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Cansfield, D.H. (LIB, Etobicoke Centre)
AbitibiBowater, 5120
Aggregate extraction
Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990. c.A.8, 4808 Algonquin Provincial Park
Apprenticeship training programs, 5854
Charlottenburgh Park
Climatic changes, 236
Conservation officers, 197
Cormorants
Deer hunting
Electricity rebates, 4055
Employment insurance, 5953–5854
Endangered species
Endangered Species Act, 2007 (Bill 184)
Energy
Environmental assessment process
restriction on municipal proponents, 4317
Evergreen (non-profit environmental organization), 2521–2522
Far North Act, 2009 (Bill 191)
Federal members'/ministers' remarks
Conservative (2006-2009)
Ritz, Gerry (Battlefords–Lloydminster)
as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, 2996
Firelogic Inc., 5120
Fires, 2291
Fishers
Forest fires
Forest industry, 2441–2442 , 2640 , 4055 , 5037 , 5120 , 5577
government funding, 4056
sawmill closures
Tembec sawmill (Smooth Rock Falls), 7642 , 7694
Forest resources management
Nipissing Forest
safety in movement of logs, 3139
Goods and services tax (GST)
Government record
Great Lakes, 3323
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement, 3328–3329
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, 3328–3329
Greenhouse gas emissions
Hazardous waste sites
Canadian International Paper Co. waste water pond (Haweksbury)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Home energy rating report, 3340
Hunting/trapping licences
Insecticides
Invasive species, 835 , 2996
Invasive species centre, 835 , 2996
Land use planning
Members' statements
Ministerial statements, presented
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, 3328–3329
Land development, 7154–7155
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 3729
Ministry of Natural Resources, 237
assistance to British Columbia on fighting forest fires, 7694–7695
forest sector prosperity fund (FSPF), 5120
moose program review, 1716
Outdoors Card, 299
Plant a Tree Challenge, 2521
tag allocation system, 3683
National/independence/memorial days
Natural disasters
Northern Ontario, 3372
Oral questions, responded to
Aboriginal affairs, 8733
Aggregate extraction, 4808
Climate change, 236 , 2521–2522
Conservation, 4026
Conservation officers, 197
Contaminated property, 7273
Contaminated soil, 237–238
Cormorants, 1106
Endangered species, 1969–1970 , 2290–2291 , 2296 , 4653 , 7434–7435
Fish and wildlife management, 1769
Flooding, 1060–1061 , 1063 , 1208–1209 , 5466
Forest firefighting, 2291–2292 , 7694–7695
Forest industry, 298 , 2441–2442 , 2640 , 4055–4056 , 5037 , 5120 , 5577 , 6845–6846 , 9037
Goods and services tax, 299–300
Grassy Narrows First Nation, 1884
Great Lakes, 3323–3324
Gypsy moth infestation, 651
Hunting licences, 3877
Invasive species, 835 , 2996
Manufacturing and forestry sector jobs, 3371–3372 , 7642 , 7694
Manufacturing jobs, 3729
Moose tags, 1716 , 6083
Protection from harassment, 56
Resource management, 237
Road safety, 3683
Sewage treatment, 8070
Transportation of goods, 3139
Waste management, 3641–3642
Wildlife management, 3878–3879 , 9040
Wildlife protection, 9220–9221
Private members' public business
Employment insurance
Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 123)
Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2008 (Bill 61)
Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2009 (Bill 147)
Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 (Bill 101)
Provincial-aboriginal agreements
Grassy Narrows First Nation, 1884
Regulations
Reports
Lightening the Ecological Footprint of Logging in Algonquin Provincial Park (Recommendations of the Ontario Parks Board), 298
Road safety
wildlife collisions, 3683
Safeguarding and Sustaining Ontario's Water Act, S.O. 2007, c.12, 3324 , 3328 School boards
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 56
Speed limiters, 1182
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Tembec Inc.
Trees Ontario Foundation, 2521–2522
Unemployment, 5854
Waste management/programs
Wildlife management
Wildlife protection
Caplan, D. (LIB, Don Valley East)
Access Centre for Internationally Educated Health Professionals, 6750
Advisory committees
advisory committee on mental health and addictions, 6989
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
review by Integrity Commissioner, 7472
Apology, 3147
Appointments
King, Arlene (chief medical officer of health of Ontario), 6234–6235
Appreciation
Sullivan, Barbara (chair, Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council), 6694
Breastfeeding, 3048–3049
Burk's Falls and District Health Centre
C. difficile outbreaks, 2826 , 2893
Canada Health Infoway, 5822
Canadian Hearing Society, 6989
Cancer drugs
Cancer prevention programs, 6388
Cancer surgery
Capital works projects
Casinos
Chemotherapy, 6388
Chief medical officer of health, 6266
Children with disabilities
Chronic diseases, 5000
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), 2649–2650
certificates of registration, 5687
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
joint program with York University, 3478
Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act, S.O. 2004, c.5, 3085–3086 , 3091 Committees
Community health centres (CHCs), 4864
Conservation areas
Eramosa karst, 655
land conservation, 2348
public consultation, 2571
transfer to Hamilton Conservation Authority, 2571
Cosmetic surgery
Creating Access to Regulated Employment (CARE), 6750
Dental care, 4024
government funding, 3042
Schabler, Ken case, 5428
Diabetes, 5000
Diabetes registry, 5822–5823 , 7189–7190
Dialysis, 4905
Disease management, 3442
Doctor shortage, 5947
Doctors, 5687 , 5947 , 6686
accessibility, 3682
international medical graduates (IMGs)
Drug dispensing machines
Economic conditions, 3476–3477
Economic growth
eHealth Ontario, 5822–5823 , 5881 , 5945 , 7027–7028 , 7032 , 7072 , 7079–7081 , 7144 , 7190 , 7224–7225
board of directors, 5822–5823
consultants, 7072
contracts, 7029 , 7073 , 7219
expenditures, 7028 , 7072 , 7074 , 7077–7078 , 7140–7141 , 7144–7145
Khalil Barsoum (former board member), 7472
procurement, 7030
resignation of Geoff Smith and Khalil Barsoum (former board members), 7471–7472
review by Auditor General, 7072–7073 , 7077–7079 , 7140–7141 , 7145 , 7186–7188 , 7190 , 7193 , 7195 , 7219 , 7222–7224 , 7226
review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7072–7073 , 7077–7079 , 7081 , 7140–7141 , 7144–7145 , 7186–7188 , 7190 , 7193 , 7219 , 7222–7223 , 7226 , 7272
Electricity rates
Electronic Child Health Network (ECHN), 5822
Electronic health records, 6800 , 7027 , 7029 , 7032 , 7140 , 7144 , 7219 , 7223
Employment insurance benefits
Escherichia coli outbreak
Essential Public Transit Services Act, 2010 (Bill 246)
Exports, 3477
Family health teams, 3682 , 6686 , 6944
Farmers
Federal government
transportation action plan for the GTA (FLOW), 133
Government notice of motions
Legislative reform
Select Committee on Elections
Government-Ontario Medical Association agreements, 3927
Government orders
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
PC (1995-2003)
health care, 4464 , 4781 , 4940 , 6384 , 7192
health care funding, 6383
hospital funding, 5424
hospital services, 6383 , 6391
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 4325
mental health care, 4061 , 4621
nurses, 4108–4110 , 4208 , 6229
Hallmark Canada, 3477
Health care, 3086 , 3682 , 4148 , 4208 , 4387 , 4464 , 4905 , 5001 , 5735–5736 , 6079 , 7027–7029 , 7075
accessibility, 2649–2650
alternate level of care, 6388
Brampton, 4619
electronic health care, 5997 , 6797–6798 , 6800
French-language services, 5035–5036 , 6749
government funding, 5082
Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 4864
rural and northern Ontario, 6385 , 6391
strategic plan, 6987–6988
transfer of patient from Mexico to Canada
Health care funding
government funding, 3091 , 3527 , 4208 , 4286 , 4325 , 4464 , 4940 , 5001 , 5735 , 6269 , 6383–6384
Health professionals
expansion of scope of practice, 6694
Health regulatory colleges, 2649
inspection powers, 4628
power to directly observe regulated health professionals, 4628
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway improvement
Highway 407 east extension, 133–134
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 6383 , 6431–6432
Home care, 4751 , 5233
Home care workers, 5993
Hospital beds
long-term-care beds, 3962
Hospital boards
Hospital closure
small, rural and northern hospitals, 6385
Hospital construction
government funding
St. Joseph's Health Centre, 4650
Markdale hospital, 3684
Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, 5085 , 5886
Sudbury Regional Hospital, 7274–7275
Hospital expansion, 2833
Milton District Hospital, 5085
Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, 3140–3141
Hospital funding
government funding, 4283 , 4286 , 4325 , 4464 , 4819 , 5001 , 5736 , 5887 , 6269 , 6383 , 6387 , 6391 , 6884–6885
Bluewater Health, 4821
Cambridge Memorial Hospital, 4322–4323
Grand River Health Centre, 4323
high-growth hospitals, 4283 , 5320 , 5423–5424
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 4325
Lakeridge Health Corp., 5736–5737
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, 4289
Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, 2833
small, rural and northern hospitals, 4940 , 6385
St. Joseph's Healthcare, 5887
St. Mary's General Hospital, 4286 , 4323
Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital, 6847
population needs-based funding, 4464
Hospital housekeeping, 3442
Hospital redevelopment
Cornwall Community Hospital
Peel Memorial Hospital, 4619
Hospital services
emergency
Lakeridge Health Corp.
