Read the Summer 2011 Newsletter from LIZ HANSON, WHITEHORSE CENTRE MLA
STATEMENT FROM LIZ HANSON ON THE DEATH OF JACK LAYTON
It was with great sadness that I awoke this morning to learn of Jack Layton’s passing. (August 22, 2011)
Read the letter Jack wrote to all Canadians on August 20, 2010.
MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF NORWAY ATTACKS MOVED TO YLA BUILDING
A temporary memorial for victims, relatives and friends of those killed or injured in Friday’s political violence in Norway has been moved to the foyer of the Yukon Legislative Assembly Building, says New Democratic Party Leader Liz Hanson. (July 27, 2011)
TIME FOR YUKON GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THE PEEL
Now is the time for the territorial government to take concrete steps to protect the Peel watershed and ensure any future development is sustainable and responsible, Yukon New Democrat Leader Liz Hanson says. (July 26, 2011)
STATEMENT BY YUKON NDP LEADER ON NORWAY ATTACKS
New Democratic Party leader Liz Hanson joins with social democrats around the world to condemn Friday’s political violence in Norway. (July 25, 2011)
STATEMENT BY LIZ HANSON ON THE DEATH OF STEVE CARDIFF
Steve Cardiff was a rock for the Yukon New Democratic Party and for the territory and his sudden death Wednesday in a traffic accident deeply saddens everyone who knew him and worked with him over the years. (July 7, 2011)
AUDIT REVEALS YUKON PARTY’S MISMANAGEMENT OF PHARMACARE
A government audit into Yukon’s Pharmacare and Extended Health Benefits Program describes yet another example of mismanagement when it comes to our health care system, says NDP Leader Liz Hanson. (July 5, 2011)
NDP CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY ON CETA NEGOTIATIONS
It’s time for the Yukon Party government to disclose to the Yukon public what’s on the table at trade negotiations with the European Union, says NDP Leader Liz Hanson. (June 16, 2011)
JUSTICE MINISTER NEEDS TO STAND UP FOR YUKON WOMEN
NDP leader Liz Hanson says Yukon’s Justice Minister needs to demonstrate clearly that rebuilding the public’s trust and faith in the RCMP is her top priority and that as minister responsible for Justice and the Women’s Directorate she shares the disappointment expressed by many in the community after an RCMP formal disciplinary hearing failed to acknowledge the seriousness of this breach of trust. (June 15, 2011)
YUKON HOUSING CRISIS ESCALATING
The protestors camping outside the Yukon Legislative Assembly building because they cannot find affordable and adequate housing have the full support and sympathy of the Yukon New Democratic Party, says Steve Cardiff, the party’s housing critic. (June 9, 2011)
WHAT WILL MR. PASLOSKI DO IN DAWSON?
