A former employee of the Yukon’s Department of Finance has pleaded guilty of defrauding the territorial government out of thousands of dollars in 2018 and 2019. Michael Kipkuiri, 34, entered guilty pleas to six charges of employing deceit or falsehood to defraud the government of less than ...
But the real marvel of the territorial budget was the economic forecast produced by the economists at the Department of Finance. It predicted that, despite the pandemic, the Yukon’s economy actually grew in 2020. While growth of 0.9 percent wouldn’t be much to throw your toque in the air...
Mahar is wrapping up a 32-year career as a public servant with the government, most recently as assistant deputy minister of Finance. In September 2020, board members elected Jason Bilsky under a provision in the act that empowers it to elect one member who is not a student nor employee o...
During World War II (1939-1945), though, the Yukon Territory generated a lot of interest. The American government, fearing a Japanese invasion from the West, wanted to build a road to connect Alaska with the other US states. With Canada's permission, construction of the 2,325-kilometer-lon...
There are meetings quite often between the Deputy Minister of Finance and the president of the Yukon Development Corporation and, at times, I have leaned on the chief of staff who was formerly at Yukon Energy Corporation. They're moving very quickly toward identifying a submission toward rates....
During World War II (1939-1945), though, the Yukon Territory generated a lot of interest. The American government, fearing a Japanese invasion from the West, wanted to build a road to connect Alaska with the other US states. With Canada's permission, construction of the 2,325-kilometer-lon...
Minister of Finance Sandy Silver addresses the budget to reporters in the cabinet office on March 2. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News) During last week’s budget announcement, the Yukon government boasted that the Yukon had “the strongest economy in Canada.” ...
s finances. You’ll read in vain for recommendations from that panel that we keep borrowing every year until we hit our federally imposed territorial debt limit. Was the Panel a serious fiscal exercise by the Department of Finance, or an elaborate public theatre project by the Arts and ...
From devolution in 2003 to the beginning of this fiscal year, the Yukon government has only collected $316,621 in placer mining royalties, according to the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. Placer mining royalties apply on gold shipped from Yukon. They’re calculated at 2.5 per cent ...
Mahar is a chartered public accountant who has spent all but eight years of her life in the territory. She is currently wrapping up a 32-year career with the Yukon Government, most recently as assistant deputy minister of finance. Jason Bilsky joined the board in September, as an elected me...