Three Windsor-area NDP MPPs were involved in the Ontario NDP's recent shadow cabinet shuffle.

Windsor West MPP Lisa Gretzky is now the critic for education. She was previously the critic for community safety and correctional services.

In a statement she says, "I’m very excited about the opportunity to draw on my previous experience as Vice Chair of the Greater Essex County District School Board and I look forward to the opportunities and challenges that the role of Education Critic will bring. Education is a wide ranging topic that is experienced at the community level and I look forward to holding this government to account in my new role."

Windsor-Tecumseh MPP Percy Hatfield becomse the critic for municipal affairs and housing.

Hatfield served two terms as a municipal councillor for the City of Windsor.

Essex MPP Taras Natyshak is now the critic for economic development and employment, small business and infrastructure.

Previously the labour critic, he has experience working with unions and in heavy construction.