The Yukon Party platform isn't meant to be compared to the promises that launched it into majority government in 2002, says Yukon Party Leader Dennis Fentie.

'It's the things that we've added that are important,' he says.

An expanded take on child care, a climate change research centre, an increased ability to protect Yukon wild life, an improved education and training system and projections of balanced budgets in the territory's future top the list of the incumbent government's platform.

The Yukon Party became the last party to release its 28-page platform document, posting it to its website Tuesday night. It is scheduled to release it to the public at a press conference this afternoon.

'We have to recognize that all through this campaign the Yukon Party has been announcing elements of our platform,' Fentie told the Star in an interview this morning.

Major initiatives the party choose to announce while on the campaign trail included skills and trade training, health care initiatives, child care, addressing the environment and the establishment of substance abuse treatment centres.

Entitled 'Building Yukon's Future Together - A Clear Vision for A Bright Future' the party's platform is built around the themes of a better quality of life, the environment, the economy and practicing good government.

'A better quality of life is certainly very important to Yukoners and certainly what we've been working on in our last mandate,' said Fentie.

Many of the items in the platform address projects, funding, reviews and action plans initiated during the Yukon Party's almost four years in office.

The platform repeatedly commits to continuing all its past initiatives and in some cases build on them.

The party is running on its record, however. Highlights of the Yukon Party document include:

• constructing a new school in the Copper Ridge area;

• implementing a comprehensive skills and trades training strategy;

• working with the Yukon Housing Corporation to implement a priority housing policy for individuals leaving abusive relationships;

• working with the Anti-Poverty Coalition to investigate the feasibility of creating a permanent food bank;

• completing the construction of multi-level health care facilities in Watson Lake and Dawson City

• building a seniors' facility in Haines Junctions

• creating more spaces in day care and reducing the rates parents pay

• no tax increases for businesses

• creating new incentives for entry-level jobs in the service and retail industries to increase the labour pool;

• planning for the construction of a bridge at Dawson City;

• building a Yukon-relevant framework to guide the government's assessment of when and how to use public-private partnerships (P3s);

• completing the construction of the Hamilton Boulevard extension; and,

• developing a new Yukon Forest Stewardship Act.

There are no timelines or financial numbers connected to the Yukon Party's platform.

The NDP also did not attach monetary figures to its platform, though, several commitments had timeframes.

The Liberals made $67.1 million in commitments in its election platform.

Not attaching the figures in an election is part of good fiscal planning, Fentie has maintained.

'If you want to be a fiscal manager in any government, you have to do the work to determine what is required,' he said. That can't be determined during an election.

As for criticisms the other parties may present regarding the Yukon Party re-announcing commitments it was unable to achieve in its first mandate, Fentie stated, 'Meeting the objective is not a race.'

Fentie said the failures of past governments have been an inability to get the job done right.

'We're going to focus on the hard work,' he said,' and make sure we utilize the time to the best advantage.'

The Yukon Party was elected to demonstrate economic leadership in 2002, added the incumbent premier, and that's what it has done; taking the territory in a different and more positive direction.

'We're prepared to build on what we've accomplished,' said Fentie. 'We've demonstrated and practiced good governance and Yukoners must deliberate on who can best lead this territory into the future.'