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, I wish to inform the House that on Friday, April 24, I was arrested by the Coquitlam RCMP. The crime was drinking too much coffee while on House duty. I pleaded guilty. I was cuffed for a cure. Cuffed for a Cure is the lighter side of Cops for Cancer. The harder side is the cycling. Each year, officers across Canada cycle hundreds of kilometres raising funds for life-saving
Drilling down into what exactly “estimates and costs” entail is very technical. I don't think we want to get into the level of defining legal terms and so forth, but it's much more specific than “management”. “Management”, broadly speaking, is a very general saying. Can we focus this on estimates and costs, as we go forward? If that's not the kind of information Mr. Lemire wants, we can modify
It sounds like the investigation of potential fraud has been very adequately and satisfactorily addressed. Do you believe that?
No, that's okay. First of all, our colleague is here because Professor Derksen wasn't, not because it indicates any ulterior motive of the government.
I just want to emphasize that the point here is to keep this to a manageable request and a doable thing. Mr. Lemire mentioned his concern about wasting taxpayer money. If we issue a request for these documents—a massive data dump—it could cost millions of dollars. It could take weeks and weeks. I want to keep this reasonable and manageable. This is, as Mr. Osborne mentioned, a good-faith attempt
I was just going to say that I don't think the Auditor General needs something to catch her attention on this. I agree with my colleagues.
If it's okay, I'd like to cede my time to Mr. Osborne.
I think it's a very interesting motion. It's something I could get behind, but I have some issues. Auditor General One concern I have is about the independence of the. We cannot be seen to be directing her to do anything. I have no problem making a request of her to take action. I would move to amend this motion in a paragraph that says, “and the committee further write to the Auditor General to
I'll—
Mr. Lemire mentioned that we want to toe the line and keep costs in order and so forth, and we don't want to waste taxpayer money. That's exactly the point of what we're trying to negotiate with Mr. Lemire. We're trying to keep the number of documents to a manageable level and to a time frame that is reasonable and responsible. In that respect, I'd like to submit an amendment. In the second
I have a few seconds left. I'm interested in the numbers, which have fallen substantially in terms of approvals, but I understand the applications have fallen substantially as well and that the educational institutions have not been recruiting as vigorously. Do you have any comment on that or explanation for that?
I have a problem with “undertake”.