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Canada's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet are members of the main Opposition party responsible for holding Ministers to account and for developing and disseminating the party's policy positions. 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. He has stated that he will reshuffle the Shadow Cabinet after Easter to return leadership candidates, who were deprived of their critic roles during the race, to the front bench.^[2] He has also said he intends to retain Libby Davies as Deputy Leader.

Contents

1 Current Shadow Cabinet
2 Full list of Critics
3 See also
4 References

Current Shadow Cabinet

Portfolio	Critic
Leader of the Opposition Leader of the NDP Intergovernmental Affairs	Thomas Mulcair
Deputy Leader of the NDP Health	Libby Davies
Deputy Leader of the NDP	David Christopherson
Deputy Leader of the NDP Environment	Megan Leslie
Opposition House Leader	Nathan Cullen
Opposition Whip	Nycole Turmel
Agriculture and Agri-Food	Malcolm Allen
Ethics, Access to Information and Privacy	Charlie Angus
Women	Niki Ashton
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency	Dennis Bevington
Seniors	Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe
Justice	Francoise Boivin
Digital Issues	Charmaine Borg
Labour Deputy Ethics, Access to Information and Privacy	Alexandre Boulerice
Housing Deputy Human Resources and Skills Development	Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet
Human Resources and Skills Development	Chris Charlton
Fisheries Atlantic Gateway Deputy Intergovernmental Affairs	Robert Chisholm
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities	Olivia Chow
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Post-Secondary Education	Ryan Cleary
Democratic Reform	Joe Comartin
Aboriginal Affairs	Jean Crowder
International Trade	Don Davies
Employment Insurance	Anne-Marie Day
Foreign Affairs	Paul Dewar
La Francophonie	Pierre Dionne Labelle
Western Economic Diversification Canada Deputy Fisheries (West Coast)	Fin Donnelly
Public Works and Governmental Services	Linda Duncan
Sport	Matthew Dubé
Public Safety LGBTT Issues	Randall Garrison
Official Languages	Yvon Godin
National Defence	Jack Harris
Energy and Natural Resources	Peter Julian
Military Procurement	Matthew Kellway
Small Business and Tourism	François Lapointe
Americas Consular Affairs	Hélène Laverdière
Industry	Hélène Leblanc
National Revenue	Hoang Mai
Human Rights and Pensions (Minister of State) Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario	Wayne Marston
Pensions	Irene Mathyssen
Canadian Wheat Board	Pat Martin
US–Canada Border Ontario–Quebec Continental Gateway	Brian Masse
Finance	Peggy Nash
Heritage	Pierre Nantel
Disabilities Issues	Manon Perreault
Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario	John Rafferty]
Treasury Board	Mathieu Ravignat
Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec	Jean Rousseau
International Development Deputy International Trade	Romeo Saganash
Asia–Pacific Gateway	Jasbir Sandhu
Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism	Jinny Sims
Science and Technology (Minister of State)	Kennedy Stewart
Veterans Affairs	Peter Stoffer
Consumer Protection	Glenn Thibeault

