R.J. Simpson

Member Hay River North

Premier
Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs
Minister of Housing

 

R.J. Simpson was elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, representing the constituency of Hay River North. On December 7th, 2023, Mr. Simpson was elected Premier of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Simpson was formerly acclaimed to the 19th Legislative Assembly and first elected into the 18th Assembly in 2015.

Mr. Simpson was Deputy Speaker of the 18th Assembly, Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, and the Chair of the Special Committee on Transition Matters. Mr. Simpson was also a member of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning and the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment.

Mr. Simpson is a lifelong resident of Hay River After graduating from Diamond Jenness Secondary School in 1998 Mr. Simpson went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts from MacEwan University and a law degree from the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law.

Mr. Simpson has previously worked with the Government of Canada, Northern Transportation Company Ltd, Métis Nation Local 51, and Maskwa Engineering.

While at law school, Mr. Simpson was the President of the Aboriginal Law Students’ Association. He has also served on the board of the Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre in Hay River and volunteered with the Canada-Ghana Education Project.

Hay River North Electoral District

R.J. Simpson
Hay River North
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Email
Phone
867-767-9141
Extension
11120
Constituency Office

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

Phone
867-874-6301
Minister's Office
Email
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Statements in Debates

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

In favour.

Tabled Document 633-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 997-19(2): Correctional Facilities
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let's open up another round of oral questions; so much fun. Mr. Speaker

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

In favour.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

In favour.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

In favour.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

In favour.

Tabled Document 633-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 997-19(2): Correctional Facilities
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

I wish to table the following document: Followup Letter for Oral Question 99719(2): Correctional Facilities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Member’s Statement 1077-19(2): Filming of “Cold Road” in South Slave
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have a lot of success stories here in the Northwest Territories, and it’s important that we highlight those stories to show our residents, and especially our youth, what’s possible.

Mr. Speaker, if you travelled to Hay River, or Katl'odeeche, or Enterprise lately, you may have been wondering whether you took a wrong turn somewhere and accidentally wound up in Hollywood. That’s because for the past few weeks, Hay River has been serving as a filming location for the upcoming fulllength film Cold Road. The man behind this project is Hay River’s own Kelvin...

Question 1064-19(2): Increasing Immigration to the Northwest Territories
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So maybe a warning to the next Assembly: Don't ask for 22 different things if you don't have a plan to pay for them, because I agree, we need to focus our priorities; we need to ensure that we can pay for what we want.

All of you know, I often hear that we want more of this, we want more of this, more of this. But on the rare occasion, we do hear some suggestions on how we can increase our funds, our revenues. But for the most part, we hear, more, more, more.

So I thank the Member for raising this issue that we do need to to raise our revenue, do need to put a greater...

Question 1064-19(2): Increasing Immigration to the Northwest Territories
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know the Member said that she wasn't quite sure who to direct it to. So I appreciate you putting that confidence in me that I could answer the question.

ECE is not a lead on any sort of a population growth strategy; however, we do lead the labour file and recognize there is a significant need for labour in the territory. It really is holding back a number of industries and holding us back from providing the level of service that we want. So there is a lot of effort going into this from the HR standpoint, and I know health is doing work in terms of HR. We are looking at...