Gaétan Malette
- Born
- Timmins, Ontario
- Career
- Forestry executive; 45 years in the forestry and mining industries across Eastern Canada
- Political Experience
- Elected MP for Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk in 2025
- Notable
- Chair of the Timmins & District Hospital, the Timmins District Roman Catholic Separate School Board, and the Timmins Francophone Community Health Centre. Vice-chair of the Timmins Police Services Board, a director of Mattagami AKI, and a commissioner with the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. Director of the Canadian Lumber Manufacturing Association and chair of the Ontario Lumber Manufacturing Association.
Where Gaétan falls on key policy spectrums
Your Money
People & Society
How We're Governed
Land & Community
Total votes cast: 47,137
Madam Speaker, why do we need an inquiry? To keep it very simple, it is because of the attitude and the answers we are getting that nothing is wrong. That is why.
Mr. Speaker, today I am presenting a petition that will be circulated throughout northern Ontario, calling for Trans-Canada Highway 11 to be designated as a critical project of national interest to support the economic stability and security of all Canadians. I present this petition on behalf of Canadians living along Trans-Canada Highway 11 in order to designate it as a project of national [more]
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Madam Woodhouse-Nepinak, thank you very much for coming here. We talked earlier about all of these great projects that may be happening. Out of that, there are great opportunities. At this time, approximately 6% of indigenous people are working in the energy sector. In the future, how can we increase our indigenous workforce? What should we be doing? To me, this is [more]
Mr. Speaker, northern Ontario, once prosperous for young Canadians, has become the source of economic anxiety for over 60% of millennials. Chapleau, in my region, a logging, mining and rail town where young Canadians chased opportunity, now stands as an example of the affordability crisis facing our youth. Canada is now the only G7 economy moving backwards. When will the government let Canadians [more]