PlatformYUKON NDP 

A plan that 
gets real 
results for 
Yukoners. 
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TABLE OF 
CONTENTS
Caring for Seniors and Elders
Supporting People Living with 
Disabilities
Mental Health
Gender-Affirming and Reproductive 
Care
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Housing
Justice
Education
Tackling Poverty
Youth
Newcomers & Immigration
Infrastructure
Transportation
Rural Communities
Environment and Climate Change
Good Government
STRENGTHENING HEALTHCARE
IMPROVING SERVICES THAT 
MATTER TO YOU
AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS 
FOR EVERYONE
GOOD GOVERNMENT
Arts & Culture
Supporting Black people, Indige￾nous people & people of colour
Stronger Communities
Supporting People 
Living with Disabilities
A Stronger Economy
Improving Education
Protecting 
the Environment
Supporting Indigenous 
Communities
Good Government
Better Healthcare
Affordable Housing
Improving Infrastructure
Delivering Justice
Supporting LGBTQIA2S+
Supporting Workers
Welcoming Newcomers
Reducing Poverty
Supporting Seniors
Empowering Women
Supporting Youth
LEGEND
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Kate White
A MESSAGE FROM
At every turn, we’ve made sure to put people 
first — because my team and I will have your 
back, no matter what. 
Friends. This is our vision. 
When you sit down to read the Yukon NDP’s 
vision for what the future could look like, I hope 
you see yourself, your neighbours and your 
community reflected.
We believe that after all of the lessons we learned 
through the COVID19 pandemic, that we have an op￾portunity to re-envision and rebuild the new normal. 
A future where our basic needs of housing, health and 
happiness are met. A future where we walk softly with 
the environment, curbing our dependence on fossil 
fuels, and expanding our northern food security.
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This platform is the culmination 
of thousands of conversations, 
on doorsteps, in boardrooms, 
and at markets and street corners.
“
 This platform is the culmination of thousands of 
conversations, on doorsteps, in boardrooms and 
at markets and street corners. We’ve worked with 
experts in dozens of fields and incorporated some of 
the most innovative and creative ideas that Yukoners 
have to offer. 
I don’t expect many of you will read this cover-to-cov￾er. That’s why we’ve developed a legend with icons 
to go with each commitment - each commitment is 
labelled with icons that indicate which areas of policy 
it affects. I invite you to flip through and look for the 
pieces that interest you most. 
This plan puts people first and tackles some of the 
biggest challenges our territory faces. At every turn, 
we’ve made sure to put people first - because my 
team and I will have your back, no matter what. 
We want to tackle the housing crisis. We want to work 
on addressing climate change and mitigating its ef￾fects. We are going to make mental health care more 
accessible and tackle the issue of addictions. We’re 
going to work to improve our education system and 
give those lowest-paid among us an overdue raise.
In 2021, it’s not enough to not be racist. We have to 
be actively anti-racist. A Yukon NDP government will 
work hard to honour this work and be meaningfully 
inclusive of the voices of Black people, Indigenous 
people and people of colour. 
We’re going to take on all of these challenges, and 
more with real, concrete and creative solutions. 
This plan is not an exhaustive list of everything we’ll 
do in government; it is the groundwork for our vision. 
I sincerely hope it speaks to your hopes and dreams 
for this place we all call home, as it does mine.
All my love, 
Kate White
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SECTION ONE
Strengthening 
Healthcare
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Yukoners expect their healthcare to 
be there when they need it. 
Our approach is to put people at the 
centre of all decisions a Yukon NDP 
government makes.
We are committed to following 
through on the recommendations 
made by the groundbreaking 
report Putting People First. 
The report outlined many ways that 
poor planning and misallocation of 
resources has affected outcomes 
and quality access to healthcare in 
the Yukon. 
We believe that the government 
can’t act quickly enough to bring 
all of the recommendations to 
action. We also believe that there 
were some gaps and we will work 
with Yukoners to address those as 
well.
Everyone needs a 
family doctor 
Problem: 
According to the comprehensive 
healthcare review, approximately 
21% of Yukoners do not have ac￾cess to a family doctor, (otherwise 
known as a general practitioner, or 
GP), compared to 15% of Cana￾dians. Many of these Yukoners 
are vulnerable, such as children, 
seniors and elders, and those with 
chronic conditions. 
Family doctors, and nurse practi￾tioners, are essential healthcare 
providers. They are able to pro￾vide preventative care that keeps 
Yukoners healthy, rather than treat￾ing illness when it gets serious 
enough that someone needs to be 
hospitalised. This leads to better 
health outcomes, keeps costs low￾er and helps keep our healthcare 
system functioning. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will guarantee that 
every Yukoner who wants a family 
doctor will have access to one 
within four years, through working 
with healthcare practitioners to 
establish polyclinics and ensuring 
other practitioners, such as nurse 
practitioners, RNs, and dieticians 
are employed within them. 
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Making sure your healthcare 
provider is the right fit for you 
Problem: 
There is no mechanism for matching patients who 
have special needs with doctors who have special 
interests and expertise, and no mechanism for chang￾ing doctors should the match between the doctor 
and patient be insufficient. 
Solutions: 
» Maintain a database of doctors who have 
special interest in working with specific 
populations with specific needs (e.g. patients 
who identify as LGBTQIA2S+, patients who 
have specific chronic diseases, patients with 
fertility challenges, etc.) and make an effort to 
match patients and doctors based on these 
criteria. 
» Institute a process where patients can request 
a change of doctor based on these criteria. 
» Incorporate this process into a mechanism 
to monitor and anticipate training needs 
for the cohort of family doctors and nurse 
practitioners. 
Healthcare solutions that take 
LGBTQIA2S+ needs into account
Problem: 
Putting People First was a groundbreaking docu￾ment; however, the LGBTQIA2S+ community face 
specific healthcare challenges and needs which were 
not addressed. This leaves a significant and widening 
gap in the health care of many people. 
Solution: 
Work with the LGBTQIA2S+ community to develop an 
addendum to the Putting People First report to ensure 
that the perspectives of this demographic are repre￾sented in the delivery of health care in the Yukon.
Attract and retain healthcare 
providers in all Yukon 
communities
Problem: 
It is very difficult to attract and retain qualified health￾care providers to live and work in the Yukon, espe￾cially in the communities. 
Solutions: 
The Yukon requires a several-pronged approach to 
healthcare provider attraction and retention. We have 
developed an approach which will ensure Yukoners 
have access to enough healthcare practitioners to 
meet their prevention and treatment needs. Addi￾tionally, the medical practitioners working in the Yu￾kon will be mentally and physically prepared for the 
rigours of the position and will burnout and turnover 
less often, resulting in better, more compassionate 
continuity of care. 
Our approach includes:
» Subsidised housing for at least the first year 
for all practitioners who take a rural posting. 
This housing will be appropriate to the 
practitioner’s profession as well as to a family 
life which includes children and pets. 
» Working alongside the Yukon Medical 
Association and Yukon Registered Nurses 
Association to appoint liaison officers who love 
living here and are experienced in working in 
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the Yukon to provide increased out-of-territory 
placements for those in the medical field and 
other direct engagement with universities so 
we have access to new medical grads at the 
beginning of their career, before they settle 
elsewhere.
» Ensuring salaries for medical practitioners are 
commensurate to what they would earn if they 
worked elsewhere in Canada with a similar 
cost of living, and that, where need exists, 
funded positions are available for practitioners 
who want to make the Yukon their permanent 
employer
» Ensuring that practitioners are able to work to 
their full scope of training so they feel fulfilled 
and challenged in their chosen field.
» Studies through the pandemic have shown 
that both doctors and nurses are experiencing 
severe mental health repercussions - it is 
essential that the Yukon Registered Nurses 
Association and Yukon Medical Association 
are included in solutions for retention in these 
high-stress fields.
» We will work to attract more hospital-based 
specialists to live and work in the Yukon (such 
as internal medicine, etc.) to reduce the 
burden on general practitioners as well as well 
as reduce need for out-of-territory care and 
medevac services.
Equitable, accessible and anti￾racist healthcare for everyone
 
Problem: 
Due to systemic racism, there are significant struc￾tural inequities in healthcare which result in worse 
healthcare outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and 
people of colour (BIPOC) Yukoners.
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will tackle structural racism. Health￾care will become more accessible for all Yukoners as 
a result of making the healthcare system more equi￾table and reducing racism across the board. 
» The first step will be to introduce mandatory 
training for all healthcare providers (not just 
employees of HSS but any government funded 
healthcare). Additionally, we understand that 
different communities experience systemic 
racism in very different ways. 
» The second step will be to create a quality 
improvement system which ensures, not 
only, that healthcare providers are taking 
the training, but also to collaboratively and 
proactively collect information on how 
practices have changed as a result of the 
training. 
» The third step will be to add “healthcare 
provider” into the Yukon Human Rights Act 
under areas of “prohibited discrimination” and 
to create a board which will be comprised of 
members who hold expertise on discrimination 
against racialised people as well as healthcare 
providers, who will hear complaints against 
healthcare providers and work with registration 
bodies to determine consequences and 
training needs, as necessary.
Accountability within the 
healthcare profession 
Problem: 
Yukoners deserve access to the same standard of 
care as the rest of Canada. Many professionals who 
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are regulated across Canada are not regulated in the 
Yukon. This means that there is no-one to complain 
to, and no way to take professional action against, if 
an unregulated healthcare professional contravenes 
professional standards.
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP commits to prompt, practical regu￾lation of as yet unregulated healthcare providers in 
the Yukon, such as midwives, psychologists, social 
workers and veterinarians, in order to protect Yukon￾ers who receive healthcare and mental healthcare. 
Fold paramedics into healthcare 
services to ensure continuity of 
care
Problem: 
Paramedics are frontline healthcare providers who 
provide complex prehospital and transport care 
across the Yukon and into other jurisdictions, and 
should be recognised as such. Currently, paramed￾ics are not regulated in the Yukon and are a part of 
the department of Community Services rather than 
Health and Social Services, which creates silos in 
care provision. 
Solution: 
Under a Yukon NDP government, not only will para￾medics be regulated within Yukon to ensure stan￾dards of care are met, Yukon Emergency Medical 
Services will become the responsibility of Health and 
Social Services or Wellness Yukon, when it is created, 
like every other healthcare service the government 
offers, to ensure continuity of care for all Yukoners. 
Enforceable standards for care 
homes across the Yukon
Problem: 
A lack of standards for care homes across Canada 
left seniors and elders vulnerable to COVID-19. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will establish best practice care 
home standards which must be adhered to by any 
care home, public or private, operating in the Yukon. 
These standards will address issues such as staffing 
ratios, hygiene standards, spacing and room allot￾ment, nutrition, compensation for staff, and mental 
health and safety standards for individuals with 
cognitive and mobility decline. 
No matter where Yukoners live or what their abilities 
are, they should never feel that their lives are being 
weighed against profits or tight budgets. Yukoners 
in care homes will be safe and well cared for, Yukon￾ers whose family and friends reside in these homes 
will feel confident that their loved ones are getting 
the care they deserve, and Yukoners who work in 
care homes will be allotted the economic dignity 
they earn every day protecting and nurturing our 
precious seniors and elders. 
Truly universal healthcare: 
prescription coverage 
Problem: 
People cannot afford essential prescriptions for their 
health care. Canada is the only country with nation￾alized healthcare that does not have a prescription 
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plan. Many people do not fill prescriptions or do not 
take them as directed, leading to more complex and 
more expensive healthcare problems down the line. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will introduce a healthcare plan 
which covers generic prescriptions for every Yukoner 
who does not have prescription coverage through 
an employer-provided or government-provided 
program. Additionally, the Yukon NDP will make 
prescription contraception free to all Yukoners who 
require it. 
Truly universal healthcare: dental 
coverage
Problem: 
People don’t go to the dentist because they cannot 
afford it. This is unacceptable because dental neglect 
creates systemic health problems with nutrition, 
cardiac issues, quality of life, inappropriate use of 
painkillers such as opioids, and repeat visits to the 
emergency room. People deserve to live with dignity, 
and oral health is essential to every aspect of life. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will introduce a basic dental care 
plan which covers essential (essential does not cover 
cosmetic or non-healthcare related dental work) 
dental work and oral hygiene for every Yukoner not 
currently covered through another employer or gov￾ernment-provided program. 
Better prevention 
Problem: 
The recent comprehensive review of healthcare ser￾vices indicated that harms associated with alcohol are 
much higher in the Yukon than the rest of Canada, 
with $1,100 for each and every Yukoner being spent 
per year on alcohol-related harms. Alcohol-related 
admissions to hospitals also continue to climb year 
on year, limiting bed availability. 
Solution: 
The solutions to the alcohol harms in the territory 
must start with prevention. The Yukon NDP would fol￾low the recommendations from the report “Strategies 
to Reduce Alcohol Related Harms and Costs” by the 
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. In particular, 
the Yukon NDP would work to label alcohol appro￾priately and regulate offsales, as well as launching a 
public prevention campaign to help Yukoners under￾stand the harms of alcohol use and addiction.
Chronic conditions management 
plan
Problem: 
Chronic conditions within the Yukon are not 
well-managed resulting in millions of dollars of 
downstream healthcare costs, significant quality of 
life issues and life expectancy reductions. 
Solution: 
Nurse-led chronic conditions programs that follow 
and target the evidence-based management and 
improvement of chronic conditions. If you have a 
chronic condition included under the new chronic 
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conditions program, and you consent to receiving a 
specialist service, you will be assigned a team which 
will work with you to help you understand and man￾age your condition, so that you achieve the highest 
quality of life possible while living with your condition. 
Healthcare for all Yukoners will cost less as a result, 
because there will be fewer medical emergencies 
resulting from poorly managed chronic conditions. 
Chronic pain management plan 
Problem: 
It has been well-documented that chronic pain is a 
precursor to many people becoming physically ad￾dicted to opiates, moreover, it is almost impossible to 
enjoy a high quality of life with chronic pain, and many 
Yukoners wind up paying out of pocket for a variety of 
treatments in desperation, hoping that something will 
work, with no clear pathway for management of their 
chronic pain. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would recruit or train 
medical and mental health practitioners to the highest 
national chronic pain management standards in order 
to create a polyclinic devoted entirely to the complex 
treatment and management of chronic pain. 
Once diagnosed with chronic pain, Yukoners could be 
referred to a clinic staffed with specialist GPs, nurses, 
physios and mental health clinicians trained to the 
highest standard on chronic pain management. This 
would not only increase quality of life for Yukoners it 
would also decrease reliance on opiate prescriptions. 
Hemodialysis in the Yukon 
Problem: 
Yukoners who require hemodialysis must currently 
reside out-of-territory until they get a kidney transplant 
or until death.
Solution: 
Choice is key to providing both quality care and on￾going quality of life. Under the Yukon NDP, Yukoners 
will have two options and work with their providers to 
determine which option is best for them. 
Option one is using the highest standards of patient 
centred care and informed consent, train patients and 
their caregivers to perform at-home hemodialysis 
with assistance from a scaled-up homecare program 
and BC Renal so those who qualify can receive care at 
home if possible. 
Option two is for patients to be treated at a standalone 
hemodialysis clinic within the Yukon staffed with the 
appropriate medical professionals. Both options will 
be available in the Yukon. 
