Op-eds
After a distinguished career in journalism, Sen. Paula Simons was appointed to the Red Chamber in 2018. She is currently a columnist for Alberta Views magazine and her work has also appeared in the CBC, Maclean's, the Ottawa Citizen and the Hill Times.
Please find below a list of all of her published op-eds since being appointed.
Date |
Title |
Publication |
2021-12-06 |
Simons: Air traffic control towers in Fort McMurray and across Canada must be saved |
Fort McMurray Today |
2020-12-26 |
Alberta Views |
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2020-10-28 |
Alberta Views |
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2020-09-28 |
Le Franco |
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2020-09-11 |
Simons: Will University of Ottawa save Alberta's historic Campus Saint-Jean? |
Edmonton Journal |
2020-09-01 |
Alberta Views |
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2020-06-01 |
Alberta Views |
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2020-03-20 |
Alberta Views |
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2020-01-01 |
Alberta Views |
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2019-08-29 |
OPINION | Paula Simons: What it's like as a reporter embedded in the Canadian Senate |
CBC |
2019-07-01 |
CBC |
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2019-05-21 |
Maclean’s |
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2019-04-10 |
Public works require public input, but can't be hamstrung by it |
Hill Times |
2019-02-25 |
Simons: Opening the door on the Chamber of Secrets (a.k.a. the Senate) |
Ottawa Citizen |
2018-10-05 |
Paula Simons: I've been traded to the senators. But I'll always cheer for Edmonton |
Edmonton Journal |

"Our diversity has always been our strength, even when we didn’t realize, much less celebrate, it."
- Sen. Paula Simons in Alberta Views