Letter: B

• Babikian, A. (PC, Scarborough—Agincourt)

  • Antisemitism
    • awareness and education initiatives
      • government funding, F474
  • Co-operative housing
    • government strategy, F459
  • Education funding
    • government strategy, SP505–SP506
  • Highways and roads - construction and expansion
    • Gardiner Expressway, HE239
  • Integrity Commissioners - provincial
    • relationship with local, HE22
  • Legislative process
    • regulations, PH21
  • Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9), HE9, HE22, HE27, HE40, HE52
    • consultations, HE9
    • implementation, HE22
  • Municipal councillors
    • code of conduct, HE40
    • discipline
      • preventative, HE53
  • Municipal councillors - removal
    • democratic rights and accountability, HE27
    • victim protection, HE22
  • Municipal staff
    • whistle-blowers, HE22
  • Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
    • amendments, HE357
  • School facilities - maintenance and repair
    • government funding, F482

• Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia—Lambton)

  • Appointments to agencies/boards/commissions/etc
    • Council of the College of Early Childhood Educators, A60
    • Council of the College of Opticians of Ontario, A28
    • Custody Review Board, A8
    • Health Services Appeal and Review Board, A24
    • Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning board of governors, A49
    • Landlord and Tenant Board, A53, A64, A94
    • Office for Victims of Crime, A84
    • Ontario College of Art and Design University board of governors, A41–A42
    • Social Benefits Tribunal, A88
    • Wilfrid Laurier University board of governors, A18
  • Budget 2026
    • pre-budget consultations, F538
  • Business investment
    • chemistry sector, F538
  • Employment
    • job creation/loss, F538
  • Innovation and technology industry
    • data centres
      • resource needs, F538
  • Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9), HE11–HE12
    • implementation, HE11

• Begum, D. (NDP, Scarborough Southwest)

  • Appointments to agencies/boards/commissions/etc
    • Council of the College of Opticians of Ontario, A29–A30
    • Council of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, A73–A74
  • Business - small and medium-sized
    • government strategy, F18
  • Economic conditions
    • productivity, F17–F18
  • Interprovincial trade
    • facilitation, F38
    • government strategy, F28–F29
  • Labour policy
    • interprovincial mobility
      • government strategy, F34–F35
      • and recruitment and retention, F38
  • Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Eglinton Crosstown
    • delays, HE226–HE228
  • Motions.
    • committee meetings re: intended appointments during summer adjournment
      • responded to, A32–A33
    • review of Metrolinx' operations, project planning and project delivery
      • responded to, A114–A115
  • Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
    • amendments, IN152–IN155
  • Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2), F17–F18, F28–F29, F34–F35, F37–F38, F54–F55
  • Public transit
    • construction costs, HE235
  • Skilled trades
    • government strategy, F18
  • Transit infrastructure development - public-private partnerships (P3s)
    • Deutsche Bahn
      • accountability and transparency, HE240
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
    • surplus funds
      • employer return, F18

• Bell, J. (NDP, University—Rosedale)

