Brad Cathers Acclaimed as Yukon Party Candidate in Lake Laberge
WHITEHORSE – Brad Cathers, Yukon Party MLA for Lake Laberge, has been confirmed as the Yukon Party candidate for Lake Laberge in the 2025 territorial election.
Yvonne Clarke Will Represent Yukon Party in Whistle Bend North
WHITEHORSE – Yukon’s first Filipina MLA, Yvonne Clarke, will run in the new electoral district of Whistle Bend North for the Yukon Party in the 2025 territorial election.
Yukon Party Renews Call For Bail Reform
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Party Official Opposition is again calling on the territorial Liberal government to push their federal counterparts for specific and urgent actions on bail reform, and to reinstate the territory’s Prolific Offender Management Program.
Yukon Party Opens Campaign Office in Preparation for Territorial Election
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Party welcomed Yukoners, current MLAs, candidates, and volunteers to the official opening of the party’s campaign office on Wednesday, April 30, in readiness for the 2025 territorial election, which must be held on or before November 3. Over 90 Yukoners joined Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon for a barbecue to mark the occasion.
Hope For Change Springs to Life as the Assembly Comes to a Close
WHITEHORSE – During the 32-day Spring sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, it became clear that Yukoners’ desire for change will require a change in government. There will be an election before the Assembly convenes again, so Yukon Party MLAs challenged the Liberal government’s approach on key issues facing the Yukon, including the current direction of our strained health care system, the outrageous and ignored crime wave facing our communities, and the Liberal decisions that have stalled and increased costs on housing and lot development.
Liberals Out of Ideas - Bring Back Yukon Party Housing Program They Cancelled
WHITEHORSE – On Wednesday, the territorial Liberal government announced a ‘new’ loan program for first-time Yukon home buyers. In fact, the program is a repackaged version of the program cancelled by the Liberals in 2019.
Yukon Legislative Assembly Summons Eagle Gold Receiver as a Witness
WHITEHORSE – Senior officials from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) – the court-appointed receiver in charge of the Eagle Gold Mine – have been summoned to appear as witnesses in the Yukon Legislative Assembly before the 2025 Spring Sitting concludes. The Yukon Party Official Opposition brought forward a motion to the Legislative Assembly to have PwC appear, and that motion passed unanimously.
YG Begins Buying Out Businesses Impacted by Whitehorse Emergency Shelter
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Party Official Opposition sought answers in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on Monday from Premier Pillai about his decision to direct the Yukon Housing Corporation to buy out 407 Alexander Street, the longtime home of Duffy’s Pets. The lot is located next door to the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter, and the business owners have publicly shared that they have been negatively impacted by the shelter’s operations for the past several years.
Yukon Party Urges Government to Buy Local
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Party Official Opposition suggests that the Yukon government do more to purchase local products and services from Yukoners in the private sector. With the uncertainty in North America, Yukon Party MLAs pitched several ways the government can support Yukon businesses and secure the territory’s economic future.
