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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N.W.T. gov’t is failing students with cut to financial aid, MLA says
September 5, 2024
CBC North - N.W.T. MLA Kieron Testart says the territorial government's decision to end a student financial aid incentive is short-sighted and there are better ways to find budget savings. "The GNWT, quite frankly, has forgotten that it serves the people of the Northwest Territories," Testart said. "It has become a...
Minister says axing ‘fast-forward’ bonus may keep people in NWT
September 5, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...wrote on Wednesday evening. “Moves like this make it easier to invest in other programs that further support NWT residents.” Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart said he did not support removal of the northern bonus. “Budget 2023 added two assistant deputy minister positions. One of those is worth just...
N.W.T. gov’t cuts loan forgiveness incentive for returning students
September 4, 2024
CBC North - ...away," he said. "You certainly cannot get the sort of education I wanted by staying home." After the government announced the cut, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart said in a Facebook statement he does not support the decision. "The N.W.T. needs a strong workforce [and] we need to continue to support students...
After report on 2023 wildfires, calls for N.W.T. gov’t to invest more in firefighters
August 29, 2024
CBC North - ...recommendations during budget time next year. He said it's a necessary step to ensuring the report doesn't just sit on a shelf. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart says he still wants to see a public inquiry. (Julie Plourde/Radio-Canada) "We've seen this in the past … the GNWT will come forward and say 'I...
At a health town hall, patients see nuance even as they endure pain
August 23, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...this time is really valuable to me,” one woman said through tears. Residents at the town hall, organized by Yellowknife MLAs Robert Hawkins and Kieron Testart, broadly spoke to outline similar concerns and ask how coming to the town hall and talking would help the situation. There are committees to...
NWT restrictions on physicians leave patients ‘really vulnerable’
August 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...sees them as an enemy. “Their job becomes harder and harder because they’re not being listened to.” Advocacy and fear of ramifications MLAs Kieron Testart and Robert Hawkins are hosting a healthcare town hall from 6-8pm on Thursday at Yellowknife’s Baker Community Centre. The two MLAs have...
N.W.T. gov’t and union met to decide use of agency nurses, as health-care staff feel strain
August 21, 2024
CBC North - ..."The NTHSSA is continually working to recruit ... [permanent] staff who are or will be residents of the N.W.T." 'These people are not being heard' Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, says the health system is "very near a breaking point." He and Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, are organizing a...
Breaking down some of the big issues with NWT medical travel
July 8, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...this person needs to be here, and we’re advocating to the Medical Travel [Office]…. to get the exemption for you,’” said Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart. “And then the administration comes back and says, ‘No, we’re not going to do it.’” “As long as we have non-medical personnel being the...
Anti-Indigenous racism is ‘blatantly obvious’ in Health and Social Services, says Minister Lesa Semmler
June 26, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...to be heavily sought after by GNWT employees. Indigenous staff are exempt, as references to colonization, residential schools could be triggering. Kieron Testart is MLA for Yellowknife’s Range Lake riding. He was one of the last to ask questions in the hearing, and he inquired about enforcing the...
‘You send an Elder to the concrete jungle and expect them to survive’
June 26, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...burning Indigenous staff out, and protecting them from the very racism we are trying to eliminate for Indigenous patients.” Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart raised concern that short-term or temporary staff do not receive this training as part of their onboarding and may not receive it during brief...
NWT electronic medical records system reaches end of life
June 17, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...this September for the first phase of the work. The estimated cost to replace the system is $20 million to $30 million according to Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart. Testart is personally familiar with the system’s flaws. He’s been trying to figure out a lung infection and, at his most recent appointment,...
MLAs want GNWT to back temporary housing in Enterprise
June 16, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...assistance program. He said the NWT government had “exhausted all avenues” to financially support rebuilding their properties. Regular MLAs Kieron Testart, Jane Weyallon Armstrong and Danny McNeely spoke in favour of the temporary housing proposal. “Our home is our kingdom and to lose that, I’m...
NWT’s 20th Assembly passes its first budget
June 13, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...picture and the collaboration that we need to make our consensus government work in order to achieve our common priorities.” Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart said he believes the assembly “can do far better” than the budget and the process to produce it. He described the $13 million added to the...
Can the NWT police its way out of the drug crisis?
June 12, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...has detachments in 21 of the NWT’s 33 communities. An RCMP vehicle outside the detachment in Hay River. Sarah Pruys/Cabin Radio Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart said the budget’s policing proposals are “a worthwhile investment” and “something we can all get behind.” “What’s been increasingly...
MLAs call for assembly to close municipal funding gap
June 10, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...in favour. Cabinet members abstained from the vote, as they normally do in such circumstances, which drew groans from Hawkins and Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart. Motions from regular members are non-binding. The territorial government has 120 days to...