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The Yukon Party continues to go after the government over the issue of Independent Education Plans (IEPs) like a dog with a particularly juicy bone.
On Monday, for the third straight day, the party attacked new Education Minister Jeanie McLean about the government’s handling of the
contentious issue.
Before Christmas 2020, the issue was a subject of fierce debate between the government and the opposition parties.
The Liberals denied changing anything about the plans, while the opposition alleged more than 200 students had been moved off the IEPs into other, less suitable support streams.
Late last month, when the Liberals and Yukon NDP signed the Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA) to form a stable minority
The rent caps the Yukon government has slated to come into effect on Saturday remain a mystery.
On Wednesday afternoon, even after pointed questions in the legislature and more from reporters interviewing Community Services
Minister Richard Mostyn, the details on the caps’ implementation are far from clear.
Mostyn said the Liberal cabinet is still discussing how the program, which is part of the accord the Liberals have struck with the NDP to form a stable government, will work and how it will be authorized.
He expects to bring a proposal to his cabinet colleagues Friday.
“We know that housing is in high demand in the territory.” he said.