2023 NWT Election
Vince Mckay
Candidate in the Hay River South Hay River race.
Vince can be reached at MckayforMLA@gmail.com, or by calling 780-231-3473.
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‘I’m alarmed’: N.W.T. MLAs question minister on emergency plan updates
April 24, 2024
CBC North - ...think any of us can or should pretend that somehow the city of Yellowknife as a local authority is going to manage that on its own," she said. Vince McKay, the minister of community and municipal affairs, said the emergency plan is meant to be a "territory-wide" plan" and doesn't go into specifics for...
These three people want to be the NWT’s Conservative candidate
April 24, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...from here has not yet been made public by the Conservatives. ‘We need stability’ Schumann, a former NWT industry minister who lost out to Vince McKay in the battle to become Hay River South MLA last fall, said the time was right to try federal politics. “There was always some talk about me...
Firefighter numbers returning to normal in Fort Resolution, N.W.T.
March 7, 2024
CBC North - ...the Feb. 8 session of the legislature that the community had no firefighters. Edjericon asked Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) Minister Vince McKay to work with the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation chief and council and Arthur Beck, president of the Fort Resolution Métis Government, to put a...
NWT’s new ministers face community leaders’ annual ‘bear pit’
March 6, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...of millions of dollars – between the territorial funding provided to communities and the funding those communities expect. Communities minister Vince McKay said closing the gap would “take a lot more than just our government.” “I have to work closely with the cabinet to try to get some more...
Does the NWT’s Lotteries Act need to change?
February 25, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...could transform the territory’s economy and saying it’s a “cornerstone of our northern culture.” Municipal and community affairs minister Vince McKay agreed the Lotteries Act needs a refresh and said he’s willing to take a look at it. However, McKay cautioned any changes to the act – a...
Live: MLAs pass motion calling for wildfire public inquiry
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...explaining how that aligns with the Simpson government’s stated intent to work more closely with Indigenous leaders. Even so, Jay Macdonald and Vince McKay – two cabinet members who were residents of Fort Smith and Hay River respectively, better known for their careers in municipal politics at the...
Live: MLAs debating wildfire inquiry ahead of vote
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...between an inquiry and a third-party independent review," he says. He thinks a review will draw "probably the same" conclusions as an inquiry. Vince McKay, the Hay River South MLA who had called for some sort of independent review before becoming a cabinet member, rises to speak. (He's now the Maca...
N.W.T. premier says public wildfire inquiry could cost millions and grind gov’t to a halt
February 14, 2024
CBC North - ...at is going to fulfil those goals. I do have to bring up that when you were campaigning for premier you were asked by the now MACA minister, Vince McKay, if you would support a public inquiry and you said yes, you said that you would. And you said you know it can't be a run-of-the-mill review, it...
NWT wildfires: who’s reviewing what, so far?
February 14, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...and Climate Change have each commissioned a type of review known as an after-action assessment from external companies. Communities minister Vince McKay said his department’s review will be the largest ever undertaken by the NWT government. “I want residents to know that this is a priority for...
Wildfire public inquiry choices aren’t black and white, says Morse
February 12, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...an “external review panel or commission body” could be other options instead of a formal public inquiry, while noting that communities minister Vince McKay had earlier said Maca’s after-action review would be “a transparent and open process” and the largest such review “ever undertaken by this...
Hay River’s Simara Wilson talks volunteerism, identity and pride
February 11, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...she accepted her award, tears filled her eyes as she addressed a crowd of nearly 200 residents including Premier RJ Simpson, communities minister Vince McKay, Mayor Kandis Jameson and her parents. “After receiving this award, you feel so uplifted and everything, and you feel so supported and it feels...
N.W.T. minister urges emergency preparedness ahead of 2024 ‘high-risk’ wildfire season
February 8, 2024
CBC North - ...in a review of its response to the 2023 wildfire season, along with the Department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC). MACA Minister Vince McKay said in the legislature Wednesday that his department is already implementing lessons from the summer's fire season. He said the people of the...
‘People needed this.’ Hay River celebrates residents at awards gala
February 6, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...former MLA for Hay River South. It included speeches from Premier RJ Simpson, who represents Hay River North, as well as community affairs minister Vince McKay, the current MLA for Hay River South. Wally Schumann hosts Hay River’s 2024 Community Spirit Awards gala. Photo: Marilyn Marshall In light of...
Premier, minister postpone visit to Enterprise and KFN
January 24, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...RJ Simpson, communities minister Vince McKay, and MLA Sheryl Yakeleya have postponed their visit to Enterprise and Kátł’odeeche First Nation, which was set to take place next week. The territorial politicians were scheduled to visit the communities, which were devastated by wildfires, on January...
Review of NWT’s 2021 flood season finds gaps in emergency response
January 24, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...evacuees. “The lessons learned through the process of an after-action review are more important than ever,” community affairs minister Vince McKay was quoted as saying in a news release. “It is a crucial step in keeping residents safe but also in helping residents prepare for potential...