  • Affordable housing
    • Habitat for Humanity, F194–F195
  • Agencies, boards and commissions
    • hiring freeze, F169–F170, F176
  • Agriculture industry
    • government strategy, F203–F204
  • Alcohol retail - expansion
    • impact on government revenue, F121–F122
  • Auditor General of Ontario
    • reports
      • Oversight of Access to Primary Care (2025), F240
  • Autism services
    • classroom supports, F414
    • wait-list, F221
  • Budget 2026
    • pre-budget consultations, F538, F546–F547, F560–F561, F566–F567, F590–F591, F596–F597, F604–F605, F618–F619
  • Business
    • Protecting Ontario Account, F128–F129
  • Business - taxation
    • small business tax rate, F186
  • Cabinet Office
    • budget, F151
    • role, F157
  • Cattle industry
    • government strategy, F464
  • Child care
    • government strategy, F405
  • Children and youth
    • vape use, F567
  • Colleges and universities
    • coordination with industry, F260
    • programs
      • reduction, F261
  • Committee process
    • estimates, F149
  • Consumption and treatment services
    • and overdose prevention, F204
  • Co-operative housing
    • government funding, F457
  • Developmental services
    • Ontario Developmental Services Passport, F469
    • wait-list, F469
  • Doctors
    • administrative responsibilities, F312
  • Education
    • EQAO testing and results, F221, F337
    • government strategy, F560–F561
  • Education funding
    • general remarks, F506
  • Education funding - special education
    • government funding, F413
  • Electric vehicles - charging stations
    • access, F204
  • Energy generation
    • renewables
      • solar panels, F596–F597
  • Engineering services
    • provincial procurement
      • government strategy, F223–F224
  • Fiscal policy
    • government strategy, F136–F137
    • tax reduction, F122–F123
  • Forestry industry
    • local procurement, F406
  • Government accountability and oversight
    • freedom of information requests, F142–F144
  • Government advertising
    • Bulk Media Buy Program
      • marketing plans, F162
    • partisan, F163
    • US-Canada relations, F157–F158
  • Government contracts
    • domestic procurement, F474
  • Government debt and deficit
    • general remarks, F112–F113
  • Health care - government funding, F197
  • Health care - primary care
    • family health teams, F216, F312
  • Home and community care
    • cost vs. alternative level or long-term care, F597
    • general remarks, F386
    • government funding, F442–F443
      • high-risk recipients, F396
  • Home ownership
    • HST rebates, F366
  • Hospitals
    • agency nurses, use of
      • cost, F567
  • Hospitals - budgets
    • deficits, F194, F591
  • Hospitals - by site
    • Brockville General Hospital, F300
  • Hospitals - capital projects
    • government funding, F198
  • Housing
    • affordability, F328–F329
      • government strategy, F198
    • taxation, F605
  • Housing development - construction
    • mid-density, F605
  • Housing development - municipal charges
    • development charges, exemptions and discounts
      • impact on parks, F619
  • Human trafficking - victims
    • supports
      • minors, F254
  • Immunization
    • vaccines
      • made in Ontario, F216
  • Indigenous communities - mental health and addictions services
    • general remarks, F318
  • Infrastructure development
    • municipal, F114
  • Intimate partner violence - victims
    • services, F300–F301
  • Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
    • hearings
      • virtual vs. in-person, F414
  • Libraries
    • in schools
      • government funding, F475
  • Long-term care.
    • accountability and oversight, F386
  • Medical laboratory technologists
    • shortage, F396
  • Mental health and addictions services
    • government strategy, F186
    • wait-list, F182
  • Midwifes
    • recruitment and retention, F491
  • Minimum wage
    • increase, F365
  • Municipal infrastructure - Brockville
    • and property tax increases, F292
  • Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
    • review, F120–F121
  • Municipalities
    • infrastructure funding sources, F547
  • Office of the Premier
    • staff salaries, F144–F145, F151
    • staff size, F150–F151
  • Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
    • billing, F312, SP240
  • Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) - service eligibility
    • take-home cancer drugs, F566
  • Ontario Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS)
    • audit process, F168–F169
  • Ontario Works (OW)
    • benefit rates
      • claw-back, F365
  • Parks and Recreation Ontario
    • funding needs, F619
  • Post-secondary education
    • tuition freeze, 1637
  • Post-secondary education - funding
    • impact, F538–F539, F596
  • Post-secondary education - international students
    • reduction
      • economic impact, F377
  • Property tax
    • assessment reform, F448–F449
  • Public libraries
    • safety in, F328
  • Regulatory reform
    • cost savings, F151–F152
  • Rental housing - tenant protections
    • general remarks, F365
  • Reports referred to committee
    • 2025 Performance Audit: Skills Development Fund Training Stream, P79–P82, P88–P92
  • School board trustees
    • general remarks, F224
  • School boards
    • supervisors, F561
    • trustees, F431
  • School closures
    • moratorium, F486
  • Senior citizens
    • government supports, F337
  • Sexual violence and harassment - victims
    • services and supports
      • minors, F254–F255
  • Skills Development Fund
    • accountability and transparency, F130
      • applicants referred to forensic auditing, P91
      • internal processes, P80–P81, P89
    • application approval process, P79, P81–P82
      • Auditor General's reporting, P79
    • beneficiaries
      • Church of Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius, P89
      • FGF Brands, P81
      • Grand Bizarre Inc, P80–P81
      • Keel Digital Solutions, P80, P88–P89
      • Ontario Harness Horse Association, P89
    • government strategy, P91–P92
    • grant determination process, P79
    • implementation of Auditor General recommendations, P90
    • outcome evaluation, P82
      • economic impact, P91
      • job placements, P91
  • Skills Development Fund - beneficiaries
    • Get A-Head
      • forensic audit, F161–F162
  • St. Lawrence Seaway
    • economic impact, F619
  • Supportive housing
    • government funding, F317
  • Taxation
    • corporate tax rate, F604–F605
  • Tobacco industry
    • and vaping, F590–F591
  • Unhoused persons
    • Brockville, F291–F292
    • eastern Ontario, F426
    • government funding, allocation, F349
    • government response, F546–F547
    • Kingston, F317

