A generally bland, if not outright congenial, leaders’ forum late Wednesday afternoon produced few fireworks.
The forum, hosted and aired by CBC Yukon, featured a round-table question and answer session that didn’t allow for a debate per se, or even much chance for the candidates to respond to each other.
For the most part, the leaders circled around familiar issues that have been extensively discussed in their campaigning, news releases and other
public meetings.
The first series of questions dealt with COVID-19 issues.
The leaders were all pressed on whether they would “follow the advice” of chief medical officer of health Dr. Brendan Hanley.
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Don Hutton, elected as a Liberal MLA in 2016, says that party hasn’t done enough to combat the territory’s addictions crisis and he s urging his constituents to vote NDP this time. He stood alongside NDP Leader Kate White at her party s campaign office this week.(Yukon NDP Facebook)
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Yukon election signs in Whitehorse s Mountainview riding.(Paul Tukker/CBC)
All three major parties had policy announcements this week ahead of the Yukon territorial election on April 12. Here s a roundup of those promises:
NDP
On Wednesday, NDP Leader Kate White promised ways to address addiction and the opioid crisis, which she said is poised to deal another blow to the territory if things don t change and fast.
The NDP pitched creating an on-the-land treatment centre and introducing safe drug supply and managed alcohol programs, among other things. Here s a radical idea: Let s not punish people for having this kind of healthcare problem, but actually treat them as people who need help, White said.
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Q&A | Anything could happen : Whitehorse Star editor weighs in on 2021 Yukon election
Jim Butler, longtime editor of the Whitehorse Star, sees a lot of big promises from Yukon s political parties, but no clear front-runner as the campaign enters the final stretch.
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With less than a week before voting day, the outcome is still hard to predict, says Jim Butler
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Posted: Apr 06, 2021 5:37 PM CT | Last Updated: April 6 A few key votes in fluid ridings could decide who s going to be our next government, said Jim Butler, editor of the Whitehorse Star newspaper.(Vince Fedoroff/Whitehorse Daily Star)