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

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

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

Question 1000-19(2): Canadian Red Cross
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I said at the very beginning, the RCMP were in charge of this. We, as the Government of the Northwest Territories, do not want to give misinformation out there. We work with the town. We had conversations with the town. We had conversations with the RCMP. They are in charge of communications. They were getting that out there. For the 12 hours delay, I'm not sure why it happened, it was 12 hours. But I can guarantee you that we were in contact with the department with sorry, with the town and the RCMP on this matter. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

I'll open and then I'll turn to the deputy minister. So we allocated or Cabinet and based on what our priorities was was to find $5 million. We're at 4.1 or $4.2 million right now. And we will be able to get the $5 million for the next we'll hit the $5 million mark at the next one.

But as for the other questions, with your permission, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

We still have three presentations to committee that we still haven't figured or scheduled yet. So I apologize, I just want to make sure people are aware that we have three that we're trying to get done. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

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

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

So for that detail, I'll just turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

Thank you. So each region has a regional recreation development officer or a position in the region. So North Slave has one. The South Slave has one. The Deh Cho has one. The Sahtu has one. And the Inuvik region has one. So we have regional positions out there that work with the youth and sport and rec positions. These are headquarters functions to do with territorial and national activities. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Question 998-19(2): Fort Smith
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I reached out to the Member from Thebacha right away as soon as we found out what was going on. The Premier has reached out to the Member from Thebacha, the justice minister and the health Minister. So it was in her riding. We were understood of the situation. We worked with her. And I have to applaud the Member from Thebacha for the work that she did, the leadership in that community, including the RCMP. They took their roles and responsibilities sincerely. And we worked with the affected Member moving forward. We don't want to get out there spreading...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

Thank you. Yeah, so presently, the office you're looking at is out of Yellowknife but we do have assistant fire marshals in the communities and are in the regions and they work on that as well. As the deputy minister said, there's a couple of vacant positions but we utilize other regions there. So we feel comfortable presently that this budget is adequate for what we need to do. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 103)

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