Albertans Want to be Proud of Their Oilsands Development

CBC RADIO ONE COMMENTARY: TAPED SEPTEMBER 29, 2009  HERE IS A PIECE I JUST RECORDED FOR CBC RADIO 1 AS A  COMMENTARY ITEM FOR BROADCAST ON THE EDMONTON AM PROGRAM (740 AM AND 94.3 FM) There is a growing polarization about the Alberta oilsands. A few years ago the buzz was all about the size [...]

“It’s Easy Being Green”-Paul Krugman

Wow!  The NYT op-ed writers are on a green bandwagon these days.  Thomas Friedman weights in on a Green China and now Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman opines in the NYT on how easy it is to be green. The green transformation is imperative and the benefits to the economy, the environment and to society are enormous.  [...]

China Goes Green?

Here is a link to Economist Thomas L. Friedman’s take on the impact and import of China going green.  As always he has an interesting perspective.  I noted in my earlier blog post on the Recession Alphabet that one of the most interesting things to watch coming out of this  be the new role of India and China [...]

The Recession Recovery Alphabet

There is lots of speculation about the exit strategy on this recession, the deepest and most devastating since the Great Depression. What “shape” will the economic recovery take is the subject of speculation and “punditation.” The federal government stimulus spending is all debt financing, as it is in all provinces except Alberta, who had cash [...]

New Blog Post at Ken Chapman

A political analysis of the reactions, implications and consequences emerging our of Premier Stelmach’s interpretation of the message(s) from the recent Calgary Glenmore By Election putting the PC candidate in 3rd place. Read all about it

Has the IPCC Head Offered a Simple and Wrong-Headed Solution to Canada’s GHG Lethargy?

To every complex problem there is always a simple answer that is wrong.  The recent call by the Head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)is reported to be calling for Canada to “consider closing down Oilsands projects in northern Alberta” is an example of a seemingly simple but wrong-headed answer to a complex [...]

Notes from John Ibbitson’s Speech

John and I were sharing some insights at the Fall Planning Session of the Alberta Teachers’ Association in Banff last week.  John has just returned from the Globe and Mail Washington Bureau Chief to become their Ottawa Bureau Chief. He is replacing Brian Laghi who has moved to the National Round Table on the Environment and [...]

Welcome to RebootAlberta

This is a sister website to www.ken-chapman.blogspot.com.  This site is focused on new ideas, events and issues about and around the needs and potential for the Next Alberta.  I will be exploring the possibilities for the Next Alberta from a Progressive political lens. This blog will be about discussing issues impacting the Next Alberta.  It will come from a public [...]