2023 NWT Election
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Robert Hawkins
Candidate in the Yellowknife Centre Yellowknife race.
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MLA Hawkins Shares Disappointment with new Indigenous Employment Policy
December 20, 2024
My Yellow Knife Now - ...recruitment and career development to build more long-term careers within the GNWT, building a workforce that better reflects the population. Robert Hawkins, the MLA for Yellowknife Centre, is one of the several members of the government who have taken issue with the proposed Policy. Hawkins explained...
Listen: Will the GNWT’s new Indigenous Employment Policy work?
December 20, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...rolled out by the 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.” ...
Now is not the time to replace N.W.T.’s affirmative action hiring policy, say some MLAs
December 20, 2024
CBC North - ...to receive education, 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...
GNWT to launch new hiring policy that focuses on Indigenous recruitment
December 18, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...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 local northern Indigenous people and...
Regulate online gambling, NWT MLAs are told
December 18, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...are already licensed there could then work with geolocation providers to allow for access from within the Northwest Territories,” she explained. Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, asked about the downsides of regulating online gaming. Barber said the most common concerns come from people who are...
$375M agreement was a deal done differently
November 14, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...the Tu-Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA, said the bill placed the legislature “on the road to looking at a constitutional reform.” Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins said he and colleagues “did their heavy lifting and our due diligence.” “The assembly needs to be and wants to be partners with these folks...
In a rare case, an NWT private member’s bill makes change
November 6, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...unusual source: a bill from a regular MLA that became law. Last month, the Legislative Assembly passed a bill sponsored by Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins to amend the Student Financial Assistance Act. As a result, the NWT government announced on Monday it had increased the student loan limit from...
MLAs pass capital budget despite gripes
November 5, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...the need and a balanced fiscal position,” Sahtu MLA Danny McNeely said. The budget ultimately passed with 11 MLAs in favour and Testart, Nerysoo, Robert Hawkins, Julian Morse and Shauna Morgan voting against...
Union attacks GNWT over decision to close Fort Smith’s jail
November 1, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...reversed course and found the money to keep the jail open. Now, that temporary stay looks to be coming to an end – and Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins said this week he is concerned about what happens next. (Jay Macdonald, the Thebacha MLA who represents Fort Smith, is a member of cabinet – a...
N.W.T. assembly passes capital budget despite concerns over priorities
November 1, 2024
CBC North - ...cabinet voting in favour, along with MLAs Danny McNeely, Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Kate Reid and Denny Rodgers. Voting against the budget were MLAs Robert Hawkins, Shauna Morgan, Kieron Testart, Julian Morse and George Nerysoo. The finance minister responded to members asking for more for housing and...
A spooky serenade for Premier Simpson and cabinet, plus a few other scary stories
October 31, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...today, one MLA offered a song for Premier RJ Simpson and his cabinet, sung to the tune of the Addams Family theme song. Yellowknife Centre’s Robert Hawkins also addressed Speaker Shane Thompson “Mr. Spooker,” instead of the customary Mr. Speaker. “Mr. Spooker, recognizing it’s All Hallows Eve...
N.W.T. officials meet with Fort Smith jail staff before funding expires next year
October 30, 2024
CBC North - ...told CBC News at the time that notice would give workers time to plan while still earning a paycheck. In the legislature Tuesday, Yellowknife MLA Robert Hawkins asked for clarification on whether staff were given layoff notices. Hawkins said that's what he's been hearing from people in the region. Wawzonek...
Yellowknife MLAs release healthcare survey findings
October 25, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...public complaints about the healthcare system are not falling “on deaf ears,” despite the concerns of two Yellowknife MLAs. Kieron Testart and Robert Hawkins hosted a healthcare town hall in Yellowknife in August and created an online survey calling on residents to share their healthcare experiences. On...
NWT public servants’ morale ‘at rock bottom,’ says MLA and former union leader
October 24, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...Canyon Creek Road, there are now a total of 20.7 kilometres of the seasonal Mackenzie Valley Winter Road accessible year-around. Yellowknife Centre Robert Hawkins suggested Health Minister Lesa Semmler had been “quiet quitting,” as the health-care system has so many problem areas that never seem to be...
Campus of Care move created ‘lasting chaos, inefficiency and burnout,’ says MLA
October 22, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...have all the 24 hangers on the bridge re-cast. After some delays, they are in transit and expected to arrive next month. And Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins introduced a potentially disturbing mystery to the proceedings on Tuesday when he asked Social Services Minister Lesa Semmler about allegations made...