Shane Thompson

Member Nahendeh

Speaker

Shane Thompson was re-elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly after serving in the 18th and 19th Assemblies representing the constituency of Nahendeh. Mr. Thompson is the Honorable Speaker of the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.

Mr. Thompson was first elected to the 18th Assembly in November 2015 and served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Development. Mr. Thompson was also a member of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning, the Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures, and the Striking Committee.

Mr. Thompson was born on July 11, 1963, in Hay River. He has lived in Kugluktuk (Coppermine), Inuvik, Hay River, and in Edmonton, while at the University of Alberta. Fort Simpson has been his home since 1992.

Mr. Thompson previously served two terms (three years each) as an elected official with the Fort Simpson District Education Authority, spending the last four years as the chairperson. Over the past 35 years, he has served on various community and territorial boards.

Mr. Thompson was employed as the Senior Sport and Recreation Coordinator with Municipal and Community Affairs (GNWT) in the Deh Cho region before being elected as a Member.

Mr. Thompson completed the Community Recreation Leaders Program at Arctic College in 1989 and is currently working on a Masters Certificate on Evaluation at the University of Victoria and Carleton University. He also completed three years towards an Education degree at the University of Alberta.

Mr. Thompson is an active volunteer with Northern Youth Aboard, CBET and Fundamental Movement, and HIGH FIVE®. As well, he is a past member of the Sport North Federation Board, NWT Softball and of NWTRPA, and the past president of Seven Spruce Golf Course.

Mr. Thompson is the father of seven children - five daughters and two sons – and has nine grandchildren.

He has been a Justice of the Peace since 1991.

Nahendeh Electoral District

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Shane Thompson
Nahendeh
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Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
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Constituency Office

9706-100th Street
Fort Simpson NT X0E 0N0
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Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Various experts submitted that the bill did not adequately provide and protect offenders with specific mental health needs or disabilities. Committee agreed that the bill should go further to address some of the challenges faced by inmates. Motions 9, 14, 16, 20 and 24 in Appendix A, developed in collaboration with the Minister, each contain provisions that provide for additional services or the reasonable accommodation of inmates with specific needs, such as those with illnesses, injuries, disabilities or for whom the English language or literacy is a challenge.

Bill 45...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your Standing Committee on Social Development is pleased to provide its report on the review of Bill 45, Corrections Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be real quick and short. I don't support a carbon tax. I don't. I don't think it is great. It has an impact on Northerners. Unfortunately, the federal government has come up with it and said, "You either come up with one, or we will impose one." Therefore, I had to make a hard decision based on the information provided to me in this House. I will, as I told the Minister, support this bill. It is about Northerners. For me, it is about my elders who I represent. By allowing the federal government to just put carbon tax onto diesel fuel, we are going to see less...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

No. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We've clarified what I was trying to understand. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

Thank you. Can I get clarification from the law clerk on where land claims where the settlement is not done would be fitting into this? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

I appreciate the Minister for his response here today. My final question for the Minister here in regards to this concern that I have brought forward is: will the Minister work with his department to look at establishing a pilot project in Simpson and work with the village and the band in the region there to develop a paper and cardboard recycling program?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today I did a Member's statement about recycling and that. I have some questions for the Minister responsible for ENR: has the Department of ENR looked into the possibility of developing a paper and cardboard recycling facility for regional centres across the NWT?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member from Yellowknife Centre, that Committee Report 34-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 45: Corrections Act be received by the Assembly and moved into Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The other side of this.

Bill 45: Corrections Act, sponsored by the Department of Justice, received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on March 11, 2019, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Development (committee) for review, the results of which are reported below.

Bill 45 is intended to repeal and replace the existing Corrections Act. The bill intends to focus less on punishment and more on the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders into their communities, and to reflect various operational improvements in the Northwest Territories' (NWT)...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 87)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my riding, like others, there are no recycling facilities for paper, cardboard, and metals. With increased consumerism, waste reduction and recycling issues are essential. Our neighbours in the south in Edmonton, Alberta, have a world-renowned waste management facility. For us to not even have a recycling depot for cardboard and paper is unacceptable. We are further behind that we should be reducing pollution and waste.

Mr. Speaker, if you go to the dump in Fort Simpson, you will see piles and piles of waste cardboard and paper that could be recycled. Starting up a...