{"id":67,"date":"2019-01-25T05:39:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T05:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:03:48","slug":"delivering-results-for-you","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/delivering-results-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivering Results for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|800|||||||&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; header_text_shadow_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Delivering Results for You&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#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; 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global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Brad has worked for you as an MLA &amp; <br \/>a Minister on initiatives including:<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#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; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Domestic Water Well Program established<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Domestic Water Well Program made available in all Yukon municipalities<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">New pumper fire truck and pumper-tanker for Hootalinqua Fire Department<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">New pumper fire truck and pumper-tanker for Ibex Valley Fire Department<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Community Well and Fire Truck Refill Station at Deep Creek built, and opened for use<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Water storage tanks added to Ibex Valley Fire Hall, increasing fire truck refill capacity by over 5,000 gallons<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Implemented Yukon-wide 911 service in July 2016<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Expanded cellular phone service, including two new cell towers in the Lake Laberge riding<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Research Forest opened for public use, and trail network developed<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Playground added to Research Forest at request of local parents<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Little Ox-Bow lake day use and swimming area opened at Research Forest<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Widened &amp; resurfaced Hot Springs Road<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">New asphalt on the Mayo Road (North Klondike Highway)<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Turning lanes &amp; other work at intersections &#8211; Shallow Bay, Deep Creek, and Mayo Road<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Resurfaced parts of Alaska Highway in Ibex area<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Chipseal on Old Alaska Highway<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 \">Building Code amended to make it cheaper and easier to build a log home &#8211; eliminating the requirement for an energy audit, and replacing it with a simple minimum thickness requirement for exterior log walls<\/span><span class=\"ff2 fc2 fs14 fb \"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#43946f&#8221; 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