New Yukon premier likely to side with federal Liberal priorities
DAWSON CITY, Yukon — Sandy Silver, who took the Yukon Liberals from third-party status to a majority government in Monday’s territorial election, was being coy the morning after.
“Does it remind me of anybody?” he asked, all innocence. “It’s amazing. It really is.”
There are more than a few parallels between Silver in Yukon and his fellow Liberal and federal counterpart in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to find a new ally in Canada’s northwest corner on two of his most prominent files: carbon policy and indigenous reconciliation.
Silver campaigned on a platform of working with the federal government on a new national price on carbon.