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
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Premier of the Northwest Territories, Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Minister of Justice, Government House Leader

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you. That is what I suspected. I will wait until the next page to ask about those positions. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further.

Committee Motion 28-18(3): Committee Report 5-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 1: Western Canada Lottery Act - Funding Policy for Disbursement of Lottery Funding, Carried
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Minister. I will turn to the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations which considered the bill for any opening comments that he may have. Mr. Testart.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you. Mr. Thompson.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you. Follow-up from Ms. Green.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you. I believe there's also a service where people can send in their hearing aids for repair, but from what I've been told, it can take up to months to get them back. What people have started to do is just go south, like they do in Hay River for sorts of medical services, actually. They go south and have their hearing aids fine-tuned in the South. I hear people talk about they go down to Edmonton for the week. They drop their hearing aid off. Somehow it gets either fixed there or sent to Ontario, fixed, and sent back in time for them to pick it up Friday after spending the week there and...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 19)

Thank you. Anything further? Seeing none, I will call this activity. Nursing inpatient services, operations expenditure summary, total activity, $34,108,000. Does committee agree?