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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Testart, Hawkins launch bill to repeal NWT’s carbon tax
February 23, 2024
Cabin Radio - Kieron Testart and Robert Hawkins say they’re bringing forward a bill that would repeal the territory’s carbon tax and “shift the NWT over to the federal backstop.” The bill is a private member’s bill, meaning it is brought forward by one or more regular MLAs rather than cabinet, which is unusual...
N.W.T. MLAs vote for inquiry into 2023 wildfire response, but premier makes no promises
February 22, 2024
CBC North - ...hear from the public through that process, before deciding whether to proceed with a public inquiry. Inquiry needed to restore trust, says MLA Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, brought Thursday's motion forward along with Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. Testart was the first MLA to speak to the issue...
Live: MLAs pass motion calling for wildfire public inquiry
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...those will be sufficiently thorough and independent not to warrant what he believes could be a costly and unwieldy inquiry process. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, who are proposing a public inquiry under the Public Inquiries Act, say that’s the only way to achieve a fully...
Live: MLAs debating wildfire inquiry ahead of vote
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...those will be sufficiently thorough and independent not to warrant what he believes could be a costly and unwieldy inquiry process. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, who are proposing a public inquiry under the Public Inquiries Act, say that’s the only way to achieve a fully...
NWT to raise agency nursing issue ‘at the national level’
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...available, the government is advertising for temporary private workers to fly in and out at a hefty price to taxpayers,” said Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart. “These agency nurses are paid far more than local professionals, receiving higher wages as well as lucrative bonuses and per diems. They come...
Here’s how N.W.T. MLAs say they’ll vote on a public inquiry into last summer’s wildfire response
February 22, 2024
CBC North - ...Speaker Shane Thompson breaking the tie. Ahead of Thursday's debate, CBC News reached out to each MLA by email to ask how they planned to vote. Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, said he will vote in favour of the motion, and the amendments that are being brought forward to include participation from...
Vital Metals boss says taking China cash was a necessary step
February 20, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...maintain dominance over that market and, if things continue, we won’t have a Nechalacho mine in the Northwest Territories,” said Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart in the legislature this month, airing that fear. But new industry minister Caitlin Cleveland said “foreign investment is not all bad [and]...
What happens if MLAs vote for a public inquiry? Possibly not a lot.
February 19, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...about this motion may have drawn the conclusion that if the motion passes, then a public inquiry is a certainty. However, that isn’t true. Kieron Testart, the Range Lake MLA, is proposing the motion with the backing of Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. When the motion is brought up on Thursday, it’s...
What exactly does the Public Inquiries Act say?
February 15, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...It would require hundreds or thousands of people to testify,” he told the broadcaster. The MLAs proposing a public inquiry under the act, Kieron Testart and Sheryl Yakeleya, say a full inquiry will “bring accountability” to the territory rather than relying solely on reviews commissioned by GNWT...
N.W.T. premier says public wildfire inquiry could cost millions and grind gov’t to a halt
February 14, 2024
CBC North - ...and Great Slave MLA Kate Reid. All other MLAs voted against it. The 9-9 tie was broken by Speaker Shane Thompson voting to postpone. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, who are the MLAs behind the motion for a public inquiry, spoke with Hilary Bird, host of CBC's the Trailbreaker,...
NWT wildfires: who’s reviewing what, so far?
February 14, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...and address concerns such as how vulnerable people and front-line organizations were supported during evacuations. Two MLAs, Range Lake’s Kieron Testart and Dehcho’s Sheryl Yakeleya, have led calls for a public inquiry with a panel of two people appointed by cabinet and two by regular MLAs. While...
Wildfire public inquiry choices aren’t black and white, says Morse
February 12, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...who can explain to constituents that the options on the table are not simply yes, hold a public inquiry, or no, don’t bother. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya have proposed using the Public Inquiries Act to set up an independent inquiry led by a four-person panel. Morse...
N.W.T. MLAs postpone vote on public inquiry into wildfires
February 9, 2024
CBC North - ...MLAs voted Friday to postpone a motion into a public inquiry on the territory's wildfire response. Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, and Sheryl Yakeleya, MLA for Dehcho, gave notice of the motion for the public inquiry on Tuesday. A news release issued that day said the motion was scheduled to be...
MLAs’ debate on wildfire inquiry is postponed at premier’s request
February 9, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...debate among territorial politicians about whether to launch an independent inquiry into last year’s wildfires has been postponed. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya had advanced a motion seeking the creation of a four-person panel to scrutinize the GNWT’s handling of the NWT’s...
N.W.T. minister urges emergency preparedness ahead of 2024 ‘high-risk’ wildfire season
February 8, 2024
CBC North - ...March. He said the report with its findings would be released in the spring. Public inquiry still necessary, MLA says In the legislature Tuesday, Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, gave notice that he and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya will be calling for a public inquiry into the wildfire crisis. The public...