but I want them to know that their government is working for them to make their lives more affordable, to move forward on reconciliation, to build our clean and green future and to grow a strong resilient economy.”
Compared to the 2019 mandate letters, this year’s broad strokes highlight COVID-19 recovery, relationships with Yukon First Nations and the federal government and two guiding government reports: the climate change strategy inOur Clean Futureand healthcare reform inPutting People First. The p...
Base map data retrieved from GeoYukon (hosted by the Government of Yukon); contours elevation unit: meters above sea level. See Supplementary Fig.2for a description of inset map data sources. Full size image Table 1 SedaDNA permafrost samples. Full size table Our aims here are two-fold. Th...
He’s one of many keeping people informed and giving power back to the people.I find myself also listening to AOC, Pete Buttigieg, Chris Murphy, Jasmine Crocket, Sarah McBride, and others tell us what is happening in our government behind the scenes, and how we can fight back. These peo...
When a First Nation Government interviewee was asked about their community's perception of placer mining, they stated that “The perception of placer mining in our community ….is probably bad. It's because of our cultural beliefs; [they] really clash. We're more land caretakers.“92 These ...
Every time I travel around the mountains in Yukon Territory by car, I often notice a road sign that says, “A fed bear is a dead bear.” ___ I did not work out the meaning of it. Why is a fed bear a dead one? According to a friend, many travelers used to throw their food f...
“We are pleased to see the Yukon NDP and the Yukon Party support our made-in-Yukon carbon pricing rebate system. A price on pollution is an important tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, meet the Yukon’s targets in Our Clean Future and support the transition to a greener economy,”...
for using systems like biomass reduces our need for non-renewable heating fuels and, in turn, allows us to shape a clean, green and sustainable future for our territory,” said Environment Minister Nils Clarke prior to a tour of the facility for government employees and members of the local...
For younger Yukoners, it means that the Yukon government will need to save part of its transfer payments in future years to pay back loans taken out today. We’re already leaving you the multi-century Faro mine clean-up project and a warming planet, so why not some debt too?
Question 1: What has the Yukon government done to get China to backstop the clean up? While JDC and the Chinese government are within their legal rights to use Canadian bankruptcy law to avoid further liabilities from their costly Yukon adventure, that does not mean they can escape responsibilit...