Ron McKinnon
- Born
- August 8, 1951 — Alberta
- Family
- Married to Christine, two daughters, Katherine and Sarah
- Education
- Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta; honours diploma in Computer Technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
- Political Experience
- Ran for election in 2008, elected MP for Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam in 2015, re-elected in 2019, 2021 and 2025. Chair of the Standing Committee on Health, Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, vice chair of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations
- Notable
- Introduced Bill C-224, the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act and Bill C-316, the Court Challenges Program Act
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Ron McKinnon had a career in the computer and information technology sector for over 30 years. He reportedly worked as a computer systems analyst and business owner, running a local IT company that provided services to other businesses.
Public Controversies
In 2018, Ron McKinnon was part of a group of MPs who travelled to India on a trip that was reportedly sponsored in part by a businessman who was later convicted of attempted murder. This trip became part of a wider controversy surrounding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's official visit to India at the same time. McKinnon also faced some public debate over his private member's bill, C-224, which sought to create a national framework for palliative care. While the bill received support from many groups, some critics raised concerns that it could be a step towards expanding medical assistance in dying (MAiD), a claim that McKinnon and supporters of the bill denied.
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Ron McKinnon won with 27,250 votes (47.4%)
Total votes cast: 57,522
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Mr. Speaker, when Christine and I sent Katherine and Sarah off on school trips, we waved goodbye and could not wait to hear about their adventures when they returned home. That was the expectation for the parents of Minnekhada Middle School students in Port Coquitlam yesterday. Ten students and two adults on an end-of-year excursion to Cultus Lake Waterpark sustained serious electrical injuries.
This motion is what's before us right now. We need to debate or vote on it. If there's any other motion we want to deal with, we can do it at that time.
Thank you, Chair. Ms. Bogden, you mentioned that we have 17 bargaining agents and 28 collective bargaining groups, I believe, which represent a hugely complex pay environment. I'm wondering, to start with, as an ex-IT guy, why we think that one large, one-size-fits-all system will solve this problem, rather than, say, 28 smaller, individualized, customized systems. Why is that the right answer?
I was fundamentally going to agree with you as well.
The AG's report mentions that the progress in simplifying and standardizing pay rules has been limited, and this has been under way since the first rollout of Phoenix in 2012 at Miramichi. That's almost 15 years now. Why do we think we're going to have better success going forward in that simplification so we can actually encompass this requisite simplicity within Dayforce?