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Delaney, B. (LIB, Mississauga–Streetsville)
Advisory Council on Pensions and Retirement Income, 9357
Aftermarket brake pads
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
accountability, 7618
review by Integrity Commissioner
annual report issued, 7562
Amateur sports programs
Animal protection, 1683
government funding, 1688
warrantless entry, 1688
Anniversaries
Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Ji (founder, Sikh religion), 8353
Streetsville 150th anniversary, 2214
Arenas, 4255
Asbestos, 7254–7255
Athletes
government funding, 1367
training facilities, 1367
Automobile insurance
Bank of Montreal
customer contact centre, 4602
Budget, 731 , 758 , 4181–4182
pre-budget consultations, 4181
Budget deficit, 4182–4183
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Cable/satellite providers
requirement to broadcast legislative proceedings of the province or territory, 3250–3252
Capital tax
Carbon monoxide, 5859
Carbon monoxide detectors, 5859
requirement to install carbon monoxide detectors in all residential buildings, 5860
Carbon monoxide poisoning, 5860
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child custody, 4967
criminal record checks, 4967
Climatic changes, 2521 , 6443 , 7310
Committee schedules/agendas, 4181
Committees
Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions, 4493–4494
Select Committee on Municipal Governance, 5302
Concurrence in supply debate (December 2008)
Congratulatory remarks
Barnes, Natasha (award recipient, Canada Millennium Scholarship Excellence Award), 8652–8653
Mehta, Richie (film director), 5581
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 4602
Corporate taxes
federal-provincial harmonization, 4184
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Cyclone Manufacturing Inc., 4602 , 4825
Doctor shortage, 2652
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs)
Domestic violence, 4967
Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 7965
Economic conditions, 3609
Economic decline
government response, 6097
Economic growth
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Electoral process reform, 9656–9657
Electric vehicles, 4903
Electrical safety
mandatory installation of surge protectors in new residential and commercial construction, 7056–7057
Electricity retailers/gas marketers
Electronic health records, 2232
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
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Farmers' markets, 3378–3379
Federal government
Festivals
Bread and Honey Festival, 7150
Filipino community
Foreign caregivers
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government expenditures
Government notice of motions
Legislative reform
Personal health information protection
Government orders
Government record
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Harmonized sales tax, 6118 , 7757–7758
impact on rent rates, 7335–7336
impact on senior citizens, 8607–8608
transition benefit
$1,000 for single parents or couples, 7878
Health care
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Hearing-impaired persons, 5114
Hong Kong
Hospital redevelopment
Immigrants
access to professions and trades, 2834 , 3965
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Investment in Ontario, 4903
Kindergarten
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Language instruction, 2834
English as a second language (ESL), 3965
French as a second language (FSL), 3965
Legislative Assembly
Broadcast and Recording Service, 3251
Legislative procedure
Legislative proceedings
Legislative process
Master's College and Seminary Act, 2008 (Bill Pr10)
Medical schools
University of Toronto (Mississauga), 399
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Mississauga–Streetsville
public skating event, 9649
Streetsville, 4476
Members/ministers imputing motive, 1958
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 256–257 , 5105 , 5815–5816 , 5860
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting statements
Grissom, Gus (astronaut), 2336
McCallion, Hazel (mayor, Mississauga), 731
Ontario Principals' Council, 5556
Reycraft, Doug (president, Association of Municipalities of Ontario), 731
Ryan, James (president, Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Federation), 9537
Vrebosch, Bill (mayor, East Ferris), 731
Members'/ministers' record
