2023 NWT Election
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Caroline Wawzonek
Candidate in the Yellowknife South Yellowknife race.
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NWT signs memo on ‘northern economic corridors’ with Alberta
July 4, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...will also “jointly advocate to the federal government for nation-building projects along our economic corridors.” NWT infrastructure minister Caroline Wawzonek called the memo a “significant milestone in the relationship” between the territory and Alberta. “This is an opportunity to support the flow...
Edzo Elders spend their pension on Housing NWT arrears
July 3, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...agency employs collections officers to administer the government’s debt collection process. Weyallon Armstrong addressed finance minister Caroline Wawzonek in the legislature about the government’s debt collection practices last month. “With respect to Elders broadly as an individual category, that...
Fix for low-water shipping woes could be ‘lighter than air,’ committee hears
June 28, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...deliveries disrupted up and down the Mackenzie River, alternatives to shipping are lacking at present, says Minister of Finance and Infrastructure Caroline Wawzonek. The senior minister told a committee hearing on Wednesday how she has been pitched alternative cargo transportation concepts, everything from...
Yesterday’s Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę and GNWT bilateral in Yellowknife
June 19, 2024
My Yellow Knife Now - ...in Yellowknife, Premier R.J. Simpson, Ministers Caroline Wawzonek, Caitlin Cleveland, Lucy Kuptana, Jay Macdonald, Vince McKay, and Lesa Semmler convened with the Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę Government’s Ɂekw’ahtı̨dǝ́ Danny Gaudet, Ɂekw’ahtı̨ Raymond Taneton, and Délı̨nę...
After weeks of back and forth, N.W.T. Legislative Assembly passes budget
June 14, 2024
CBC North - ...to displace people from the communities and have them migrate to Yellowknife or other larger regional centres," she said. N.W.T. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said the budget was a collective effort. "It's not only about a cash transaction here, it's really about government and how we can be a consensus...
New lab test appointment policy gets failing grade from MLA Julian Morse
June 14, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...presented on May 24, the plan proposed to spend $2.2 billion on programs and services, but pressure from Regular MLAs forced Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek’s hand to spend an additional $13.3 million. A few Budget 2024-2025 highlights: early childhood instructors ($3.5 million ongoing); maintenance...
NWT’s 20th Assembly passes its first budget
June 13, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...in revenue and $48.4 million in planned cuts. MLAs have since spent long nights combing through and debating that financial plan. Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek announced on Wednesday she was revising the budget by adding $13 million in spending following discussions with regular MLAs. That included money to...
UNW members protest proposed job cuts outside NWT legislature
June 11, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...cuts, though overall spending would still increase slightly. “We want this government to be sustainable for the long term,” finance minister Caroline Wawzonek told reporters last month. Wawzonek and Premier RJ Simpson have said they are aiming to find $150 million in savings annually by reducing...
NTPC forecast looks bleak with low water levels and skyrocketing diesel
June 11, 2024
CBC North - ...infrastructure some MLAs say the N.W.T. may be facing a crisis. Cory Strang, Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) president and CEO and Caroline Wawzonek, the minister responsible for NTPC, met with MLAs on Monday to discuss the long list of challenges facing the power corp. To start, the territory's...
The extraordinary scale of the NWT’s shift from hydro to diesel
June 11, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...to take off a shelf and quickly activate. “We can’t continue to go on the way we’ve gone on for 50 years without a sense of urgency,” said Caroline Wawzonek, the minister responsible for the power corporation, during a frank exchange with regular MLAs at Monday’s meeting – in which she came as close...
Renewable diesel could be northern ‘game-changer,’ says N.W.T. MLA
June 10, 2024
CBC North - ...however: Neste Oil says it sells Arctic grade renewable diesel in northern Finland that can be stored at -40 C and can be used down to -44 C. Caroline Wawzonek, the N.W.T.'s infrastructure minister, said in an exchange with Morgan at the Legislative Assembly on Thursday that small volumes of Arctic-grade...
Could renewable diesel power NWT’s green ideals?
June 7, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...in Yellowknife to re-start the program. No timeline was provided. Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, entered into a debate with Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek, over the differences between a Universal Basic Income and Guaranteed Minimum Income. The Minister pointed to recent changes to the NWT’s Income...
NWT government has no plans to develop accessibility act
June 4, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...trying to attract residents to move here and stay, this is one more thing we can do to help make the territory a more attractive place to live.” Caroline Wawzonek, the territory’s infrastructure minister, responded that she had tasked her department with looking at a building standards framework for the...
Taught to be advocates: N.W.T. midwives protest proposed cuts to Yellowknife program
May 31, 2024
CBC North - ...implemented. There have been intermittent periods of midwifery service in the capital but never an established midwifery team. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said that's why she proposed the cuts. "If the money is sitting there, $900,000 for something that's not been fully implemented, that's not the...
‘Look outside the box.’ MLA calls for changes to barging service
May 29, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...we are good at government. That doesn’t necessarily mean we’re good at managing businesses,” Rodgers said. ‘Creative solutions’ Caroline Wawzonek, the territory’s infrastructure minister, said the department’s review of MTS will not consider splitting operations. She said the review is,...