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Whitehorse Daily Star: Liberals prove a deep disappointment : Hutton

Whitehorse Daily Star: Liberals prove a deep disappointment : Hutton
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Whitehorse Daily Star: Yukon Party MLAs plan re-election bids

Whitehorse Daily Star: Yukon Party MLAs plan re-election bids
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Whitehorse Daily Star: YP pursues greater scrutiny of borrowed money

The Yukon Party is sharpening its teeth on the Liberal government when it comes to taxpayer protection. On Dec. 21, the Yukon Party, as the official Opposition, introduced a bill to strengthen the Taxpayer Protection Act by what it calls “increasing transparency and improving government’s accountability to the legislature when it comes to borrowing money.” For most of the fall session, party members were hectoring the government on its decision to increase the territorial government’s debt limit to $800 million last spring. “In June, without any public consultation or democratic oversight, the territory’s debt limit was doubled to $800 million. According to the Yukon 2019/20 Public Accounts, the current long-term debt is now $228.4 million,” a statement from the party suggested.

Whitehorse Daily Star: Minister winged emails to Yukon Party, Speaker

Community Services Minister John Streicker found himself enmeshed in controversy during a legislative debate on the emergency act after an email fiasco Tuesday. He wasn’t the only high-profile MLA under fire. The controversy also threatened to involve the Speaker of the legislature. The assembly was poised to debate a motion to establish an all-party committee to examine whether the Civil Emergency Management Act needs to be overhauled after its use over the past nine months to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. The Yukon Party had been strenuously resisting the inclusion of Streicker on the committee. Party representatives argued it would be a conflict of interest, although Streicker would be called as a witness before the committee, the party said.

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