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It was once enemy territory. So what can former Conservative MP Eve Adams expect when she walks into the Liberal caucus room on Parliament Hill next week to meet her new colleagues for the first time?

Some Liberal MPs say they are happy to have Adams join their merry little group after making what must have been a courageous and difficult decision to leave the Conservatives and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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Others, however, have quietly admitted to misgivings, wondering whether Liberal leader Justin Trudeau made a mistake in accepting a member of Parliament who has been plagued by controversy, and was reportedly rejected by her own party.

Trudeau appeared with Adams Monday to announce she was jumping to the Liberals after sitting nearly four years as a Conservative MP, including separate stints as parliamentary secretary to the Health and Veterans Affairs ministers.

Adams complained about the prime minister’s “mean-spirited” leadership and criticized the Conservatives’ income-splitting plan, while Trudeau described Adams as a “very strong local voice” and someone who had performed well in government.