by Cheryl Gallant | Sep 4, 2019 | News (Local)
Canada is equipped to assist in relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Dorian, thanks to strategic investments made in Canada’s Armed Forces by our previous Conservative Federal Government. Should the request be made to deploy Canada’s Disaster Assistance...
by Cheryl Gallant | Sep 4, 2019 | News (Local)
I was pleased to visit North Algona Wilberforce to deliver $606,239 in funding from the Federal Investing in Canada program. The funds will be put towards the rehabilitation of 3.9 kilometers of Letts Cemetery Road. The repairs necessary to Letts Cemetery Road...
by Cheryl Gallant | Sep 3, 2019 | News (Local)
I was pleased to visit Barry’s Bay to deliver $1,872,740 in funding from the Federal Investing in Canada program. The funds will be put towards the rehabilitation of Paugh Lake Road. The funding for the rehabilitation of Paugh Lake Road is helpful in the wake of...
by Cheryl Gallant | Jul 8, 2019 | All News
I was pleased to accept an invitation from Quebec property owners in neighbouring Pontiac County, to attend a Quebec government meeting for flood victims in Campbell’s Bay on the Ottawa River. Later, I attended a flood meeting in Mattawa, which included Renfrew County...
by Cheryl Gallant | Jul 4, 2019 | All News
This week I wrote the Prime Minister to ask that victims of the recent highwater levels in the Great Lakes and Ottawa River watersheds be fairly compensated by the federal government. For the second time in three years, many communities and businesses in the Ottawa...
by Cheryl Gallant | Jun 21, 2019 | News (Local)
Water flow is a hot topic in my riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke. The spring of 2019 now has the dubious distinction of being the worst in recent memory for flooding along the Ottawa River. Constituents are skeptical when the Prime Minister and the member from...
by Cheryl Gallant | Jun 19, 2019 | News (Local)
There is a greater likelihood Canadians will get answers to their flood questions now that the newly appointed U.S Commissioners of the International Joint Commission (IJC) are looking into Plan 2014, and its impacts on water levels. I am particularly encouraged by...
by Cheryl Gallant | May 31, 2019 | News (Local)
I welcome the news that the ban on commercial and recreational boating in the Ottawa River has been lifted. First of all, thank-you to all the community volunteers and the emergency first responders for their mighty efforts on behalf of those adversely affected by...
by Cheryl Gallant | May 30, 2019 | News (Local)
It is too early to declare victory over misleading information being distributed by the federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. He now claims to oppose some of the more controversial parts of Bill C-68. This is good news if it is true. Canadians will only find out...
by Cheryl Gallant | May 28, 2019 | News (Local)
As Member of Parliament for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke – home of Garrison Petawawa – and member of the Standing Committee on National Defence, I encourage the committee to extend its diversity study to include Operation HONOUR and inappropriate sexual behaviour...
