Speaker letter w committee Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

Committee speaker index

Watson, J. (LIB, Ottawa West–Nepean)
- Aboriginal communities
  - housing, E-875, E-976, E-987
- Apartments/apartment buildings
  - sub-metering, E-969
- Association of Municipalities of Ontario
  - memorandum of understanding with provincial government, E-875, E-889–E-890, E-897, E-932
- Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196), E-876
- Boundary adjustment
  - Barrie and Innisfil, E-927, E-934
- Boundary disputes
  - Barrie and Innisfil
    - compensation for Innisfil, E-882–E-883
- Brownfield sites
  - development, E-876
  - redevelopment, E-918–E-919
- Budget, E-961
- Budget deficit, E-991
- Building code energy advisory council, E-958–E-959, E-994
- Building codes, E-876, E-896, E-924, E-951–E-952
  - energy conservation requirements, E-993–E-994
- La Cité Collégiate
  - Research and Training Centre in the construction trades, E-924
- City of Toronto Act, S.O. 2006, c.11, Sched. A
  - review, E-962
- Co-operative housing
  - government funding, E-988
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
    - trades training centre, E-924
- Doctors, E-977
  - recruitment in underserviced areas, E-936
- Elections/by-elections
  - St. Paul's, E-983
- Emergency management
  - pandemic planning, E-953
- Employment creation, E-889, E-897
- Energy conservation, E-958
- Family health teams, E-978
- Farmers' markets, E-950
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - Canada-Ontario affordable housing program, E-876–E-877, E-882, E-896, E-913–E-914, E-942, E-946–E-947, E-966–E-967, E-970, E-976–E-977, E-982, E-987–E-989, E-991
- Fire sprinklers
  - multi-residential buildings, E-951
- Firefighters
  - volunteer firefighters
    - inclusive in presumptive legislation, E-952
- Floods
  - Hamilton, E-955
- French-language debates
  - Ministère des Affaires municipales et du Logement, E-873–E-878
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - rent increases, E-993
  - NDP (1990-1995)
    - rent increases, E-993
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - rent increases, E-993
- Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
  - return to provincial jurisdiction, E-887–E-888, E-890, E-895, E-916–E-917, E-960–E-961
    - court security, E-887–E-888
    - Ontario disability support program (ODSP), E-887
    - Ontario drug benefit program (ODB), E-887
    - prisoner transportation costs, E-887–E-888
- Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c.12, Sched. A, E-958
- Greenbelt Act, S.O. 2005, c.1, E-949
- Greenbelt Council, E-875
- Greenbelt plan, E-875, E-949–E-951
  - awards, E-950
  - leapfrog development
    - Ottawa, E-950
- Growth plan, E-875–E-876, E-950
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on apartment rent, E-983
  - impact on housing industry, E-879–E-880
  - public service bodies rebate, E-878–E-879, E-889–E-890
- Home energy audits, E-960
- Home Ownership Alternatives Non-Profit Corp., E-922–E-923
- Homeless persons, E-986, E-992
- Housing, E-873, E-895, E-942, E-987
  - affordable, E-876–E-878, E-880, E-888, E-895–E-897, E-913–E-914, E-942, E-947, E-968–E-969, E-982, E-988–E-989
    - energy-efficient, E-923
    - government funding, E-924, E-946–E-947
    - inclusionary zoning, E-975
    - Jane-Finch, E-937
    - Sarnia–Lambton, E-897
    - wait lists, E-947
  - delivery of service, E-984
  - government funding, E-948–E-949, E-980
    - London, E-933
  - overcrowded conditions, E-948
  - public consultation, E-971–E-972, E-983
  - substandard housing, E-947
  - supply deficit, E-947
- Housing construction
  - employment creation, E-882
  - rental and supportive housing units, E-880
- Infrastructure Ontario
  - loan program, E-877, E-970
  - Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative (MIII), E-888
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35), E-898–E-899, E-954
- Lake Simcoe
  - environmental protection, E-969
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99), E-927
- Land development
  - Bis Bay Point Resort, E-901
- Land use planning, E-875–E-876
  - local appeal body, E-980
- Landlord and tenant
  - fast-track eviction process for tenants, E-972, E-990
  - landlord licensing, E-982
  - landlords' protection
    - fair interest rates on rent deposits, E-981
  - tenants' eviction, E-877, E-981, E-990, E-992
  - tenants' protection
