Cheryl Gallant

Voting Yea means supporting a statutory increase in GST/HST credit amounts and the creation of deemed-payment mechanisms to deliver larger and periodic GSTC transfers to eligible low- and modest-income individuals and families (including shared-custody parent adjustments).

Voting Yea means supporting increased federal spending/transfers to provide targeted cost-of-living relief through larger and advance GSTC payments, accepting the fiscal cost to deliver near-term support.

Support government spending package for 2026

Voting Nay means opposing enactment of the supplementary appropriations, which would block or delay the specific expenditures in the Supplementary Estimates (A).

Voting Yea means supporting legal protection for Canada's supply management import controls — preventing increases in tariff rate quotas or reductions in over‑quota tariffs for dairy, poultry and eggs to preserve domestic producer protection.

Voting Nay means rejecting the specific allocations and conditional authorities in the Supplementary Estimates (B), which would block those spending priorities and could disrupt departmental programs listed in the schedules.

Oppose government spending package for 2024

Support clarifying appropriation and funding mechanics for the Commission

Support transitional arrangements to transfer staff and functions smoothly

Voting Nay opposes new or ongoing federal expenditures created by the Act, or prefers those functions to be funded differently or not legislated.

Voting Nay opposes privileging union participation or legislative support for union-centric definitions of decent work.

Voting Nay opposes legislating specific job-creation planning or believes job creation should be left to market forces or other policy instruments.

Voting Nay opposes statutorily mandating worker protection measures tied to climate policy or finds the measures excessive/ineffective.

Voting Nay means opposing tariff/customs changes required by the FTA, possibly to avoid reducing protection for domestic producers or changing tariff revenue structures.

Voting Nay means opposing the appropriation or payment of those operating costs, objecting to additional federal spending tied to the Agreement.

Voting Yea means supporting a temporary tax incentive to encourage construction of purpose-built rental housing by enhancing the GST rebate, with the aim of increasing rental supply and improving housing affordability.

Voting Yea means supporting a package of fiscal and regulatory actions intended to reduce household costs by stimulating rental supply and curbing anti-competitive/excessive pricing in essential markets.

Voting Yea means supporting stronger competition enforcement tools to prevent excessive and unfair selling prices, intended to protect consumers and address affordability pressures in essential markets (e.g., groceries).

Oppose CRA administrative appropriations included in this bill.

Oppose these appropriations to ACOA for operating and grant programs.

Oppose the ESDC funding allocations included in this appropriation Act.

Voting Nay means opposing the approval of these supplementary appropriations, which would block the government from legally drawing on the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the specified additional expenditures in 2023–24.

Voting Nay means opposing the targeted additional spending for CMHC reimbursements and related housing program expenditures included in this appropriation.

Voting Yea means supporting the federal prioritization of ongoing public spending to create and sustain a Canada-wide early learning and child care system and the use of federal funds to achieve accessibility, affordability and quality targets.

Voting Yea means supporting federal policy that prioritizes improving labor conditions, recruitment and retention in the early childhood education workforce as part of child care reform.

Oppose government spending package for 2023

Supports central oversight by Treasury Board for official-languages policy and compliance

Supports public reporting and employee information on language compliance

Supports statutory language protections for employees and consumers in federally regulated private businesses

Supports establishing complaint and referral mechanisms for workplace language rights

Supports statutory protections for workers who exercise language rights and measures to foster French

Oppose government spending package for 2024

Voting Yea means supporting a targeted income tax deduction that reduces taxable income for mobile trades workers required to pay their own travel costs, increasing their after-tax income and treating these travel costs as business-related deductions.

Voting Yea means supporting a policy that protects mobile workers financially by offsetting travel costs through the tax system, improving equity for tradespersons required to travel long distances for work.

Voting Yea means supporting measures to protect firefighters as workers — improved prevention, recognition of occupational cancers, standards review, screening and support for worker health.

Voting Yea means supporting the accompanying tax-law changes needed to integrate the Canada disability benefit into the federal tax and transfer framework.

Voting Yea means supporting the creation of a new federal spending program to reduce poverty among working-age persons with disabilities and backing federal prioritization of income supports and related administrative arrangements.

Voting Nay means opposing state-mediated resolution of platform-news commercial disputes, arguing it could distort markets, overstep regulatory roles, or provoke retaliatory platform measures (e.g., delisting content).

Voting Nay means opposing legislated bargaining/arbitration between platforms and news businesses on grounds that it may interfere with private commercial arrangements, impose regulatory burdens, risk content restrictions or have unintended effects on platform services and freedom of expression.

Oppose increased administrative and reporting burdens on trusts

Oppose a targeted one-time tax on large financial institutions

Oppose providing a new large tax credit for mineral exploration

Oppose recharacterizing short-term housing gains, favoring current capital gains treatment

Oppose creating a new tax-preferred savings account for home purchases

Oppose authorizing requisitions from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for this purpose

Oppose interest suspension due to fiscal cost or moral hazard concerns

Voting Nay means opposing the additional appropriations as presented, potentially signaling disagreement with the spending priorities, amounts, or the use of Supplementary Estimates to authorize these payments.

Voting Nay means opposing federal-mandated coordination aimed at job creation tied to the green transition in Prairie regions.

Voting Yea means supporting stronger legal protection for pension plan beneficiaries and retirees by prioritizing payment of unfunded pension liabilities and requiring transparency on plan solvency; it favors shifting some financial risks back onto employers/insolvency estates and increasing oversight of pension funding.

Voting Nay means opposing the associated tax-law amendments—potentially due to objections to the underlying benefits, concerns about fiscal or administrative implications, or disagreement with how the tax code is being adjusted.

Voting Nay means opposing this targeted federal relief—possibly due to concerns about fiscal cost, effectiveness, targeting accuracy, or preferring longer-term housing policy solutions.

Voting Yea means supporting a targeted cash-transfer-style response to ease immediate cost-of-living pressures for vulnerable households.

Voting Nay means opposing the specific amendments due to concerns about unintended impacts on production, administrative complexity, or potential negative effects on employers/platforms and content investment.

Oppose government spending package for 2022

Oppose funding the Administrative Tribunals Support Service or its recoverable CPP/EI-related expenditures for 2022–23

Oppose expanding the travel deduction; prefer existing limits or alternative support mechanisms

Oppose targeted refundable returns of fuel charge proceeds to farmers; prefer broad carbon pricing or other supports

Oppose creating a refundable ventilation tax credit and additional fiscal outlays for businesses

Oppose limiting recovery timeframes for CEBA amounts; prefer retaining longer recovery rights

Oppose capping EI weeks for seasonal workers; prefer preserving current benefit durations or more generous support

Voting Nay means opposing these specific allocations and the prioritization of funding to the listed agencies and purposes in the Supplementary Estimates (C).

Oppose extending the federal wage subsidy program beyond its prior expiry.

Oppose allowing extension of subsidy programs by regulation; prefer legislative changes only.

Oppose mandating this specific audit if seen as duplicative or politically motivated.

Oppose the budgetary amendment if it improperly authorizes spending or lacks oversight.

Oppose expanding leave entitlements that may impose additional burdens on federally regulated employers.

Oppose establishing a new federal lockdown benefit program.

Voting Nay means opposing the authorization of these supplementary appropriations — expressing fiscal restraint, demanding different spending priorities, or requesting further oversight/accountability before funding is approved.