OTTAWA — He ate breakfast Tuesday morning as a Conservative senator and got ready for dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the same evening as an independent. A “rather stunned” Greene decided he’d rather have the freedom to accept a prime minister’s invitation than stay in caucus. He has made a decision that goes against our valuesGreene said he has no immediate plans to join other independent senators, most of whom were appointed by Trudeau, in their Independent Senators Group caucus. For now, the Nova Scotia senator wants to be called an “independent reform senator” — something he said he and his staff “made up” on Tuesday. The Liberals are still deciding whether to accept Senate amendments on their citizenship law, Bill C-6.

Source: National Post May 16, 2017 23:15 UTC