Government of Yukon highlighted territory’s mineral potential at conferences in Vancouver
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This week, Premier Ranj Pillai, Deputy Premier and Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equity Directorate Jeanie McLean and Energy, Mines and Resources Minister John Streicker joined a delegation of representatives from the Government of Yukon, Yukon First Nations, the Yukon Geological Survey, the Yukon Mining Alliance, the Yukon First Nation Chamber of Commerce, the Yukon Chamber of Mines and Yukon businesses to promote Yukon jobs and industry at the Association for Mineral Exploration’s Roundup (AME Roundup) conference and the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Cabinet Ministers and Government of Yukon officials highlighted the importance of industry and government working with Yukon First Nations communities and shared upcoming plans for investment in the territory’s economic development through an emphasis on infrastructure upgrades and modernizing legislation. The Government of Yukon attended the conferences to provide information about mineral development opportunities in the territory.
Investments in strategic infrastructure play a pivotal role in supporting Yukon residents, businesses and the territory’s mining industry. Ministers emphasized Government of Yukon priorities including improving access to Yukon communities through the Yukon Resource Gateway program, ongoing work with the Government of Canada to connect the Yukon and British Columbia’s electricity grids, as well as recent successes including the now-completed Dempster Fibre Line project.
At AME Roundup, Minister John Streicker led a panel discussion on how industry and governments at all levels must work together to support community safety so that Yukon communities can truly benefit from the economic opportunities that industry presents. Geologists from the Yukon Geological Survey presented the results of their fieldwork to the mineral and investment community.
Minister McLean joined Doris Bill, former Chief of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and Gina Nagano, President and Community Safety Specialist at House of Wolf, to lead a vital panel discussion at The Gathering Place on the importance of community safety as a foundation for equitable participation in the mining and resources industry. The session highlighted the critical role of safety and other foundational conditions in fostering inclusive opportunities, with a focus on Yukon-led initiatives such as the Yukon’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ Strategy. Minister McLean emphasized the importance of creating safe and supportive communities to ensure all Yukoners, particularly Indigenous women and Two-Spirit+ individuals, can benefit from the territory’s economic development.