    - costs no longer borne, E-981
    - protection from rent increases when there are outstanding maintenance issues, E-981, E-992
- Landlord and Tenant Board, E-992–E-993
  - maintenance/work order, E-982
  - telephone hearings, E-930
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, E-899
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, E-923, E-960
- Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
  - Lewis, Bryan (councillor, Halton Hills), E-972
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Eisenberger, Fred (mayor, Hamilton), E-955
  - Hancock, Mike (mayor, Brantford), E-919
- Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
  - Northern Ontario Business, E-958
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Innisfil Examiner, E-934
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Carr, Gary (Halton regional chair), E-877
  - Crowe, Cathy (co-founder, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee), E-987
  - Dupuis, Stephen (president, Building Industry and Land Development Association), E-958
  - Hume, Peter (president, Association of Municipalities of Ontario), E-980
  - Lawson, Hugh (president, Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association), E-980
  - Poirier, Jo-Anne (chief executive officer, Ottawa Community Housing Corp.), E-980
  - Ruch, Terry (Barrie Equine Clinic), E-934
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - Munro, Julia (York–Simcoe), E-934
- Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
  - energy rate affordability program, E-902
- Ministry of Finance
  - community reinvestment fund, E-890
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - underserviced area program, E-978
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  - employees, E-990–E-991
  - expenditures, E-873, E-991
  - long-term affordable housing strategy, E-880–882, E-895, E-933, E-942, E-947–E-949, E-965–E-967
    - public consultation, E-881, E-942, E-965
  - Ontario disaster relief assistance program (ODRAP), E-874, E-953, E-955
  - procurement practices, E-874
  - provincial rent bank program, E-877, E-938–E-939, E-966, E-970, E-992
  - rent supplement program, E-880, E-895, E-967–E-968
  - rental opportunity for Ontario families (ROOF), E-880, E-895, E-949
  - roads and bridges program, E-926
  - rural infrastructure program, E-926
  - special assistance grant, E-890
- Municipal bylaws
  - prohibiting any taxi or limousine not licensed by Toronto from conducting business within municipal boundaries, E-884
- Municipal development charges, E-985
- Municipal Elections Act, S.O. 1996, c.32, Sched., E-928
  - review, E-961–E-962
- Municipal elections/by-elections
  - donations, E-928–E-929
  - Vaughan, E-927–E-928
    - audit, E-919–E-920
- Municipal government
  - employees, E-990
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, E-874, E-914–E-915, E-952, E-970, E-991
  - green energy infrastructure, E-959
- Municipal integrity commissioner, E-921, E-974
- Municipalities
  - government funding, E-898–E-899, E-961
  - powers, E-875
- Niagara region, E-971
- Northern Ontario, E-891
- OC Transpo
  - hybrid buses, E-960
- Ombudsman of Ontario, E-974
- One Change
  - free fire gauges, E-960
  - Project Porchlight, E-960
- Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services
  - FIMUR assisted homeownership program, E-987
- Ontario Building Code, E-958
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), E-891, E-994–E-995
  - board chair, E-979
  - cases, E-980
- Ontario Works program benefits
  - shelter allowance, E-993
- Ottawa
  - employment, E-941
  - government funding, E-931–E-932
  - junction between Highway 417 and Regional Road 174 (split), E-940–E-941
  - Kettle Island bridge, E-940
  - open meetings, E-940
  - transit systems, E-941
- Persons with disabilities
  - barrier-free access
    - accessibility standards, E-945
- Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198), E-975
- Poverty reduction strategy, E-877–E-878, E-895
- Property tax bills
  - social services on the property tax bill, E-887
- Provincial-municipal-aboriginal relations
  - consultation, E-875
- Provincial-municipal partnerships
  - provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, E-874, E-887–E-888, E-896, E-898
- Public housing
  - Lawrence Heights, E-970
  - Regent Park, E-936–E-938, E-969
- Recreation facilities
