Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Letter: B

• Bankruptcy - commercial

  • personal liability protection
    • Arthur, F2409
    • Downey, F2412
    • Schreiner, F2591

• Basic income

  • cost of implementation
    • Skelly, F1035, F1049
  • as employment disincentive
    • Schreiner, F1982
  • funding source
    • Skelly, F1035, F1049
  • general remarks
    • Hunter, F2223
  • global research on
    • Shaw, F1034

• Basic Income

  • general remarks
    • Hunter, F2223

• Basic Income Pilot.

  see also Poverty—reduction strategies
  • cancellation
    • Shaw, F434
    • general remarks
      • Morrison, F151
      • Shaw, F649–F650
    • recipient outcomes following
      • Shaw, F1034
  • income, use of
    • Shaw, F1034

• Beef industry

  • environmental impact
    • pasture-raised vs. feedlot beef
      • Arthur, F1141
  • global export rates
    • Piccini, F1141
  • market conditions
    • Piccini, F1141
    • Shaw, F1140
  • processing facilities. see Abbatoirs
  • public perception of
    • Arthur, F1140–F1141
  • risk management. see Agriculture industry—support programs—Risk Management Program (RMP)

• Beef industry - COVID 19

  • impact on production capacity
    • Arthur, F2833

• Bees and beekeeping.

  see also Pesticides
  • decline in
    • Pettapiece, G513
    • Schreiner, G552
  • economic impact
    • Schreiner, G552
  • education and training
    • Burch, F1266
  • general remarks
    • Oosterhoff, F1265
  • government funding
    • Khanjin, G455
  • honey
    • grade classification
      • Oosterhoff, F1265
  • impact of pesticide runoff
    • Burch, F1266
    • Oosterhoff, F1265–F1266

• Behavioural Supports Ontario

  • government funding
    • Fullerton, E264

• Bereavement Authority of Ontario

  • oversight mechanisms
    • Rakocevic, G737
    • Schreiner, G735

• Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 (Bill 132)

  • Arthur, G425, G431–G432, G436–G437, G439, G445–G446, G450, G454, G459–G460, G464, G467–G468, G475–G476, G478, G494, G497, G504–G505, G511–G512, G517, G522, G525–G526, G533–G534, G541, G543
  • Bailey, G500–G501, G538
  • Fife, G424–G425, G427, G432, G435–G436, G438–G439, G445, G449, G459, G463–G464, G466–G467, G472, G476, G482, G485–G486, G493, G496–G497, G499, G503–G504, G508, G512, G517–G518, G521–G522, G524–G525, G530–G531, G533–G534, G537, G541, G543–G544
  • Harris, G443–G444, G455–G456, G458, G462, G468–G469, G472, G492, G503, G507, G520–G521, G530, G540–G542
  • Khanjin, G427–G428, G430, G434–G435, G441, G444, G455, G458–G459, G474–G475, G480, G491–G493, G503, G517, G533
  • Mamakwa, G525
  • Pettapiece, G431, G449, G481–G482, G485, G495–G496, G513–G514, G538
  • Schreiner, G426, G429–G430, G437, G440, G443, G450, G454, G457–G458, G464, G468, G471, G477, G479, G481, G487, G491, G497–G498, G500, G502–G503, G509, G512–G513, G516, G523, G526, G529, G534–G535, G537, G539, G544
  • Skelly, G448–G449, G479–G480, G482, G506–G507, G529–G530, G537–G540
  • Smith, D., G426–G427, G430, G435, G440–G441, G458, G471–G472, G479, G484–G485, G516, G526–G527, G540–G542
  • Stevens, G426, G431–G432, G446, G449–G450, G453–G454, G463, G478, G486–G487, G494, G497, G499–G500, G531, G540
  • amendments
    • Fife, G545–G561
    • Glover, G550, G554
    • Schreiner, G545–G553, G556–G558
    • Skelly, G550, G555–G557
    • Smith, D., G545–G546
    • Stevens, G555
  • consultation process
    • Arthur, G511, G525–G526
    • Fife, G438, G493, G504, G543, G548–G549, G558
    • Harris, G520
    • Schreiner, G544, G552
    • Stevens, G426, G432, G555
  • as omnibus legislation
    • Fife, G449, G472, G508, G530, G537
    • Khanjin, G430
  • Schedule 2
    • withdrawal of
      • Fife, G545
      • Schreiner, G545

• Bicycle couriers

  • employment classification
    • Fife, F56
    • Sattler, F58

• Bicycle safety

  • cycling infrastructure. see under Transportation infrastructure

• Bicycles and cycling

  • electric bicycles
    • manufacture of
      • Schreiner, F2267
  • tax credits for
    • Crawford, F2241

• Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

  • general remarks
    • Jones, EM3–EM4
  • regulations re
    • Jones, EM4–EM5

• Bills referred to committee

  • public bills (government and private members')
    • Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32), G101–G127, G129–G157
    • Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 (Bill 132), G423–G464, G489–G544
      • clause-by-clause, G545–G561
      • G465-G487
    • Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 (Bill 171), SP521–SP575, SP577–SP619, SP621–SP643
      • clause-by-clause, SP635–SP671
    • Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 36), SP3–SP53, SP55–SP83, SP85–SP96
    • Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4), G3–G39, G41–G79, SP81–SP100
    • Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 (Bill 68), JP3–JP43, JP45–JP96
    • Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act, 2020 (Bill 175), M45–M153, M155–M164
      • clause-by-clause, M165–M231
    • Defibrillator Registration and Public Access Act, 2020 (Bill 141), SP447–SP509
      • clause-by-clause, SP511–SP518
    • Fixing the Hydro Mess Act, 2019 (Bill 87), G235–G255, SP257–SP275
    • Foundations for Promoting and Protecting Mental Health and Addictions Services Act, 2019 (Bill 116), SP411–SP430
      • clause-by-clause, SP431–SP444
    • Getting Ontario Moving Act (Transportation Statute Law Amendment), 2019 (Bill 107), G277–G321, G323–G360
    • Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34), SP97–SP123, SP125–SP151, SP153–SP160
    • Magna Carta Day Act (In Memory of Julia Munro, MPP), 2020 (Bill 201), T53–T60
    • Main Street Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 215), F2935–F2995, F2997–F3005
      • clause-by-clause, F3007–F3010
    • Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47), F3–F52
      • clause-by-clause, F53–F92
    • More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108), JP101–JP161
      • clause-by-clause, JP163–JP188
    • Moving Ontario Family Law Forward Act, 2020 (Bill 207), JP541–JP592
    • Occupiers' Liability Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 118), T75–T133
      • clause-by-clause, T135–T137
    • The People's Health Care Act, 2019 (Bill 74), SP229–SP275, SP277–SP325, SP327–SP408
    • Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019 (Bill 138), F837–F872
      • clause-by-clause, F873–F923
    • Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures) 2020 (Bill 229), F3011–F3064
    • Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 (Bill 124), G363–G409
      • clause-by-clause, G411–G419
    • Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act, 2020 (Bill 184), SP673–SP725, SP727–SP786
      • clause-by-clause, SP847–SP865
    • Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures), 2019 (Bill 100), F719–F815, F817–F833
    • Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 (Bill 136), JP191–JP236
      • clause-by-clause, JP237–JP245
    • Rebuilding Consumer Confidence Act, 2020 (Bill 159), G721–G792, JP249–JP337
      • clause-by-clause, G793–F823, JP339–JP353
    • Reserved Parking for Electric Vehicle Charging Act, 2019 (Bill 123), T39–T40
      • clause-by-clause, T41–T43
    • Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2019 (Bill 66), G159–G297
    • Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57), F101–F151, F153–F183
    • Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2019 (Bill 48), SP161–SP205, SP207–SP228
    • Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2020 (Bill 156), G588–G646
      • clause-by-clause, G699–G719
    • Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020 (Bill 161), JP359–JP477, JP479–JP510
      • clause-by-clause, JP511–JP538
    • Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 (Bill 218)
      • clause-by-clause, JP671–JP693
    • Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2020 (Bill 145), G565–G582
      • clause-by-clause, G583–G585

• Biopsy

  • wait times
    • Miller, N., P88

• Black history

  • government funding for
    • Schreiner, F1977–F1978
  • historical sites, preservation
    • Schreiner, F1977–F1978

• Black Youth Action Plan

  • government funding
    • Andrew, E461
    • MacLeod, E462
  • government strategy
    • consultation process
      • MacLeod, E462

• Blind and partially-sighted persons

  • workplace supports
    • Arthur, F1118
    • Rasheed, F1119
    • Shaw, F1118
    • Skelly, F1118

• Boating industry

  • and COVID-19
    • Morrison, F2661

• Bondfield Construction

  • contracts transfer
    • French, E248–E249
    • Scott, E248
  • creditor protection
    • French, E248
  • general remarks
    • French, E248

• Breweries and brew pubs

  • buck-a-beer
    • impact on business operations
      • West, F25
  • and COVID-19
    • health and safety
      • Miller, N., F1647
  • retail for off-site consumption
    • location limits
      • Miller, N., F1646–F1647
      • Schreiner, F1651

• Bridge construction

  • framing materials
    • wood
      • Yakabuski, E410

• Broadband access

  • Broadband Modernization Program
    • general remarks
      • Lecce, E346–E347
  • download speeds
    • and access equity
      • Coteau, F2470
    • in other jurisdictions
      • Coteau, F2470
  • economic impact
    • Harris, F583
    • Scott, E245
    • Smith, D., F1007
  • as essential service
    • Hunter, F2239, F2631, F2633
    • Lindo, F2630
  • and farming
    • Schreiner, F2434
  • general remarks
    • Downey, F584
    • Gélinas, F2323
    • Hunter, F2318, F2632
    • Scott, E230–E231
    • northern and rural Ontario
      • Crawford, F1921
      • Smith, D., F1919
  • impact on education
    • Fee, F584
  • in Indigenous communities
    • Smith, D., F1007
  • northern and rural Ontario
    • Crawford, F2031
  • in northern and rural Ontario
    • availability
      • Skelly, F268
    • cost of
      • Skelly, F268
  • regional availability
    • Vanthof, F2042
  • rural and northern Ontario
    • Smith, D., F2425
  • in schools. see under Schools

• Broadband infrastructure

  • capacity upgrades
    • Mamakwa, F1008
    • Shaw, F1008
    • Skelly, F1008
  • cost
    • Coteau, F2470
  • delivery models
    • in northern and rural Ontario
      • Gélinas, F2323

