MLAs-elect to hold public roundtable at legislative assembly Wednesday

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Posted By: John McFadden October 8, 2019

The members-elect of the brand new Northwest Territories 19th Legislative Assembly will hold a roundtable discussion on Wednesday in the chamber of the legislative assembly building in Yellowknife

A news release from the assembly states that the meeting marks the formal start of the priority setting process for the 19th Legislative Assembly.

This MLA roundtable discussion will be held in public and broadcast live on the Assembly’s television network and webcast via the Legislative Assembly’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages, as well as the Assembly’s website: www.assembly.gov.nt.ca. 

Citizens are welcome to observe the proceedings from the public gallery. 

Each member of the 19th Legislative Assembly will have an opportunity to express their views on what the priorities of the incoming government should be.

“Wednesday’s public roundtable discussion will be informed by and build upon the feedback received by Members during their individual election campaigns, and from information received during the Members’ orientation program,” states the news release.

The meeting is to begin at 9:00 am.

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John McFadden
John has been in the broadcast journalism industry since the 1980s. He has been a reporter in Yellowknife since 2012 and joined CKLB in January of 2018. John covers the crime and court beat as well as reporting on other areas including politics, business, entertainment and sports. He won seven national community newspaper awards while he was a journalist with Northern News Services Limited (NNSL). John worked in Ontario before coming North including stints as a TV sportscaster in Peterborough and senior news writer for CBC and CTV in downtown Toronto.

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