development in Alberta? Thank you.

Committee Motion 33-20(1) : Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Does the committee agree that it has concluded the consideration of Tabled Document 93-20(1), Main Estimates 2024-2025?

Committee Motion 33-20(1) : Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Agreed? Thank you. Committee, we have deferred key activities and departmental summaries of multiple departments. The committee has agreed to review all deferred items within the main estimates today. We will resume review of the main estimates from beginning with the Legislative Assembly on page 5.

Legislative Assembly, total department, operations expenditure summary, 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $26,275,000. Does the committee agree?

Member’s Statement 300-20(1): Transboundary Water Pollution and Testing
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Slave River originates in the Peace River-Athabasca Delta and the forks of Peace River which drains into Athabasca River and Lake Athabasca which drains also into the Slave River that flows north into the Northwest Territories north of Fort Resolution that drains into Great Slave Lake and all the way down to the Mackenzie Delta which impacts communities all along the way.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday a bulletin came out to us from Alberta, as per transboundary agreement, notifying us that the runoff water from the Suncor oil sands mine to the Athabasca River...

Committee Motion 33-20(1) : Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Thank you. Moving on to Housing Northwest Territories, please turn to page 379.

As this is an information item, is not voteable total. Does the committee agree that it has concluded consideration of main estimates of housing of the Northwest Territories? Agreed?

Committee Motion 33-20(1) : Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Thank you. Does the Minister of Finance wish to bring witnesses into the House?

Committee Motion 33-20(1) : Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Thank you. Please turn to page 297.

Justice, total department, operations expenditure summary, 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $148,586,000. Does the committee agree?

Committee Motion 33-20(1) : Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 26)

Thank you. To the motion.