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Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Member of the Board of Internal Economy

Hon. Steven MacKinnon

  • Member of Parliament
  • Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Member of the Board of Internal Economy
  • Liberal
  • Gatineau
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $80,565.87

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Context: House Hansard - 332 - Jun/14/24
Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/14/24 11:21:33 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, that is quite the question. I am not sure who first wrote it, but the member added quite the word salad. What Quebeckers understand is that tax fairness is what counts. What we are doing is sparing everyone who earns a paycheque. Imagine: Everyone who earns a paycheque is not affected. Those who earn over $250,000 in one year will be required to pay a little bit more.
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, for a moment there, I thought, for once, we were going to get away without a preamble, but we had a lot of amble there, a lot of post-amble. I can assure my hon. friend that the law that is coming this fall would protect every single Canadian who draws their income from a paycheque, and 0.13% of Canadians would pay a modest amount of additional tax on capital gains over a quarter of a million dollars garnered in a single year. Tax fairness not only will be written into the law, but also will continue to be the thing we talk about in the House. Tomorrow, we will complete the report stage study of Bill C-40, Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission Act, which is also known as David and Joyce Milgaard's law. I would like to request that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment of the next sitting be 12 midnight, pursuant to order made Wednesday, February 28. Our priorities next week will be to complete report stage and third reading of Bill C-69, the budget implementation act, and second reading of Bill C-65, the electoral participation act. We will also give priority to other important bills, namely third reading of the aforementioned Bill C-40 and report stage and third reading of Bill C-26, the critical cyber systems protection act. Finally, there have been discussions amongst the parties and, if you seek it, I think you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: That the motion standing on the Order Paper in the name of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons related to the appointment of Christine Ivory as Parliamentary Librarian, pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(2), be deemed adopted.
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/24 2:45:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is no surprise that the Conservatives want to move on from the fiasco of two days ago when they voted for 0.13% of taxpayers and set aside the 99.87% of taxpayers who are not affected by a capital gains change. They want to stand up for people who have made $250,000 on investments in a given year, and they will not stand up for the electricians, the farmers and the janitors, who earn a paycheque every week and do it honestly.
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Context: House Hansard - 330 - Jun/12/24
Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/12/24 3:02:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what will be in the law is that anyone who makes a capital gain over $250,000 in a given year, the first $250,000 being exempt, 50% inclusion rate, will pay 66%. That is less than what Brian Mulroney asked them to pay. It gets us closer to the fairness that is being asked for by the electricians, the farmers, the teachers, the nurses, the fishers, the people in Canada who expect us to stand up for tax fairness, and against that.
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Context: House Hansard - 330 - Jun/12/24
Hon. Steven MacKinnon
  • Jun/12/24 3:01:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the leader opposite cites electricians, carpenters and plumbers. I come from a family, as do many of us, of farmers and electricians and people who bring home a T4 slip at the end of the year. These people who earn an honest paycheque, what do they expect from their government? They expect tax fairness. We are asking all those who gain $250,000 on their investments in a given year, 0.13% of the population, to pay a little bit more. I do not know any electricians who are in that category.
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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24
Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Mar/19/24 6:44:54 p.m.
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moved: That this committee pay tribute to the late Right Honourable Brian Mulroney.
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