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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Trudeau tells Trump tariffs are ‘very dumb thing to do’
March 4, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...message of using the North and mining to unlock significant new sources of Canadian revenue. In the NWT legislature on Monday, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart said the territory needed to pivot “towards a new economic strategy” as tariffs come into effect. “While northerners have felt left out of...
MLA’s social media post doesn’t affect finance minister’s work, N.W.T. Speaker rules
March 4, 2025
CBC North - ...made the ruling Monday on a point of privilege raised by Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek, who argued that comments made on social media by MLA Kieron Testart impede Wawzonek's ability to engage freely with MLAs. A point of privilege is a tool for members to address something impeding their ability to do...
Speaker to MLAs: ‘We were not elected to quarrel and bicker’
March 3, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...decision-making, accommodation, respect and trust so necessary in Consensus Government. In ruling that a Facebook post last week by Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart did not undermine Finance and Infrastructure Minister Caroline Wawzonek’s ability to do here job, Speaker Shane Thompson tried to put a lid on the...
‘I expect more of you,’ speaker says of NWT MLAs
March 3, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...complaint from one MLA about another. Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek told the speaker last week that she felt a Facebook post by Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart had put “a chill on all relationships as elected officials and on our ability to communicate one-on-one.” After losing a vote when two regular...
Cell service dead zones, cash for communities and another upset MLA round out the week
February 28, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...Speaker Shane Thompson for a perceived slight from one of their peers. Following concerns raised Thursday by Minister Wawzonek about Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart, on Friday morning, Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan was irked by something said off-microphone by Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins. “A...
Norman Wells is ‘a community living in fear,’ says Sahtu MLA
February 28, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...start of proceedings on Thursday, Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek raised a point of privilege, asserting that a Facebook post by Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart implied that the ongoing budget process involves backroom deals and is mere “accountability theatre.” She argued that this undermines her...
Nominee program reopens in NWT after six-month pause
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...is certainly paramount in this conversation – along with ensuring that we are serving all northerners that live here.” Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart questioned the department’s decision to carry over 60 applications from 2024 into 2025 instead of basing intake on “fairness and equity” for...
Testart defends ‘rhetorical flourishes’ after minister’s complaint
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...NWT’s finance minister has asked the speaker to intervene over a Kieron Testart Facebook post that the premier said was part of a “campaign of intimidation.” After Testart and seven other MLAs were voted down in an attempt to cut funding for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment on...
Bullying on rise beyond our borders thanks to ‘odious’ American president, says MLA
February 27, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...environment is the foundation of inclusive schooling, an essential part of our education system for decades.” In the Assembly, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart went a bit further in his comments, pointing out that bullying, on a much grander scale, is on the rise. “What we are seeing played out through...
How NWT MLAs have voted in the 20th Assembly so far
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...discussion of a potential voting bloc circulating in the NWT, how could that change the way MLAs vote in the Legislative Assembly? MLAs Kieron Testart, Robert Hawkins and Richard Edjericon announced their proposal for an independent members’ caucus earlier this month. Testart said he believed if a group...
MLAs narrowly defeat bid to remove $5.25M from ECE’s budget
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...since 2023 precisely to allow the college to operate at arm’s length from government and make its own decisions. On Wednesday, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart – supporting Hawkins’ motion – said he questions “whether or not we are going to be in a position to actually be arm’s length with this...
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...