YUKON PARTY GOVERNMENT UNDER CURRIE DIXON ARE NOT RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT LIKE A CONSERVATIVE BUT MORE LIKE A LIBERAL WHEN MAKING DECISIONS
IS THE YUKON PARTY CONSERVATIVE OR ARE THEY REALY LIBERALS IN DISGUISES
The newly elected Yukon government campaigned on listening to residents, fiscal responsibility, and protecting our land. Instead, what we’re seeing so far feels like the opposite: decisions made loudly from the top while taxpayers, community leaders and even some Yukon Party members are shut out of meaningful consultation. The Premier and his ministers are running Yukon like Premier Doug Ford in Ontario, while promoting their conservatives but in reality acting like a liberal trying to capitalize on personal gain.
Premier Currie Dixon and his ministers repeatedly tell us “we’re broke”, yet money is still being shuffled into short-term fixes and high‑visibility projects that look aimed more at securing federal dollars than solving root problems. That kind of governing-by-soundbite leaves communities without durable solutions and erodes trust in public institutions.
Even more troubling are the rumblings about expanding logging access and prioritizing resource development without transparent, evidence-based consultation. Sounds like a foot in the door and using Motion No.56 to set sites on clear cutting for a seat at the table on the soft wood lumber dispute. Yukon’s ecosystems and Indigenous rights deserve better than hasty moves that risk clear‑cutting and permanent damage in pursuit of a political seat at a trade table. Economic development must never come at the cost of our landscapes, livelihoods and long-term resilience.
Democracy requires responsiveness. Yukoners need a government that listens to constituents, explains its choices honestly, and balances economic opportunity with environmental stewardship and Indigenous partnership. If this administration truly believes in fiscal prudence and community-first governance, now is the time to show it, not to double down on top-down decisions that fuel fear and division.
Motion No. 56 to urge Ottawa to increase resources for federal regulatory bodies to approve access to logs used for fuelwood and log home construction was introduced by Watson Lake-Ross River-Faro MLA Patti McLeod.
THAT this House urges the Government of Canada to urgently increase resources for the Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board to address the current backlog of projects, including timber harvesting plans for providing access to firewood and for log home construction before the summer season.
The first motion (No. 54) passed unanimously with support from all Yukon Party MLAs and the MLA from Vuntut Gwitchin; all NDP MLAs abstained from voting on Motion No. 54. The second motion (No. 56) also passed unanimously.
IS THIS THE LOOK WE ARE EXPECTING FOR THE FUTURE OF YUKON IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY?
