Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦
@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
I am an independent Senator, representing Alberta in the Senate of Canada. I live on Treaty Six Territory. Host of the podcast Alberta Unbound. She/her Vive le Canada.
PS - I also want to congratulate Alberta CPC MP Arnold Viersen, who won the iPolitics prize last night for most collaborative MP. Earlier that evening, he and I actually co-hosted an event celebrating Alberta beekeepers and honey producers - collaboration in action. #cdnpoli #abpoli #honey
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Here I am at the iPolitics awards with my Alberta Senate colleague Patti LaBoucane-Benson. I won for best Senate speaker - but Patti won for Senator of the Year! Alberta girls getting things done! #SenateofCanada #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli @senindepend.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Here I am at the iPolitics awards with my Alberta Senate colleague Patti LaBoucane-Benson. I won for best Senate speaker - but Patti won for Senator of the Year! Alberta girls getting things done! #SenateofCanada #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli @senindepend.bsky.social
I hate the word “impactful” - but otherwise, I am quite tickled with this honour from my Senate colleagues! #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada @senindepend.bsky.social #Alberta
'Storytime with Paula': Simons named Most Impactful Speaker in the Senate
Alberta Sen. Paula Simons, recipient of iPolitics' Most Impactful Speaker in the Senate award, said the best Senate speeches require "careful research, political passion and strong story-telling – wit...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I hate the word “impactful” - but otherwise, I am quite tickled with this honour from my Senate colleagues! #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada @senindepend.bsky.social #Alberta
At the Alberta Legislature this morning to bear witness. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids #yeg #Edmonton
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
At the Alberta Legislature this morning to bear witness. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids #yeg #Edmonton
At Edmonton City Hall this afternoon for the Holodomor Commemoration - an event with a very real resonance this year, with Ukraine again under Russian threat. #yeg #yegcc #Holodomor #Ukraine #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
At Edmonton City Hall this afternoon for the Holodomor Commemoration - an event with a very real resonance this year, with Ukraine again under Russian threat. #yeg #yegcc #Holodomor #Ukraine #cdnpoli
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
From my Alberta Unbound archives - a must-listen for Albertans tonight. Protecting Trans Kids: a Conversation with Alex Marshall and Kristy Harcourt. #ableg #abpoli #NotWithstandingClause #Alberta #AlbertaUnbound
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
From my Alberta Unbound archives - a must-listen for Albertans tonight. Protecting Trans Kids: a Conversation with Alex Marshall and Kristy Harcourt. #ableg #abpoli #NotWithstandingClause #Alberta #AlbertaUnbound
I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
I wrote this two years ago. Felt inspired to post it again today. Tomorrow, it may be more relevant than ever. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #cdnpoli #Alberta @albertaviews.bsky.social
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November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I wrote this two years ago. Felt inspired to post it again today. Tomorrow, it may be more relevant than ever. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #cdnpoli #Alberta @albertaviews.bsky.social
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I am SO excited to share this month’s episode of Alberta Unbound: my conversation with Calgary stand up Faris Hytiaa, a Sudanese-Canadian comic who is as insightful as he is funny. (With bits of his comedy woven in.) #AlbertaUnbound #yyc #Calgary #abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta #Lethbridge #yql #CBC
Home and Laughing, with Faris Hytiaa
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November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I am SO excited to share this month’s episode of Alberta Unbound: my conversation with Calgary stand up Faris Hytiaa, a Sudanese-Canadian comic who is as insightful as he is funny. (With bits of his comedy woven in.) #AlbertaUnbound #yyc #Calgary #abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta #Lethbridge #yql #CBC
A reminder:
An under-aged girl = a child
Sex with a child = rape
Hiding behind euphemisms and bureaucratic legalese protects our feelings, but clouds the truth.
An under-aged girl = a child
Sex with a child = rape
Hiding behind euphemisms and bureaucratic legalese protects our feelings, but clouds the truth.
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A reminder:
An under-aged girl = a child
Sex with a child = rape
Hiding behind euphemisms and bureaucratic legalese protects our feelings, but clouds the truth.
An under-aged girl = a child
Sex with a child = rape
Hiding behind euphemisms and bureaucratic legalese protects our feelings, but clouds the truth.
