R.J. Simpson

Député de Hay River Nord

Premier ministre
Ministre de l’Exécutif et des Affaires autochtones

R.J. Simpson a été élu à la 20e Assemblée, représentant la circonscription de Hay River Nord. Le 7 décembre 2023, M. Simpson a été élu premier ministre de la 20e Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

M. Simpson a été élu par acclamation à la 19e Assemblée législative et élu pour la première fois à la 18e Assemblée en 2015.

M. Simpson a été élu pour la première fois à la 18e Assemblée législative en 2015. M. Simpson a été président adjoint de la 18e Assemblée législative, vice-président du Comité permanent des opérations gouvernementales et président du Comité spécial sur les questions de transition. M. Simpson a également siégé au Comité permanent des priorités et de la planification, de même qu’au Comité permanent du développement économique et de l’environnement.

M. Simpson a habité à Hay River toute sa vie. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme d’études secondaires à l’école secondaire Diamond Jenness en 1998, il a décroché un baccalauréat ès arts à l’Université MacEwan et un diplôme en droit à la faculté de droit de l’Université de l’Alberta.

M. Simpson a précédemment travaillé pour le gouvernement du Canada, la Northern Transportation Company limitée, la section locale no 51 des Métis, et Maskwa Engineering.

Pendant ses études en droit, M. Simpson a été président de l’association des étudiants en droit autochtones. Il a également siégé au conseil d’administration du Centre d’amitié Soaring Eagle, à Hay River, et donne de son temps au projet d’éducation Canada-Ghana.

R.J. Simpson
Hay River Nord
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Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
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62, promenade Woodland, bureau 104
Hay River Nord NT X0E 1G1
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Déclarations dans les débats

Member's Statement on Marine Training Centre
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this past Saturday I had the honour of attending the grand opening of the brand new Marine Training Centre in Hay River. There has been some secrecy surrounding the centre, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I checked out the facility, I spoke with the staff, and, Mr. Speaker, I'm happy to say that it's the real deal.

Even though people have inhabited the area since time immemorial, the town of Hay River, as it exists today, exists because of marine shipping and commercial fishing. With both industries experiencing a resurgence, the training centre...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 7, Chartered Professional Accountants Act; Minister's Statement 19-18(3), Aurora College Foundational Review Process; and Tabled Document 215-18(3), Capital Estimates, 2019-2020, and would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 38)

I will call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Beaulieu.

Question 394-18(3): Sahtu Regional Health and Long-Term Care Facility
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 38)

I understand that the public administrator isn't running the day-to-day operations. Like the Minister said, he can provide advice to the Minister about what needs to happen. So will the Minister commit to sit down with Mr. Willows and produce a document that identifies the problems in Hay River and ways to address them with clear goals and deliverables so that people can see progress is being made?

Question 394-18(3): Sahtu Regional Health and Long-Term Care Facility
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 38)

Mr. Speaker, I continue to receive complaints about the service at the Hay River Regional Health Centre, and for the most part they are the same complaints I have been receiving since day one. Some are optimistic that the Minister of Health's recent appointment of a new public administrator for the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority will spur positive change in service delivery, so I would like to ask the Minister: what changes does he hope to see with the new public administrator? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. There is a motion to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour. All those opposed. The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will rise and report progress. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 37)

Thank you, committee. Bill 13, An Act to Amend the Securities Act, is now ready for third reading. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 13?

Committee Motion 74-18(3): Bill 14: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 – Addition of Clause 15(1) following Clause 15, carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 37)

Thank you, Minister. I will turn to the chair of the Standing Committee on Social Development, which considered the bill, for opening comments. Mr. Thompson.

Committee Motion 74-18(3): Bill 14: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 – Addition of Clause 15(1) following Clause 15, carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 37)

Thank you, committee. Committee, to the bill as a whole. Does committee agree that Bill 14, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018, as amended is now ready for third reading?

Committee Motion 74-18(3): Bill 14: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 – Addition of Clause 15(1) following Clause 15, carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 37)

Thank you. No more clauses. Committee, to the bill as a whole, does committee agree that Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, is now ready for third reading?