For Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, the office may be different but the focus is the same when it comes to his critic role香蕉视频直播攁griculture.
Letnick, whose Liberal Party is sitting in Opposition for the first time in 16 years, has gone from being the province香蕉视频直播檚 agriculture minister to one of two Liberal agriculture critics.
Letnick was named to the post Thursday, along with Delta South MLA Ian Paton, a Delta farmer. It was a job the Kelowna-Lake Country MLA said he asked for.
Meanwhile, Letnick香蕉视频直播檚 fellow 香蕉视频直播淭eam Okanagan香蕉视频直播� MLA, Kelowna-Mission香蕉视频直播檚 Steve Thomson, was tabbed for double duty in the shadow cabinet香蕉视频直播攏amed as both the citizens香蕉视频直播� services critic and one of two Liberal trade critics. Thomson, the province香蕉视频直播檚 former forest, lands and natural resource operations minister, was front and centre on many trade initiatives when the Liberal were in power.
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Letnick said given the success the province enjoyed in the agricultural sector under the Liberals香蕉视频直播攚here he said the sector grew to become a $14 billion industry, exports grew to $3.6 billion, the number of people employed in the sector rose to 62,000 people from 56,000 and there were record profits for farmers香蕉视频直播攈e will be keeping a close eye on how the new NDP Agriculture Minister Lana Popham manages the portfolio.
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He described Popham as been a strong advocate for B.C. agriculture for her eight years in the Legislature, so he is hopeful she will build on the successful groundwork he feels his party laid in the past.
For Thomson, like Letnick one of several former cabinet ministers now serving as Opposition critics, the trade role is an important one. He shares it roll with Teresa Wat, a former B.C. international trade minister.
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