FREDERICTON - New Brunswick MP Jenica Atwin announced Thursday she has left the Green party to join the Liberal caucus mainly because of ongoing internal rifts among the Greens over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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At the very beginning of this interminable year, Justin Trudeau grew a beard. The beard was Significant, a symbol of a once-youthful prime minister who was now older and wiser and battle-scarred. Many headlines were written. It was a simpler time, when we had nothing better to do than debate the merits of facial hair as an indicator of gravitas. But beard or no, this year has changed Trudeau’s image.
Checkpoints, Zoom calls and parental guilt made 2020 a year like no other for MPs
The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on so many Canadians this year through job losses, business closures and forced separations from family and friends. Those challenges were felt also by the federal politicians who tried to serve their constituents remotely, and who had to self-isolate each and every time they returned home from Ottawa.
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Posted: Dec 19, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 19, 2020
MPs participate in an early attempt at a virtual sitting of the House of Commons.(Michelle Rempel Garner/Twitter)