Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 41st Parliament of Canada
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The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet in Canada is composed of members of the main Opposition party responsible for holding the Government to account and for developing and disseminating the party's policy positions. Members of the Official Opposition are generally referred to as Opposition Critics, but the term Shadow Minister (which is generally used in other Westminster systems) is also used.
Members of the Shadow Cabinet
Following the 41st Canadian general election, held on May 2, 2011, the New Democratic Party replaced the Liberal Party of Canada as the Official Opposition in the 41st Parliament. Party leader Jack Layton announced his first Shadow Cabinet as Leader of the Opposition on May 26, 2011.[1] Layton went on a leave of absence beginning July 28, 2011, in order to fight a new cancer and Nycole Turmel was appointed interim leader. Jack Layton died August 22, 2011.
Thomas Mulcair was elected leader of the NDP, and by extension Leader of the Opposition, at a leadership election held on March 24, 2012, and reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet on April 19, 2012. Craig Scott replaced Joe Comartin as Democratic Reform critic after the latter became Deputy Speaker in September 2012. On January 17, 2013, Mulcair replaced Hoang Mai with Murray Rankin as National Revenue critic.[2] The shadow cabinet was last shuffled on March 20, 2014.[3]
Critics during the 41st Canadian Parliament
| Critic | Portfolio | Duration[4] |
|---|---|---|
| Hon. Thomas Mulcair | Leader of the Opposition | 2012– |
| Intergovernmental Affairs | 2012– | |
| Leader of the NDP | 2012– | |
| Deputy Leader of the NDP | 2007–2012 | |
| Opposition House Leader | 2011 | |
| Hon. Jack Layton | Leader of the Opposition | 2011 |
| Intergovernmental Affairs | 2007–2011 | |
| Leader of the NDP | 2003–2011 | |
| Libby Davies | Health | 2011– |
| Deputy Leader of the NDP | 2004– | |
| David Christopherson | Deputy Leader of the NDP | 2012– |
| National Defence | 2011–2012 | |
| Democratic Reform (Minister of State) | 2008–2012 | |
| Megan Leslie | Deputy Leader of the NDP | 2012– |
| Environment | 2011– | |
| Nathan Cullen | Opposition House Leader | 2012– |
| Associate Critic for Western Canada | 2011 | |
| Associate Critic for Natural Resources | 2011 | |
| Sadia Groguhé | Deputy Opposition House Leader | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism | 2011– | |
| Nycole Turmel | Opposition Whip | 2012– |
| Leader of the Opposition | 2011–2012 | |
| Interim Leader of the NDP | 2011–2012 | |
| Intergovernmental Affairs | 2011–2012 | |
| Public Works and Governmental Services | 2011 | |
| National Caucus Chair | 2011 | |
| Philip Toone | Deputy Opposition Whip | 2011– |
| Deputy Critic for Fisheries (East Coast) | 2011– | |
| Peter Julian | Energy and Natural Resources | 2012– |
| National Caucus Chair | 2011– | |
| Finance | 2011–2012 | |
| Deputy National Caucus Chair | 2011 | |
| Industry | 2011 | |
| Malcolm Allen | Agriculture and Agri-Food | 2011– |
| Charlie Angus | Ethics, Access to Information, and Privacy | 2011– |
| Copyright and Digital Issues | 2011–2012 | |
| Niki Ashton | Women | 2012– |
| Robert Aubin | Deputy Critic for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities | 2012– |
| La Francophonie | 2011–2012 | |
| Paulina Ayala | Deputy Critic for Americas and Consular Affairs | 2012– |
| Americas and Consular Affairs (Minister of State) | 2011–2012 | |
| Tyrone Benskin | Deputy Critic for Official Languages | 2012– |
| Canadian Heritage | 2011–2012 | |
| Dennis Bevington | Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency | 2012– |
| Associate Critic for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development | 2011–2012 | |
| Denis Blanchette | Deputy Critic for Public Works and Government Services | 2012– |
| Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe | Seniors | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Seniors | 2011–2012 | |
| Francoise Boivin | Justice | 2012– |
| Status of Women | 2011–2012 | |
| Deputy Critic for Justice | 2011–2012 | |
| Charmaine Borg | Digital Issues | 2012– |
