Corey Hogan 🇨🇦

Alberta premier’s request for separation referendum question approval rebuffed Alberta’s chief electoral officer is rebuffing calls from Premier Danielle Smith and her justice minister to reverse course and sign off on a proposed referendum question on separation.

We shouldn't be doing this at all. A referendum on an issue that has no chance of passing is at best a performative waste of money.

A referendum on the future of Canada is worse. In addition to having no chance of passing, it also damages our economy, damages our reputation, & needlessly divides.

Perhaps my wonkiest, and that’s really saying something.

Yes my bad, I meant a member of the civil service.

How to shrink a government department A ten-step guide

Before I was an MP, I was a public servant.

The Public Service has a huge job in the coming years. It'll be asked to deliver more & spend less.

With vision & strategy - it's doable. Here's 10 steps I recommend after having had to do the same in Alberta. www.coreyhogan.ca/p/how-to-shr...

YouTube video by Corey Hogan "Opportunities are created, not given"

In Calgary, the Liberal Party received its highest percent of the vote since, well, ever.

On Monday I chatted with Liberals in Alberta (via Zoom) about how that's largely gone unnoticed, how that happened, and what it means for the Liberal Party going forward.

youtu.be/mwZOVy2af0M

I'm a song about a song that once said something new

I will be celebrating Canada Day in the traditional way, by forcing my kids to listen to the Odds.

Happy Birthday to the best place anybody could hope to live. 🇨🇦

Last week the 2025 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy was released.

Since 2015, global oil and gas production is up 6%. In Canada, oil and gas production has grown 34%. According to the AER, Alberta oil production is up even more - 47%.

Yesterday was the long-awaited ground breaking for Calgary’s Green Line. This multi-billion dollar infrastructure investment adds transit options, reduces traffic, creates thousands of jobs.

City’s on board, province’s on board, we’re on board. Let’s go. It’s happening.

It’s time to build.

The dark side of public visibility: How academic authors perceive and cope with anti-press hostility From Facts&Frictions/Faits&Frictions, a journal about journalism

Study of Canadian academics who venture into writing for the general public finds online threats/abuse they get in return are "leading to self-censorship":

• 19.9% avoid expressing their viewpoints
• 13.4% avoid writing about certain topics
• 26.9% reconsider their "knowledge mobilization efforts"

The difference between running approvals simultaneously and denying immigrants services?

Might need to take a walk to calm down before that one.

Government should act more seriously than this. Albertans opinions should be treated more seriously than this.

If you want to have a real conversation, let’s have a real conversation - based on facts, multiple viewpoints and non-coercive question design.

I’ve gotten used to seeing AB push polls but Alberta Next “consultation” is outrageous.

Just did the immigration one.

From the very first sentence being a lie (no, we don’t have an open border policy) to options all having nudges, a dumpster fire in survey design top to bottom.

One dead after rockslide near Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park One hiker was killed and others injured after a rockslide near Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park.

A truly terrible incident, thinking about everybody involved. A very sad day. calgaryherald.com/news/rocksli...

DID YOU KNOW?

The Speaker of the House has a suggestion box.

Instead of the same question being asked and answered eight times in a row in 30-second soundbite form, what if once a week we have long-form QP?

Questions and responses could both be 4 minutes. Maybe we’d get something of more nutritional value.

Another week in Ottawa, another week building Canada strong.

Speeches are being made, offices are opening, caucuses and committees are struck. We're getting down to business - it's going to be a busy summer.

Reach out at corey.hogan@parl.gc.ca with your thoughts/ideas. It's a big time for Canada.

ANALYSIS | Mark Carney has a national unity problem. A Liberal voice in Calgary might help | CBC News Holding the country together has always been one of the primary tasks of a Canadian prime minister. But it's fair to say that responsibility may weigh heavier on Mark Carney than it has on any prime m...

New from me. Wrote about Western alienation, Mark Carney and the Corey Hogan, the new Liberal MP for Calgary Confederation.

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ANALYSIS | Mark Carney has a national unity problem. A Liberal voice in Calgary might help | CBC News Holding the country together has always been one of the primary tasks of a Canadian prime minister. But it's fair to say that responsibility may weigh heavier on Mark Carney than it has on any prime m...

'"We can't cede the conversation space. We need to be in the conversation," Hogan says of Albertans who like him oppose separation.

"If we love this country, we need to fight for this country. And Albertans love this country, so it's time to stand up."'

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Well, as I said in the Q&A after:

“The good news is that as Canadians, we have the power in our hands to start making positive change in this world on [climate change].

“We have the ingenuity, we have the expertise, and we have the commitment to create a better world.”

Debates (Hansard) No. 7 - June 3, 2025 (45-1) - House of Commons of Canada Debates (Hansard) No. 7 - June 3, 2025 (45-1) - House of Commons of Canada

“From 1981 to 2015, there were an average of 18 smoke hours per year in the city of Calgary. No year had over 100.

Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”

Calgary Liberal MP appointed to new role in Mark Carney’s government Corey Hogan, Calgary’s only Liberal MP, has been appointed as the parliamentary secretary to the minister of energy and natural resources.

Come for the news about me being Parliamentary Secretary for Energy and Natural Resources, stay for the transition to my official Commons photo that makes me look like I aged a decade in the last month. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...

Well - thanks!

Another poll, courtesy ‬Abacus Data that shows Alberta separatists are loud, but they are not anywhere close to the majority.

Let’s not let this issue distract us from the important Canada-building work we have ahead.

Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and former Liberal cabinet minister, dead at 76 Marc Garneau has died at the age of 76, according to a statement from his family. He was the first Canadian to go into space and flew on three space shuttle missions.

Sad news. I was lucky enough to meet Marc Garneau over the years and Canada has lost an incredible statesman. One of our most interesting Canadians and a wonderful man. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

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Last night the House had an emergency debate on the wildfires in the west and this morning the Liberal Prairies and North caucus met to discuss the situation.

Read my remarks to the House last night here: www.ourcommons.ca/documentview...

It’s amazing to me that not wearing a tie is considered a greater offence to the dignity of the House of Commons than the average question period.