Kate Reid

Member Great Slave

Kate Reid was elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly to represent the constituency of Great Slave.

Ms. Reid was born in Oshawa, Ontario in 1981, and has called Yellowknife home since 1989. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2003), and a master’s degree in information studies (University of Toronto, 2009).

After completing her master’s degree, she was grateful for the opportunity to work at the NWT Archives for nearly a decade, where she cultivated a deep appreciation for preserving and sharing the stories that define the territory and its government. Transitioning to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in 2018, Ms. Reid focused on conservation and sustainable development issues in legislative and policy work prior to being elected.

Ms. Reid volunteered as President of YWCA NWT from 2021 to 2023 and served as UNW Local 40 President in 2019 and from 2021 to 2023. Her leadership extends to the cultural realm as a past director for Folk on the Rocks, Yellowknife’s long-running and beloved music festival. Ms. Reid has also contributed to community events such as NWT Pride and Yellowknife Pride, and the past springtime art spectacle, Burn on the Bay.

In her personal life, Ms. Reid is married and finds inspiration in an array of hobbies. She loves music, art, burlesque, drag, film, weightlifting, and travel.

Committees

Accountability and Oversight
Economic Development & Environment
Government Operations
Procedure and Privileges
Kate Reid
Great Slave
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Email
Phone
(867) 767-9143
Extension
12186

Statements in Debates

Question 906-20(1): NOrthwest Territories Nominee Program
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 72)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, yes, thank you to ECE staff as well.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain -- we had folks apply in February and July of this year; they didn't make the cut for a space in the NTNP. So how many applicants in this intake will that cover? Will we go back to those original folks, or will they have to reapply again? Thank you.

Committee Motion 135-20(1): Committee Report 33-20(1): Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, No. 2 – Sitting after Thanksgiving, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 72)

That's all I have, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Committee Motion 134-20(1): Committee Report 33-20(1): Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, No. 2 – Daily Order of Business on Thursdays, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 72)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that Rule 4.1(5) be amended to read: The daily orders of business in the Assembly on Thursdays shall be:

1. Prayer or reflection

2. Ministers' statements

3. Members' statements

4. Recognition of visitors in the gallery

5. Notices of motion

6. Motions

7. Returns to oral questions

8. Acknowledgements

9. Oral questions

10. Written questions

11. Returns to written questions

12. Replies to Commissioner's address

13. Petitions

14. Reports of committees on the review of bills

15. Reports of standing and special committees

16. Tabling of documents

17. Notices...

Committee Motion 132-20(1): Committee Report 33-20(1): Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, No. 2 – Rule 7.3 – Written Questions Submission, Carried
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 72)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the following be added to Rule 7.3: (3.1) written questions must be provided in writing to the Speaker at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of the sitting day.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Committee Report 34-20(1): Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of Motion 56-20(1): Code of Conduct referral to the Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges, Received and Adopted by the Assembly
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 72)

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Committee Report 34-20(1), Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of Motion 56-20(1): Code of Conduct Referral to the Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 896-20(1): Departmental Business Plans
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 71)

I just assume you mean me, Mr. Speaker. Thank you so much.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Minister's answer, and I do have more questions on this topic.

Question 896-20(1): Departmental Business Plans
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 71)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a couple more questions for the Minister of Finance. Sometimes reviewing business plans feels like we're squishing round pegs into square holes; the actions don't quite fit our priorities. Why do business plans have existing government actions that have tenuous connections to our priorities of this House? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 890-20(1): Departmental Business Plans and Evaluation
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 71)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell me how many of the core departments, agencies, health authorities, and educational councils have monitoring and evaluation staff to effectively select priorities that align with the GNWT mandate and priorities of this House? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Member' s Statement 790-20(1): Measures in Departmental Business Plans to Address Trauma
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 71)

Mr. Speaker, the annual business plans of the GNWT are presented to Members and, in recent years, to the public as demonstrating how government is implementing its mandate. The mandate is built by departments and Cabinet to implement the 20th Assembly's priorities. This is the Russian nesting doll of the hierarchical system of how the GNWT chooses to action priorities of this House.

One of our collective priorities is access to health care and addressing the effects of trauma. And, Mr. Speaker, two years in, I wonder how effectively we are addressing trauma. This is concerning for many reasons...

Question 903-20(1): Orientation and Training for Locums
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 71)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Minister for that. I can speak broadly to my constituent's issue, which is that of dermatology. I've personally experienced this with a locum putting me through this process and reversing this process as well, and it was around allergy testing, so those are two examples I can think of.

Mr. Speaker, it's just -- I really want to impress upon the Minister that if we are to rely on locums that there is a procedure or policy that they are very aware of, such that medical travel is not something that a constituent or a patient has to deal with that entire...