emergency department closure, 5736
obstetric and newborn services
Hamilton Health Sciences, 4110
physiotherapy services
St. Joseph's Healthcare, 5887
Hospitals, 6389–6390
Cambridge Memorial Hospital
downsizing to urgent care centre, 5382
employment, 5001
London Health Sciences Centre
Petrolia Hospital (CEE)
emergency department, 4821
reporting on C. difficile rates, 2826 , 3048
infection control practices, 2896
reporting on patient safety indicators, 4628
St. Michael's Hospital
assault by hospital security guards, 5003
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Timmins and District Hospital
wraparound services, 3962
York Central Hospital
dialysis satellite unit, 4905
Hurricane Hazel (1954), 1517
Immunization
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
general discussion
public consultation, 3926
second reading, 2649–2650
Infectious diseases
prevention/control of infectious diseases, 3048
Infrastructure Canada
Building Canada Fund (BCF), 591
municipal rural infrastructure fund (MRIF), 2242
Canada-Ontario municipal rural infrastructure fund (COMRIF), 591
Infrastructure Ontario, 5886
municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 481 , 603 , 2605
list of successful applicants, 615–616
Integrated Public Health Information System (IPHIS), 6079
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
general discussion, 481
third reading, 1693
Job protection commissioner, 3479
Kidney diseases, 4905
Laboratory services
Legislative procedure
matters before the court, 1252
speech should be related to topic being discussed, 1705
Legislative process, 305
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 4283 , 5992–5993
Champlain Local Health Integration Network
geographic boundaries, 6386
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network
northeast
ALC wraparound services, 4290
Long-term care, 4248–4249
Long-term-care facilities, 3962 , 6691
Long-term-care funding
Long-Term Care Homes Act, S.O. 2007, c.8, 5684 Long-term-care workers, 5381
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 5035 , 5184–5185
Medical isotopes
Medical officers of health, 2891–2892 , 3533 , 4147–4149
Medical procedures
Medical schools
Medical students/graduates, 6944
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation, 6187
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 5086
Members/ministers imputing motive, 1705
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Belleville Intelligencer, 2893 Hamilton Spectator, 3138 Niagara Falls Review, 4781 Toronto Star, 7219
Members/ministers quoting reports
Review of the Niagara Health System Hospital Improvement Plan (Jack Kitts), 5188
Members/ministers quoting statements
Badawey, Vance (mayor, Port Colborne), 5188
Bell, Bob (president and CEO, University Health Network), 7220
Closson, Tom (president, Ontario Hospital Association), 5736
Dumanian, Julia (president and CEO, Cambridge Memorial Hospital), 5383
Fucile, Wendy (president, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario), 6490
Ganter, Ralph (senior director for planning and integration, Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network), 6386
Gardam, Michael (director of infectious disease prevention and control, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion), 6333
Giulietti, Rita (spokesperson, Friends of the Eramosa Karst), 2348
Goel, Vivek (president and CEO, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion), 2896
Gordon, Jim (former mayor, Sudbury), 4650
Haslam-Stroud, Linda (president, Ontario Nurses Association), 5274
Hawksworth, Vicki (supervisor of environmental health and prevention services, Lambton county), 6433
Hope, Randy (mayor, Chatham-Kent), 4821
Issenman, Robert (professor, McMaster University), 3138
Kitts, Jack (ex-officio governor, Board of Governors, Ottawa Hospital), 4781
Letovsky, Eric (chief of department of emergency medicine, Credit Valley Hospital), 4945
Low, Donald (medical director of laboratories, Ontario Public Health Agency), 6432
Manahan, Andy (executive director, Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario), 9391
Martin, Murray (CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences), 5887
McGeer, Allison (director of infection control, Mount Sinai Hospital), 6266 , 6433
Mohammed, Naveed (chief of emergency medicine, Brampton Civic Hospital), 4945
Moore, Leith (chair, Building Industry and Land Development Association), 9391
Rubin, Donna (chief executive officer, Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors), 5381
Saracino, Bob (regional councillor, Port Colborne), 5188
Schabas, Richard (medical officer of health, Hastings and Prince Edward counties), 2893
Sullivan, Terry (president and CEO, Cancer Care Ontario), 6388
Switzer, Gary (CEO, Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network), 6386
VanderBent, Sue (executive director, Ontario Home Care Association), 4751
White, Greg and Joe Accardi (president and executive director, Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association), 9391
Williams, Robin (chief medical officer of health, Niagara region), 6333 , 6433
Yusuf, Salim (professor of medicine, McMaster University), 3047
Members/ministers quoting television programs
Members'/ministers' record
Liberal (2003-2010)
Caplan, David (Don Valley East)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 7518–7519
PC (1995-2003)
Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo)
Members'/ministers' remarks
PC (1995-2003)
Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 4283
withdrawn, 3372 , 4153 , 4464 , 4622 , 5945
Members' statements
Sivalingam, Nagaratnam, 9699
Mental health care, 4470–4471 , 4647–4648
Ministerial statements, presented
Apology legislation, 3147
Health professions, 6694
Municipal infrastructure, 603
Patient safety, 4628
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 3141 , 3774 , 4061 , 4108 , 4249 , 6227
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
aging-at-home strategy, 3681 , 4322–4323 , 6388 , 6885–6886
critical care strategy, 4808
diabetes strategy, 5084–5085
ER strategy, 5084
Health Care Connect, 4755 , 4859–4860 , 5236
influenza immunization program, 4109
maternal newborn access to care strategy, 3275
nursing retention fund, 5279
Ontario CritiCall program, 3275
Ontario newborn screening program, 6946
Operation Health Protection, 5033–5034
personal support worker stabilization strategy, 5233 , 5733
surge management program, 4807–4808
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
second career strategy, 3477
Municipal infrastructure, 481
Niagara Health System
Northern Ontario
grants
northern health travel grant (NHTG) program, 5036
health care, 6269
Northern Ontario growth plan, 2243
Nurse practitioner-led clinics, 4057 , 5235–5236 , 5280 , 6750
Nurse practitioners, 3682 , 6750
Nurses, 5279
Obesity
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
coverage for Elaprase
coverage for Myozyme, 4522
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
inclusion of prostate-specific antigen test as insured service, 3924 , 4783
provision of insulin pumps and supplies as insured service, 3439–3440
Ontario health premium, 861 , 4110
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
collective bargaining, 2569
Warren, Jim (former vice-president, strategic relationships)
Ontario Water Board, 9391
Oral questions, responded to
Access to health care, 3085–3086 , 3186 , 3275 , 3374 , 3682 , 4057 , 4522 , 5686–5687
Agency spending, 6797–6798
Breastfeeding, 3048–3049
C. difficile, 2826 , 2892–2893 , 2896 , 3048
Cancer treatment, 6388 , 7729
Casino employees, 2569–2570
Children's health services, 4060–4061
Conservation, 568–569 , 655 , 2347–2348
