Michael Janz has New Blog Post

Michael Janz is involved in both Reboot Alberta and Renew Alberta.  In his recent blog post he explains the differences and the relationships between the two groups. Renew Alberta is all about starting a new political party.  Reboot Alberta is more focused on forming a social movement.  Reboot Alberta has four theme streams, including but not limited to exploring the [...]

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 [...]

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

“Accept Responsibility for What IS, and You Can Change Things”

By Don Schurman  Dave King’s November 4 blog on Reboot Alberta and Ken Chapman’s response on the same day reminded me of the words of a speaker I heard many years ago.  The audience was a group of health care leaders from the United States and Canada and we were struggling with the same issues [...]

Meet Chris – the Progressive Capitalist

Here is a link to a thoughtful blog post by Chris LaBossiere, a self-described “Progressive Capitalist.”  I highly recommend you read this post and see how Chris comes to grips with political labels – mostly his self perception and personal political labelling. Click the link to The Political Compass Chris provides too.  It puts context on some [...]

A Reboot Blogger’s Thoughts on Premier Stelmach

Chris LaBossiere and I are both from the progressive spectrum of the Alberta PC Party.  He attended the party AGM in Red Deer this weekend and we had some time to chat.  I was only there for a few hours on Saturday and while I talked with a lot of people, I only visited one of the sessions for a short [...]

What’s the Way Forward for Alberta’s Politics?

By Dave King, one of the founders and organizers of Reboot Alberta! For the past 15 years or more, provincial politics have been a frustration for me and, from what I hear, a frustration for others as well.  I have wanted a government with a different spirit, a different value set, and different goals for [...]

Alberta Altruist Post “I am a PC! I am a WAP.”

The Blogger known at the Alberta Altruist has an interesting post comparing the PC to the WAP in Alberta.  The clever homage to the popular PV versus Mac TV ads are fun.  The PC analogy works but the WAP is a far cry from the Mac.   Reboot Alberta is a chance to develop a political equivalent [...]

Reboot Alberta: A Gathering of Alberta Progressives.

I did a backgrounder blog post on this event at http://ken-chapman.blogspot.com/2009/10/reboot-alberta-is-about-to-happen-what.html Daveberta is another blogger who is coming to Reboot Alberta and he posted about the event. http://daveberta.blogspot.com/2009/10/reboot-alberta.html Lots interest amongst progressive Albertans who want to participate and influence  public policy in Alberta.  More details on this event will be coming.  If you are interested in attending [...]

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