Liberal (2003-2010)
Dhillon, Vic (Brampton West), 3247
Members'/ministers' remarks
PC (1990-1995)
Eves, Ernie (Parry Sound–Muskoka)
as Minister of Finance, 7757
Members' statements
Barnes, Natasha, 8652–8653
Bread and Honey Festival, 7150
Credit Valley Hospital, 887 , 7773
Cyclone Manufacturing, 4825
Environmental protection, 6443
GO Transit, 515–516 , 942 , 3443 , 3969
Government record, 758
Health care, 9551
Lisgar GO station, 3775 , 6603
Lupus, 4223
Mehta, Richie, 5581
Municipal infrastructure, 731
Poverty, 11
Public skating events, 9649
Road safety, 7965
Sikh community, 8353
Skills training, 3143
Streetsville, 2214 , 4476
Taxation, 7697 , 7878 , 8607–8608 , 8873
Vaisakhi, 6048–6049
Vic Johnston Arena, 4255
Milk, 3247
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Rural Connections broadband program, 7752
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 3143
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 4825
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Ministry of Health Promotion
Ministry of Research and Innovation
Ontario innovation agenda, 3590
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario, 2487
Ontario skills development program, 2487
second career strategy, 2487 , 3143 , 5105
Municipal infrastructure
Nortel
pension plans
transfers on wind up, 8890
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
export market access (global expansion program), 7752
Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES)
waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) program, 5780–5781
Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
inclusion of prostate-specific antigen test as insured service, 590
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Affordable housing, 4652
Assistance to farmers, 3378–3379
Climate change, 2521
Consumer protection, 2088–2089
Full-day kindergarten, 8458
Language training, 2833–2834 , 3965
Municipal taxation, 175
Ontario economy, 4903
Public transit, 5468
Skills training, 2487
Sports and recreation funding, 1367
Taxation, 7334–7335
Teachers' collective bargaining, 4820
Waste diversion, 5780–5781
Youth employment, 9405
Payday loan industry
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6716
Pension plans
Persons with disabilities
developmental disabilities
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1851
Petitions
Anti-smoking legislation, 508 , 960–961
Assistance to farmers, 5480 , 5839
Cemeteries, 9376
Child custody, 3283–3284 , 8507–8508 , 9377 , 9553
Employment insurance, 746–747
Firearms control, 1171
GTA pooling, 3285 , 4256
Gun control, 2836 , 2965
Highway 35, 4397
Hospital funding, 82 , 176 , 240 , 341 , 384–385 , 426 , 506 , 571 , 658 , 776 , 841 , 1001 , 1109 , 1170 , 1427 , 1477–1478 , 1577 , 1771–1773 , 1889–1890 , 1928 , 1976 , 2035–2036 , 2130–2131 , 2167 , 2212 , 2299 , 2525–2527 , 2574–2575 , 2613–2614 , 2646 , 2739–2740 , 2786–2787 , 2835 , 2964 , 2998 , 3050–3051 , 3093 , 3141–3142 , 3239 , 3283 , 3330–3331 , 3500 , 3543 , 3581–3582 , 3694 , 3844 , 3932 , 4033–4034 , 4069 , 4158–4159 , 4221–4222 , 4399 , 4480 , 4529 , 4588 , 4661–4662 , 4829 , 4956 , 5092 , 5196 , 5330 , 5478 , 5585–5586 , 5791 , 6346 , 6503 , 6816 , 6854 , 6954–6955 , 7001 , 7208–7209 , 7285–7286 , 7344 , 7440 , 7654–7655 , 7701 , 7737–7738 , 7782 , 8078–8079 , 8268 , 8470 , 8506–8508 , 8554–8555 , 8615 , 8657 , 8696 , 8833–8834 , 8875 , 8953 , 9005–9006 , 9048 , 9587
Hospital services, 3780
Lupus, 3933 , 4035–4036 , 4159–4160 , 4398–4399 , 4481 , 4530–4531 , 5197–5198 , 5328 , 5961 , 6050 , 6089 , 6150–6151 , 6200–6201 , 8876–8877 , 9652–9653
Ontario budget, 6607
Parenting education, 7738 , 7783 , 8507
Pope John Paul II, 775 , 1313 , 1773 , 2167–2168 , 2494 , 2528 , 2837 , 3000 , 3142 , 3240 , 3583 , 3695 , 3932–3933 , 4036 , 4159 , 4481 , 4830
Professional hockey franchise, 7239–7240
Social services funding, 3241 , 7210 , 7879–7880 , 8156 , 8224 , 8270 , 8422 , 8506 , 8555–8556 , 8616 , 8697 , 8875 , 8954–8955 , 9007–9008 , 9228–9229 , 9280 , 9375–9376
Taxation, 7488 , 7530 , 7656 , 7841 , 7973 , 8154 , 8467
Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, 616–617 , 2612
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards
Poverty, 11
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Automobile insurance
Caregiver and Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 160)
Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Aftermarket Brake Pad Standards), 2009 (Bill 181)
Legislative channel
Literacy and basic skills
Mental health and addiction services
Milk in schools
Municipal Residential and Commercial Surge Protector Act, 2009 (Bill 176)
Municipalities
Ontario Energy Board Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 131)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Transfers on Wind Up), 2009 (Bill 213)
Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
Senators' Selection Act, 2009 (Bill 67)
Small business
Taxation
Taxation Amendment Act (Equipment Purchased for Persons with Disabilities), 2008 (Bill 109)
Towing Industry Act, 2008 (Bill 87)
Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2009 (Bill 148)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
Property tax deferrals
low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities, 2190
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public transportation
Religious holiday observance
Schools
Senior citizens
Senior homeowners' property tax grants, 5904
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
second reading, 2045
third reading, 2820
Small business
government assistance in complying with regulations, 7752
regulatory reduction, 4137
Social housing
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 11
Standing Orders
S.O. 23(b) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Directs speech to other matters, 8532
S.O. 23(e) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Anticipation, 5850
S.O. 23(h) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Allegations against member, 5649 , 8160
Tax reduction, 4183 , 6097 , 8873
Taxation
Teacher collective agreements
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, 4820
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
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
Towing industry
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Transit systems, 5816
GO Transit, 942
Cooksville station, 5817
Erindale station, 5817–5818
improvements, 3969
Lakeshore line, 5818 , 5820
Lisgar station, 515 , 3775 , 4602 , 5816–5817 , 6603
Meadowvale station, 4602 , 5817
Milton line, 5817–5820
Milton station, 515–516
Streetsville station, 3443 , 4602 , 5817 , 5819
Move Ontario 2020 plan, 5818 , 7310
Washington, D.C., 5816
Workers' compensation benefits
coverage for construction workers, 3802
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Young offenders
Youth/students
Dhillon, V. (LIB, Brampton West)
Able Insurance Brokers Ltd. Act, 2008 (Bill Pr19)
Appreciation
volunteers (Brampton), 8153
Artists
Arts and culture
Awards
Ontario Volunteer Service Awards, 2531
Premier's Award for Teaching Excellence
Fedosoff, Jay (recipient), 1157
Blind/visually-impaired persons
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
Clubs
Rotary Club of Bramalea, 9454
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
tool and die maker program, 107
Community newspapers, 234–235
Community organizations
Winter Coats for Children, 3002
Congratulatory remarks
Martino, Frank (recipient, Reg L. Perkin Award), 4332
Construction industry
Construction workers
Coroner inquests
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 9191
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Debates re answers to oral questions
Employment creation, 107
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment-related benefits
employee wage security program, 107
organ donor leave, 5218
Employment standards
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Firefighters
volunteer firefighters
workers' compensation claims, 6861
Foreign workers
Hospital construction
Brampton Civic Hospital, 123
Hospital redevelopment
Peel Memorial Hospital, 123
Hospitals
Brampton Civic Hospital, 4332
Labour relations, 1551
Live-In Caregiver Program (federal program), 8159–8160
McDonald's Canada
Medical transplants
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 115
Members/ministers quoting letters
Sefton, Andrew (executive director, Ontario Painting Contractors Association), 3902
Smith, Derek (executive director, London and District Construction Association), 3902
Members/ministers quoting statements
Arnold, Ken (president, Ontario Medical Association), 7803
Dupont, Barb (mother, Lori Dupont, murder victim), 9191
Lavoie, Serge (president and CEO, Canadian Plastics Industry Association), 3161
Members' statements