• Bethlenfalvy, Hon. P. (PC, Pickering—Uxbridge)

  • Alcohol retail - expansion
    • general remarks, F125, F135
    • impact on government revenue, F122
  • Business
    • Protecting Ontario Account, F126, F128–F129
  • Business investment
    • government strategy, F116–F117
  • Canadian Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy
    • general remarks, F118
  • Cost of living
    • affordability, F126–F127
  • Cybersecurity
    • employment opportunities, F117
  • Employment
    • creation and loss, F114–F115
  • Fiscal policy
    • government strategy, F111–F112, F118–F120, F136–F137
  • Government debt and deficit
    • general remarks, F112–F114, F132
  • Health care - government funding, F123–F124
  • Infrastructure development
    • municipal, F114, F127–F128, F134
  • Long-term care.
    • government funding, F133–F134
  • Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
    • review, F120–F121
  • Skills Development Fund
    • accountability and transparency, F130
  • Tobacco industry
    • illicit sale
      • government response, F125
  • Transportation infrastructure development
    • government strategy, F135–F136

• Blais, S. (LIB, Orléans)

  • Consumer protection
    • loyalty reward points
      • government strategy, HE330–HE331, HE333–HE334, HE355, HE357–HE358
      • time-based expiration, HE353–HE354, HE356HE353–HE354
  • Crown land - forests
    • resource removal under non-forestry permits, HE362–HE363
  • Integrity Commissioner of Ontario
    • database of completed inquiries, HE189
  • Integrity Commissioners - provincial
    • oversight, HE68
  • Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9), HE64, HE68, HE72–HE73, HE101–HE102, HE110
    • amendments, HE178, HE180–HE189, HE191–HE196
    • stakeholder consultations, HE193
  • Municipal councillors
    • code of conduct
      • standardization, HE72
    • election
      • background checks, HE64, HE102
    • mayors
      • removal, conflict of interest, HE72–HE73
  • Municipal councillors - removal
    • media coverage, impact on, HE101
    • unanimous vote, HE64
      • vs. judicial decision, HE64, HE72
    • victim protection, HE64
  • Municipal governance
    • bad-faith actors, removal of
      • bad-faith complaints, HE183
      • council vote, HE182, HE186–HE187, HE195–HE196
      • independent judiciary, HE180–HE181, HE191–HE192
      • penalties, power to impose, HE184, HE187, HE196
      • standard investigation process, HE185
      • time constraints, HE184–HE185, HE195
    • integrity commissioners
      • conflicts of interest, HE182
  • Municipal staff
    • whistle-blowers, HE64
  • Personal information
    • Ministry of Red Tape Reduction, disclosure authority, HE364
  • Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46), HE330–HE331, HE333–HE334, HE345, HE348–HE349, HE351–HE358, HE362–HE366
    • legislative history, HE334
    • scope, HE351, HE365
  • Sexual violence and harassment - children and youth
    • online, HE348
    • trauma, law enforcement dealing with, HE348
  • Sexual violence and harassment - offenders
    • information sharing, HE348, HE352
  • Snowmobiles and snowmobiling
    • economic impact, HE345–HE346
    • trail network loss, HE346

