POLITICS – Milobar and Stamer keep critic’s portfolios in new party lineup

Kamloops MLAs Peter Milobar and Ward Stamer have retained their critics’ portfolios within a new lineup announced today (Dec. 10, 2025) by interim BC Conservative leader Trevor Halford.

Milobar, the MLA for Kamloops Centre,  remains the party’s finance critic and Stamer, who represents Kamloops-North Thompson, stays as forests critic.

Halford said his responsibility as interim leader is to provide steady leadership, keep the Opposition focused squarely on government accountability, and ensure the caucus is positioned for a seamless transition to the next permanent leader.

“As I said on my first day, British Columbians want an Opposition that shows up, digs in, and gets the work done,” Halford said. “Health care is in crisis, organized extortion is taking hold in our communities, affordability pressures are crushing families, and businesses are losing confidence in this province’s economic direction.

“And now, with the government’s implementation of DRIPA creating sweeping uncertainty across our legal system and resource sectors, British Columbians are being left to deal with the consequences of an agenda this government never bothered to explain. Our focus is on confronting these failures and demanding accountability from a government that has lost its grip on the basics.”

Here’s Halford’s list:

Leadership Roles

• Trevor Halford — Interim Leader of the Official Opposition

• Á’a:líya Warbus — House Leader

• Jody Toor — Caucus Chair & Critic for Citizen Services

• Rosalyn Bird — Caucus Whip

• Reann Gasper — Deputy Caucus Whip & Critic for Children & Family Development

• Lorne Doerkson — Assistant Deputy Speaker

Critic Portfolios

• Harman Bhangu — Critic for Transportation

• Bruce Banman — Critic for Government Accountability and Emerging Issues

• Lynne Block — Critic for Education, Arts, Culture & Film

• Hon Chan — Critic for ICBC, Translink, Transit & Climate Solutions

• Sheldon Clare — Critic for Environment, Parks, Emergency Management & Climate Readiness

• Pete Davis — Critic for Mining & Critical Minerals

• Brennan Day — Critic for Seniors & Rural Health

• Gavin Dew — Critic for Jobs, Economic Development, Innovation & AI

• Kiel Giddens — Critic for Labour

• Mandeep Dhaliwal — Critic for Parental Rights & Sports

• Sharon Hartwell — Critic for Rural Infrastructure & Rural Development

• Linda Hepner — Critic for Housing

• Anna Kindy — Critic for Health

• Steve Kooner — Critic for Attorney General

• Kristina Loewen — Critic for Social Development & Poverty Reduction

• Tony Luck — Critic for Municipal Affairs

• Heather Maahs — Critic for Childcare & Early Childhood Education

• Macklin McCall — Critic for Solicitor General & Public Safety

• Scott McInnis — Critic for Tourism & Resort Municipalities, Columbia River Treaty & Indigenous Relations Critic

• Peter Milobar — Critic for Finance

• Lawrence Mok — Critic for Skills Training & International Credentials

• Korky Neufeld — Critic for Post-Secondary Education

• Larry Neufeld — Critic for Oil, Gas & LNG

• Ian Paton — Critic for Agriculture & Food

• Claire Rattée — Critic for Mental Health, Addictions & Housing Supports

• John Rustad — Joint-Indigenous Relations Critic

• Ward Stamer — Critic for Forests

• Bryan Tepper — Critic for Community Safety & Transnational Crime

• Misty Van Popta — Critic for Infrastructure

• Teresa Wat — Critic for Trade, Multiculturalism & Anti-Racism

• David Williams — Critic for BC Hydro & Electricity Self-Sufficiency

• Donegal Wilson — Critic for Water, Land & Resource Stewardship (Fisheries)