Days before Mr. Pasloski is sworn in as Premier at the Commissioner’s Ball in Dawson City, conflict between residential land use and mining within the town’s municipal boundaries is heating up, says New Democratic Leader Liz Hanson. (June 7, 2011)
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER
The shocking state of drinking water in Watson Lake needs to be examined and addressed, says New Democratic Party Leader Liz Hanson. (June 2, 2011)
Whitehorse Centre MLA Liz Hanson invites you to a Public Forum on implementing the recommendations of the
Task Force on Acutely Intoxicated Persons at Risk
(May 25, 2011)
PROPOSED FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS WILL HURT YUKON
Despite pre-election promises to make strong economic investments in Canada’s North, the newly elected Harper government is primed to cut spending in the region by more than $310 million this fiscal year, says NDP leader Liz Hanson. (May 17, 2011)
THE YUKON PARTY’S GOT SOME EXPLAINING TO DO
The NDP Caucus has learned that a major change around water inspections for mining projects is ready for rubber-stamping at the Cabinet office. (April 28, 2011)
TIRED, DESPERATE YUKON PARTY GOVERNMENT RIPE FOR DEFEAT
The last sitting of the Legislative Assembly before the territorial election was acrimonious, confrontational and often dysfunctional, and the Yukon Party government deserves much of the blame, says New Democratic Party leader Liz Hanson. (March 28, 2011)
Read the Yukon NDP's list of accomplishments
YUKON COULD BENEFIT FROM SCHOOL OF MINING
The Yukon government should investigate the feasibility of establishing a cutting-edge school of mining and mining technology in the territory, says New Democratic Party leader Liz Hanson. (March 25, 2011)
NDP APPLAUDS PRESUMTIVE ILLNESS LEGISLATION FOR FIREFIGHTERS
The New Democratic Party Caucus would like to congratulate and commend all members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for agreeing Thursday to give first, second and third reading to an Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act to add special provisions for current and former firefighters. (March 24, 2011)
YUKON PARTY GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO LISTEN TO OPPOSITION, PUBLIC
The Yukon Party government used its majority Wednesday to shut down debate on two important issues brought to the floor of the Yukon Legislature by the opposition parties, says New Democratic Party leader Liz Hanson. (March 17, 2011)
HOUSING REPORT DESERVES IMMEDIATE GOVERNMENT ACTION
After almost six years of studies, the time has come to tackle Whitehorse’s housing crisis in a sustained and systematic way, says Yukon New Democratic Party leader Liz Hanson. (February 23, 2011)
AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT CONFIRMS NDP’S WORST FEARS
The Auditor General’s report on the Department of Health and Social Services confirms the worse fears of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus – the department is spending huge sums of money without a strategic or business plan, a risk-management process or complete and accurate health data. (February 15, 2011)
NDP TABLES NEW LEGISLATION DEALING WITH THE ACUTELY INTOXICATED
The Yukon New Democratic Party caucus wants to see public intoxication destigmatized and a reduced role for the RCMP in dealing with the acutely intoxicated, says NDP leader Liz Hanson. (February 10, 2011)
Read the Acutely Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) Act
GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO LET AUDITOR GENERAL ADDRESS HOUSE
Government MLAs refused to allow the Auditor General of Canada to appear as a witness in the Legislative Assembly on February 15 to discuss in public her report on the Department of Health and Social Services, says NDP House leader Steve Cardiff. (February 8, 2011)
NDP HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN FENTIE GOVERNMENT BUDGETING
The budget tabled today by the Yukon Party government lacks credibility, fails to reflect the huge debt incurred by two government corporations and confirms the territory is as dependent as ever on federal transfer payments, says New Democratic Party leader Liz Hanson. (February 3, 2011)
SLIPPING IT UNDER THE DOOR IS NOT GOOD POLICY
The Yukon Party government has yet again slipped more major reports under the door – just before the holidays - in the hopes of avoiding public scrutiny. This time it’s the Whitehorse Housing Adequacy Report and Dimensions of Social Inclusion and Exclusion in Yukon 2010 report. (December 22, 2010)
'ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS'
The public’s right to know is being thwarted at every turn by the Fentie government, says Steve Cardiff, the New Democratic Party’s leader in the Legislative Assembly. (November 9, 2010)
PREMIER DENIES DEMOCRACY ONCE AGAIN
The premier denied members of the Legislative Assembly their democratic rights to express their views on Bill No. 111, An Act to Amend the Elections Act, says Steve Cardiff, the leader of the New Democratic Party caucus. (November 3, 2010)
“Democracy delayed is democracy denied,” says Steve Cardiff. “With that in mind, I will be tabling today a private member’s bill that proposes cutting in half the amount of time a government has to call a byelection. (October 26, 2010)
ANOTHER BUDGET – ANOTHER DEFICIT
In the spring, the Yukon New Democratic Party predicted the Yukon Party government would be taking the territory’s finances into the second-straight year of deficit spending. On the first day of the fall sitting of the legislature, the government confirmed this is indeed the case as the premier tabled the 2010-11 Supplementary Budget. (September 22, 2010)
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)