• Bouma, W. (PC, Brantford—Brant)

  • Indigenous communities - economic development
    • government strategy, JP58–JP59

• Bourgouin, G. (NDP, Mushkegowuk—James Bay)

  • Consumer protection
    • loyalty reward points, HE353
  • Crown land - forests
    • resource removal under non-forestry permits, HE330, HE333, HE351
      • Indigenous consultation, HE332–HE333
  • Forestry industry
    • Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, HE329
    • government funding, IN375–IN377
    • innovation initiatives
      • government funding, IN388–IN389, IN396–IN398
    • and United States tariffs, IN378, IN396
  • French-language debates
    • Loi de 2025 sur la responsabilité des municipalités, project de loi 9, HE89
    • Projet de loi 5, Loi de 2025 pour protéger l’Ontario en libérant son économie
      • amendments, IN160–IN161, IN168–IN171
    • travaux du comité, IN3–IN4
  • Hunting and angling - licensing
    • moose tag lottery, IN390
  • Integrity Commissioners - local
    • centralized selection database, HE82, HE104
    • cost of using, HE104
    • selection, HE64
  • Mining industry
    • digital administration system
      • claim processing, funding, IN326
  • Mining industry - Indigenous communities
    • Indigenous consultation and consent, IN328
    • revenue-sharing agreements
      • allocation of revenue, IN327
  • Ministry of Energy and Mines
    • estimates (2025-2026), IN326–IN328
  • Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9), HE63–HE64, HE74, HE82, HE89, HE103–HE104
    • women in politics, impact, HE74
  • Municipal councillors - removal
    • provincial funding, HE82
    • unanimous vote, HE82
  • Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46), HE329–HE330, HE332–HE333
    • amendments, HE351, HE353–HE356, HE359–HE362
  • Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
    • legal liability, IN328
  • Standing Committee on the Interior
    • committee business
      • closed sessions, IN3
    • estimates (2025-2026),
      • time allotment per ministry, IN314
  • Tourism
    • northern Ontario, IN408
  • Wildland firefighters
    • from other jurisdictions
      • cost, IN388

• Bowman, S. (LIB, Don Valley West)

  • Agencies, boards and commissions
    • hiring freeze, F165–F166
  • Alcohol retail - expansion
    • general remarks, F125, F135
  • Budget 2026
    • pre-budget consultations, F512, F520, F534–F535, F539–F540, F550–F551, F555–F556
  • Business investment
    • government strategy, F116–F117
  • Business - taxation
    • small business tax rate, F555
  • Cabinet Office
    • budget, F154
  • Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CWELCC)
    • provider reporting requirements, F551
  • Education workers
    • retention, factors affecting
      • working conditions, F555
  • Employment
    • creation and loss, F114–F115, F163–F164
  • Fiscal policy
    • tax reduction
      • small business, F123
  • Government advertising
    • Bulk Media Buy Program, F172
  • Government debt and deficit
    • general remarks, F130–F132
  • Health care - government funding
    • general remarks, F123–F124
  • Manufacturing industry
    • government strategy, F540
  • Non-profit organizations
    • value-for-money, F534
  • Office of the Premier
    • staff salaries, F147, F153–F154
  • Ontario Public Service (OPS)
    • training programs, F164–F165
  • Ontario Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS)
    • audit process, F172
  • Post-secondary education - funding
    • program closures
      • and labour market, F512–F513, F539
  • Sexual violence and harassment - children and youth
    • victim services
      • government funding, F535
  • Skills Development Fund
    • accountability and transparency, F116
    • application approval process, F171–F172
  • Supportive housing
    • by region
      • London, F520