Brampton Civic Hospital, 123 , 4332
Brampton spelling bee, 6083–6084
Dairy industry, 8924–8925
Fedosoff, Jay, 1156–1157
McHappy Day, 7151
Rotary Club of Bramalea, 9454
Teachers, 5086
Vaisakhi, 6394
Volunteer Service Awards, 2531
Volunteers, 8153
Winter Coats for Children Project, 3002
Milk, 3250
Minimum wage, 115
Occupational health and safety, 3160
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Occupational health and safety insurance
option for employers to use private-sector insurers, 8707–8709
Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), 1551
Opposition day motions, responded to
Workplace insurance, 4076
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1948–1949
Oral questions, presented
Community and ethnic newspapers, 234–235
Driver examination centres, 8348
Petitions
Private members' public business
Accessibility for the disabled
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
Milk in schools
Single-Use Bottled Water Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 112)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Regulations, 3160
Regulatory Modernization Act, S.O. 2007, c.4, 3160 Religious holiday observance
Schools
St. Roch Catholic Secondary School
Small business
Spelling bees
Strikes
DriveTest driving examiners, 8348
Teachers, 5086
Temporary help agencies
Temporary help agency employees
Time allocation motions
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Trade missions
Trillium Gift of Life Network, 5367
program for reimbursing expenses of living organ donors (PRELOD), 5218
Union certification
card-based certification, 1551
construction industry, 1551
Waste management/programs
Workers
replacement workers
ban on use during strike or lockout, 7931–7932
Workers' compensation benefits
Workplace harassment/violence, 7802–7805 , 9191
Workplace injuries
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
general discussion
public consultation, 4076
second reading, 3698–3699 , 3718
time allocation motion
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3698–3699 , 3718 , 4076
Dickson, J. (LIB, Ajax–Pickering)
Anniversaries
Our Lady of Lourdes 150th anniversary of apparition, 1670
Sinking of the Graf Spee battleship 70th anniversary, 8153–8154
Automobile industry
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Buick Regal produced at Oshawa assembly plant, 9178
Automobiles
Awards
I Love Greenbelt award, 5487
Axiom Group Inc., 4911
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Boundary adjustment
Barrie and Innisfil, 7507
Business
doing business with Ontario government, 6044
government assistance, 6043
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Durham regional council
Fire stations
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Greenbelt Day Act, 2009 (Bill 153)
Greenbelt plan, 5487–5488 , 5493 , 6488
Harmonized sales tax
impact on cost of books and newspapers, 8729–8730
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Hospices (terminal care)
government funding
Sakura House, 731
St. Joseph's Hospice, 731
Hospital redevelopment
Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering Hospital, 158 , 5873 , 8871
Infrastructure Ontario
municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 1093
International trade agreements
Canada-United States procurement agreement, 9412
Kindergarten
Members'/ministers' birthdays
Jaczek, Helena (Oak Ridges–Markham), 8521
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Young Singers performance, 1775
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 433–435
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 434–435
Members/ministers quoting statements
Hale, Michael (president, Canadian Institute of Actuaries), 6454
Hammond, Sam (president, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario), 9624
Richardson, Bill (governor, New Mexico), 2300
Rizzo, Perry (president, Axiom Group Inc.), 4911
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy (founder, Special Olympics), 2169
Members'/ministers' remarks
PC (2003-2010)
Bailey, Bob (Sarnia–Lambton), 731
Hardeman, Ernie (Oxford), 731
Members' statements
Ajax and Pickering Health Site, 158
Ajax Environmental Affairs Week, 5889
Ajax fire station, 3052
Anniversary of the sinking of the Graf Spee, 8153–8154
Black History Month, 5127
Events in Ajax–Pickering, 2248 , 2496 , 7198
General Motors of Canada, 9178–9179
