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NDP TO DEBATE COALITION GOVERNMENT MOTION
NDP leader Todd Hardy will debate a motion supporting progressive coalition government during the party’s opposition day in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on the afternoon of December 3. (December 2, 2008)
SLOPPY CONTRACTING POLICIES DON’T DELIVER VALUE
NDP leader Todd Hardy says he is disturbed by an internal Yukon government report that sharply criticizes its contracting processes and policies for not being competitive, fair or transparent. (November 19, 2008)
AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ACT DRACONIAN
NDP leader Todd Hardy says the changes the Yukon government wants to make to the Social Assistance Act are draconian, regressive and poorly timed. (November 6, 2008)
GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN DEBATE ON YOUNG WORKER PROTECTION ACT
NDP MLA Steve Cardiff says he is deeply disappointed the Fentie government used its majority in the legislature to shut down debate on his private member’s bill, the Young Worker Protection Act. (November 6, 2008)
REVIVE THE COUNCIL ON ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT NOW
Never before have so many people been so worried about the dramatic changes they see happening to both the economy and the environment, says NDP leader Todd Hardy. (October 20, 2008)
NDP leader Todd Hardy says the Yukon’s premier is not taking the global economic slowdown and credit crunch seriously enough. (October 17, 2008)
GROWING ECONOMIC CRISIS CALLS FOR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
As the economic slowdown and credit crunch in the US spills over into Canada, NDP leader Todd Hardy is urging the Yukon government to call an emergency meeting of the territory’s top political leaders to discuss the financial crisis. (October 7, 2008)
MINIMUM STANDARDS NEEDED TO BETTER PROTECT RENTERS
Renters must be better protected from landlords who fail to provide minimum health and safety standards, says NDP leader Todd Hardy. (October 2, 2008)
"According to the Yukon government’s own lawyer, the promises our political leaders make are legally worthless," says NDP leader Todd Hardy. (August 29, 2008)
RCMP SECURITY CHECKS DELAY CREATING HEADACHES FOR EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS
Employees and employers are being negatively affected by how long it’s taking the RCMP to do security checks, says NDP leader Todd Hardy. (August 25, 2008)
APPLIANCE REBATE PROGRAM NOT IMAGINATIVE OR SWEEPING ENOUGH
The Yukon government’s rebate incentive program to help people reduce their energy consumption and energy costs is inadequate and totally lacking in vision, says NDP leader Todd Hardy. (August 6, 2008)
It’s high time the Yukon government followed the example of other Canadian jurisdictions and regulated payday loans by passing consumer protection legislation and setting maximum allowable fees for these types of loans, says Yukon NDP leader Todd Hardy. (August 5, 2008)
Dennis Fentie clearly broke his promise to two Whitehorse-area First Nations when he put two prime lots on the city’s waterfront up for public tender without first engaging them in discussions to buy the land, says NDP leader Todd Hardy. (July 21, 2008)
In its haste to ram through changes to the Yukon Liquor Act on the last day of the past legislative sitting, the Fentie government may have made a bad situation worse, says NDP leader Todd Hardy. (June 20, 2008)
Todd Hardy says changes to the territory’s social assistance (SA) program announced yesterday are a good start, but fail to address a number of key concerns. (May 29, 2008)