Manitoba's NDP has named its critic for agriculture.

Burrows MLA Diljeet Brar was named to Wab Kinew's shadow cabinet last week.

Brar grew up in India, where he did his master's in education and taught at the Agricultural University in Punjab, India.

He also worked as a journalist and TV presenter before he came to Canada, where he began working for the Manitoba Department of Agriculture in Arborg and Beausejour.