Prince George's two MPs remain in familiar roles in the latest edition of the Conservative shadow cabinet.
On Wednesday, party leader Pierre Poilievre named Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty the Opposition critic for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Bob Zimmer the Opposition critic for Northern Affairs and Arctic Sovereignty.
Zimmer was also named to the position when the party's previous leader, Erin O'Toole, named his shadow cabinet in November 2021.
Doherty, who has been recovering from knee surgery, was left out of that version but was the special advisor to the leader on mental health and wellness when O'Toole appointed his shadow cabinet in September 2020.
All but three Conservative MPs were named to a role on Wednesday. O'Toole was left out as were Michelle Rempel Garner and Ed Fast. Rempel Garner co-chaired the campaign for Conservative leadership contender Patrick Brown and Fast co-chaired Jean Charest's campaign for the position. O'Toole asked that he not be included, the National Post has reported.
Fifty, including Doherty and Zimmer, were named "shadow ministers" and 20 were named "associate shadow ministers" but a handful to significant portfolios such as finance and justice. No associate shadow ministers were named to the portfolios taken on by Doherty and Zimmer.
