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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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...
Regulate online gambling, NWT MLAs are told
December 18, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...for example, has restrictions in place for residents who wish to participate in online gaming. ‘Normalization’ concern Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart brought a representative of GeoComply to a meeting with communities minister Vince McKay in October. “Opening the market to legal online sports...
New GNWT employment policy prioritizes Indigenous hires
December 17, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...determine the qualifications actually required and identify equivalencies to address potential barriers. Testart criticizes policy Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart used social media to lambast the new policy on Tuesday. He was particularly critical of the territory’s decision to scrap the prioritization of...
NWT’s film rebate program budget doubling to $1M next year
November 8, 2024
Cabin Radio - ... The GNWT noted that budget increases had been “supported by MLAs” when they were finalized earlier this year. At the time, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart had said the existing rebate program was “scratching the surface of our potential.” “The multipliers within the film industry in the...
How should the NWT save money?
November 7, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...of evaluating programs and initiatives to determine if they still align with priorities or are achieving their respective mandates,” he wrote. Kieron Testart. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart said he believes it’s not a matter of the territory reducing spending but spending more...