Ben Lobb, the MP for Huron-Bruce in Ontario, will take on the role in addition to his existing position as shadow minister for digital government, the Conservatives announced as part of a shadow-cabinet shuffle. (The Logic)

Talking point: Cryptocurrency is in the hot seat, thanks to its role in facilitating fundraisers for the convoy protests against pandemic restrictions and other grievances that police were finally able to break up over the weekend. The RCMP sent a list of 34 cryptocurrency addresses related to the convoy to cryptocurrency-trading platforms last week, asking them to blacklist and report transactions. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner ​​presented a private member’s bill earlier this month that would require the finance minister to come up with a framework to encourage the growth of crypto assets in Canada, and to do it in consultation with people who have experience in the sector. Rempel Garner, who was most recently the natural-resources critic, no longer holds a shadow cabinet position, although she has been appointed to Parliament’s national-security committee.