Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Letter: P

• Pang, B. (PC, Markham–Unionville)

  • Appointments to agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, A272
    • Fire Safety Commission, A250, A255–A256
    • Guelph Police Services Board, A231
    • Human Resources Professionals Association, A222
    • Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, A249
    • Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario), A219–A220
    • Ontario Parole Board, A259
    • process, A219
    • Species at Risk Program Advisory Committee, A238
    • University of Guelph, board of governors, A235
  • Business - COVID-19
    • grocery stores
      • general remarks, F2394
  • Class proceedings - reform of
    • certification, JP403–JP404
  • Committee procedure
    • intended appointees
      • certificate extension, A226, A242
  • COVID-19
    • testing process, A219
  • COVID-19 - provincial reopening
    • stage III, F2381
  • COVID-19 study - small and medium enterprises, F2381–F2382, F2394–F2395, F2453–F2454
  • Fitness centres and gyms
    • and COVID-19, F2394–F2395
  • Health care system - reform
    • Digital First for Health Strategy
      • role of technology startups, F2453
  • Hospital administration
    • procurement
      • health technologies, F2453
  • Innovation and technology industry
    • government procurement
      • local preference policies, F2453
  • Innovation and technology industry - COVID-19
    • e-commerce, impact on, F2381
  • Lawyers
    • professional misconduct
      • penalties, JP372
  • Legal aid services
    • community clinics, definition and role of, JP388
  • Main Street Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 215), F2973–F2974
  • Manufacturing industry - COVID-19
    • promotional campaigns
      • Ontario Made program, F2381–F2382, F2453
  • Occupational health and safety
    • fatalities, A222
    • inspections
      • number and frequency, A222
  • Occupiers' Liability Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 118), T88–T89, T111
  • 1549408 Ontario Inc. Act, 2019 (Bill Pr19), T31
  • Paralegals
    • professional misconduct
      • penalties, JP372
  • Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie), 2019 (Bill 6)
    • clause-by-clause, T32
  • Police services reform
    • general remarks, A231
  • Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures) 2020 (Bill 229), F3017
  • Sewage and wastewater management
    • infrastructure projects, F2382
  • Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020 (Bill 161), JP372, JP388, JP403–JP404
  • Snow removal industry
    • liability insurance
      • cost of, T111
      • eligibility criteria, T89
      • rate increase, T88
  • University of Guelph
    • policy development process, A235
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
    • Supporting Ontario's Safe Employers program, A222

• Park, L. (PC, Durham)

  • Aggregate sites
    • licences and permits
      • appeal process, JP151
  • Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
    • as regulator
      • private cannabis retail market, SP30
  • Budget deficit
    • general remarks, FT103
  • Cannabis consumption - location restrictions
    • via municipal bylaw, SP89–SP91
  • Cannabis consumption - youth
    • access to, prevention, SP30, SP43
  • Cannabis production
    • in-home
      • ban on, in other provinces, SP49
      • impact on property values, SP49
  • Cannabis - public education
    • content
      • workplaces, SP14
  • Cannabis - regulatory framework
    • mandatory review, SP86–SP87
    • regulations, deferred drafting of, SP7, SP26
  • Cannabis retail
    • market competition
      • general remarks, SP43
      • impact on illicit market, SP7, SP26
      • promotion of, SP7, SP26
    • marketing and display, SP59
    • recreational, limits on, SP92
  • Cannabis retail - sale to youth, prevention
    • in other jurisdictions, SP30
    • in private vs. public model, SP43, SP52
  • Cannabis retailers
    • oversight by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), SP30
    • staff training, SP11
  • Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 36), SP7, SP11, SP14, SP26, SP30, SP32–SP34, SP39–SP40, SP43–SP44, SP49, SP52, SP57–SP59, SP66–SP67, SP72, SP83
    • amendments, SP86–SP87, SP89–SP92, SP94
  • Child care
    • government funding
      • provincial share, E135–E136
    • government strategy, E134
  • Child care spaces
    • new
      • Durham, E135
      • funding model, E135
  • Civil liability - COVID-19
    • contractual standard, JP672, JP677–JP678
  • Civil liability exemptions - COVID-19
    • application
      • Crown liability, JP673, JP679
      • general remarks, JP679
      • nonprofits and charities, JP627
      • youth and amateur sport, JP645–JP646
  • Class proceedings - reform of
    • certification, JP408, JP513–JP514, JP516
    • and crown liability, JP520–JP521
    • cy-près awards, JP377
    • general remarks, JP376, JP501
  • Committee procedure
    • recorded votes
      • by telephone, JP610
  • Committee process
    • remote meetings during COVID-19, JP604–JP605
  • Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 (Bill 68), JP5–JP6, JP8, JP15, JP20–JP21
    • amendments, JP50–JP53, JP58, JP61–JP62, JP72, JP74–JP76, JP80, JP83, JP89
  • COVID-19
    • public gatherings
      • restrictions on
        • enforcement, EM30, EM34
  • Electoral process
    • ranked ballot system
      • implementation cost, JP684, JP689
  • Electricity rates
    • global adjustment charge
      • refinancing of, FT59, FT190
  • Emergency management - emergency orders
    • enforcement, EM16
  • Emergency orders review, EM16, EM30, EM34
  • Family law reform
    • alignment with federal legislation, JP562
    • appeals process
      • child protection cases, JP587–JP588
  • Family law reform - alternative dispute resolution
    • dispute resolution officer program, JP581
  • French-language debates
    • Projet de loi 161, Loi de 2020 pour un système judiciaire plus efficace et plus solide, JP506–JP507
  • GO Transit
    • on-board service, E219
    • service expansion
      • Lakeshore East line, E218–E219
    • TTC transfer points, E192–E193
  • GO Transit - infrastructure expansion
    • to Bowmanville, E218–E219
  • Highway tolls, E219
  • Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
    • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan, role in, FT150–FT151
  • Law firms
    • regulation of, JP373
  • Legal Aid Ontario
    • mandate of, JP526, JP529, JP532–JP534
