Janice MacKinnon, Ph.D, C.M., S.O.M., FRSC (born January 30, 1947) is a Canadian academic and former politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) from 1991 to 2001, and as Minister of Finance under New Democratic Party Premier Roy Romanow.
As Finance Minister, she was known by the nickname "Combat Barbie" for her conviction to cut spending in a bid to recover the province's finances, which were in near ruin when Grant Devine's Progressive Conservative government was swept from power in 1991.
In 2003, she published a book entitled Minding the Public Purse about her time as Finance Minister and fiscal policy in Canada.
[4] In 2003, MacKinnon was rumoured to be considering running for the Liberal Party of Canada in the following year's federal election, but she ultimately declined.
[9] MacKinnon sits as an advisor to Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, was appointed as chair of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney,[10] and was named to the first tribunal formed under the Saskatchewan First Act, which was tasked with examining the economic impact of proposed federal clean electricity regulations.