Government of Yukon

BUDGET2015/16

Putting Yukoners to work Find out more about how public money

is being spent across Yukon in 2015/16.

2015/16 $1.054 $312.8

$136.9

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The Governmentof Yukon has

in the bankfor Yukon’s future $1.367

Making Yukon the best place to live

• $21 million for the construction of the new Sarah Steele building

• $4.2 million to rebuild the St. Elias Adult Group Home to support Yukoners suffering from cognitive disabilities

• More than $13 million for the construction of a new Salvation Army centre

• $7.478 million to complete construction of F.H. Collins School

• $7.8 million to complete construction of the McDonald Lodge in Dawson City

• $26 million to begin construction of a new 150-bed continuing care facility

• More than $1 million to begin expansion of 911 services to all Yukon communities

• $1.2 million for Yukon’s municipal and rural water well programs to help Yukoners access safe well water at home

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Making Yukon the bestplace to work• $2 million in 2015-16 for hydro infrastructure working towards Yukon’s

Next Generation Hydro, as well as $4.3 million for the Keno-Stewart Crossing transmission line

• $60.687 million for transportation infrastructure, including $6.6 million to upgrade the Whitehorse Airport and community aerodromes in Dawson City and Watson Lake

• $163 million over 10 years (2014 to 2024) in new federal Gas Tax funds for public infrastructure projects in Yukon communities

• $29 million invested in Building Canada Fund projects across Yukon in 2015/16

• $342 million from the New Building Canada Fund for Yukon over the next 10 years

• $6.388 million for the Yukon Research Centre over the next 5 years, and a new 5½-year funding agreement to support the Northern Institute of Social Justice

• $5.991 million under the Canada-Yukon Job Fund Agreement over 6 years to encourage greater employment involvement in training and help Yukoners develop job skills

• $5 million over 4 years from the Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities to provide labour market support for persons with disabilities

• More than $6.5 million to market Yukon as a tourism destination of choice; Yukon’s largest ever investment in tourism marketing

Making Yukon the best place to raise a family

Making Yukon the best place to play• $400,000 increase to the Community Recreation

Assistance Grant to support community recreation, wellness and active living

• $1 million to support Yukon’s participation in the 2016 Arctic Winter Games in Nuuk, Greenland

• $325,000 for Yukon participation in the Western Canada Summer Games in Alberta this August

• $500,000 for the development of a new 35-site campground at Conrad on Tagish Lake’s Windy Arm

• $76,000 to allow 10 campgrounds to open earlier in May

• $1.69 million to fund Yukon museums; the first of two 10% increases to museum funding

Investing in our relationships with Yukon First Nations• $2.7 million contribution to Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation for a new

community and recreation centre in Old Crow

• $250,000 to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation to support a skilled trades and entrepreneurship project

• Second year of a $1 million funding agreement for Kwanlin Dün First Nation’s Jackson Lake Healing Camp

• $2.7 million to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation to support the construction of a learning centre in Carcross

• $500,000 through the CanNor Strategic Investments Fund, for the Yukon Geological Survey and the Kluane First Nation to collect geophysical data in the Kluane Ranges

$5.5 35%

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Yukon Child Benefitprogram funding by

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The 2015/16 budget

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Yukon took a major step

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The 2015/16 budget includes changes to the Yukon Income Tax Act that will provide more than $5.5 million in annual savings to Yukon taxpayers. Increasing the Yukon Child Benefit will have positive impacts for lower income families.

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BUDGET 2015/16

Message from Premier Darrell Pasloski

The Yukon government is putting Yukoners to work. That’s exactly what the 2015/16 Budget is designed to do. As Yukon’s private sector faces economic challenges, your government is focusing on what is within our control and is laying out the framework for Yukoners and Yukon businesses to succeed.

We envision a strong, vibrant private sector driving the territory’s economic growth. That’s why this year’s budget invests in our economic future. It will prepare Yukoners for local opportunities. It invests in roads, telecommunications and public facilities built by local Yukon companies. These capital projects will attract further investment and support our growing territory.

This budget invests in Yukon First Nations partnerships, resource industry management, and projects that will benefit our communities. We believe these investments will help make Yukon the best place to live, work, play and raise a family.

This is the fourth budget of our mandate and continues our tradition of strategic investment, strong fiscal management and maintaining net financial resources. I encourage Yukoners to learn more about this year’s budget at www.gov.yk.ca. It’s time to go to work.

Premier Darrell Pasloski