Shadow Cabinets
Each party in Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition creates a shadow cabinet, with each member thereof observing and critiquing one or more actual Cabinet portfolios, and offering alternative policies. The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet comprises members of the largest party not in government (currently the New Democratic Party) appointed by the Leader of the Opposition, and is regarded as a "government in waiting". Its members are often, but not always, appointed to a Cabinet post should their party be called to form a government.
There is also a Liberal Party Shadow Cabinet and a Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet, which perform similar roles for their respective parties.
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