  • Legal aid services
    • community clinics, definition and role of, JP388
    • delivery model, reform of
      • general remarks, JP371, JP374
      • impact on vulnerable populations, JP494, JP530
    • delivery model, service selection, JP368, JP371
    • french-language, JP534
    • indigenous legal services organizations, JP532–JP533
    • and legal education, JP495
  • Light Rail Transit (LRT)
    • Eglinton West extension, E191–E194
    • weather resistance, E193
  • Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
    • staff training, SP11
  • Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT)
    • appeal process reform
      • general remarks, JP151
  • Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19
    • legal cases, JP407
  • Ministry of Education
    • estimates (2019-2020), E83, E113, E134–E137
  • Ministry of Transportation
    • estimates (2019-2020), E191–E194, E219–E220
  • More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108), JP151
    • amendments, JP182–JP183
    • consultation process, JP182–JP183
  • Motions
    • committee witnesses
      • responded to, FT144
    • public disclosure of documents re: Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
      • responded to, FT139
    • witness presentations re: Combating Antisemitism Act, 2020 (Bill 168)
      • responded to, JP608–JP609, JP613–JP614
  • Moving Ontario Family Law Forward Act, 2020 (Bill 207), JP562, JP581, JP587–JP588
  • Municipal finances
    • provincial transfer adjustment
      • implementation timeline, E136
  • Municipal governments
    • consultation with, E137
  • Occupational health and safety
    • and cannabis
      • employer/worker education, SP14
  • Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
    • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan, role in, FT190, FT193
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
    • pubic service, consultation with, FT306, FT309
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan - accounting treatment, FT23
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan - cost of, FT311, FT341
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan - development of, FT55–FT57, FT149–FT150, FT238–FT240, FT340
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan - review by Auditor General
    • Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), response to, FT41, FT44–FT45
    • Ministry of Energy, response to, FT45
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan - risk and risk mitigation, FT266
  • Pharmacists
    • medicinal cannabis, dispensing of, SP40
  • Police service boards
    • member training, JP51
  • Police services oversight - reform
    • Tulloch report (2017), recommendations, JP21
  • Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)
    • accounting treatment in relation to Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan, FT104
  • Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020 (Bill 161), JP368, JP371, JP373, JP376–JP377, JP388–JP389, JP407–JP408, JP422, JP425–JP426, JP434, JP452, JP473, JP491, JP495, JP501, JP506–JP507
    • amendments, JP512–JP522, JP524–JP525, JP527–JP536
  • Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
    • investigative process, JP58
      • general remarks, JP5–JP6, JP8, JP20
  • Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 (Bill 218), JP627, JP645–JP646
    • amendments, JP673–JP674, JP677–JP679, JP684, JP686, JP689
    • committee process, broadcast of, JP675
  • Tobacco products
    • regulation, SP39
  • Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - expansion
    • GO Transit transfer points, E192–E193
    • implementation timeline, E194
  • Transit
    • business case process, E193–E194
  • Transit funding
    • capital projects
      • TTC expansion, E193
  • Vaping and youth
    • marketing and display, SP94–SP95
  • Vaping products
    • marketing and display
      • restrictions, SP32
    • regulation of, SP32, SP39
  • Vapour products
    • general remarks, SP66
    • marketing and display, SP66

• Parsa, M. (PC, Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill)

  • Abattoirs
    • regulatory environment, P357
  • Advertising Review Board
    • Vendor of Record Program, P260
  • Agriculture industry
    • regulatory reform, G163–G164
  • Agri-food industry - produce
    • sample testing
      • adverse result rates, P350
  • Business - small and medium-sized
    • economic impact, E477
  • Cannabis legalization
    • and public health, P132–P133
  • Cannabis retail
    • marketing and display, P60
  • Chief Coroner of Ontario, Office of the
    • death investigation system
      • reform process, P390, P394
    • Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry (Wettlaufer Inquiry)
      • response to, P390
  • Child care
    • northern and rural Ontario, G164
    • parental choice, G162
  • Chronic disease prevention
    • in Indigenous communities, P125
    • in newcomer communities, P125
    • programs
      • target populations, P59–P60
    • research
      • duplication of, P133–P134
    • target risk factors, P59
  • Chronic disease prevention programs
    • by region, P123
  • Climate change
    • adaptation and resilience, P364
  • Climate change mitigation
    • government strategy
      • factors impacting, P364
  • Coroners
    • and COVID-19
      • general remarks, P395
  • COVID-19 - financial supports
    • allocation timeline, E477
  • Deputy ministers
    • compensation, G370, G374
  • Diagnostic imaging
    • PET scanners
      • access to, P84
  • Education support staff
    • collective bargaining, G384, G394
  • Eglinton Crosstown LRT
    • project scope and timeline, P236–P237
  • Electricity consumption
    • sub-metering
      • regulatory reform, G201
  • Employment
    • employer-worker relations, F7
    • job creation/loss
      • general remarks, F60
      • public vs. private sector, F66
      • rural vs. urban areas, F7
  • Employment standards reform (2018)
    • annual leave days, F63
  • Environmental policy
    • factors impacting, P364
    • government strategy
      • general remarks, P365
  • Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 22
    • impact on employment, F7–F8, F46, F50, F60
    • impact on small-/medium-sized business
      • general remarks, F7, F20
  • Food safety
    • inspections
      • procedure, P350
  • Forensic testing
    • forensic pathology units
      • and COVID-19
        • general remarks, P395
  • GO Transit - stations
    • viability assessments
