Whitehorse Daily Star

October 2, 2015

• Despite some disrespect, it was the best debate ( Comment ) By now, we should all be sick and tired of the ridiculous 70-some days of political election fever.
• Ministers’ visits show we care I was honoured to have Candice Bergen, the minister for Social Development, visit Whitehorse on Wednesday.
• We are ready to represent Yukoners in the legislature ( Comment ) As the clock counts down to one of the last pre-election sittings of the Yukon legislature (Star, Oct. 1), the Yukon NDP caucus is outlining the top priorities it has heard from Yukoners over the summer.
• Never diss and dismiss the fringe players Here’s a little Canadian political trivia quiz to begin with:
• Caring for seniors is a Yukon government priority ( Comment ) The Yukon Party government has a proven track record of investment in the health and well-being of Yukon seniors and elders.
• Campaign has offered a spectrum of complexions ( Musings ) Well, the federal election campaign is in full swing, the municipal campaign is about to begin in earnest, and soon we will be able to enjoy a territorial campaign as well.

October 1, 2015

• In tenuous times, everyone should be very careful The widespread, conventional view about the course of the short-term comfort – that all is well – is wide of the mark.
• Russia suddenly goes to war in Syria (COMMENT) It all happened very fast, in the end.

September 30, 2015

• We will continue our positive work with First Nations (COMMENT) First Nations and the Council of Yukon First Nations submitted a series of questions to the territory’s four federal election candidates, all of whom have responded.
• Has the gun registry really been deleted? One really has to question if all the information with the long gun registry was really deleted.

September 28, 2015

• We are out to create jobs and growth for northerners A re-elected Conservative government would further support and enhance economic opportunities across the North.

September 25, 2015

• I predict the Supreme Court will strike down Bill S-6 First Nations and the Council of Yukon First Nations submitted a series of questions to the territory’s four federal election candidates, all of whom have responded.
• The LNG stench level of the Yukon Fracking Party ( Comment ) Let us harken back in time to an age when the “would-be used diesel engine salesman,” aka Scott Kent, the minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corp./Yukon Energy Corp., boasted – according to a July 18, 2014 Whitehorse Star article – that “the notion that this project (LNG plant) is intended to promote natural gas development in Yukon is misguided.”
• We need faster refugee application processing Four years of violent conflict in Syria have resulted in more than 12 million people in need of humanitarian assistance inside Syria, with more than seven million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
• Investing in home care for seniors’ independence ( Comment ) In the course of everyday life, most of us do not think about our health and its relationship to our independence.
• Leef’s shots about the gun registry are off-target ( Comment ) The latest attack leaflet distributed by Ryan Leef, the Yukon’s Conservative candidate in the federal election, is most misleading, if not just a political lie.

September 24, 2015

• Migrants are the shape of things to come The sheer dithering cluelessness of the European Union’s leaders,
• The truth is hard to absorb, but absorb it we must ( Comment ) Ed. note: Diane Mcleod-McKay, B.A., J.D., the Yukon’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, released this statement Wednesday.
• I am very concerned about this breach ( Comment ) Ed. note: Diane Mcleod-McKay, B.A., J.D., the Yukon’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, released this statement Wednesday.
• Are lower oil prices an unstoppable reality? According to Greek mythology, the one characteristic that their gods resented was hubris, self-pride.