Député de Range Lake

Circonscription électorale de Range Lake 

Kieron Testart a été élu député de la circonscription de Range Lake à la 20e Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. 

Kieron Testart est né le 22 mars 1985 à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique, au Canada. Il a grandi aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest, résidant d’abord à Tuktoyaktuk puis à Yellowknife, où il vit aujourd’hui avec sa famille. Son parcours diversifié et la richesse de ses expériences ont façonné son engagement envers le développement de la collectivité et une gouvernance efficace. 

Kieron Testart a été élu député de Kam Lake lors de la 18e législature; lors de son mandat, il a su prouver sa grande compréhension des problèmes auxquels sont confrontés ses électeurs. Au-delà de ses fonctions législatives, M. Testart a contribué de manière significative au développement économique de la région, à titre de directeur du développement économique de la Première Nation des Dénés Yellowknives de 2021 à 2023. Son rôle de coordonnateur de programme pour Canadian Parents for French de 2020 à 2021 témoigne de son engagement envers l’éducation et la défense de la langue. 

Il a en outre contribué à l’analyse des politiques au sein du gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest et a été shérif adjoint de 2009 à 2014. Le parcours académique de Kieron Testart l’a amené à décrocher un baccalauréat en sciences politiques de l’Université de Lethbridge (2004-2009) et un certificat en gouvernance parlementaire de l’Université McGill (2017). 

Marié à Colleen, il est l’heureux père de Corbin, Eve et Leander. Dans sa vie privée, Kieron Testart voue notamment une profonde passion à la Formule 1 et au sport automobile et s’adonne à divers passe-temps. Il aime le cinéma et le théâtre, s’intéresse à l’activisme local, et suit de très près les affaires internationales. L’engagement de M. Testart envers la collectivité va au-delà du domaine politique. Bénévole dévoué, il s’implique activement dans diverses causes : il siège notamment au conseil d’administration de l’Association libérale fédérale des TNO depuis 2011, contribuant ainsi aux activités du Parti libéral du Canada. Il a par ailleurs occupé un poste au sein du conseil d’administration du chapitre ténois de Canadian Parents for French de 2014 à 2020 et a été mentor de jeunes au sein de Grands Frères Grandes Sœurs du Canada en 2014-2015.

Committees

Kieron Testart
Range Lake
Bureau

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

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Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Yes, thank you. Well, I mean, I don't think we'll have a satisfactory answer here. What I'm looking at is, like, are we going -- is this going to be a negotiation or is this going to be an ongoing negotiation around, like, is this program working for our constituents, or is it going to be we've decided it is, here's the information, good bye, right? Like, I'm seeing if there's a willingness from the Minister to work to reconsider this decision. Because, again, I appreciate the challenges of health care sustainability and all that goes into that, but benefits to constituents that lower the cost...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Thank you. Is this number inclusive, then, of the public administrator's salary and compensation? Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Thank you. I guess I -- I wish that had kind of been explained ahead of time because it's a very reasonable idea that, like, the changes to the system are just using other insurance providers first and that would, I think, help sell this a lot more. But that being said, some people I know who work as public servants are still paying more. So public health care insurance plans don't cover everything, and there's still a need for these extended health benefits. What would it take for -- like, what kind of assessment would it take to lower the cost -- or to restore the benefits to the place they...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Thank you. And it all makes sense, the public accounts at the end, the end of the year, so I'm not worried about, like, the money not being accounted for. It's more if we are -- I guess if, let's say, we negotiate for a hundred more nurses or something like that, which is a large number, but if we say you're going to give us that and it's a billion dollars, we're having very well compensated nurses; where would you put that? Like, how would we know as MLAs that that money that we are voting for you is going to go to the authority and being spent in that way? Just because we don't have that...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Thank you. Do you know how much -- like, if you had maintained the old system but added the new client base, do you know what the cost for that -- the cost of the program would be? Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That does make sense. Thank you. So the detail, though, that we are -- again, I know I'm jumping ahead but it's just an information item, but, like, the detail we have in that information item, is that your estimates, or is it -- like, what -- sorry, what -- where are we getting these numbers from? Is it from last year's actuals, or is it your estimates based on what you're giving to the authorities based on what you believe there needs to be? Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Thank you. So in your evaluation of this -- of extended health benefits, are you going to be speaking to beneficiaries who are now paying deductibles or more deductibles and engaging that feedback, I guess? Like, is there a client satisfaction survey that is going into this work, or are we just looking for a dollar by dollar analysis? Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Thank you. It's not a discrepancy, Mr. Speaker. It's -- I acknowledge the Minister will look into it and I thank her for that. But it's not a discrepancy. It's a regulation that allows to them to do it. So they signed on to the Canada-wide agreement, they're part of it, so will the Minister commit to reviewing the regs and reporting back to this House? Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When does the Minister anticipate the bed projections will be due and -- well, actually shared with Members? That's probably a better timeline. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 44)

Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, an ongoing narrative for day homes in the Northwest Territories is that they're rolling in cash and are a bunch of fat cats compared to daycare centre workers and they're being held in direct contrast to one another. But ECE's own numbers show that day homes make $22 an hour, the lowest spot on the page grid. So day homes are asking me why does this narrative continue, why are day homes -- the financial limitations and their spot on the pay grid not a concern to the department? I'd like to ask the Minister that. Thank you.