Cornwall Community Hospital, 3966–3967
Dental care, 3042 , 4024–4025 , 5428
Diabetes treatment, 3439–3440
Diagnostic services, 4783 , 4948 , 5035 , 5184–5185
Dialysis, 4905
Doctor shortage, 5946–5947 , 6686
Douglas Memorial Hospital, 4781
Electronic health information, 5822–5823 , 5881 , 5945 , 6800 , 7027–7032 , 7072–7075 , 7077–7081 , 7140–7141 , 7144–7145 , 7186–7190 , 7193 , 7195 , 7219–7220 , 7222–7226 , 7272 , 7471–7473 , 7765 , 7770
Eramosa karst, 2571
Executive compensation, 834
Flu immunization, 4109
French-language services, 5035–5036 , 6749
Government accountability, 5996–5997
Health care, 3091 , 3926–3927 , 4619 , 4755 , 4819 , 4821 , 4859–4860 , 4864 , 5000 , 5235–5236 , 5320 , 5735–5736 , 6383–6384 , 6944 , 6987–6988
Health care funding, 2899 , 4208–4209 , 4289–4290 , 5001 , 6884–6885
Highway 407, 133–134
Home care, 3681 , 3963 , 4751 , 5233 , 5733 , 5993
Hospital funding, 4283 , 4286 , 4325 , 4464 , 4650 , 5382–5383 , 5736–5737 , 6385 , 6387–6388 , 6391 , 7274–7275
Hospital governance, 3685–3686
Hospital infrastructure, 6389–6390
Hospital security, 5003
Hospital services, 2832–2833 , 3140–3141 , 3375 , 3442 , 3684 , 4322–4323 , 4699 , 4807–4808 , 4945 , 5084–5085 , 5188 , 5423–5424 , 6847
Hospital spending, 7524–7525 , 7729
Infectious disease control, 4387–4388 , 4523 , 5033–5034 , 6265–6267 , 6271 , 6333 , 6431–6433 , 6436
Infrastructure program funding, 5886
Infrastructure renewal, 481 , 2241–2242
Laboratory services, 3043 , 3182–3183
Local health integration networks, 2899–2900 , 3046–3047 , 3137–3138 , 3685 , 5992–5993 , 6386
Long-term care, 3436 , 3962 , 5381 , 5684 , 5737 , 6691
Medical evacuation, 6331–6332
Medical isotopes, 7192–7193
Mental health services, 4061–4062 , 4251 , 4470–4471 , 4621–4622 , 4647–4648 , 5780 , 6989
Minister's comments, 4248–4249
Minister's record, 7518–7519
Ministry contracts, 7191–7192
Municipal infrastructure, 615–616 , 998–999
Municipal infrastructure funding, 2605
Newborn screening, 6946
Northern health services, 5036
Northern Ontario development, 2242–2243
Nurses, 4108–4110 , 4695 , 5273–5274 , 5279–5280 , 6229 , 6489–6490 , 6750
Obstetrical care, 4110
Ontario drug benefit program, 4649–4651
Organ donation, 5881–5882 , 6187
Physiotherapy services, 5887
Prostate cancer screening, 3924
Public health, 2891–2892 , 3533–3534 , 4147–4149 , 5082 , 6079
Remote drug dispensing, 6641–6642
Rural and northern health services, 6269
Rural health services, 4940
Senior citizens, 6885–6886
Special care homes, 4807 , 4861
Toronto waterfront, 1516–1517
Transfer payments, 3527
Pathways Health Centre for Children, 4060
Patient safety, 2826 , 4628 , 4853 , 6694
PC Party documents/plans
Pediatric surgery
Physiotherapy services, 5887
Population growth, 2833
Prescription writing
Private health clinics
violations of the Canada Health Act, 3091
Private members' public business
Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 (Bill 237)
Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC), 2892
Public education campaigns
International Nurses Day, 6750
RecycleMe.org, 6187
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public health units, 2892 , 6266
Grey Bruce Health Unit
local pandemic influenza contingency plan, 6271
isolation and quarantine facilities, 6271
reporting on outbreaks, 2896
Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Noise Remediation), 2010 (Bill 244)
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
first reading, 4628
ministerial statement, 4628
second reading, 4853
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Reports
Better Access to Outpatient Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ontario - But For Whom? (John You, Vikram Venkatesh, Andreas Laupacis), 5184–5185 Cancer System Quality Index 2009 (Cancer Quality Council of Ontario), 6388 Chief Medical Officer of Health Annual Report 2007 (Working Together to Build a Stronger Public Health System), 4147–4148 Eroding Public Medicare: Lessons and Consequences of For-Profit Health Care Across Canada (Natalie Mehra), 3085 Home Care: Change We Need (Carol Kushner, Patricia Baranek, Marion Dewar), 3963 Niagara Health System: Hospital Improvement Plan, 3685 Ontario's eHealth Strategy, 2009-2012 (eHealth Ontario), 7187 Part Two Report of the Walkerton Inquiry: A Strategy for Safe Drinking Water (Dennis O'Connor), 2892 People Caring for People: Impacting the Quality of Life and Care of Residents of Long-Term Care Homes (Shirley Sharkey), 3436 , 5684 Special Report on French Language Health Services Planning in Ontario, 2009 (François Boileau), 6749 Tooth Decay in Ontario's Children: An Ounce of Prevention - A Pound of Cure (Ontario Dental Association), 4024 Watertight: The case for change in Ontario's water and wastewater sector ( Expert Strategy Water Panel), 9391
Research and innovation, 3478
Rural Ontario
Senior citizens
community-based services, 3681
Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA), 5823 , 5881 , 5945 , 7028 , 7030–7032 , 7187 , 7190 , 7226
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 133
Special care homes
Goodfellow Home for Special Care
inspection, 4807 , 4861
Standing Orders
S.O. 23(g) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Matters sub judice, 1252
Streptococcus A infection, 4387–4388 , 4523
Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 (Bill 237)
Time allocation motions
Toronto waterfront
Tributes
Sivalingam, Nagaratnam (founder, Tamil Eelam Society of Canada and community activist), 9699
Unemployment rate, 3479
United States
Water utilities
Websites
World Health Organization (WHO)
Carroll, M.A. (LIB, Barrie)
Afghanistan
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
restoration and reconstruction, 4062
Artists, 2489
Arts and culture
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Budget, 6885
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Canadian Film Centre
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Collaborative Seniors Portal Network, 2302
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
creative previsualization unit, 4578
Community museums
Crime against seniors
Cultural attraction agencies
Cultural industry, 1369 , 6033
Dominion Institute
veteran appreciation day, 3925
Festivals
Film and television production industry, 500
Ontario film and television tax credit (OFTTC), 500 , 3322 , 5032
Fire sprinklers
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in retirement homes, 7430–7431
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Journée de sensibilisation à la prévention des mauvais traitements à l'égard des personnes âgées, 3327–3328
Mois des personnes âgées, 2302–2303 , 7201–7202
Subventions culturelles, 826
Subventions pour les arts et la culture, 1505 , 6146
Questions orales
Anciens combattants, 3925
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 1026
PC (1995-2003)
Harmonized sales tax, 6885
impact on arts community, 8735
Heritage conservation
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Land use planning
Legislative building/grounds
Life Institute, 7201
Members/ministers quoting statements
MacMillan, Margaret (author), 6472
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 613 , 3048 , 5083 , 5122
Ministry of Culture
budget increase, 826
entertainment and creative cluster partnerships fund, 4578
museum and technology fund, 7033
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
aging-at-home strategy, 7202
Movies
Museums, 7033
National/independence/memorial days
Black History Month, 4907
Ontario Arts Council, 3684–3685
Ontario child benefit (OCB)
Ontario Heritage Trust, 4107 , 6492
Doors Open Ontario, 4107 , 6492
government funding, 6492
Premiers' gravesites program, 4107
Ontario Media Development Corp.