      • business case process (2016), P324
      • ratings, P323
  • Government advertising
    • approvals process, P259
  • Government buildings - capital project procurement
    • project management services
      • breadth of competition, P37–P38
      • competitive procurement process for, P95, P102
      • performance evaluation
        • as bid assessment criteria, P37, P102
        • standards, P37
      • project division, P38
    • request-for-proposals (RFP) process
      • disqualification criteria, P38
  • Government buildings - vacant
    • maintenance costs, P103
  • Government credit ratings, G375
  • Government debt
    • interest on, G367, G371, G384, G397
  • Government expenditures
    • budget allocation
      • public sector compensation, G375
  • Greenhouse gas emissions
    • Canadian emissions, P362
    • Ontario emissions, P362
  • Greenhouse gas emissions - reduction
    • government strategy
      • implementation, P363
    • in Ontario, P362
  • Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry (Wettlaufer Inquiry)
    • report and recommendations
      • Office of the Chief Coroner, response to, P390
  • Long-term care - reform
    • general remarks, E288
    • resident experience, E288
  • Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19
    • facility access
      • general remarks, E339
  • Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan
    • general remarks, P363–P365
  • Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47), F7–F8, F20, F23, F42, F46, F48, F50
    • amendments, F60, F63, F66, F86
  • Manufacturing industry
    • competition with other jurisdictions, F48
    • decline and recovery, F42, F48, F60
    • regulatory environment, F42
  • Members' correction of record, F23
  • Metrolinx
    • Auditor General annual report (2018)
      • GO station siting
        • response to, P324
  • Minimum wage
    • $15/hour
      • time to reach, F20, F23
    • increases
      • indexed to inflation, F20, F23
  • Minimum wage increase (2018)
    • implementation timeline, F7
  • Ministry of Education
    • estimates (2020-2021), E381
  • Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries
    • estimates (2020-2021), E477
  • Ministry of Long-Term Care
    • estimates (2020-2021), E288–E289, E339
  • Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
    • estimates (2020-2021), E420–E423
  • Ministry of Transportation
    • Auditor General annual report (2018)
      • Metrolinx, GO station siting
        • response to, P323
  • Motions
    • appearance before committee
      • Waterfront Toronto (Public Accounts)
        • responded to, P314
    • audit of costs associated with persons crossing border at non-designated ports of entry
      • responded to, P23
  • MUSH sector
    • "non-construction employer" designation
      • and labour rights, G196
  • Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
    • management, recruitment, F191
    • occupational health and safety, P192
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan - accounting treatment, P168, P216
  • Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 (Bill 124), G367, G370–G371, G374–G375, G384, G393–G394, G397, G402
    • amendments, G411–G415, G417–G418
  • Public health
    • and cannabis legalization, P60
  • Public health units
    • school collaboration, P59
  • Public health units - food inspection
    • complaints
      • response process, P346
  • Public sector compensation
    • average rate
      • teachers, G384, G394
    • benefit pooling, G413
    • government budget allocation, G375
    • pensions, G413–G414
  • Public sector compensation increase - cap on
    • consultation process, G367, G370, G374, G384, G393–G394, G397, G402, G413–G414, G418
    • exemptions, G370, G374, G384, G413
    • as fiscal policy, G367, G370–G371, G374–G375, G384, G418
    • general remarks, G415
    • ministerial authority
      • to override, G414
    • scope of, G370, G412–G413, G415
  • Regulatory environment
    • general remarks, G230–G231, G233
  • Reports referred to committee
    • 2017 Annual Report: Ministry of Government and Consumer Services; Infrastructure Ontario (Auditor General of Ontario), P95, P102–P103
    • 2017 Annual Report: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Cancer Care Ontario (Auditor General of Ontario), P83–P84
    • 2017 Annual Report: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; Cancer Care Ontario (Auditor General of Ontario), P83–P84
    • 2017 Annual Report: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Public Health Ontario (Auditor General of Ontario), P59–P60, P123–P124, P132, P134
    • 2017 Annual Report: Ministry of Infrastructure (Auditor General of Ontario), P37–P38
    • 2018 Annual Report: Ministry of Infrastructure, Waterfront Toronto (Auditor General of Ontario), P302, P306, P312, P314
    • 2018 Annual Report: Ministry of Transportation, Metrolinx, Infrastructure Ontario (Auditor General of Ontario), P236–P237
    • 2018 Annual Report: Ministry of Transportation, Metrolinx—GO station selection (Auditor General of Ontario), P323–P325
    • 2018 Annual Report: Treasury Board Secretariat (Auditor General of Ontario), P259–P260
    • 2018 Annual Report: Treasury Board Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Ontario Financing Authority, Independent Electricity System Operator (Auditor General of Ontario), P167–P168
    • 2019 Annual Report: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Auditor General of Ontario), P346, P350, P357
    • 2019 Annual Report: Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks: Climate Change: Ontario's Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Auditor General of Ontario), P362–P365, P367–P370
    • 2019 Annual Report: Ministry of the Solicitor General, Office of the Chief Coroner and Ontario Forensice Pathology Service (Auditor General of Ontario), P390, P394–P395
    • 2019 Special Report: Tarion Warranty Corp. (Auditor General of Ontario), P279–P281
    • The Fair Hydro Plan: Concerns About Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Value for Money (Auditor General of Ontario, 2017), P216–P217
  • Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2019 (Bill 66), G162–G164, G167–G170, G180, G195–G196, G201
    • amendments, G230–G231, G233
  • Smart cities
    • policy framework
      • development, P312
  • Stem cell transplants
    • wait times, P83
  • Students - elementary/secondary
    • performance outcomes
      • impact of teacher compensation, G397
  • Tarion Warranty Corp.