The homecare programs’ capacity will be increased 
with the integration of community paramedics, who, 
like Licensed Practical Nurses, can be trained to assist 
with hemodialysis at home. These same practitioners 
can work within the clinic alongside registered nurses 
and doctors to ensure that no matter where Yukoners 
receive their care, at home or in clinic, it is safe and 
meets their needs. Yukoners who require hemodialy￾sis will no longer be required to reside in Vancouver 
or another critical care centre in order to receive this 
lifesaving treatment. 
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Organ donation
Problem: 
Yukoners want organ donation to be straightforward 
and simple, yet ensuring that their wish to donate or￾gans after they die is anything but. With all this red tape, 
the availability of organs is reduced, which is a tragedy 
because many people want to donate their organs after 
their death, but don’t know how to ensure this happens.
Solution: 
An opt-out system, with a clear procedure for opting 
out, is an efficient and effective way to ensure that those 
who wish to donate their organs following their death 
are able to. The Yukon NDP would develop a straightfor￾ward, easy to use opt-out procedure, and following an 
appropriate grace period, implement an opt out system 
for organ donation in the Yukon. This will make it easier 
for people who wish to donate their organs to do so 
with less red tape and more peace of mind, and make it 
clear if they wish to opt out through an easy process, so 
they know that either way, their wishes will be respected. 
Making e-health work for you 
Problem: 
The current e-health infrastructure is completely dis￾jointed and does not allow for easy sharing of infor￾mation between healthcare providers involved in your 
care, and does not allow for you to manage your own 
care. 
This can mean care providers are left out of the loop 
on important information, such as test results, pre￾scriptions, and care plans. It also means you are totally 
reliant on your healthcare provider sharing infor￾mation with you, and you have to pay for your own 
records if you want a copy. The current government 
has partnered with the federal government to improve 
this, but they have not emphasised patient rights and 
control, meaning that Yukoners will be left out of their 
own care planning. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will develop healthcare infrastruc￾ture that has the capacity to include everyone in your 
healthcare team, but also includes you as an essential 
team member in managing your own healthcare. 
You will be able to securely review your healthcare 
records from home, as well as review your own care 
notes as appropriate. This will make care teams more 
efficient and accountable, as well as empowering 
Yukoners in their own healthcare. 
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Yukon seniors and elders deserve to age the way they 
want, with supports that enable them to make choices, 
regardless of their financial situation. 
Aging in place with dignity 
Problem: 
Yukon seniors and elders are not adequately support￾ed by the government to age in place, which is often 
the best living situation for mental, cognitive and 
physical health outcomes. Caregivers burn out or are 
not supported to provide the best care possible and 
families, seniors and elders suffer as a result. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would ensure that ap￾propriate homecare will be available as needed by 
every Yukoner, including appropriate coverage on 
evenings, holidays and weekends, to ensure dignity 
and safety, and be provided collaboratively with the 
family.
Seniors and elders will be able to comfortably and 
safely age in place for a much longer time than they 
currently are able to. They will feel confident in the 
care they are receiving, and be able to trust that all 
basic needs required for quality of life are accounted 
for. 
In order to make this feasible, a bold and evi￾dence-based change to homecare would be imple￾mented. The Yukon currently under-utilizes commu￾nity paramedicine. Currently, paramedicine is located 
within the Community Services portfolio despite 
paramedics being regulated and highly trained 
healthcare professionals. 
Paramedics are mobile, able to work independently, 
and respond to rapidly changing situations in the 
field. Paramedics from all across Canada are excited 
to work in the Yukon and community paramedicine 
programs are even training paramedics to maximise 
their skillset in non-emergency community situations. 
A Yukon NDP government would move paramedicine 
back to Health, where it belongs, to increase collab￾oration between providers, and focus on developing 
the emerging community paramedicine program to 
work with Continuing Care’s homecare program to 
bolster existing supports. 
In addition, the government would partner with other 
providers including NGOs and small businesses to 
provide the services homecare clients require, such 
as snow shovelling, yard maintenance, and light 
cleaning, safely, affordably and using an inclusion 
lens. 
SUPPORTING SENIORS
AND ELDERS
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Adequate and appropriate care 
home spaces
Problem: 
Many people who are ready to enter care face wait 
times which can contribute to declining health out￾comes and caregiver burnout, with some Yukoners 
actually dying while waiting for a spot in situations 
which are undignified and dangerous. 
Solution: 
Yukoners who need a place in care shouldn’t have to 
wonder if they will get a place, and if, once they get 
a place, the care will be culturally safe and if they will 
be able to live their values for their last years. Yukon￾ers will not wait once they require a care home, and 
Yukoners in care homes will feel safe, cared-for and 
fulfilled.
A Yukon NDP government will immediately evaluate 
the need for long-term care bed spaces based on 
projections that take into account the need for space 
now and in the future, so Yukoners aren’t left behind 
when they need this service urgently.
If it is determined that additional beds should be 
provided, a Yukon NDP government will work with 
First Nations, Yukon families and seniors groups to 
understand the wishes, needs and goals of seniors 
and elders entering care, and build care facilities 
which represent best practice and Yukon values such 
as independance, self-determination, connection to 
the land, and community.
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People living with disabilities deserve to be lifted up by 
their government, with the freedom to make choices 
that are right for them.
SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES
Making assistive devices 
accessible
Problem:
The Yukon does not have a comprehensive, equitably 
provided extended benefits program for all Yukoners, 
specifically in the areas of assistive devices. There is a 
complex, incomplete system of multiple government 
programs which provide funding for some people 
with restrictive and out-of-date criteria. 
At the moment, the Chronic Disease Program is es￾pecially restrictive to access. In other provinces, if the 
condition is expected to last longer than 6 months, 
the condition is considered long-term. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would develop a new 
Yukon Assistive Devices Program that is comprehen￾sive, clearly defined, and equitably administered. 
Based on the Alberta Aids to Daily Living program, 
this program would be the payer of last resort, after 
private insurance or other funding sources have been 
utilized, ie: NIHB program, WCB, RCMP/Veteran’s 
Affairs. 
This approach is in contrast to the current system 
which is based on eligibility due to age (Pharmacare 
program) or diagnosis (Chronic Disease Program), or 
income (Social Assistance). Requests will be assessed 
on the basis of medical need justified by a referring 
healthcare provider, and provided by the appropriate 
service provider.
Ensuring access to disability 
services for those who need it 
Problem: 
Disability services is currently not a mandated ser￾vice. Although people rely on the services from Dis￾ability Services to ensure quality of life, and in some 
cases, services that they are entitled to as a human 
right, these services can be cut back by government 
at any time, or paused, such as during the pandemic. 
This could have catastrophic, even lethal, effects for 
Yukoners living with disabilities.
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would make the legislative 
changes necessary to ensure that disability services 
becomes a mandated service. 
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Much has been done to remove stigma from mental 
health challenges, and from seeking help. Less has 
been done to improve access. People seeking help 
face long waits and high costs.
MENTAL HEALTH
Tackling youth suicide 
Problem: 
Data shows that Yukon youth, especially those in 
rural communities, face a high rate of death and 
injury from suicide, relative to their counterparts in 
the southern and more urban centres. Our youth are 
precious and deserve far better. Suicide prevention is 
a challenge that must be taken up, in earnest, by the 
Yukon government. 
Solutions: 
A Yukon NDP government would immediately priori￾tize the reduction of youth suicide through increased 
mental health supports, peer-led support, accessible 
recreation opportunities, and First Nation and NGO 
involvement.
» An important aspect of mental wellness for 
youth are services that youth feel comfortable, 
supported, and interested in accessing. A 
Yukon NDP government would work with youth 
organizations to re-envision the mental health 
supports offered across the Yukon to ensure 
that children and youth have timely access to 
effective services they need and want.
» There is currently no child and youth 
psychiatrist resident in the Yukon and 
providing consistent services for children and 
youth. With the severe mental health crisis 
our youth are facing, this is a serious gap. The 
Yukon NDP would work to recruit and retain a 
local youth psychiatrist to the Yukon. 
» Peer-led interventions have been shown to 
be effective and engaging for youth. A Yukon 
NDP government would support NGOs in 
maintaining a peer-led mentoring and mental 
health program.
Help as soon as you need it 
Problem: 
Yukoners don’t know where to turn when in crisis, 
and professional counselling is only available during 
weekdays. 
Solution: 
Expand access to counselling and mental health 
services by creating a 7 day/week counselling walk-in 
clinic, accessible to everyone who needs it, including 
children and youth. These services will be developed 
in conjunction with Rapid Access Counselling (RAC) 
services already available and mental health NGOs 
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working locally, and accessible remotely to people 
living in communities. This would help people get 
help right away, and cut down on emergency room 
visits on weekends for people who need to speak to 
someone about their mental health. 
Rural Yukoners get real, 
consistent help and choice 
Problem: 
It is a challenge to staff rural communities’ mental 
health clinics due to the nature of the work and the 
remoteness of the communities. There is high turn￾over, and even when there is retention of one coun￾sellor, there is no choice for rural Yukoners for whom 
that counsellor isn’t a match. 
Solutions: 
» Continue to recruit rural counsellors 
aggressively, and enforce a condition of their 
hire and any benefit payout, such as moving 
expenses, that they retain their position for at 
least two years. 
» Make it policy that if the counsellor will be 
serving a community with at least 30% First 
Nations citizenry, that those First Nations are 
involved in the hiring process, unless they 
waive this entitlement.
» Expand the infrastructure in the communities’ 
nursing stations or similarly neutral building, 
in consultation with the municipality and First 
Nation, to have a place where Yukoners can 
remotely access counselling, and then allow 
them to apply to remotely access counselling 
in Whitehorse to increase their ability to 
choose the mental healthcare provider that 
suits them best. 
Making sure Yukon parents get 
the help they need 
Problem: 
Perinatal mental health concerns (mental health 
concerns that occur during or after pregnancy) are 
common across Canada with 20-25% of parents (not 
just women) experiencing at least one of: postnatal 
depression, postnatal anxiety, post-traumatic stress 
disorder, or obsessive compulsive disorder. These 
mental health challenges can be even more common 
in single parent, racialized, Indigneous people and 
Yukon First Nations, low-income, and younger parent 
populations and affect the entire family. 
These mental health issues are often serious, and 
those who experience them face a lot of stigma, bar￾riers and worry about what getting help could mean 
for their family. 
Solution: 
All Yukoners must understand that perinatal mental 
health issues are common, treatable, and not their 
fault. Yukoners need to understand how to get the 
help they need and have access to a clear and acces￾sible pathway to treatment for perinatal mental health 
concerns. Yukoners should not need to pay out of 
pocket to access competent, evidence- based treat￾ment which will improve their, and their familys’ health. 
A Yukon NDP government would strike a task force 
in the first year to develop a Parents’ Perinatal (during 
pregnancy and after childbirth) Mental Health Strate￾gy. This task force would include representation from 
mental health professionals, Yukoners who have lived 
experience of perinatal mental health concerns, Indig￾enous and Yukon First Nations, and perinatal health 
professionals. 
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» The task force would be expected to deliver 
solutions for culturally-appropriate community￾based preventative programming, pathways 
to widespread awareness and reduction of 
stigma, an effective and evidence-based 
Yukon-wide screening program, and evidence￾based pathways to treatment and recovery.
» Culturally-appropriate solutions will 
encompass many different types of 
culture, including but not limited to, First 
Nations’ cultures, LGBTQ2S+, Filipino, and 
Francophone.
» The Perinatal Mental Health Strategy would be 
fully implemented by the end of mandate, to 
ensure that all Yukon families have appropriate 
access to the healthcare they need to live 
healthy and happy lives. 
Tackling addictions
Problem: 
Yukon deaths from opioid overdoses climbed sharply 
in 2020, reaching double digits and disproportion￾ately affecting Indigenous people.
Every death due to an opioid overdose is a prevent￾able death and a blow to our community.
The street supply of opioid-based drugs has become 
more and more dangerous in the last few years - 
tainted with synthesized illicit foreign analogues. And 
we know that it has only become more unpredictable 
during the pandemic. The overdose crisis began be￾fore COVID19, will continue long after a vaccine, and 
has killed many more Yukoners to date. 
Solution: 
It is essential that within the spectrum of care offered 
(which must include prevention, withdrawal manage￾ment, effective inpatient and outpatient treatment, 
and prescription therapies such as methadone and 
suboxone) the government offer both safe consump￾tion, as well as safe supply. 
By taking this approach, fewer people would die 
from overdoses, so fewer families would lose broth￾ers, sisters, sons and daughters before their time, and 
fewer family members would stay up at night wor￾rying about their loved ones. Fewer people would 
be involved with criminal organizations distributing, 
enforcing and stealing to support their addictions, so 
crime would also decrease. 
Safer consumption programs
» Safer consumption programs are an option 
people who use drugs can choose to 
consume their drugs where other people 
trained to reverse the effects of overdose are 
present. These programs save lives not just 
by reducing overdose, but also by providing 
caring, compassionate people who can speak 
about and refer to treatment options should 
someone be ready to take that step. 
» They can also provide access to materials 
which can help people use drugs more safely, 
reducing infection rates within the population, 
thus reducing load on the healthcare system. 
» Safer consumption programs are available 
in most Canadian jurisdictions and have an 
excellent evidence base to show that they are 
effective public health initiatives. 
» A Yukon NDP government would develop a 
safer consumption program in Whitehorse 
within the first two years of our mandate, 
in consultation with local harm reduction, 
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policing, healthcare, and First Nations experts. 
We will also work with rural communities and 
First Nations to establish the need, and, as 
necessary, tailored solutions for areas outside 
of Whitehorse.
Safer supply
» According to publications in the Canadian 
Medical Association Journal, “drug use is 
largely demand-driven by people seeking to 
self-medicate to deal with trauma, physical 
pain, emotional pain, isolation, mental illness 
and a range of other personal challenges, and 
these are the people overdosing.” 
» Substance use of any kind is not a matter of 
character but well-recognised as a medical 
issue diagnosed formally as Substance Use 
Disorder
» Within the spectrum of substance use 
treatment, we need to acknowledge that 
the options we currently have available 
(methadone, suboxone, withdrawal 
management, inpatient and outpatient 
counselling, naloxone) don’t work for everyone 
- if they did, we would not be seeing overdose 
deaths. 
» Safer supply is the prescription of safer, 
regulated substitutes for unsafe street drugs in 
the cases where other treatment options have 
been ineffective or are deemed unsuitable by a 
medical practitioner.
» We can choose to allow medical practitioners 
to provide a safer supply option for those who 
require it, or we can choose to carry on along 
the current path, which we have seen to be 
ineffective from a judicial perspective, and 
deadly from a healthcare perspective. 
» A Yukon NDP government would work with 
the Yukon Medical Association, the Yukon 
Pharmacists’ Association, as well as interested 
First Nations providing healthcare to people 
who use drugs, to ensure safer supply was 
available within the first year of our mandate, 
and stem the tide of overdose deaths in our 
communities.
Help for people when they’re 
ready to receive help
Problem: 
Withdrawal management (otherwise known as detox) 
services are often oversubscribed, and with the 
pandemic, we have seen a further decrease in bed 
availability.
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would double the with￾drawal management bed availability to ensure this 
life-saving service is available at the moment people 
are ready to receive help, and ensure that transitions 
between withdrawal management and supports, in￾cluding treatment for those who are ready to receive 
it, are smooth and effective. 