I am SO excited to share this month’s episode of Alberta Unbound: my conversation with Calgary stand up Faris Hytiaa, a Sudanese-Canadian comic who is as insightful as he is funny. (With bits of his comedy woven in.) #AlbertaUnbound #yyc #Calgary #abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta #Lethbridge #yql #CBC
Home and Laughing, with Faris Hytiaa
open.spotify.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I am SO excited to share this month’s episode of Alberta Unbound: my conversation with Calgary stand up Faris Hytiaa, a Sudanese-Canadian comic who is as insightful as he is funny. (With bits of his comedy woven in.) #AlbertaUnbound #yyc #Calgary #abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta #Lethbridge #yql #CBC
Images from a moving Remembrance Day service at Edmonton City Hall and the city cenotaph, hosted by the City of Edmonton and the Loyal Edmonton Regiment. We shall remember. #RemembranceDay #Edmonton #yeg
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Images from a moving Remembrance Day service at Edmonton City Hall and the city cenotaph, hosted by the City of Edmonton and the Loyal Edmonton Regiment. We shall remember. #RemembranceDay #Edmonton #yeg
Sigh. I took down my Senate Instagram account a few months ago. A mistake, perhaps, since there is now a fake Insta account pretending to be me - and well meaning but confused folks are tagging it. If you are still on Instagram, could you please do me a favour and report it as a fraud?
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Sigh. I took down my Senate Instagram account a few months ago. A mistake, perhaps, since there is now a fake Insta account pretending to be me - and well meaning but confused folks are tagging it. If you are still on Instagram, could you please do me a favour and report it as a fraud?
Interesting thread. I grew up in 1970s Edmonton in an affluent neighbourhood. But in the winter, everyone ate canned fruit, because fresh fruit wasn’t readily available. Mandarin oranges at Christmas were a huge treat.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Interesting thread. I grew up in 1970s Edmonton in an affluent neighbourhood. But in the winter, everyone ate canned fruit, because fresh fruit wasn’t readily available. Mandarin oranges at Christmas were a huge treat.
Yesterday, I had the honour of visiting Guthrie School, at CFB Edmonton. I spoke to a class of Grade 6 students about the Senate - and then laid a wreath at a Remembrance Day assembly. Pretty much every child at the school has at least one parent in the CAF; Remembrance Day hits differently here.
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Yesterday, I had the honour of visiting Guthrie School, at CFB Edmonton. I spoke to a class of Grade 6 students about the Senate - and then laid a wreath at a Remembrance Day assembly. Pretty much every child at the school has at least one parent in the CAF; Remembrance Day hits differently here.
Bravo, @paulisci.bsky.social
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Bravo, @paulisci.bsky.social
Yeah, we did. We ruined it for misogynists and sexual predators and office lotharios and drunks and lazy loafers who had their secretaries and assistants do their actual work.
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yeah, we did. We ruined it for misogynists and sexual predators and office lotharios and drunks and lazy loafers who had their secretaries and assistants do their actual work.
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today, Dr. David Wishart, a professor of biology AND computer science at University of Alberta won Canada’s highest honour for science & engineering, the Herzberg Gold Medal, for his work in metabolomics. I had the joy of being there with Dr. Wishart and his family. #yeg #UAlberta #Edmonton #NSERC
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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My latest column for @albertaviews.bsky.social - on why we need a made-in-Canada verified traveller program. #cdnpoli #NEXUS #SenateofCanada #abpoli
Verified Travellers - Big Donald is Watching You - Alberta Views
The Canada Border Services Agency says applications for Verified travellers NEXUS cards started dropping noticeably after Trump’s election.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest column for @albertaviews.bsky.social - on why we need a made-in-Canada verified traveller program. #cdnpoli #NEXUS #SenateofCanada #abpoli
My latest column for @albertaviews.bsky.social - on why we need a made-in-Canada verified traveller program. #cdnpoli #NEXUS #SenateofCanada #abpoli
Verified Travellers - Big Donald is Watching You - Alberta Views
The Canada Border Services Agency says applications for Verified travellers NEXUS cards started dropping noticeably after Trump’s election.
albertaviews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest column for @albertaviews.bsky.social - on why we need a made-in-Canada verified traveller program. #cdnpoli #NEXUS #SenateofCanada #abpoli
Well. I was asked - on rather short notice - to speak at a public event this morning. Being a good sport, I agreed. I prepared a 45 minute presentation, as requested. When I showed up, there was no one there. I guess I’m not much of a draw! I hope this afternoon’s speakers attract a better house.
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Well. I was asked - on rather short notice - to speak at a public event this morning. Being a good sport, I agreed. I prepared a 45 minute presentation, as requested. When I showed up, there was no one there. I guess I’m not much of a draw! I hope this afternoon’s speakers attract a better house.