News
‘We’re very resourceful’: Green MP Jenica Atwin on how she’ll punch above her weight this Parliament
By Aidan Chamandy Nov. 6, 2019
Rookie Green MP Jenica Atwin, the first Green MP elected outside Vancouver Island, spoke to The Hill Times on Nov. 5 about her plans for navigating a minority parliament, and the future of her party.
Green Party MP for Fredericton, N.B., Jenica Atwin sat down for an interview with The Hill Times in the Wellington Building in downtown Ottawa on Nov. 05. She says she already has her eyes on several House committees, including Veterans Affairs, Indigenous and Northern Affairs, National Defence, Status of Women, Fisheries and Oceans, and Natural Resources. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Newly elected Green Party MP Jenica Atwin says despite fewer resources, she’s confident her team’s “passion,” resourcefulness, and co-operation will help her, and the rest of the Green caucus, make a mark on the 43rd Parliament.
Aidan ChamandyAidan Chamandy is a reporter covering federal policy and parties for The Hill Times.
Follow - achamandy@hilltimes.com
Related Stories
Explore, analyze, understand
Inside 2020 Books – Inside Ottawa and Inside Canada
Get both Inside Canada pocket books for a special price.
Get the book
Get both Inside Canada pocket books for a special price.
Get the book
Guide to Using Social and Digital Tools in Election Campaigns: Digital and Social Tools that Politicos are Using to get Elected, Raise Funds, and Recruit Volunteers
Guide to Using Social and Digital Tools in Election Campaigns
Get the book
Guide to Using Social and Digital Tools in Election Campaigns
Get the book
Charting the CBC’s challenging present and uncertain future
Charting the CBC's challenging present and uncertain future: Where it has been and where it is going provides an insider profile of the struggles faced by Canada’s public broadcaster in the 21st century.
Get the book
Charting the CBC's challenging present and uncertain future: Where it has been and where it is going provides an insider profile of the struggles faced by Canada’s public broadcaster in the 21st century.
Get the book
Related Policy Briefings
Agriculture Policy Briefing
Short and informative analyses on policy challenges that bring background and recommendations to policymakers, journalists and the general public.
Read policy briefing
Short and informative analyses on policy challenges that bring background and recommendations to policymakers, journalists and the general public.
Read policy briefing
Cannabis
Short and informative analyses on policy challenges that bring background and recommendations to policymakers, journalists and the general public.
Read policy briefing
Short and informative analyses on policy challenges that bring background and recommendations to policymakers, journalists and the general public.
Read policy briefing
Politics This Morning
Your email has been added. An email has been sent to your address, please click the link inside of it to confirm your subscription.
In Speech from the Throne, a nod to Western alienation, promise to enshrine Indigenous rights
'The government has heard Canadians’ concerns that the world is increasingly uncertain, and that the economy is changing,' the Throne Speech read. 'And in this context, regional needs and differences really matter.'Throne Speech steeped in British parliamentary tradition dating back to at least the 16th century
Queen Elizabeth, on her first royal visit to Canada in 1957, delivered John Diefenbaker's first Throne Speech. In 1977, she delivered Pierre Trudeau's Throne Speech as well in Canada. Liberals’ Anthony Rota elected Speaker of the House
MPs used a ranked-ballot voting system to elect the new House Speaker. ‘Thou shalt be there,’ government whip tells MPs as high-stakes minority Parliament kicks off Thursday
In a minority Parliament, co-operation between parties is now an 'imperative, as opposed to something that we would try to do,' says Chief Government Whip Mark Holland.‘A servant of the House’: MPs to elect Commons Speaker in early-morning ceremony
Incumbent House Speaker Geoff Regan says he expects MPs will be largely influenced by their peers' assessments of the candidates in casting their ballots for the new Speaker. Political ties, not diplomatic bona fides needed for next Canadian envoy in D.C., says former ambassador
‘From a U.S. perspective, the relationship between the ambassador and the prime minister has to be extremely close,’ says Michael Kergin.‘Let’s get on with the contest now’: chorus of prominent Conservatives calling for Scheer’s ouster continues to grow
But a Conservative source is decrying public criticism of Andrew Scheer's leadership, saying it will only create the kind of schisms that will set the party back and that former leader Stephen Harper worked to avoid. Parliament security labour standoff nearing end of the road
Long-awaited collective agreements are finally being settled with the unions representing Parliament’s security officers, just in time for a new round of talks.French envoy defends Macron’s NATO comments as ‘brave’
French ambassador Kareen Rispal says the 29-member alliance is in the midst of a political crisis and her president was recognizing that fact.Trending Stories
