Hill Climbers

The staff behind Government House Leader MacKinnon’s office

The office currently includes 17 staffers, including Arielle Morin as director of parliamentary affairs and Silvia Barkany as director of operations.

Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon, who's also currently juggling the transport portfolio, has a number of experienced parliamentary hands in his office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

November 19, 2025

Plenty of eyeballs have been glued to wranglings in the House of Commons Chamber of late—those of the 17-member team in Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon’s office undoubtedly among them.

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