MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

Hon. Steven MacKinnon

Liberal Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons 194 statements translated

MacKinnon is a skilled evader, often filling time with irrelevant flattery and attacks on other parties instead of answering direct questions. He frequently touts his government's spending and infrastructure projects as unqualified successes, while painting opposition as heartless obstructionists. Dwells on Quebec ridings and projects as political cover.

Oral Questions

Finance

2026-05-27

“I don't want to answer that. I'll list some big expensive things our government did instead. Military planes! Natural gas! Jobs!”

“I change the subject to selling military jets and natural gas to Europe. That will make jobs! And ignore whatever he talked about before.”

Oral Questions

Business of the House

2026-05-26

“I want to change the rules for our next two meetings. I want more time for debate and speeches. I don't want any tricky motions or delays. Let's vote on this change and go home for the day.”

Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and I believe you would find unanimous consent for the following motion: That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, and Thursday, May 28, 2026, during the debate on the business of supply pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a): (a) the time provided for consideration of the Main Estimates in committee of the whole be extended beyond four hours, as needed, to include a minimum of 16 periods of 15 minutes each; (b) members wishing to speak during the debate may indicate to the Chair that they will be dividing their time with one or more members; (c) responses by the minister or parliamentary secretary approximately reflect the time taken by the question, provided that at least 15 seconds be allotted for each response; (d) no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair; and (e) at the conclusion of the time provided for debate or when no member wishes to speak, whichever comes first, the committee shall rise, and the House shall immediately adjourn to the next sitting day.

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Oral Questions

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

2026-05-26

“I want to defend our record. The minister will be answering questions about it. We have reduced the number of temporary Canadians and asylum seekers. We have saved money for Canadians. But I want to know why the Conservatives are against providing health care to vulnerable people like those fleeing the war in Ukraine.”

Oral Questions

The Economy

2026-05-26

“I want praise for spending money to make the economy look good. Don't question it.”

“I won't answer the question about our record. You ask too many questions. You should be quiet. Why do you oppose our child benefit? Why do you oppose our daycare plan? Why do you oppose our other spending? You must not want to help Canadians.”

Oral Questions

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

2026-05-25

“I'm filling time with kind words about the minister. I want the other member to stop asking questions that make us look bad.”

“The minister's doing a great job. Everything's fine. The real question is why the other side keeps complaining.”

Oral Questions

Finance

2026-05-25

“You always vote against our big spending plans! Your leader should make you stop disagreeing with us.”

Government Orders

Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act

2026-05-25

“I want to limit debate on this bill to make sure it passes quickly. I don't want any more amendments or discussion.”

Oral Questions

Business of the House

2026-05-07

“I'm being cheeky about how exciting the schedule is. We'll have more plans later. For now, we're talking about military justice changes, the budget, and some department estimates. I won't give more details yet. It's a bit of a tease to make you tune in later.”

Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, we are approaching the two constituency work weeks that my hon. friend described. Every good season must end with a cliffhanger. That is why the member will have to come back, to stay tuned, and we will have legislative plans on a number of things that will respond urgently to the needs and desires of Canadians as we conclude the spring session of Parliament. For the time being, here is the schedule. Tomorrow, we will move on to the third reading of Bill C-11, the military justice system modernization act. When the House resumes on Monday, May 25, we will continue second reading debate on Bill C-30, the spring economic update 2026 implementation act. Tuesday and Thursday will be allotted days. On Wednesday, we will start second reading debate of Bill C-31, the budget 2025 implementation act, no. 2, which was introduced yesterday. Finally, pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a), I would like to designate Tuesday, May 26, for consideration in a committee of the whole of the main estimates for the Department of Finance. Furthermore, debate on the main estimates for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration will take place on the evening of Thursday, May 28.

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Oral Questions

Air Transportation

2026-05-07

“I don't want to say whether we will sell airports to foreigners or not. Instead I will talk a lot about how great air travel should be.”

Oral Questions

National Defence

2026-05-07

“You want to cut spending on the military. You're not allowed to talk about the Snowbirds. We're the only adults here. We'll spend lots of money on the military. You can't lecture us.”

Oral Questions

Climate Change

2026-05-07

“The Bloc is bad. The Bloc hates a train we want to build. This train is good for the environment. The Bloc must hate the environment.”

“Quebeckers know big energy projects are good for the economy. We'll keep building them. We're also spending on the Contrecoeur port project. My colleague's riding has a port too.”

Oral Questions

Youth

2026-05-07

“The Conservatives don't like my programs. I want taxpayers to spend lots of money so I can say it creates jobs. Conservatives are against all my big projects. I want to cheer for big expensive plans in my riding.”

Oral Questions

The Economy

2026-05-07

“The other party says we should cut gas taxes and spending, but they won't say which programs are wasteful. I want the other party to list exactly what they would cut. Do they want to cut programs that spend money in my province?”

Oral Questions

Finance

2026-05-06

“We want this bill to pass. We want to look like we're creating jobs and opportunities. We want to spend money on many programs.”

“I want to spend more of taxpayers' money on big projects and government programs. We will make sure everyone gets a piece of the pie.”

Oral Questions

Taxation

2026-05-06

“War made oil prices go up. Our government cut gas taxes by 28 cents. What more do you want from me?”