Yukoners who are ready to seek help for their addic￾tions will be able to do so much more easily, rather 
than missing opportunities. Once they are staying in 
Withdrawal Management, professionals will be ready 
and waiting to help them move into treatment, if they 
are ready. Professionals working from a harm reduc￾tion perspective will also be ready to collaboratively 
make a concrete harm reduction plan so that the 
harms clients experienced from their addictions will 
be lessened and they can work towards improving 
their health at their own pace. 
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Managed alcohol program 
Problem: 
A small number of Yukoners struggle with an alcohol 
addiction that is not treatable but only manageable. 
This small number of people account for a dispropor￾tionate amount of withdrawal management, emer￾gency services and justice service usage as a result 
of unmanaged alcohol addiction harms. These folks 
deserve to be treated with dignity regardless of the 
services they need. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would develop and 
implement a live-in managed alcohol program in 
consultation with harm reduction, medical, and First 
Nations stakeholders within the first two years of our 
mandate. 
A managed alcohol program is an example of a harm 
reduction initiative common in the rest of Canada 
which has not yet been implemented in the Yukon. 
Managed alcohol programs are effective in the 
spectrum of care for people who live with alcohol 
use disorder for whom other types of treatment have 
been ineffective; they are not a first-line treatment. 
Studies conducted in Canada show participants in 
managed alcohol programs are significantly less like￾ly to consume non-beverage alcohol which reduces 
load on healthcare systems, or to resort to theft or 
property damage in order to obtain alcohol, which 
protects local homes and businesses and reduces the 
load on policing and other legal systems. 
Addictions treatment based on 
the land
Problem: 
Addictions treatment is currently located in the 
downtown core, nowhere near easy access to the 
land, but with very easy access to areas where people 
currently use and obtain drugs and alcohol. 
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s 
Inquiry Report indicated that treatment based on the 
land should be freely available and this is echoed in 
the Yukon Strategy for Missing and Murdered In￾degenous Women, Girls and two spirit + 
Solution: 
Addictions treatment, for those who are ready to 
receive it, should be located in a healing centre away 
from temptations and triggers. Brain research shows 
us that exposing people to triggers while they are 
trying to heal cannot result in good outcomes, yet 
that is what we are doing with the current location of 
the treatment centre in our downtown core.
A Yukon NDP government would fund, and build, a 
new, land-based treatment centre, accessible to all 
Yukoners, that takes into account current research 
and standards on brain science and addictions, in 
addition to meeting requirements for culturally com￾petent care. 
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Yukoners are used to travelling south for care - but 
with a growing population, we need to provide more 
services at home, invest in services for parents-to-be, 
and make it easier for LGBTQIA2S+ people to access 
services they need.
LGBTQIA2S+ navigator
Problem:
Accessing the network of new gender-affirming 
healthcare services and human rights legislation for 
LGBTQIA2S+ people can be overwhelming.
Solution: 
Using a participatory action research framework, 
retain an LGBTQIA2S+ navigator who not only assists 
LGBTQIA2S+ people to access the services and 
rights they are entitled to, but also is empowered 
to feed back into and improve the system through es￾tablished quality improvement and patient engage￾ment infrastructure to ensure that the rollout of these 
services meets the needs of LGBTQIA2S+ Yukoners.
Period poverty
Problem: 
It is estimated that Canadian women and people who 
menstruate spend up to $6,000 in their lifetime on 
menstrual hygiene products (Craggs, 2018). Women 
in rural communities can pay double the price for the 
same products found in larger cities, such as Toronto 
(Brown, 2017). Understandably, low-income women 
and people who menstruate and those on social 
assistance find it difficult to allocate money towards 
this necessity.
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would start with provid￾ing free menstrual products in all schools in order 
to begin to address period poverty and its effects 
on education access for menstruating people. We 
will also determine next steps for rollout of further 
menstrual products to combat period poverty during 
our mandate. 
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Helping more people start their 
family
Problem: 
In-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other medical fertility 
treatments such as intrauterine insemination (IUI), 
in Canada, are subject to a patchwork of funding 
eligibility, leaving parents on the hook for exorbitant 
medical expenses in order to have children.
Solution:
In order to sustainably contribute to these expenses, 
the Yukon NDP would follow the proven track record 
of Manitoba and provide a rebate of up to $8,000 
per year for fertility treatments, and consider fertility 
treatment medical travel and reimburse expenses 
accordingly. Under this model, this tax rebate could 
be accessed up to a maximum of five years per per￾son. Combined with existing provincial and federal 
medical expenses tax credits, a significant proportion 
of fertility treatment expenses could be reimbursed 
to anyone who needs it.
Strengthening midwifery care 
Problem: 
Midwives are an integral part of the care team for 
people who give birth. With a new funded and reg￾ulated midwifery service being offered to Yukoners, 
no assurances have been made that the midwifery 
service will meet demand, or that all birthing people 
will be met by appropriate services for their needs. 
Solutions: 
» Midwives are primary health care professionals 
and must be fully integrated into health care 
settings with the access they need to do their 
job. 
» We will assess for demand quarterly as the 
midwifery service is established, and ensure 
that the number of midwives retained meets 
demand from both Whitehorse and the 
communities
» We will ensure that the midwives hired for the 
new midwifery service will include midwives 
who speak French, and midwives who are 
educated regarding, and respectful of, the 
needs of trans and non-binary birthing people. 
» Midwives will also be educated on traditional 
birthing practices of Yukon First Nations as part 
of their orientation and supported to work with 
traditional birthing support networks such as 
Indigenous doulas and family members.
» We will also ensure that rural Yukoners have 
access to the midwifery service by using 
telehealth or another secure online service, so 
that the midwifery team can be a part of their 
care, and so they can have a midwife-led birth 
in Whitehorse if that is what they choose. 
Accommodations for those giving 
birth in Whitehorse from the 
Communities 
Problem: 
When Yukoners from the communities are waiting to 
give birth, they must stay in Whitehorse for at least 
two weeks. This often occurs in hotel rooms where 
patients may not be able to cook their own food or 
have their families with them. 
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Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would work to establish 
and support suitable accommodation options in 
Whitehorse for the use of rural community members 
(and their immediate families) who are waiting to 
give birth, and have recently given birth. 
Birth centre
Problem: 
As the birth rate in the Yukon continues to climb 
and Yukoners continue to advocate for choice when 
it comes to their birthing experience, choices are 
limited, especially to those coming from out of 
Whitehorse, who do not have a home environment in 
which to choose to give birth. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will explore the concept of creating 
a birth centre to be located in Whitehorse, nearby 
to the hospital, which would incorporate traditional 
Yukon First Nation birthing practices, up-to-date and 
current birthing aids, and baby-friendly standards as 
per UNICEF and WHO guidelines. 
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“My team and I will 
have your back,
no matter what.
Kate White
Leader of the Yukon NDP
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SECTION TWO
Improving the 
Services that 
Matter to You
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Housing is a human right, full stop. We need decisive 
action to tackle the housing crisis head-on before 
it gets even worse. 
Safe at home plan 
Problem: 
People of all ages are still homeless, and efforts to 
change this have been too slow. Homelessness results 
in both individual and society-level challenges such as: 
poor health outcomes, property crime, substance use, 
violence, vulnerability to trafficking, and many other 
serious issues.
Solution: 
Invest heavily in community-oriented, partnership 
solutions that are proven and grassroots. the Safe at 
home plan has three core goals: prevent homeless￾ness, increase the supply of safe, stable, affordable 
homes in the community, and support people to ac￾cess housing and keep their housing within a network 
that supports them. 
The Yukon NDP looks forward to working with the 
many community partners, other governments includ￾ing Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Ta’an Kwach’an 
Council, and advisory boards that have developed, 
and continue to work, on the Safe at Home plan. 
We are excited to be a part of this because we be￾lieve that housing is healthcare, that housing people 
is the best way to efficiently improve all population 
outcomes, and we believe that housing is a human 
right. Moving towards functional zero homelessness is 
something we cannot wait to take action on and it is a 
top priority for the Yukon NDP.
The Yukon NDP believes we can, and must end home￾lessness in the Yukon. As a first step, we will work to 
end chronic homelessness.
More homes for ownership, 
at a price that’s in reach
Problem: 
The Yukon’s housing stock is unaffordable and 
unattainable to many due to high prices and low 
stock. Adding houses to the market in small quanti￾ties doesn’t address this problem, and adding them 
in large quantities could threaten the investment of 
existing homeowners. 
Solution: 
Following the decades-long successful model of the 
Whistler Housing Authority, the Yukon NDP govern￾ment would work with NGOs, First Nations, and the 
federal government to create units which would be 
for sale through a newly created housing authority at 
a controlled price tied to the Canadian Core Con￾HOUSING
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sumer Price Index, which could not be resold on the 
open market but only through the housing authority 
at a maximum resale value price tied to the Core 
Consumer Price Index. If the units did not have a 
resale cap, they would almost immediately become 
the same price as the private market due to demand, 
and the aim of this project is to support people to be 
housed sustainably, not to provide investments or 
grants. 
Eligibility for this program would be primarily deter￾mined through residency, income level and other 
regular buying criteria such as mortgage pre-approv￾al. This program would not accept bids but would 
instead allocate units as they come available using a 
matching system. 
Making it easier to find a home
Problem: 
The availability and types of housing in Whitehorse 
and the rural communities is low and as a result, 
housing prices continue to soar, and lots available 
for development are few and far between. This is not 
only an issue for existing Yukoners, but also for the 
attraction and retention of educators and healthcare 
providers. 
Solution: 
Work in partnership with existing landowners, 
especially First Nations, to identify and incentivise 
development of residential properties and free 
up more lots for development while working with 
municipal governments to understand where 
residential development is most needed and to 
ensure that development proceeds smoothly
Making life more affordable for 
renters
Problem: 
Successive governments have failed to implement ef￾fective and adequate supports for Yukoners who rent.
Solution: 
Freezing rents to the end of 2021 and capping 
increases after that, creating a fairer Landlord and 
Tenant Act that would cap rent increases to the rate 
of inflation, ban evictions without cause and fair 
notice, and protect mobile home owners by capping 
pad rental increases. 
Housing is a basic human right
Problem: 
So many Yukoners are without a place to call home. 
Housing Is a basic human right, recognized under 
international human rights law as part of the right to 
an adequate standard of living. But we know this is 
not a reality for all of us in the Yukon. Now more than 
ever before, this must be recognised in law so the 
government is compelled to act.
Solution: 
The NDP will ensure there is a right to housing in the 
Bill of Rights of the Yukon’s Human Rights Act and will 
move to implement this right as a priority immediate￾ly upon forming government.
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Mobile home owners’ rights 
Problem: 
Under the current residential Landlord and Tenant 
Act, mobile home owners are treated the same as a 
regular rental tenant in a static dwelling. Unlike some￾one who can move between spaces, a mobile home 
owner owns their home and rents the surface it sits 
on. The reality of a mobile home owner is drastically 
different than a renter, and legislation should reflect 
that.
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government will ensure that mobile 
home owners have the protection and security they 
deserve by creating specific legislation to ensure 
their rights. The proposed legislation will protect 
mobile home owners from eviction without cause 
and implement pad rent increase caps that are tied 
to inflation.
People with a disability have a 
right to choose where they call 
home 
Problem: 
Group homes are expensive to staff and manage, 
and they’re not really a home environment. Many 
people with disabilities would not choose to live in a 
group home and yet they are forced to reside there 
for lack of other options or because they are not 
given a choice.
Solution: 
The government can choose to increase funding and 
recruitment efforts for “approved homes”, which are 
like long-term foster homes for adults living with an 
intellectual disability. These are long-term, home en￾vironments where people living with a disability can 
be a part of a real family, which is what many people 
would prefer. 
Supporting Yukon seniors aging 
in place 
Problem: 
An ongoing lack of affordable housing options for 
seniors across the territory — an issue which will only 
compound as the population ages — forces seniors 
and elders into care homes prematurely. 
Solutions: 
» Work with the federal government, First 
Nations, and the private sector to continue 
to develop accessible, affordable, including 
mixed-use, mixed income, and commercial 
housing, not just in Whitehorse, but across the 
territory, so that elders can age in place with 
their families nearby. 
» Offer incentives for seniors and elders’ housing 
that includes intergenerational features such as 
daycares or preschools. 
» Ensure that the new Senior and Elder’s 
directorate establishes strong connections with 
local community groups to tailor new housing 
to the needs of Yukon seniors and elders. 
» Work with community groups to create 
guidelines which prioritise those most in need.
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Rehabilitation is an essential aim of any justice sys￾tem. Just as it is important for victims of crime to feel 
safe in their homes and heal, the system must en￾sure that perpetrators are supported to change, take 
responsibility, and walk down a new path. The Yukon 
NDP will work to transform wider social systems to 
help prevent violence and reduce recidivism in our 
community. 
Real in-community support
Problem: 
In 2020, the government partnered with the John 
Howard Society, placing men who had completed 
their sentences in a semi-renovated unit at the White￾horse Correctional Facility. There is still no facility for 
women and people of other genders who have com￾pleted the incarceration portion of their sentences 
who require a safe monitored place to reside as they 
work towards integration into society 
Solutions:
A Yukon NDP government will ensure those re-inte￾grating into society live in a facility that is functionally 
conducive to full participation as a Yukon citizen 
while at the same time providing safety and security 
for residents and society. Programming and support 
staff at the residence will be achieved through con￾tinuing a partnership with the John Howard Society 
or other appropriate NGO. 
Treating the root causes to keep 
communities safe 
Problem: 
From youth through adulthood, mental illness is 4 to 
7 times more common in the incarcerated popula￾tion than in the general population, according to the 
Canadian Association of Mental Health. In addition, 
research indicates that about 80% of incarcerated 
women are living with a mental illness. 
Solutions: 
Continuing to put people in prisons for crimes relat￾ed to their mental health is expensive and ineffective, 
and does not make our streets safer - let’s treat the 
root cause instead. A Yukon NDP government will 
increase collaboration and funding between justice 
and health with the aim of making Whitehorse Cor￾rectional Centre (WCC) a therapeutic environment for 
those who require help with their mental health and 
addictions, rather than one that increases or perpetu￾ates trauma. 
A Yukon NDP government will establish a treatment 
team to provide evidence-based addictions assess￾ment and treatment to those in custody at the White￾horse Correctional Centre and post discharge to sup￾port successful reintegration into Yukon society. The 
team will work with other health care professionals 
to ensure that those individuals coming into custody 
who are already engaged in addictions treatment 
are able to continue it in a seamless manner while in 
custody. 
JUSTICE
Rehabilitation
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The pathway for testing, treatment and rehabilitation 
or long-term forensic support for individuals with Fe￾tal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will be stream￾lined, because the punitive functions of the justice 
system are not effective deterrents against crime for 
those with a permanent brain injury such as FASD, 
and opting for alternative supports that keep people 
off the streets will keep our communities safer.
A Yukon NDP government will provide in legisla￾tion that health care at the Whitehorse Correctional 
Centre will be the responsibility of the Department of 
Health and Social Services and not the Department 
of Justice.
