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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Language commissioner wants review of N.W.T. legislation, says her role is restrictive
April 10, 2024
CBC North - ...events" and noted there were no official language complaints to the office last year. Questions arose from the report from Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins, who is part of the standing committee, including, what exactly does the language commissioner office do? The official languages map of the N.W.T....
MLAs wonder who’ll benefit if NWT makes carbon tax changes
April 9, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...every MLA in the room shared the same understanding of what the tax already does and what Testart’s proposal would do. Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins, in effect a co-sponsor of the draft legislation and a member of Monday’s committee, spoon-fed Testart questions designed to spell out very...
NWT carbon tax public meeting planned as rates go up
March 30, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...repeal the territory’s current version of the carbon tax if it passes. The bill, proposed earlier this year by regular MLAs Kieron Testart and Robert Hawkins, would not get rid of the carbon tax but would place many elements back into federal control, rather than maintain the current NWT-administered...
Assembly update for February 29
March 1, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...during the last Oral Questions session for a while were: Land leases (Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart), diabetes rates and treatments (YK Centre MLA Robert Hawkins); the Slave Geological Province development (YK North MLA Shauna Morgan); and crime on the streets of Yellowknife and funding for the Spruce Bough...
NWT’s MLAs pass Israel-Hamas ceasefire motion
February 29, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...but the simple act of speaking up when there’s so much pressure to be silent can be a profound act.” Word changes Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins introduced changes to the motion before it was passed. Those amendments included wording designed to stress that Canadian aid should go directly to...
Bill to repeal NWT’s carbon tax clears second reading
February 28, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...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 territory to the federal backstop. Bills...
Two MLAs Introducing Bill to Repeal Carbon Tax in NWT
February 26, 2024
My Yellow Knife Now - ...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 Products and Carbon Tax Act,”...
Testart, Hawkins launch bill to repeal NWT’s carbon tax
February 23, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...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...
NWT to raise agency nursing issue ‘at the national level’
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...people are paying for them to fly around the country,” she said. “They’re seeing the world, they’re taking off time when they need to.” Robert Hawkins, the Yellowknife Centre MLA, didn’t buy that argument. “You’re paying the agencies too much. It’s that simple,” he said. “The reality...
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 - ...she said. Asked how she ultimately plans to vote, Morgan did not respond. Morgan has previously said she would be in favour of a public inquiry. Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, said he will vote in favour of the motion and said it's important to help restore public trust. Premier R.J. Simpson,...
GNWT will meet with City of Yellowknife to discuss street outreach
February 13, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...the street outreach program is funded. Semmler made the remarks in the legislature last week in response to questions from Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins. Street outreach provides vulnerable people safe rides in the city, as well as water and snacks. The women’s society has recently struggled to...
N.W.T.’s carbon tax exemption on heating fuel good, but not enough, says former MLA
February 8, 2024
CBC North - ...finance department announced it in a news release at 6 p.m. Tuesday, on the first day of the Legislative Assembly's sitting. Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins told CBC News in an email that he's pleased that the government has acted on the exemption, after pressure from MLAs. "However I think it is fair...
‘Numerous’ NWT residents still waiting for evacuation funding
February 8, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...He also questions what will happen in future evacuations, given the challenges he has faced trying to access financial support. He’s not alone. Robert Hawkins, the MLA for Yellowknife Centre, told the legislature on Tuesday that multiple NWT residents have faced issues receiving evacuation-related funding....
R.J. Simpson elected Premier of the Northwest Territories
December 8, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...in cabinet. Seven others also put their names forward: Denny Rogers, Daniel McNeely, Jane Weyallon-Armstrong, Richard Edjericon, Kieron Testart, Robert Hawkins, and Shauna Morgan. This means just four MLAs did not put their names forward for either speaker, premier, or cabinet. The new cabinet ministers...
Live: RJ Simpson is new NWT premier, cabinet also chosen
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...to sit there listening to a dozen people's 10-minute autobiographies while quietly stewing. I'm sure they're shaking it off better than I might. Robert Hawkins, entering his fourth term in office (but his first after eight years away), says he dreaded, as a regular MLA, the "minister of no." He pledges to...