Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath recently announced a critic shuffle and a house team change.
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Vanthof assumes more responsibility within his party Back to video
Vanthof, will remain one of two Deputy Party Leaders as well as the Critic for Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs however he is now also the party’s Head Whip.
In an email exchange with the Northern News Vanthof stated “I held the position of Whip for the Third party before the last election, so I know the ropes. The role of the Whip is largely organizational. My job is to make sure that my MPPs are in the right place at the right time. There is the debate in the legislature itself and several committees which run simultaneously, and they all have to have members ready to speak and vote if need be. It is the Whip’s job to make sure that happens. That is where the term, a whipped vote, comes from. The Whip also has to work with the Government Whip to make sure that the legislature works as smoothly as possible.