Are Progressives to Blame for Far Right Shift in Politics?

I am a former Federal and Alberta Progressive Conservative.  I got involved in federal politics to help Joe Clark win the PC Party leadership in the mid 70s.  I became an Alberta Progressive Conservative to help Peter Lougheed replace the social Credit government of Harry Strom. I saw the demise of the federal PC starting [...]

Another Blogger Senses the Shifting Political Climate

Here is a very interesting blog post by Gerard MacLellan that promotes the new Alberta Party as a viable alternative.  His comments show a deeper insight than pure partisan politics and definitely worthy of a reflective read. Full Disclosure: I am a member of the Alberta Party

Working on RebootAlberta 3.0 Agenda

There are a lot of good ideas out there on what to talk about, how to organize conversations, capture the ideas and set up the space and place for Progressives to take personal and political action to do what need doing to make Alberta a more inclusive, progressive, prosperous and preferred place to live. You [...]

RebootAlberta3.0 “Taking Action” is a GO!

If you think the existing political culture in Alberta is broken, the status quo is not acceptable and the trends and alternatives we are  offered by the dominant and conventional political parties are inadequate for Alberta to realize our potential then you will want to be part of RebootAlberta3.0. We need to renew our democracy, revise [...]

Committing Makes It So!

A small group of us have start to focus on the shape and content of Reboot 3.0 the next province-wide gathering a large group of progressive thinking Albertans.  We will get together in Edmonton Nov 5-7 to starting taking action to make a different kind of Alberta based on progressive values. We will outline a [...]

What Albertans Expect About Oil Sands Development

IN conjunction with the Oil Sand Research and Information Network out of the University of Alberta, my company, Cambridge Strategies Inc. has done a major conjoint study on the oil sands.  The study is designed to determine the preferred value drivers of Albertans on the development of their oil sands. Afterall we Albertans own the [...]

Does This Describe Alberta Progressives?

Barry Cooper of the University of Calgary has an interesting piece today in the Calgary Herald newspaper on California “Progressives.” Cooper provides an interesting description and interpretation of his perception of the progressive mindset of California progressives.  I have to say, he may be right about Californians, I can’t say one way or the other.  I do know however, his description of a [...]

What is a Progressive?

New blog post on my other site links to an interesting piece by Ricardo Acuna of the Parkland Institute on the state of progressive values in Alberta’s political parties. Worth a read and please follow the links for more context.  Most progressive thinking people in Alberta are not partisan and that is an important distinction.

The Reboot “Weavers” Are Getting Together

Coming out of Reboot 1.0 was a group of thought leaders, facilitators and process design specialists who want to help advance the Reboot Alberta citizen’s movement.  We are getting together today to talk about the purpose and process of Reboot 3.0 We have seen a hiatus of Reboot Alberta events since Reboot 2.0 in February but it [...]

Can Alberta Progressives Get Our Political Act Together?

Here is a link to my other blog and commentary on the recent effort by Alberta Liberal leader, David Swann, to start a partisan based conversation on getting the Alberta progressive voice clear and conveyed and understood Please visit the Ken Chapman blog and comment on the effort and ideas.