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 ...
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.” How the eyes must have rolled among our...
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...
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...
Especially since the generosity of the federal government North of 60° is hardly a secret. The federal Department of Finance publishes a handy website with the latest standings in the Transfer Payment League. Major federal transfers to the Yukon in 2022-23 will be $28,497 per person. That’...
Carol McLellan, director of corporate services with the Yukon Finance Department, speaks during a technical briefing on carbon pricing April 5, 2018. (Chris Windeyer/Yukon News) The federal government is predicting a price on carbon will reduce the territory’s greenhouse gas emissions by approximat...
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...
Premier Sandy Silver told reporters that his government is already doing enough to deal with the issue. “Everything being asked by the opposition we believe we have under control,” he said. The motion, tabled by Stacey Hassard, interim leader of the Yukon Party on March 9, called for ...