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
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 , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you. So this is being used for a number of different initiatives. So one example would be that the department, the department of MACA, health, and along with the RCMP, contributed to bring the Odd Squad to the territories to provide 14 drug awareness presentations to youth in nine different communities. The department is looking to fill justice navigator positions to help support system navigation and case management for individuals being released from custodial sentences. And there's also funding for -- to top up some youth centres to help address -- give kids a place to go. Because...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

The framework was shared with all MLAs on January 31st. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you. No, there's no staff. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you. So the evaluation would be winter of 2026. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you. It's a pinch point all right, and we're doing our best. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you. And these are the conversations that I've had with the Minister of Health and Social Services and we've collectively had with our respective teams because we do have, as I mentioned, the health authorities, the public administrator, the department of health, and the healthcare system sustainability unit. We wanted to move in a coordinated fashion. And so already the -- those conversations are happening, the work of the healthcare system sustainability unit is -- it's not that there will be, you know, no progress and then all of a sudden a final product. There's progress along the...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you. So it would be the RCMP who actually maintains that database and has that information, and the department would work to support them. I'm not sure if the deputy minister has anything to add to that, but I can hand it to her, Madam Chair. Thanks.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you. To my left is deputy minister of the Department of Justice, Charlene Doolittle. To my right is James Bancroft, director of corporate services.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you. GNWT funds OROGO. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 51)

Thank you, Madam Chair. So that's also part of the work that's been happening. We, of course, have the healthcare sustainability unit, the Department of Health and Social Services, and the NT Health Authority which is right now being run by the public administrator. And so the work has been to ensure that we all know what each other is doing, and we're all working together towards common goals.

So there's a couple different areas we're looking -- or a few different areas. So there's a governance and policy considerations. There is financial sustainability, and there's operational efficiencies...