2023 NWT Election
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Caroline Wawzonek
Candidate in the Yellowknife South Yellowknife race.
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GNWT to launch new hiring policy that focuses on Indigenous recruitment
December 18, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...a new Indigenous Employment Policy (IEP) that simplifies the process for hiring Indigenous people in the public sector. Public Service Minister Caroline Wawzonek and Deputy Minister of Finance William Mackey made the announcement yesterday afternoon. “The goal of this policy is to help ensure opportunities...
New GNWT employment policy prioritizes Indigenous hires
December 17, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...is to help ensure opportunities for Indigenous employees to grow, thrive and take on leadership roles within the public service,” finance minister Caroline Wawzonek told reporters. A copy of the new policy was not made immediately available to Cabin Radio. Wawzonek said groups other than Indigenous people will...
Can the NWT find a path forward for renewable diesel?
December 16, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...diesel – is emerging as a likely option for helping the territory reach that goal. In the legislature in October, NWT infrastructure minister Caroline Wawzonek said renewable diesel is “one of the more promising opportunities” for reducing emissions from hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as...
How should the NWT save money?
November 7, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...and businesses want greater investment. In an effort to address the NWT’s challenging financial outlook, Premier RJ Simpson and finance minister Caroline Wawzonek launched a fiscal responsibility strategy in February. It aims to find an additional $150 million annually across the territorial government through...
New board members could help reinvent Northwest Territories Power Corporation, experts say
November 7, 2024
CBC North - ...which is made up entirely of deputy ministers and assistant deputy ministers from the territorial government. The minister responsible for NTPC, Caroline Wawzonek, said in the Legislature on Friday that the government is recruiting four to eight new members to replace current directors, and also plans to keep...
MLAs pass capital budget despite gripes
November 5, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...that plan unless it dedicated more funding to housing and healthcare. On Thursday last week, ahead of a vote on the budget, finance minister Caroline Wawzonek said cabinet had “committed to renewed leadership” in those areas after two weeks of discussions with MLAs. She said that included prioritizing...
How much carbon tax the NWT is paying and where the money goes
November 4, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...planning for Fort Providence and Kakisa hydro facilities.” In the legislature last week, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart quizzed finance minister Caroline Wawzonek on the $14-million surplus, which is far larger than any surplus the GNWT has previously recorded through the carbon tax. In the past two years, the...
Inuvik, N.W.T., business owners say liquor price hike took them by surprise
November 4, 2024
CBC North - ... Earlier this week in the Legislative Assembly, Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers asked why the increase is only in Inuvik. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek replied that the increase is due to a new contract negotiation with the local operator of the liquor...
Police now work with housing officials to oust traffickers, rowdy tenants from public housing units
November 1, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon repeated his call for a fix to the spotty cellular service in Ndilǫ. He questioned Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek about if officials can soon work with the Yellowknives Dene First Nation to come up with an emergency backup plan for residents in Ndilǫ in the...
Union attacks GNWT over decision to close Fort Smith’s jail
November 1, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...– a role that can limit some ministers’ ability to air constituents’ concerns in the legislature.) On Tuesday, Hawkins asked finance minister Caroline Wawzonek if layoff notices were being handed to the 32 employees that work at the jail. Wawzonek said no formal notices had been issued but the territorial...
N.W.T. assembly passes capital budget despite concerns over priorities
November 1, 2024
CBC North - ...as well and there are things in this budget that I do want to see move forward," he said. Voting against budget delays everything Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said she understands the challenges members are hearing about from constituents, and she hears about them from her constituents too. But she warned...
A spooky serenade for Premier Simpson and cabinet, plus a few other scary stories
October 31, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...on this? I learned this from Facebook, and I learned it from constituents reaching out to me, saying, what’s happening?” Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek explained the GNWT recently concluded an agreement with the local contractor in Inuvik to extend the contract only for the rest of this calendar...
N.W.T. officials meet with Fort Smith jail staff before funding expires next year
October 30, 2024
CBC North - ...year, and the territorial government says its senior staff is helping employees prepare. In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said senior staff with the departments of Finance and Justice met with jail staff to help them understand their options. A partial closure of the...
NWT public servants’ morale ‘at rock bottom,’ says MLA and former union leader
October 24, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...pay raises, it also provides Indigenous staff with four days of paid cultural leave annually. In response to Reid’s questioning, Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek provided a sneak peak into the 2023 to 24 Public Service Annual Report, which she planned to table next week. “I can tell you that it’s going...
NWT’s regular MLAs want capital budget to better reflect priorities
October 24, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...MLAs say they won’t support the NWT’s latest capital budget unless it dedicates more funding to housing and healthcare. Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek tabled the capital estimates for 2025-26 last week, detailing how the government plans to spend $339 million on infrastructure projects in the...