R.J. Simpson

Circonscription électorale de Hay River Nord

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

Hay River Nord
Bureau

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Boîte
1320
Extension
11120
Bureau de circonscription

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

Phone
Ministre
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 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

I'll hand it to the deputy minister. Thanks.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. So what the Member I believe is referencing is the integrated case management program. I couldn't recall if he said ISD or ICM. But integrated service delivery is an approach to delivering services. Integrative case management is supposed to be an integrated way to work with people who are accessing a number of different government services. It has essentially turned into a siloed program on its own, not necessarily integrated with the other programs or other services. And so we are working with other departments, having some highlevel discussions about what we want to do going...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. And so earlier I stated there was no increase or decrease. There is a $5,000 increase to this line item due to our support for NGOs or organizations who are facing inflationary pressures. The one agreement that will be expiring is for $12,000, and so that $12,000 plus the $5,000 that $17,000 that will be available for an organization to apply for to provide some of these programming. I know it's not a lot, but we are trying to get every penny out the door.

So the program used to be when this fund funded A New Day program, that was exclusive to Yellowknife essentially. So we have...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. I believe the full staff complement is eight. I believe there are five court workers, and those are I believe those are fully staffed. Or sorry, court officers. I've used the incorrect term for a couple of our positions. So I can hand it to Mr. Bancroft for some more detail on that. Thanks.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. I couldn't get away with it, hey? It's services to government.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. And members of the public can always call the local detachment and provide information, a tip. If they are concerned about that, they can also call Crime Stoppers, and that can be anonymous as well. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. So right now there are programs in Inuvik, Behchoko, Sambaa K'e, Fort Simpson, and Fort Providence. The programs the contribution agreements for the programs in Sambaa K'e and Fort Providence expire at the end of this fiscal year, and the other ones expire in 2024. There is not a change to this budget but there's no decrease to the budget either, don't intend to roll this back at all. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. I'll hand it to Mr. Bancroft.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. So we have the chief coroner. We have a deputy coroner. And then we have 18 regional coroners. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. So we have an additional position that is the investigations and standards office. So the director of investigations and standards I suppose, and that is a position that was created under the act. It's my understanding that although there was a collaborative effort, and Justice worked with the Regular Members to make improvements and to create new processes in the bill, there was no additional money added at that time. So we've been doing what we can internally, but we do have the one new position, and I believe the budget for that was $243,000. Thank you.