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 [...]

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.

Why the Chaos in Alberta’s Public Education System?

Don Braid has a great take on the topsy turvy policy of the province of Alberta in meeting its contractual funding obligations to Alberta’s teachers. It seems to me this deferral of funding for teacher contracts the province agreed to for 5 years of labour peace. This political manipulation seems to me to be also [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]