Thank you Yukon

Thursday, March 6

Honorable Mayor Cameron of Whitehorse and City Council,

I'm forwarding you a letter I sent to the Juneau-Douglas Borough Assembly when we returned home from the Yukon two days ago, the same day Trump imposed the tariffs. We were able to listen to Canadian radio, in the Yukon, as we drove home to the ferry in Skagway. Through the powerful and peaceful landscape which holds our border.

Since moving to Juneau in 1989, I've been privileged to work and play in the Yukon, whether that's workshopping plays at NaKai Theatre, coaching for the Arctic Winter Games/Team Alaska Snowshoe, running the Klondike Road Relay or camping and exploring from the Canol Highway to Dawson, from Keno to Watson Lake. For years we've skied annually at Mt Mac with friends; we've also brought our teams to ski at Mt Lorne or the Yukon Marathon, or to simply enjoy a weekend on your trails.

I'm grateful for the relationships- and for your community welcoming us and sharing your awesome space. I'm disgusted at the way Trump is treating you, our neighbors (as well as the United States citizen and the rest of the world),

I can't apologize for the President, I can only tell you how deeply I value the Yukon in my own life- the people who live there and the places you care for and share with me.

Gunalchéesh, Thank you,

Merry Ellefson