Senator Kim Pate
@kpateonthehill.bsky.social
📍 Working from Algonquin Anishinabe Aki, Homeland of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation, for equitable access to robust social, economic & health supports. Worked with/for marginalized, victimized, criminalized & institutionalized-CoHost of Appointed podcast
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
#IndigenousVeteransDay #Remembrance #Reconciliation #SenCA #cdnpoli
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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
#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
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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
#GLBI #BillS206 #SenCa #CdnPoli #PovertyReduction
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📢 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
#GLBI #BillS206 #SenCa #CdnPoli #PovertyReduction
Reposted by Senator Kim Pate
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
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
September 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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
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
Reposted by Senator Kim Pate
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.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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
#PovertyReduction #FederalBudget #GLBI #EconomicPolicy #SenCa #CdnPoli
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
With poverty rising, Canadians cannot afford more empty promises. 1/3
#PovertyReduction #FederalBudget #GLBI #EconomicPolicy #SenCa #CdnPoli
#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
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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.
November 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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
Reposted by Senator Kim Pate
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.
That discussion and more on Nation to Nation.
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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.
That discussion and more on Nation to Nation.
Reposted by Senator Kim Pate
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.
That's on Nation to Nation.
Senators will consider legal amendments to "Indian Status"
Sen. Paul Prospers is answering the call to make amendments to a bill that will restore status to tens of thousands of First Nation people
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October 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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.
That's on Nation to Nation.
Reposted by Senator Kim Pate
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.
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.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Senator Kim Pate
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.
They were stalked inside homeless shelters.
Our Relatives tells the story of how they were taken and their families fight for justice.
Our Relatives: The Trial
The murders of four homeless women shattered their families, shocked Canadians and forced politicians to take action. The tragedy tested the police and the justice system, while again shining a spo...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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.
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
NEW from me...
On anniversary of New Brunswick teen’s death, senator renews law change push
Now 18 years after Ashley Smith died, Senator Kim Pate is calling on MPs to implement key recommendation from Moncton teen’s inquest
tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
On anniversary of New Brunswick teen’s death, senator renews law change push
Now 18 years after Ashley Smith died, Senator Kim Pate is calling on MPs to implement key recommendation from Moncton teen’s inquest
tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
On anniversary of N.B. teen’s death, senator renews law change push
On the 18th anniversary of Ashley Smith's death, Sen. Kim Pate is calling on MPs to implement key recommendation from Moncton teen’s inquest
tj.news
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We must honour Ashley and her family by ending the use of isolation and ensuring effective judicial oversight of corrections. #S205 #TonasLaw
NEW from me...
On anniversary of New Brunswick teen’s death, senator renews law change push
Now 18 years after Ashley Smith died, Senator Kim Pate is calling on MPs to implement key recommendation from Moncton teen’s inquest
tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
On anniversary of New Brunswick teen’s death, senator renews law change push
Now 18 years after Ashley Smith died, Senator Kim Pate is calling on MPs to implement key recommendation from Moncton teen’s inquest
tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
On anniversary of N.B. teen’s death, senator renews law change push
On the 18th anniversary of Ashley Smith's death, Sen. Kim Pate is calling on MPs to implement key recommendation from Moncton teen’s inquest
tj.news
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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!
Canada set a poverty reduction goal. We’re falling behind. - CCPA
Canada vowed to end poverty by 2030, yet progress has stalled. The government can’t wait any longer to deliver real solutions.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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
#AshleySmith #HumanRights #PrisonReform #TonasLaw #SenCA #BillS205
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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
#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
#PersonsDay #SenCA #Equality #WomensRights #HumanRights
October 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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
#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
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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
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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:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: October 14, 2025—Survivors of Portage La Prairie residential school commemorate 50th anniversary of its closure
Our lead story: survivors of the Portage La Prairie residential school in Manitoba gather to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of its closure, for some the first time seeing one another in decade...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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:
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
October 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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
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Full Speech in Support of Senator Woo's Motion on Gaza
YouTube video by Kim Pate
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October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
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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
Watch the full second reading here: youtu.be/-3mxUgUgG78?...
#SenCA #cdnpoli #JusticeReform #CriminalRecordExpiry #BillS207
October 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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
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
#WomensHistoryMonth #2SLGBTQIAHistoryMonth #SenCA #Equality #Inclusion #cdnpoli
October 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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
#WomensHistoryMonth #2SLGBTQIAHistoryMonth #SenCA #Equality #Inclusion #cdnpoli