Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Health Human Resources Strategy action needed Ed. note: the Yukon Party released this statement last Thursday.
We’re ensuring the Yukon grid remains reliable Ed. note: John Streicker, the minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and the minister responsible for the Yukon Development and Energy Corporations, released this statement last Thursday.
Ensuring a community that welcomes everyone (Comment) Ed. note: Premier Ranj Pillai and Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee issued this statement Friday.

Where context matters in the Middle East war (Uffish Thoughts) It’s only been a week or two since the UN’s Secretary General, António Guterres, was vilified in certain quarters for daring to suggest that there might be some context for the way certain Palestinian factions feel about the nation of Israel.
The NDP has issues of character and judgment (Comment) It can’t be easy being a Yukon NDP MLA these days.

All say it, now: long live the COPs! The key debate on the last day of the COP28 climate summit was about whether the conference should endorse a resolution to “phase out” fossil fuels – or, in a less ambitious formulation, phase them “down” (but not out).

China: has the big moment just arrived? (Comment) For several years now, I have had a file on my computer named “China – Has the Moment Arrived?”

Hospital report shows the Liberals are out of touch Ed note: the Yukon NDP released this statement Wednesday.
Today, we speak their names in remembrance Ed. note: Jeanie McLean, the minister responsible for the Women and Gender Equity Directorate, and Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee released this statement Wednesday.
A lack of transparency, a rushed decision Ed. note: the Yukon Fish and Game Association released this statement Wednesday.
Funding hospitals should trump globe-trotting Ed. note: the Yukon Party released this statement Thursday.

Historic day marked at Intergovernmental Forum Ed. note: as reported in today’s local news section,
‘Just war’ and the Gaza Strip situation “If you (Americans) were OK with us killing 5,000 children, you are OK with killing 10,000 children,” said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli diplomat who helped negotiate the Oslo peace accords in the 1990s.
‘Crashing’ system yielded an empty news release (Comment) Ed. note: the Yukon Party released this statement Monday.

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