Ensuring the justice system is 
culturally appropriate to be 
effective 
Problem: 
Indigenous peoples in Canada have had many gen￾erations of mistrusting police forces due to their roles 
in colonization and specifically enforcement of the 
residential school system. This has made appropriate 
and effective policing in Indigenous communities a 
challenge. 
Solution: 
Kwanlin Dun First Nation has developed an innova￾tive and exciting Community Safety Officer and Land 
Steward program as part of the Kwanlin Dün Com￾munity Safety Initiative. Community Safety Officers 
come from the community, are specifically trained to 
provide a safe and effective alternative or adjunct to 
the RCMP, and have the trust of the community. Be￾cause of the Community Safety Officer program, calls 
to the RCMP have diminished and people feel safer. 
The Yukon NDP would continue to partner with KDFN 
and other interested First Nations to promote and 
develop similar community-driven safety initiatives. 
Problem: 
Yukon’s justice system has failed to fully implement 
culturally appropriate sentencing and rehabilitation 
practices, leading to high rates of recidivism and low 
rates of rehabilitation for First Nations citizens in￾volved with the justice system. 
Solution: 
Work with Yukon First Nation governments and the 
judiciary to develop culturally appropriate sentenc￾ing alternatives for Yukon courts in accordance with 
Gladue Report guidelines and in partnership with the 
Yukon Wellness Court.
Improve programming in rural communities for Yu￾kon Wellness Courts to ensure offenders can re-enter 
supported and ready to take their place as respon￾sible and valued members of a community when 
possible.
Protecting and honouring victims 
of crime and working strategically 
and systemically to prevent and 
prosecute crimes fairly 
Problem: 
The Yukon has some of the highest rates of domestic 
and sexualized violence in the country. Indigenous 
women and girls are disproportionately affected by 
these acts of violence. 
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Solutions:
» Ensure that the Victim’s Services branch 
submits a companion report in all cases 
regarding MMIWG which advises the court 
about the specific cultural and historically 
situated context of the victim. 
» Implement accountability measures to ensure 
that perpetrators within law enforcement 
are held to the same standards as other 
perpetrators. 
» Partner with municipal and community 
governments, and women’s groups to invest in 
safe and supportive infrastructure. 
» Provide additional funding to the Sexual 
Assault Response Team to ensure that this 
service is provided throughout the territory.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous 
Women, Girls, and Two-spirited 
People
Reclaiming power and place: The final report of the 
national inquiry into missing and murdered Indige￾nous women and girls is a revolutionary document 
which sets out the essential overhaul required to our 
colonial systems in order to change our systems, stop 
the violence against Indigenous women, girls and 
2SLGBTQQIA people, and begin to heal our coun￾try. We fully endorse this report and look forward to 
all opportunities to incorporate the wisdom into our 
policy lens and actions. One action in particular is 
outlined below. 
Problem:
The final report from the National Inquiry into Missing 
and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls outlines, 
in striking detail, that resource extraction projects 
where workers come from out of the area have been 
linked to increasing violence towards Indigenous 
women and girls. 
Solution:
» Following the recommendations of this report, 
a Yukon NDP government will consider the 
safety of Indigenous women consistently in 
all stages of project planning, assessment, 
management, and monitoring of resource 
extraction projects. 
» A Yukon NDP government will employ a 
gender-based analysis in the socioeconomic 
assessments and monitoring of reports for all 
proposed and operating extractive projects in 
or near Indigenous territories. 
Ensuring accountability in 
policing
Problem: 
It has been 11 years since the Sharing Common 
Ground Report was published, and more needs to be 
done to foster trust between the RCMP and civilians. 
Though some of the recommendations from the 
2010 report have since been implemented, few have 
served their original intent, and many others have 
been neglected altogether. 
Accountability in the 
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Solutions:
» The Yukon NDP government will work with 
the federal government to ensure that public 
records are made accessible online to civilians 
so that the RCMP is held accountable to the 
citizens they are policing. 
» A Yukon NDP government will undertake 
a review and update of Sharing Common 
Ground to understand what changes have 
been made and what gaps still occur.
Solitary confinement and mental 
health 
Problem: 
Solitary confinement has been illegally and unethi￾cally overutilized and has not conformed to the UN 
human rights guidance at Whitehorse Correctional 
Centre in the recent past. 
Solution: 
Under a transformative justice system, perpetrators 
will be supported to heal and rehabilitate. The White￾horse Correctional Centre must be a place of healing 
and support
» A Yukon NDP government would ensure 
that solitary confinement is used only when 
necessary and that correctional services remain 
in full compliance with the UN Human Rights 
guidance at all times, and will implement 
an auditable and transparent process 
for determining if solitary confinement is 
necessary. 
» Solitary confinement should be used only 
for addressing safety issues and never for 
disciplinary purposes.
» A Yukon NDP government would work with 
the Whitehorse General Hospital to ensure that 
inmates experiencing severe mental health 
issues are able to be treated at the WGH.
» Upon accomplishing that a Yukon NDP 
government would remove the designation of 
Whitehorse Correctional Centre as a hospital 
under the Criminal Code of Canada. 
Ensuring policing is effective, fair 
and safe 
Problem: 
In listening to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Peo￾ple of Colour) people, it is imperative that Yukoners 
understand that policing has not been equitable or 
effective for all Yukoners and in many cases, has been 
damaging to communities. 
Solutions: 
The Yukon NDP will reallocate funding to community 
partners to help build capacity in responding to men￾tal health and addictions calls using professionals 
trained specifically in crisis intervention. 
The Yukon NDP recognises that each First Nation and 
Yukon rural community has their own strengths and 
challenges and we will work collaboratively to ensure 
solutions are tailored to need rather than implement￾ing one size fits all changes.
Access to justice
Problem: 
Civil and family litigation has become increasingly 
expensive leading to a huge growth in the number 
of self-represented litigants appearing in court. This 
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leads to delays in the legal process, additional ex￾penses for the court system and for litigants and an 
increased likelihood that decisions will be appealed, 
further delaying the final judgment. The same pres￾sure is felt by administrative and other decision mak￾ing tribunals which people appear before without 
representation regularly. 
Solution: 
Working with public legal education partners, a 
Yukon NDP government will expand the existing 
Family Law Information Centre to be a true Civil Law 
Information Centre which can provide legal informa￾tion, assistance and self-help for those who repre￾sent themselves in civil and family law matters before 
courts and tribunals. Materials and support will be 
increasingly provided online so as to provide maxi￾mum support to all Yukoners.
Problem: 
Legal issues involving condominiums are growing in 
number and scope in the Yukon, and it is expensive 
for everyone involved, as well as taking up valuable 
court time. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government will establish a Condo￾minium Dispute Tribunal which will have the authority 
to make decisions in respect of disputes between 
condominium boards and owners so that these 
disputes do not have to be elevated to the Yukon 
Supreme Court at great expense to all involved.
Problem: 
Many – perhaps most - of the important decisions 
that impact Yukoners’ lives are made not by courts 
but by administrative boards and tribunals. Mem￾bers of these boards take their responsibilities very 
seriously and work very hard but often receive little 
or no training and are provided with no administra￾tive support. For some boards and tribunals, the 
time between hearings is such that they are unable 
to maintain their skill at holding hearings, weighing 
evidence and writing decisions. This is unfair both to 
board and tribunal members and those who appear 
before them.
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government will review and reform 
the administrative board and tribunal processes in 
Yukon to ensure that those who sit on those boards 
and committees have access to training, are put in 
a position to maintain their expertise once trained 
and have the impartial administrative infrastructure 
and support necessary to ensure the principles of 
administrative justice are met. The review would be 
wide in scope and would encompass such potential 
options as purposeful cross-appointments of board 
and tribunal members, grouping boards and tribunal 
together for administrative purposes and creating 
super-tribunals which could deal with matters under 
a variety of legislation.
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Support that meets the needs of 
our children and youth 
Problem: 
According to the Comprehensive Review (Putting Peo￾ple First), Yukon performs worse than the rest of Canada 
in childhood physical health and wellbeing outcomes. 
The effects of stress and anxiety reach every child in 
every school, and we keep using the same classroom 
layouts and attempting to teach the same coping mech￾anisms. 
Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, child men￾tal health outcomes have declined. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will invest in homegrown initiatives, 
such as Discovelo, to improve child mental health and 
educational achievement. Exercise improves focus, and 
therefore exponentially improves educational outcomes. 
It also works to manage mental health challenges such 
as stress and anxiety. 
We are excited to invest in technology and best practice 
in partnership with local companies to grow the econ￾omy, lift up small businesses, and improve mental, aca￾demic, and physical outcomes for children and youth. 
Right to read 
Problem: 
Yukon children need to learn to read, yet evi￾dence-based strategies have not been employed in 
the schools and our children are falling behind as a 
result.
Solution: 
Formally recognize the Right to Read for all Yukon 
students. This commitment would include promoting 
a variety of evidence-based approaches to literacy 
education. 
French options
Problem: 
There just aren’t enough French immersion spaces 
for all the Yukoners who want it to take advantage of 
this program. 
Solution: 
Introduce another French immersion program in a 
school in Whitehorse that could benefit from diversi￾fying their program portfolio. 
Education is critically important and this year has 
presented significant challenges. We’ll make sure 
decisions are made in collaboration with Yukon 
families, not unilaterally.
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Programming that meets kids and 
teachers’ needs
Problem: 
Teachers are facing unprecedented levels of aggres￾sion from students in the classroom who have very 
complex needs. In addition, teachers and education￾al assistants are often overwhelmed by the genuine 
needs of a few children in a classroom who are not 
yet ready to engage in formal learning. 
This makes learning a challenge for all children and 
teachers are reporting severe mental health challeng￾es themselves. This is a complex issue that requires 
thoughtful, multi-faceted solutions. 
Solutions:
» Pilot a Kindergarten-to-Grade-3, trauma￾informed, sensory and self-regulation 
programming with additional staffing 
resources that meets the needs of students not 
ready to engage in a fully academic program.
» Engage in long-term visioning in order 
to ensure that staff providing educational 
assessments are increased in order to make 
sure that students are assessed for supports 
needed at the earliest opportunity rather 
than languishing on waitlists and continuing 
to be disadvantaged, excluded or otherwise 
disruptive to classrooms, and ensure that 
the number of support staff retained are 
appropriate to the number of special needs 
children.
» Retain evidence-based mental health and 
de-escalation training so that teachers feel 
more equipped to handle incidents of minor 
escalation.
» Rather than simply placing counsellors in 
schools and hoping students take advantage, 
utilise a team and school-based targeted 
intervention approach which has been shown 
to have the largest effects on aggressive 
behaviours in schools.
» Increase the number of behaviour specialists 
available for consultation and support for 
children with special needs such as autism.
» Pilot a Social Workers in Schools Program for 
schools which have a high proportion of under￾resourced or marginalised children who may 
require social supports.
Properly resource our classrooms 
by hiring more learning assistance 
teachers and educational 
assistants
Problem: 
The number of special education students has in￾creased, while resources and supports have not kept 
up.
Solution: 
» Hire 50 more learning assistance teachers 
and educational assistants over three years 
to support teachers in their classrooms and 
increase the amount of educator attention that 
all students can receive. Learning assistance 
teachers and educational assistants will receive 
special training in trauma-informed care, 
restorative conflict resolution and literacy 
instruction as necessary.
» Take action on the recommendations of the 
independent review of inclusive and special 
education, with a focus on ensuring adequate, 
legal protections and guarantees of support 
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for all students who require those supports, by 
reinstating Individualized Education Plans for 
all eligible students.
More options for diverse needs 
Problem: 
Unique and diverse interests and learning needs of 
some children are overlooked in the general class￾room environment, leading to bullying and mental 
health challenges. 
Solutions:
Pilot an elementary Montessori program in a White￾horse-area elementary school to determine whether 
this style of teaching is successful in optimizing these 
learning styles. 
Tackling bullying effectively 
Problem: 
Bullying and conflict remain significant concerns in 
Yukon schools. The continued presence of these 
concerns has shown us that a punitive approach has 
not been successful. 
Solution:
» Tackle the issues of bullying and conflict 
head-on, in partnership with community 
leaders and elders, by adopting a restorative 
conflict resolution practice in all schools. This 
commitment includes support and training 
for teachers and educational assistants in 
restorative practices.
» School-based programming that supports peer 
support model such as the Headstrong Summits.
Targeted support for students 
with ADHD 
Problem: 
Parents and teachers who see learning and behaviour 
challenges are unsure where to turn and many stu￾dents (especially girls) fall behind because teachers 
are not trained to recognise the signs of Attention 
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) early on. 
Solution: 
A clear referral and assessment pathway for diagno￾sis of ADHD in school age children to ensure no child 
struggling with ADHD is learning without the proper 
supports, and specific training for education profes￾sionals on recognising the early signs of ADHD in all 
genders. 
Ensuring all students have access 
to a learning environment that 
meets their needs
Problem:
Currently, many Yukon youth who have accessibili￾ty needs pertaining to mental health are unable to 
attend school for a variety of reasons. 
When this happens, our youth may fall behind in their 
education, further entrenching their difficulties and 
descent into the system. The Yukon needs a bold, 
home-grown solution to ensure these young people 
have their needs met and therefore can meet their 
own potential. 
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Solution: 
The Yukon NDP government will create an alternative 
school specialised in mental health support for high 
school students who have unique needs not being 
met by the current education system. 
Equitable access to education 
infrastructure 
Problem: 
Currently, students cannot access education equita￾bly. This issue has been highlighted and exacerbat￾ed by the pandemic. This issue is not just limited to 
remote learning, but internet access is essential in 
order to provide access to up-to-date sources and 
critical thinking training. 
Solutions: 
» A Yukon NDP government will invest in more 
computers and tablets, more training and 
support for staff as they continue to adapt 
to online delivery, and new ways to improve 
e-learning. 
» Ensuring that students have access to 
affordable internet service and the proper 
devices to create an equitable learning 
environment. 
Universally affordable childcare 
Problem:
Childcare and early childhood development and 
education should go hand in hand as government 
policies - but right now they don’t. Childcare helps 
more Yukoners, especially women, get back into the 
workforce and helps kids see that women can have 
many roles in society. 
Early and appropriate childhood development and 
education, or lack thereof, is the single biggest pre￾dictor of later life achievement, poverty, involvement 
in the justice system, and healthcare outcomes. But 
not all childcare is quality early childhood education. 
If Yukoners want to have quality early childhood edu￾cation and reap the benefits from this, we need to go 
farther, and deeper, than just subsidizing childcare. 
Solution: 
» We will keep the current universal childcare 
benefit structure for both childcare providers 
and families in place at levels introduced 
before the election.
» We will work with childcare providers who 
provide infant care, as well as extended or 
weekend hours to ensure that they continue to 
be able to, or even expand to be able to, offer 
this flexibility for families and that families are 
not negatively impacted.
» We will provide a direct subsidy to families who 
work or study in unsocial hours and require 
childcare which they cannot obtain through a 
typical daycare setting to help with the costs, 
since these families will be left out.
» Affordable, quality, and relevant childcare that 
bridges health, social services and education 
is a smart investment. It provides not only 
equitable workforce participation but is a large 
employment sector for educators and the 
most proactive way to ensure healthier school 
children, young adults and aging adults. 