| Alexandre Boulerice | Labour | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Ethics, Access to Information and Privacy | 2012– | |
| Treasury Board | 2011–2012 | |
| Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet | Housing | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Human Resources and Skills Development | 2012– | |
| Skills (Human Resources and Skills Development) | 2011–2012 | |
| Tarik Brahmi | Deputy Critic for Consumer Protection | 2011–2012 |
| Ruth Ellen Brosseau | Deputy Critic for Agriculture | 2012– |
| Guy Caron | Deputy Critic for Finance | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for International Trade | 2012– | |
| Industry | 2011–2012 | |
| Andrew Cash | Deputy Critic for Canadian Heritage | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Housing | 2011–2012 | |
| Chris Charlton | Human Resources and Skills Development | 2012– |
| Opposition Whip | 2011–2012 | |
| Sylvain Chicoine | Deputy Critic for Veterans Affairs | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Public Safety | 2011–2012 | |
| Robert Chisholm | Fisheries | 2012– |
| Atlantic Gateway | 2012– | |
| Deputy Critic for Intergovernmental Affairs | 2012– | |
| International Trade | 2011 | |
| Olivia Chow | Transport, Infrastructure and Communities | 2011– |
| Ryan Cleary | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | 2012– |
| Post-Secondary Education | 2012– | |
| Joe Comartin | Opposition House Leader | 2011–2012 |
| Justice | 2009–2011 | |
| Deputy Opposition House Leader | 2011 | |
| Raymond Côté | Small Business and Tourism (Minister of State) | 2011–2012 |
| Jean Crowder | Aboriginal Affairs | 2012– |
| Human Resources and Skills Development | 2011–2012 | |
| Don Davies | International Trade | 2012– |
| Citizenship and Immigration | 2011–2012 | |
| Multiculturalism | 2008–2012 | |
| Anne-Marie Day | Employment Insurance | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Human Resources and Skills Development | 2011–2012 | |
| Paul Dewar | Foreign Affairs | 2012– |
| 2007–2011 | ||
| Pierre Dionne Labelle | La Francophonie | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for the CRTC, Copyright, and Digital Issues | 2011–2012 | |
| Fin Donnelly | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Fisheries (West Coast) | 2012– | |
| Fisheries and Oceans | 2011–2012 | |
| Rosane Doré Lefebvre | Deputy Critic for Public Safety | 2012– |
| Deputy National Caucus Chair | 2011–2012 | |
| Matthew Dubé | Sport | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Post-Secondary Education | 2011–2012 | |
| Linda Duncan | Public Works and Governmental Services | 2012– |
| Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development | 2011–2012 | |
| Randall Garrison | Public Safety | 2012– |
| LGBT Issues | 2011– | |
| Jonathan Genest-Jourdain | Deputy Critic for Aboriginal Affairs | 2011– |
| Alain Giguère | Deputy Critic for Pensions | 2011– |
| Yvon Godin | Official Languages | 2007– |
| Labour | 2011–2012 | |
| Claude Gravelle | Natural Resources | 2011–2012 |
| Dan Harris | Deputy Critic for Industry | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Science and Technology | 2011–2012 | |
| Jack Harris | National Defence | 2012– |
| 2006–2011 | ||
| Justice | 2011–2012 | |
| Carol Hughes | Deputy Critic for Aboriginal Health | 2012– |
| Bruce Hyer | Associate Critic for Biodiversity and Parks[5] | 2011 |
| Deputy Critic for Small Business and Tourism | 2011 | |
| Matthew Kellway | Military Procurement (Associate Minister of National Defence) | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Military Procurement | 2011–2012 | |
| François Lapointe | Small Business and Tourism | 2012– |
| Alexandrine Latendresse | Deputy Critic for Democratic Reform | 2011– |
| Hélène Laverdière | International Development | 2012– |
| Americas and Consular Affairs | 2012– | |
| Foreign Affairs | 2011–2012 | |
| Deputy Opposition House Leader | 2011–2012 | |
| Minister for International Cooperation | 2011 | |
| Deputy Critic for Foreign Affairs | 2011 | |
| Hélène Leblanc | Industry | 2012– |
| Science and Technology (Minister of State) | 2011–2012 | |
| Laurin Liu | Deputy Critic for Science and Technology | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for the Environment | 2011–2012 | |
