Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai Stepping Down, Won’t Run in Next Election

Ranj Pillai, premier of Yukon, arrives to take part in the first ministers' meeting at the National War Museum on March 21, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Before he decided to run in the 2022 leadership campaign to become premier of the Yukon, Ranj Pillai says he had a conversation with his son on the shores of the Yukon River.

Pillai said they discussed what it would mean to take on the job.