B.C. Conservative leader names shadow cabinet, takes shots at NDP [Video]

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has assigned jobs to 41 out of 44 of his caucus members, including giving a critic’s position to MLA Brent Chapman, who faced calls to step down during the campaign over controversial social media remarks. 

Several groups called on Rustad during last month’s election to remove Chapman as his party’s candidate over the posts, including one in which Chapman called Palestinian children “inbred walking, talking, breathing time bombs.”

Rustad said during the campaign that it would be up to voters to judge his party’s candidates and Chapman, who apologized for the remarks, was elected in the riding of Surrey South. 

Chapman has been named critic for transit and the Insurance Corporation of B.C.

Other members of Rustad’s shadow cabinet include former members of the Opposition B.C. United, which suspended its campaign in an effort to not split the right-of-centre vote. 

Elenore Sturko is the critic …