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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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...
Will the GNWT launch an independent wildfire inquiry?
January 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...doing. Even so, at least one minister has previously expressed skepticism that a government can have a role in scrutinizing itself. In October, Vince McKay was a candidate campaigning to be elected in the district of Hay River South. Sharing a Cabin Radio article about what happened when a wildfire hit...
Premier and Maca minister to visit Enterprise and KFN this month
January 18, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...RJ Simpson and communities minister Vince McKay will visit Enterprise and Kátł’odeeche First Nation, two communities devastated by wildfires, on January 26. A wildfire burned much of Enterprise in August. Earlier in the year, a fire burned multiple homes in KFN. Some residents who lost their...
What does Ottawa say it’s doing to help the NWT face disasters?
December 23, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...it will be covered. So if you were to cover it now … we would be able to cover those expenses.'” Sajjan said he sat down with new Maca minister Vince McKay this week to make sure he knew that. The territorial government said it wouldn’t be making McKay available for interview until he had been fully...
Positions Filled for NWT Executive Council
December 13, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ...NWT; Minister Responsible for the Status of Women Hon. Jay Macdonald – Minister of Environment and Climate Change - Advertisement - Hon. Vince McKay – Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs; Minister Responsible for the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission; Minister Responsible...
Portfolios announced for N.W.T.’s new cabinet ministers
December 12, 2023
CBC North - ...Macdonald is the minister for Environment and Climate Change; Lucy Kuptana will be responsible for Housing NWT, as well as the Status of Women; Vince McKay is the minister for Municipal and Community Affairs, and will be responsible for the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission as well as the...
RJ Simpson announces new cabinet’s portfolios
December 12, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...being the minister of executive and Indigenous affairs and government house leader. Caitlin Cleveland becomes the education and industry minister. Vince McKay assumes responsibility for municipal and community affairs. Caroline Wawzonek, the finance and industry minister under Cochrane, retains finance...
GNWT cabinet portfolios announced
December 12, 2023
NNSL Media - ...Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment. Thebacha MLA Jay MacDonald is now the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Hay River South MLA Vince McKay becomes Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Minister Responsible for the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission and Minister...
R.J. Simpson elected Premier of the Northwest Territories
December 8, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...From the North, Nunakput MLA Lucy Kuptana and Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler; From the South, Thebacha MLA Jay MacDonald and Hay River South MLA Vince McKay; And from Yellowknife, Kam Lake MLA Caitilin Cleveland and Yellowknife South MLA Caroline Wawzonek. Only Wawzonek has experience in cabinet. Seven...
‘He’s got a battle, but this group seems pretty good’
December 8, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...We have to work together,” he said. Simpson’s cabinet features Wawzonek, Lesa Semmler, Caitlin Cleveland, Lucy Kuptana, Jay Macdonald and Vince McKay. As premier, Simpson must now assign portfolios to each minister. The premier and cabinet will be formally sworn in on Friday morning. Aastha...
Legislative assembly elects six to cabinet
December 7, 2023
NNSL Media - ...been elected by secret ballot. Members of the legislative assembly elected six cabinet members shortly after 3 p.m. on Dec. 7: Caroline Wawzonek, Vince McKay, Lucy Kuptana, Lesa Semmler, Jay MacDonald and Caitlin Cleveland. Of those, only Wawzonek has previously sat in cabinet. Members were able to...
Live: RJ Simpson is new NWT premier, cabinet also chosen
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...majority among the 19 voting MLAs. Simpson will be joined in cabinet by Wawzonek, Lesa Semmler, Caitlin Cleveland, Lucy Kuptana, Jay Macdonald and Vince McKay. “We’re no longer in an era where the GNWT thinks it’s the boss and is doing everything,” Simpson said, briefly addressing reporters after...
Housing confusion leaves Enterprise family ‘nowhere to go’
November 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...and residents needing emergency housing should be “good until the end of January.” The Clearys reached out to newly elected Hay River South MLA Vince McKay and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. Natasha Cleary says both have agreed to discuss the family’s situation at the legislature once it reconvenes. (The...
What your new MLAs say they want for the Northwest Territories
November 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...security and the healthcare and the housing to residents that they need. We need to focus our efforts, get things done and not do things halfway. Vince McKay, Hay River South My community of Hay River and our neighbours are hurting. We are losing families to the south. They are moving because they...
In pictures: MLAs are sworn in on a new note of optimism
November 24, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...they’re the ones that voted them in.” Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse, right. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio Hay River MLAs RJ Simpson, left, and Vince McKay. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio Expectations are the next thing MLAs must jointly tackle. A priority-setting exercise that’s likely to last until...