{"id":191085,"date":"2025-05-22T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=191085"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:25:21","slug":"aitchison-to-stay-as-housing-critic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/aitchison-to-stay-as-housing-critic\/","title":{"rendered":"Aitchison to stay as housing critic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Wednesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced which MPs will serve as critics in his &#8216;shadow cabinet&#8217; when Parliament returns next week. <\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Parry Sound\u2014Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison, who served as Huntsville mayor from 2014 to 2019 and has represented the federal riding of Parry Sound\u2014Muskoka since 2019, will stay as housing critic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aitchison unsuccessfully ran against Poilievre for the party&#8217;s leadership in 2022, coming in last among five candidates after then-Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown was disqualified. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aitchison is one of 74 shadow cabinet members hand-picked by Poilievre, who lost his Ottawa area seat in the April 28, 2025 election and has appointed former Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer as interim party leader in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poilievre is expected to try to regain his seat in a by-election in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot. Its MP, Damien Kurek, agreed to step down to allow Poilievre to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find a list of the Conservative shadow cabinet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservative.ca\/team\/shadow-cabinet\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced which MPs will serve as critics in his &#8216;shadow cabinet&#8217; when Parliament returns next week. 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