The Yukon NDP will ensure that the corresponding 
increase in demand for childcare will be planned for 
and quality care is well-supported with the following 
initiatives:
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» Childcare facilities that operate on evenings, 
weekends and holidays will be targeted for 
extra financial support in start-up costs, as many 
who participate in the workforce or who are 
students require childcare during this time as 
well.
» Qualified early childhood education 
professionals are already in short supply, and 
early childhood education is not babysitting. We 
will continue to provide opportunity for tuition 
support for those who are interested in entering 
into a career of early childhood education at 
Yukon University. 
» Financial incentives for childcare programs 
will be dependant on quality assessment and 
a payscale developed in partnership with the 
child care community. 
» Financial incentives for childcare operators will 
be targeted towards ensuring that front-line staff 
earn a wage commensurate with the difficult 
and important job they do, so they don’t have 
to work three jobs to make ends meet and have 
time and energy to spend with our children. 
» We will work with the child care community to 
develop a plan to help the public understand 
what educators do and why their work is so 
valuable to families and the community. 
» With an increase in childcare spots, it will be 
essential that new practitioners have access to 
evidence-based consultation - funding to the 
ELPS program at the CDC will be increased 
for three years to scale up the program and 
support the new childcare facilities.
» We will work with the appropriate NGOs to 
decide how to best implement programs such 
as the ELPS, how to ensure and encourage 
professional development opportunities for 
educators and program director/managers, 
meeting them where they’re at. 
As we support more individuals to become trained 
childcare and early development professionals, the 
Yukon’s capacity to care for our growing number of 
young Yukoners will grow accordingly. 
» We will ensure that Early Childhood Educators 
are a well-supported profession, just like teachers 
and other professionals in the Yukon’s education 
system. We will also invest in future childcare 
workers by supporting them to receive the 
necessary accreditation and training to provide 
the best care for Yukon children. 
» We will ensure that Early Childhood Centers have 
access to Professional Development funding to 
be able to help choose what additional education 
opportunities work best for their staff.
Tuition-Free continuing education 
for everyone 
Problem: 
The Yukon NDP believes in lifelong education. We be￾lieve that anyone who wishes to seek higher education 
should be able to access it. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP believes that learning is a right and 
that young people deserve a great start in life unen￾cumbered by student debt. We also believe that the 
whole society benefits when access to learning is given 
to everyone, not just those fortunate enough to afford 
it. Finally, we want educated people to stay and work 
in Yukon. This is why under the Yukon NDP, four full, or 
six part-time, years of tuition for any program at Yukon 
University will be free of charge to all Yukoners who have 
lived in Yukon for at least 3 years before starting their 
studies. 
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Ensuring all students have access 
to a learning environment that 
meets their needs
Problem: 
Yukon children and youth face significant mental 
health challenges and the mental health system in 
schools is not resourced to help them meet those 
challenges. Parents feel overwhelmed attempting to 
get help for their children and aren’t sure where the 
right door is. 
Teachers have adapted and incorporated the tran￾sition to a new curriculum, yet remain overwhelmed 
with the growing, diverse learning and social-emo￾tional needs in their classrooms without adequate 
in-class support for their students.
Solution:
Better support for students with trauma-based chal￾lenges, self-regulation troubles and other specific 
mental health needs, by increasing the presence and 
availability of trained, school-based mental-health 
workers working in coordination with teachers, sup￾port staff, departmental experts and local community 
leaders to provide wraparound care. 
This commitment would include clinical support 
provided to school-based counsellors, and eventually 
ensure the full-time presence of one mental-health 
worker in each school, especially in the Yukon’s com￾munities.
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Ensuring quality education for 
First Nations children and youth
Problem: 
Critical gaps in First Nations students’ education and 
graduation success have persisted, 32 years after sys￾temic inequality was first identified, leaving more and 
more Indigenous youth behind with a 49% gradua￾tion rate for First Nations youth compared to an 81% 
graduation rate for non-First Nations youth. 
Solution: 
Partnering with the Yukon First Nations Education di￾rectorate and all school boards, we will commit to an 
Indigenous-led approach to First Nations education, 
building programming around First Nations voices by 
honouring culture and internalizing a deeper under￾standing of Indigenous ways of learning and under￾standing of how to walk in both worlds. This commit￾ment includes dialogue and training to ensure that all 
Yukon teachers develop the necessary capacity and 
confidence to deliver an Indigenous-led curriculum 
with the lens of a First Nations worldview.
A Yukon NDP government would also increase sup￾port and resources for culturally relevant, land-based 
programming for Indigenous students in full collab￾oration with local First Nations, elders and communi￾ties.
Finally, Indigenous language programming has been 
neglected by successive governments for too long. 
The Yukon NDP will partner with First Nations to 
provide Indigenous language programming that can 
be accessed both in the school environment as well 
as outside of it. 
Funding for sports, arts, and 
outdoor education programming
Problem:
Our youth deserve access to a well-rounded education 
that nurtures the whole child and develops a wide range 
of practical skills. Our teachers are highly skilled and mo￾tivated to build physical and creative expression — and 
especially experiential, land-based learning — into their 
classrooms. The Yukon’s specialized sports, arts and out￾door secondary programs (MAD, ACES, FACES, OPES, 
PASE) are innovative, effective, and extremely popular, 
however, they are lacking in adequate spaces, especially 
for those students who do not have access to similar 
opportunities outside of school. 
What our educators need are the resources to make this 
programming more accessible, and the support and 
collaborative space to make it happen. 
Solution:
A Yukon NDP government will:
» Provide additional resources, supports, materials 
and collaboration time for teachers and support 
staff at all grade levels to incorporate sport, art 
and outdoor education learning in everyday 
teaching practice.
» Provide supports for students in the communities 
to access materials and transportation to 
Whitehorse-based sport, art, academic and other 
extracurricular programming.
» Ensure that all interested First Nations students 
have access to culturally relevant, land-based 
learning opportunities as a high proportion of 
their overall education.
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Ending predatory lending 
practices 
Problem: 
Predatory payday loan services rates, when calculated 
as an annual rate, are equal to about 600% APR - the 
average credit card has a high interest rate of 23%. 
This is an excessively expensive cost of borrowing. 
In the Yukon, it is also legal to allow people to take out 
a second loan at the same interest rate to pay off the 
first one, and to charge significant additional fees if 
loans are not paid back on time. 
In addition, research in other Canadian jurisdictions 
shows that people who use payday loans use them 
often, and are predominantly families meeting unex￾pected but emergent expenses with nowhere else 
to turn. This kind of lending traps people in a cycle 
of poverty and debt that is impossible for them to 
escape. 
People who use payday loans and cheque cashing 
services are not in a position to be paying these high 
fees, and these so-called services prey on the people 
in the community with the least resources to be able to 
make different financial choices. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will create legislation to tie monthly 
interest rates by payday lenders and cheque cashers 
to the average credit card interest rate APR (about 
23%), ban fees for late payment and ban the paying 
off of one payday loan with another. 
The Yukon NDP will also work with community 
partners such as NGOs, First Nations, and the city of 
Whitehorse community programs, to create program￾ming which teaches basic financial literacy to those 
most at risk, in places where they can most easily 
access it, in addition to ensuring that this is included 
in the high school curriculum as a specific prerequi￾site for graduation.
Minimum wage and a living wage
Problem: 
The current minimum wage does not allow Yukoners 
to live with dignity, in a safe and warm home, to eat 
regular nutritious meals, to enjoy their free time, or to 
save for a rainy day. 
Solution: 
We believe all Yukoners have the right to a level of 
Yukoners have big hearts. We care deeply about each 
other, and we want to make sure our neighbours are 
taken care of. Together, we can reduce poverty and 
inequality in our territory.
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economic security that allows 
them to grow and realise their 
potential. We believe in a Yukon 
where wages earned support a 
healthy and happy populace. This 
is why the Yukon NDP government 
would raise the minimum wage 
to $15.20 and work with business 
and industry to work towards solu
-
tions that would move minimum 
wage towards a living wage. 
Basic Annual Income 
Pilot 
Problem: 
People with disabilities face a 
confusing web of funding systems 
which often, even when maxi
-
mised, result in substandard living 
situations and food insecurity. 
People with disabilities deserve 
to live with dignity, security and 
to have quality of life but this is 
often denied them by the current 
system.
Solution: 
Explore a partnership with the 
Federal government and First 
Nations to create a new Federal In
-
come support benefit that replac
-
es the expensive, cumbersome, 
and antiquated web of services 
that don’t meet the needs of those 
forced to use them. 
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Supporting rural youth to have 
recreational and development 
opportunities 
Problem: 
Youth based in the rural communities face significant 
challenges when attempting to access equitable rec￾reation opportunities to youth in Whitehorse, contrib￾uting to mental health and physical health inequality. 
Solution:
A Yukon NDP government would work with commu￾nities and First Nations to develop a collaborative 
public transportation solution to ensure that youth 
who wish to travel to Whitehorse for arts, academics 
and athletic opportunities are able. Specific funding 
would be allocated to support the travel of youth 
who are financially vulnerable, and support the 
availability of appropriate community level tryouts for 
events such as the Arctic Winter Games.
A Yukon NDP government will increase funding 
available to Yukon youth through the Kid’s Recreation 
Fund so that every child has the ability to participate 
in sport and recreation opportunities.
A Yukon NDP government would provide targeted 
funding to support coaches and mentors in rural 
communities. We recognise and salute the many 
volunteers who spend countless hours helping youth 
reach their potential in a variety of arenas, but we are 
certain that many more would step forward if it was fi￾nancially viable - perhaps single parents who require 
extra funding for childcare, or young adults who 
need to work another job in the evenings to make 
ends meet. The Yukon NDP will work in partnership to 
provide targeted funding through NGOs, recreation￾al centres, and First Nations to communities identify 
their own leaders and mentors.
Youth Employment 
Problem: 
Jobs for young Yukoners are essential for a variety 
of reasons, only some of them financial. Early and 
entry-level employment also creates a workforce that 
is diverse, responsible, and helps young people to 
make decisions about their future, but youth are of￾ten left out of the job market for a variety of reasons, 
leaving them behind. 
YOUTH
Young people are our territory’s strength. Our 
government needs to hear youth voices and make 
sure that opportunities exist for all youth, no matter 
where they live or how much money they have. 
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Solution:
A Yukon NDP government would work with youth led 
NGOs, Yukon employers and the Chambers of Com￾merce to understand the barriers that youth face in 
attaining and maintaining entry-level positions, and 
support employers to reverse this trend. 
Youth-led decision making 
Problem: 
Decisions about youth should include youth perspec￾tives, but there is currently no formal mechanism to 
ensure this happens. 
Solution:
» Policies affecting young people should 
be viewed through the UN Declaration on 
Rights of the Child (UNDRC). A process will 
be put into place to ensure an expert on 
UNDRC is available to assist in any policy or 
programming development to ensure youth 
rights are honoured. 
» Policies that affect youth and children should 
be reviewed by a panel of youth that is 
representative of Yukon youth. A Yukon NDP 
government will work with youth-led NGOs 
and other youth organizations to convene and 
maintain this panel. 
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Bringing back the federal 
immigration office
Problem: 
When new Canadians are already here but are 
completing immigration processes for themselves or 
family members, it is a true hindrance not to have an 
immigration office located within Whitehorse. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP values the many people who choose 
to make the Yukon home, and would advocate to 
have the federal immigration office returned to 
Whitehorse to make their immigration process, or 
that of their family, smoother and less stressful. 
Reducing waiting periods when 
it makes sense
Problem: 
The waiting period for healthcare is three months 
from the date one is eligible to apply for a healthcare 
card. For those who have already been in the country 
for three months or longer but ineligible for health￾care, this further waiting period can result in financial 
hardship, or poor healthcare outcomes or even death 
as people attempt to wait until their coverage comes 
in. 
Solution: 
Waive the waiting period if the new Yukoner can 
prove that it has overlapped with legal residency and 
application waiting times.
NEWCOMERS
AND IMMIGRATION
Newcomers make our territory stronger. We want to 
make it easier for people who want to join us here to 
make Yukon home. 
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Our candidates are an amazing, 
community-minded group 
of people with a wealth of 
experience. Every single one 
of them is someone who cares 
about their community and who 
will do what they say they’ll do.
Kate White
Leader of the Yukon NDP
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SECTION THREE
An Economy 
That Works 
for Everyone
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In the last election, Yukoners voted 
for change, and the Yukon Liberals 
did not deliver. 
Kate White and the Yukon NDP will 
work towards an economy that is 
sustainable and doesn’t leave 
anyone behind. 
Putting Yukon 
businesses ahead of 
big corporations
Problem:
Small and medium businesses 
have been hit especially hard 
during the pandemic and are living 
(or dying) on a knife’s edge every 
month. Yukon businesses have 
worked hard to adapt and continue 
to serve Yukoners and it’s time to 
give back. 
Investing in local business makes 
good fiscal sense - it costs the 
government less to keep a busi￾ness going than to let it go under 
and help it to re-establish later, but 
also, every dollar spent at a local 
business in the Yukon multiplies as 
it passes through Yukoners’ hands 
again and again, as rent, groceries, 
recreation, or any number of the 
other things Yukoners must pay for. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government will 
work with the business community 
to understand the needs of small 
and medium businesses, and work 
with their partners, including the 
City of Whitehorse and the Cham￾bers of Commerce, to develop a 
plan which:
» Promotes “Buy Local” 
in a tangible and useful 
way - not just asking 
people to buy local but 
actually making it easy for 
Yukoners to hear about and 
connect with businesses 
supplying the goods and 
services they want and 
need. We want to build on 
the work the Whitehorse 
Chamber of Commerce 
did promoting Buy Local 
Whitehorse by creating a 
resource for Yukoners that 
is user-friendly and up-to￾date. Yukoners want to buy 
local, but sometimes they 
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don’t know how or don’t have a lot of time to 
research options. A Yukon NDP government 
would create and support a searchable “Buy 
local” website or app that helps people 
easily find the goods they are looking for in 
partnership with the Chambers of Commerce 
and other interested commercial parties, and 
would run promotions and contests using this 
new resource to get Yukoners excited and 
engaged. 
» Works with the City of Whitehorse and 
Chambers of Commerce to run a pilot which 
would make all the metered parking free on 
Saturdays to make shopping downtown at 
small and locally-owned businesses easier and 
more appealing for Yukoners. 
» Partners with Service Canada and the 
Chambers of Commerce to pilot a “navigator” 
position for the duration of the recovery from 
the pandemic, the role of whom will be to help 
small and local business owners understand 
which aid they are eligible for and to assist 
them to work through the application process. 
» Takes lessons learned from the Free shipping 
anywhere in Canada program. We would 
continue to support partnerships that even the 
playing field for small businesses in Yukon who 
face an uphill battle compared to behemoth 
businesses like Amazon who have the luxury of 
offering free shipping. 
» Immediately extends all current Yukon 
government small and local business 
assistance by at least one year, or for the 
duration of the recovery time needed following 
COVID19.
» Involves a review of legislation and planning, 
both territorial and municipal, to identify and 
change legislation which is not supportive of 
growth or development of small and medium 
businesses.
» Rolls out a real “Buy Local” policy for the Yukon 
Government that ensures that travel is by Air 
North, that food is purchased through locally 
owned companies, and that all local options 
are explored before external contracting is 
even considered. Any time there is a contract 
for procurement from a non-local business, 
there is an explanation why the goods or 
service could not be procured locally.