  - federal and provincial government funding, E-973–E-974
- Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RInC) program, E-973
- Rent increases, E-877
  - rent increase guideline, E-981
  - rent reduction if utility costs go down, E-877
- Rental housing
  - smart meters, E-901–E-902
- Reports
  - Funding City Politics: Municipal Campaign Funding and Property Development in the Greater Toronto Area (Robert McDermid), E-928
  - Provincial-Municipal Fiscal and Service Delivery Review (Facing the Future Together), E-874
  - Simcoe Area: A Strategic Vision for Growth, E-887
- Residential Tenancies Act, S.O. 2006, c.17, E-902, E-981
- School boards
  - appointment of supervisor, E-920
- Senior citizens
  - housing
    - seniors-only building, E-972
  - housing subsidy, E-972
- Simcoe
  - growth plan, E-935
- Smoke-Free Ontario Act, S.O. 1994, c.10, E-949
- Social housing, E-888
  - energy efficient, E-960
  - repair, E-877, E-933, E-966
- Social Housing Reform Act, S.O. 2000, c.27, E-988
- Social services, E-918
- Strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), E-994
- Team Ottawa–Orléans, E-940–E-941
- Toromont Industries Ltd., E-893
- Toronto
  - affordable housing
    - government funding, E-932
  - property standards work orders, E-982
- Transfer payments
  - Ontario municipal partnership fund (OMPF), E-890, E-916, E-954, E-978–E-979
- Transit systems
  - gasoline tax funding, E-925–E-926
  - government funding, E-962–E-963
  - light railway transit
    - Ottawa, E-983–E-984
- Vaughan
  - financial information, E-920–E-921, E-928
- Vaughan council
  - expenditures of members of council, E-920–E-921
- Voters' list, E-961–E-962
- Websites
  - ontario.ca/housing, E-923
Wilkinson, Hon. J. (LIB, Perth–Wellington)
- Bakeries
  - St. John's Bakery, E-331
- Biotechnology industries, E-321
- Cancer, E-284
- Cancer research
  - government funding, E-334
- Conferences/seminars/symposiums
  - BIO International Convention 2008, E-292, E-313
- Corporate tax reduction, E-296
  - 10-year corporate tax holiday (commercialization activities), E-296–E-297
- Eastern Lake Ontario Research and Innovation Network, E-331
- Economic conditions, E-282
- Education funding
  - business management education, E-326
- Energy
  - renewable energy
    - Menova Energy Inc., E-323
    - solar, E-332–E-333
- Green technology industry, E-333–E-335
  - GreenCore Composites Inc., E-328
  - Menova Energy Inc., E-323, E-330, E-333
  - 6N Silicon Inc., E-330
  - Stemergy Inc., E-330
- Manufacturing industry
  - tax credit, E-309–E-310
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Eeuwes, Bill (vice-president, Manulife Capital), E-320
  - Kennedy, John F. (former American president), E-290
  - Nixon, Gord (president and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada), E-320
  - Renaud, Paul (CEO, OMERS Capital Partners), E-320
  - Simoneau, Jacques (executive vice-president of investments, Business Development Bank of Canada), E-320
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, E-291, E-323–E-324
    - biopharmaceutical investment program, E-301–E-304, E-321–E-322
- Ministry of Research and Innovation
  - Business Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program (BMEP), E-285
  - coordination of new technology investments with other ministries, E-335–E-336
  - Early Researcher Award program (ERA), E-294
  - employees earning over $100,000, E-289
  - estimates (2008-2009), E-281, E-309–E-339
  - Innovation Demonstration Fund (IDF), E-323–E-324, E-328
  - Market Readiness Program
    - grant to Atreo Medical Inc., E-293
  - Ontario Commercialization Network, E-325–E-326
  - Ontario innovation agenda, E-282–E-286
  - Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund (ORDCF), E-316–E-318
  - Ontario Research Fund (ORF), E-312, E-316
  - Ontario venture capital fund, E-291–E-292, E-318–E-320
  - social venture capital fund, E-327–E-328
  - Youth Science and Technology Outreach Program, E-305
- Ontario biocar initiative, E-316
- Ontario Centres of Excellence, E-331–E-332
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, E-284
- Ontario Research and Innovation Council, E-287, E-328–E-329
- Pharmaceutical industry
  - Sanofi Pasteur, E-299–E-301
- Plasco Energy Group, E-328
- Research and innovation, E-281–E-286, E-305, E-332–E-333
  - barriers, E-288
  - global competitiveness, E-314–E-315
  - government funding, E-310–E-312
  - marketing, E-297–E-298
