2023 NWT Election
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Robert Hawkins
Candidate in the Yellowknife Centre Yellowknife race.
Robert can be reached at YKcentre@gmail.com, or by calling 867-444-0818.
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MLA drafts bill that would allow nurses to bargain separately
March 15, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...already being spent. Just two of roughly 95 bills that became law in the 19th Assembly were private member’s bills. In the 20th Assembly, Robert Hawkins, successfully used a private member’s bill last year to convince cabinet to increase student loan limits. ‘The provinces are catching up’ ...
Carney scraps parts of Canada’s carbon tax, GNWT sets out response
March 14, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...the tax to zero. Increasing rebates to 100 percent would have a near-identical effect. In February, Wawzonek – asked by Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins about the prospect of the tax being altered or lifted – said staff were monitoring developments. “We have the option to zero out our values if...
Carney scraps parts of Canada’s carbon tax, NWT response not clear
March 14, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...legislative approval or the recalling of MLAs, who broke for two months on Thursday. In February, Wawzonek – asked by Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins about the prospect of the tax being altered or lifted – said staff were monitoring developments. “We have the option to zero out our values if...
N.W.T. budget passes with $41.6M addition to housing
March 14, 2025
CBC North - ...that each region would see the benefits of that investment, but couldn't yet say specifically what each community would receive. Richard Edjericon, Robert Hawkins and Kieron Testart opposed the budget, saying it doesn't go far enough to support northerners. (Travis Burke/CBC) Three members opposed the budget:...
Private smoking in public housing to be butted out across the NWT
March 14, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...and together weigh our options for the best path forward,” she stated in a late Thursday night release. Regular MLAs Richard Edjericon, Robert Hawkins and Kieron Testart — the newly formed Independent Members Caucus — believe the 20th Assembly is not moving fast enough to meet the moment and...
With added housing cash, NWT’s 2025-26 budget comfortably passes
March 13, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...called for changes to funding for public safety, childcare and healthcare, among others. Income assistance to be revisited Yellowknife Centre’s Robert Hawkins and Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh’s Richard Edjericon, who have together tried to launch an independent members’ caucus with Testart, joined him in...
Motion to halt Indigenous Employment Policy is defeated
March 13, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...(behind Indigenous northerners) for territorial government jobs. On Thursday, one MLA who doesn’t back the new policy – Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins – brought forward a motion calling for an “immediate halt” to its rollout. Even if the motion had passed, the legislature does not give...
Some MLAs still critical of Indigenous Employment Policy
March 11, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...or proactively disclose but where accommodations can be available proactively by the department and by hiring,” she said. Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins added the new employment policy also drops women as a priority hiring group. Tisha Heron, manager of diversity and inclusion, said the government...
Hawkins ordered to withdraw remarks aimed at Morgan
March 11, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Speaker of the House began Tuesday’s NWT legislature session by ordering Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins to withdraw remarks about Yellowknife North’s Shauna Morgan. On February 28, Thompson inadvertently mixed up regular MLA Morgan’s Yellowknife North district with Yellowknife South, the...
NWT’s chief electoral officer to be reappointed
March 5, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...up to the next territorial election in 2027. The legislature’s five-person board of management – MLAs Caitlin Cleveland, Caroline Wawzonek, Robert Hawkins, Shane Thompson and Richard Edjericon – said it had determined Dunbar’s “leadership and contributions warranted his reappointment.” A...
Speaker to MLAs: ‘We were not elected to quarrel and bicker’
March 3, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...perceived slight from one of their peers. Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan was irked by something said off-microphone by Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins. Speaker Thompson said his ruling on that will be soon. Thompson told the Assembly the electorate expects the politicians to behave in a way...
Cell service dead zones, cash for communities and another upset MLA round out the week
February 28, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...Lake MLA Kieron Testart, on Friday morning, Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan was irked by something said off-microphone by Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins. “A few minutes ago in the House, when you mixed up the member for Yellowknife South (Wawzonek) with the member from Yellowknife North, myself,...
Nominee program reopens in NWT after six-month pause
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...are concerned, her department is “at the mercy of the decisions of the federal government.” ‘Lottery’ questioned Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins inquired about efforts the GNWT had taken to generate action from the federal government. Cleveland said correspondence Ottawa occurred through...
Testart defends ‘rhetorical flourishes’ after minister’s complaint
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...false information and a campaign of intimidation that I’ve witnessed here in this House and in this building.” Testart, Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins and Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon have recently tried to launch an “independent members’ caucus” that some of their colleagues have...
How NWT MLAs have voted in the 20th Assembly so far
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...of a potential voting bloc circulating in the NWT, how could that change the way MLAs vote in the Legislative Assembly? MLAs Kieron Testart, Robert Hawkins and Richard Edjericon announced their proposal for an independent members’ caucus earlier this month. Testart said he believed if a group of...