Cheryl Gallant
- Born
- May 23, 1960 — Sarnia, Ontario
- Family
- Married since 1985, and is the parent of four daughters
- Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, University of Western Ontario
- Career
- Worked for a major Canadian life insurance company as a group insurance executive and for a time as an office manager of a family-owned professional practice
- Political Experience
- Chair of the City of Pembroke Downtown Development Commission and as a member of the Economic Advisory Committee for the city. Won her seat in the 2000 federal election
- Notable
- Along with fellow MP Scott Reid, they are the longest-serving current Conservative MPs, and the last two MPs still serving who were members of the Canadian Alliance. She is the longest serving woman in the federal caucus.
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Business & Financial Interests
Before being elected to Parliament, Cheryl Gallant was reportedly the co-owner of a family-run insurance brokerage in Pembroke, Ontario. Her professional background also includes work as an office manager and an executive assistant.
Key Relationships & Connections
Cheryl Gallant is widely considered a prominent member of the social conservative wing of the Conservative Party of Canada. She has reportedly received support and positive ratings from anti-abortion advocacy groups such as the Campaign Life Coalition for her voting record on related issues.
Public Controversies
Cheryl Gallant has been involved in numerous public controversies throughout her career. In 2011, she faced criticism for comments suggesting the military should be less "homosexual-friendly." In 2014, she reportedly compared abortion to the beheading of journalist James Foley by ISIS during a debate, a comparison that drew widespread condemnation. She has also faced scrutiny over her expenses, including billing taxpayers for a trip to a Conservative party convention. In 2021, she sponsored an e-petition that questioned the scientific consensus on climate change and called for a public debate on the matter. More recently, she was criticized for a video that some observers claimed used anti-Semitic imagery to attack Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; the video was later taken down.
Where Cheryl falls on key policy spectrums
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Cheryl Gallant won with 37,333 votes (55.7%)
Total votes cast: 67,018
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians living with disabilities are often the most hard hit by any consumer prices. However, I do not believe in a universal basic income in addition to what we already have. With respect to the disability tax credit application, there are 30,000 people in my riding who do not have a doctor. It is even hard to get a nurse practitioner and people are on a waiting list. Therefore,
Mr. Speaker, how would life be different for Canadians had the pipeline to the Pacific that was approved by the Harper government been allowed to proceed? How long is the minimum it would take for that pipeline to be built?
Mr. Speaker, it is the typical giving with one hand and taking with the other. However, in this case, with the Liberals, it is take, take, take. They take money off the paycheques, they take money when we buy something and they take it no matter what we do. It is very difficult to save. Even on the money we are saving, they tax us.
Mr. Speaker, I would really like the budget if it came from Conservatives, because then there would not be the drawbacks and the little hidden costs that every consumer pays every time the Liberals put forth a program that is supposedly going to save them money.
Red Deer Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for. I am pleased to rise on behalf of my price-conscious constituents of the fall foliage-filled riding of Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke. The motion before us today simply asks that we recognize reality. Reality is that the Liberals have been in power 11 years. Reality indicates that we have an affordability crisis. Our Liberal
Mr. Speaker, I certainly agree with the member that seniors are the hardest hit. Seniors living in rural communities are even harder hit because they have to drive even to get groceries. Seniors who do not have a vehicle, if they have to take a car to the grocery store or to the doctor's office, or for anything that has to be done outside their home, have to take a taxi as we do not have buses.
Mr. Speaker, yesterday morning, I woke up and I thought there was an air raid going off. I heard sirens. I did not feel any bombs drop. I looked out the window and did not see any buildings on fire nearby. These sirens kept on going. This morning, I walked down Sparks Street on the way to West Block, and I heard these sirens again. It was members of the public service striking, and they had this
Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present a petition on behalf of my recently retired colleague, Larry Brock, signed by the great residents of Brantford—Brant South and people across western Ontario. The petitioners are raising the alarm over the planned expansion of medical assistance in dying, or MAID, to all Canadians diagnosed with any mental illness, starting on March 17, 2027. This June, the
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the speech my colleague gave on the headlines but no deadlines bill. He mentioned that the bill was called “building Canada”. We had that bill ourselves, as I recall, under Harper. Would he make the distinction between this new bill that they call “building Canada strong”, but is actually the headlines without deadlines bill, and the bill that we put in after 2008 that
defence minister Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise on behalf of the brave women and men serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. Last June, I asked theif the Liberal government would reverse its policy to slash the housing differential for CAF members by 72% while increasing the rent by 5%. The minister responded to my question about rent by claiming that applications to join the CAF are up, that
Mr. Speaker, let me just remind people what happened here. The Liberals took out a nine-year lease on a concrete slab and agreed to pay for 10 years. That back rent helped pay for the stock options exercised by one of the spaceport's shareholders. Liberal insiders are getting rich off insider trading while the brave women and men in the Canadian Armed Forces get rent hikes and black mould. As
C-39 Mr. Speaker, all I can say is thank God those projects got started before Billcame into force.
Mr. Speaker, it is going to take quite a while to make up for the damage the previous prime minister did. The problem is, we still have the same cast of characters here, and all it takes is another left-wing zealot to be in the position of environment minister and everything will shut down again.
Mr. Speaker, higher fuel prices are official Liberal Party policy. Higher diesel prices mean that everything that moves by truck, train or cargo ship costs more. Canadians are suffering due to Liberal inaction. They cannot feed their kids press releases. Just like with the carbon tax and the gas tax, the Liberals will not do anything for Canadians until the polls shift. Will the Liberals stop
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, so far on Pacific link, the Liberals have the memorandum of understanding, the agreement in principle, the implementation agreement, the Major Projects Office announcement and now this. How many more announcements does the member think thewill make about this pipeline connecting to the Pacific coast before pipe actually gets into the ground?
C-39 Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise on behalf of the enlightened constituents in the knowledge-producing riding of Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke to speak to Bill, a Liberal omnibus bill. This omnibus bill is over 250 pages and seeks to amend over a dozen acts of Parliament, yet Canadians do not need to read past division 1 in part 1 to find the core problem. This bill does not touch the