Hill Climbers

Checking in on Minister MacKinnon’s transport team

Sarah Jackson is leading the transport office, supported by Andrew Richardson as deputy chief of staff and director of operations and appointments.

Transport Minister and Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon announces the Ottawa-Montreal corridor as the first section of the Alto high-speed rail project in Gatineau, Que., on Dec. 12, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

January 14, 2026

Cabinet changes continued to pop up in the last quarter of 2025, including Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon taking on the additional role of transport minister following Chrystia Freeland’s September 2025 resignation from the front...

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