Some of B.C. Conservative leader’s critic picks questioned [Video]

The sparring during question period in the legislature is largely driven by Opposition MLAs grilling government ministers, and with the B.C. Conservative party’s rapid rise to Official Opposition, its MLAs will now get to set the tone.

But even before his first legislative session begins, some of the heat is instead on Leader John Rustad for some of his choices appointing critics to their Opposition portfolios.

Rustad is also on the defensive as the governing party reacts to the news that two of Rustad’s MLAs will keep their seats on local councils, essentially doing two jobs.

Anna Kindy, a Campbell River-based physician and addictions specialist, has been tapped to be the party’s health critic.

WATCH | CBC reporter Katie de Rosa on what the critics are saying: 

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has released his shadow cabinet — the critics that will grill ministers during question period. As Katie DeRosa …