    • performance audits
      • response timeline, P281
    • use of "warranty" in name, P279–P280
    • warranty service representatives
      • number of, P280
      • qualifications and training, P280
  • Tarion Warranty Corp. - warranty administration
    • defect assessment
      • staff expertise, P280–P281
  • Teachers
    • compensation
      • average salary, G384, G394
      • and student outcomes, G397
    • hiring criteria, E381
  • Toronto waterfront redevelopment
    • government funding
      • provincial portion, P306
  • Toronto waterfront redevelopment - Quayside
    • general remarks, P302, P306
  • Toronto waterfront redevelopment - Sidewalk Toronto
    • digital infrastructure and governance, P312
  • Tourism industry - COVID-19
    • government supports
      • general remarks, E477
  • Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, S.O. 2009, c. 19
    • repeal, G180
  • Waste diversion
    • litter
      • Provincial Day of Action on Litter, P365, P369
  • Waste management
    • government strategy, P365
  • Waterfront Toronto
    • mandate, P302
  • Wildfire management
    • general remarks, E420
    • mutual aid agreements, E421, E423
  • Wildfire management - COVID-19
    • general remarks, E422
  • Wireless services
    • regulations, federal duplication, G169–G170

• Pettapiece, R. (PC, Perth–Wellington)

  • Agriculture industry
    • and COVID-19
      • product sale
        • prices, G608
    • oversight of, G671
    • recruitment and promotion
      • professional development, E110
    • use of pesticides, G481
  • Agri-food facilities
    • biosecurity, G620–G621
    • inspections
      • general remarks, G621
    • trespass on
      • general remarks, G620–G621
  • Agri-food facilities - security from trespass
    • animal protection zones
      • general remarks, G654
      • Indigenous consultation, G702
    • definitions
      • false pretense, G709
      • occupier, G701
    • exemptions
      • Indigenous treaty rights, G700
    • farmer education, G685
    • offences
      • entry under false pretense, G642–G643, G670–G671, G697, G709
      • entry without consent, G709
    • owners/occupiers
      • citizen's arrest
        • application, G654
        • procedure and training, G654
        • right to, G654, G712
  • Animal welfare - livestock
    • general remarks, G632–G633
  • Animal welfare offences
    • abuse and neglect
      • duty to report, G697
  • Aquaculture industry
    • economic development, E427
    • product demand, E427
  • Arts and culture - COVID-19
    • live performance
      • general remarks, E485
  • Bees and beekeeping
    • decline in, G513
  • Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 (Bill 132), G431, G449, G481–G482, G485, G495–G496, G513–G514, G538
  • Community Transportation Grant Program
    • application and evaluation process, E201
    • general remarks, E200–E201
    • geographic allocation, E200
    • program duration, E201
    • program evaluation, E201
  • Connecting Links Program
    • application and evaluation process, E202
    • general remarks, E201
    • projects funded under, E201
  • Curriculum reform
    • career pathways, E110
    • math strategy, E389
  • Dairy Farmers of Ontario
    • oversight role, G671
  • Education - COVID-19
    • school reopening
      • new staff
        • custodians, E374
  • Employment
    • dismissal, grounds for
      • misrepresentation, G697
    • math skills, E389
  • Farm tourism
    • general remarks, G611
  • Farmers
    • mental health
      • factors impacting, G611–G612
      • general remarks, G621
  • Farms
    • animal welfare
      • general remarks, G632–G633
    • biosecurity measures, E374
    • classification of
      • industrial vs. private, G595, G632
    • trespass on, G608–G609
  • Farms and farming
    • automation, use of, E108–E109
    • chemical spills
      • detection of, G513–G514
    • labour shortage, E109–E110
    • recruitment and promotion, E109
    • transfer, cost of, E110
    • use of neonicotinoids, G513–G514
  • Farms - security from trespass
    • animal protection zones
      • Indigenous consultation, G702
    • definitions
      • false pretense, G709
      • occupier, G701
    • exemptions
      • Indigenous treaty rights, G700
    • farmer education, G685
    • staff safety, G595–G596
  • Fisheries - commercial
    • and COVID-19
      • government response, E426
    • economic impact, E425–E426
  • Food processing facilities - security from trespass
    • definitions
      • false pretense, G709
      • occupier, G701
  • Forests
    • pest management
      • budworms, E448
      • general remarks, E449
  • Highway safety
    • long-combination vehicles
      • speed limits, G449
  • Home and community care
    • government strategy, E40
  • Long-term care - funding
    • minor capital program, E336–E337
    • structural compliance premium, E336–E337
  • Long-term care - staff
    • compensation
      • high wage transition fund, E336–E337
  • Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19
    • hospital partnerships
      • general remarks, E275
  • Members'/ministers' quoting
    • letters
      • from ministers
        • agri-food facilities, security from trespass, G702
  • Ministry of Education
    • estimates (2019-2020), E108–E111, E147–E149
    • estimates (2020-2021), E374, E389
  • Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
    • estimates (2019-2020), E40, E71, E74–E75
  • Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries
    • estimates (2020-2021), E484–E486
  • Ministry of Long-Term Care
    • estimates (2020-2021), E275, E336–E337
  • Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
    • estimates (2020-2021), E425–E428, E448–E449
  • Ministry of Transportation
    • estimates (2019-2020), E200–E202
  • New home construction industry
    • policy development
      • general remarks, G746
  • Ontario Drug Benefit Program
    • formulary
      • new drug coverage, E71
  • Pesticides
    • neonicotinoids
      • alignment with federal guidelines, G431, G481–G482, G513
      • use by grain farmers, G513–G514
    • safety approval process, E75
    • use in farming, G481
  • Prescription drugs
    • new drug approval process, E74–E75
  • Property lines
    • boundary disputes, G495–G496
    • line fences committees, G495
  • Public libraries
    • board meetings
      • minimum number, G485
      • via teleconference, G485
  • Rebuilding Consumer Confidence Act, 2020 (Bill 159), G746, G763
  • Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA)
