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Cheryl Gallant (born May 23, 1960 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian politician.

Gallant is currently a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of RenfrewNipissingPembroke since 2000. She was also a member of the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2003. Gallant is a former office manager. She is a former Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition and the Canadian Alliance Deputy House Leader. She has also served as opposition critic of Canadian Heritage, Amateur Sport, and the National Capital Commission, and she is the current critic of Science Research and Development, the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, and of Small Business. In 2004 she was voted as the ideal Conservative leader by staffers of the Liberal and NDP parties.

Gallant has occasionally made controversial remarks which has drawn the ire of opponents. In 2002, she was accused of making anti- gay remarks to then Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill GrahamWilliam C. Graham ( March 17, 1939- ) is Canada's current Minister of National Defence. Personal life Graham grew up in Montreal and Vancouver. He attended Upper Canada College, Trinity College, Toronto. the University of Toronto and the University of Par when during an heated exchange she kept interrupting "Ask your boyfriend" or "How's your boyfriend?" (Graham's sexuality has been occasionally the target of rumours in Frank MagazineFrank Magazine is a noted Canadian scandal sheet and satirical magazine. The original Frank was published in Halifax, Nova Scotia in November, 1987 focusing on the private lives of the rich and famous in the Maritimes. It later expanded and now puts out a, but he is married with children.) Gallant later apologized. [1]

During the 2004 Canadian election a small controversy erupted when Gallant compared abortionAbortion in its most common usage, refers to the destruction of an embryo and its removal from the uterus. Medically, the term also refers to the early termination of a pregnancy by natural causes ("spontaneous abortion" or miscarriage, which ends one in to the beheading of Nick BergOctober 2003 Nicholas Evan Berg ( April 2, 1978 May 2004) was an American businessman seeking telecommunications work in Iraq during the U. led occupation of Iraq. He was captured and beheaded in May 2004. Islamic militants have been accused of killing Be. The Conservative Party then announced that she was suffering from laryngitisLaryngitis is a hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the vocal folds (vocal cords). Laryngitis is often caused by a virus or by bacteria. Other causes include smoking, various allergies, and straining the voice through s and after this she did not make any more remarks.