interactive digital media fund, 826
screen-based content initiative, 5032
Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (ONPEA)
elder abuse strategy, 7202
government funding, 2392
seniors' safety line, 6081 , 7202
Ontario property and sales tax credit, 741
Ontario Seniors' Secretariat, 7201
Ontario's strategy to combat elder abuse, 2392
Ontario Trillium Foundation, 3049
Oral questions, responded to
Art Gallery of Ontario, 4062
Arts and cultural funding, 2735–2736 , 3684–3685 , 4578 , 6885 , 7033 , 8460
Black History Month, 4907
City of Toronto, 5082
Cultural funding, 5781 , 6041–6042
Cultural protection, 1369
Elder abuse, 2392 , 6081–6082 , 7431
Fire safety, 7430–7431
Heritage conservation, 2349 , 2644 , 4107 , 6492 , 9174 , 9221–9222
Ontario artists, 2489 , 6082
Ontario film and television industry, 500 , 3322 , 5032
Ontario Trillium Foundation, 3049
Property taxation, 741
Public libraries, 199 , 1425
Retirement homes, 3926 , 7081
Royal Ontario Museum, 613
Senior citizens, 5463–5464 , 6552–6553
Taxation, 8735
Tourism, 7270
Veterans, 1821 , 3925
Private members' public business
Public education campaigns
Public libraries, 1425
Remembrance Day, 3925
Retirement homes
regulation, 7081
standards of care, 3926
public consultation, 3926
Royal Botanical Gardens
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, 613
Rural libraries
Senior citizens, 2302–2303
Senior homeowners' property tax grants, 741
Sharon Temple, 5781
Status of Ontario's Artists Act, S.O. 2007, c.7, Sched. 39, 6082 Toronto
cultural attractions, 5082
ranked fourth best city for cultural experience, 5082
Toronto Festival of Arts, Culture and Creativity (Luminato)
Veterans, 1821 , 2303 , 3925
Chan, Hon. M. (LIB, Markham–Unionville)
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1807)
bicentenary of British legislation, 23 , 300
Awards
Lincoln M. Alexander Award, 4576
Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship, 8865
Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers, 6389
Ontario Volunteer Service Awards, 5583
ChangeTheWorld: Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge, 5583 , 6389
Citizenship, 3280–3281
Cultural industry
Discrimination
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs), 4041–4042
bridge training programs, 4041
Economic development, 9272
Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, S.O. 2006, c.31, 4041 Federal government
Immigrants, 5083
access to professions and trades, 7918–7919
bridge training programs, 1921–1922 , 2209 , 6950 , 6990 , 8029–8030 , 9038–9039
employment programs, 2209
language training, 1168
services, 172 , 1168 , 2834 , 8065–8066 , 8309 , 8456–8457 , 8687–8688
access to federal government services, 7772–7773
Immigration
provincial nominee program, 1475
website, 4296
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Language instruction, 2834 , 3965–3966
Members/ministers quoting statements
Kennedy, John F. (former American president), 8865
Ministerial statements, presented
Asian and South Asian Heritage Month, 6562
Citizenship Week, 3280–3281 , 8035
Immigrants' skills, 6950
Immigration information, 4296
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 468
International Volunteer Day, 4477
National Volunteer Week, 1411–1412 , 6145
Portuguese Canadian community, 2449–2450
South Asian and Asian Heritage Month, 1463
Volunteer Service Awards, 5583
Volunteers, 69
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 6437
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
Engaging Youth from Diverse Ethno-Cultural Communities: A Working Model, 2347
Roots of Freedom grants, 23
strategic partnership initiative, 5664
Trades Win Support program, 6436
National/independence/memorial days
Asian Heritage Month, 6562
Chinese Canadian Head Tax Redress Day, 2572
Portuguese History and Heritage Month, 2450
South Asian Heritage Month, 1463 , 6562
Non-profit organizations, 5664
Office of the Fairness Commissioner, 4041
Oral questions, responded to
Abolition of British slave trade, 23 , 300
Chinese-Canadian Head Tax Redress Day, 2571–2572
City of Toronto, 5082
Cultural funding, 9315
Fair access to professions, 2209 , 7918–7919
Immigrant services, 7772–7773 , 7831 , 8309 , 8456–8457 , 8687–8688 , 9038–9039
Immigrants, 8029–8030
Immigrants' skills, 1475 , 1921–1922 , 6990–6991 , 7275
Immigration policy, 8065–8066
Language training, 1168 , 2834 , 3965–3966 , 6804 , 9172
Lincoln M. Alexander Award, 4576–4577
Order of Ontario, 4805–4806
Promoting Ontario, 9272
Skilled trades, 6436
Support services for newcomers, 172
Tourism, 9499–9500 , 9723
Volunteers, 2346–2347 , 5664 , 6389 , 8865–8866
Order of Ontario recipients, 4805–4806
Public education campaigns
Tourism industry, 9499–9500 , 9723
Volunteers, 69 , 1411–1412 , 2346–2347 , 3281 , 4477 , 5583 , 5664 , 6145 , 6389 , 8865–8866
Websites
www.ontarioimmigration.ca, 172
Chudleigh, T. (PC, Halton)
Aboriginal land claims
Algoma University Act, 2008 (Bill 80)
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Appointments
Arnett, Jim (special adviser on auto restructuring), 4464–4465
Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 2872
Automobile industry, 2487 , 3958–3959 , 4464–4465 , 5384
auto sector investment fund, 1920 , 2488 , 2515
conditions for bailout, 5314
Daimler AG
Fiat Group, 1604
Ford Motor Company of Canada
General Motors of Canada Ltd., 6114
government funding, 2873
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 2515
layoffs, 1158
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 3958
layoffs, 3958
legacy costs, 4944
Automobiles
government purchase of automobiles made in Ontario, 3077–3078
Awards
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery, 4934
Biotechnology industry
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 2568–2569
Birthdays
Halpenny, Chloe (legislative page), 3515
Blackouts/brownouts, 7056
Books
The World is Flat (Thomas Friedman), 2929
Bottled water
prohibition on sale, 3945
Budget, 5460
balanced budget, 568
1991, 568
Budget deficit, 3484–3485 , 3527 , 3669 , 7147 , 8399
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 964–965 , 967
Business
government assistance, 6596
Cancer
Casinos
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Algoma University College, 2152
collective bargaining
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2937
Compensation for Victims of Crime Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.24
amended by Bill 212, 8398
Congratulatory remarks
Bright, Steven (participant, Sears National Kids Cancer Ride), 7151
Coroners Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.37, 7020
section 22 (Minister may direct coroner to hold inquest), 7022
Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
eligibility for refund, 3029
Corporate tax reduction, 499 , 1512 , 3527
Corporate taxes, 2991
Corporations
executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 7047–7048
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Criminal statistics, 4131
Debates re answers to oral questions
Demonstrations
aboriginal occupation in Caledonia, 6830
Drivers, 4095–4096
age discrimination, 4568
new drivers, 4532
Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 4100
Economic conditions, 586 , 768 , 1159–1160 , 1185 , 2153 , 2667 , 3040–3041 , 3917 , 4112 , 5312
Economic decline, 499 , 568 , 1309 , 2871
Economic development, 2738 , 6989
Economic growth
Economic policy, 2991 , 3528
Education, 5097
Education funding, 184
eHealth Ontario
eHealth Ontario Spending Accountability Act, 2009 (Bill 220)
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Elections/by-elections
Electoral Boundaries Commission, 9287 , 9289 , 9293
Electoral constituencies
Electoral process reform, 9134
authority of Chief Electoral Officer to commission reports and research, 9134 , 9287
authority of Chief Electoral Officer to set date/time of advance polls, 9289
special ballots, 9289–9290
Electrical safety
mandatory installation of surge protectors in new residential and commercial construction, 7056
Employment creation, 767 , 5117–5118
Employment insurance benefits, 5620
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
Europe
Exports, 462
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Fatalities
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 9098
Federal government
constructive engagement policy with China, 893
police officer recruitment fund, 4131
transfer payments
equalization program
Ontario to receive equalization payment, 3958
Food service premises
disclosure of nutritional information for foods and drinks served on premises, 6070
Foreign workers
Forest industry, 46
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Gasoline prices
Germany
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government accountability, 976 , 6054 , 8220–8221 , 8397
Government-business partnerships, 6803
Government expenditures, 4516
Government investments
Government orders
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Government procurement policy
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 3736
employment creation, 140
fossil-fuel generating stations, 5068
leadership, 3929
NDP (1990-1995)
medical students/graduates, 4039
PC (1995-2003)
balanced budget, 3527
employment creation, 140
social assistance, 5097
Great Lakes Heritage Coast, 5489
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenbelt Act, S.O. 2005, c.1, 5488–5489 Greenbelt plan, 5488–5489
Greenbelt Protection Act, S.O. 2004, c.9, 5488 Gross domestic product, 462
Harmonized sales tax, 6456
Health care
Health care reform, 4042
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Hearing-impaired persons, 5115
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed Limiters), 2006 (Bill 115), 1185 Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Hospital construction, 5886
Halton Healthcare Services, 3322
Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, 2832–2833 , 2837 , 3183–3184 , 4108 , 4622–4623 , 5085 , 5886 , 6442 , 6843
Hospital expansion
Milton District Hospital, 4108 , 5085 , 5886 , 6442 , 6646 , 6843 , 8307–8308 , 9080 , 9299
Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, 3140
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immunization
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Industry shutdowns, 462
Interest rates, 6221
Interim supply motions
International trade agreements
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 462
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
Layoffs
Legislative Assembly
Legislative pages, 5452
Legislative procedure
members'/ministers' attendance in legislature, 4463
members/ministers must be in own seats for recorded vote, 8946
motions
time allocation motions, 8557
Linamar Corp.
