(September 2023) The Alberta Government recently announced its intention to move forward with splitting from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and creating a separate Alberta Pension Plan (APP). Senator Simons speaks with University of Calgary professors Dr. Lindsay Tedds and Dr. Trevor Tombe about the possibility of Alberta moving out of the Canada Pension Plan and about the Alberta Pension Plan report that was released earlier this month.

Following this new discussion of the APP report is a rebroadcast of our February 2023 episode, in which Senator Simons speaks to a panel of experts about the Canadian Pension Plan and the pros and cons of a possible Alberta Pension Plan.

Panelists: Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Calgary;

Deborah Yedlin, President & CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce;

Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of the Parkland Institute;

Dr. Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary; and 

Dr. Leo de Bever, Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. 

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Senator Simons hosts a panel discussion with panelists Teresa Woo-Paw, Gary Mar, Nathan Ip, and K. Linda Tzang.

Senator Simons speaks with environmental author Ed Struzik about wildfires and the current Alberta wildfire emergency. 

Senator Simons speaks with diversity and inclusion professional Marni Panas.

Senator Simons speaks to a panel of experts about the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) and the pros and cons of a possible Alberta Pension Plan.

Panelists: Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Calgary;

Deborah Yedlin, President & CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce;

Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of the Parkland Institute;

Dr. Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary; and 

Dr. Leo de Bever, Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. 

Senator Simons speaks with the administrator of Mstdn.ca, Chad Ohman about what has been called the Mastodon migration.

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Senator Simons on Mastodon

Chronos Vocal Ensemble - Choristers Private Tears

Senator Simons moderates the 2022 University of Alberta Chancellor's Forum on Food for the Future.

Panelists include Dr. Ellen Goddard, University of Alberta professor in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences; Gleise M. da Silva, the first BCRC-Hays Chair in Beef Production Systems; Isha Datar, the Executive Director of New Harvest, a nonprofit research institute that funds open, public cultured meat research; Alison Sunstrom, the founder/CEO of CNSRV-X Inc. (Conserve X) and Co-CEO/Founder of GrowSafe Systems Ltd.; and Dr. William “Bill” Shotyk, the Bocock Chair in Agriculture and Environment at the University of Alberta.

Senator Simons speaks with Cape Breton cartoonist Kate Beaton about her graphic memoir, Ducks; her two years spent in the Alberta oil sands; and how the East coast and Alberta influence each other.

Senator Simons speaks to Vice News senior reporter Mack Lamoureux about his deep Franco-Albertan roots and his journalistic focus on extremist groups in Alberta and Canada. 

Senator Simons speaks with Cree/Iroquois/French journalist and author Brandi Morin about the papal visit to Canada, reconciliation, and the meaning of Wood Buffalo National Park.