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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‘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...
NWT ‘definitely committed’ as Aurora College transformation delayed
May 28, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...into a university was set to be complete by May 2025. Its president and board said this month that will not happen on time. This week, MLAs Robert Hawkins and Kieron Testart suggested a disconnect between the department and college officials, who said the transformation was never properly funded during...
‘No need to overcomplicate’ NWT nursing licences
May 13, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...candidate’s competency. With CANNN declining to publicly discuss the situation, Sarah and her partner say they approached Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins, asking him to initiate a four-way meeting with CANNN executive director Denise Bowen. Sarah says Bowen had described the problem as a government...
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...