    • administration and governance
      • general remarks, G763
  • Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, SO 2016, c 12, Sched. 1
    • reform, G763
  • School boards
    • service animal policies, E147–E149
  • Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2020 (Bill 156), G595–G596, G608–G609, G611–G612, G620–G621, G632–G633, G642–G643, G654, G670–G671, G685, G697
    • amendments, G700–G703, G708–G709, G711–G712
    • consultation process, G685
  • Service animals
    • public education, E148
    • training
      • costs, E147
      • process, E147, E149
  • Skilled trades
    • promotion of
      • general remarks, E110–E111
  • Stratford Festival
    • and COVID-19
      • general remarks, E485–E486
  • Tourism industry - COVID-19
    • government supports
      • northern Ontario, E484
  • Traffic congestion
    • general remarks, E202
  • Transit congestion
    • general remarks, E202
  • Transportation
    • government strategy, E200
  • Trucking industry
    • long-combination vehicles
      • speed limits, G449
  • Water protection
    • baitfish regulation, E427
  • Wildlife management
    • population management
      • general remarks, E428

• Phillips, R. (PC, Ajax)

  • Business - COVID-19
    • Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA), F1297, F1301, F1304–F1305, F1307
    • financial supports
      • small business, F1311
  • Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
    • amendments, G96–G97
  • COVID-19
    • contact tracing
      • process, F1305–F1306
    • public response to, F1296
  • COVID-19 - essential service workers
    • compensation, F1295, F1303
  • COVID-19 - financial supports
    • employer health tax deferrals, F1306
    • energy rates, F1304
    • general remarks, F1311
    • insurance, F1298
    • inter-governmental coordination, F1295, F1307
    • minority-owned businesses, F1301
    • for municipalities, F1300–F1301
    • not-for-profit, F1297–F1298
    • property tax deferrals, F1300–F1301, F1306
    • for public health, F1300, F1305
    • for re-opening, F1298
    • response fund, F1298–F1299
  • COVID-19 - government response, F1294–F1296
  • COVID-19 - provincial reopening
    • general remarks, F1296, F1308
    • and global markets, F1309–F1310
    • public consultation, F1308–F1309
  • COVID-19 study - finance, F1294–F1313
  • COVID-19 - testing
    • strategy, F1302
  • E-commerce sector - COVID-19, F1310–F1311
  • Education - COVID-19
    • in school supports, F1303–F1304
  • Greenhouse gas emissions - reduction
    • targets, G97
  • Ontario COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund, F1295
  • Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System
    • payments
      • increase during COVID-19, F1295
  • Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures) 2020 (Bill 229), F3011–F3020
  • Tourism industy - COVID-19
    • financial supports, F1303

• Piccini, D. (PC, Northumberland–Peterborough South)

  • Abattoirs
    • capacity, F1141
    • staff training and recruitment, F1141
  • Aggregate
    • recycling and reuse of, F2188
  • Agricultural societies
    • COVID-relief funding, F1937
  • Agriculture industry
    • and climate change, F912
    • and conservation authorities, F1089
    • recruitment and promotion
      • in schools, F955
    • regulatory environment, F588, F1099
    • support programs
      • Risk Management Program (RMP), F956, F1141
  • Agriculture industry - COVID-19
    • poultry industry
      • government supports, F2866
    • product sale
      • and e-commerce, F2482
  • Agri-food industry
    • market conditions, F1141
  • Alcohol retail
    • and COVID-19
      • regulatory environment, F2366
    • expansion
      • general remarks, F329
    • point-of-sale regulations
      • restaurants, F2366
    • taxation
      • on spirits, F1113
  • Alternate-level-of-care (ALC)
    • patients
      • target placement, F1158
  • Apprenticeships
    • journeyperson-to-apprentice ratio, F114, F336, F371, F616, F738
      • economic impact, F11, F17
      • general remarks, F293
      • impact on apprenticeship availability, F38
      • impact on housing development, F17, F54
  • Arts and culture
    • digital programming
      • and broadband expansion, F1871
    • film and television industry
      • studio space, definition of, F1731, F1790
    • publishing industry
      • Canadian content, promotion of, F1853
    • in rural Ontario, F1869–F1870
  • Arts and culture - COVID-19
    • cultural festivals
      • government supports, F1546
    • film and television
      • film festivals, F1675
      • regulatory reform, F1736
    • galleries and museums
      • reopening guidelines for, F1964
    • layoffs as a result of, F1824
    • live performance
      • digital programming, F1870
        • performer compensation, F1870
      • reopening guidelines for, F1775
    • municipal government supports, F1974
  • Arts and culture - funding
    • Celebrate Ontario grants, F1675
    • Rural Economic Development Fund, F306
  • Automobile insurance rates
    • general remarks, F1131
  • Automobile insurance reform
    • general remarks, F1131
  • Beef industry
    • global export rates, F1141
    • market conditions, F1141
  • Broadband infrastructure - expansion
    • Eastern Ontario Regional Network, F2340
    • government funding, F1871
      • federal, F1911, F2340, F2473
    • Improving Connectivity for Ontario (ICON) program, F2859, F2866
    • Improving Connectivity for Ontario program., F2213
    • northern and rural Ontario, F2164, F2293–F2294
      • dark fibre, use of, F2215
      • in public libraries, F1773–F1774
  • Budget 2019
    • pre-budget consultations, F261, F263, F266–F267, F283, F293, F296, F300–F301, F306, F389, F659–F660, F674, F679–F680
  • Budget 2020
    • pre-budget consultations, F931–F932, F936–F938, F943, F946, F948–F949, F955–F956, F963–F965, F974, F984–F985, F994–F995, F998, F1003, F1006, F1014–F1015, F1021, F1025–F1026, F1036–F1037, F1043–F1044, F1049, F1051, F1054, F1063–F1065, F1073, F1083, F1086, F1089, F1091, F1098–F1099, F1105–F1106, F1113, F1115–F1116, F1124–F1125, F1128–F1129, F1131–F1132, F1136–F1137, F1141, F1143, F1146–F1147, F1158–F1159, F1166, F1168, F1173, F1182–F1183, F1186–F1187, F1198, F1210, F1225, F1236, F1255, F1260
    • pre-budget consultations, schedule and locations, F926–F927
  • Budget, pre-budget consultations, F327, F329, F336, F353, F361, F371, F375, F588, F593, F596, F601, F610–F611, F616, F618, F626, F649
    • 2019, itinerary for, F94
      • northern Ontario, F96
