Come fall, the federal Liberals will be seeing a lot of their shadows – the Tory party cabinet shadow members that is..New Tory leader Erin O’Toole introduced his new shadow cabinet on Tuesday bringing some fresh talent to the fore and leaving some stalwarts in place..Pierre Poilievre, who represents an Ottawa riding, keeps his job as finance critic. Poilievre drew national attention earlier this summer with his blistering questioning of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Liberal officials involved in the WE charity scandal..With the COVID-19 pandemic still causing chaos across the country, Calgary MP Michelle Rempel Garner has been given the shadow health critic role..Northern Alberta MP Shannon Stubbs has been named critic for public safety and emergency preparedness – that includes the decisions on how to reopen Canada’s border with the U.S.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .O’Toole himself is taking on the role of middle class prosperity critic..Calgary Skyview MP Jag Sahota because the critic for women and gender equality..Michael Chong becomes the foreign affairs critic..Leadership contestant Derek Sloan wasn’t picked for the shadow cabinet..It total, there are 43 members of the shadow cabinet, with most of them being changed from former leader Andrew Scheer..In a statement, O’Toole said this list is “the Conservative government-in-waiting that will defeat Justin Trudeau’s corrupt Liberal government in the next election.”.“In the coming weeks, we will be presenting a plan to put hardworking Canadians first, lead our nation out of this crisis and rebuild our great country,” O’Toole said..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