| Hoang Mai | Deputy Critic for Justice | 2013– |
| National Revenue | 2011–2013 | |
| Wayne Marston | Human Rights | 2011– |
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 2012– | |
| Pensions (Minister of State) | 2008–2012 | |
| Pat Martin | Canadian Wheat Board | 2011– |
| Brian Masse | US–Canada Border | 2012– |
| Ontario–Quebec Continental Gateway | 2012– | |
| International Trade | 2011–2012 | |
| Associate Critic for High-Speed Rail and the US–Canada Border | 2011–2012 | |
| Irene Mathyssen | Pensions | 2012– |
| Seniors (Minister of State) | 2011–2012 | |
| Christine Moore | Deputy Critic for National Defence | 2012– |
| Military Procurement (Associate Minister of National Defence) | 2011–2012 | |
| Dany Morin | Deputy Critic for LGBT Issues | 2011– |
| Marie-Claude Morin | Housing (Human Resources and Skills Development) | 2011–2012 |
| Pierre Nantel | Heritage | 2012– |
| Sport (Minister of State) | 2011 | |
| Peggy Nash | Finance | 2012– |
| 2011 | ||
| Jamie Nicholls | Deputy Critic for Natural Resources | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities | 2011–2012 | |
| Annick Papillon | Deputy Critic for Consumer Protection | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Veterans' Affairs | 2011–2012 | |
| Claude Patry | Employment Insurance (Human Resources and Skills Development) | 2011–2012 |
| Ève Péclet | Deputy Critic for Foreign Affairs | 2012– |
| Manon Perreault | Disabilities | 2011– |
| Anne Minh-Thu Quach | Deputy Critic for the Environment | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Health | 2011–2012 | |
| John Rafferty | Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario | 2012– |
| Mathieu Ravignat | Treasury Board | 2012– |
| Public Works and Governmental Services | 2011–2012 | |
| Deputy Critic for International Trade | 2011 | |
| Jean Rousseau | Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food | 2011–2012 | |
| Romeo Saganash | Deputy Critic for Intergovernmental Aboriginal Affairs | 2013– |
| International Development | 2012 | |
| Deputy Critic for International Trade | 2012 | |
| Natural Resources | 2011 | |
| Jasbir Sandhu | Asia–Pacific Gateway | 2012– |
| Public Safety | 2011–2012 | |
| Craig Scott | Democratic Reform | 2012– |
| Deputy Critic for Justice | 2012–2013 | |
| Djaouida Sellah | Deputy Critic for Health | 2012– |
| Jinny Sims | Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism | 2012– |
| Minister for International Cooperation | 2011–2012 | |
| Associate Critic for Foreign Affairs | 2011–2012 | |
| Associate Critic for Consular Services | 2011 | |
| Rathika Sitsabaiesan | Deputy National Caucus Chair | 2012– |
| Post-Secondary Education (Human Resources and Skills Development) | 2011–2012 | |
| Kennedy Stewart | Science and Technology | 2012– |
| Associate Critic for Natural Resources (Western Canada) | 2011–2012 | |
| Peter Stoffer | Veterans Affairs | 2004– |
| Shipbuilding | 2011–2012 | |
| Mike Sullivan | Deputy Critic for Persons with Disabilities | 2011– |
| Deputy Critic for Housing | 2012– | |
| Glenn Thibeault | Consumer Protection (Industry) | 2008– |
| Sport (Minister of State) | 2011–2012 | |
| Murray Rankin | National Revenue | 2013– |
See also
- New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet of the 40th Parliament of Canada
- Liberal Party Shadow Cabinet of the 41st Parliament of Canada
- Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet of the 41st Parliament of Canada
- Cabinet of Canada
- Official Opposition (Canada)
- Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (British Columbia)
- Shadow Cabinet
References
- ↑ "Shadow Cabinet". NDP.ca. Retrieved May 26, 2011. "Layton unveils shadow economic development team, deputy critics". NDP.ca. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ↑ Murray Rankin named Official Opposition Critic for National Revenue
- ↑ "Mulcair announces changes to the Shadow Cabinet". NDP.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ↑ Includes time in the NDP Shadow Cabinet before the party became the Official Opposition.
- ↑ Hyer was sacked for voting on November 1, 2011, in favour of C-19, the bill to abolish the long-gun registry, which vote was contrary to the party whip. He subsequently resigned from the NDP.
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