  • Business
    • government strategy, F847
    • Internet access, F2329
  • Business - COVID-19
    • IT expenditures
      • Digital Main Street program, F2858
        • general remarks, F2305
  • Business environment
    • competition with other jurisdictions, F13
    • impact of US tax reform, F1124
  • Business - small and medium-sized
    • community impact, F854
    • corporate tax rate, F847
    • rural investment tax credit proposal
      • business retention measures, F1124
  • Canadian Actors' Equity Association
    • compensation negotiations
      • during COVID-19, F1870
  • Canadian Federation of Students
    • membership decertification, F679
  • Cannabis retail
    • online services
      • click and collect, F849–F850
    • on-reserve, F876
    • product education, F849
  • Carbon pricing - federal carbon tax
    • cost of, G742
    • general remarks, F733
    • government response to, advertising campaign, F824
  • Child care
    • choice of provider, F1051
    • government funding
      • municipal allocation, F965
    • public vs. private, F1051
  • Child care - financial assistance
    • Childcare Access and Relief from Expenses (CARE) credit, F1051
  • Climate change mitigation
    • government strategy, F912, F922
  • College of Midwives of Ontario
    • budget allocation, F660
    • government funding, F375, F660
  • Colleges
    • nursing programs
      • degree-granting authority, F1128–F1129
    • program approval process, F1091
  • Colleges and universities
    • and COVID-19
      • international students
        • entry into Ontario, F1929–F1930
        • immigration policies in other jurisdictions, F1930
    • international students
      • enrolment rates, F1929
      • general remarks, F1929
      • visas and permits, F1930
    • performance measurement
      • strategic mandate agreements
        • experiential learning, F1188
        • general remarks, F964, F1036–F1037
        • labour market impact, F2354–F2355
    • program approval process, F1091
    • student supports
      • mental health and addictions, F1188
  • Committee procedure
    • debating previous vote items, F904
    • imputing motive, F909
    • speaking to the topic, F908, F910
    • subcommittee recommendations, F926–F297
  • Committee process
    • amendments
      • debate on, F878
      • filing deadlines, F875
      • number of, F879
    • debates
      • reading verbatim, F905
      • referring to submissions for different bill, F905
      • repetition in, F899, F906
  • Conservation authorities
    • and the agriculture industry, F1089
    • mandate and responsibilities, F1089
    • mandatory programs
      • flood management
        • jurisdictional division, F1089
    • non-mandatory programs
      • general remarks, F1098
  • Construction industry
    • community benefit agreements
      • apprenticeship requirements, F2473
    • project delays
      • impact on project cost, F2078
    • regulatory environment, F2446
  • Convenience stores
    • closure rates, F28
  • COVID-19
    • government response
      • general remarks, F1871
    • private sector funds
      • Cameco COVID-19 relief fund, F2232
  • COVID-19 - economic impact
    • government strategy
      • general remarks, F2304
  • COVID-19 - provincial reopening
    • and broadband access, F1576
    • and conservation authorities, F1518
    • general remarks, F1308
    • public consultation, F1308
  • COVID-19 study - finance, F1308–F1309
  • COVID-19 study - heritage, tourism, sport and culture industries, F1317, F1331, F1349–F1350, F1405, F1423, F1482–F1483, F1501, F1511, F1518, F1528, F1546, F1576, F1621–F1622, F1675, F1693–F1694, F1718–F1719, F1731, F1737–F1738, F1773–F1775, F1789–F1790, F1794–F1795, F1824–F1825, F1853, F1869–F1871, F1910–F1911, F1929–F1930, F1937, F1964, F1974, F1980, F1988, F1993
  • COVID-19 study - municipalities, construction and building sector, F2011–F2012, F2043–F2044, F2078, F2080, F2105–F2106, F2128, F2150, F2165, F2188–F2189, F2213, F2215–F2216, F2232, F2271, F2284–F2286, F2290–F2291, F2293–F2294
  • COVID-19 study - small and medium enterprises, F2304–F2305, F2329–F2331, F2335, F2340, F2354–F2355, F2366, F2446–F2447, F2472–F2473, F2498, F2826–F2827, F2843, F2858–F2859, F2866–F2867
  • Cultural organizations
    • post-secondary institution partnerships, F1166
  • Curriculum
    • mental health and emotional regulation, F1143
  • Dairy industry
    • supply management
      • and international trade agreements, F1255, F2842
      • market loss
        • federal compensation, F1255
  • Developmental services
    • service delivery
      • via technology, F267
  • Doctors
    • compensation models, F261
  • Economic conditions
    • job creation/loss, F985
  • Education - COVID-19
    • school reopening
      • general remarks, F2498
  • Education - elementary/secondary
    • mandatory volunteer hours
      • scope expansion, F2128
  • Education funding - elementary/secondary
    • allocation, F263
      • general remarks, F1015
    • funding formula
      • revision, F263
  • Education funding - post-secondary
    • determination of, F964
      • community impact, F1044, F1166
      • outcomes-based, F1036–F1037, F1166, F2354–F2355
    • general remarks, F263, F660
  • Education - post-secondary
    • delivery models
      • online learning, F964, F1188
    • experiential learning opportunities, F1037, F1188
    • student outcomes
      • labour market adaptability, F963, F1036, F2826–F2827
    • tuition fees, 10% reduction, F361
  • Electricity infrastructure
    • hydro poles
      • maintenance and upgrading, F2472–F2473
  • Elevators and elevator technicians
    • data collection
      • service outages and repair times, F1136–F1137
  • Emergency service providers
    • post-traumatic stress disorder, F805
  • Employment standards reform (2018)
    • annual leave days, F13
  • Employment standards - sick days
    • and employee absenteeism, F62
    • in other jurisdictions, F13, F62
  • Energy generation
    • source diversity
      • nuclear energy, F1173
  • Farms and farming
    • natural gas
      • impact of expansion, F956
    • public perception of
      • campaigns targeting, F955
    • regulatory environment, F1099
    • Risk Management Program
      • general remarks, F956, F1141
  • Film and television industry
    • production sites
      • heritage buildings, F1911
  • Film and television industry - film festivals
    • by festival
      • Toronto Outdoor Picture Show, F1675
  • Financial professionals
    • credentialing of, F731
