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| Formation | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Type | Not for profit |
| Purpose | Left-wing political advocacy |
| Headquarters | Edmonton |
Executive Director | Duncan Kinney |
| Website | www |
Progress Alberta is a Canadian not for profit left-leaning advocacy organisation founded and operated by Duncan Kinney.
Progress Alberta is based in Edmonton, Alberta [1] and run by executive director Duncan Kinney. [2] It is a political left of centre leaning advocacy organisation [3] that was launched in 2016. [4]
Progress Alberta threatened legal action in 2020, when it claimed it was the target of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party who launched a public inquiry into the funding of environmental advocacy in Alberta. [1] [5] The inquiry focussed on how United States-based philanthropic foundations partly funded environmental activism work in Alberta. [1] Prior to the inquiry, Progress Alberta had received tens of thousands of dollars from Tides Foundation in 2016 and 2017. [1] Duncan Kinney and lawyer Amir Attaran both argued that the inquiry was a breach of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. [1]
The organisation's executive director was accused of vandalising Edmonton's Roman Shukhevych statue in 2022. [6]
The organisation produces the progressive news publication The Progress Report . [7]
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Duncan Kinney is an Edmonton-based Canadian journalist and activist. He is the founder and executive director of Progress Alberta and the editor of The Progress Report.
The Roman Shukhevych statue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is a controversial statue located near a Ukrainian youth centre of the Ukrainian nationalist Roman Shukhevych, a military leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), and one of the perpetrators of the Galicia-Volhynia massacres of approximately 100,000 Poles.
The Progress Report is a Canadian left-wing newsletter and podcast published by Progress Alberta and operated by Duncan Kinney.