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
Bureau de circonscription

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

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 144)

Thank you. So there was funding for that, like in this current fiscal year but that is sunsetting. Originally, this project was supposed to be completed by the end of this term and so that funding is sunsetting. But going forward, from what has been learned during this process the department has a better handle on how things work and will be able to fund that work internally going forward. Thank you.

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

Thank you. The corrections service has representation on the NWT transitional housing advisory committee. The committee is also represented by staff from the NTHSSA and ECE. The committee supports transitional housing for additional recovery program, which is a transitional housing program designed to provide aftercare services and supports to individuals returning from addictions treatment. However, I will say that whether you are being released from jail or you are just a resident who is not in jail, there's housing challenges in the territory for you. And so the department does not provide...

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

Thank you. That would be the five additional members. Thank you.

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

Thank you. So that's a decision for the, I believe, 20262027 budget year, because that's when the agreement will expire. It expires in 2026. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Madam Chair. So for people who are in the system, their case worker can help them with those types of things. It's applicationbased. It's under the federal government so it's not the Department of Justice who would be doing that. And I can also say that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, through the income assistance program, will help people who don't have the funds to go through that process to get their record expunged. Thank you.

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

Thank you. So in addition to the director, we have four pathfinders and I believe there's also an intern so that would be five. Thanks.

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

Thank you. So for a while there, there was very few people going through the therapeutic community. I think there's four or five right now. And so these are relatively low numbers. This is not a fund for everyone who is incarcerated. It is only for those people going through the therapeutic community. And so far, we haven't seen indication that we need to increase it. But as we have more experience, we'll be able to make that determination. Thank you.

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

Thank you. I believe we currently have nine officers under that program. Thank you.

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

Thank you. And this was mentioned earlier, and I wanted to comment on it but I didn't. But the Department of Justice does receive a lot of federal funding through agreements. Those agreements never seem to line up well with the main estimates process and so we'll often come here with a line item of zero or a certain number that will then be adjusted through a supplementary appropriation once we sign that agreement. So Members will probably be seeing a bit of that in here. But for a specific answer, I'd hand it to Mr. Bancroft. Thank you.

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

Thank you. And we're always open to partnerships. Justice is not really the department best suited to deal with people's, you know, housing issues, addictions issues, things like that. You know, while they're in the system, we do have programming but once they're out of the system, they're out of the system. And so we really do need partnerships. We need to work with Indigenous governments. We do have programming that or program dollars that we provide to Indigenous governments. The men's healing fund was one of those. There are initiatives across Canada. Indigenous justice institutes, things...