In December, a British Columbia company contracted by the Yukon government posted job offers for skilled workers at pay levels well below those set for Yukon’s tradespeople. When the issue was brought up in the media, the company backtracked.

Yukon NDP Leader Liz Hanson and Takhini—Kopper King MLA Kate White have been sworn in as the New Democrat caucus of the Yukon Legislative Assembly.

The Yukon NDP Official Opposition is calling on the Yukon Party government to pull the curtains back from its plans to introduce fracking to Yukon in light of yet another blocked attempt to shine a light on the government’s intentions. The Yukon NDP caucus has released a copy of the government’s oil and gas engagement strategy, obtained through Yukon’s access to information law, however the entire document (minus an appendix on social media guidelines) is completely censored.

The Yukon NDP Official Opposition is calling on the Yukon Party government, as the territory’s largest employer, to pull its weight by hiring its fair share of apprentice tradespeople. Yukon NDP MLA Kate White, the only journeyperson currently elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly, is taking the government to task over the news that the Yukon government only employs four out of a pool of 483 registered Yukon apprentices.

Demonstrated victims of domestic violence should be allowed to end a lease early and remove an abuser’s name from a lease, according to a Yukon NDP motion passed today in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The motion echoes a similar measure approved unanimously by the Legislative Assembly of Alberta that makes it easier for people fleeing domestic violence to find safe, stable housing.

The Yukon NDP Official Opposition is applauding the Yukon Party government for taking steps to facilitate the transfer of Canadian Forces driver’s licences for equivalent Yukon accreditation. The move comes mere months after Yukon NDP MLA for Tahkini—Kopper King Kate White, acting on the advice of Yukon veterans, tabled a motion in the Yukon legislature calling for action.

On the heels of the Yukon Party government’s decision to defund the popular YuWin Job Board in favour of a federal jobs website, the Yukon NDP is calling for a review of the important local online employment listing’s funding. Yukon’s lagging economy, a consequence of years of Yukon Party government mismanagement, requires support for resources that connect Yukoners with good jobs.

On December 1st, Yukon NDP Environment Critic Kate White asked the following question in the Yukon legislature about the need to better balance the Yukon government's treatment of resident hunters and non-resident trophy hunters.

Yukon NDP leader Liz Hanson has invited Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski, Sandy Silver and Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Ruth Massie to attend a non-partisan public send-off for their COP 21 delegation in early December.

The Yukon Party will miss yet another deadline on the long road to developing an Independent Power Production (IPP) policy.