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Steven MacKinnon

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MacKinnon spends his time defending Bill C-39’s one-year review deadlines for major projects, the Alto high-speed rail line, the Churchill Falls hydro agreement, and plans to regulate airport fees. In debate he often mocks the questioner rather than the argument, calling opposition points “spaghetti at the wall” and telling one member he “lives with regret,” while his commitments frequently come without dates or measures: “We will continue to be world leaders in oceans protection.”Written by AI from their statements. Updated .

Average grade
C+
66 / 100 over 221 statements
Signal 69 / 100
Relevance 53 / 100
Respect 99 / 100
Clarity 81 / 100
Loses points more than most for Mocking a person instead of answering their argument.2.9 times as often as most members.What the tags mean ×2.9 A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.2 times as often as most members.What the tags mean ×2.0 Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.1.7 times as often as most members.What the tags mean ×1.7 Loses points less than most for A story that illustrates instead of making a point.Less often than most members.What the tags mean Averaged over the 221 of 266 statements graded so far.

Statements 266

Oral Questions ·

Business of the House

“I want the opposition to give us an exact list of what government spending they think causes inflation, before the economic update next week. Here is what the House will work on for the next few days. This afternoon, we will discuss committee memberships. Tomorrow, we will debate an election rules bill. On Monday, we will work on military justice. On Tuesday, we will debate a space launch bill, and the minister will give the economic update. On Wednesday, we will debate a bill about weights and measures.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I have taken careful note of those questions from my hon. colleague, and perhaps I could offer a challenge in return. If he could work with his colleagues over the weekend so that we get a list, a very precise list, of all of the things that constitute, in their minds, inflationary spending, we would certainly rush to agree to have them table that document and would take a look at it before the Minister of Finance rises next week and gives his spring economic update. In the meantime, this afternoon, we will move on to consideration of Government Motion No. 9 on the composition of committees. Tomorrow we will continue consideration at second reading of Bill C-25, the strong and free elections act. On Monday, we will resume consideration at report stage of Bill C-11, the military justice system modernization act. Next Tuesday, we will begin debate at second reading of the very exciting Bill C-28, the Canadian space launch act, followed by the spring economic statement at 4 p.m. Finally, on Wednesday, we will start second reading debate of Bill S-3, an act to amend the Weights and Measures Act.

Oral Questions ·

Finance

In response to a question from Luc Berthold

“I want the member to say which of our spending programs causes inflation. Is it our support for children, school food, groceries, workers, or seniors?”
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    “Is it the Canada child benefit?”

    Said 7 times by 3 members since April 23.

    Every time it was said
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, perhaps a multiple choice question would help the member. Is it the Canada child benefit? That is $6 billion. Is it Canada’s national school food program? That is $400 million. Is the Canada groceries and essentials benefit an inflationary expense? The Canada workers benefit is $3 billion. The old age security program is $7.5 billion. Which of those choices do the member and his leader see as inflationary spending?

In response to a question from Luc Berthold

“I want the member to show us the list of spending he thinks causes inflation. Does he think dental care, school lunches, or help for Quebec workers cause inflation?”
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Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, we are a bit puzzled over here. Is dental care an inflationary expense? Are school meal programs an inflationary expense? Is support for Quebec workers and industries that are feeling the pinch from the U.S. tariffs an inflationary expense? What exactly are these inflationary expenses? Where is the document that the member intends to table to provide a detailed list of the inflationary expenses he would like to debate here in the House?

In response to a question from Jason Groleau

“I want to hear what spending cuts the member suggests we make.”
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Mr. Speaker, as I just indicated to the member’s colleague, we are more than willing to hear what cuts the member opposite might propose, and we look forward to receiving his suggestions.

In response to a question from Melissa Lantsman

“The International Monetary Fund says Canada has the strongest finances in the G7. We are going to use that money to build projects across the country with Canadian workers and materials, even if the Conservatives object.”
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Mr. Speaker, we can believe the deputy leader of the Conservative Party, or we can believe the International Monetary Fund, which says that Canada has the best fiscal situation in the G7 and has lots of fiscal capacity. Do colleagues know what we are going to do? We are going to use that fiscal capacity to build Canada, to build it strong, to build with Canadian products and with Canadian men and women in the skilled trades. We are going to build projects from coast to coast to coast in this country, and we are going to build it over the objections of that member.

In response to a question from Melissa Lantsman

“I want the member to show us the list of cuts she wants to make, and we will look at it.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I would ask the member to table immediately a list of the cuts she would like to make, and we will look into that.