Lesa Semmler

Member Inuvik Twin Lakes

Minister of Health and Social Services

Lesa Semmler currently serves as the Member representing Inuvik Twin Lakes in the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, having been re-elected to the position. Born in Yellowknife, NT, and raised in Inuvik, where she still resides, Ms. Semmler has deep roots in the Northwest Territories. 

A Registered Nurse, Ms. Semmler graduated from the Aurora College Northern Nursing Program in 2000 and earned her Community Health Nurse Certification from the Canadian Nurses Association in 2008. With 15 years of frontline nursing experience at the Inuvik Regional Hospital, she focused on Acute Care, Homecare, and Public Health. Her career also included roles as the Manager of Acute Care Services and eventually the Regional Manager of Acute Care Services under the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority. Notably, she served as the Inuvialuit Health System Navigator at the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, assisting Inuvialuit Beneficiaries in navigating the healthcare system. 

Beyond her healthcare career, Ms. Semmler has actively contributed to education and community service. She served on the Inuvik District Education Authority, assuming the role of Chair from 2015 to 2018, and chaired the Beaufort Delta Education Council. Ms. Semmler participated in various working groups at the territorial and national levels, including the Inuit Tuberculosis Elimination Board and the Inuit Midwifery Revitalization. Her commitment to social justice is evident in her voluntary work as a member of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Family Advisory Circle, where she worked to ensure northern voices were heard and represented. Lesa Semmler's life and career reflect her passion for healthcare, education, and advocating for the well-being of her community.

Inuvik Twin Lakes Electoral District

Committees

Inuvik Twin Lakes
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Email
Phone
(867) 767-9143
Extension
12195
Constituency Office

198 Mackenzie Rd
Unit 123
Inuvik NT X0E 0T0
Canada

P.O. Box
3130
Constituency Phone
867-678-2429
Minister
Email
Email
Minister of Health and Social Services

Statements in Debates

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Can we proceed to a clause by clause review of the bill?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Thank you. Committee, we have previously deferred the matter of consideration of departmental summaries. Members, we will begin the departmental summary for the Legislative Assembly so please turn to page 5 of your Tabled Document.

Legislative Assembly, operations expenditures, total department, 20232024 Main Estimates $27,655,000. Does committee agree?

Committee Motion 400-19(2): Committee Report 48-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act – Cost of Child Care, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Abstentions? Motion is carried.

Carried

Member for Kam Lake.

Committee Motion 404-19(2): Committee Report 48-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act –Response to Recommendations, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Clause 4, does committee agree? The appendix of the bill, does oh, does committee agree? Member for Frame Lake.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Clauses 21 to 25, does committee agree?

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Member for that's that's clause 2. Oh, okay, sorry. Clause 1, does committee agree?

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Clause 3, does committee agree? Member for Frame Lake.

Member’s Statement 1484-19(2): Carbon Taxation
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Mr. Speaker, carbon tax has now become a word many people don't want to hear. However, as Members in this House, we have talked, listened to residents, and debated this topic for the past few months. I am in a situation now that I must decide on what's best for the residents in the Northwest Territories on how we move ahead with this.

The GNWT carbon tax is what we are paying now but heating fuel has been able to be excluded up until the new changes that are coming that being imposed upon by the federal government. They have decided they will no longer allow for GNWT as this goes against what...

Committee Motion 394-19(2): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 813-19(2): Main Estimates 2023-2024, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Thank you, committee. We have concluded consideration of Committee Report 4219(2), Report on Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act.

Committee, we've agreed to consider Committee Report 4819(2), Report on Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act. I will go to the chair of the Standing Committee on Social Development for any opening comments. Member for Kam Lake.

Committee Motion 404-19(2): Committee Report 48-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act –Response to Recommendations, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)

Minister, would you like to bring witnesses into the Chamber?