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
Rj_simpson@ntassembly.ca
Phone
867-767-9141 (link is a phone number)
Extension
11120
Bureau de circonscription

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

Phone
867-874-6301(link is a phone number)
Ministre
Email
Rj_simpson@gov.nt.ca
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, 3rd Session (day 83)

Thank you. Minister.

Committee Motion 168-18(3): Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act – Clause 6, Defeated
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

Mr. Marion.

Question 808-18(3): Relationship between NWT Fishers and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment / Great Slave Lake Commercial Fishing
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know that the president of the federation and possibly some other members or advisors would like to meet with the Minister to iron out these issues and help repair this relationship. The fishermen are out on the lake. It might take some work to arrange a meeting. Can the Minister commit to making some efforts to find the time to make that meeting happen? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Committee Motion 168-18(3): Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act – Clause 6, Defeated
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. I will consider the point of privilege, but I will need to take some advice, so we are going to take a brief recess while I consider it.

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Committee Motion 170-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 48: Post-Secondary Education Act – Regulations for Recognition of Indigenous Institutions, Carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

Thank you. To the motion.

Committee Motion 172-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 48: Post-Secondary Education Act – Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

Thank you, committee. We have concluded all the work we have agreed to. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Testart.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

Thank you. Minister.

Committee Motion 168-18(3): Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act – Clause 6, Defeated
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

Thank you. Dr. McEachern.

Question 808-18(3): Relationship between NWT Fishers and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment / Great Slave Lake Commercial Fishing
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

No problem, I guess. Everything's peachy. Traditionally, when the GNWT would put forward a name of someone to sit on the board of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, they would consult with the Fishermen's Federation. Earlier this year, the fisher who sat on that board received a letter saying that he had been removed. The federation had not been consulted, so it came as a surprise. They later learned that a bureaucrat would be filling that seat. The move directly contradicts the very first recommendation of the report of the Ministerial Advisory Panel on the Transformation of the...

Committee Motion 168-18(3): Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act – Clause 6, Defeated
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 83)

Thank you. To the motion.