Today on Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis veterans whose courage and sacrifice helped defend lands and rights here and across the world. 1/3 #IndigenousVeteransDay #Remembrance #Reconciliation #SenCA #cdnpoli

Today on International Inuit Day, we honour Inuit leadership, culture, languages, and the ongoing fight for justice, self-determination, and equality. Inuit have long led the way in advancing human rights, community-based solutions, and land and water stewardship. 1/3

📢 Bill S206 has been referred to the Senate Committee on National Finance for study. Check out our latest news release here. #GLBI #BillS206 #SenCa #CdnPoli #PovertyReduction

Residential school denialism is on the rise. This quote from lawyer & professor Kimberly Murray comes from an abridged version of a chapter on a forthcoming volume from CHRR affiliates Niigaan Sinclair & Sean Carleton that will help people identify & confront residential school denialism. #NDTR

In honour of the one year since he started his journey to the west, I wrote a letter to Dad in my free @winnipegfreepress.com newsletter Biidaajimowin.

With poverty rising, Canadians cannot afford more empty promises. 1/3 #PovertyReduction #FederalBudget #GLBI #EconomicPolicy #SenCa #CdnPoli

Yesterday, we honoured the memory of Mazina Giizhik-Iban – The Honourable Murray Sinclair. He was a brilliant jurist and senator, a generous mentor and friend, who was profoundly kind, caring and compassionate to all. 1/4

Our latest media advisory on Tona’s Law is out now. This week, the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee will begin its study of the bill.

Recent articles by The Canadian Press and The Guardian highlight what too many families, human rights advocates and front-line workers already know: Canada still allows solitary-like confinement with no fixed time limits, despite overwhelming evidence of the lasting harm it causes. 1/4

Dozens of First Nations leaders, lawyers, and advocates have called on the Senate to amend Bill S-2, urging them to end blood quantum rules that strip legal status from First Nations people after two successive generations marry non-status individuals. That discussion and more on Nation to Nation.

After hearing from more than 50 witnesses, the Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous Peoples is preparing to go further than the government ever intended in restoring legal recognition to “non-status Indians.” That's on Nation to Nation.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Four Indigenous women were murdered in Winnipeg. They were stalked inside homeless shelters. Our Relatives tells the story of how they were taken and their families fight for justice.

We must honour Ashley and her family by ending the use of isolation and ensuring effective judicial oversight of corrections. #S205 #TonasLaw #EndSeg #cdnlaw #cdnmedia #Senate

We must honour Ashley and her family by ending the use of isolation and ensuring effective judicial oversight of corrections. #S205 #TonasLaw

Update!📢 : Tona's Law Call to Eliminate Solitary Confinement Advances to Committee #S205 #EndSeg #SenCA #cdnpoli

More evidence of the need to consider a guaranteed liveable income for Canadians. Bill S-206 could help advance efforts to alleviate and reduce the cost of poverty by investing in people!

Eighteen years after Ashley Smith’s preventable death in a segregation cell, Canada continues to grapple with the same injustices she suffered. 1/2 #AshleySmith #HumanRights #PrisonReform #TonasLaw #SenCA #BillS205

October 18th is Persons Day, which commemorates the landmark 1929 decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council that affirmed some women as “persons” under Canadian law. 1/2 #PersonsDay #SenCA #Equality #WomensRights #HumanRights

Yesterday was the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – a reminder that poverty is actually a policy choice and is not inevitable. We know the cost of poverty in Canada exceeds $90 billion each year, yet current approaches fail to allow folks to rebound out of poverty. 1/3

Survivors of the Portage La Prairie residential school in Manitoba gather to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of its closure. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

Today, on both World Mental Health Day and World Homeless Day, we’re reminded that access to mental health care and access to safe, stable housing are deeply interconnected. 1/2

Senator Woo’s motion calls on the Government of Canada to examine and report, within 3 months, “the risk of Canada’s complicity in violations of international law (including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide).” 1/3 youtu.be/3_0q3H3ra34

Last week, I began debate on Bill S-207 — An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act. 1/3 Watch the full second reading here: youtu.be/-3mxUgUgG78?... #SenCA #cdnpoli #JusticeReform #CriminalRecordExpiry #BillS207

October marks both Women’s History Month and 2SLGBTQIA+ History Month – a time to celebrate courage, resilience, and the many trailblazers who have fought for equality and inclusion. 1/3 #WomensHistoryMonth #2SLGBTQIAHistoryMonth #SenCA #Equality #Inclusion #cdnpoli

Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we celebrate the educators who inspire curiosity, critical thinking, and compassion. Teachers open doors to opportunity, empower future generations, and help build more just and inclusive communities. 1/2

Good on Jane Fonda. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...

