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A political blog with a progressive point of view commenting on Alberta, Canadian and US politics, environment, arts and culture

Latest Blog Posts

  • Stelmach Gov't Pays for Police Checks for Voluntary Sector. on Apr 13, 2009 in

    One of the little Alberta Budget 2009 gems that got lost in the deficit spending headlines was the province funding of $2.4 million for a three year project to compensate police services for criminal record checks for the not for profit and voluntary...

  • Goldman Sachs Sues Blogger Who Takes Takes Them On on Apr 11, 2009 in

    Here is an example of how powerful a blog can become and how the power has shifted to the individual with a public purpose from corporate interest with a private purpose. When Goldman Sachs - a big Obama bailout recipient, considers a lowly blogger d...

  • Cambridge Strategies Commentary on Alberta Budget 2009 on Apr 10, 2009 in

    Here is a link to the Cambridge Strategies Inc. commentary on the 2009 Alberta Budget written by my business partner, Satya Das. I will be sharing my thoughts and doing some more specific issues based posts on the budget in the near future.In the mea...

  • Ken Chapman's Blogging Manifesto on Apr 5, 2009 in Blogging Manifesto

    I am writing this post as a personal manifesto about what has been on my mind about the future of this blog. I understand a manifesto to be a statement from "a body of little consequence" that explains past actions and the reasons and motives for wh...

  • Part Two: Ken Chapman on CBC Wildrose April 01, 2009 on Apr 4, 2009

    Here is part 2 of my CBC Radio open line on executive bonusesVisit www.policychannel.com for video interviews on policy issues...

  • Part One: Ken Chapman on CBC Wildrose April 01, 2009 on Apr 4, 2009

    Here is part 1 of my CBC radio Wildrose open line show last week on executive bonuses.Visit www.policychannel.com for video interviews on policy issues...

  • Alberta's $2B Carbon Capture and Storage Project Receives Proposals on Mar 31, 2009 in CCS Oil Sands

    March 31, 2009 is the final day for Alberta companies to file details plans on what they would do to reduce CO2 emission if they were funded as part of the $2B Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) program of the Stelmach government.This $B is an impressi...