Newly elected Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre announced his leadership team on Sept. 13, with Melissa Lantsman and Tim Uppal being installed as deputies and Andrew Scheer as House leader.
“My inflation-busting Leadership Team,” wrote Poilievre on Twitter over a picture of his team with their role descriptions.
“First job: stop Trudeau’s tax hikes and end #JustinFlation so workers and seniors can thrive.”
Lantsman served as transport critic and chair of outreach under the previous leadership, where she routinely criticized the government on COVID-19 travel restrictions such as the vaccine mandate.
The MP for the riding of Thornhill in Ontario was one of the first among her colleagues to endorse Poilievre’s leadership bid, having done so two days after he announced he was running on Feb. 5….