Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has named the 71 critics and associate critics he's tasked with holding the Liberal government to account, and his choices say a lot about the Conservatives' strategy for the House of Commons, experts say. Poilievre has 51 critics, plus another 20 associate critics, squaring off against just 38 cabinet ministers. 'There is a noise strategy here'Boucher said the size of the critics' bench also says something about Poilievre's approach to Parliament. Boucher said having a large critics' bench also allows the Conservatives to prepare for forming a government. The Conservatives' new environment critic is a particularly credible person to face off against Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, he said, because of who he backed in the leadership race.

Source: CBC News October 16, 2022 18:35 UTC