Marilyn Gladu
- Born
- 1962
- Career
- Professional engineer for Dow Chemical for 21 years, engineering manager and director of engineering at Suncor, consultant at WorleyParsons
- Political Experience
- Conservative Member of Parliament for Sarnia—Lambton since 2015
- Notable
- Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers and a Fellow of Engineers Canada in 2017. Named most collegial MP by Maclean's in 2016. Speaks French.
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Marilyn Gladu was a professional engineer with a 21-year career at Dow Chemical in Sarnia, where she held various senior positions, including the director of engineering. She later worked as a consultant for WorleyParsons. Her background is heavily rooted in the energy and chemical industries, which are major employers in her Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong riding.
Key Relationships & Connections
Within the Conservative Party of Canada, Marilyn Gladu has been associated with a group of MPs who formed a 'civil liberties caucus' during the COVID-19 pandemic to challenge vaccine mandates. This reportedly connected her with other caucus members like MP Leslyn Lewis, who shared similar views. She has served in various critic roles under different Conservative leaders, placing her within the party's shadow cabinet structure.
Public Controversies
Marilyn Gladu attracted significant media attention and criticism during the COVID-19 pandemic for her public statements on vaccines and mandates. In a 2021 television interview, she reportedly questioned the severity of COVID-19 by comparing its risk level to that of polio before the polio vaccine was introduced. These comments were criticized by medical experts and public health officials. She was also a prominent organizer of a group of Conservative MPs who publicly challenged federal vaccine mandates for workers and travellers, causing some internal division within her party at the time.
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Marilyn Gladu won with 40,597 votes (53.1%)
Total votes cast: 76,389
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C-38 Mr. Speaker, of course, our government is committed to reducing taxes for Canadians. We brought forward Billto take the tax off all fuel. I think, and hope, the member opposite would agree that it is very difficult to predict the situation globally in terms of the Strait of Hormuz and the various wars that are coming. Would he not agree that the prudent thing is to continue to monitor the
Mr. Speaker, the member gave a good speech. He is always very intelligent. As for the tax cut, it is hard to know what is going to happen in Iran with this crisis. We need to be responsible. We can cut taxes and continue to assess the situation. Does my colleague not agree that this is a responsible action?
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader for his passion for Canadian farmers and Canadian agriculture, and then I want to add to that. C-30 C-38 He has reiterated that our government is clearly willing to bring affordability measures to help Canadians at this crisis time. Twice, we have exempted the fuel tax, with Billand Bill. However, let us not
Mr. Speaker, I liked what the member opposite said at the beginning of her speech when she talked about how it would be good if we could work together in this place on things we have in common. Certainly, when it comes to diesel production and reducing the use of diesel in Canada, I think there are a number of strategies we could agree on, such as our electricity strategy, for example, to
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member opposite for her advocacy for the citizens of Long Range Mountains. C-38 As she may know, I worked in the refining business for decades. Although there have been some supply chain increases, on the whole, the price of fuel is, as she said, greatly impacted by global situations, which we do not have a lot of control over and are sometimes hard to
Thank you, Chair. I absolutely understand the merit of what Ms. Kwan is saying, but I think it's outside the scope of the bill, which is all about making sure that we make service providers that are affected by victim offences whole. That would be my comment.
Thank you, Chair. Welcome to our witnesses. Let's start with Kelly Tallon Franklin. I just want to thank you for your courage. You've helped human trafficking victims and survivors across the country and definitely in my riding, so thank you for that. You talked about the recommendations for the government, that they should recognize the specialized need for housing, establish the standards of
I move to adjourn.
Maybe she could turn off her camera.
Excellent. Thank you. Now I have a question for Ms. Hunter. I know the government has put forward renewed funding for the national action plan to prevent gender-based violence. It's $607.4 million. I believe your foundation endorsed that funding. Can you talk about how important it is to prevent the cycle of violence that's just exacerbating the lack of housing and shelter space?
Mr. Speaker, Canadians and Canadian businesses are navigating the challenges created by this era of global volatility, economic uncertainty and unjust trade tensions. Our government has a plan to harness this moment to bolster the Canadian economy by driving growth, attracting investment and increasing our economic competitiveness, all while supporting our Canadian businesses. Prime Minister
Absolutely. Mr. Giroux.
That's excellent. Just quickly, from a diversity perspective.... You spoke of how the checkboxes work. You spoke of how we need to have a diversity of experience in different areas of the law. Are there any guidelines for the advisory councils to use to make sure that we do have a balanced Supreme Court?
Thank you, Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for being here today. I think that you have a very robust process that is independent and as transparent as it can be. You've definitely brought forward an exceptional candidate, so congratulations to you on that. One thing I want to talk about is with respect to the process. Ms. McTeer, you spoke of time constraints. I see that the application
That's excellent. I heard a concern from Saskatchewan that they haven't had a Supreme Court justice in, I think, 53 years. Were they open for these applications in the west?