  - private sector funding, E-291
  - taxation, E-313–E-314
- Tax credits
  - Scientific Research Experimental Development (SRED) Tax Incentive program, E-295, E-313–E-314
- Universities/colleges
  - University of Western Ontario
    - Biotron Project (experimental climate change research facility), E-317
- Verdant Power, E-323, E-330
- Woodbridge Group, E-328
Wilson, J. (PC, Simcoe–Grey)
- Advisory Panel on Canada's System of International Taxation, E-813
- Annual reports
  - Ombudsman of Ontario Annual Report (2007-2008), A-652
- Appointments to agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - Board of Funeral Services, A-666
  - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, A-651–A-652
  - Metrolinx, A-668–A-669, A-672, A-676–A-677, A-681, A-683, A-703–A-706
  - Ontario Review Board, A-662
- Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90), G-101, G-108, G-110, G-115, G-123–G-124, G-128, G-131–G-133, G-135–G-137
  - amendments, G-140–G-145, G-147–G-148, G-153
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - collective bargaining
    - inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, G-123, G-136
    - modification of bargaining units, G-115, G-128, G-131
  - government funding, G-132–G-133
  - strikes
    - use of replacement workers, G-142
- Committee business
  - subcommittee reports, A-348
- eHealth Ontario
  - consultants, E-809
  - expenditures, E-809–E-810
- Funeral services
  - cost, A-666
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on transit systems, A-672
- Highway tolls, A-669
- Income Tax Act, 1985
  - section 116, E-813
- Labour-sponsored investment funds, E-825
- Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
  - Aslani, Ava (constituent, Simcoe–Grey), E-586
  - Cridland, Stacy (constituent, Simcoe–Grey), E-587
  - Veraty, Cassandra (constituent, Simcoe–Grey), E-586
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Ellis, Kelly (constituent, Collingwood), E-594
  - Smith, Gregory (president, Canada's Venture Capital and Private Equity Association), E-811–E-813
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - National Post (Toronto), E-855
- Members/ministers quoting weblogs
  - Williams, Suzanne Dingwall (founding partner, Venture Law Associates LLP), E-825
- Metrolinx, A-668, A-677, A-683
  - capital projects, A-672
- Ministry of Research and Innovation
  - consultants, E-810
  - contracts, E-858
  - Emerging Technologies Fund, E-825–E-826
  - expenditures, E-810
    - Strategic Counsel, E-811
    - Sutton Place Hotel, E-811
  - Ontario venture capital fund, E-824
  - polling, E-811
  - programs, E-856
  - projects
    - employment creation, E-856, E-858
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - estimates (2008-2009), E-586–E-587
- Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC)
  - contracts, E-810
- Ontario Centres of Excellence
  - debentures, E-811
  - expenditures
    - consultants, E-811
  - subject to freedom of information, E-811
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - contracts, E-810
- Ontario Review Board
  - annual review of persons not found to be criminally responsible due to mental disorder, A-662
- Regional transportation plan (The Big Move), A-669
- Taxable Canadian property, E-813
- Traffic congestion, A-669
- Transit systems
  - GO Transit
    - Georgetown south service expansion
      - electrification of rail lines, A-672
    - Tottenham, A-681, A-706
  - Presto card, A-668–A-669
- Venture capital, E-811–E-812, E-826
- Victims of crime
  - compensation, A-652
Witmer, E. (PC, Kitchener–Waterloo)
- Bullying, SP-858
- Cancer care
  - expansion of chemotherapy into community hospitals, E-207
- Chronic disease management, E-229
- Committee business
  - subcommittee reports, M-34–M-35
- Committee procedure
  - report writing
    - dissenting report on review of provisional standing orders, M-79
- Committee process
  - review of provisional standing orders, M-84–M-85
- Community care access centres (CCACs), E-1031
- Coronary heart disease
  - prevention, E-229
- Doctors
  - foreign-trained
    - certification, E-215–E-216
- Graduation (statistics), SP-890
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on home care, E-1031–E-1032
  - impact on long-term-care facilities, E-1039
- Health care, E-1038
  - electronic health care
    - government funding, E-217
- Health human resources planning, E-216–E-217
