Jenica Atwin voted with Liberals 60 per cent of the time as a Green MP

Jenica Atwin's decision to join the Liberals should make the NDP re-examine its policy against allowing floor crossers to join the caucus, says former staffer Cameron Holmstrom.

Liberal MP Jenica Atwin joined her new party on June 10 following disagreements with Green Leader Annamie Paul. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS, ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR

June 23, 2021

New Liberal MP Jenica Atwin, who is under attack for jumping ship for what some see as partisan gain, voted with the Liberals less than two-thirds of the time as a Green MP, compared to a better-than 87 per cent voting alignment with the NDP. In the second session of the current Parliament, Ms. Atw...

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