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
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Minister of Health and Social Services

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Committee Report 33-19(2), Bills 52 and 48, Tabled Document 723-19(2), and would like to report progress, with 13 motions adopted. And that consideration of Committee Report 33-19(2) is concluded. And that Bill 52 is ready for third reading, and that Bill 48 is ready for third reading as amended. And Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Committee Motion 305-19(2): Committee Report 33-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 52, Elevators and Lifts Act – Public Availability of Report Described in Section 68 of the Act, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

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

Carried

Member for Nunakput.

Committee Motion 307-19(2): Committee Report 33-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 52, Elevators and Lifts Act – Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you I will now open the floor to general comments on Bill 48. Does committee agree that there are no comments for Bill 48?

Committee Motion 312-19(2): Bill 48: Arbitration Act – Deletion of Clause 77, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Committee, the Department of Infrastructure begins on page 52. We will defer the departmental totals and review the estimates by activity summary beginning at page 53 with asset management, and there is information items on page 54 and 55.

Infrastructure, asset management with infrastructure investment, $82,792,000. MLA Great Slave.

Committee Motion 312-19(2): Bill 48: Arbitration Act – Deletion of Clause 77, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you. Member for Hay River South.

Committee Motion 312-19(2): Bill 48: Arbitration Act – Deletion of Clause 77, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Minister of Infrastructure.

Committee Motion 312-19(2): Bill 48: Arbitration Act – Deletion of Clause 77, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you. Minister of Infrastructure.

Committee Motion 312-19(2): Bill 48: Arbitration Act – Deletion of Clause 77, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you. Okay. So Members, Infrastructure, programs and services, infrastructure investments $50,057,000. Are there any questions, comments? Member for Yellowknife North.

Committee Motion 313-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Infrastructure – Deferral of Department (page 52), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Committee Motion 314-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – NOrthwest Territories Housing Corporation – Deferral of Corporation (page 71), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Committee, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources begins at page 23. We'll defer the departmental totals and review the estimates by activity summary beginning at page 25 with environment protection and waste management with information on page 26. Are there any Environment and Natural Resources, environmental protection and waste management infrastructure investments, $80,000. Question, comments?