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 [...]

Reviving the RebootAlberta Blog

It has been a long time since there was activity on this blog but that is about to change.  This blog will become focused on citizen engagement and reviving democracy in Alberta.  It will mostly be written by me Ken Chapman and it will compliment my regular political blog at www.ken-chapman.blogspot.com. This blog will link to other [...]

Alex Abboud on Alberta 3.0: Thoughts on the Way Forward

Alex Abboud is attending Reboot Alberta this weekend.  He has posted his thoughts on the future of Alberta.  Alex says Alberta does not need a reboot, it needs an upgrade.  His point is that a “reboot implies that problems exist, but the current system will suffice to handle them.”  He disagrees.  Alex believes the system [...]

“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/

When Was the Last Time You De-Learned?”

I did a blog post on this concept and thoughts from Chris Hedges’ book “Empire of Illusion” that applies to the Reboot Alberta context. http://ken-chapman.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-was-last-time-you-de-learned.html