Deep-dive look: what a new Fisheries and Oceans minister means for the Liberals in B.C.

Most Vancouver-area Liberal MPs in B.C. won handily in the last election, but all three parties have reason to think they can steal more seats in 2019.

Newly-minted Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson will likely be counted on to help his party fend off NDP plays for Liberals ridings where opposition to the Trans Mountain Pipeline is the highest. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

July 23, 2018

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s (Papineau, Que.) decision to add another B.C. MP to his cabinet, and put him in charge of the Fisheries and Oceans file, may be a move to reassure B.C. voters concerned about the government’s purchase of the $4.5-billion Trans Mounta...

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