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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Hay River Nord NT X0E 1G1
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Déclarations dans les débats

Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 162)

Madam Chair, thank you. I am pleased to be here today to present Bill 82, Legal Profession Act.

Bill 82 proposes a repeal and replacement of the current Legal Profession Act, which was passed in 1976 and establishes the Law Society of the Northwest Territories as the body which regulates lawyers in the Northwest Territories. The department has worked in collaboration with the law society to bring forward these amendments and appreciates the time and effort contributed by law society membership both with their initial review of the existing act and with reviewing an engagement draft of the bill...

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 161)

In favour.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 161)

In favour.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 161)

In favour.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 161)

In favour.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 161)

In favour.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 161)

In favour.

Tabled Document 972-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 5119(2) Report on Indigenous Representation in the Northwest Territories Public Service
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 161)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following five documents: Government of the Northwest Territories response to Motion 7419(2) Reconciliatory Review of Housing NWT's Collection Approach; Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Motion 7719(2) Review of the Territorial Land Lease Policy and Procedures; Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 4019(2) Report on the Review of Bill 61, An Act to Amend the Ombud Act; Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 5019(2) Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting...

Question 1565-19(2): Child Care
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 160)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So what the Member is talking about is an unacceptable situation where the, you know, implementation of a move towards universal child care will actually cause, you know, a collapse of the sector. So that is the primary thing that we don't want to happen and so we are working diligently to ensure that that doesn't happen. As part of the development of a new wage grid, we are also working on a new overall funding model. So as we work with centres, as we understand their revenues, their costs, their needs, we can put into place something that will ensure that the revenue...

Bill 94: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 160)

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, that Bill 94, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023, be read for the second time.

This bill corrects inconsistencies and errors in the statutes of the Northwest Territories. The bill also deals with other matters of a minor noncontroversial and uncomplicated nature in the statutes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.