“Hogan’s nomination signals that the Liberal Party intends to continue supporting the genocide.”
A star Liberal Party candidate was involved in the University of Calgary’s decision last year to call police to campus to forcibly dismantle a pro-Palestine encampment on the same day it was erected.
Corey Hogan, who announced his nomination as the Liberal candidate for Calgary Confederation on April 1, is a member of UCalgary’s executive leadership team as vice-president (communications and community relations), a role he’s held since April 2024.
The Calgary Confederation riding includes the UCalgary campus.
Hogan is replacing the previous Liberal candidate for the riding, Thomas Keeper, who was dropped after he failed to disclose an old domestic assault charge that was stayed.
Hogan will be running against former United Conservative Party MLA Jeremy Nixon, who is running for the Conservatives, as well as NDP candidate Keira Gunn, Green candidate Richard Willott and People’s Party candidate Artyom Ovsepyan.
In a news release announcing his candidacy, Hogan described it as a “fantastic opportunity to step up and serve” his community and country, presenting himself as “someone with real world experience that isn’t rooted in far-right ideology.”
In addition to his administrative role at UCalgary, Hogan co-hosts the popular political podcast The Strategists, alongside fellow Calgarians Stephen Carter and Zain Velji.
Hogan served as the head of government communications for both former NDP premier Rachel Notley and former UCP premier Jason Kenney, according to his UCalgary profile.
The pro-Palestine encampment at UCalgary last spring was part of a broader student movement across North America calling on universities to disclose their investments and divest from those complicit in Israel’s assault on Gaza, which has been declared genocidal by a UN special committee, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and a growing number of genocide studies scholars.
In his executive leadership role at the university, Hogan was a key player in providing a rationale for the UCalgary administration’s decision to ensure the pro-Palestine encampment wouldn’t even last 24 hours. (more...)
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