RELIEF ORDER FOR PEEL CLAIMS ROBS TAXPAYERS OF REVENUE
The Yukon government’s decision to let mining companies keep their mineral claims in the Peel region without doing any assessment work or paying $100 per claim in lieu until February 2011 is a bad deal for Yukoners, says NDP MLA Steve Cardiff. (August 23, 2010)
TODD HARDY COMBINED CONVICTION WITH COURAGE AND COMPASSION
Todd Hardy, NDP Leader in the Legislative Assembly, passed away this morning after a long battle with leukemia surrounded by his family, in the home they built. (July 28, 2010)
TIME TO LISTEN TO CONFLICTS COMMISSIONER AND REVIEW LEGISLATION
The NDP believes it’s time to review our legislation and policies surrounding conflicts-of-interest, and bring them up to a higher standard in-line with the Yukon people’s expectations of making the political system more transparent and accountable. (July 12, 2010)
DEATHS IN CUSTODY PROVE POLICE SHOULDN’T POLICE THEMSELVES SAY NDP
OTTAWA – The deaths of Whitehorse residents Raymond Silverfox and Robert Stone are fuelling calls for changes to how the national police force investigates potential wrongdoing by its members. Both died needlessly while either in jail or just after being detained by the RCMP. (June 1, 2010 - From the Federal NDP Caucus)
NDP WORRIED BY RECORD GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND BORROWING
The Yukon Party government is spending more than $1 billion and borrowing another $167 million without clearly justifying or explaining these record expenditures in its accounting practices, says Todd Hardy, the leader of the NDP caucus. (May 20, 2010)
NDP CALLS FOR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS
The NDP caucus says it is high time Yukon had a legislative committee to oversee government corporations and their wholly owned subsidiaries to provide greater public oversight of these important public bodies. (May 17, 2010)
GOVERNMENT VOTES ‘NO’ TO IMPROVING DEMOCRACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
The Yukon Party government voted unanimously against improving democracy and accountability in municipal politics during debate Wednesday on a New Democratic Party motion. (May 13, 2010)
NDP APPLAUDS MOVES TO IMPROVE WORKER SAFETY
The New Democratic Party caucus congratulates the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board for recognizing it needs to do more to promote a culture of safety at workplaces and jobsites across the territory. (May 7, 2010)
MORE PUBLIC CONSULTATION NEEDED ON CIVIL FORFEITURE ACT
The Yukon government’s Civil Forfeiture Act should not be passed as currently drafted, says the NDP Caucus. (April 15, 2010)
YEC PUTTING PUBLIC MONEY AT RISK
In its haste to meet the federal government’s funding deadline for the Mayo B project, Yukon Energy is spending public money before it even has final environmental or regulatory approval for the megaproject, says NDP energy critic Steve Cardiff. (March 18, 2010)
YEC STUDIES ON ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCES SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC
NDP energy critic Steve Cardiff says Yukon Energy president David Morrison’s explanation for refusing to release studies the Crown corporation commissioned on the feasibility of using wind- or geothermal-powered turbines to produce electricity is unacceptable. (March 4, 2010)