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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NWT’s MLAs pass Israel-Hamas ceasefire motion
February 29, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...neither abstain nor vote against a “motion of peace.” Reid, Morgan, Hawkins and Rodgers were joined by fellow regular MLAs George Nerysoo, Kieron Testart, Julian Morse and Danny McNeely in supporting the motion as amended. Earlier, when first asked to write to the federal government regarding the...
Bill that would switch N.W.T. to federal carbon tax program moving forward
February 28, 2024
CBC North - ...the Legislative Assembly — meaning it'll now be reviewed at the committee level. Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan voted against Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart's Carbon Tax Repeal Act. One of the issues she raised about the bill in the House on Wednesday evening was its name. "I fear that by sending it to...
Bill to repeal NWT’s carbon tax clears second reading
February 28, 2024
Cabin Radio - ... The NWT government opted to design and implement its own tax and rebate system, following rules set by the federal government. Now, Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins have introduced a private member’s bill that would scrap the NWT’s carbon tax system, reverting the...
NWT Assembly thinks pink against bullies today: Your Daily Update
February 28, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...Pink Shirt Day. It was not too surprising that many of the statements and questions were directly and indirectly on the topic of bullying. MLA Kieron Testart called proposed Alberta legislation that will change health-care options for youth “transphobic and atrocious” to the 2SLGBTQI+ community. ...
Legislative Assembly Debating Housing as a Human Right
February 28, 2024
My Yellow Knife Now - ...major bill is coming to the tables of the 20th Legislative Assembly this week. Two MLAs, Sheryl Yakeleya and Kieron Testart, will be presenting two motions to the Assembly to try and establish housing as a human right in the NWT. These motions are aiming to help the NWT’s housing standards become...
MLA introduces bill to repeal N.W.T. carbon tax
February 28, 2024
CBC North - ...discussed in the N.W.T. legislature as some MLAs seek to repeal the territory's "made in the North" legislation in favour of the federal backstop. Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the territory's Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act. "My bill will put the...
Two MLAs Introducing Bill to Repeal Carbon Tax in NWT
February 26, 2024
My Yellow Knife Now - ...MLAs will be bringing a bill to the Legislative Assembly that aims to repeal the carbon tax in the Northwest Territories. The two Members are Kieron Testart from Range Lake, and Robert Hawkins from Yellowknfe Centre. Their bill, called the “Carbon Tax Repeal Act,” would amend the current “Petroleum...
Does the NWT’s Lotteries Act need to change?
February 25, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...Speaker, if there’s one thing northerners love, it’s a good bingo.” So began Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart’s statement to the Legislative Assembly on Friday morning. Testart wants changes to the NWT’s Lotteries Act that would allow new opportunities such as land-based casinos, arguing more...
N.W.T. MLAs disappointed by cabinet’s vote against wildfire inquiry
February 24, 2024
CBC North - ...has said that a public inquiry would be costly and cumbersome, and that the reviews being done for MACA and ECC would yield a similar outcome. But Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, said he doesn't see how that could be possible. "If what we're proposing on this side of the House is going to be too...
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...