Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon has been fined $2,500 and has been reprimanded by the NWT legislative assembly after a report from the Integrity commissioner found him in breach of the MLA code of conduct.

MLAs unanimously to adopt the integrity commissioner's recommendations on Oct. 21.

There were no votes against the motion. Edjericon was present in the legislature during the day.

Edjericon was found in violation of the MLA code of conduct in an Oct. 8 report from integrity commissioner David Phillip Jones, who found that Edjericon violated the MLA code of conduct by "harassing" nursing staff. Jones receiving written complaint that Edjericon "orchestrated a continuous campaign of harassing the nursing staff at the health centre in Fort Resolution, and, in particular, had mounted a campaign "based on innuendo, hearsay and rumours" to have the nurse in charge terminated from her position and removed from the community.

Edjericon released a statement on Oct. 11 acknowledging fault, but insisting that health services in the community are inadequate.  

"I did not, and do not, accept the findings of the investigation into health services in Fort Resolution, but I do accept the findings in the integrity commissionerSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s report into my actions," his statement reads. "As with any new MLA, I was learning on the job and anxious to do the best possible work for my constituents. I acknowledge that I could have done things better and commit to doing so into the future."