Anna Murphy
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Proud to call Calgary and Alberta my home, seeking to represent my community and serve my neighbours to ensure their voices are heard and together create a strong and diverse future.
Skate Canada’s decision to withdraw all sanctioned events from Alberta through 2030 carries real economic consequences for Calgary and communities across our province.
Major sporting events fuel our visitor economy.
They support hotels, restaurants, artists, venues, event workers, and thousands of local jobs. When those events disappear, everyday Albertans pay the price.
At the same time has shown principled leadership by refusing to host events where athlete safety, dignity, and human rights are undermined.
In response, Premier Danielle Smith claims the organization is “out of touch with Canadians,” even as this government continues policies and rhetoric that isolate Alberta from national partners.
This outcome is not accidental, it is the predictable result of choices that signal exclusion instead of belonging.
Economic prosperity and human rights are not competing priorities, they are inseparable.
As we light the first candle of Hanukkah, my heart is heavy with both grief and hope.
This is a season meant to honour light, resilience, and the courage to endure in the face of fear and persecution.
And yet, this year, that light feels especially fragile.
Hanukkah teaches us that light persists even in the face of violence, oppression, and attempts to erase a people’s existence.
That lesson feels painfully relevant as we mourn lives lost and confront a disturbing rise in antisemitism, hate, and intolerance within our neighbourhoods.
Silence is not neutrality.
It is not enough to say “never again” only in moments of remembrance or when it is convenient.
It must be a commitment we uphold with unwavering resolve.
Tonight, as I sit in the glow of the menorah’s light, I recommit to active allyship, to speaking out against hate, and to standing with Jewish communities in the face of fear and rising hostility.
Chag Sameach. May light outlast hatred.
12/14/2025
At night, Ottawa comes to life with conversations, receptions, politicians, and the privilege of sharing space with Canadians from the prairies to the seas, from our rockies to northern arctic lands.
12/12/2025
I want to take a moment to address an extraordinary and sustained volume of hateful, vile, and deeply dehumanizing abuse across my social media.
It has included deliberate attempts to discredit medals or awards I have received for years of volunteer service and advocacy in Alberta and across Canada, particularly my work advancing the rights of women, youth, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
I have been intentionally misgendered to deny my humanity, stripped of my existence with language intended to erase and eradicate me.
I have been subjected to comments about my body, my appearance, my ability to have children, how much money someone would need to be paid to love me. I have been labeled a demon, a groomer, a pe*****le, these slurs are not only profoundly false and rememarkably hurtful, that are used not to debate ideas, but to dehumanize, endanger, and destroy.
All of this, because I am a woman who is transgender.
I will not be intimidated into silence, nor diminished by hate. I will continue to show up, to speak with integrity, and to advocate for a Canada that is safe, welcoming, and affirming for all who call this remarkable place their home.
If those who choose to harass and dehumanize are focused on me, then they are not targeting someone else who may be more vulnerable, less supported, or less equipped to survive it.
I do my best not to read the noise, but what little breaks through is disturbing.
It breaks my heart.
It is dehumanizing.
And it is a reminder of how easily cruelty has become normalized, how quickly the flames of hate are consuming our society.
I will not disappear to make others more comfortable with their cruelty.
I will continue to stand as my authentic and true self, speaking the truth without apology, and will show up with courage even when it is costly.
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12/11/2025
Thank you Senator for inviting me to visit the Senate of Canada, in recognition of my ongoing advocacy for transgender and gender diverse Canadians, especially those within Alberta, it was a profound honour and privilege to rise and receive the warm welcome of the Red Chamber.
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