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By paNOW Staff

SHADOW CABINET

Poilievre appoints MP Randy Hoback to Conservative Shadow Cabinet

Oct 12, 2022 | 1:00 PM

Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback is one of the dozens that will serve in the Shadow Cabinet under new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

Poilievre announced the list of Parliamentary critics Wednesday, which includes two MPs that ran against him in the Conservative leadership race.

Ontario MPs Scott Aitchison and Leslyn Lewis are among the 51 Tory MPs chosen to go head-to-head with Liberal government ministers on certain files.

Poilievre also tapped other members of Parliament to serve as “associate critics,” which means he gave roles to 71 of the party’s 117 other MPs.

MP Randy Hoback will serve as Advisor to the Leader on Canada/US Relations and Associate Shadow Minister for International Trade.

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“Facilitating the relationship between our two legislative branches will continue to benefit Canadians,” Hoback said on his Facebook page.

Under former leader Erin O’Toole, Hoback was the Shadow Minister for International Trade and Supply Chain Resilience.

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He also held the International Trade critic position under Andrew Scheer’s Shadow Cabinet.

Alberta MP Jasraj Singh Hallan takes over as the party’s finance critic, the role Poilievre held before he became leader. Gérard Deltell, a high-profile MP for the party in Quebec, now becomes its critic for the environment and climate change.

Poilievre also chose Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu to serve as his critic for civil liberties. Gladu was among the party’s many MPs who spoke out against Ottawa’s federal mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates, almost all of which have been lifted.

Those who didn’t make the cut include longtime British Columbia MP Ed Fast, who backed Jean Charest in the leadership contest, and Alberta MP Michelle Rempel Garner, who supported Patrick Brown before his disqualification.

–With files from The Canadian Press

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