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

2024-06-01

The Real Dirt: We can’t take soil for granted.

Alberta Views

2024-04-01

Baring My Breast:…and facing the inevitable

Alberta Views

2024-01-01

Stripping Away Rights:…using the notwithstanding clause

Alberta Views

2023-11-01

Not Enough Pilots: Or truckers, or train engineers, or...

Alberta Views

2023-08-24

Poking Bears : Can we rebalance the Senate?

Alberta Views

2023-06-30

Paula Simons: 100 years after the Chinese Exclusion Act, let's learn from history

Edmonton Journal

2023-01-18

How climate change reveals the fragility of B.C. transportation infrastructure

Hill Times

2023-01-03

Goodbye to Twitter: A love affair gone toxic.

Alberta Views

2022-12-22

Happy Henukkah! Senator Paula Simons leads Edmonton on a festive wild-goose chase

The CJN

2022-11-01

Injustice System: The rot in our prisons

Alberta Views

2022-09-01

Let's Debate CanCon:...minus the conspiracy theories.

Alberta Views

2022-06-15

Paula Simons: Criminalizing speech won’t reduce anti-Semitism

The Hub

2022-04-06

Let’s Talk Turkey about Competition in Canada’s Beef Packing Industry: Senator Simons

Senate of Canada

2022-04-04

Commissioner for Oats: What future for farms and forests?

Alberta Views

2022-03-21

Stifling lack of competition in meat packing industries

The Hill Times

2022-01-01

We are our own masters: Don’t go crying to the Queen!

Alberta Views

2021-12-21

Senators speak out against Bill 21

The Montreal Gazette

2021-11-01

Learning to Love Winter: Thanks to a rambunctious friend

Alberta Views

2021-09-01

Rediscovering a River: The life-giving North Saskatchewan

Alberta Views

2021-06-02

Simons: Will tinkering with copyright law provide a lifeline to news outlets?

The Line

2021-06-01

Pension Folly: Alberta would be nuts to go it alone

Alberta Views

2021-05-15

Opinion: Giving Canadians more time to grieve isn't a partisan issue

Edmonton Journal

2021-04-01

Children of Freedom: Next year, we hope

Alberta Views

2021-12-06

Simons: Air traffic control towers in Fort McMurray and across Canada must be saved

Fort McMurray Today

2020-12-26

All Aboard! Alberta should choo-choose rail

Alberta Views

2020-10-28

My Mother’s Story

Alberta Views

2020-09-28

PAULA SIMONS : «NOUS DEVRIONS AVOIR HONTE»

Le Franco

2020-09-11

Simons: Will University of Ottawa save Alberta's historic Campus Saint-Jean?

Edmonton Journal

2020-09-01

Big Beef: Hard questions of an iconic industry

Alberta Views

2020-06-01

Finding Fortitude: Canada’s most powerful memorial

Alberta Views

2020-03-20

Fates Intertwined: Alberta and Quebec, joined by pipe

Alberta Views

2020-01-01

The Story of Joseph Lewis: Diversity is Alberta’s strength

Alberta Views

2019-08-29

OPINION | Paula Simons: What it's like as a reporter embedded in the Canadian Senate

CBC

2019-07-01

Paula Simons: My Canada includes Alberta

CBC

2019-05-21

No, I haven’t broken the Senate

Maclean’s

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