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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rebooters and Progressives Engaged in Elections

Part of the Reboot Alberta citizen’s movement has to be showing movement.  This fall all Alberta municipalities and school boards will be holding elections.  Many involved in the Reboot Alberta movement are involved in campaigns as candidates, workers and supporters of progressive candidates.  Other Rebooters are running websites to collect and aggregate campaign information in Edmonton and Calgary. I [...]

“New Capital” for What is a Progressive in 21st Century Alberta

Here is the first draft input from Robert McGarvey’s thinking on a New Capital  perspective towards helping to define what is means to be a Progressive in a 21st century Alberta.  Looking forward to your comments and feedback on this contribution too. Theme Area: New Capital In our discussions the other day we brain stormed the subject [...]

The Murgatroyd Blog on an Education Charter as a Progressive Principle

Stephen Murgatroyd is a PhD with an eclectic mind that is nimble, observant and curious.  He has done a blog post about some values and principles involving public education policy.  He offers his thoughts as a guest post and to become part of the search for the meaning of being progressive in a 21st century Alberta.  Again [...]

“Why I’m Excited to be Going to Reboot Alberta”

Michael Janz has a blog post that outlines his reasons to be excited about coming to Reboot Alberta.  He outlines some of his concerns about the political and other challenges facing Albertans.  Give him a read at http://michaeljanz.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/why-im-excited-to-be-going-to-reboot-alberta/