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 63)

Thank you, committee. Moving on to office of the clerk, activity 3 of 5. This is on pages 13 to 15. Do you have comments or questions on the office of the clerk? Seeing none, I will call this activity. Legislative Assembly, office of the clerk, operations expenditure summary, total activity, $7,906,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you, committee. We will now proceed to the Department of Justice. The department begins on page 214. However, we will begin with community justice and policing on page 257. Department of Justice and community policing, operations expenditure summary, activity total, $5,238,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you. We will now move to the second blue tab in the tabled document. It is titled "Borrowing Plan for the Government Reporting Entity and Established Borrowing Limits for the Government of the Northwest Territories." Total government borrowing, $660,625,000. Any comments or questions on this? I see none. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We will begin with opening comments. Do we have any general comments from committee? Seeing none, we will proceed to consider the activities before the full department. The first activity can be found on page 9, expenditures on behalf of Members. Do you have comments or questions on this activity found on pages 8 and 9? Seeing none, I will call this activity. Legislative Assembly, expenditures on behalf of Members, operations expenditure summary, total activity, $8,379,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you, committee. We will now return to the departmental total on page 289. Department of Lands, total department, $26,291,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you, committee. We will now proceed to the minerals and petroleum resources activity on page 206. I will call the activity. Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, minerals and petroleum resources, operations expenditure summary, activity total, $14,712,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you, committee. We will now return to the departmental total on page 127. I will call this total. Department of Finance, total department, $235,743,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

I will now call Committee of the Whole back to order. Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly begins on page 1 of the main estimates document. As always, I will turn to Mr. Speaker for any opening comments. Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation?