Tony Penikett

Tony Penikett spent 25 years in public life, including two years in the House as chief of staff to federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent, five terms in the Yukon Legislative Assembly, and two terms as premier of Yukon Territory. His government negotiated settlements of Yukon First Nation land claims and passed pioneering legislation in the areas of education, health, and language. It also organized Yukon 2000, a unique bottom-up economic-planning process. Between 1997 and 2001, he served as deputy minister of negotiations and, later, as minister of labour for the B.C. He is the author of one book, Reconciliations: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia and two films, The Mad Trapper and La Patrouille Perdue.