Paula Simons is a Canadian senator representing Alberta. Appointed in 2018, she is a former Edmonton Journal columnist and reporter and a former CBC producer. Her reporting on Alberta's child-welfare system earned two National Newspaper Awards.
DI has documented statements by Paula Simons on Canada, Cybersecurity, and Law Enforcement, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
The case concerns Bill C-22 Part 2's proposed mandatory capabilities, metadata retention and safeguards. Simons criticizes the security consequences of compulsory capabilities.
Baltej Dhillon defends Bill C-22's lawful-access capability framework. Paula Simons, Yuen Pau Woo and Robert Diab question its privacy, cybersecurity and oversight safeguards. The House-passed text caps metadata retention at six months. As of October 24, 2026, it was before a Senate committee.