» A Yukon NDP Government would work with 
the Yukon airline industry to have the federal 
government legislate mandatory interline 
agreements with major airlines that protect 
local airlines and ensure accessible service for 
all Yukoners.
» Pilots microgrants for Yukon businesses 
to make needed improvements using a 
matching formula. During the pandemic many 
businesses needed to pivot and adjust to stay 
alive. We value this creative and enterprising 
spirit and we want to continue to support 
businesses to evolve, innovate and improve, 
and we won’t wait until the next pandemic 
or emergency to invest in the small business 
community. Applications would be considered 
for businesses who wanted to improve or 
maintain web presence, update their systems, 
renovate their spaces, or other improvements 
that require capital and would be matched 
dollar to dollar up to a $5,000 government 
contribution yearly per business. 
» Continues to support and expand the 
mentorship program in partnership with 
Yukonstruct and Yukon University where 
experienced business owners help to guide 
the new generation.
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Promoting and supporting Yukon 
artists
Problem:
The Yukon is host to incredible talent in the visual, 
dramatic, musical, literary, and cultural arts. Commu￾nities where art is supported are healthier, happier 
and more vibrant. We have the highest per capita 
population of artists in the country, and this is a natu￾ral resource we have neglected to nurture and devel￾op to its full potential as an industry in its own right. 
Solutions:
» Marketing Yukon art nationally and 
internationally works better when an accessible 
showcase is facilitated and a united front is 
created. A Yukon NDP government will commit 
to creating, marketing, and supporting an 
online portal through which Yukon art and 
cultural works and experiences from the small, 
such as individual artists’ work, to the large, 
such as our amazing festivals, can be effectively 
promoted to potential customers both across 
Canada and in fertile international markets. No 
longer will Yukon be full of “hidden gems”. Our 
talent will be on full display for the world to 
admire. 
» Simultaneously, in consultation with 
representatives of the arts and cultural 
sectors, partner on developing and support 
implementation of an arts and cultural 
industries action plan for every sector of the 
cultural economy. 
» Establish a ten-year arts and cultural initiative 
for the creation of new, strategic and ground￾breaking works that represent the territory and 
foster collaboration amongst music, theatre, 
dance, visual arts, film and media.
» Establish a cost-shared arts and cultural 
infrastructure capital program to assist in the 
planning, construction and/or renovation of 
cultural facilities, replacing current ad hoc 
arrangements and better supporting the 
growth of cultural tourism, which gives back to 
the local economy and supports hundreds of 
jobs. 
Small businesses under attack by 
delivery services
Problem: 
Small businesses are threatened across Canada by 
large delivery businesses such as DoorDash and Skip 
the Dishes which take a significant cut from the bill as 
well as charging unreasonable fees to our small busi￾ness owners. In other jurisdictions, these predatory 
practices have run small restaurant owners entirely 
out of business. Both of the aforementioned ser￾vices have begun operating in the territory in recent 
weeks.
Solution: 
Commercial delivery drivers will be required to have 
a commercial license in order to ensure safe driving 
practices, ensure that delivery vehicles are clearly 
labelled with the name of the company, and cap the 
fees that these multinational companies can charge 
small businesses. 
We will also pass legislation that ensures that all driv￾ers for delivery companies or rideshare companies 
are employees and not contractors and therefore 
eligible for the remuneration and benefits they have 
earned. 
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Supporting Tourism
Yukon tourism businesses, when aggregated, are the 
single largest private employer in the Yukon, and are 
the second largest financial driver of money into the 
Yukon. Tourism operators live part, or full-time in the 
Yukon and spend their money here, so helping the 
tourism industry helps all Yukoners by multiplying the 
dollars that come in through spends at other busi￾nesses and services. 
Problem:
Tourism operators care deeply about the health and 
wellbeing of Yukoners, because they themselves 
are Yukoners. Under COVID19 restrictions, however, 
this formerly flourishing sector has been unable to 
make ends meet. Solutions from the previous Liberal 
government, like promoting staycations and govern￾ment bailouts have been insufficient due to the size 
of our population, and announcements like increas￾ing marketing spending, do nothing in the short to 
medium term if people cannot reasonably visit within 
the foreseeable future. 
Solutions:
The Yukon NDP understands that this diverse industry 
will require creative solutions, and that there is no 
one-size-fits all solution to the tremendous hit the 
tourism industry has taken through COVID19 restric￾tions. Everyone in this industry must be represented 
at the table. Government and industry must work 
together, and listen to each other, to find our way 
through this. 
A Yukon NDP government commits to:
» Spending money on tourism strategy 
development immediately upon taking office 
and being open to creative solutions from all 
areas of the industry to inform this. We need 
to invest in a flexible, dynamic strategy now, so 
we can ensure that we grow our industry back 
sustainably, tactically, and safely. 
» We will do this by drawing from other 
industries and other geographic locations, 
to find solutions that fit for all Yukon tourism 
businesses. 
» We will invest now in technology and research, 
such as rapid testing and modelling that 
reflects our rural reality, when we’re able to 
return to in-person tourism, we can make 
tourism safer and proactively manage public 
health threats. 
» We will seek out, and take the advice of, 
international industry-leading medical and 
public health consultants who have already 
managed to help other businesses get back to 
work.
» We will try new and different ways of making 
travel in these times appealing, such as 
pairing operators (such as experience resorts 
and hotels with wilderness experience tours) 
to meet the practical needs of travel in a 
COVID19 reality so guests don’t have to do this 
legwork themselves.
» We will continue to work with all communities 
and First Nations to ensure that they are kept 
in the know about, and feel comfortable with, 
the risk management plans in place for tourism 
operation.
» We will invest in training and personal 
protective equipment as necessary for 
interested tourism operators so that tourism 
operators, guests, and Yukoners are as safe as 
possible. 
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Paying Yukon contractors a fair 
wage
Problem: 
The fair wage policy instituted by previous govern￾ments is not functioning as it was intended. Currently, 
fair wages for tradespeople are being circumvented 
and ignored by contractors on many large scale gov￾ernment contracts, as are safety standards and rules 
around breaks. This means that jobs the government 
brings through large scale infrastructure contracts are 
not always the jobs local tradespeople want or need. 
Solutions: 
» Be more proactive around Fair Wage. Ask for 
payroll records – with names blacked out, if 
necessary, to ensure that wages are being paid 
fairly for work done.
» Establish a Fair Wage Advisory board made 
up of key stakeholders in the industry, owners 
and unions. Review categorizations of workers 
and give the board the authority to investigate 
breaches of the Fair Wage.
» Conduct a thorough review of employment 
standards policies and ensure that best 
practices around machine operators and 
tradespeople working from heights or in 
confined spaces are instituted.
Paid Sick Leave
Problem: 
Not all workers have access to paid sick days. This 
problem was highlighted on a larger scale during the 
pandemic when both the federal and territorial govern￾ments created stop gap programs so that workers had 
an option other than to go to work sick. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will, through legislation proposed as 
an amendment to the Employment Standards Act, 
ensure that employees have access to a reasonable 
amount of sick leave days every year. This action 
protects public health, the employer (in the case of a 
pandemic especially) and the employees. 
Helping workers stay safe and get 
ahead
Problem: 
Ensuring workers are protected and mentally and 
physically safe in their workplaces has not been a pri￾ority for previous governments. This needs to change 
in order to ensure a healthy and effective workforce. 
Solutions:
» The Yukon NDP is committed to ensuring that 
workers are mentally and physically safe in 
their workplaces. 
» The Yukon NDP will work with the Human 
Rights Commission and the Yukon Workers 
Compensation Health and Safety Board 
to ensure that all workplaces, government 
and private, are free from discrimination, 
harassment, and unsafe work practices. This 
will include updated whistleblower legislation 
which holds management accountable, 
including in government. 
» The Yukon NDP will extend presumptive PTSD 
legislation to include all Yukon workers. As 
any worker could face an accident, incident or 
other traumatic situation on the job, the criteria 
will no longer be type of occupation but an 
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identifiable traumatic experience occurring in 
the workplace along with a diagnosis of PTSD 
by a qualified professional. 
» Yukon workers deserve to have confidence 
that their position will be there for them 
next week and next year. Along with this, 
if the government has the ability to fund a 
full-time position, it should make sure that 
the employee is compensated adequately 
and equitably to other employees doing the 
same work. This is why the Yukon NDP would 
crack down on the unfair practice of placing 
auxiliary-on-call staff into regularly scheduled 
full or part-time positions for an indeterminate 
amount of time rather than creating full-time 
positions. 
Updating government to truly 
support agriculture
Problem: 
Yukon agriculture represents several values that 
Yukoners hold dear: hard work, self-sufficiency, and 
ingenuity. The market has shown that Yukoners want 
to be able to source food that has been ethically 
produced locally, with a low carbon footprint, that 
supports our friends and neighbours. Farming, how￾ever, is a significant risk and investment for anyone 
who takes it on, and benefits from formal support in 
the form of initiative, education and legislation. 
The Yukon NDP is serious about supporting growing 
and promoting local agriculture.
Solutions:
» A Yukon NDP government will strike a task 
force to listen to the diverse and growing 
representatives of agriculture farmers across 
the Yukon and understand their needs through 
consultation, but move swiftly to action 
following this engagement. 
» We understand that there are many types of 
farms and that not all people who participate 
in agriculture have the same goals or needs. 
Modernization of legislation for agriculture 
in the Yukon is long overdue, including a 
discussion of supply management, sanitation 
and export regulations and people with “on 
the ground experience” need to be involved in 
shaping the Yukon’s agricultural future. 
Eat local buy local rebate 
Problem: 
Yukon farmers and businesses work hard to create 
opportunities for Yukoners to eat ethically and locally, 
but Yukon farmers require support in order to con￾tinue contributing to the economy as well as making 
food security for the Yukon a reality. 
Solutions: 
» In order to promote and create a sustainable 
market for Yukon agriculture, a yearly 
rebate tied to volume will be provided to 
Yukon-based retailers and food service 
businesses who choose to purchase Yukon￾grown produce, dairy, meat and eggs. This 
initiative also helps to reduce emissions from 
transporting agricultural products into our 
territory.
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Make Government Choose Local 
First
Problem: 
Agriculture requires substantial risk and investment. 
Without stable markets, Yukon farmers are chal￾lenged to grow and diversify their yields.
Solution: 
Yukon government services such as hospitals, correc￾tional facilities, continuing care facilities, and other 
programs that require food provision should look to 
local agriculture contracts with interested farmers first 
before buying food from other commercial sourc￾es because money spent in the Yukon stays in the 
Yukon. 
In order to make this possible, the Yukon NDP gov￾ernment will work with local agriculturists to create a 
Grown in Yukon marketplace that smaller providers 
can aggregate their goods into and the government 
can easily contract from. 
Government must honour 
commitments to farmers 
Problem: 
Yukon farmers who make contracts are expected to 
honour them and plan their yields accordingly many 
months in advance. The Yukon Government should 
be expected to honour contacts to order food prod￾ucts that respect the realities of the agriculture indus￾try. If the government does not uphold their end of 
the contract, the farmers bear the financial brunt, and 
due to the nature of agricultural products, are forced 
to unload their products at a loss or see them spoil. 
Solutions:
» Under a Yukon NDP government, the 
expectation will be that the government 
will make the effort to source agricultural 
products locally. In addition, the expectation 
for government contracts for Yukon agriculture 
products will be that if the government 
contracts for a certain amount of product, that 
the government will order and pay for that 
amount of product unless mutually agreed 
otherwise. 
» This initiative increases food security, reduces 
food wastage, and supports and grows local 
agricultural business
Agriculture infrastructure farmers 
need
Problem: 
Yukon farmers work hard to produce their animal 
products and want to ensure that when the time 
comes, they are able to bring their products to the 
market. The mobile abattoirs are a step in the right 
direction but they have been unpredictably available, 
contributing to significant frustration for both farmers 
and their clients. 
Solution: 
» A Yukon NDP government would guarantee 
the mobile abattoirs are functional, available 
and easy to book so that animals can be safely, 
cleanly and humanely processed.
» Ensure that a food animal veterinarian is hired 
to work within the Agricultural Branch to fully 
be able to support farmers and their livestock
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Visiting workers paying their fair 
share
Problem: 
The Yukon NDP believes that money made in the 
Yukon should stay in the Yukon, and that jobs should 
go to Yukoners first, but corporate interests have held 
previous governments hostage through campaign 
donations and lobbying. 
Solution: 
» We support responsible development and 
business in the Yukon, however, we believe 
that those who make their money in the Yukon 
but choose to make their home outside of 
the Yukon and, therefore, spend their money 
elsewhere should contribute to the Yukon.
» This is why the Yukon NDP would implement 
a non-voluntary 2% contribution which would 
only be implemented for workers who file their 
income tax outside of the Yukon.
» Yukoners would benefit by having this financial 
contribution go back into maintaining services 
and infrastructure we all enjoy.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Internet access is a human right
Problem: 
The pandemic has shown that access to good, high 
speed internet is no longer a luxury, but a neces￾sary aspect of life in 2021. With services from across 
the health, social services and education spectrum 
moving online, we suddenly saw a massive disparity 
in who could access essential services and who could 
not. 
This inequity cannot be tolerated. 
Yukon small businesses in underserved communities 
with unreliable internet have suffered greatly, as they 
are unable to participate to the same extent in the 
online communications which have become essential 
in today’s business world. 
Solution:
» The Yukon NDP will ensure that all Yukoners 
who live within an established community have 
access to reliable, realistic (unlimited data with 
workable upload speeds), affordable (less 
than $100 per month) internet so that they can 
equitably access healthcare, (including mental 
healthcare), education, and other services.
» Northwestel, with funding from the Canadian 
Radio Television and Communications 
fund, has committed to a plan to ensure all 
communities within the Yukon have access 
to reliable internet using either low-earth 
satellites, hybrid fibre coax or fibre to the 
home by 2023. We will ensure that they are 
held to account and work with the CRTC and 
Northwestel and the federal government 
more broadly to make this new technology 
affordable for all Yukoners. 
Access to parks and campgrounds
Problem: 
Yukoners stay mentally and spiritually healthy and 
whole through spending time in nature. Camp￾grounds are not just used for overnight stays, but also 
for recreation such as hiking and family gatherings. 
Their infrastructure, such as fire pits and shelters, 
are used by many community groups and programs 
which provide culturally appropriate access to the 
land, but too often people are unable to access these 
through barriers due to disability, or because camp￾grounds get too full due to increasing demand.
Solutions: 
» Work with First Nations to create two new 
campgrounds within two hours’ driving time of 
Whitehorse in order to nurture this connection 
to nature.
» Explore expansion of existing campgrounds 
where practical. 
» Introduce a pilot program for making some 
We’re going to invest in the infrastructure that 
Yukoners want and need, to live and play.
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sites within two hours of Whitehorse bookable 
using a reservation system which would open 
spots week by week. 
» These campgrounds will follow the example 
of Wolf Creek and include accessible trail 
infrastructure and First Nation signage and 
history, so that they are truly inclusive spaces 
for all Yukoners to enjoy. 
» Work to ensure fees for camping are affordable 
for Yukoners by bringing back Yukoner permits 
at $50 per year and keeping free camping for 
Yukon seniors. However, we will make up the 
cost difference by increasing the nightly stay 
fee for out of territory guests in order to cover 
the costs of firewood and maintenance.
