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

Committee Motion 298-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Justice - Assembly – Deferral of Department (page 60), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

Okay, so the amount we're giving the communities, yes. The community plans, no. Those plans belong to the communities. Thank you.

Committee Motion 298-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Justice - Assembly – Deferral of Department (page 60), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

The same thing with YK North, we'll give you the information. We'll provide that information to you. You will have it. And it can be made public. As I told the Member previously, yes, there's aging infrastructure. Municipal governments makes decisions on their capital plan. They make decisions, and we support their decisions on how we do it. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Committee Motion 298-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Justice - Assembly – Deferral of Department (page 60), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

For that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister.

Committee Motion 298-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Justice - Assembly – Deferral of Department (page 60), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

So we've identified $175 million for the recovery. Part of that is with mitigation. We're also working with the federal government to see what they are able to provide us, and we're also working with other funding sources or trying to find other sources to address this. So as I said on the floor today, we're working with the federal government, we're working with the town, we're working with the K'atlodeeche First Nations. So we're working together with them. But we also have to work with the federal government to be able to provide funding to us towards that. So the mitigation, again, the...

Committee Motion 298-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Justice - Assembly – Deferral of Department (page 60), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

Yes.

Committee Motion 298-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Justice - Assembly – Deferral of Department (page 60), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

Thank you. As I said before, we're working with NWTAC and working with the municipalities, we're fixing the policies. And as we moved forward, we're also reaching out to the federal government. So we got a number of prongs moving forward to address this. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Question 1201-19(2): Lessons Learned from Recent Flooding
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

Thank you. I know the first part. No, we're not putting just downloading on to the town or the K'atlodeeche First Nation. We're working together collaboratively to do this. As per the part of the question in regards to the public information component, yes, that's part of the plan. That's part of the strategies that we're working on. We're making sure that this information is public and we're making sure residents here in the town, in this area are able to provide this information moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Committee Motion 298-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Justice - Assembly – Deferral of Department (page 60), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

Based on both.

Question 1201-19(2): Lessons Learned from Recent Flooding
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

Thank you. Yes. So the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs is working with the Town of Hay River, K'atlodeeche First Nation, and the federal government on how we can address these situation mitigation and work with them to get this work done. So we're in the process. We're working with them. And, again, it takes a little bit of time, and it's a little back and forth but we are working with the town and K'atlodeeche First Nation as well as the federal government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Committee Motion 298-19(2): Tabled Document 723-19(2): Capital Estimates 2023-2024 – Justice - Assembly – Deferral of Department (page 60), Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)

Yes, so yes, we're working with the communities to get their asset plan in place. But, again, we're working with them. And we had COVID. I can tell you that right now when I was working dealing with one of my communities they talked about their asset plan, the problem was is that we couldn't get staff in there to do the work. So our staff are starting to work with the municipalities to address this very concern, and we're willing to move forward. Thank you.