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

Question 1230-19(2): Search of Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation Cultural Camp
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 126)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Member from Tu NedheWiilideh, the Member in that riding, asked the same thing. As I said yesterday, and I'll said it here today, I've reached out to Chief Marlowe to have a meeting in their community to have this conversation in how we move forward. That's what I've promised, and that's what I will continue to do. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 1230-19(2): Search of Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation Cultural Camp
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 126)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we followed this process. It's not semantics. We follow the process. We got a search warrant, and we did the they executed a search warrant, not a raid. It was an execution of a search warrant. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Member’s Statement 1229-19(2): Eulogy for Pauline Bertrand
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 126)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Pauline Ekotlah Bertrand was born in Snake River, BC, on May 2nd, 1933. Her Dene name was GoYah, little sister. Unfortunately this is where her and her little brother Sam had lost their parents at a very young age. Not long afterwards, their grandmother Margaret took them home to Pretty Hill, which is known as La Jolie Butte, to live. From there she was taught how to hunt, fish, trap to which she passed on these teachings to her children. As a young lady, she married her husband Francis Bertrand, and they settled down and made their home in Pretty Hill...

Question 1217-19(2): Flood Management and Preparedness
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, this is a MACA question. The emergency manager organizations work with all departments, including ENR. The department maintains contact with ENR prior to and throughout the flood season to monitor water levels. Municipal and Community Affairs offers ongoing assistance to assist communities with emergency preparedness including delivery of community emergency planning workshops, delivery of tabletop exercise material so communities can run through a mock scenario to ensure roles and responsibilities are well known before an event, distribution of community emergency...

Question 1217-19(2): Flood Management and Preparedness
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If I could control Mother Nature, we wouldn't be flooding, and I thank the Member who keeps on asking these type of questions as we move forward. Municipal and Community Affairs again leads ENR supporting information. The GNWT does not have an ice management program policy related to flooding because ice jam flooding is difficult to predict and cannot be actively managed. Ice jam occurs when ice chunks in the rivers do not melt fast enough and collide with each other. Ice jamming floods can happen any year and are dependent on the way ice breaks up in the river channel...

Member’s Statement 1222-19(2): Eulogy for Darlene Grossetete
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Gloria Darlene Grossetete was born on November 22nd, 1971, in Fort Simpson. She passed away on March 7th, 2022, at the age of 51. It is never easy to say goodbye to someone who has been part of your life, especially a mother and sister. Darlene passed away approximately three plus weeks after her brother Ronnie passed away. The family lost two important people that they loved dearly. The passing of Darlene added to the hole in their hearts that Ronnie left.

Mr. Speaker, family and friends got together in Fort Simpson to celebrate Darlene's life and how she had impact on...

Committee Motion 315-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Environment and Natural Resources – Deferral of Department (page 23), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Yes. And yes to both questions. Thank you.

Committee Motion 315-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Environment and Natural Resources – Deferral of Department (page 23), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Yes, I do.

Committee Motion 314-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – NOrthwest Territories Housing Corporation – Deferral of Corporation (page 71), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Yes, I do, Madam Chair.

Question 1224-19(2): Court Decision Regarding Search of Lutsel K’e Cultural Camp
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 125)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I've already said it once, I'll say it again. I actually said it twice. I'm more than willing to meet with the chief and the First Nation in the community of Lutselk'e to have that conversation on how we can do the recovery on that. That's what I made my commitment to. There is an investigation still going on, and I don't know what's going on with that. So I'm more than willing to work on how we can support the recovery of the caribou. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.