Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Steven MacKinnon rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2026. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon says the government is proposing a debate March 9 on unrest in the Middle East, after members of cabinet discussed the issue over the weekend.
“The government has proposed to other parties in the House of Commons that a debate on the hostilities in Iran and the Middle East and the impact for Canadians abroad be held Monday evening in the House,” MacKinnon, who is also transport minister, said in a March 8 X post.
