{"id":217,"date":"2019-12-20T00:15:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T00:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2020-01-16T03:15:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T03:15:58","slug":"listening-to-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/listening-to-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.9&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|800|||||||&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; header_text_shadow_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Yukon party leadership campaign&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.9&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lake-laberge-snowshoe-tracks-yukon-canada-NWSR25F-1.jpg&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15%||0%&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; header_text_shadow_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; text_shadow_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Community-Tour-Ad.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ul_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ul_line_height=&#8221;2.2em&#8221; ol_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; quote_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Brad Cathers<\/strong><br \/><strong>MLA for Lake Laberge<\/strong><br \/><strong>Yukon Party Leadership Candidate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FOR RELEASE<br \/>December 19, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening to Communities and Reinstating Premier\u2019s Community Tour Public Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WHITEHORSE \u2013 Brad Cathers, MLA for Lake Laberge, announced his plan to reinstate the annual Premier\u2019s Community Tour, including holding public meetings in all Yukon communities every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy vision for improving how government listens to Yukoners includes the Premier and other elected officials holding public meetings in Yukon communities at least once a year,\u201d said Cathers. \u201cThis is an important part of showing Yukoners that a government under my leadership cares about them and their priorities, and that I am willing to answer questions about the issues that are important to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brad\u2019s vision for reinstating the annual Premier\u2019s Community Tour includes holding public meetings in all Yukon communities every year, as well as meeting with First Nations, municipalities, and local advisory councils.<\/p>\n<p>During the Leadership Election Campaign, he plans to visit all Yukon communities, and will be announcing dates in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was first elected, I made a commitment to hold public meetings for my constituents every year,\u201d noted Cathers. \u201cDuring my time as an MLA, I have kept that commitment, and have always held public meetings for my constituents. I believe that sitting down with Yukon citizens is valuable, and helps ensure that leaders keep in touch with the people they are elected to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brad also committed to continuing to support the Yukon Forum, as well as maintaining respectful government-to-government working relationships with First Nations and municipalities, and respectful working relationships with local advisory councils.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-30-<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Rosie Sandulak<br \/>Official Agent<br \/>(867) 667-6337<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.9&#8243; global_module=&#8221;151&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/calm-evening-landscape-lake-laberge-yukon-canada-PGXESY3.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.9&#8243;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad CathersMLA for Lake LabergeYukon Party Leadership Candidate &nbsp; FOR RELEASEDecember 19, 2019 Listening to Communities and Reinstating Premier\u2019s Community Tour Public Meetings WHITEHORSE \u2013 Brad Cathers, MLA for Lake Laberge, announced his plan to reinstate the annual Premier\u2019s Community Tour, including holding public meetings in all Yukon communities every year. \u201cMy vision for improving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}