Poilievre unveils critics list, pits Alberta MP Jasraj Singh Hallan against Chrystia Freeland - 2022-10-12

Poilievre unveils critics list, pits Alberta MP Jasraj Singh Hallan against Chrystia Freeland October 12, 2022, Peter Zimonjic, CBC News

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has released his list of parliamentary critics. He's chosen Alberta Conservative MP Jasraj Singh Hallan as the party's new finance critic, pitting him against Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Poilievre has appointed 51 critics and another 20 associate critics. But the list leaves out some very high-profile Conservatives, such as MP Ed Fast — who supported former Quebec premier Jean Charest for the leadership — and Michelle Rempel Garner, who served as leadership campaign co-chair for Patrick Brown.

Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole told the National Post last month that he did not want a critic role because he did not want to be a distraction to the team. He was left off the list.

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