• Brady, B.A. (Independent, Haldimand—Norfolk)

  • Agricultural industry - support programs
    • Risk Management Program (RMP), F205
  • Agriculture industry
    • government strategy, F202
  • Agriculture industry - food processing
    • government funding
      • Risk Management Program (RMP), F589
  • Agriculture industry - support programs
    • wildlife damage compensation program, F206
  • Airports
    • government funding, F413
  • Alcohol retail
    • added fees, F568
  • Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients
    • impact on hospital resources, F384
  • Apprenticeships
    • contractors, F501
    • supply, factors affecting, F532
    • tool grants, F96
  • Autism services
    • wait-list, F231, F234
  • Budget 2026
    • pre-budget consultations, F513–F514, F520–F521, F523, F529, F532, F540, F543, F548, F551, F556, F559–F560, F568, F571–F572, F577, F580–F581, F586, F589–F590, F598, F601, F606, F609–F610, F614, F617
  • Business - small and medium-sized
    • government strategy, F187
  • Business - taxation
    • small business tax rate, F184, F280
  • Canadian Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy
    • general remarks, F117
  • Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
    • industrial incentives, F376
  • Cattle industry
    • government strategy, F464–F465
  • Cement industry
    • government supports, F375, F378
  • Child care centres
    • regional development, F551
  • Children and youth
    • vape use, F586
  • Colleges and universities
    • enrolment
      • local, F262
    • government funding, F379
  • Craft breweries
    • shelf space requirements, F568–F569
  • Cybersecurity
    • employment opportunities, F117
  • Dental care
    • government strategy, F330
  • Dental hygienists
    • labour mobility, F104
  • Doctors
    • administrative responsibilities, F245, F424
  • Doctors - primary care
    • Health Care Connect program, F262
    • recruitment and retention
      • northern and rural Ontario, F242, F245, F250
  • Early childhood educators (ECEs)
    • recruitment and retention
      • northern and rural Ontario, F404
  • Economic development
    • industrial sites, registry, F82–F83
  • Education
    • course streaming, F580–F581
    • financial literacy, F493
    • technology, use, F225
  • Education funding - special education
    • government funding, F395, F415
    • government strategy, F559
    • streaming, F433
  • Education workers
    • shortage, F609–F610
  • Engineering services
    • general remarks, F226
  • Fanshawe College
    • James N. Allan campus (Simcoe), F543
  • Fertility services
    • and primary care practitioners, F523
  • Film and television industry
    • economic impact, F359
    • international markets, F358
    • tax credits, F217
  • Forestry industry
    • local procurement, F407
  • Health care - primary care
    • eastern Ontario, F298–F299
  • Health care system
    • government strategy, F577
  • Health care workers
    • wages, F214–F215, F259
  • Home and community care
    • workers
      • recruitment and retention, F355
      • wage parity, F387
  • Home and community care - delivery models
    • for-profit
      • accountability and oversight, F598
  • Housing
    • affordability, F327
  • Housing development - by region
    • Kitchener-Waterloo, F476
  • Housing development - municipal charges
    • development charges, F367
  • Human trafficking - victims
    • identification, F253
  • Immunization
    • vaccines, F217
  • Indigenous peoples - urban centres
    • friendship centres
      • government funding, F421
  • Infrastructure development
    • contractors
      • procurement, F501
  • International trade - tariffs, United States
    • impact on agriculture industry, F75–F76
  • Interprovincial trade
    • alcohol industry
      • direct-to-consumer, F53
  • Labour policy
    • interprovincial mobility
      • differences in employment laws, F8, F19–F20
      • government strategy, F45
      • safety regulations, F11, F33
      • sectors affected, health care, F36
      • sectors affected, insurance, F55–F56
  • Land use planning
    • northern and rural Ontario, F447
  • Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
    • administrative reform, F513
  • Long-term care.
    • government funding, F133
    • government strategy, F338
  • Long-term care facilities
    • wait-list, SP293
  • Long-term care - staff
    • violence de-escalation training, F580
  • Medical laboratory technologists
    • shortage, F392
  • Mental health and addictions - children and youth
    • government funding, F301–F302
  • Mental health and addictions services
    • government strategy, F520–F521
  • Midwifes
    • midwifery practices, F493
  • Motions.
    • estimates, assignment of ministries
      • presented, F66–F67
  • Municipal infrastructure - Brockville
    • government funding, F290
  • Municipalities
    • infrastructure funding sources, F548
  • Museums
    • educational curriculum inclusion, F234
  • Nanticoke industrial park
    • employment zone
      • and housing development, F83
  • Non-profit organizations
    • general remarks, F532
  • Nurse practitioners
    • as primary caregivers, F436
  • Nurses
    • licensing fee, F572
  • Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
    • billing, F307, SP242, SP259
  • Ontario Works (OW)
    • benefit rates
      • claw-back, F364
  • Parks
    • access and expansion, F320, F322
    • municipal zoning orders, F617
  • Parks and Recreation Ontario
    • funding needs, F618
  • Police services
    • vulnerable sector checks, F529
  • Post-secondary education
    • domestic demand, F601
    • tuition fee freeze, F516
  • Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2), F8, F11, F16–F17, F19–F20, F33, F36, F45, F48, F53, F55–F56, F60
    • amendments, F62–F63
  • Public libraries
    • role of, F556
  • Real estate industry
    • realtors
      • accreditation process, F48
  • School board trustees
    • role, F271–F272, F487–F488
  • Schools
    • violence in, F283, F335
  • Senior citizens
    • fall prevention, F455
  • St. Lawrence Seaway
    • economic impact, F614
  • Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
    • committee business,
      • selection of estimates (2025-2026), F67
  • Student nutrition programs
    • eligibility, F407
    • government funding, F310
  • Supportive housing
    • government funding, SP350
  • Teachers
    • absenteeism, F280
    • post-secondary education programs, F222
  • Tobacco industry
    • illicit sale, F193, F196, F441, F444
      • government response, F125, F133
    • nicotine replacement products, F571
  • Unhoused persons
    • Kingston, F319
  • Unhoused persons - support programs and services
    • government funding, F347
  • Waste diversion - recycling programs
    • advanced plastics recycling, F540
  • Water treatment infrastructure
    • sewage and wastewater
      • by region, Niagara, F606
  • Wine industry
    • Ontario grapes
      • Ontario Grape Support Program, F590
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
    • surplus rebates, F96

• Burch, J. (NDP, Niagara Centre)

  • Integrity Commissioner of Ontario
    • database of completed inquiries, HE183, HE189
  • Integrity Commissioners - provincial
    • complaints procedure
      • cost, HE39, HE45
  • Motions.
    • briefing, legislative building restoration project
      • presented, PH15
  • Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9), HE38–HE39, HE44–HE45, HE47–HE48, HE52–HE53, HE55
    • amendments, HE177–HE184, HE187–HE191, HE193
    • stakeholder consultations, HE193
    • women in politics, impact, HE47–HE48, HE55
  • Municipal councillors - removal
    • general remarks, HE38, HE53
    • unanimous vote
      • vs. judicial decision, HE45
  • Municipal governance
    • bad-faith actors, removal of
      • bad-faith complaints, HE183
      • independent judiciary, HE180–HE181
      • penalties, power to impose, HE184
    • integrity commissioners
      • conflicts of interest, HE182
      • price of application, HE183–HE184, HE189
  • Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs
    • committee business
      • legislative precinct briefing, PH15
      • National Conference of State Legislative Summit, PH8
      • National Conference of State Legislatures, PH15