2023 NWT Election
Awaiting Questionnaire Response
Robert Hawkins
Candidate in the Yellowknife Centre Yellowknife race.
Robert can be reached at YKcentre@gmail.com, or by calling 867-444-0818.
News that mentions this candidate is listed at the bottom of the page.
Our questionnaire and candidate data retrieval processes are available in our FAQ.
News that mentions Robert Hawkins
Northerners remember Tony Whitford
September 16, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...contributions to our community and territory, and will be dearly missed. Condolences to his family and all who are mourning his loss.” Robert Hawkins, the MLA for Yellowknife Centre, described Whitford as “a kind gentleman and a very good friend to all.” “We are all truly better for having...
At a health town hall, patients see nuance even as they endure pain
August 23, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...an answer, because this time is really valuable to me,” one woman said through tears. Residents at the town hall, organized by Yellowknife MLAs Robert Hawkins and Kieron Testart, broadly spoke to outline similar concerns and ask how coming to the town hall and talking would help the situation. There are...
NWT restrictions on physicians leave patients ‘really vulnerable’
August 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ... “Their job becomes harder and harder because they’re not being listened to.” Advocacy and fear of ramifications MLAs Kieron Testart and Robert Hawkins are hosting a healthcare town hall from 6-8pm on Thursday at Yellowknife’s Baker Community Centre. The two MLAs have encouraged front-line...
N.W.T. gov’t and union met to decide use of agency nurses, as health-care staff feel strain
August 21, 2024
CBC North - ...the N.W.T." 'These people are not being heard' Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, says the health system is "very near a breaking point." He and Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, are organizing a "town hall style constituency meeting" on Thursday evening on the state of health care. He said its...
NWT politicians call for mental health crisis intervention team
June 14, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...for crisis intervention workers to help respond to mental health emergencies, a role that currently often falls to RCMP. Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins introduced a motion in the legislature on Wednesday asking for a crisis intervention team to reduce police contact in mental health-related...
Fort Good Hope Construction Centre wins ‘millions of dollars’ from Canada Mortgage and Housing
June 12, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...Premier RJ Simpson replied that he’s waiting for more test results to come back, but that residents needn’t make any changes to water usage. Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, asked if there could be better training for shelter workers to help de-escalate violence “long before it gets out of...
NTPC forecast looks bleak with low water levels and skyrocketing diesel
June 11, 2024
CBC North - ...two requests the NTPC has submitted since February to increase rates, attributed to the high cost of diesel. 'I feel like we're facing a crisis' Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, raised the alarm on the situation facing the NTPC and the territory. "We can't throw another $15 to $30 million into...
The extraordinary scale of the NWT’s shift from hydro to diesel
June 11, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...want to call it a crisis, use that urgency and use that sense of drive to do something that is going to be big,” she told Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins, who had himself called it a crisis moments earlier, as she called for the territory’s politicians to collectively back some form of major shift...
MLAs call for assembly to close municipal funding gap
June 10, 2024
Cabin Radio - ... Hay River, for example, has said its 10-year capital plan is underfunded by approximately $9 million a year. Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins said the current funding gap across communities extends to $52 million. He told the legislature on Monday that while the Department of Municipal and...
Sahtu economy ‘faces collapse’ without barge re-supply, says MLA Daniel McNeely
June 7, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...on this, and that we are working on an all-of-government approach to responding to this situation.” Some other topics of note today include: Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, wanted more information on the scope of the new downtown wellness and recovery centre in Downtown Yellowknife. While...
Welfare work requirements are retired by GNWT
June 4, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...We need to look at different ways of delivering income assistance, so we can truly support people to go back to get back to work.” Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, called Income Assistance the “back-dooring of a very, very basic income.” And Kate Reid, MLA for Great Slave, said...
NWT residents protest against planned midwifery budget cuts
May 31, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...family and those people in those communities. That is where we want to make sure these programs are successful.” Asked by Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins if investment in the territorial capital could support people in smaller communities, Semmler said: “The more support I put in Yellowknife, the...
No free ticket home for residents injured while outside NWT, says minister
May 30, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...sent out by medical travel, then you should look at what kind of protections you have when you’re leaving.” Also in the NWT Assembly today: Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, questioned the process itself of asking questions during the Oral Question session. He bristled at what he considered...
‘Look outside the box.’ MLA calls for changes to barging service
May 29, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...has been owned and operated by the NWT government since 2017, to be privatized. That lead to goading calls of “sell it” from Yellowknife MLAs Robert Hawkins and Kieron Testart. “As a government we are good at government. That doesn’t necessarily mean we’re good at managing businesses,” Rodgers...
‘Who runs this territory? The drug trade is winning,’ says Monfwi MLA
May 28, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...Act. That allows authorities to seize property and cash if it’s believed to be proceeds of crime without a trial. Also in the Assembly today: Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre and Great Slave MLA Kate Reid pressed Health Minister Lesa Semmler to the point of exasperation about the lack of...