Editorial

Our territorial leaders must have been awful eager to have a flashy announcement to present to this week's gathering of business big wigs.

Remember how Stephen Harper's 2011 majority victory was so frequently derided by progressives as illegitimate, because he received less than 40 per cent of the popular vote?

This observation is bound to upset some readers, but it's possible that the best way to advance the interests of the federal New Democrats and Greens this election is for their Yukon supporters to vote Liberal on Monday.

In a nasty turn, it looks like the outcome of the federal election could be tilting in favour of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, thanks to his knack for preying on the ignorance and insecurities of some Canadians when it comes to Muslims.

There are many weighty issues this federal election. Canada's role in supporting Syrian refugees. Competing schemes to help parents raising young children.

You didn't have to wait long following the publication of our Sept. 9 story about a Whitehorse woman's efforts to work towards relocating at least one family of Syrian refugees to the territory before the invariable push-back began.

Yukon's premier has been thrown under the bus so many times over the Bill S-6 schmozzle, he runs the risk of earning a suitably flattened nickname. Call him Darrell "the Pancake" Pasloski.

It may not be well understood that the Yukon suffered from not one, but two big-time communication breakdowns this week.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper can rest assured that he will be well protected during his visit to the Yukon.

If there’s ever a time for territorial leaders to present a wish list to Ottawa, it’s during a federal election.