Ottawa, ON – Cheryl Gallant, Conservative Member of Parliament for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, issued the following statement in response to today’s vote on her Private Member’s Bill, C-222: “I am disappointed that the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc have voted down a modest bill to strengthen the property rights of Canadians. “In a vote on Bill C-222, an […]
Sick Soldiers Denied Testing
It is a credit to the skills and effectiveness of women and men of the Canadian Armed Forces that they are called upon during emergencies. As the Member of Parliament for Garrison Petawawa, it is my duty to ensure those serving have all the support they are due. When Parliament resumes next week, I will […]
Is the Money Worth It?
Recognizing a political opportunity the pandemic has created by forcing millions of Canadians to work from home, for the 2020 tax year, the Trudeau government is encouraging taxpayers to take advantage of a $400 Home Office Expense Deduction. “This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset,” Trudeau in a pre-recorded message told the conference […]
Report from Parliament
With the long-awaited resumption of Parliament, my Private Member’s legislation, Bill C-222, An Act to amend the Expropriation Act (protection of private property),is moving forward in Parliament. Bill C-222, which amends the Expropriation Act, is intended to provide some protections from government taking people’s property without compensation. Given the absence of property rights in the […]
Veterans Week
Veterans deserve our thanks, not just on Remembrance Day, but every day – for their service, for their sacrifice, and for everything they have given in service of our country. There is a sacred trust between Canadians and those brave soldiers, sailors, and aircrew who have put service before self. Ensuring that our veterans and […]
Trudeau Seeks To Tax and Censor the Internet
Fresh off Justin Trudeau’s limitations of free speech lecture tour, his Minister of Censorship introduced Bill C-10. Bill C-10, An Act to Amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, is a dangerous new Liberal bill that hands unbridled power to the government. It will to tax music and […]
Do Liberals Support Tax Credit Promoters?
Cheryl Gallant, Member of Parliament for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, rose during Question Period today to ask the Revenue Minister why the government allows private companies to take thirty percent of Canadians’ emergency benefits. Cheryl Gallant: In May, I called on this government to limit the amount tax credit promoters could take from Canadians’ Canada Emergency Relief Benefit […]
Trudeau Is Failing Women
Since the prime minister was slow to act back in January, the virus was allowed to infiltrate and spread across Canada for several months unchecked. While the government focused on cases and deaths, they completely ignored other types of casualties. TD Bank, while declared an essential service, used the pandemic as an excuse to close […]
Seeking Support for Local Jobs
I rose during Adjournment Proceedings in Parliament yesterday to demand a more fulsome answer to the question I recently posed in Question Period asking the government to protect aerospace jobs in the Ottawa Valley. “Earlier this month, I asked the Minister of National Defence an important question regarding Canadian jobs, procurement and protecting the lives […]
Hunting Season
Autumn is a favorite time of year in the upper Ottawa Valley. It’s hunting season! It’s a time with friends and family we look forward to. Sadly, the traditional fall hunt for many Canadians may be drawing to an end. We are under attack by our own government. The latest plan to seize firearms is […]