by Cheryl Gallant | Jul 5, 2017 | Defence & Readiness, News (Local)
I am proud to join the many, outraged constituents who have contacted me to share their disgust with any plan to give hard earned taxpayer dollars to a convicted terrorist. First of all, on behalf of the people of Canada, I extend our condolences to the widow of...
by Cheryl Gallant | Jun 15, 2017 | Defence & Readiness, Media Release, News (Local), News (National), Petawawa, Press Release
The recently announced Liberal Defence policy depends on a Conservative Government being elected in the next Federal election. The defence plan announced by the Federal Government will not provide funding until after the next election. Canadians know from the first...
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 | Mar 14, 2017 | Canada-NATO, OP-ED
Canada is not exempt from the commitment to spend 2% of our GDP on defence. That was the message I heard repeatedly at a recent meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, Belgium. Meeting with the President of the NATO-PA, the U.S. Vice President, Mike...
by Cheryl Gallant | Jan 30, 2017 | Defence & Readiness, Media Release, Mental Health, News (Local), News (National), Petawawa, Press Release
I was pleased to welcome Department of Veterans’ Affairs Ombudsman Guy Parent to an evening Town Hall at Garrison Petawawa. All Veterans, military, RCMP and their families were invited. The next morning a special stakeholders, meeting took place as an open forum to...