  • Firefighters
    • volunteering by professionals
      • protections for, F124
  • Forest industry
    • regulatory environment
      • and environmental protection, F327
  • Gaming industry
    • Internet gaming, F1693
  • Gender-based violence
    • government funding
      • administrative structure, F1083
    • program integration, F1083
  • GO Transit
    • service expansion, E178
    • TTC transfer points, E179
  • Government debt
    • reduction
      • general remarks, F1063
    • repayment of, F263, F660
  • Government debt - annual deficit
    • interest on, F1166
  • Greenhouse gas reduction
    • methane gas, F912
  • Health care - administration
    • governance model, F300
  • Health care services - delivery
    • private vs. public, F1115
  • Health care system
    • employment creation/loss, F66–F67
  • Health care system - reform
    • consultation process, F674
  • Health professionals
    • training, F261
  • Heritage properties
    • renovation and rehabilitation
      • project funding
        • prioritization, F1910–F1911
        • through ICIP, F1911
    • use for film and television production, F1911
  • Heritage sites
    • designation of, F1385
  • Home and community care
    • and Ontario health teams, F1236
    • service delivery
      • standardization, F1236
    • volunteers
      • role of, F1236
  • Hospital funding
    • capital projects by site
      • Northumberland Hills Hospital (Campbellford), F1116
    • small/medium-sized, F931–F932, F1159
    • transitional beds, F1158
  • Hospital services
    • emergency and acute care
      • dedicated offload nurses program, F974
  • Hospitality industry - COVID-19
    • reopening process, F1482, F1518
  • Hospitals
    • capacity and overcrowding by site
      • Meno Ya Win (Sioux Lookout), F1006
  • Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
    • general remarks, F753
  • Housing construction
    • high-rise buildings elevators
      • service adequacy, F1136–F1137
  • Housing development
    • government strategy, F300
    • inclusionary zoning
      • general remarks, F301
    • secondary suites, F2044
  • Housing development - development charges
    • deferral
      • non-profits, F1147
    • deferral for rental construction, F2043
  • Housing supply
    • diversity in, F2080
    • rural and northern Ontario, F2080
  • Indigenous communities
    • economic development funding
      • Indigenous Economic Development Fund, F943
    • suicide in, F1025
  • Indigenous communities - education
    • Indigenous Education Grant, F1054
    • schools, on-reserve
      • Internet access, F1003
      • jurisdiction over, F1003
  • Indigenous Institutes
    • degree-granting authority, F1014
  • Infrastructure development
    • funding programs
      • Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF)
        • general remarks, F2078
    • project prioritization, F2150
  • Infrastructure development - COVID-19
    • project timelines, F2340
  • Infrastructure development - public-private partnership (P3) model
    • use of, F1186–F1187
  • Innovation and technology industry
    • community partnerships
      • universities and colleges, F2354–F2355
    • intellectual property
      • general remarks, F2354
    • research and innovation
      • business opportunity translation, F2354
  • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
    • and municipal infrastructure projects, F2271
  • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP)
    • program streams
      • general remarks, F2106
      • green stream, F1146
    • project approval timelines, F1210, F2078, F2105, F2150
    • small municipalities, F2078
  • Kindergarten
    • full-day model
      • as child care, F1051
  • Labour market
    • technological skills
      • demand for, F963
  • Land use planning
    • environmental assessments
      • general remarks, F2447
  • Land use planning - development charges
    • deferral
      • non-profits, F1147
  • Language learning programs
    • and COVID-19
      • international students
        • entry into Ontario, F1929–F1930
    • international students
      • enrolment rates, F1929
  • Legal aid services
    • cost of, F748
    • government funding
      • general remarks, F1105
    • local program innovation, F1105–F1106
  • Local health integration networks (LHINs)
    • general remarks, F1015
    • role of, F300
  • Long-term care
    • government funding
      • allocation formula, F1021
    • government relations, F998
  • Long-term care - staff
    • recruitment and retention
      • general remarks, F283
    • working conditions, F998
  • Long-term-care beds
    • new, F998, F1006
  • Long-term-care facilities
    • new
      • in Indigenous communities, F1006
  • Main Street Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 215), F2942–F2943, F2949, F2951, F2975–F2976, F2984–F2985
  • Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47), F6, F10–F11, F13, F17–F18, F21, F26–F28, F38, F41–F42, F50–F51
    • amendments, F54, F62–F67, F81, F85–F86
    • consultation process, F54
  • Manufacturing industry
    • decline and recovery, F41
    • regulatory environment, F42
  • Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence
    • support services
      • Indigenous communities, F1021
  • Mental health and addictions services
    • access points
      • standardization of, F1143
    • community projects
      • Mental Health and Addiction Response Teams (MHARTs), F1044
    • crisis prevention, F1044
    • general remarks, F1086
    • Indigenous communities
      • delivery models, F1026
      • in-patient facilities, F1025
  • Mental health and addictions services - children and youth
    • school-based supports, F1143
  • Mental health and addictions services - funding, F266
    • allocation
      • general remarks, F1043–F1044
      • by service, F1044
  • Mental health and addictions services - providers
    • staff recruitment
      • in northern Ontario, F1044
  • Mental health services
    • government funding, F753
  • Mental health services - children and youth
    • government funding, F596
  • Midwives
    • general remarks, F659
  • Minimum wage
    • increases
      • indexed to inflation, F6, F28, F65
      • in other jurisdictions, F28
      • relative wage increases, F28
  • Minimum wage increase
    • economic impact, F588, F593
  • Minimum wage increase (2018)
    • cost absorption, F6
    • impact on employment, F6
    • implementation timeline, F27–F28, F65
  • Ministry of Transportation
    • estimates (2019-2020), E178–E179