• Broadband infrastructure - expansion

  • CRTC restrictions
    • exchange boundary crossings
      • McDonell, F2604
  • Eastern Ontario Regional Network
    • Piccini, F2340
    • Scott, E230
  • as economic policy
    • Crawford, F1630
    • Lecce, E361
  • financing, non-governmental
    • Martow, F2468
  • funding sources
    • Arthur, F1016–F1017
    • Scott, E230–E231, E246
  • general remarks
    • Crawford, E245, F2145
    • French, E241
    • Hunter, F2197
    • Martow, F2468
    • Rasheed, F1001
    • Scott, E242
    • Skelly, F2199
    • Yakabuski, F2436
  • government expenditures
    • French, F2159, F2280
    • Scott, F2159
  • government funding
    • Crawford, F1630, F2032
    • Fife, F583
    • Piccini, F1871
    • Sarkaria, F2305
    • Scott, E245
    • Simard, F1884
    • Skelly, F1110
    • Yakabuski, F2435
    • federal
      • Piccini, F1911, F2340, F2473
    • provincial
      • Lecce, E361
  • historically
    • Coteau, F2470
  • implementation timeline
    • fiber optics
      • Smith, D., F1632
  • Improving Connectivity for Ontario (ICON) program
    • Crawford, F2534
    • Piccini, F2859, F2866
    • Yakabuski, F2435–F2436
  • Improving Connectivity for Ontario program.
    • Piccini, F2213
    • Scott, F2158–F2159
  • jurisdiction over
    • Fife, F583
  • Matawa broadband project
    • Sabawy, F943
    • Scott, E241
  • northern and rural Ontario
    • Blais, F2293
    • Crawford, F2161–F2162, F2193, F2240
    • Hunter, F2292
    • Kramp, G163
    • Piccini, F2164, F2293–F2294
    • Schreiner, F2114, F2195, F2277
    • Scott, F2157, F2161–F2162, F2164
    • Skelly, F2163–F2164, F2174, F2289
    • Smith, D., F1523
    • Vanthof, F2197, F2295–F2296
    • West, F2217
    • dark fibre, use of
      • Piccini, F2215
    • industry partnerships
      • French, F2196
      • Khanjin, F2215
    • in public libraries
      • Piccini, F1773–F1774
  • private sector, role of
    • Scott, E245
  • rural and remote communities
    • Arthur, F1017
    • Mamakwa, F1017
    • Martow, F2021
    • Skelly, F1016
    • Smith, D., F1003, F1007
  • schools. see Schools—Internet access
  • Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology
    • Scott, F2158
  • Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT)
    • Khanjin, F2593
    • Scott, E230
  • through private sector
    • satellite network
      • Arthur, F2541

• Bruce Power

  • medical isotope production
    • Martin, F2169

• Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

  • Andrew, F1917

• Budget

  • balanced, timeline for
    • Shaw, FT260

• Budget 2019

  • pre-budget consultations
    • Arthur, F260–F261, F264, F268–F269, F271, F274, F280, F283–F284, F286, F288–F289, F293–F295, F298, F300, F303, F389, F405–F406, F410–F411, F416–F417, F424, F429, F439–F440, F537, F546, F550–F551, F579, F582, F586, F652–F653, F655–F658, F660, F663, F666, F671, F673, F676–F677, F679, F687, F698
    • Cho, S., F263, F273, F286, F288, F293, F389, F394, F405, F410, F425, F429–F430, F436–F437, F439, F450–F451, F523, F529, F540, F571–F572, F575, F655, F663, F670–F671, F675–F676, F682, F684–F686, F690, F692–F693, F697, F702, F706, F717
    • Downey, F267, F271–F273, F276–F278, F281, F288, F296–F298, F301, F310–F311, F313, F315, F392–F393, F399–F400, F403, F416–F418, F427, F431, F434, F445–F446, F448–F449, F527, F543, F547–F549, F551, F554, F561, F565, F567, F579–F581, F583–F585, F653, F663, F665, F668, F681, F685–F687, F692, F700, F707–F708, F713
    • Fee, F523–F524, F529, F532, F537, F539, F542–F543, F548, F553, F556, F558, F562, F567, F570, F574–F576, F584
    • Fife, F522–F523, F525–F527, F531–F532, F534–F537, F542, F548, F560, F563, F567–F570, F574, F577–F579, F581–F583, F585
    • Ghamari, F397–F398, F400, F408, F413, F448
    • Glover, F713, F715
    • Harden, F386–F387, F390, F397, F402, F405, F407, F412–F413, F419, F429, F432, F437, F442–F444, F446, F448
    • Harris, F525, F532, F534, F538, F542, F546–F547, F553, F562, F570, F580, F583–F585
    • Lindo, F525, F529–F530, F535, F540, F543, F549, F556, F572, F577
    • Mamakwa, F263–F264, F266, F274, F298, F302, F313, F395, F421, F434, F448, F451, F549, F554, F600–F661, F684, F693, F703, F705, F715, F717–F718
    • Martin, F700, F706, F708
    • Piccini, F261, F263, F266–F267, F283, F293, F296, F300–F301, F306, F389, F659–F660, F674, F679–F680
    • Rickford, F273–F274, F278, F281, F286
    • Roberts, F263, F266, F268, F283, F291, F302, F305, F387, F389, F398, F408, F420–F422, F431, F670, F674, F700, F715–F716
    • Shaw, F260, F264, F266, F269–F271, F274, F276, F278–F279, F284–F286, F290–F291, F293–F295, F299–F300, F303–F305, F308, F310, F315, F391–F392, F397, F400, F402, F409–F410, F417–F418, F424, F427, F434–F435, F438–F439, F441–F444, F446, F448, F450–F451, F554–F555, F558–F559, F564–F565, F583–F584, F652, F656, F658, F661–F662, F665–F668, F671, F673, F678–F679, F682–F684, F695, F699, F702–F703, F706, F710
    • Skelly, F261, F266, F268, F274, F288, F291, F295–F297, F302, F307–F308, F311–F313, F394–F395, F404–F405, F413, F420, F424–F427, F436, F441–F442, F444, F527, F534, F551–F552, F557–F558, F560, F579, F581, F586, F653, F655, F658, F670, F687, F690, F695, F702, F705–F706, F711, F716–F717
    • Stiles, F689–F690, F693–F695, F705, F708–F709

