A member of British Columbia’s governing political party is under fire for his investment in Canadian online gambling operator Amaya Gaming.

On Tuesday, Business In Vancouver reported that public disclosure documents showed Liberal MLA Jordan Sturdy (pictured) purchasing an unspecified amount of shares of Amaya, the parent company of online poker giant PokerStars, on December 18, 2015.

Amaya is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and purchasing shares in the company isn’t against the law. But the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) provincial gambling monopoly runs its own betting site, PlayNow.com, with which PokerStars directly competes, making the optics of Sturdy’s investment choices easy fodder for critics.

David Eby, gambling critic of the opposition New Democratic Party, said it “reflects poor judgment on the part of a parliamentary secretary to be involved with a grey market gambling company in this way. I don’t understand why [Sturdy] would think it would be appropriate to profit from grey market activities in BC, but that’s the personal judgment I guess he has made.”