Today, on #MMIW Action Day, we honour the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People and demand justice and accountability. Too many lives have been lost while governments continue to resist implementing the National Inquiry’s Calls for Justice. 1/2

Of the 3.8 million Canadians with criminal records, 9 in 10 do not have a pardon or record suspension. At the rate that the Parole Board of Canada rendered decisions last year, it would take 256 years and counting to consider applications relating to all current criminal records.

The interlocutor role allowed Kimberly Murray to witness the relief of families “finding answers that they’ve been searching for for 30, 40, 50 years.” thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Yesterday in Question Period, I pressed the government on its failure to address the persistent overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s prisons. Mass incarceration carries immense social and financial costs. 1/2

🧡 Today, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour Survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. 1/3

🌲🇨🇦This National Forest Week, we celebrate the vital role forests play in sustaining our communities, environment, and future. Protecting these ecosystems is essential to the health and well-being of us all. #NationalForestWeek #SenCA #cdnpoli

✨ This Gender Equality Week, we reaffirm our commitment to building a Canada where every person has equal access to opportunities, safety, and dignity. True equality lifts us all. #GenderEqualityWeek #SenCA #cdnpoli

This CBC Yukon piece asks whether basic income could work where living is hardest. Thanks to Senator Duncan for pointing out that this is exactly why we continue to push for a guaranteed livable basic income. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wouldn't that be a good step!

Today, on World Suicide Prevention Day, we remember the lives lost and recommit to breaking the silence and stigma around mental health. 1/4

This Labour Day, we honour all workers whose efforts sustain our communities and economies, and remember that too many still face low wages, precarity, and unsafe conditions. 1/4

Khedr said even a short delay in the payments can be harmful, as many low-income people with disabilities are living well below the poverty line with expenses that far exceed it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A tough read. There are allegations of coercive control by the step-father towards the children’s mother as well as child neglect. “I hate to say it but every one of us failed them” said their paternal grandmother. “We all failed these kids.” apple.news/AsdhptEq2QlG...

A very important decision, and not just for the rights of two-spirit, trans, and non-binary youth. The SKCA has ruled that courts have jurisdiction to declare that laws unreasonably limit Charter rights and freedoms even after the government invokes the s 33 notwithstanding clause.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

Thank you for your ever precise and itimely reporting, @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social As always, I appreciate your very thoughtful and clear summary of the issues at the heart of thie @aircanada.bsky.social flight attendant grievances. ✈️

An excellent oped from my Alberta colleague, Senator Scott Tannas, leader of the @csg-gsc.bsky.social - who voices concerns many Senators share about omnibus budget bills and about respect for the Senate itself. #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli #SenCa #abpoli #CSG

Happy International Youth Day!💡🌍 Today, we celebrate the vision, passion, and leadership of young people across 🇨🇦 and around the world. Youth are not just the leaders of tomorrow — they are leading change today, shaping more just, inclusive, and sustainable communities. 1/2

Today marks the 50th Prisoners’ Justice Day. We remember those who have died while in custody and honour the ongoing struggle to decolonize, decriminalize and decarcerate, while walking and working in alliance with those inside and outside prison walls. 1/3

Today, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we honour the rights, contributions and resilience of Indigenous Peoples here on Turtle Island and around the globe. 1/3

This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Prisoners’ Justice Day, a day to honour those who have lived and died in prisons across Canada and to reaffirm our commitment to ending systemic neglect, discrimination, and rights violations in our correctional system. Read more in my statement below. 📄

Last Friday, I had the honour of joining Senator Bernard in Nova Scotia to celebrate her birthday and commemorate Emancipation Day — a powerful reminder of the legacies of slavery in Canada and the ongoing fight for justice, equity, and freedom. 1/2