2023 NWT Election
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Caroline Wawzonek
Candidate in the Yellowknife South Yellowknife race.
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More support coming for wildfire-hit NWT businesses, minister says
October 5, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...are on the way for programs that help businesses affected by wildfires and evacuations. The detail of the extra supports is not yet available, but Caroline Wawzonek said on Wednesday she hopes to roll out amendments “in the coming really short days.” At the moment, the main GNWT offerings are up to $5,000...
Tuktoyaktuk MLA says school renovation delays are a ‘total fail’
October 4, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...said the delayed work on Mangilaluk School was a “total fail” and suggested cabinet promised him two portables in the spring. Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek said no portables had ever been on the way. The Department of Infrastructure and education officials had looked into whether sending portables was...
GNWT considers constructing new archives building
September 30, 2023
Cabin Radio - ... “The facilities that are currently being used to house all of the territorial archives are not at national standards,” finance minister Caroline Wawzonek acknowledged to MLAs on Thursday. “This is meant to be, at this point, just a temporary stopgap measure in advance of a full standalone archives...
Work on N.W.T. roads a priority in final capital budget of 19th Assembly
September 29, 2023
CBC North - ...projects is expected to go toward highways, winter roads, bridges and culverts. In her final capital budget of the 19th Assembly, Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said the government is projecting to spend over $361 million, of which over $94 million will go toward roadwork. "This budget builds on our...
Budget deficit expected for 2023-24 fiscal year: Premier Caroline Cochrane
September 27, 2023
NNSL Media - ...increased costs of this year’s wildfire season,” she said. Cochrane confirmed the reduced surplus that was talked about by Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek earlier this month, from a projected $178 million down to $5 million. The premier said that the drop was expected to affect the current fiscal year...
In final sitting, N.W.T. MLAs to discuss capital budget, evacuations and pass about ‘a dozen bills’
September 27, 2023
CBC North - ...Jane Weyallon Armstrong, MLA for Monfwi Jackie Jacobson, MLA for Nunakput Frieda Martselos, MLA for Thebacha (previously confirmed with CBC News) Caroline Wawzonek, MLA for Yellowknife South (previously confirmed with CBC News) Diane Archie, MLA for Inuvik-Boot Lake (previously confirmed with CBC News) ...
Wildfire update, Sept. 15 1:30 p.m.: Hay River fire will likely need to be managed until snowfall: ECC Minister
September 15, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...p.m. this evening. On the financial front, the wildfire crisis has almost completely eaten away at the territory’s surplus: Minister of Finance Caroline Wawzonek said the GNWT’s projected $178 million surplus is now just $5 million, “predominantly due to the wildfire season, the wildfire response and the...
NWT Wildfires: GNWT maintains budget surplus of $5 million
September 14, 2023
NNSL Media - ...was given at a press conference Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. “The operating surplus that we had been projecting of $178 million,” said Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek. “We are now expecting to be down at around $5 million, which is a significant drop. It is predominantly due to the wildfire season two the...
Ottawa commits $28.8M to fund NWT firefighting
September 10, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...roughly $21.8 million. All 19 MLAs attended a session held in Inuvik on August 18, either virtually or in-person. At the time, finance minister Caroline Wawzonek said the new budget, sitting at around $100 million, should be enough to address this year’s wildfire season – but that further funding may be...
The devastation of Enterprise and its path to recovery
September 2, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...said. “That will haunt me for the rest of my life. What happened? Where were the crews? Why was no advanced warning given?” Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek responded that senior members of the firefighting team had called the wildfire situation “a nightmare.” “They were outright shell-shocked,”...
N.W.T. adds eligibility criteria to evacuation travel support program
September 1, 2023
CBC North - ...of a program to provide money to wildfire evacuees who fled their communities by car — and the late addition of eligibility rules for applicants. Caroline Wawzonek said the addition of eligibility criteria to the application form, several days after the program was announced with no mention of eligibility...
WILDFIRE UPDATE, AUG. 31, 7:30 P.M.: “The calm before the storm today—literally.”
August 31, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...losses due to the wildfire that are not otherwise covered by insurance. Speaking in a press conference on Thursday afternoon, Minister of Finance Caroline Wawzonek said she is “pretty confident” funds have already been deposited for the Income Disruption Support Program, since it’s a preexisting program,...
N.W.T. projected to spend $100M on fighting wildfires — 5 times more than budgeted
August 31, 2023
CBC North - ...a special one-day session of the Legislative Assembly on Monday, MLAs approved an additional $75 million for wildfire suppression. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said firefighting costs are projected to rise to $100 million. The budget coming into the season was $21.8 million. "And that's actually an...
Investigate Enterprise wildfire response, Deh Cho MLA says
August 29, 2023
NNSL Media - ...was seeking answers from the minister of Environment and Climate Change (ECC), Shane Thompson, the floor was turned over to Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek since Bonnetrouge mentioned that the costs to rebuild are relevant to territorial budget discussions. “The very specific details of firefighting...
MLAs approve additional $75M for fire suppression
August 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ... “I recognize that this request is substantial and it will have an impact on the GNWT’s forecasted operating surplus,” finance minister Caroline Wawzonek said. “The Department of Finance is taking steps to ensure that the government remains in compliance with the fiscal responsibility policy, as...