If you agree, visit albertasprogressivefuture.ca for more information and to donate.

We will be hosting our first virtual consultation event in mid-January. Once we have a date finalized, we will share the news with you all. #ableg #abpoli

Pre-Register today: www.albertasprogressivefuture.ca/consultation

We encourage you to participate and vote for Alberta's Progressive Future as the "Best Political Play of 2023" 😉 #ableg #abpoli

“There is nowhere for the Alberta NDP to hide when their federal counterpart takes positions that alienate the Alberta electorate. And the time spent doing damage control is counterproductive." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Since we launched, we've been inundated with emails of supporter stories and opinions about changing the Alberta NDP name. So, we've decided to launch the APF Blog where supporters can share their perspectives.

Read the first submission: www.albertasprogressivefuture.ca/blog

Alberta NDP name change pushed by group led by former MLA Alberta's Progressive Future calls for Alberta NDP to distance itself from the Ottawa NDP

🤠 In today’s column I write about a push by former MLA Brian Malkinson to convince the Alberta NDP to change its name to distance itself from the federal NDP. Read it all: daveberta.substack.com/p/alberta-nd...

In the coming months, we hope to put forward the best possible consultation effort on the discussion of potentially rebranding the Alberta NDP

To do that, we need your help.

If you would like to donate to APF, please visit actionnetwork.org/fundraising/....

Due to the high response rate from our consultation survey, we are ready to open pre-registration for our first in-person events

If you have thoughts about the possible rebrand of the Alberta NDP, we encourage you to pre-register today.

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To stay in the loop on our work and to help get the conversation started, you can help us by:

Completing our survey: www.albertasprogressivefuture.ca/consultation

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We aren't asking the Alberta NDP or our fellow members to commit to a name change today.

We are asking to have an open conversation about the idea, its merits, and if it will give us a better chance of winning the next election.

We owe it to Albertans to do what it takes to bring a progressive government back into power.

Properly funding education, preserving public health care, and addressing climate change; these things are all more important than saving the NDP brand.
We can't if we don't win.

Having said that, we are not suggesting a name change is the only thing that can help the Alberta NDP.

But if our name is hurting us in places where we aren't winning seats (rural Alberta), we owe it to our candidates to give them a fighting chance at the doors.

We have seen that the Alberta NDP could be missing out on a significant chunk of voters who are open to voting for us.

In an election that was decided by a handful of votes in key ridings, we owe it to Albertans to find ways to welcome more people into our party.

The data is clear - the UCP's misinformation about the relationship between the Alberta NDP and the federal NDP has gotten through to voters.

Our policy always has been - and always will be - made in Alberta for Albertans.

But that is why we need to have the conversation.

The polling conducted by Janet Brown found that there was up to 24% of voters in the Alberta NDP universe that we could be missing out on - a number that could have changed the outcome of the election.

The name isn't the silver bullet to winning, but it is something to explore.

Max writes "it should open the door to as many new voters as possible rather than closing ranks around existing membership."

We totally agree. This conversation is about finding new ways to welcome individuals into our party ranks who may have never considered the Alberta NDP.

As we prepare to host our first consultation events, we want to hear from you! #ableg #abpoli

Fill out our survey at albertasprogressivefuture.ca/consultation as we look to begin the conversation about the potential rebranding of the Alberta NDP.

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"A rebrand is about making sure that our policies are taken at face value and to make it clear to Albertans that the Alberta NDP’s policies are made in Alberta for Albertans."

Tune into Alberta Prime Time this evening as our director Brian Malkinson discusses Alberta's Progressive Future and the idea of rebranding the Alberta NDP.

Want to stay up to date on our work and be the first to hear about our consultation events?

Sign up for updates at www.albertasprogressivefuture.ca/sign-up

“If voters aren’t willing to hear what we are actually proposing because of the name, then that’s something worth exploring whether that name needs to change.”

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“If you can’t get over the name, you can’t have (our policy platform) judged over its merits." #ableg

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Thank you to everyone who has already taken the time to sign up for updates and donate to APF!

You can catch @bmalkinson.bsky.social anMalkinson this morning live on the Shaye Ganam show at 11:05.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Alberta's Progressive Future launches campaign to explore the idea of rebranding the Alberta NDP.

www.albertasprogressivefuture.ca

Stay tuned to our social media channels at 9AM tomorrow for our launch.

It is time to end the misinformation.
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November 15, 2023
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