Literacy, 5108
Livestock
disease prevention and control
Manufacturing industry, 45–46 , 5275
jobs plan, 4516
layoffs, 45 , 140 , 2530 , 2737–2738 , 2872 , 5274 , 5311–5312
unemployment, 324 , 462 , 467 , 612
Media scrums
Ontario Premier's five-foot rule, 4825
Medical students/graduates, 4039
Medical transplants
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1915
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4934 , 5452
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Commission Counsel and Researchers, 9009–9010
Members/ministers quoting documents
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for the Advancement of Women), 9240
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting reports
Modernizing Ontario's Electoral Legislation: Appendix A: Dissenting Opinion of the Progressive Conservative Member of the Committee (Select Committee on Elections), 9288 Path to the 2020 Prosperity Agenda (Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress), 1512 TD Economics Special Report - Time for a Vision of Ontario's Economy (Don Drummond, Derek Burleton), 3041
Members/ministers quoting statements
Hubbard, Kin (American playwright), 8395
Porter, Douglas (deputy chief economist, Bank of Montreal), 6802
Robson, William (CEO, C.D. Howe Institute), 6802
Members'/ministers' record
Liberal (2003-2010)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Sorbara, Greg (Vaughan)
as Minister of Finance, 2991
PC (1995-2003)
Chudleigh, Ted (Halton), 925
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1995-2003)
Bartolucci, Rick (Sudbury), 8557
Bradley, James J. (St. Catharines), 8557 , 9012
Liberal (2003-2010)
Bentley, Christopher (London West)
Dombrowsky, Leona (Prince Edward-Hastings)
as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 8573
PC (2003-2010)
Shurman, Peter (Thornhill), 9010
withdrawn, 565 , 893 , 1185 , 3961 , 4940
Members'/ministers' travel
Pupatello, Sandra's travel to Middle East, 3135 , 3183
Members' statements
Air quality, 9649
Bright, Steven, 7151
Colorectal cancer, 3325
Education funding, 184
Government record, 2578 , 3736–3737
Hospital services, 2837–2838 , 6442
Liberal leadership, 3929–3930
Manufacturing jobs, 324 , 2530
Milton District Hospital, 6646
Ontario economy, 467 , 516–517 , 4112
Premier of Ontario, 4825
Provincial purchasing policy, 5286
Renewable energy, 5087
Taxation, 9003
Victims of crime, 9081
Wilfrid Laurier University, 729
Minimum wage, 5108
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Mining industry, 6527 , 6537
Ministerial statements, responded to
Electoral reform, 9134
Good governance, 8220–8221
Government investments, 643–644
Manufacturing industry, 45
Ontario Police Memorial, 6447
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Best Start plan
Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program, 5097
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, 6989
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Ontario newborn screening program, 5097
Ministry of Natural Resources
Multiculturalism, 937 , 7062
Municipal infrastructure
National/independence/memorial days
Holocaust Memorial Day, 1617
Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.N.2, 5488 Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
purchase of foreign-made cars as casino contest prizes, 5384 , 5418–5419
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
citizen appeals of board decisions to cabinet revoked, 8398
Ontario Municipal Board Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.28
amended by Bill 212, 8398
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
construction of gas-fired generating stations in Oakville and King Township, 9646 , 9649 , 9693–9694
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), 6054–6055
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario-United States relations
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aboriginal land dispute, 9404 , 9447–9448 , 9498–9499 , 9544–9545
Air quality, 9646
Automobile industry, 1920 , 2487–2488 , 2515–2516 , 3958–3959 , 4464–4465 , 4944 , 5314 , 5460–5461
Corporate tax, 1512
Economic development, 6802–6803 , 6989
Electrical generating station, 9693–9694
Electronic health information, 8544–8545
Employment, 767–768
Government investments, 2568–2569
Government spending, 568 , 4515–4516
Hospital funding, 4107–4108
Hospital services, 2832–2833 , 3140 , 3322 , 4622–4623 , 5085 , 6843 , 8307–8308 , 9080
Infrastructure program funding, 5886
International trade, 892–893 , 3135 , 3183–3184
Manufacturing jobs, 612 , 1158–1159 , 1604 , 2991 , 5274–5275
Ontario budget, 499
Ontario economy, 1309 , 2667–2668 , 2737–2738 , 2897 , 3040–3041 , 3274 , 3484–3485 , 3527–3528 , 3917 , 4899–4900 , 5000–5001 , 5117–5118 , 5311–5312 , 6595–6596 , 7147
Provincial purchasing policy, 5384 , 5418–5419
Public inquiry legislation, 8492–8493 , 8496
Taxation, 8680
Unemployment, 5620
Paramedics, 4934
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Unlocking Pension Funds), 2009 (Bill 116)
Pension funds
transfer of locked-in pension funds to registered retirement income funds, 3537 , 6862–6864 , 6869
Pension plans, 6455–6456
Persons with disabilities
developmental disabilities
homes and residential facilities
inspection without notice, 2820
Petitions
Beer retailing and distribution, 3187 , 3333 , 3542–3543 , 3741 , 3933 , 4117 , 4481–4482 , 4662 , 6051
Breastfeeding, 1109
GO Transit, 341 , 572 , 961 , 1170
Hospital funding, 2647
Hospital services, 2835–2836 , 2902 , 2962–2963 , 2997–2999 , 3049–3050 , 3331–3332 , 3498 , 3541–3542 , 3739–3741 , 3931–3933 , 4116–4117 , 4479–4480 , 4528 , 4530 , 4659 , 4661 , 5330 , 5478–5480 , 6452–6453 , 7929 , 8038 , 8155 , 8555 , 9184
Lord's Prayer, 485 , 569–570 , 747 , 960 , 1107–1108 , 1169 , 1314 , 1478 , 2166
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 5479–5480
Pension plans, 5669–5671 , 6050–6051 , 6283–6284 , 6503 , 6652 , 6853
Power plant, 9415–9416 , 9587 , 9652
Protection of minors, 5288
Taxation, 8039 , 9183
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards, 3909
privacy/security of information, 3909
Poetry
manufacturing jobs, 324
Ontario economy, 516–517
Reflections on a Session, 2578
Taxation, 9003
Police memorials
Ontario Police Memorial (Queen's Park), 6447
Population growth
Poverty, 5096–5097
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 6424
Private members' public business
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 110)
Canadian Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
Caregiver and Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 160)
Child poverty
Corporate reporting requirements
Cultural diversity
Employment supports
Greenbelt Day Act, 2009 (Bill 153)
Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2009 (Bill 156)
Highway improvement
Human rights
Literacy and basic skills
Ministry of Government Services Amendment Act (Canadian Manufacturing and Assembly of Government Vehicles), 2008 (Bill 92)
Municipal Residential and Commercial Surge Protector Act, 2009 (Bill 176)
Nowruz
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Unlocking Pension Funds), 2009 (Bill 116)
Pension plans
Police officers
Signage to Promote Ontario Grown Agricultural Food Products Act, 2008 (Bill 98)
Single-Use Bottled Water Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 112)
Tire disposal
Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2009 (Bill 148)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Private-public partnerships
Protectionism
transportation equipment, 462
Public education campaigns
International Mother Language Day, 7062
Ontario Human Rights Day, 9239–9241
Police Week, 6447
Public inquiries
Public Inquiries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.41
Regulations, 2667–2668 , 4899
Reports
Path to the 2020 Prosperity Agenda (Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress), 1512
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Sales tax
School violence, 321
Sears National Kids Cancer Ride, 7151
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Signage
promotion of agricultural food products
farmers permitted to post seasonal, directional signs on land adjacent to highways, 3063
Single-Use Bottled Water Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 112)
second reading
public consultation, 3945
Small business, 4515–4516
Social assistance recipients, 5097
Speaker's rulings/statements
Standing Orders
S.O. 28(c) Divisions - Votes Recorded, 8946
Speed limiters
Speed limits, 1186–1187
Standing Orders
S.O. 99(d) Written questions - Answers - delayed answers - decline to answer, 8754
