The NDP has revealed its shadow cabinet members who will be tasked with checking up on their Conservative rivals across the floor of the House of Commons, with NDP Leader Tom Mulcair rewarding former leadership rivals with top posts.
Nathan Cullen, who placed third at the leadership convention, has been named NDP house leader, while Toronto MP Peggy Nash is the finance critic.
Mulcair will handle intergovernmental affairs, while his deputy leader, MP Libby Davies, will take on the health portfolio.
Former interim leader Nycole Turmel will become the party's whip, while Phil Toone will become deputy whip.
Manitoba MP Niki Ashton, another former leadership contender, will take on the portfolio for women's issues, and Paul Dewar will handle foreign affairs.
Here is a full list of the NDP shadow cabinet:
- David Christopherson, Deputy Leader
- Megan Leslie, Deputy Leader and Environment
- Nathan Cullen, House Leader
- Sadia Groguhé, Deputy House Leader, Deputy Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism
- Phil Toone Deputy Whip and Deputy Fisheries (East Coast)
- Malcolm Allen, Agriculture
- Charlie Angus Ethics, ATI and Privacy
- Niki Ashton, Women
- Dennis Bevington, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
- Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe, Seniors
- Françoise Boivin, Justice
- Charmaine Borg, Digital Issues
- Alexandre Boulerice, Labour
- Deputy Ethics, ATI and Privacy
- Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet, Housing and Deputy Human Resources and Skills Development
- Chris Charlton, Human Resources and Skills Development
- Robert Chisholm, Fisheries and Atlantic Gateway
- Deputy Intergovernmental Affairs
- Olivia Chow Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
- Ryan Cleary, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Post-Secondary Education
- Joe Comartin, Democratic Reform
- Jean Crowder, Aboriginal Affairs
- Don Davies, International Trade
- Anne-Marie Day, Employment Insurance
- Paul Dewar, Foreign Affairs
- Pierre Dionne, Labelle Francophonie
- Fin Donnelly, Western Economic Diversification Canada, Deputy Fisheries (West Coast)
- Linda Duncan, Public Works and Government Services
- Matthew Dubé, Sport
- Peter Julian, Energy and Natural Resources
- Randall Garrison, Public Safety, LGBTT
- Yvon Godin, Official Languages
- Jack Harris, Defence
- Matthew Kellway, Military Procurement
- François Lapointe, Small Business and Tourism
- Hélène Laverdière, Americas and Consular Affairs
- Hélène LeBlanc, Industry
- Hoang Mai, National Revenue
- Irene Mathyssen, Pensions
- Wayne Marston, Human Rights and Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
- Pat Martin, Canadian Wheat Board
- Brian Masse, Canada-US Border and Ontario-Quebec Continental Gateway
- Peggy Nash, Finance
- Pierre Nantel, Heritage
- Manon Perreault, Disability Issues
- John Rafferty, Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
- Mathieu Ravignat, Treasury Board
- Jean Rousseau, Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec
- Romeo Saganash, International Development and Deputy International Trade
- Jasbir Sandhu, Asia-Pacific Gateway
- Jinny Sims Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism
- Kennedy Stewart, Science and Technology
- Peter Stoffer, Veterans
- Glenn Thibeault, Consumer Protection
- DEPUTY CRITICS
- Robert Aubin, Deputy Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
- Paulina Ayala, Deputy Americas and Consular Affairs
- Tyrone Benskin, Deputy Official Languages
- Denis Blanchette, Deputy Public Works and Government Services
- Ruth Ellen Brosseau, Deputy Agriculture
- Guy Caron, Deputy Finance
- Andrew Cash, Deputy Heritage
- Sylvain Chicoine, Deputy Veterans
- Rosane Doré Lefebvre, Deputy Public Safety
- Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, Deputy Aboriginal Affairs
- Dan Harris, Deputy Industry
- Carole Hughes, Deputy Aboriginal Health
- Anne Minh-Thu Quach, Deputy Environment
- Alexandrine Latendresse, Deputy Democratic Reform
- Laurin Liu, Deputy Science and Technology
- Christine Moore, Deputy Defence
- Dany Morin, Deputy LGBTT
- Jamie Nicholls, Deputy Natural Resources
- Annick Papillon, Deputy Consumer Protection
- ève Péclet, Deputy Foreign Affairs
- Craig Scott, Deputy Justice
- Djaouida Sellah, Deputy Health
- Mike Sullivan, Deputy Housing and Deputy Disability Issues
