I know Paula, and I certainly agree. I would suggest that one of her Alberta predecessors, Tommy Banks, also fits that description. In 2009, the John Howard Society of Alberta hosted a National John Howard Society Staff Conference. Staff from the societies across were in attendance. I arranged for Senator Banks to provide a keynote address. He blew people away with his speech. Pretty well all those from outside of Alberta had never heard of him, and I had more than a few tell me afterward that it was one of the most informative speeches they had ever heard. He sat on the Senate Justice Committee, and whenever criminal justice or corrections legislation came to the Senate, he would call me and ask for the John Howard Society's perspective. As you may recall, during the Harper years, that was pretty frequent when Parliament was sitting, and he always demanded the evidence supporting such legislation (of which there was almost always none) and pointing out when it was, in his view, unconstitutional (of which most usually was).
Excellent interview. Senator Simons is a treasure.
IMHO
BC/Alberta LNG & AI powered by LNG being sold out to Trump’s oligarchs for their surveillance Republic.
Apollo - Leon Black (pedo from Epstein files)
Blackstone- Schwartzman who pushed for tariffs on Canada, donated to Trump’s ballroom & campaigns, daily talks with Kushner.
Add to that Microsoft (Gates also in Epstein files).
The tech bros vision sees workers as slaves to exploit. They have to keep building out to beat China AGI-AI. They’ve already lost.
USA economy needs China to bail it out to the tune of $Ts.
So Trump goes after our oil, Venezuela & Nigeria. With Saudis depleted reserves, they’ve also allied with Russia, USA & Israel investing in social platforms & MSM.
Trump also needs Russia resources, but Putin & Xi will play him like a fiddle.
Just learned from Dean & Lev on five stack that Trumps Truth Social thugs (Devin Nunes) bid for Citgo -Venezuela oil company.
Certainly spot on about how it's hard to be seen as a leading Canadian province on any stage when the Premier is bending over backwards to assuage the loud but small rump of her non-conservative party.
Paula is a key voice that deserves to be heard, as a Senator, an Albertan and an unabashed Canadian. Great interview
I know Paula, and I certainly agree. I would suggest that one of her Alberta predecessors, Tommy Banks, also fits that description. In 2009, the John Howard Society of Alberta hosted a National John Howard Society Staff Conference. Staff from the societies across were in attendance. I arranged for Senator Banks to provide a keynote address. He blew people away with his speech. Pretty well all those from outside of Alberta had never heard of him, and I had more than a few tell me afterward that it was one of the most informative speeches they had ever heard. He sat on the Senate Justice Committee, and whenever criminal justice or corrections legislation came to the Senate, he would call me and ask for the John Howard Society's perspective. As you may recall, during the Harper years, that was pretty frequent when Parliament was sitting, and he always demanded the evidence supporting such legislation (of which there was almost always none) and pointing out when it was, in his view, unconstitutional (of which most usually was).
Happy new year. Thanks for all that u do.
Excellent interview. Senator Simons is a treasure.
IMHO
BC/Alberta LNG & AI powered by LNG being sold out to Trump’s oligarchs for their surveillance Republic.
Apollo - Leon Black (pedo from Epstein files)
Blackstone- Schwartzman who pushed for tariffs on Canada, donated to Trump’s ballroom & campaigns, daily talks with Kushner.
Add to that Microsoft (Gates also in Epstein files).
The tech bros vision sees workers as slaves to exploit. They have to keep building out to beat China AGI-AI. They’ve already lost.
USA economy needs China to bail it out to the tune of $Ts.
So Trump goes after our oil, Venezuela & Nigeria. With Saudis depleted reserves, they’ve also allied with Russia, USA & Israel investing in social platforms & MSM.
Trump also needs Russia resources, but Putin & Xi will play him like a fiddle.
Just learned from Dean & Lev on five stack that Trumps Truth Social thugs (Devin Nunes) bid for Citgo -Venezuela oil company.
https://newstracs.com/devin-nunes-and-others-linked-to-trump-media-are-officers-of-a-company-that-bid-for-citgo/2026/01/01/
US economy collapsing, billionaires cashing in, watching what JP Morgan does.
https://www.binance.com/en-IN/square/post/33841543598874
Paula is an Alberta treasure. We need more like her in this province.
Certainly spot on about how it's hard to be seen as a leading Canadian province on any stage when the Premier is bending over backwards to assuage the loud but small rump of her non-conservative party.
“You can’t make people with a bottomless well of grievance happy”.
She nailed it.