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 96)

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

Member’s Statement 944-19(2): Eulogy for Bill Rowe
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, William Rowe, no ordinary man with no middle name as he was the middle of Rowe's family. He was born on August 24th, 1931. His mother said she ran out of names and one was good enough. That was Bill, one of a kind but so unique that she would always remember him.

Son to Joseph and Maryanne Rowe, he was a brother to 11 siblings, father to six children, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He would always say his best accomplishment was his family.

Bill left home at the age of 17 to find his way in the world. He was fond of mechanics and had become...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the zone is our caribou with our caribou herds, with collared. The zone was the process was developed with the Tlicho government, the ENR, and the Wek’eezhii Renewable Resources Board. So we work collaboratively with them. We work with our Indigenous governments collaboratively on this. We work with them. We have conversations. We have numerous meetings throughout the year with them. But for further detail on this, I would like to turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

I guarantee that I'll listen to him on that one. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

Thank you. Not during my time, but I will turn to the deputy minister for maybe there's more information available that I'm not aware of. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

Okay, thank you. I want to be very clear to the House, and to the people that are listening here, no release of oil sand process water is currently allowed under the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act or the federal Fisheries Act, so it's not allowed. It's not allowed.

When you talk about what we're doing, I'm not in as I said previously, I'm not in there to make it public out there, slamming. We're trying to work behind the scenes, do the work we need to do, and we do have a relationship with our Indigenous governments. But for that detail of exactly, we've already had one...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

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

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

Thanks. I can't speak for another department but I can tell you from our side of things well, I can't tell you. I'll ask the deputy minister to update you on where we are. I don't think the Member wants me to say "soon". So I will turn to the deputy minister with your permission. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

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

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 96)

Yeah, so as the Minister for Lands, I can verify that we do have our lands officers going in doing the inspections presently. Thank you, Mr. Chair.