MY PRIORITIES

I ran for election on a platform of priorities that now guide my work as an MLA: housing, access to childcare, access to healthcare, economic development & diversification, and ensuring we adapt to and mitigate climate change.

    • Increase the Territorial budget for housing

    • Create a long-term plan in partnership with Indigenous governments to increase housing stock

    • Seek stable funding to implement it

    • Look into the possibility of creating a territorial-backed home insurance program

    • Improving access to affordable childcare

    • Enhancing GNWT partnership with NGOs and Indigenous government on childcare delivery

    • Increasing the qualified childcare workforce

    • Invest in and evolve the primary healthcare system, including mental health and addiction treatment

    • Improve support to frontline healthcare workers

    • Improve access to primary care

    • Continue investing in and developing our tourism and arts sectors

    • Continue transitioning Aurora College into a university and growing the knowledge economy throughout the Territory

    • Settling land claims to help Indigenous Governments realize the benefits of self-government

    • Ensuring the regulatory system balances the need for environmental protection with economic development

    • Taking measures to extend the life of existing mining projects

    • Be better prepared to face the challenges of increasingly extreme environmental changes.

    • Perform an external review of the 2023 wildfire response and community evacuations

    • Simplify our climate strategy, prioritizing changes that will most quickly reduce the Territory’s reliance on diesel

    • Develop programs that help residents make changes that get their private homes off expensive fossil fuels

    • Shift toward a government that is more: collaborative; solutions-oriented; open to change; and less risk-averse.

Priorities of the 20th Assembly

At the opening of the 20th NWT Legislative Assembly, my colleagues and I agreed on a set of 4 priorities that act as the guiding principles for the decisions we make, and set the direction for government. I’m happy to note that the Assembly’s priorities closely align with the platform I ran on. Throughout this priority-setting process, I advocated for the electoral mandate Frame Lake residents agreed on when they elected me – and I’m glad to note that the Assembly priorities closely align with the platform I ran on.

From Julian’s Electoral Platform

“We need to increase the territorial budget for housing, create a long-term plan in partnership with Indigenous governments for increasing housing stock, and seek stable funding to implement it.”

“We need to diversify our economy and set the NWT on a path for future success.”

“We need to invest in and evolve the primary health care system to improve healthcare access and outcomes - this includes mental health and addictions treatment.”

“We need to be better prepared to face the challenges of increasingly extreme environmental changes. As a first step, an external review of the 2023 wildfire response and community evacuations must be done, with recommendations for changes to ensure past mistakes are not repeated.”

Priorities of the 20th Assembly

Priority 1: The suitability, accessibility, and affordability of housing;

Priority 2: A strong economic foundation;

Priority 3: Access to health care and addressing the effects of trauma

Priority 4: Safe residents and communities

Setting the priorities was the first step; ensuring that the government actions them is where my work is now focused.