A local member of provincial parliament has a new assignment in the Ontario NDP caucus.
Essex MPP Taras Natyshak has been named the new NDP Critic for Ethics and Accountability by Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath. The assignment was announced along with a series of others on Friday morning.
Horwath said the portfolio has been created to address issues in the majority PC government.
"From Doug Ford’s cronyism appointment scandal to the attempt to buy a pimped-out super-van for himself and hide the costs, to secret and sketchy meetings, it’s clear that a critic for ethics is now a necessity in Ontario," said Horwath in a statement. "The Liberals were scandal-plagued, with the gas plants scandal and a bribery trial, but Doug Ford is quickly taking things from bad to worse."
Natyshak has also served as the NDP critic for international trade, as well as a vice-chairman for the standing committee on government agencies.
Windsor West MPP Lisa Gretzky remains as the Critic for Community and Social Services. Windsor-Tecumseh's Percy Hatfield is the Critic for the OLG and Horse Racing.