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The Yukon Nominee Program (YNP) is an economic-based immigration program for the Yukon, administered by the territorial government’s Department of Economic Development (Immigration Unit) in partnership with IRCC under the Agreement for Canada-Yukon Co-operation on Immigration. [37] The YNP offers three streams for foreign workers: Yukon ...
The Executive Council of Yukon (French: Conseil exécutif du Yukon), more commonly known as the Cabinet of Yukon (French: Cabinet du Yukon), is the cabinet of the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is chosen by the Premier from the elected members of the governing party in the Yukon Legislative Assembly .
The nomination requirements are set out by a federal statute, the Canada Elections Act, and administered by a federal non-partisan agency, Elections Canada. [ 5 ] A candidate can also seek the nomination from a registered political party to represent that party in the election.
The Order of Yukon (French: Ordre du Yukon) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian territory of Yukon. Instituted in 2018, with its first members inducted in 2019, it is the highest honour which can be bestowed by the Government of Yukon. It is intended to honour current and former residents of the territory.
Yukon is the second most populous of Canada's three territories with 40,232 residents as of 2021. [1] It is the smallest territory in land area at 472,345 km 2 (182,373 sq mi). [2] Yukon's eight municipalities cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass [a] but are home to 72.2% of its population.
From 1898 to 1978, the legislative body in Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council. This body did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon. At the beginning it did not have law-making ability and was composed of appointed members or mixture of appointed and elected members.
Proxy voting, even if allowed, may be limited to infrequent use if the rules governing a body specify minimum attendance requirements. For instance, bylaws may prescribe that a member can be dropped for missing three consecutive meetings. [80] The Journal of Mental Science noted the arguments raised against adopting proxy voting for the ...
Unique among Canada's three territories, the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only territorial legislature which is organized along political party lines. In contrast, in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories , their legislative assemblies are elected on a non-partisan basis and operate on a consensus government model.