by Cheryl Gallant | Feb 15, 2018 | CFB Petawawa, Defence & Readiness, Media Release, News (National), Press Release
Today I joined Canadian Veterans on Parliament Hill who have been ‘left in the cold’ by the Trudeau government. The Liberals have repeatedly shown they cannot be trusted to address the issues affecting veterans. They have not honoured the promises they made to...
by Cheryl Gallant | Nov 10, 2017 | CFB Petawawa, News (Local), Press Release
The decision to cut the pay of sick or injured Special Operations soldiers is just plain wrong. With the home base for the Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) located at CFB Petawawa, I have been hearing directly from soldiers and their families how unfair...
by Cheryl Gallant | May 2, 2017 | CFB Petawawa, Media Release, News (Local), News (National), Petawawa, Press Release
I joined my Conservative colleagues in demanding the Prime Minister fire his Defence Minister for lying about his service record, and for defending the largest cuts to the defence budget since the end of WWII. Repeated to me over the weekend in Petawawa is that...
by Cheryl Gallant | Mar 21, 2017 | CFB Petawawa, Defence & Readiness, Media Release, News (Local), News (National), Petawawa, Press Release
I am demanding the Federal Government stop clawing back soldiers’ danger pay. Before soldiers are sent on future missions, this policy decision needs to be resolved. Liberals have no problem borrowing billions to give away to other countries for global warming, but...
by Cheryl Gallant | Aug 26, 2016 | CFB Petawawa, Defence & Readiness, Media Release, News (Local), News (National), Petawawa, Press Release
I spoke out today in response to the Liberal government announcement that it is prepared to risk the lives of 600 Canadian soldiers for the “selfie” Prime Minister’s vanity project to buy a seat on the United Nations Security Council. It is one thing to join our NATO...
by Cheryl Gallant | May 9, 2016 | CFB Petawawa, Defence & Readiness, Media Release, News (National), Petawawa, Press Release
As Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence, I visited the North American Aerospace Command (NORAD) Headquarters. The visit was a part of the committee’s study of the Canadian NORAD Region and aerial readiness. It was my pleasure to be greeted by MGen...