Tamil Canadians
Tax credits
manufacturing investment tax credit, 3068–3069
Tax rebates
gasoline tax rebate
highway construction, maintenance or operation, 6664
Tax reduction, 2667–2668
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Temporary help agencies
Temporary help agency employees
entitlement to termination and severance payments, 6221
Time allocation motions
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Tire tax, 925–926 , 933
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5654 , 6828
Trade missions
Training, 5097
Training programs, 2897
Trans fatty acids, 312
Tributes
Snow, James (former Minister of Transportation and Communications), 6281–6282
Truck drivers, 1186
Truck safety
Unemployment, 767–768 , 1309 , 5418–5419 , 5620
Unemployment rate, 4515
United Nations (UN)
United States
economic decline, 2871
economic stimulus plan, 4944
financial market crisis, 2897
Universities/colleges
Wilfrid Laurier University, 2152
U.S. Steel Canada
Venture capital
Victims of crime
Marshall, Patricia (victim of criminal harassment)
withdrawal of charges against offender, 8398 , 9081
Volvo Motor Graders Ltd.
Waste management/programs
tire recycling program, 926
Workers
average wages, 6220
out-migration of Ontario workers, 2897 , 3040
Working Families Coalition, 9288
Workplace harassment/violence, 9088
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
World Trade Organization (WTO), 462
Youth crime, 3164–3165
Colle, M. (LIB, Eglinton–Lawrence)
Administration of justice, 4842
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Animal protection, 1599
Apology, 3507
Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
Automated external defibrillators (AED), 4935
Awards
Premier's Innovation Awards, 1518
Banks, 1398
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Baycrest
Biographical films
Johnny Lombardi: The Great Communicator, 39
Bisphenol A, 6316
Blackouts/brownouts
Boundary adjustment
Barrie and Innisfil, 9070
British Columbia
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Bullying
Canadian Jewish Congress, 7342
Cancer
Capital punishment, 1992
Capitalism, 5937
Caregiver and Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 160)
Caregiver employment agencies
Carpools, 4206
Cemeteries
Child abuse
reporting child abuse, 451
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child protection, 451
Children
missing children
Makhniashvili, Mariam, 7885
Children's nutrition programs, 216
Children's Wish Foundation, 7039
China
greenhouse gas emissions, 7328
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
collective bargaining
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2472
Durham College, 2472–2473
Community crime prevention programs
Neighbourhood Watch program, 451
Community safety programs
Safer Communities - 1,000 Officers Partnership program, 1409
Conferences/seminars/symposiums
Community Alliance Forum: Building Partnerships to Counter Hate, 4065
Consumer protection
Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 4363
Corporate taxes, 3626
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Cosmetic surgery
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Crime
Crime against seniors
Crime prevention, 8501
Cultural attraction agencies
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
elementary school milk program, 3250
Diabetes, 3249
Doctors, 4040
international medical graduates (IMGs), 3989
labour mobility, 8247–8248
Domestic violence, 8016
Driver distractions, 4096
Driver licences
graduated licences
zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 4541
Economic conditions, 3621–3625
Economic decline
government response, 5914
Economic policy, 3069–3070
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Education funding
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Electoral constituencies
boundaries, 3556
renaming of Chatham–Kent–Essex to Chatham–Kent–Leamington, 3556
Employment insurance, 3621–3622
Employment insurance benefits, 355 , 1501 , 3578–3579
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
nuclear energy, 5171
renewable energy, 5174 , 5336
renewable energy projects, 5339
Energy conservation, 5166–5167 , 5174
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Federal government
readjusting seat assignments to provinces, 3211
transfer payments
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Canada-Ontario labour market development agreement, 5107
Festivals
Santé International Wine Festival, 4949
Financial crises
Fire sprinklers
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in retirement homes, 9068–9069
Firearms, 4206
driving with unlawfully possessed firearm in motor vehicle prohibited, 888 , 1351–1352 , 1358
smuggling, 2205
use on movie sets, 2445
Firearms control, 2205–2206
Food
Ontario grown, produced or processed food, 3249
Food banks
North York Harvest Food Bank, 8690
Foreign caregivers, 5826
Foreign workers, 6270
Forest industry
French-language debates
Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
Loi de 2009 sur l'érection de panneaux dans les parcs provinciaux et à l'emplacement d'importantes attractions touristiques provinciales, projet de loi 21
Fruit juices, 3249
Germany
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government-Association of Municipalities of Ontario agreements, 4216
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
PC (1995-2003)
health care reform, 6925
time allocation motions, 3903
Government role, 308
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
return to provincial jurisdiction
social assistance benefits, 4216
Government services, 3212
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Green economy, 5337
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Green industry, 5337
Greenbelt plan, 7325–7326
Handgun manufacturers and importers
liability for harm caused by unlawful use of handguns, 2539
Handguns, 2539–2540
Harmonized sales tax
impact on manufacturing industry, 8734
Hate crime, 4065
Health care, 4040
Health care funding
federal government funding, 6921
Health professionals
expansion of scope of practice, 6900
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway safety
Highway 417 (Ottawa), 1174
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Hispanic Canadians, 9053–9054
Home energy audits, 5171
Iceland
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immigrants
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Infrastructure Canada
Building Canada Fund (BCF), 3212
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Ireland
Israeli Apartheid Week, 9559–9560
Lactose intolerance, 3250
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Layoffs, 4216
Legislative procedure
addressing members by their ridings, 806 , 3396
members'/ministers' attendance in legislature, 8532
private members' public business, 1782 , 4206
speech should be related to topic being discussed, 3892 , 7851 , 8530
Legislative process
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Unlawful Weapons in Bars), 2009 (Bill 238)
Live-In Caregiver Program (federal program), 6270 , 8172–8173 , 8184
Livestock
Manitoba
Mayors
Hocken, Horatio (former Toronto mayor), 5721–5722
Members'/ministers' constituents
Members'/ministers' privileges
wearing of pins/ribbons/buttons, 230
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting statements
Betty, Courtney (lawyer), 1981
Bonner, Anne-Marie (Jamaica's consul general in Toronto), 1981
Coran, Ken (president, Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation), 8020
May, Elizabeth (leader, Green Party), 1852
Members'/ministers' remarks
withdrawal requested, 5871
withdrawn, 5680
Members' statements
Brooks, John, 1980–1981
Caccia, Charles, 1615
Canadian Jewish Congress, 7342
Children's Wish Foundation, 7039
Cinco de Mayo, 6558
City of Toronto, 3493
Colorectal cancer, 3381
Community safety, 1723
Earthquake in Italy, 5887–5888
Employment insurance, 1501 , 3578–3579
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 3054
Filipino community, 7835
Firearms control, 2445
Hanukkah, 4656
Hate crimes, 4065
Lombardi, Johnny, 39
Montemurro, Raffaele, 7650
North York Harvest Food Bank, 8690
Ontario budget, 516
Operation Red Nose, 159
Pan American Games, 2839–2840
Passover, 6049
Pathways to Education, 5581
Peace BY PEACE, 4583–4584
Police officers, 1409
Professional hockey franchise, 6693
Santé wine festival, 4949
School principals, 4426–4427
Torchetti, Joe, 5286
Transit funding, 1301
University labour dispute, 4787
Zorzella, Jacob, 8354–8355
Milk, 3249–3250
Milk programs, 3250