• Budget 2020

  • pre-budget consultations
    • Anand, F954, F965, F970, F973, F976, F979, F987
    • Arthur, F930–F931, F936, F938–F940, F945, F947–F948, F951, F956, F958, F961, F965–F966, F971, F973, F976–F977, F983, F987, F992, F995, F1000, F1004, F1014, F1016–F1019, F1022–F1023, F1026–F1028, F1031, F1037, F1048–F1049, F1053–F1054, F1056, F1069, F1071, F1075, F1088, F1091–F1094, F1098, F1101–F1103, F1106–F1108, F1111–F1113, F1116, F1118, F1122, F1124–F1125, F1129, F1139–F1141, F1149–F1150, F1159–F1161, F1173–F1174, F1180, F1184, F1190, F1214–F1215, F1219, F1221, F1227–F1229, F1255–F1256, F1271–F1272
    • Burch, F1224, F1236, F1238, F1244, F1262–F1263, F1266, F1287, F1290–F1291
    • Cho, S., F1225, F1239, F1241, F1246, F1254, F1280, F1283, F1287–F1290
    • Fee, F1162, F1168, F1176, F1196, F1207, F1210, F1221
    • Fife, F1156–F1157, F1164, F1168–F1171, F1183, F1185–F1188, F1191, F1193–F1194, F1198–F1199, F1202–F1205, F1209–F1210, F1217–F1219
    • Gates, F1224, F1229, F1232, F1238–F1239, F1241–F1243, F1246, F1250–F1253, F1260–F1261, F1263, F1268, F1273–F1274, F1282
    • Kramp, F1090–F1091, F1094, F1100–F1101, F1113
    • Lindo, F1159, F1161, F1175, F1178, F1186, F1188–F1189, F1195–F1196, F1207–F1208, F1212–F1213
    • Mamakwa, F934, F943–F944, F961, F978, F1000–F1003, F1005–F1006, F1008, F1012, F1017, F1021, F1023, F1028–F1029, F1031, F1039, F1043, F1056, F1065–F1067, F1071, F1080–F1081, F1085, F1088, F1101, F1126–F1127, F1129, F1143, F1224, F1234, F1248
    • Monteith-Farrell, F1033, F1037, F1041, F1043, F1051, F1061–F1062, F1069, F1071, F1075, F1084, F1086
    • Oosterhoff, F1229–F1232, F1244–F1245, F1250, F1253, F1255, F1258–F1259, F1263–F1266, F1269, F1278
    • Piccini, 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
    • Rasheed, F1001, F1024, F1029, F1045–F1046, F1059, F1065, F1101, F1105, F1116, F1119, F1128–F1129, F1138, F1148, F1150, F1162, F1166, F1176–F1178, F1183, F1202, F1221, F1239
    • Roberts, F933, F958–F960, F968–F969, F978–F979, F985, F989–F990, F1011, F1016, F1023–F1024, F1039, F1058–F1060, F1068–F1069, F1076, F1078, F1108, F1122–F1123, F1133–F1134, F1150–F1151, F1172–F1173, F1188, F1193, F1200
    • Sabawy, F938, F942–F943, F975–F976, F980
    • Shaw, F931, F935, F940–F941, F945, F953, F958, F961, F963, F967–F968, F976, F981, F985–F986, F990–F992, F995–F997, F1000, F1004–F1005, F1008, F1010, F1012–F1014, F1023, F1034, F1043, F1046–F1047, F1051–F1053, F1058, F1063, F1065, F1067, F1070, F1073–F1074, F1078–F1079, F1106, F1111, F1113, F1116, F1118, F1120–F1121, F1125, F1131, F1134–F1136, F1140, F1145, F1148, F1150, F1152–F1153, F1165–F1166, F1191, F1200, F1222, F1257–F1258, F1266, F1272, F1280–F1281, F1287
    • Skelly, F931, F933–F934, F936, F941, F950–F951, F953–F954, F960–F961, F970, F983, F988, F992–F993, F997–F998, F1001, F1005–F1006, F1008, F1012, F1016, F1019, F1030, F1035, F1049, F1061, F1067, F1081, F1083–F1084, F1099, F1101, F1103, F1109–F1111, F1118, F1120, F1127, F1137–F1138, F1145, F1152, F1157, F1163, F1186, F1191, F1201, F1248, F1264, F1269–F1271, F1275–F1276, F1280, F1288
    • Smith, D., F1001, F1003, F1007–F1008, F1010–F1012, F1015, F1019, F1024, F1026, F1031, F1055–F1056, F1059, F1071, F1078, F1081–F1082, F1161–F1162, F1166–F1167, F1171, F1173, F1176, F1180–F1181, F1193, F1201, F1205, F1207, F1212, F1215, F1217, F1219–F1221
    • Smith, D. ., F1226–F1227, F1234, F1244, F1248–F1249, F1251, F1255, F1268–F1269, F1271, F1274, F1284–F1285, F1290
    • Stevens, F1233–F1234, F1261, F1276–F1278, F1285
  • pre-budget consultations, live-streaming
    • Skelly, F927
  • pre-budget consultations, schedule and locations
    • Armstrong, F926–F927
    • Mamakwa, F927
    • Piccini, F926–F927
    • Skelly, F926–F927
    • Smith, D., F925–F926

