R.J. Simpson

Member Hay River North

Premier
Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs
Minister of Justice
Government House Leader

R.J. Simpson was elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, representing the constituency of Hay River North. On December 7th, 2023, Mr. Simpson was elected Premier of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Simpson was formerly acclaimed to the 19th Legislative Assembly and first elected into the 18th Assembly in 2015.

Mr. Simpson was Deputy Speaker of the 18th Assembly, Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, and the Chair of the Special Committee on Transition Matters. Mr. Simpson was also a member of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning and the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment.

Mr. Simpson is a lifelong resident of Hay River After graduating from Diamond Jenness Secondary School in 1998 Mr. Simpson went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts from MacEwan University and a law degree from the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law.

Mr. Simpson has previously worked with the Government of Canada, Northern Transportation Company Ltd, Métis Nation Local 51, and Maskwa Engineering.

While at law school, Mr. Simpson was the President of the Aboriginal Law Students’ Association. He has also served on the board of the Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre in Hay River and volunteered with the Canada-Ghana Education Project.

Hay River North Electoral District

Committees

Hay River North
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Email
Phone
867-767-9141
Extension
11120
Constituency Office

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

Phone
867-874-6301
Minister
Email
Email
Premier of the Northwest Territories, Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Minister of Justice, Government House Leader

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Mr. Nadli.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Are there any further questions on page 43? Seeing none, we can move ahead to page 44, another information item, work performed on behalf of others. Are there any questions? Mr. O’Reilly.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Six months and I am finally using the acronyms. This is a very good program, these government service offices. I have heard great things about them. My CA just took some training provided by the Executive. There was a bit of a government service, some GSO components to that. I was wondering, are there plans to roll these out in some of the larger communities? Because I know in Hay River, I do a lot of the work that the GSOs do. I know they do some stuff for Service Canada as well. I am also picking up that kind of slack. I like helping people, but I don't know if that is...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. More of a comment. Would the Premier like to respond?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Committee agrees. Moving on. Page 38 is an information item. Are there any questions or comments on page 38? Seeing none. Moving on to page 39, another information item. Are there any questions? No comments or questions. Moving on to page 41, negotiations, operations expenditure summary. Comments or questions? Mr. Nadli.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Mr. McNeely.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Does committee agree? Committee agrees. We shall resume after a short recess. First, I'd just like to let all the people watching outside of Yellowknife on satellite television know that the feed is cut off right away, but you can resume watching or listening on the Legislative Assembly website. Like I said, we'll resume after a short break. Thank you.

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Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Premier McLeod.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Agreed. Moving on to page 31, which I believe is an information item supplementing the previous page. Are there any questions on page 31? Seeing none. Moving on to page 32, another information item, corporate management, active positions. Any questions or comments? Seeing none. Moving on to page 34, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, implementation, operations expenditure summary. Are there any comments or questions on this page? Seeing none, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, implementation, operations expenditure summary, activity total, $553,000.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Moving on to page 42, negotiations, active positions, information item only. Are there any questions, comments? None. We'll move on to page 43, lease commitments and other information items. Are there any questions? Ms. Green.