Steve NornSA国际影视传媒檚 days in the 19th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories are numbered.

Norn said he would resign ahead of a vote that would almost certainly resulted in his expulsion from the House Nov. 23.

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Norn made the claim after the rest of the MLAs were given the opportunity to speak for or against a motion by Thebacha MLA Frieda Martselos that Norn, the member for Tu Nedh茅-Wiilideh, be expelled from the legislature and that his seat be declared vacant.

Martselos said her office at the legislature is down the hall from NornSA国际影视传媒檚 and she felt unsafe as an individual far from her support network in Fort Smith after receiving a message Norn sent to a Facebook group of MLAs and Legislative Assembly staff members Oct. 3, the night before his conduct hearing was to begin.

SA国际影视传媒淲hoever backed this, ISA国际影视传媒檓 coming for you,SA国际影视传媒� Norn wrote.

Martselos said as recently as last Thursday NornSA国际影视传媒檚 actions had marred the dignity of the Legislative Assembly.

SA国际影视传媒淓xpulsion is the most serious sanction this assembly can impose,SA国际影视传媒� Martselos said in proposing NornSA国际影视传媒檚 ouster Nov. 23. SA国际影视传媒淚n this case, it is the only appropriateSA国际影视传媒� course of action.

She said NornSA国际影视传媒檚 pattern of SA国际影视传媒渋ntimidating, threatening and insulting behaviourSA国际影视传媒� directed at MLAs and Legislative Assembly staff, and his breach of his Covid-19 self-isolation protocol and misleading the public about it earlier this year, means he is no longer fit to serve.

While Norn said he would save his colleagues the vote by resigning, the wording of his statement didnSA国际影视传媒檛 satisfy the relevant legislation, according to Frederick Blake Jr., Speaker of the House.

So, the MLAs held a recorded vote: 17 in favour of declaring NornSA国际影视传媒檚 seat vacant, zero opposed, no abstentions. Norn left the chamber during the recess.

The discussion started soon after MLAs resumed sitting Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 23.

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Earlier in the afternoon, Blake said Norn threatened members of the NWT Legislative Assembly and employees.

Blake said Norn is accused of threatening to SA国际影视传媒渃ome forSA国际影视传媒� the deputy clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Glen Rutland, and that he would SA国际影视传媒渃ut the head or neck off the snakeSA国际影视传媒� in reference to another officer of the Assembly.

This is in addition to the message Norn sent to a Facebook group including at least 16 other MLAs and two Assembly staff members.

Frame Lake MLA Kevin OSA国际影视传媒橰eilly, who said Monday he reached out to the after receiving the group Facebook message, said Tuesday heSA国际影视传媒檇 rather be working for a SA国际影视传媒渂etter NWTSA国际影视传媒� but that this was a serious matter that had to be dealt with.

He said he watched the entire public inquiry into the code of conduct complaint laid against Norn by MLAs in October and that he supported fully the finding of sole adjudicator Ronald Barclay, who determined that based on the code and NornSA国际影视传媒檚 action, the only suitable course of action was to eject him.

Inuvik-Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler said it SA国际影视传媒渟addenedSA国际影视传媒� her to have to remove an MLA. During MondaySA国际影视传媒檚 discussion, she said she felt unsafe travelling to Yellowknife because of NornSA国际影视传媒檚 actions.

SA国际影视传媒淎s an Indigenous female the stats of violence are stacked against me, especially when i come from the NWT,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淚 never once thought I would be threatened in this House, where we as legislators are working on one of our priorities, which is to make the NWT a safer place for women.SA国际影视传媒�

Premier Caroline Cochrane said Norn put the safety of NWT residents by breaching his self-isolation in April.

SA国际影视传媒淭he orders made by the chief public health officer are law, not suggestions,SA国际影视传媒� Cochrane, also the MLA for Range Lake, said.

Julie Green, MLA for Yellowknife Centre and minister of Health, said she never thought sheSA国际影视传媒檇 be applying the MLA code of conduct in a SA国际影视传媒渟ituation like thisSA国际影视传媒� when she was helping to craft it during the last Legislative Assembly.

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She said the pattern was always the same: Norn didnSA国际影视传媒檛 like the outcome of a discussion, he said he thought he wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 being heard and that he was being treated in a racist manner.

Green said NornSA国际影视传媒檚 explanation for his behaviour in the spring, that he was exhausted, did not sway her. Green said she took specific exception to his claim that he had a SA国际影视传媒減olitical exemptionSA国际影视传媒� from his self-isolation protocol.

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