Yukon Parks Strategy
Problem: 
Parks planning and development has proceeded in a 
haphazard manner and this has left representatives of 
ecoregions unprotected. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will commit to implementing the 
Yukon Parks strategy, including the development of 
a Yukon Territorial Parks System Plan to guide the 
creation of existing parks and campgrounds, and the 
establishment of future parks, including committing 
to protect representatives of all ecoregions in the 
Yukon. 
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TRANSPORTATION
Plan smarter infrastructure work
Problem: 
Infrastructure work in the territory hasn’t been 
planned, and it hasn’t taken into account decay which 
we know is increasing due to climate change and 
permafrost melting. 
Solution: 
Create a multi-year transportation and infrastructure 
maintenance plan which takes into account and 
prioritizes projects based on climate change relat￾ed effects, but also ensures that local infrastructure 
contractors can gather the resources necessary and 
plan for tenders in advance, rather than being outbid 
at the last minute by larger southern contractors in 
poorly planned or rushed tenders. 
Ensuring our roads and highways 
are safe and sustainable
Problem: 
Melting permafrost is threatening significant areas 
of the Alaska highway and other roads and infra￾structure in the Yukon. Without a plan to remediate 
these areas, large parts of the highway could literally 
fall away, creating crises such as food and medicine 
shortages, injuries, death, or communities being cut 
off from supply lines of essential services. Of course, 
any disaster like this would also further damage our 
struggling tourism industry. A reactionary approach 
to this impending disaster is completely unaccept￾able - climate change challenges such as this require 
leadership - moving forward with our eyes open to 
the problem, rather than our heads buried in the 
sand. 
Solutions:
A Yukon NDP government would immediately 
partner with Transport Canada to allocate resources 
to map potential trouble spots on Yukon highways, 
and then release a public document which not only 
displays the trouble spots but also prioritizes them 
for engineering solutions. 
Ensuring air infrastructure is safe 
and sustainable
Problem: 
The Yukon Government and Yukon businesses have 
worked hard to promote tourism opportunities to 
both domestic and international markets. Since 2015, 
the Erik Nielsen International Airport has seen a 
dramatic increase in activity, despite this, Whitehorse 
Transportation, be it by road or air, is the lifeblood of 
the Yukon. We’ll ensure the infrastructure we need is 
there for us.
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is at risk of losing its Air Traffic Controllers due to 
staffing changes at Nav Canada and the government 
has refused to advocate. This puts all flights at risk, 
including medevacs to and from communities. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government will work with the Federal 
Transport Minister and NAV Canada to ensure that 
the Eric Nielsen International Airport retains Air Traffic 
Control Services.
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The Yukon NDP has a strong legacy of supporting rural 
communities. We’re going to invest in the services and 
opportunities that rural Yukoners need to stay in the 
communities they love.
RURAL COMMUNITIES
Partnering with Yukon University 
to have made-in Yukon training 
programs to increase access to 
good jobs and healthcare in the 
rural communities
Problem: 
Many healthcare professionals are based in White￾horse or do not travel frequently to the communities, 
and this can create significant barriers for people 
residing in the communities to access cost-effective, 
convenient preventative healthcare. 
Solution: 
» Support rural communities by training 
community members using the Nuka model 
and a partnership with Yukon University. 
» We will work with communities to identify and 
train community members to do preventative 
healthcare and mental healthcare such as 
mental health support work, dental hygiene 
healthcare, and to act as health aides in 
nursing stations. 
» The health aides would be trained to monitor 
chronic conditions, assist with homecare 
as appropriate, provide essential health 
promotion support, maintain relationships and 
be a liaison between the community and the 
visiting professionals. 
» Condition of hire for these positions would be 
a commitment to seeing the training through 
and by remaining in the community, once 
trained, for at least five years.
Emergency healthcare and 
other emergency services in the 
communities
Problem: 
Rural communities often depend on a small group of 
dedicated people who volunteer for critical emer￾gency services (such as ambulance and fire). Tran￾sience, burnout, and other life circumstances make 
the current system unsustainable and put people 
at risk. It is essential that the sustainability strategy 
of these services is re-examined and brought up to 
current standards. 
Solution: 
Work to ensure equitable and sustainable emergen￾cy service in communities by establishing a working 
group to determine what measurable level of emer￾gency response service can be established and what 
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changes will be necessary to consistently achieve 
those levels of service.
A community policy lens 
Problem: 
The unique and important needs, including the 
economies, of communities are often not considered 
when policies are developed, and therefore, Yukon 
Government policies may end up inadvertently harm￾ing rural communities.
Solution:
A Yukon NDP Government would immediately create 
a communities policy lens that would require all new 
corporate policy proposals to be reviewed through 
the lens of its potential impact and benefits to the 
Yukon’s communities. New corporate policies would 
include a section on community impacts. This re￾quirement would ensure that the needs and interests 
of Yukoners outside of Whitehorse are included in 
every relevant policy decision of the Yukon govern￾ment.
Ensuring responsive emergency 
fire service in communities 
Problem: 
Currently the recruitment, training and retention of 
qualified rural volunteer firefighters is the responsibil￾ity of a program area, not a position. This has resulted 
in communities being unable to defend themselves 
when fires have occurred and the senseless loss of 
historic buildings and homes. 
Solution: 
Create a specific position, or ensure that an existing 
position, within the fire marshal’s office has direct 
responsibility for the maintenance and staffing of vol￾unteer fire departments within the rural communities. 
Valuing literacy in the 
communities
Problem: 
Hardworking librarians in communities work to 
promote literacy and assist with research, education, 
and healthy recreation. Unfortunately, they are not 
compensated equitably to librarians who work in 
Whitehorse. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP values literacy, healthy recreation and 
workers, and would work to ensure community librar￾ians are compensated equitably to their counterparts 
in Whitehorse. 
Transit between communities 
Problem: 
The lack of transit between communities as well as 
into Whitehorse is not just a matter of convenience. 
It has been identified as a public health problem as 
well in the coroner’s report in the death of Cynthia 
Blackjack. More must be done to ensure Yukoners 
in rural communities have access to affordable and 
useful transit options. 
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Solution: 
The Yukon NDP government will work with communi￾ties, small businesses and First Nations, to introduce 
a scheduled bus service between communities by 
the third year of the mandate.
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ENVIRONMENT 
AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Fracking/Non-renewable energy 
extraction
Problem: 
In our current climate crisis, oil and gas are unwise 
investments due to both financial and environmental 
decline. Fracking and non-renewable energy ex￾traction leads to irreversible environmental land and 
water contamination.
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP remains committed to an outright 
ban on fracking and other non-renewable energy 
extraction anywhere in the Yukon. 
Free public transit in Whitehorse
Problem: 
Currently, potential users of transit in Whitehorse are 
dissuaded due to a variety of barriers. This results in 
the excessive use of personal vehicles for short dis￾tances, which contributes significantly to unnecessary 
carbon emissions. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government will work with the city of 
Whitehorse to make public transit free and remove 
barriers that stop people accessing this essential 
service. We will also work with the city to increase op￾erating hours and ensure that the Handy Bus services 
Yukon Government property so that all users of the 
Handy Bus are truly able to access it. 
Pesticides
Problem: 
The Yukon’s legislation on use of pesticides is sorely 
out-of-date and requires evidence-based changes in 
order to keep up with what we know to be true about 
harms created by pesticide use. 
Solutions: 
» Following the lead of multiple provinces in 
Canada, enact a ban on the cosmetic use of 
pesticides in the Yukon 
» Ban the use of neonicotinoids to protect 
Yukon’s bee population and therefore our 
unique biodiversity.
Climate change is the defining issue of our times. We 
are going to take strong, decisive action — both in 
prevention and in mitigation — to secure our home for 
generations to come.
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Protecting the 
Yukon’s fish and 
wildlife
Problem: 
There is currently no species at 
risk legislation in the Yukon which 
leaves many vulnerable species 
without protection. 
Solution:
Develop and enact long-overdue 
Species-at-Risk legislation, work
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ing closely with First Nation gov
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ernments, boards and councils, 
and stakeholders.
Enhance the stocked 
lakes program
Problem: 
The stocked lake fishing program 
is long overdue for an update 
which takes into account angling 
demand in the Yukon and climate 
change.
Solution: 
Enhance the stocked lake fishing 
programs for increased and im
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proved angling access in partner
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ship with Yukon First Nations.
Proactively mitigating 
climate change and 
leading by example
Problem: 
The Yukon, and Indigenous com
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munities in Yukon in particular, 
are disproportionately affected by 
the climate crisis. We are losing 
permafrost, glacier ice, and the 
weather conditions in which our 
unique ecosystems thrive at a dev
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astating rate, and our ways of life 
are already suffering as a result. 
We must take steps to be part of 
the solution and lead by example. 
Solutions:
A Yukon NDP government will: » Boldly set a target of a 
45% reduction over 2010 
levels by 2030 as per the 
Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change 2018. 
» The Yukon NDP will also 
commit to a goal of 
protecting at least 50% of 
the Yukon’s land and waters 
in partnership with First 
Nations and the Inuvialuit 
through land use planning 
and other available 
measures. 
» Create an industry 
roundtable, including 
mining, to coordinate and 
mutually support efforts at 
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territory-wide carbon reduction.
» Include the mining emissions within the 
Yukon’s overall 2030 emissions reduction. 
target, rather than treating mining separately
» Require Yukon mines to meet absolute 
emissions reductions standards, not intensity 
targets.
» Legally mandate an increase in energy 
efficiency of new building by 50% above the 
2015 national building code, and assist new 
builders in achieving this increase with an 
energy-efficiency grant of up to 50% of the 
upfront costs required.
» Set an ambitious target of 2025 to 2030 to 
incrementally stop renting diesel generators, 
gradually diverting this money instead to the 
building of a variety of new green energy 
infrastructure. 
» Continue to work towards diverse green 
energy solutions for off-grid communities.
» Continue to work towards a future that will 
eventually connect communities to a territory￾wide energy grid.
» Immediately allocate $3 million annually to 
partnering with Yukon University to research 
and pilot green energy initiatives such as 
thermal storage, small run-of-river projects, 
geothermal projects, biofuel options, wind 
electricity generation, solar energy, and 
pumped storage.
» Work with the City of Whitehorse and First 
Nations to introduce a schedule for replacing 
the current public transportation fleet in 
Whitehorse with a net-zero emissions fleet. 
» Place at least one rapid charging port for 
electric vehicles centrally in each grid￾connected community. 
» Work with small business to create rapid 
charging ports along grid-connected areas on 
the Alaska Highway to bring back roadhouses 
and draw EV tourism.
» As the largest employer in the territory, 
serve as a model for all Yukon employers by 
instituting permanent measures to support 
employees to make the choice to work from 
home. 
» Decentralize Yukon Government employment 
and allow greater employment opportunities in 
the communities.
Making recycling make sense
Problem: 
With our remote location, the Yukon faces unique 
challenges when it comes to diverting waste and 
recyclables from landfills and transfer stations. 
Solutions: 
A Yukon NDP government will:
» Establish incremental goals to achieve 
Yukon wide diversion rate of 80% by 2040, 
supporting municipalities and unincorporated 
communities to help them achieve these goals
» Work with local transport companies to ensure 
that trucks stop leaving the Yukon empty and 
instead, become part of the waste diversion 
solution.
» Create a support program for local small 
businesses innovatively helping Yukoners 
divert waste from the landfill.
» Partner with Alberta and British Columbia to 
become a part of their Extended Producer 
Responsibility programs to facilitate and 
increase the number of products to be 
recycled.
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Protecting our wetlands and our 
water
Problem: 
The Yukon currently lacks a sufficient wetlands pro￾tection and management plan. Wetlands are essen￾tial for the following reasons: They protect us from 
drought by holding water when conditions are dry. 
They protect us from climate change by reducing 
greenhouse gases. Wetlands protect wildlife. They 
provide hundreds of species with safe places to eat, 
sleep and raise young. 
Solutions:
» Protect Yukon natural ecosystems, in 
consultation with First Nations and other 
stakeholders, by drafting and adopting 
legislation that would formally define and 
protect Yukon wetlands, wildlife habitats and 
other critical natural areas.
» Enacting an immediate pause on development, 
exploration and extraction in any undisturbed 
wetlands or other sensitive natural area until 
the territorial wetlands policy is complete and 
agreed to by Yukon First Nations and other key 
stakeholders.
» Initiate the identification and mapping of all 
wetlands, Yukon wide, beginning with areas 
most prone to development.
» Ensure that any final territorial wetlands policy 
includes cumulative effects thresholds as well 
project specific thresholds.
» Ban Industrial use of wetlands - wetlands shall 
not be used for any industrial purpose.
» Enact a formal No Net Loss principle to 
wetlands management, in which any non￾Industrial development proposals on wetlands 
must include detailed plans to avoid negative 
impacts, to mitigate any impacts that may 
occur, and to fully offset any loss of wetland 
area by restoration of equal or greater 
wetlands areas elsewhere in the territory.
» Ban any development on irreplaceable 
peatlands wetlands and strictly limit 
development on marshland.
» Within two years, draft and present legislation, 
in consultation with First Nations and other 
stakeholders, that would formally define and 
protect Yukon wetlands, wildlife habitats and 
other critical natural areas based on the No Net 
Loss / No Industrial Use principles.
Protecting the Yukon’s fresh 
water sources
Problem: 
Fresh water is fast becoming a limited resource 
globally - the Yukon needs to act urgently and deci￾sively to ensure that our water is protected for future 
generations. 
Solution: 
» Formally protect our freshwater as a public 
resource.
» Bolster data collection, monitoring and 
enforcement.
» Work with communities and First Nation 
governments to establish/support land 
guardian/stewardship programs to assist with 
environmental monitoring.
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Proactively adapting to the 
climate change effects we already 
see
Problem: 
We know that climate change is already happening 
in the Yukon, and we need to go into these changes 
with our eyes open, planning realistically for our fu￾ture. We must act decisively today to ensure we have 
planned for tomorrow. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government will:
» Work with First Nations and communities to 
establish localized climate change adaptation 
plans and to better understand the risks faced 
by those respective communities and where 
opportunities for adaptation exist.
» Introduce a no-interest loan program for 
homeowners faced with costly and urgent 
repairs due to permafrost melt, which is 
currently affecting many Yukon communities.
» Introduce a no-interest loan program for 
qualified energy retrofits.
» Introduce a low to no-interest loan program for 
landlords to facilitate qualified energy retrofits 
which would ensure housing becomes more 
efficient. 
» Work with farmers to set ambitious targets for 
Yukon-produced food with a grown-in-Yukon 
strategy and initiatives.
» Create a $1 million community food security 
fund to build and maintain community 
greenhouses and root cellars in order to build 
community and produce food locally, reducing 
carbon emissions and increasing food security. 
Communities, First Nations and NGOs will also 
be able to access funding to teach valuable 
food production and preservation skills to 
people, especially youth. 
A clear plan for when fires hits
Problem:
It’s only a matter of time before a community is seri￾ously threatened by wildfire. 
Solution:
» We would create, and then share, a clear 
plan which shows that we are working with 
municipalities and First Nations, to ensure 
that all Yukoners knew how their home and 
business would and could be protected from 
wildfires.
