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Don Braid: Carney leaving Calgary MP out of cabinet is a spectacular snub to the city

Prime Minister Mark Carney, a hockey zealot, refused to pass the puck to Calgary. Article content Article content He denied Calgary Confederation MP Corey Hogan a cabinet post. Article content Hogan seemed certain to get in. He's one of only two Liberal MPs elected in the province. Article content But, no, not a whiff. Article content Maybe that's not surprising from a PM who grew up in Edmonton and gets to skate with the Oilers. Article content Article content Article content He has been vice-president of communications at U of C and has served in senior roles with the Alberta government. Article content Carney could have lopped off part of her large portfolio — maybe prairie development — and given it to Hogan as a junior minister. Article content Liberals will say it's all our fault because we don't generally elect Liberals. Article content That's exactly right. It's also exactly why a Liberal who does manage to get elected in Calgary should get a cabinet post. Article content George Chahal, defeated in the recent election, was permanently barred from cabinet after his doorstep violation of campaign rules in 2021. Article content Kent Hehr made cabinet after the Justin Trudeau victory in 2015. Article content Before that, there hadn't been a Liberal minister from Calgary since Pat Mahoney in 1972. Article content Article content Nobody disputes that Edmonton deserves a full minister. But in this prime minister's mind, Calgary does not. Article content He had a chance to break the city's drought and simply ignored it. Article content Another Liberal with a background somewhat similar to Hogan's is Evan Solomon, the former CBC host. Article content He becomes minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, and minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. Article content His riding? Toronto Centre, which also serves as the centre of the universe for the Liberal party. Article content A digital powerhouse in his own right, Hogan would have fit perfectly into Solomon's new role (minus the southern Ontario part.) Article content She's the new minister of Environment and Climate Change, perhaps the single most important post to Alberta after years of hostility from the former minister, Steven Guilbeault.