Kieron Testart

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.

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Kieron Testart
Range Lake
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Déclarations dans les débats

Question 668-18(2): Yellowknife Airport Improvement Plan
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

I and my constituents eagerly await the Minister's plan to stop the pocketing of this fee. Further to his statement, the Minister also made reference to the Yellowknife Airport currently employing approximately a thousand people and that there is an opportunity to generate more jobs. How many direct jobs will the proposed airport plan create?

Committee Motion 74-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Finance, Deferral of Directorate Activity, Carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you, and thank you to the Minister for that. I do appreciate that we are going to use our existing expertise to assist this new world order, as it would seem, and I know that it is still carries some degree of controversy, but it is something we need to get on with. So with that, I will leave it. Thank you.

Question 668-18(2): Yellowknife Airport Improvement Plan
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the honourable Minister of Transportation spoke at length about Yellowknife Airport evolution. This plan is somewhat controversial, and even more so perhaps in the light of a recent CBC investigative report that showed that between 4 to 6 per cent of airport improvement fees are pocketed by airline carriers and go into their direct revenues. How does the Minister plan to avoid this in light of our airport improvement planning and ensure that 100 per cent of all of the proposed fees are invested in crucial airport infrastructure, as he has promised...

Committee Motion 74-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Finance, Deferral of Directorate Activity, Carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The liquor revolving fund, once the legalization of marijuana becomes a reality in Canada, is the department looking at a model similar to this to regulate and tax cannabis production and consumption in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Committee Motion 74-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Finance, Deferral of Directorate Activity, Carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you. I appreciate that. Personally, the approximate numbers are fine at this point as we'll be doing more review of this.

So 1,000 more families are going to benefit from this. What is the average increase to the benefit that families can expect to enjoy once the changes are made? Thank you

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Nothing further. Thank you.

Committee Motion 74-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Finance, Deferral of Directorate Activity, Carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Currently how many families receive the benefit?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning made one recommendation to the department, which was to complete the mandate commitment to lower the taxes on small businesses, and that was in the amount of 1 per cent. Apart from that, the overall operation of the department is complex.

The amalgamation of human resources was a source of concern. As again, these amalgamations are being motivated by cost savings rather than operational efficiencies. Committee wants to ensure that we’re making the best possible organizational changes that are going to benefit the public and...

Committee Motion 74-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Finance, Deferral of Directorate Activity, Carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Good answer. I just wanted to be clear on that. Nothing further. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you. Is this where the Office of Priorities and Planning is located as well? Thank you.