- Home care, E-1031–E-1032
- Hospital beds
  - long-term-care beds, E-187–E-188, E-195–E-196, E-1039
    - government funding, E-224–E-225
- Hospital budget deficits, E-184–E-185
- Hospital funding
  - government funding, E-168–E-170, E-225
- Hospital services
  - emergency
    - wait times, E-1030
- Hospitals
  - accountability agreements, E-168
  - creation of fiscal advisory committee, E-171, E-177
- Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97), E-215–E-216, SP-384–SP-385, SP-388, SP-396, SP-398–SP-399, SP-401–SP-402
- Legislative procedure
  - reform
    - deferred votes, M-65, M-73
    - family-friendly reforms, M-34–M-35, M-42, M-47–M-49, M-58, M-75
      - impact on legislative staff, M-54
      - oral questions, M-64–M-66, M-69–M-70
      - private members' public business, M-65–M-66, M-76–M-77
    - introduction of visitors, M-66–M-67
- Legislative schedule/agenda
  - reform, M-65, M-67–M-68, M-72–M-73
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - board members
    - expenditures, E-1031
  - chair, E-1030–E-1031
  - contracts, E-1030
  - role in bidding process for health care services, E-225
- Long-term-care facilities
  - aggressive/violent behaviour guidelines, E-186
  - government funding, E-1038–E-1040
    - incontinence products, E-198
    - personal support workers, E-196–E-198, E-230
  - nurses, E-1039
    - government funding, E-197–E-198
  - personal support workers, E-1039
  - wait lists
    - London, E-187
- Long-Term Care Homes Act, S.O. 2007, c.8, E-1039–E-1040
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  - government funding for additional machines, E-207–E-208
  - wait times
    - Central East LHIN, E-223
- Ministry of Education
  - consultation with trustee organizations regarding regulations, SP-919–SP-920
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - aging-at-home strategy, E-1030
  - employees' whistle-blowing protection, E-1038
  - estimates (2008-2009), E-168–E-171, E-177–E-180, E-184–E-188, E-195–E-198, E-207, E-223–E-226, E-229
  - internal audits, E-1030
  - nursing graduate guarantee, E-229
  - polling and focus groups, E-1030
  - 10-year strategic plan, E-178–E-179
- Motions
  - review of provisional standing orders
    - responded to, M-72–M-79
- Naturopathic doctors
  - prescribing of drugs, SP-745
- Nurse practitioners
  - ordering diagnostic tests, SP-828
  - prescribing of drugs, SP-747
- Nurses
  - hiring
    - government funding, E-230
  - shortage, E-229
- Nursing care, E-1031
- Ontario drug benefit program (ODB), E-1040
- Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
  - inclusion of positron emission tomography (PET) as insured service, E-209
  - out-of-country coverage, E-208
- Ontario health premium, E-169–E-170
- Pharmacists
  - renewing prescriptions, SP-817
- Public Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.40, E-171, E-177
- Regulated health profession colleges
  - appointment of supervisor, SP-773, SP-840–SP-842
  - financial audit, SP-843
- Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141), SP-514–SP-515, SP-520–SP-521
  - amendments, SP-523
- Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179), SP-745, SP-747, SP-763, SP-768, SP-773, SP-817
  - amendments, SP-828, SP-840–SP-843
- Reports
  - Prevention and Control of Hospital-acquired Infections (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), P-200–P-202, P-209–P-211
  - Realizing the Potential of Home Care: Competing for Excellence by Rewarding Results (Elinor Caplan, 2005), E-224
- School board trustees
  - code of conduct
    - breach of code, SP-933
  - duties, SP-928–SP-930, SP-933
  - role, SP-901
  - Toronto Catholic District School Board, SP-914
- School boards, SP-856
  - appointment of supervisor, SP-882
  - closed meetings, SP-934
  - parent trustees, SP-885
- School closures, SP-875
- School safety, SP-869
- Schools
  - co-instructional activities, SP-919
- Social workers
  - doctoral degrees, SP-763
- Sonographers
  - education and training, SP-768
- Student achievement, SP-859, SP-880, SP-901
  - responsibility of Minister of Education, SP-923–SP-924
  - responsibility of school boards, SP-924
- Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177), SP-856, SP-858–SP-859, SP-869, SP-875, SP-880, SP-882, SP-885, SP-890, SP-901, SP-914
  - amendments, SP-919–SP-920, SP-923–SP-924, SP-928–SP-930, SP-933–SP-935
- Urgent care centres, E-1030