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

Committees

Board of Management
Nahendeh
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Email
Phone
867-767-9141
Extension
11128
Constituency Office

9706-100th Street
Fort Simpson NT X0E 0N0
Canada

Phone
867-695-3780

Statements in Debates

Member’s Statement on Northwest Territories Youth Ambassador Program
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, Mr. Speaker, I'm fulfilling the commitment I made to some youth ambassadors who are part of the NWT Association of Communities 50th Anniversary Conference. It was great to see them work hard and engaged in the process.

Mr. Speaker, the NWT Youth Ambassador Program was a pilot project at the 2007 Canada Winter Games. With this event being a success, the program had expanded to 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. With the success of these two pilot projects, the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs made the program permanent. The amazing...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I notice that there's an increase in the North Slave by two positions. Can the Minister explain what the North Slave region is? Is that the airport here in Yellowknife? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for his answer. I struggle with this a bit. I would hope that the Minister and the department would actually look at trying to staff within the 25-mile radius first, whether it's Fort Simpson or Fort Liard, those are the two major centres that seem to have the impact. I'd hope the Minister could look at that first. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the deputy minister for his answer. I'm just trying to understand if you have two people why you need to send two people that look after culverts and they're in the vehicles and going down together. Is there a rationale for it? Could the deputy minister or Minister explain the rationale for having you know two staff to go check culverts? Is it a safety issue or is it an engineering requirement? It's just something that has been brought to my attention numerous times by other people in the communities seeing vehicles going there with two people and they're...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to clarify, those active positions throughout this report. So can we ask the questions, if it's a highway issue or a ferry issue, we'd ask it during that or do we have to ask it on this page here, 407? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

Thank you, and I appreciate the Minister for his answer. Will there be a training plan in place or is it being looked at to be staffed within? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In regards to headquarters, the 26 positions, I've asked this question previously and I still haven't seen the information. How many engineers do we have within this department? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a couple of questions. I noticed "land use sustainability" has gone up but the other areas have gone down. Could the Minister explain why the increase in this area? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 24)

…ferry in Fort Simpson at some time soon, so, without the other one breaking down. So, thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I understand that the 2014-2015 actuals, the $1,302,000, but the main estimates for 2015-2016 was $755,000. I see a real increase from 2015-16 to 2016-2017 of about 745. It’s $200,000 approximately from the previous year, so can he explain why we have this huge fluctuation and huge increase? Thank you, Mr. Chair.