2023 NWT Election
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Kieron Testart
Candidate in the Range Lake Yellowknife race.
Kieron can be reached at info@Kierontestart.ca, or by calling 867-444-7558.
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What do former NWT MLAs think of an independent members’ caucus?
February 21, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...have mixed views on a proposal for an independent members’ caucus, largely depending on how they see consensus government. Three current MLAs – Kieron Testart, Robert Hawkins and Richard Edjericon – pitched their plan at a press conference last week to form an independent caucus that could vote as a...
Traditional activities, lower taxes could provide cover in Trump’s threatened trade war, say NWT leaders
February 19, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...is … an unhinged U.S. president who is forgetting who his friends are and turning them into enemies,’ says MLA Kieron Testart U.S. President Donald Trump has a callous heart and he should be ashamed of himself for threatening what would be an illegal trade war with Canada. That’s what some NWT...
N.W.T. premier responds to MLAs’ proposed voting bloc by emphasizing co-operation
February 14, 2025
CBC North - ..."These discussions are important and we welcome constructive dialogue on how we can continue to evolve and strengthen our consensus system." Kieron Testart, the MLA for Range Lake, on Thursday presented the idea of forming a committee of regular members who vote together on issues in the territory's...
Three MLAs stand up to cabinet, say they aren’t being listened to
February 14, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...are going to save our consensus government system and keep the NWT strong and free,' says MLA Kieron Testart “We’re here to set the record straight. We’re here to save the consensus government. The future of the NWT has never been under such a great threat.” – Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart A...
Collaboration is ‘foundation of consensus,’ premier says
February 14, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...caucus, the NWT premier says “the foundation of consensus government is collaboration.” At a Thursday afternoon press conference, regular MLAs Kieron Testart, Robert Hawkins and Richard Edjericon – who have been critical of cabinet – unveiled their pitch to form an independent members’ committee or...
In detail: What’s in this new ‘independent caucus’ proposal?
February 13, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...regular MLAs are pitching a new independent committee or caucus that they say will “save consensus government” in the NWT. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart, Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins and Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon announced the proposal at a press conference in the NWT...
3 MLAs pitch idea of voting bloc as way to be taken more seriously by N.W.T. cabinet
February 13, 2025
CBC North - ...N.W.T. MLAs are trying to form a committee of other regular MLAs who would vote together on issues in the territory's legislature. Kieron Testart, the MLA for Range Lake, presented the idea in the lobby of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, saying it was a way to get things done more quickly and...
Testart, other MLAs to propose ‘elements of party politics’
February 12, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Lake MLA Kieron Testart is expected to use a Thursday press conference to propose a major political change in the Northwest Territories. Testart has tried in the past to introduce a party political system in the NWT. On Wednesday, other MLAs told Cabin Radio he was set to propose a system to...
Questions fly over health-care ‘czar,’ future of learning centres
February 11, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...actually approving — not just the dollar amount — and we have trust and faith that new programs are being offered?” he asked. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart pressed Semmler if she knew what the NTHSSA’s public administrator has been doing and if the minister had been meeting with him. “The Minister...
Stagnant economy, uncertain times, call for public investment in infrastructure
February 7, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...community infrastructure, and local administration The Mackenzie Valley fibre link to the Arctic coast will connect to Tuktoyaktuk. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart was the first to offer a reply to Wawzonek’s address. “Far too often, this entire system of government is paralyzed by its own profound lack of...
Some NWT MLAs say budget doesn’t do enough to advance priorities
February 7, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...while also failing to address fiscal sustainability. In a reply to the budget in the legislature that he also posted online, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart said just six percent of planned spending will go toward the assembly’s stated priorities. On the flip side, Testart noted the budget will fail...
Regular MLAs call for action, look for inspiration in session re-start
February 5, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...supporting community.” Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek also took exception to being mentioned in the same breath as Trump when Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart asked about the Affirmative Action Policy being replaced by the new Indigenous Hiring Policy. “What about black, brown people, women? People with...
Listen: Will the GNWT’s new Indigenous Employment Policy work?
December 20, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...NWT government in April gets it wrong. In a letter this week, seven regular MLAs – Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Richard Edjericon, Robert Hawkins, Kieron Testart, Daniel McNeely, George Nerysoo and Sheryl Yakeleya – said the new policy was being introduced despite “unresolved concerns.” A committee of...
Now is not the time to replace N.W.T.’s affirmative action hiring policy, say some MLAs
December 20, 2024
CBC North - ...since that also still plays a role in hiring processes. Other MLAs have also spoken out against the new policy, including Robert Hawkins and Kieron Testart who have both posted public statements outlining their concerns. Both say it will make it harder for northerners to obtain government jobs, and at a...
GNWT to launch new hiring policy that focuses on Indigenous recruitment
December 18, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...will work specifically for Indigenous,” said Mackey. The new policy has been received negatively by some northerners, including Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins. “The Affirmative Action Policy may never have been perfect, but it has been an essential program for...