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Mining industry
consultation with First Nations
mining legislation and regulations, 6528
Ministry of Education
Ontario leadership strategy, 4426
Ministry of Research and Innovation, 3210
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario
literacy and basic skills programs
Pathways to Education program, 5581
second career strategy, 3210 , 5107
Municipal infrastructure, 4217
National Hockey League (NHL)
NHL franchise in southern Ontario, 6693
National/independence/memorial days
Black History Month, 4907
Cinco de Mayo, 6558
Tom Longboat Day, 3689
Natural disasters
earthquakes
storms
Tropical Storm Ketsana (Philippines), 7835
Niagara Escarpment
environmental protection, 2710
Oak Ridges moraine
environmental protection, 2711
Obituaries
Brooks, John (Order of Canada recipient), 1980–1981
Caccia, Charles (federal member, Davenport), 1615
Occupational health and safety, 1254
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario College of Trades, 7850
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
second reading, 7127
time allocation motion
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (ONPEA)
seniors' safety line, 6081
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA)
investigation of Toronto Humane Society, 8917
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Affordable housing, 7771
Animal protection, 8916
Black History Month, 4907
Crime prevention, 478 , 8501
Cultural funding, 6041
Elder abuse, 6081
Environmental protection, 6184
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 3233
Firearms control, 2205–2206
Lake Simcoe, 4424
Medical research, 5187
Municipal taxation, 4216–4217
Private career colleges, 8257
Protection for workers, 5826 , 6270–6271
Research and innovation, 1104 , 1518
School facilities, 3732–3733
Taxation, 8734
Workplace safety, 1254
Paramedics, 4935
Passover, 6049
Pathologists
Patient safety, 4852
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans, 6459
Persons with disabilities
Pesticides/herbicides
Petitions
Anti-smoking legislation, 1826
Bathurst Heights Adult Learning Centre, 4334 , 4434 , 4482 , 4590 , 4635–4636 , 4827–4828 , 4870 , 4915 , 5008 , 5134 , 5197 , 5288 , 5391–5392 , 5745 , 7093
Canadian Jewish Congress, 7343
Dialysis, 3651
Employment insurance, 507–508 , 1772 , 2903 , 3189 , 5517–5518 , 5697 , 6566 , 6698 , 7000 , 7043 , 7093 , 7209 , 7240 , 7842 , 8741 , 8793 , 9085
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 302 , 3091 , 3239 , 3885–3886 , 4115
Firearms control, 958 , 1212 , 1427 , 1518–1519 , 1823 , 2036–2037 , 2165–2166 , 2397 , 2673 , 2903 , 2964–2965 , 3142 , 3240–3241 , 3333 , 3582 , 3652–3653 , 4433–4434 , 4870 , 4956–4957 , 5046 , 5133–5134 , 5287 , 5520 , 5696 , 6090 , 6285 , 6760 , 6954 , 8315 , 9229
Hispanic community, 8694 , 8792 , 8875–8876 , 8926 , 8955 , 9047
Hospices, 3331–3332 , 3385–3386 , 3580
Hospital funding, 385–386 , 2398
Job training and EI benefits funding, 176–177
Longboat, Tom, 3780 , 4035 , 4161 , 4298–4299 , 4398 , 4529 , 4588–4589 , 4661 , 4830 , 4914 , 4957 , 5697–5698 , 6238–6239 , 6759
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1773 , 2299 , 2396 , 2526–2527 , 2611 , 2647 , 2674–2675 , 3142–3143 , 3239–3240 , 3385–3386 , 3933 , 3970 , 4036
Professional hockey franchise, 6605–6606 , 6652 , 6896
Protection for workers, 5630 , 5696 , 5744 , 5839–5840 , 5962 , 6051 , 6089–6090 , 6238 , 6284–6287 , 6345 , 6401 , 6450 , 6453 , 6505 , 7094 , 7210–7211 , 7345 , 8316 , 8358
Public transit, 5007–5008 , 5287 , 5391 , 5479 , 5630–5631 , 8954 , 9084–9086 , 9183
Shark fishery, 7531 , 7585 , 7655–7656 , 8156 , 8316
University labour dispute, 4787
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Police officers
Police services
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private career colleges
Private members' public business
Caregiver and Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 160)
Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
Cultural diversity
Curriculum
Employment supports
Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Fire Sprinkler Retrofitting), 2009 (Bill 214)
Handgun Manufacturers' and Importers' Liability Act, 2008 (Bill 82)
Hispanic community
Inactive Cemeteries Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 149)
Israeli Apartheid Week
Literacy and basic skills
Milk in schools
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
Pension plans
Provincial Parks and Major Provincial Tourist Attractions Sign Act, 2008 (Bill 21)
Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
Towing Industry Act, 2008 (Bill 87)
Truscott, Steven
Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
Propane explosions
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Provincial parks and tourist attractions
Public education campaigns
Colon Cancer Check, 3381
Crime Prevention Week, 8501
International Mother Language Day, 7063
World Habitat Day, 7771
Public transportation
Regulated health profession colleges
power to directly observe regulated health professionals, 4812
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Religious holiday observance
Reports
A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 6714 Report of the Propane Safety Review Panel (Michael Birk, Susana Katz), 8489 A Review of the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (Kevin Whitaker), 2472
Research and innovation
Road safety, 4567
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Safe Schools Act, S.O. 2000, c.12, 5546 Savings and Restructuring Act, S.O. 1996, c.1, 1445 School facilities
School principals, 4426
School violence, 5549
Schools
Archbishop Romero Catholic Secondary School
geomapping of pollution sources at Lavender Creek, 4927
Chaminade high school
hatchery at the back of school gymnasium, 4926
Senior homeowners' property tax credits, 3622–3623
Senior homeowners' property tax grants, 3622–3623
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Skilled trades, 7850
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking
Southern Ontario
economic development program, 3211
Speed limiters
impact on greenhouse gas emissions, 1189
Sports competitions
Standing Orders
S.O. 23(b) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Directs speech to other matters, 4226
Stem cell research
Nagy, Andras (Mount Sinai Hospital), 5187
Tax reduction, 3210–3211 , 5210–5211
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
role in occupational health and safety standards enforcement, 8485
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Temporary help agencies
fees charged to employees, 4887
Temporary help agency employees
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5644 , 6205
Tom Longboat Day Act, 2008 (Bill 120)
Toronto
Toronto Police Service
Toronto anti-violence intervention strategy (TAVIS), 1723
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit, 516
Towing industry
Toxic substances
history of use in Toronto, 6317
reduction plan, 6291 , 6304
government funding, 6315
opportunities for small business, 6316–6317
public education, 6315
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Transit systems
Eglinton rapid transit line, 5722
government funding, 516 , 1301
integrated, 5723–5724
merging of GO Transit and Metrolinx, 5722–5724
Move Ontario 2020 plan, 355 , 1301
purchase of mass transit vehicles
made in Canada, 3210
made in Ontario, 3210
violence, threats, intimidation, possession of weapons prohibited on public transit, 5006
Transportation infrastructure
Tributes
Lombardi, Johnny (pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada), 39
Montemurro, Raffaele (co-founder, Medi Group), 7650
Zorzella, Jacob (track and field athlete), 8354–8355
Trucking industry, 1182
United States
Universities/colleges
government funding, 3209–3210
York University
Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
general discussion, 2205
first reading, 888
Violence
Volunteer driving service
Water heaters, 4363
Water pollution
Workers' compensation benefits
Workers' rights
Workplace accidents/fatalities
Hogg's Hollow tragedy, 3798
Workplace harassment/violence, 8020
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Yorkdale Adult Learning Centre, 5106–5107
Young offenders, 3362 , 4844
Youth crime
Zero Tolerance to Violence on Public Transit Act, 2009 (Bill 151)
Craitor, K. (LIB, Niagara Falls)
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1807)
bicentenary of British legislation, 300
Awards
Ontario Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award, 466
Bicentennial of the War of 1812 Act, 2009 (Bill 193)
