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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MLAs Kieron Testart, Sharyl Yakeleya call for Inquiry into GNWT Wildfire response
February 7, 2024
My Yellow Knife Now - ...MLAs are pushing the GNWT to launch an inquiry into last summer’s wildfire crisis. Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, and Sheryl Yakeleya, MLA for Deh Cho, have introduced a motion to the 20th Legislative Assembly for the creation of a public inquiry into the fires that forced much of the NWT to evacuate...
N.W.T. MLA says review into wildfire response should consider territory’s most vulnerable
February 7, 2024
CBC North - ...2023 wildfire response needs to address how the territory's most vulnerable were left in the lurch. Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya and Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart gave notice in the legislature Tuesday that they will be calling for a public inquiry into the wildfire crisis. Shauna Morgan, MLA for Yellowknife...
MLAs and premier hint at priorities during initial sitting
February 7, 2024
Cabin Radio - ... Tuesday therefore marked the first time regular MLAs could ask new ministers questions in public about issues affecting their constituents. Kieron Testart, the MLA for Yellowknife’s Range Lake, pressed finance minister Caroline Wawzonek on the territory’s plans to exempt heating fuel from carbon...
‘Sorely missed.’ MLAs share tributes following Fort Smith plane crash
February 7, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...serious injuries. Premier RJ Simpson, Speaker Shane Thompson, environment minister Jay Macdonald – who represents Fort Smith – and regular MLAs Kieron Testart, Richard Edjericon and Kate Reid all rose to offer tributes, thanking first responders and highlighting the outpouring of support for Fort Smith and...
MLAs seek formal vote on NWT wildfire public inquiry
February 6, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...legislature reconvened for its first sitting of the year, some regular MLAs publicly pushed for an independent inquiry to happen. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart gave notice that he’ll introduce a motion on Thursday, seconded by Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, seeking the establishment of a four-person panel to...
Carbon tax, wildfire response among issues N.W.T. MLAs want to address in 1st session
February 6, 2024
CBC North - ...for priority-setting during the week of Feb. 12. "First and foremost for me is addressing the carbon tax, and addressing the 2023 wildfires," said Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake. Testart said he'd like to see an independent inquiry into last summer's wildfire response to inform the government on how to...
GNWT takes no position on China mine deal that some call a betrayal
December 19, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...test of Premier RJ Simpson’s government, and MLAs on Monday called for action. “We can’t rely on Ottawa to make this decision,” said Kieron Testart, the MLA for Range Lake. “It’s not just a GNWT problem, it’s a sovereign Indigenous nation problem, and these decisions are being made...
Premier plans ‘immediate attention’ for people thinking of leaving
December 11, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...make sure that we have a legal regime in the territory that is workable for all residents, including the majority of residents who are Indigenous. Kieron Testart proposed a slew of structural changes in his bid to be the premier: associate ministers, new portfolios, a new department, ending Maca. Are you...
R.J. Simpson elected Premier of the Northwest Territories
December 8, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...was elected to the top office by colleagues on Thursday. At the start of the day, there were four nominees for Premier: Simpson, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart, Yellowknife South MLA Caroline Wawzonek, and Nahendeh MLA Shane Thompson. But, in an emotional speech Thursday morning, Thompson dropped out of the...
‘He’s got a battle, but this group seems pretty good’
December 8, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...in all three ministers and I think any of the three would have been great as premier,” Cochrane said. (She added she could not comment on Kieron Testart, who lost to Simpson in the final run-off, as she had not worked with him in cabinet.) “I’m excited to see what comes out of the next...
Live: RJ Simpson is new NWT premier, cabinet also chosen
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...River’s RJ Simpson will be the new Northwest Territories premier after he defeated Kieron Testart in a run-off ballot. Caroline Wawzonek was eliminated from the race in the first of two rounds of voting. The secret ballot’s final tallies were not given but the winner needed a majority among the 19...
Live: RJ Simpson is the new NWT premier
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...River’s RJ Simpson will be the new Northwest Territories premier after he defeated Kieron Testart in a run-off ballot. Caroline Wawzonek was eliminated from the race in the first of two rounds of voting. The secret ballot’s final tallies were not given but the winner needed a majority among the 19...
Live: Shane Thompson becomes speaker, is out of premier race
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...and help the new government set a more respectful tone among its 19 MLAs. His withdrawal from the race to lead the territory leaves RJ Simpson, Kieron Testart and Caroline Wawzonek in a three-way contest. In a day as politically meaningful – if not more so – than election day, the NWT’s newly chosen...
NWT MLAs are choosing a new premier and cabinet
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...people who served as cabinet members for the past four years – RJ Simpson, Shane Thompson and Caroline Wawzonek – and one former regular MLA, Kieron Testart. Wawzonek and Testart are from Yellowknife, while Simpson represents the Hay River North district and Thompson represents Nahendeh. NWT premiers...
MLA candidates for premier on why their colleagues should pick them for the job
December 6, 2023
CBC North - ...will be the territory's next premier, CBC Trailbreaker host Hilary Bird sat down with each candidate who has put their name forward. R.J. Simpson, Kieron Testart, Shane Thompson and Caroline Wawzonek are all making a play for the premiership. Find the audio here of what they told CBC News this week. All...