Government House Leader

Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Leader du gouvernement à la Chambre des communes
Incumbent Steven MacKinnon since May 13, 2025
Privy Council Office
Style	The Honourable
Member of	House of Commons Privy Council Cabinet
Reports to	Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch (represented by the governor general); on the advice of the prime minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Ian Alistair Mackenzie
Formation	October 14, 1944
Deputy	Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Salary	$299,900 (2024)
Website	www.canada.ca/en/leader-government-house-commons.html

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The Government House Leader, officially known as the leader of the Government in the House of Commons of Canada (French: leader du gouvernement à la Chambre des communes du Canada), is the Cabinet minister responsible for planning and managing the government's legislative program in the House of Commons of Canada. Despite the name of the position it does not refer to the prime minister of Canada, who is the head of government.