Business Development Centre of Greater Fort Erie, 4333
Canadian Cancer Society
Cancer
Cancer screening programs
colorectal cancer screening program, 480
Capital works projects
Child custody
grandparents' rights, 1343–1344
relations with grandparents, 328
Children's Law Reform Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Condolences
Crooks, Tyler Kevin (Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan), 5738
Consumer protection
used vehicles identified as lemons, 6252
Debates re answers to oral questions
Driver licences
secure driver licences, 170
Festivals
Fire sprinklers
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in new residential construction, 2176–2177
Fires
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
PC (1995-2003)
Great Lakes shoreline
Great Lakes Shoreline Right of Passage Act, 2008 (Bill 43)
Great Wolf Lodge, 183–184
Greenbelt plan, 5491–5492
Industry shutdowns
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1351 , 6252
Members'/ministers' privileges
wearing of pins/ribbons/buttons, 730
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Niagara Falls Review, 6254
Members/ministers quoting statements
Morrison, Wilma (recipient, Ontario Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award), 466
Members' statements
Black History Month, 466
Business Development Centre of Greater Fort Erie, 4333
Cancer Awareness Month, 730
Crooks, Tyler, 5738
Education funding, 1300
Forestview Public School, 3643–3644
Great Wolf Lodge, 183–184
Infrastructure renewal, 5471
Long-term care, 3327
Niagara Week, 1241
Shaw Festival, 3968–3969
University labour dispute, 4786–4787
Winter Festival of Lights, 8606
Metis Nation of Ontario, 4023
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
rural economic development (RED) program, 5385
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
aging-at-home strategy, 3327
Niagara Natural Fruit Snacks Inc., 5385
Niagara Parks Commission
Niagara region, 1241
Oral questions, presented
Abolition of British slave trade, 300
Cancer screening, 479–480
Metis Nation of Ontario, 4023
Secure driver licences, 170
Tender fruit industry, 5385
Petitions
Autism treatment, 3970
Cemeteries, 5792 , 5961 , 6005
Child custody, 1611 , 2034 , 2243 , 2740 , 2836 , 3282 , 3385 , 3498–3499 , 3581 , 3780–3781 , 3844–3845 , 4334–4335 , 5245 , 5288 , 5433 , 5479 , 6004 , 6198 , 6237 , 6953 , 8224 , 8420 , 8658
Hospital funding, 4337 , 4633–4634
Hospital services, 6398–6400
Long-term care, 530 , 695–696
Lord's Prayer, 1519 , 1613 , 1720
Lupus, 3450 , 3582 , 4336 , 4636 , 4957 , 5246 , 5289 , 5390 , 5433 , 5478 , 5587 , 5793 , 6005 , 6567 , 7882
Pension plans, 8831–8832
Physical education, 384 , 506 , 508–509 , 1314
Pope John Paul II, 3284
Rural education funding, 8469
Ryczak, Wayne, 3778
Private members' public business
Children's Law Reform Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Greenbelt Day Act, 2009 (Bill 153)
Motor Vehicle Dealers Amendment Act (Disclosure of Lemons), 2009 (Bill 164)
Municipal Residential Sprinkler Act, 2008 (Bill 72)
Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
Transparency in Public Matters Act, 2009 (Bill 159)
Provincial-aboriginal relations, 4023
Public bodies
Public education campaigns
Red geranium
designate as the floral emblem of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, 7153
Schools
Tender fruit industry, 5385
Transparency in Public Matters Act, 2009 (Bill 159)
Universities/colleges
York University
collective bargaining, 4786
strike, 4786
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, 5491
Crozier, B. (LIB, Essex)
Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 3630
Autism services, 3095
Automobile industry
auto sector investment fund, 672 , 3518
employment creation, 9584
Ford Motor Company of Canada
federal government funding, 3518
government funding, 7574
Awards
Ontario Wine Awards, 2615
Bone marrow
Budget
Budget deficit, 3517
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Canadian Blood Services
One Match Stem Cell and Marrow Network, 276
Capital works projects, 3518
Certified General Accountants of Ontario, 6604
Congratulatory remarks
Consumer protection
security deposits for utilities and disconnections, 9245–9246
Contests
Kraft Hockeyville 2008
Kingsville (finalist), 681
Corporate tax reduction, 3518
Cross-border travel
alternative to passport requirement, 6334–6335
Doctor shortage
Doctors
Driver licences
Economic conditions
Economic growth
Education funding
Electoral constituencies
boundaries, 3554–3555
renaming of Chatham–Kent–Essex to Chatham–Kent–Leamington, 3555
Electricity Amendment Act (Protection Against Security Deposits), 2009 (Bill 228)
Electricity rates
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Hours of Work and Other Matters), S.O. 2004, c.21, 6551 Energy
Federal-provincial-territorial agreements/programs
Government expenditures, 3516–3517
Government finance, 3518
Government orders
Government record
NDP (1990-1995)
balanced budget, 3517
budget deficit, 3517
PC (1995-2003)
balanced budget, 3517
budget deficit, 3517
government debt, 3517
Greater Essex County District School Board
Green economy, 3518
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse industry, 67 , 2579
Health care, 6943
Health care funding
Health professionals
Hours of work
elimination of 60-hour workweek, 6551
Industry shutdowns, 3518
Job protection commissioner, 3518
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Awareness Month Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
Lake Erie, 4310
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Lake Superior, 4310
Liquor licences
by the glass service
hours of sale and service, 3140
Manufacturing industry
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation, 6187
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Essex
Essex County, 7835
town of Kingsville, 495
Members'/ministers' pension plans, 9465–9466
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting statements
Bedard, Bryan (father, Katelyn Bedard, leukemia victim), 276
Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition, 9246 , 9251
Members/ministers quoting websites
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Association, 281
Members'/ministers' wedding anniversaries
Crozier, Bruce (Essex), 4027
Members' statements
Assistance to farmers, 5739
Autism Awareness Month, 3095
Automobile industry, 9584
Essex county, 7835
Greenhouse industry, 67 , 2579
Kraft Hockeyville 2008, 681
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 325
Ontario Greenhouse Alliance, 8830
Ontario Wine Week, 2615
Paroian, Leon, 1980
Town of Kingsville, 495
Windsor Spitfires hockey club, 6995
Wine industry, 3645 , 6809
Minimum wage
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 325
Ministry of Revenue
Nurse practitioner-led clinics, 6750
Nurse practitioners, 6750
Nurses
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Oral questions, presented
Agri-food industry, 9409–9410
Driver licences, 6334–6335
Economic development, 7575
Grape and wine industry, 8026
Health care, 6943–6944
Hours of work, 6551
Layoffs, 238
Minimum wage, 652
Nurses, 6749–6750
Organ donation, 6187
Post-secondary education, 5948
Skills training, 5731–5732
Small business, 2568
Tourism, 4943–4944
University of Windsor, 8598–8599
Wine industry, 2440–2441 , 3140
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans
Petitions
Hospital funding, 1478 , 4589
Municipal restructuring, 202
Wind turbines, 7159
Post-secondary education, 5948
Premier's travel, 3518
Private members' public business
Electricity Amendment Act (Protection Against Security Deposits), 2009 (Bill 228)
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Awareness Month Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
Lake Superior Day
Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
Public education campaigns
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Reports
Discovering Ontario: A Report on the Future of Tourism (Ontario Tourism Competitiveness Study), 4943–4944
Research and innovation
Small business
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 67
Tax reduction, 3517
Tourism regions, 4944
Transit systems
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Tributes
Paroian, Leon (lawyer), 1980
Universities/colleges, 5948
Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board
Wine
Ontario grapes in Ontario wine, 8026
Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wine, 8026
Wine industry, 2440 , 3140 , 3645
southwestern Ontario, 6809
Workers
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