Dawson City has had its share of negative publicity in the past and it shows no sign of abating any time soon. This is unfortunate because at this point in our history we need good news, not bad news. Dawson stands out in the world of small communities as being unique in many ways,...
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Show me the Money
Winter in Dawson
Prosperity
I listened with interest to this morning’s news report about the Yukon’s economic growth over the last year. It is said to have exceeded that of Alberta’s. The reporter went on to caution the listener that the real economic driver here is Yukon Government spending, citing a 700 million dollar plus budget last year....
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Municipal money.
In one of my earlier posts I was expressing frustration by not being able to understand how Yukon communities are funded. The folks in community services said they will help me unravel the puzzle. In the meantime, I have found the Municipal Finance and Community Grants Act while cruising online court documents. Here’s the...
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Fair Share
One of the things that has concerned me in the past and now even more in my new role is how funding is distributed across the territory. If there is such a thing as a pot of money that the Yukon has to work with every year then how is this distributed among all...
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A Disappointment.
How else can you describe a government-slash-bureaucracy that promises something to a community like Dawson and then fails to deliver? It’s not life and death but I’m talking about the reluctance of the Yukon Party to live up to its promise of an initial 208K drawn from the 1 million capital funding that was...
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