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Cheryl Gallant Consults on Canada Job Grant
Pembroke, Ontario – Cheryl Gallant, M.P. for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, took the opportunity at this year’s highly successful Options 2013 to consult with employers and educators on the Canada Job Grant. Options 2013 was made possible by $33,000 of federal funding through the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP). Over 2000 Renfrew County students attended a job fair, ...
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Innovation Valley North
The Upper Ottawa Valley is powered by a growing cluster of businesses focused on discovery and commercialization transforming it into Innovation Valley North. Innovation Valley North represents jobs, growth, and the long-term prosperity of the Upper Ottawa Valley, Eastern Ontario and Canada. Central to Innovation Valley North is the hub. A hub is an ideas generator which turns ...
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Cheryl Gallant rises in support of Canadians with disabilities
Ottawa, Ontario – Cheryl Gallant, MP for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke was delighted to speak in support of a Private Member’s Motion introduced by colleague, Phil McColeman, M.P. for Brant. Motion M-430 endorses the conclusions of a report prepared by the Panel on Labour Market Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. The report, Rethinking disAbility in the Private Sector, ...
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MP Gallant Calls Attention to Firearms Licence fees
Ottawa, Ontario – Cheryl Gallant, MP for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, is today reminding local gun owners of the upcoming end to the fee waiver program for firearms licence renewals. “I am reminding local hunters, collectors, and sport shooters of the previously announced end to the firearms licence fee waiver program. Non-restricted POL or PAL licence holders whose ...
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MP Cheryl Gallant calls for Moratorium on Rail Line Removal
Cheryl Gallant with Terry Gibeau, April 4th, 2013 Ottawa, Ontario – Cheryl Gallant, MP for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, has introduced a new private members motion into the House of Commons calling for a 10 year moratorium on the removal of Canadian National Railway (CN) rail lines in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. “I have introduced this motion ...
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Cheryl Gallant Confirms Canadian Forces Members in Afghanistan Keep Danger Pay
Ottawa, Ontario – Today in Question Period, Cheryl Gallant, MP for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, asked the Government of Canada to clarify recent troubling news stories in the national media. It was reported that approximately 100 soldiers who had served in the ongoing Canadian Forces training mission in Afghanistan were asked by Defence Department officials to return up ...
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Cheryl Gallant Introduces Federal Motion to Privatize Canadian Firearms Registration System
Ottawa, Ontario – Cheryl Gallant, MP Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke has confirmed her introduction of Motion 439 to privatize the functions of the Canadian Firearms Registration System for restricted and prohibited firearms. “Now that our Federal Conservative Government has fulfilled its promise to scrap the wasteful, Liberal billion dollar long-gun registry, we need to look at other ways ...
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Cheryl Gallant Welcomes 2nd Land Claim Consultation Meeting in Pembroke
Cheryl Gallant, MP hearing the concerns of Frank Foy and Gord Trylinski at the ALC meeting Pembroke, Ontario – Cheryl Gallant MP, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, is pleased to thank all those individuals who participated, either as presenters or participants in the process, in the latest Algonquin Preliminary Draft Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement-in-Principle (ALC) consultation. The outstanding issue of access ...
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Report From Parliament: Making Canada Stronger
Just before Parliament rose for the Easter constituency weeks four bills received Royal Assent. The First Nations Financial Transparency Act is something that First Nation communities have long demanded. Like all Canadians, First Nations Peoples deserve accountability and transparency from their leadership. Until this law was passed, First Nation governments operating under the Indian Act ...
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Whitewater Bromley Community Health Centre Benefits from New Horizons Funding
Whitewater Bromley Community Health Centre Advisory Board members: Izett McBride, Phil Cottrell, Cheryl Gallant MP, Cathy Williamson, Linda Simpson, Noreen Adam, Donna Keon Beachburg, Ontario – Cheryl Gallant, Member of Parliament for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, today congratulated the Whitewater Bromley Community Health Centre Advisory Board on being selected to receive funding under the New Horizons for Seniors ...
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