• Budget deficit

  • calculation of
    • Fife, FT117–FT118
    • Romano, FT84
    • Vanthof, FT101
  • cyclical vs. structural
    • Shaw, FT83
  • general remarks
    • Park, FT103
    • Rasheed, F737
    • Romano, FT110
  • government strategy
    • Shaw, FT124–FT125

• Budget, pre-budget consultations

  • 2019, itinerary for
    • Bisson, F94–F95
    • Downey, F93–F94
    • Mamakwa, F95
    • Piccini, F94
    • Roberts, F95
    • Skelly, F94
    • Vanthof, F95
    • indigenous communities
      • Bisson, F97–F98
      • Mamakwa, F97, F99
      • Shaw, F97, F99
      • Vanthof, F96–F97
    • northern Ontario
      • Downey, F96–F97
      • Mamakwa, F96
      • Piccini, F96
      • Vanthof, F96, F99
  • Arthur, F338, F462, F465, F469, F472, F482–F483, F490, F498, F506, F589, F595, F608, F610, F624, F633, F635, F640, F644–F646
  • Bailey, F455, F457, F460, F462, F467, F474, F492, F498, F501–F502, F506
  • Bisson, F321, F324–F326, F335–F336, F338, F340, F345, F350–F351, F359–F361, F363–F364, F369–F371, F373, F377–F379, F381–F383
  • Bourgouin, F321, F333–F334, F345, F353–F354, F368–F369
  • Burch, F194, F196, F210, F215, F222–F223, F241, F247
  • Cho, S., F202, F327, F341, F353, F372, F478, F487, F492, F496–F497, F503, F511–F512, F637, F646–F647
  • Downey, F187–F189, F204, F210, F212–F213, F218, F220, F224, F230, F238–F239, F244–F245, F248, F321–F322, F333, F337–F338, F343, F345–F346, F363, F366, F368, F377, F455, F462, F467, F471, F474–F475, F478, F487, F516–F517, F593, F598–F599, F601, F612, F617, F621, F630–F631, F634–F635, F644, F649
  • Downey ., F494
  • Fife, F589–F591, F593–F594, F596, F600–F601, F603–F606, F610
  • Hatfield, F454–F455, F457, F462–F464, F469, F473–F474, F477–F478, F480, F485, F487, F490, F496, F499, F501, F503–F506, F509, F511, F514, F516, F519–F520
  • Mamakwa, F471–F472, F481, F490
  • Martow, F220, F229, F234, F248, F250, F253
  • Piccini, F327, F329, F336, F353, F361, F371, F375, F588, F593, F596, F601, F610–F611, F616, F618, F626, F649
  • Roberts, F194, F198–F200, F207, F214–F215, F225–F226, F231, F250, F253–F256, F331–F332, F346–F348, F356, F358, F377, F465, F480, F484–F485, F514, F518–F519
  • Shaw, F186, F189, F191, F197, F202, F205–F207, F210, F212, F216–F218, F228, F233–F234, F236–F238, F242, F246, F248, F252–F253, F256–F257, F321, F329–F331, F338, F340, F343–F344, F348–F349, F355, F358–F359, F361, F365–F366, F374–F375, F458–F460, F467, F469, F475–F476, F494, F511, F599, F610, F612–F615, F618–F620, F622, F625, F627–F628, F631, F635, F637, F640–F642, F649–F650
  • Skelly, F187, F191–F192, F197, F209, F223, F228–F229, F236, F323, F328–F329, F333, F341, F351, F361–F363, F367, F379–F381, F383–F384, F457, F460, F470, F480, F483, F487, F492, F498, F508, F513, F598, F603, F629, F637–F639, F644, F648–F649
  • Skelly ., F204–F205, F240–F241
  • Smith, D., F591–F592, F596–F597, F603, F606, F608, F615, F620–F621, F625, F628–F629, F633, F638–F640, F642
  • Stiles, F194–F195, F200, F205, F211–F212, F215, F220, F226, F231, F241, F243, F246, F250–F251, F253, F256

• Building Code

  • electric vehicle compatibility
    • Morrison, JP187
  • energy efficiency standards
    • Khanjin, G434
  • general remarks
    • Rakocevic, JP274
  • and technological innovations
    • Smith, D., F1180–F1181

• Building codes

  • administrative authority, creation of
    • Burch, SP824

• Building construction

  • accessibility requirements
    • universal design
      • Harden, F397, F429

• Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD)

  • lobbying by
    • Stiles, A202

• Building inspections

  • remote, during COVID-19
    • McDonell, SP829

• Building inspectors

  • accountability
    • Bailey, JP294
  • and construction industry
    • Burch, SP824
  • independence
    • Natyshak, JP291
    • Singh, S., JP312
  • municipal
    • relationship with Tarion
      • Coe, JP276
    • timing restrictions
      • Coe, JP275
  • qualifications and training
    • general remarks
      • Kramp, G766
      • Rakocevic, G788–G789
      • Singh, S., JP312
    • standardization of
      • Kusendova, JP269, JP323, JP335
  • shortage
    • Blais, SP825–SP826
    • McDonell, SP829

• Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 (Bill 171)

  • Babikian, SP543, SP562–SP563, SP591, SP598–SP600
  • Bell, SP530–SP531, SP537, SP541, SP544, SP556, SP564, SP567–SP569, SP574–SP575, SP580, SP583, SP588, SP592, SP594, SP611, SP613–SP614
  • Blais, SP52, SP525, SP528, SP534–SP535, SP537, SP540, SP544–SP545, SP547–SP548, SP550–SP551, SP561–SP562, SP567, SP570, SP572, SP581, SP584, SP586–SP587, SP595, SP597, SP600, SP603, SP606, SP612, SP614, SP617, SP625, SP631–SP632
  • Harden, SP541–SP542, SP580–SP581, SP583, SP591–SP592, SP595, SP602–SP603, SP608, SP633–SP634
  • Hogarth, SP529, SP559–SP560, SP570–SP571, SP579, SP606–SP607, SP614–SP615, SP623–SP624
  • Karahalios, SP537–SP538, SP566, SP590, SP632
  • Martin, SP525–SP526, SP538, SP540–SP541, SP554–SP555, SP584–SP585, SP595–SP596, SP603–SP604, SP628–SP629, SP632–SP633
  • Sabawy, SP551, SP599, SP617–SP618
  • Tabuns, SP523–SP525, SP533–SP534, SP536–SP537, SP543–SP544, SP546–SP547, SP552, SP555, SP558–SP559, SP563–SP564, SP566–SP568, SP580, SP582, SP587–SP588, SP591, SP594, SP598–SP600, SP607, SP610, SP613, SP618–SP619, SP624–SP625, SP627–SP628, SP633
  • Thanigasalam, SP532–SP533, SP548–SP549, SP566, SP573–SP574, SP587, SP610
  • amendments
    • Babikian, SP666
    • Bell, SP635–SP647, SP649–SP650, SP652–SP658, SP663–SP670
    • Blais, SP644–SP645, SP658, SP660–SP662
    • Hogarth, SP637–SP638, SP647, SP649, SP653–SP654, SP656, SP660, SP662, SP667–SP668
    • Karahalios, SP645, SP648, SP656, SP661–SP662, SP665, SP669
    • Sabawy, SP638–SP639, SP648, SP652, SP665, SP668
    • Smith, D., SP644, SP652
    • Tabuns, SP636–SP637, SP639–SP647, SP649, SP654–SP655, SP657–SP658, SP664, SP666, SP669–SP670
    • Thanigasalam, SP636, SP643, SP649, SP653, SP655, SP658, SP663–SP664, SP669
    • Wai, SP640, SP648, SP662, SP668–SP669

• Business

  • community-based, specialized
    • market development
      • Skelly, F1879–F1880
      • Smith, D., F1876
  • convention centres
    • economic impact
      • Hunter, F1631–F1632
  • corporate tax credits
    • for green tech upgrades
      • Fife, G508
  • corporate tax rate
    • Downey, F601
    • Fife, F531
    • Harden, F419
    • Roberts, F740
    • Skelly, F950, F970, F1049, F1191
    • reduction
      • Fife, F600
  • government strategy
    • Piccini, F847
  • human resources
    • recruitment and retention
      • Bouma, A222
  • Internet access
    • Crawford, F1630, F2533
    • Gélinas, F2323
    • Piccini, F2329
    • Smith, D., F1633
  • regulatory environment
    • Hogarth, F2547
  • rural Ontario
    • retention
      • Arthur, F1124
  • social responsibility
    • Mamakwa, F703

• Business - capital incentives

  • capital cost depreciation rate
    • Harden, F405, F419
    • Shaw, F682, F703
  • and government revenue generation
    • Shaw, F702–F703
  • support programs
    • provincial review of
      • Fife, F534–F535

• Business co-operatives

  • capital generation
    • offering limits
      • Shaw, F867
  • co-operative status
    • 50% rule
      • Cho, S., F866
  • general remarks
    • Shaw, F867
  • in the renewable energy industry
    • Shaw, F867–F868

