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Canada elected 91 rookie MPs to parliament in the 2019 federal election. The National Post spoke with a selection to discover what was behind their political drive. Today, Brian Platt’s interview with Green MP Jenica Atwin.

OTTAWA — When rookie Green Party MP Jenica Atwin took her new seat in the House of Commons on Dec. 5, she looked to her right and was starstruck by her deskmate.

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“I can’t believe I’m on a first-name basis with Jody!” she recalled later, sitting in her office. She’s referring, of course, to former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, now one of the most famous people in the country thanks to the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Atwin, one of just three MPs for the Green Party, and Wilson-Raybould, an independent MP after having been ejected from the Liberal caucus, are tucked away in the back corner of the 338-seat House of Commons. But Atwin said Wilson-Raybould — who she admired even before the SNC story — has been a great guide.

“I’m the rookie and just kind of looking at everything with rose-coloured glasses at this point, and she’s giving me lots of great tips and hints. ‘Okay, this when you stand,’ or ‘This is what’s happening,’ or ‘That’s why they’re doing this over there.’ I feel really lucky to have her to answer all those questions,” Atwin said.