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
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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, 2nd Session (day 74)

Thank you, Minister. Anything further? Nothing further for Ms. Green. Seeing nothing further, I will call this page. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018. Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, education and culture, not previously authorized, $261,000. Agreed?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 74)

Thank you, committee. On to page 15, the Department of Infrastructure, which continues on to page 16. We will consider pages 15 and 16 together. Do you have comments or questions? Ms. Green.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 74)

Thank you, Minister. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the Chamber. Minister, would you please introduce your witnesses.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 74)

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. My reminder might come a little late, but if the committee could focus their comments on the actual revolving fund, which is more of an accounting structure that they were discussing here for MTS, but I will let the Minister respond. Minister.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 73)

Thank you, Minister. I see nothing further from Mr. Nadli. Next item, Mr. Testart.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 73)

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Minister.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 73)

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Next I have Mr. Nakimayak.

Committee Motion 104-18(2): Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act – Amendments to Clause 4(b) (re: increase to grades 9-12 hours of instruction to 1000 hours), defeated
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 73)

Thank you, Minister Moses. Mr. O'Reilly.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 73)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering the Minister's Statement 186-18(2), Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act, and Committee Report 10-18(2), Report on Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act. I would like to report progress, with two motions being adopted, that consideration of Committee Report 10-18(2) is concluded, that Bill 16 is ready for a third reading as amended and, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Question 796-18(2): Funding for Family Violence Shelters
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 73)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services. Over the course of this Assembly, it has come up quite often that the family violence shelters in the Northwest Territories are not funded by any sort of funding formula, which leads to disparities, leaving some shelters more in need than others.

When I spoke to the Minister about this before, during the business planning and during the budget session, he stated that he was going to work with the shelters, develop a funding formula, and that work would probably be done in August 2017. We are about 60 days...