• Business - COVID-19

  • bankruptcy protection
    • definition of
      • Schreiner, F2653
    • no-fault bankruptcy
      • Calandra, F2356
  • Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA)
    • Blais, F1304–F1305
    • Fife, F1346–F1347
    • Kernaghan, F1946
    • Morrison, F1352, F1413, F2670
    • Phillips, F1297, F1301, F1304–F1305, F1307
    • Schreiner, F1307, F1945–F1946
    • Shaw, F1326–F1327
    • Tabuns, F1549
  • capacity restrictions
    • Miller, P., E483–E484
  • commercial evictions
    • protection from
      • Blais, F1358, F1435
      • Fife, F1396
      • Harden, F1357
      • Hunter, F1348, F2662
      • Lindo, F1414
      • Schreiner, F1407
      • Shaw, F1327, F1347, F1370
  • community partnerships
    • impact on
      • Morrison, F2313
  • contactless payment
    • Crawford, F1657–F1658
    • Sarkaria, F2299
    • Smith, D., F1633
  • convention centres
    • as an interdependent economy
      • Smith, D., F1632, F1648–F1649, F1668
    • occupancy levels
      • Hunter, F1630
    • social distancing
      • Smith, D., F1632, F1648–F1649
  • cross-border travel restrictions
    • Arthur, F2445
  • debt load
    • Arthur, F2336
  • delivery model adjustments
    • Arthur, F2337
    • Hunter, F2365
    • Nicholls, F2314
    • cost of
      • Lindo, F2630
    • financing of
      • Coteau, F2371
      • Stiles, F2370
    • general remarks
      • Hunter, F2585
      • Khanjin, F2609
  • digital marketplace
    • Sarkaria, F2299
  • economic impact
    • northern Ontario
      • Mantha, F2516
    • sector variation in
      • Fedeli, F2298
  • employee termination and layoff
    • and severance pay
      • Smith, D., F2371–F2372
  • essential businesses
    • non-essential goods, sale of
      • Nicholls, F2314
      • Schreiner, F2515
  • financial supports
    • small business
      • Cho, S., F2900
      • Coteau, F2874–F2875
      • Downey, F2721
      • Gates, F1565–F1566
      • Glover, F2903, F2919
      • Harden, F2684, F2702
      • Hunter, F2677, F2717–F2718
      • MacLeod, F1333
      • Morrison, F1347
      • Phillips, F1311
      • Sabawy, F2875
      • Sattler, F2676–F2677
      • Schreiner, F2893
      • Singh, S., F2871
      • Skelly, F1333
      • Smith, D., F1311
      • Vanthof, F1380
      • Wai, F2667
      • Walker, F2719
  • government supports
    • Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA)
      • eligibility criteria
        • Begum, F2605
        • Tangri, F2479
    • expenses, deferrals
      • Arthur, F2845
      • Glover, F2827
    • general remarks
      • Armstrong, F2822–F2823
      • Arthur, F2389
      • Begum, F2331, F2604–F2605
      • Coteau, F2349, F2379, F2517–F2518
      • Downey, F2401
      • Fedeli, F2298–F2300
      • Fife, F2403–F2404
      • Ghamari, F2419–F2420
      • Harden, F2494
      • Hogarth, F2531–F2532, F2547
      • Hunter, F2301, F2313–F2314, F2328, F2330, F2337, F2349, F2353, F2596, F2666
      • Lindo, F2348
      • MacLeod, E463, E483
      • Morrison, F2489
      • Schreiner, F2652
      • Singh, S., F2534–F2535
    • grants and loans
      • application process
        • Andrew, E487–E488
        • MacLeod, E488
    • loan programs
      • application support
        • Hunter, F1638
      • Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
        • Calandra, F2356
      • general remarks
        • Fee, F2310
        • Hunter, F2354
        • Lindo, F2310
        • Sarkaria, F2299, F2301
      • vs. grants
        • Shaw, F2300
      • interest rates
        • Coteau, F2371
    • loans and grants
      • for fixed costs
        • MacLeod, E478
      • for Indigenous business
        • Crawford, F2533
      • loans vs. grants
        • Harden, F2563
        • Lindo, F2630
    • municipal level
      • Bailey, F2557
      • Wai, F2555
    • navigation assistance
      • Khanjin, F2609
    • for new business
      • Martin, F2574
    • program termination dates
      • Schreiner, F2566
    • stakeholder consultation
      • Martin, F2518
    • tax credits
      • Fife, F2710
    • tax deferrals
      • Miller, P., E483
    • taxation, deferrals
      • Arthur, F2336, F2388
      • Begum, F2327, F2605
      • Coteau, F2385
      • Hunter, F2301, F2328, F2338
      • Sarkaria, F2299, F2301
      • Shaw, F2300
    • taxation, property tax
      • Coteau, F2344
    • within-sector variation
      • Taylor, F2558
  • grocery stores
    • general remarks
      • Pang, F2394
    • supply chain
      • access to, variation in
        • Coteau, F2393–F2394
  • health and safety measures
    • cost of
      • Khanjin, F2609
      • Schreiner, F2554
      • Singh, S., F2534–F2535
      • Smith, D., F2709
    • funding for
      • Roberts, F2513
      • Schreiner, F2554
    • general remarks
      • Harden, F2393
    • PPE procurement
      • Khanjin, F2609
    • sector-specific guidelines
      • Lindo, F2584
  • impact on cultural communities
    • Morrison, F2651
    • micro-financing for
      • Hunter, F2691
  • insurance
    • business interruption insurance
      • Harden, F2352–F2353
      • Lindo, F2311
    • contract enforcement
      • Harden, F2494, F2809
    • coverage levels
      • Fee, F2309–F2310
    • general remarks
      • Fife, F2622
      • Harden, F2352–F2353, F2631–F2632
      • Hunter, F2611
      • Morrison, F2312
      • Taylor, F2558
    • rates
      • Armstrong, F2822–F2823
      • Fee, F2309–F2310
  • interprovincial trade
    • Skelly, F2374
  • IT expenditures
    • as capital expenditures
      • taxation
        • Smith, D., F2477–F2478
        • Tangri, F2480
    • Digital Main Street program
      • French, F1985, F2876
      • Khanjin, F2294
      • Piccini, F2858
      • Schreiner, F1422
      • Future Proof program
        • Sarkaria, F2305
      • general remarks
        • Crawford, F1630, F1657
        • Piccini, F2305
        • Sarkaria, F2299, F2301, F2303, F2305
        • Smith, D., F1875
        • Tangri, F2480
      • technological requirements
        • Hunter, F2318
  • Jane and Finch community
    • impact on
      • Rakocevic, F2683
  • local promotion campaigns
    • MacLeod, E483
  • occupancy restrictions
    • Schreiner, F2495
  • other commercial rent assistance
    • Andrew, F1739
    • Glover, F1739
    • Harden, F1433
    • Hunter, F1520
    • Lindo, F1415
    • Morrison, F2690
    • Schreiner, F1509–F1510, F1527
    • Taylor, F1699
  • in other jurisdictions
    • Harris, F2581
  • personal guarantees, protection for
    • Harden, F2809
  • promotion of
    • general remarks
      • Hogarth, F2532
      • Roberts, F2513
    • local product campaigns
      • Dunlop, F2441
      • Hogarth, F2547
      • Sarkaria, F2299, F2301
    • marketing grants and loans
      • Fife, F2509, F2548
      • Hunter, F2618
      • Martin, F2620
  • regional variations
    • Schreiner, F2861
  • remote work environments
    • Coteau, F2410–F2411
    • Skelly, F2920
    • professional development
      • Khanjin, F2693
  • return-to-work arrangements
    • Schreiner, F2285
  • second-wave planning
    • Hunter, F2365, F2585, F2601, F2612–F2613, F2624–F2625
    • Jones, EM26
    • Lindo, F2612
    • Morrison, F2665
  • sector partnerships
    • Coe, F2613–F2614
  • special events sector
    • capacity limitations
      • Anand, F2567
    • convention centres
      • occupancy levels
        • Lindo, F2348
      • social distancing
        • Lindo, F2348
    • weddings and celebrations
      • general remarks
        • Harden, F2364
  • staff turnover
    • Harden, F2623–F2624
  • stakeholder consultation
    • Lindo, F2611
    • Sarkaria, F2299
  • start-ups and new business, impact on
    • Morrison, F2312
  • supply chain management
    • general remarks
      • Hogarth, F2532
  • support programs
    • tax credits
      • West, F2181

