by Cheryl Gallant | Mar 24, 2017 | Arnprior, Media Release, News (Local), News (National), Press Release
I was pleased to join Rima Aristocrat, CEO of Willis College, for the official launch of Willis College’s Veteran Friendly Transition Program (VFTP), an education program designed to help Veterans succeed in their careers following their discharge from the Canadian...
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 16, 2017 | News (Local), OP-ED
The Sugar Tax Lobby is hard at work trying to convince the Liberal Government to bring in a 20% tax on sugar sweetened beverages. According to the Lobbyist Registry, since November the Sugar Tax Lobby has met with Members of Parliament, Ministers and their staff 127...
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 | Mar 10, 2017 | FedNor, News (Local), News (National)
Ottawa, ON – I am asking the Government where over $800 million dollars disappeared to, when it should have gone to Municipalities, for equal distribution through the Federal Gas Tax Fund administered by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)....
by Cheryl Gallant | Mar 8, 2017 | Bonnechere Valley, News (Local), Press Release
International Women’s Day – Cheryl Gallant, MP Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, is pleased to congratulate local Olympian Melissa Bishop on being named by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) to the 2016 Most...
by Cheryl Gallant | Mar 7, 2017 | All News, News (Local)
Recent changes to the reporting of the sale of the family home will single out female entrepreneurs. For example, Mothers who choose to stay at home with their children by operating a daycare now must worry if they are the Liberal government’s latest tax target. For...
by Cheryl Gallant | Feb 24, 2017 | News (Local)
The Trudeau Liberals announced that you now have to report the sale of your home on your income tax return. Up until now when you sell your ‘primary residence’, you didn’t have to pay any taxes on the money you may have made. We’ve always had this tax exemption,...
by Cheryl Gallant | Feb 23, 2017 | News (Local), Press Release
The decision by the liberal government to not compensate a Veteran for an injury sustained while on duty on the basis of gender is just plain wrong. What was particularly distressing to the Veteran was the nonsensical answer from the Liberals that hiring more...
by Cheryl Gallant | Feb 21, 2017 | News (Local), News (National), OP-ED
Last year’s Federal Budget promised to transfer uncommitted funds from Conservative infrastructure programs through the Gas Tax Fund directly to local governments. This has turned out to be a fake promise. Of the many accomplishments of the Conservatives in...
