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

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1320

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11120

Constituency Office

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

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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 February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you. Minister.

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Anything further from the Minister?

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Mr. O'Reilly, the Heritage Fund is listed under “management board secretariat.” That is a future activity that we are going to be discussing.

Seeing no further comments or questions from committee, I will call this activity. Directorate, operations expenditure summary, $85,090,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Testart.

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you. Next, Mr. O'Reilly.

Question 154-18(3): Child and Youth Care Counsellors

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Education had a Minister's statement today, “Strengthening Support for Students,” and I just have some questions about that.

He mentioned that child and youth counsellors are going to be phased in across the territory and they are going to be in the schools. A concern that was brought to me is that, while it is great to have the counsellors in the schools - like the rest of the country, we are sorely lacking when it comes to dealing with mental health issues - the issue is that students will have to leave class to go see these counsellors.

Is...

Debates of February 23, 2018 , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have some questions about the training provided through Finance via human resources, and I have had concerns that people outside of Yellowknife are disadvantaged in terms of training. I know that most of the training occurs in Yellowknife, and, while people from the regions can access training, there's a cost involved to the regional offices in terms of travel and nights in the hotel in Yellowknife and that kind of stuff. It seems like it disadvantages people from outside of the capital. So does the Minister have any statistics he can share with us on the people trained...