• Business development

  • government funding
    • Hatfield, F454–F455
    • Windsor-Sarnia area
      • Bailey, F455

• Business Development Bank of Canada

  • loan programs
    • COVID-19. see Business - COVID-19

• Business environment.

  see also specific industry
  • competition with other business
    • impact of employee standards compliance
      • Sattler, F58, F72
      • West, F57–F58
    • impact of employee wages
      • West, F36
  • competition with other jurisdictions
    • Harden, F405
    • Martow, F12
    • Piccini, F13
    • Skelly, F47, F702
    • West, F40–F41
  • corporate migration
    • Anand, F970
  • development support
    • government funding
      • Arthur, F1190
      • Fife, F1191
  • foreign investment
    • Anand, F970
    • Invest Ontario. see Invest Ontario
    • promotion of
      • Harris, F570
  • general remarks
    • Dunlop, F2442
    • Skelly, G448
  • government strategy
    • Skelly, F197, F404
  • human capital
    • recruitment
      • Fee, F570
  • impact of US tax reform
    • Piccini, F1124
  • interprovincial trade
    • Skelly, F2374
  • for new business
    • Martow, F37
  • regional investment
    • incentives for
      • Fife, F569–F570
      • Rasheed, F2562

• Business improvement associations (BIAs) - COVID-19

  • government funding
    • Hunter, F1703
    • Schreiner, F1699

• Business - main street recovery plan

  • PPE grant
    • as one-time grant
      • Miller, P., E475

• Business regulations

  • reduction in
    • Shaw, F791
    • Skelly, F362

• Business - small and medium-sized

  • benefits and pensions
    • Harden, F444
  • capital generation
    • financing interest rates
      • Arthur, F1124–F1125
  • community impact
    • Piccini, F854
  • contactless payment
    • interchange fees
      • Fife, F2397, F2546–F2547, F2610
  • corporate tax rate
    • Cho, S., F843
    • Martin, F844
    • Piccini, F847
    • Roberts, F854
  • and COVID-19. see Business - COVID-19
  • economic impact
    • Parsa, E477
    • Sarkaria, F2299
  • employee wages. see also Minimum wage - $15/hour
    • Sattler, F67
  • employer-worker relations. see under Employment
  • entrepreneurial support
    • general remarks
      • Harden, F2357
      • Hunter, F2355–F2356
    • mentorship programs
      • Hunter, F2573
  • general remarks
    • Martow, F23
    • Stevens, G540
  • government grants
    • availability of
      • Schreiner, F2566
  • impact of employment standards reform (2017). see under Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 22
  • impacted by pollution
    • Fife, G436
  • market competition
    • Martow, F22
    • West, F19
  • minority-owned
    • capital, access to
      • Glover, F2694
      • Schreiner, F2693
    • networking opportunities for
      • Skelly, F2928
    • supports for
      • Schreiner, F2926–F2927
  • owner salaries
    • Martow, F26
  • rural investment tax credit proposal
    • business retention measures
      • Piccini, F1124
    • eligibility criteria
      • Harden, F2565
    • general remarks
      • Shaw, F1125
    • government revenue loss due to
      • Arthur, F1125
    • in other jurisdictions
      • Harden, F2565
    • target industries
      • Rasheed, F2562
  • support organizations
    • Schreiner, G539
    • Rural Opportunity and Investment Coalition
      • Arthur, F1124–F1125
  • taxation rate
    • Sarkaria, F2301