» The Yukon NDP would introduce a complaint￾based system for removal or thinning of excess 
or dead trees near residential properties. 
» We would work with municipalities and First 
Nations to help small business take advantage 
of firesmarting opportunities to harvest wood 
for profit.
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SECTION FOUR
Good 
Government
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Electoral reform to 
ensure all votes count
Problem: 
We have seen, time and time 
again, how partisanship can harm 
the health of a democracy. A 
reformed electoral system would 
create a collaborative government, 
where parties work together in 
shaping policy. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will work to ensure 
our current system moves towards 
representing all votes equally 
through the introduction of a 
proportional voting system. We 
will work to ensure that every vote 
counts through a proportional rep￾resentation system that benefits all 
Yukoners.
Keeping big money 
out of politics
Problem: 
As it stands right now, people and 
corporations from outside of the 
Yukon have undue influence over 
elections in the form of massive 
cheques made out to the Yukon 
Liberals and the Yukon Party. 
These parties are funded almost 
entirely by large corporate dona￾tions. The Yukon NDP refuses con￾tributions from corporations and 
labour unions because we believe 
that only Yukon voters should have 
a voice in Yukon politics.
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will get big money 
out of politics by:
» Capping the amount of 
money any one individual 
can donate to a political 
party, levelling the playing 
field so those with deep 
pockets don’t have more 
influence than everyone 
else.
Yukoners want a responsible 
government that puts their priorities 
ahead of other interests and works 
in strong collaboration with First 
Nations Governments. 
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» Making it so that only individuals can donate to 
political parties, not businesses or unions. 
Better workplaces and acountability 
all the way through government
Problem: 
The government runs most efficiently when leaders 
are examples of the best public servants possible. 
Stories about problematic management being 
promoted instead of performance managed are rife 
throughout the Yukon Government. 
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would hold all employees 
in management positions accountable to a code 
of ethics to ensure the taxpayer is getting value for 
money, along with working with leadership champi￾ons within departments to ensure high-performing 
front-line employees access the training and experi￾ence they require to move into leadership positions.
Working with the Francophone 
community in the Yukon 
Problem: 
The Francophone community in the Yukon is a di￾verse and vibrant group made up of many cultures 
and both born-and-raised Canadians as well as new 
immigrants. As it is isolated from other Francophone 
communities, it is essential that this unique Fran￾cophone culture is protected and nurtured with a 
multifaceted approach. 
Solutions: 
A Yukon NDP government would work collaboratively 
with the Yukon’s Francophone community to protect 
and promote the French language as well as the 
unique Franco-Yukonnais culture and heritage that 
are a vibrant part of the Yukon’s past, present and 
future. 
This commitment would include:
» Ensuring access to government services in 
French, including and especially healthcare, 
through the development of a bilingual 
community health clinic by 2025.
» Expanding course and program offerings in 
French at Yukon University.
» Promoting Francophone immigration into the 
Yukon.
» Ensuring application and enforcement of the 
Languages Act.
» Committing to the overarching goal of 
ensuring that Franco-Yukoners can continue to 
live, work and play in French, and to pass on 
their language, culture and heritage to future 
generations.
Working with First Nations 
Governments: UNDRIP
Problem: 
The Yukon government has not yet committed to 
adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indige￾nous Peoples.
Solution: 
A Yukon NDP government would move swiftly to 
adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indige￾nous Peoples and commit to aligning all territorial 
legislation with the goals and recommendations 
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within the document within the mandate. 
First Nation consent for resource 
extraction
Problem: 
It is a practical reality that no mines proceed without 
First Nation participation and approval, yet there is 
no legal requirement for consent for mining activity 
on Yukon First Nations’ traditional territory. There is 
no legal requirement for consent for any resource 
extraction activity, either renewable or nonrenewable, 
on any traditional territory, anywhere in the Yukon. 
Solution: 
It is time to extend the respect required, and make 
Yukon First Nations’ consent a requirement for all 
resource development, renewable and non-renew￾able, anywhere on the traditional territory of Yukon 
First Nations. 
Prioritising land use plans
Problem: 
The Yukon Government and First Nations have 
agreed that establishing land use plans are the basis 
for sustainable development in the Yukon. The prob￾lem is that currently there is only one completed, and 
many outstanding. This situation is causing uncertain￾ty for both industry as well as First Nations and peo￾ple who use the land for hunting, fishing, agriculture, 
leisure and spiritual practices. 
Solutions: 
» Create a schedule for land use planning so 
that all land use plans in the Yukon are done 
as soon as is practicable, with the explicit 
stipulation that while land use plans are being 
developed, there will be a staking moratorium 
in the planning area. 
» Commit to working with First Nations without 
a final agreement to complete planning and 
where there is a desire from the nation, to 
establish Indigenous Protected and Conserved 
Areas (IPCAs) within their territories. 
» The Yukon NDP will also commit to a goal of 
protecting at least 50% of the Yukon’s land and 
waters in partnership with First Nations and the 
Inuvialuit through land use planning and other 
available measures. 
Protecting Yukon Businesses 
Problem: 
Currently, The Miner’s Lien Act currently allows con￾trolling shareholders to lend their company unrea￾sonably large amounts of money that will get repaid 
in a bankruptcy before local contractors and suppli￾ers get their due support 
Solution: 
Amend the Miners Lien Act to ensure that Yukon min￾ing suppliers and contractors get paid first if a mining 
company declares bankruptcy. 
Getting the Yukon’s Fair Share for 
its Resources
Problem: 
Resource extraction is an important part of the Yu￾kon’s economy, and done right, resource extraction 
can be a benefit to all involved. However, too much 
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previous resource extraction has left Yukon business 
and government on the hook for services and clean￾up for mines that went bankrupt, and not enough 
money was left in the Yukon to pay for these services 
or to benefit future generations. A royalty is a pay￾ment to the government for the privilege of extract￾ing resources from public lands, and is not a replace￾ment for appropriate remediation funding. In the 
Yukon Mineral Strategy and the 2017 Yukon Financial 
Advisory Report a royalty review was recommend￾ed in order to ensure fair royalties are charged for 
resource extraction. 
Solution: 
It is essential that Yukoners as a whole, including 
Yukon First Nations, benefit from the many resource 
development opportunities within the Yukon. A Yu￾kon NDP government will:
» Revise royalty rates, fee structures, permit 
and licensing costs for mining in the Yukon 
to ensure the resource extraction benefits 
are fair, meaningful, comparable with other 
jurisdictions, and benefit future generations.
» Modify Yukon’s quartz royalty regime in the 
modernized mineral resource legislation to 
ensure Yukoners receive fair and meaningful 
financial returns from mining activities while 
also ensuring competitiveness with other 
Canadian jurisdictions.
» Partial revenues from any royalty increases will 
help establish a legacy fund from the royalties 
to make sure that Yukon has money for a rainy 
day and to pay into needed supports and 
services for Yukoners today.
» Enforce the remediation fund to ensure that all 
payments into it are timely, complete, and the 
citizens of the Yukon are not on the hook for 
any more cleanup of resource extraction.
Hiring Veterans
Problem: 
Veterans struggle to find employment after leaving 
the forces due to a variety of factors. This is a travesty 
since veterans have already shown themselves to 
be dedicated, hardworking civil servants willing to 
sacrifice for their country and we must ensure that 
they are able to earn a good living after they return to 
civilian life.
Solution: 
Create a program in partnership with the Legion that 
both assists veterans in the application and inter￾view process for Yukon government positions, but 
also maintains a database of veterans interested in 
working for the Yukon government with their skill set, 
so they could be notified when positions matching 
those skills were posted. 
Back to “The” 
Problem: 
The Yukon is a special place, with a unique, multifac￾eted identity, which has changed and evolved with 
the times - one thing that has not changed is the 
strong preference for “The Yukon” over “Yukon”. 
Solution:
A Yukon NDP government would officially change all 
government communication, signage (through attri￾tion), and style guide back to “The Yukon” to respect 
the will and right of Yukoners to define the name of 
the place they call home. 
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Representation for seniors and 
elders in government
Problem: 
Almost one in every five Yukoners is a senior or elder. 
Seniors and elders have specific policy needs but 
there is no representation for them in government 
so their needs are often not considered. Yukoners 
in their senior and elder years need to have a direct 
touchpoint for issues that affect them differently than 
the rest of the Yukon. 
Solution: 
 The Yukon NDP proposes to launch, in its first year of 
government, a Seniors’ and Elders’ directorate. 
This directorate would:
» Offer a touchpoint for Yukon seniors 
who require help by funding, through an 
appropriate NGO, a Seniors’ services navigator
» Assist all departments in developing. 
appropriate policy across departments, from 
housing, to health, to economic development 
and beyond, that considers the needs and 
strengths of seniors. 
» Facilitate access to appropriate consultants, 
such as gerontologists, in order to ensure 
health needs of seniors are taken into account 
in all services offered by YG, not just senior￾specific services.
» Build relationships, and consult with, seniors’ 
advocacy groups in Yukon regularly.
Bringing the Accessible Canada 
Act to the Yukon
In 2019, the federal government of Canada creat￾ed the Accessible Canada Act which is intended to 
identify, remove, and prevent barriers in everyday life 
for people with disabilities. This Act requires proac￾tive measures to avoid discrimination in services and 
other areas of life, and puts the onus on the provider 
of services to work to remove barriers rather than a 
complaint-based system, which is currently in place. 
Problem: 
The Accessible Canada Act only covers areas of life 
under federal jurisdiction, like banks, or cross-border 
travel. Areas of life under provincial and territorial 
jurisdictions, like healthcare, or education, are not 
covered by this Act, and neither are any buildings not 
owned by the federal government, or any employer 
who isn’t the federal government. The list goes on. 
Solutions:
» Create and enact mirror legislation for the 
Yukon so that the spirit of the Accessible 
Canada Act is broadly applicable in the Yukon, 
and barriers are removed for people living with 
disabilities.
» Work with partners such as NGOs and First 
Nations to create and supply training for the 
government, private employers, First Nations, 
and other applicable consumers so Yukoners 
understand how to remove barriers for people 
with disabilities. 
» Work with the business community to find 
solutions to offset costs for accessibility 
improvements. 
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Public guardianship rules for 
Yukoners living with a disability 
Problem: 
Public guardianship rules in the Yukon are out of 
date, too strict, and do not ensure that the wishes of 
the person under guardianship, or necessarily their 
circle of care, are taken into account. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP would move to review the guardian￾ship rules across Canada with an eye to updating our 
rules to be sure that we uphold the human rights and 
dignity of Yukoners with disabilities while ensuring 
appropriate decisions are made to protect their qual￾ity of life and safety. 
Adhering to UN Standards for 
Rights of People with Disabilities
Problem:
Yukoners living with disabilities have been waiting for 
a decade to monitor their own human rights under 
the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with 
Disabilities, which says the rights holders themselves 
must be part of the monitoring process. 
Solution: 
The Yukon NDP will fund an independent monitoring 
mechanism for and by Yukoners with disabilities, as 
the rights holders, to monitor the implementation of 
their human rights in the Yukon.
Working with nonprofits and 
non-governmental organizations 
effectively
Problem: 
Nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations 
(NGOs) spend a lot of valuable time and staff re￾sources on applying for, and reporting on, grants. 
While accountability in government funding is para￾mount, it is not efficient to spend money and time on 
having NGOs and non-profits repeatedly and fre￾quently account for funding they have already shown 
they can spend efficiently. 
Solution: 
Increase the time between reporting periods for 
NGOs and non-profits that have shown that they can 
spend the money efficiently. Start with one-year and 
work up to three-year funding periods with yearly 
check-ins from a representative from the funding 
directorate or governmental agency. 
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The Yukon NDP platform is a strong plan that will 
make people’s lives better. We think it’s wrong to make 
average people pay for the cost of this pandemic and 
our recovery from it. Instead, we’re going to ask the 
people who make the most to pay a little more.
FISCAL FRAMEWORK
The Yukon NDP will pay for its 
investments in people by:
» Raising taxes on people who make over 
$250,000 in personal income by 1% - bringing 
the territory in line with other jurisdictions. 
Right now, those who make $151,000 annually 
pay the same as people who make more than 
three times as much income. We envision the 
new rate for those making more than $250,000 
a year in personal income to raise to 13.9%. 
This new tax rate would be competitive, as it 
would still be lower than anyone falling in a 
comparable tax bracket in any of our nearest 
neighbours: NWT, BC and Alberta.
» Charging fly-in/fly-out workers who pay their 
taxes in other places a 2% tax to help pay their 
share of the services they use in the Yukon. 
We believe that money made in the Yukon 
ought to benefit the Yukon, and that jobs 
should go to Yukoners first. However, fly in 
and fly out workers will continue to exist, and 
those workers make use of Yukon services and 
amenities, but spend their earnings elsewhere. 
We would implement a 2% contribution 
which would only be charged for workers 
who file their income tax outside of the 
Yukon. Yukoners would benefit by having the 
financial contribution which will go back into 
maintaining services and infrastructure we all 
enjoy.
» Getting the Yukon’s fair share for its resources 
by raising mining royalties. The Yukon routinely 
makes more from camping fees than we do 
from placer gold royalties. It’s high time that 
Yukoners, including Yukon First Nations, get a 
fair return on the resource development that 
takes place here. We’ll do a comprehensive 
review of royalties in the territory. 
» We’ll use the planned revenue surplus in 2022-
23 and 2023-24 to work for Yukoners. This 
amounts to a combined total of $114.8 million 
over that period. We believe that extraordinary 
events, like this global pandemic, require the 
government to invest to keep the economy 
moving and make life more affordable for 
people. 
» Reallocating existing funds to align with 
Yukoners’ priorities. In the first year of a Yukon 
NDP government, we’ll review government 
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spending to ensure that it is in line with 
Yukoners’ priorities. People want affordable 
housing, not $1.5 million dollar investments in 
an irrigation system for a golf course. We will 
undergo a careful review of Operations and 
Maintenance and Capital spending priorities 
relative to Yukon voter expectations to ensure 
that funds are being put to use for maximum 
Yukon benefits.
Yukon NDP Priorities
New Expenditure Allocations
The revenue generated will be allocated to new pri￾orities approximately in the following ways.
» Strengthening Healthcare - 30%
» Improving Services (Housing, Education, 
Tackling Poverty, Youth) - 30%
» Economy that works for Everyone 
(Infrastructure, Transportation, Rural 
Communities, Environment and Climate 
Change) - 30%
» Good Government - 10%
A number of the enhancements and policy proposals 
in the Yukon NDP platform build on commitments 
already made by previous governments, for example, 
we will build on the investments already committed 
to by the current government under the Putting Peo￾ple First plan.
Other priorities will bring about universality in terms 
of health and social service outcomes, however those 
already receiving employer or government dental 
and prescription drug coverage will be excluded 
or subject to payer of last resort from the proposed 
coverage in the Yukon NDP Platform.
Upon forming government, we will immediately seek 
partnerships with the Government of Canada to sup￾port further economic and community investments 
addressing our regional challenges with COVID-19 
impacts that continue for many sectors of the econo￾my and to jointly-fund capital investments and other 
mutual public program service priorities serving the 
North.
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You can trust Kate White 
and the Yukon NDP Team 
to follow through on these 
commitments. 
We hope you’ll join with 
us in making this vision 
a reality.
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