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.

Committees

R.J. Simpson
Hay River Nord
Bureau

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Boîte
1320
Email
Courriel
Phone
867-767-9141
Extension
11120
Bureau de circonscription

62, promenade Woodland, bureau 104
Hay River Nord NT X0E 1G1
Canada

Phone
867-874-6301
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Premier ministre des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, Ministère de l’Exécutif et des Affaires autochtones, Ministre de la Justice

Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Thank you, Minister. I open the floor to general comments. Do we have any general comments on Bill 18? Mr. O'Reilly.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Sergeant-At-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the Chamber. Minister, please introduce your witnesses.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Thank you, Minister. I will now turn to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Development, the committee that considered the bill, for any opening comments that he may have. Mr. Thompson.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Thank you, committee. We will take a very brief five-minute break and resume. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Health and Social Services Professions Act, and would like to report that Bill 18 is ready for third reading as amended and reprinted; and, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

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

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor to rise and report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried.

Question 787-18(2): Status of Hay River Health Authority
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Thank you to the Minister, again, for that answer. The Hay River Health Centre serves a large area of the South Slave, and because of the size and sophistication of the new facility, it has the capacity to house additional services, including services that are currently only available in Yellowknife. This would allow South Slave residents to be treated in Hay River, which would save costs on travel and justify the costs of the new health centre. Would bringing the Hay River Health Authority into the NWT Health Authority facilitate new and expanded services being implemented at the Hay River...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Thank you, committee. Bill 18 is now ready for third reading. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Health and Social Services Professions Act as amended and reprinted?

Question 787-18(2): Status of Hay River Health Authority
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 72)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It has been quite a talkative question period. I wasn't sure I was going to make it up here. Mr. Speaker, last week I discussed the benefits and the challenges of bringing the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority into the NWT Health and Social Services Authority. The Minister stated that the roadblock to this was the cost of bringing Hay River's authority's pension into the public service, probably somewhere north of about $20 million now. Meanwhile, the government is topping off this pension to the tune of $1 million a year. Today, I want to address some...