Full list of Critics

Critic	Portfolio	Duration^[3]
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
Nycole Turmel	Leader of the Opposition	2011–2012
	Interim Leader of the NDP	2011–2012
	Intergovernmental Affairs	2011–
	Public Works and Governmental Services	2011
	National Caucus Chair	2011
Libby Davies	Health	2011–
Libby Davies	Deputy Leader of the NDP	2004–
Joe Comartin	Opposition House Leader	2011–
	Justice	2009–2011
	Deputy Opposition House Leader	2011
Chris Charlton	Opposition Whip	2011–
Hélène Laverdière	Foreign Affairs	2011–
	Deputy Opposition House Leader	2011–
	Minister for International Cooperation	2011
	Deputy Critic for Foreign Affairs	2011
Philip Toone	Deputy Opposition Whip	2011–
Philip Toone	Deputy Critic for Fisheries and Oceans	2011–
Peter Julian	Finance	2011–
	National Caucus Chair	2011–
	Deputy National Caucus Chair	2011
	Industry	2011
Malcolm Allen	Agriculture and Agri-Food	2011–
Charlie Angus	Ethics, Access to Information, Privacy and Copyright, and Digital Issues	2011–
Robert Aubin	La Francophonie	2011–
Paulina Ayala	Americas Consular Affairs (Minister of State)	2011–
Tyrone Benskin	Canadian Heritage	2011–
Dennis Bevington	Associate Critic for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development	2011–
Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe	Deputy Critic for Seniors	2011–
Francoise Boivin	Status of Women	2011–
Francoise Boivin	Deputy Critic for Justice	2011–
Alexandre Boulerice	Treasury Board	2011–
Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet	Skills (Human Resources and Skills Development)	2011–
Tarik Brahmi	Deputy Critic for Consumer Protection	2011–
Guy Caron	Industry	2011–
Andrew Cash	Deputy Critic for Housing	2011–
Sylvain Chicoine	Deputy Critic for Public Safety	2011–
Robert Chisholm	International Trade	2011
Olivia Chow	Transport, Infrastructure and Communities	2011–
David Christopherson	National Defence	2011–
David Christopherson	Democratic Reform (Minister of State)	2008–
Raymond Côté	Small Business and Tourism (Minister of State)	2011–
Jean Crowder	Human Resources and Skills Development	2011–
Nathan Cullen	Associate Critic for Western Canada	2011
Nathan Cullen	Associate Critic for Natural Resources	2011
Don Davies	Citizenship and Immigration	2011–
Don Davies	Multiculturalism	2008–
Anne-Marie Day	Deputy Critic for Human Resources and Skills Development	2011–
Paul Dewar	Foreign Affairs	2007–2011
Fin Donnelly	Fisheries and Oceans	2011–
Rosane Doré Lefebvre	Deputy National Caucus Chair	2011–
Matthew Dubé	Deputy Critic for Post-Secondary Education	2011–
Linda Duncan	Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development	2011–
Randall Garrison	LGBTT Issues	2011–
Jonathan Genest-Jourdain	Deputy Critic for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development	2011–
Alain Giguère	Deputy Critic for Pensions	2011–
Yvon Godin	Labour	2011–
Yvon Godin	Official Languages	2011–
Claude Gravelle	Natural Resources	2011–
Sadia Groguhé	Deputy Critic for Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism	2011–
Dan Harris	Deputy Critic for Science and Technology	2011–
Jack Harris	Justice	2011–
Jack Harris	National Defence	2006–2011
Bruce Hyer	Associate Critic for Biodiversity and Parks^[4]	2011
Bruce Hyer	Deputy Critic for Small Business and Tourism	2011
Matthew Kellway	Deputy Critic for Military Procurement	2011–
Pierre Dionne Labelle	Deputy Critic for the CRTC, Copyright, and Digital Issues	2011–
Alexandrine Latendresse	Deputy Critic for Democratic Reform	2011–
Hélène Leblanc	Science and Technology (Minister of State)	2011–
Megan Leslie	Environment	2011–
Laurin Liu	Deputy Critic for the Environment	2011–
Hoang Mai	National Revenue	2011–
Wayne Marston	Pensions (Minister of State)	2008–
Wayne Marston	Human Rights	2011–
Pat Martin	Canadian Wheat Board	2011–
Brian Masse	International Trade	2011–
Brian Masse	Associate Critic for High-Speed Rail and the US–Canada Border	2011–
Irene Mathyssen	Seniors (Minister of State)	2011–
Christine Moore	Military Procurement (Associate Minister of National Defence)	2011–
Dany Morin	Associate Critic for LGBT Issues	2011–
Marie-Claude Morin	Housing (Human Resources and Skills Development)	2011–
Pierre Nantel	Sport (Minister of State)	2011
Peggy Nash	Finance	2011
Jamie Nicholls	Deputy Critic for Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities	2011–
Annick Papillon	Deputy Critic for Veterans' Affairs	2011–
Claude Patry	Employment Insurance (Human Resources and Skills Development)	2011–
Manon Perreault	Disabilities (Human Resources and Skills Development)	2011–
Anne Minh-Thu Quach	Deputy Critic for Health	2011–
Mathieu Ravignat	Public Works and Governmental Services	2011–
Mathieu Ravignat	Deputy Critic for International Trade	2011
Jean Rousseau	Deputy Critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food	2011–
Romeo Saganash	Natural Resources	2011
Jasbir Sandhu	Public Safety	2011–
Jinny Sims	Minister for International Cooperation	2011–
	Associate Critic for Foreign Affairs	2011–
	Associate Critic for Consular Services	2011
Rathika Sitsabaiesan	Post-Secondary Education (Human Resources and Skills Development)	2011–
Kennedy Stewart	Associate Critic for Natural Resources (Western Canada)	2011–
Peter Stoffer	Veterans Affairs	2004–
Peter Stoffer	Shipbuilding	2011–
Mike Sullivan	Deputy Critic for Persons with Disabilities	2011–
Glenn Thibeault	Consumer Protection (Industry)	2008–
Glenn Thibeault	Sport (Minister of State)	2011–

References

^ "Shadow Cabinet". NDP.ca. http://www.ndp.ca/shadow-cabinet. Retrieved May 26, 2011. "Layton unveils shadow economic development team, deputy critics". NDP.ca. http://www.ndp.ca/press/layton-unveils-shadow-economic-development-team-deputy-criticsottawa-official-opposition-leade. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
^ RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Politics&utm_content=2380671 "Mulcair plans 'structured' opposition to tackle Tories". The Globe and Mail. March 25, 2012. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndps-mulcair-plans-structured-opposition-to-tackle-tories/article2380671/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Politics&utm_content=2380671.
^ 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.

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