  • Municipal finances
    • budget planning, F1086
    • Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF), F1086, F2078
    • transfer agreements
      • general remarks, F1210
  • Municipal finances - COVID-19
    • provincial funding
      • transfer agreements, F2106
      • use of, F2106
  • Municipalities
    • rural Ontario
      • government funding, F2213
  • Museums
    • reporting requirements, F306
  • Natural gas
    • impact on agriculture industry, F956
  • Nuclear energy
    • as fossil fuel alternative, F1173
    • market share, F1173
  • Nuclear generating stations
    • refurbishment
      • general remarks, F1173
    • small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), F1173
  • Nurses
    • training
      • credential bridge programs, F1128–F1129
  • OCAD University
    • government funding, F306
  • Office of the Environmental Commissioner
    • transfer of role, F132
  • Ontario College of Trades (OCOT)
    • dissolution of, F38
    • regulatory environment, F10, F38
  • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
    • appeal process, F984
  • Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
    • practitioner and facility overbilling
      • reimbursement, F885
  • Ontario health teams
    • community programs
      • integration with, F1188
    • general remarks, F1015, F1159
    • membership
      • optometrists, F2329
    • and nurses, F974
    • personal health information
      • collection, use and disclosure, F901
    • services
      • home and community care, F1236
  • Ontario health teams - by team
    • OHT Northumberland, F936–F937
  • Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
    • grant vs. loan availability, F769
    • sustainability of, F610, F742, F745
  • Ontario Works (OW)
    • employment supports, F985
  • Optometry and optometrists
    • and Ontario health teams, F2329
  • Paramedic services
    • community paramedicine
      • standards of practice, F1225
  • Personal health information
    • collection, use and disclosure, F901
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
    • and physical distancing, F1546
  • Personal support workers (PSWs)
    • recruitment and retention, F283
    • working conditions, F998
  • Persons with disabilities
    • employment supports, F985, F1147
  • Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019 (Bill 138), F845, F847, F849–F850, F854
    • amendments, F873, F875–F876, F878–F879, F885, F899, F901–F906, F908–F910, F912–F913, F922–F923
    • general remarks, F910
  • Political fundraising events
    • attendance by members and political candidates, F158
  • Poverty reduction
    • support systems
      • navigation, F1147
  • Progressive Conservative (PC) Party
    • election campaign (2018)
      • employment standards, F50
  • Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures), 2019 (Bill 100), F726, F731, F733, F737–F738, F741–F743, F748, F753–F754, F764, F768–F769, F772, F786, F791, F805
    • amendments, F818–F820, F824
  • Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
    • investigative role, F144–F145
  • Public education campaigns - environment
    • Provincial Day of Action on Litter, F912
  • Public health
    • funding
      • allocation, F1065
  • Public health units
    • resource allocation, within units, F1065
  • Public sector compensation
    • average rate
      • teachers, F994
  • Registered nurses (RNs)
    • number of, F674
  • Regulatory environment
    • government strategy, F1049
  • Rental housing
    • affordability of, F2043
    • supply, F2043
  • Rental housing development
    • development charges
      • deferral, F2043
  • Rental housing - development
    • unit minimums, F2080
  • Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57), F109, F114, F117, F124, F132–F134, F144–F145, F148, F150
    • amendments, F153–F154, F156–F157, F159–F164
  • School boards
    • enrolment by board
      • Lakehead District School Board, F1054
    • transportation funding, F1054, F1198
  • Schools
    • capital projects funding
      • general remarks, F948, F1198
    • closure policy
      • moratorium on, F1054
      • review of, F1054, F1198
    • Internet access, F1003
    • new, F948–F949
  • Senior citizens
    • housing
      • campus-of-care models, F1168
  • Skilled trades
    • promotion of, F757
      • general remarks, F2011, F2340
      • government strategy, F1014
      • in schools, F293, F2012, F2128, F2447
  • Skilled tradespeople
    • compensation, F18
    • shortage, F11, F293
  • Social assistance
    • employment services, F1147
      • reform, F1260
  • Social assistance programs
    • employment services
      • general remarks, F985
  • Special education
    • government funding, F1054, F1198
  • Taxation
    • tax reductions as fiscal policy, F1124
  • Teachers
    • average salary, F994
    • labour dispute
      • compensation as bargaining topic, F994–F995
      • job action, F1182
      • Support for Parents Initiative, F1182–F1183
  • Temporary employment agencies
    • scheduling in, F27
  • Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - expansion
    • GO Transit transfer points, E179
    • impact on transit overcrowding, E178
  • Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - subway
    • infrastructure development and maintenance
      • transfer to provincial jurisdiction, F133–F134
  • Tourism industry
    • promotion, international, F938
  • Tourism industry - COVID-19
    • promotion of, F2330
  • Tourism industry - funding
    • Regional Tourism Organization (RTO)
      • general remarks, F2331
  • Tourism industy - COVID-19
    • guidelines for, F1405
    • marketing, F1789
    • rural Ontario, F1423
    • tax credits and incentives, F1993
  • Transit congestion, F845
  • Transit infrastructure
    • connection points, F845
    • planning process
      • jurisdiction, F1146
  • Transportation infrastructure
    • cycling infrastructure
      • economic impact, F2284–F2285
  • Tuition fees
    • ancillary fees, F679–F680
  • Vapour products
    • regulation of
      • exclusion from tobacco legislation, F109
  • Waste diversion
    • rates, F912
  • Waste management
    • litter, F912
    • plastics, F912
  • Watersheds and wetlands
    • inflow and outflow levels
      • intergovernmental management, F1089
    • International Joint Commission, F1089
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
    • employer premiums
      • reduction in, F1073
    • revenue generation models, F1073
  • YMCA
    • employment services, F1260