International trade, 9412
Men's Health Awareness Week, 2300
Multiple sclerosis, 6276
Municipal finances, 4029
Municipal infrastructure, 1093
Ontario economy, 4911
Palliative care, 731
Pan American Games, 8790
Parkinson's disease, 982
Post-secondary education, 1460–1461
Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital, 8871
Saint Bernadette, 1670
Snowmobiling, 5666–5667
Special Olympics, 2169
Transit funding, 1300
Young Singers, 1775
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
youth opportunities strategy, 3277
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 4911
Ministry of Government Services
reverse trade show for Ontario businesses, 6044
Municipal services
government funding
Durham region, Ajax and Pickering, 4029
National/independence/memorial days
Black History Month, 5127
Obesity
1312510 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2009 (Bill Pr22)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Oral questions, presented
Durham regional council, 773
Environmental protection, 6488
Greenbelt, 9579–9580
Highway maintenance, 5885–5886
Provincial purchasing policy, 6043–6044
Research and innovation, 4809
Small business, 5828
Snowmobiling, 4579–4580
Taxation, 8729–8730
Youth services, 3276–3277
Parkinson's disease, 982
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans, 6453–6455 , 6460
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 6488
Petitions
Government services, 7491 , 7529 , 7586 , 7655 , 7700 , 7737
Hospital funding, 899–901 , 1000–1002 , 1064 , 1066 , 1108–1109 , 1256–1257 , 1315 , 1478–1479 , 1520 , 1576 , 1612–1613 , 1668–1670 , 1772–1773 , 1825–1826 , 1926–1927 , 1977–1978 , 2036 , 2094 , 2131–2133 , 2167 , 2213 , 2244–2246 , 2298–2299 , 2351 , 2396–2397 , 2493 , 2526 , 2575–2577 , 2611–2612 , 2646–2647 , 2672 , 2741 , 2786 , 2962 , 2999–3000 , 3187 , 3451 , 3541 , 3651–3652 , 3740 , 3845–3846 , 4034–4035 , 4258
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Greenbelt Day Act, 2009 (Bill 153)
Pension plans
Zero Waste Day Act, 2010 (Bill 247)
Public education campaigns
Ajax Environmental Affairs Week, 5889
environmental protection, 5487
Greenbelt Day, 5041 , 5487–5488
Men's Health Awareness Week, 2300
Multiple sclerosis carnation campaign, 6276
Registered retirement savings plans, 6454–6455
Reports
A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 9714
Road maintenance, 5885
Small business
permits and licences, 5828
regulation, 5828
Snowmobiling, 4579–4580 , 5666–5667
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 158
Sports competitions
Pan American Games bid (2015)
Special Olympics Ontario 2008 provincial spring games, 2169
Throne speech debate
Transit systems
Waste management/programs
Woodbridge Group
Youth/students
DiNovo, C. (NDP, Parkdale–High Park)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, 2006 (Bill C-26), 1387 Advertising
ban on advertising of sexual images of children under 16 years of age, 6463
Afghanistan
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
review by Integrity Commissioner, 7470 , 7559
Alcohol-related accidents/fatalities
Alcoholism, 2562
Amateur sports programs
Animal Care Review Board, 3976
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Animal protection
Animal protection organizations
use of term humane society restricted, 3974–3975
Anti-Semitism, 6450
Arab-Israeli conflict, 9556–9558
Automobiles
Awards
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery, 4932
Blood donations, 5454
BOOST Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention, 4655
Brismair Property Management Inc. Act, 2009 (Bill Pr27)
Budget, 4267–4268
pre-budget consultations, 4267
Budget deficit, 3621
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 973–974 , 1699
Bullying
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens, 730
Business education tax, 114 , 716 , 3006 , 3305–3306 , 4136
Butchers
Karl's Butcher and Grocery
C. difficile outbreaks
Canada pension plan (CPP), 6864–6865
Capital works projects, 3308
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week Act, 2009 (Bill 166)
Carbon monoxide detectors
requirement to install carbon monoxide detectors in all residential buildings, 5857
Carbon monoxide poisoning, 5857
Caregiver employment agencies
Child abuse, 4978
Child care, 127 , 593 , 1728 , 2561–2562 , 3307 , 3383 , 4395 , 4433 , 5098 , 5243 , 5285 , 9533–9534
Child custody
grandparents' rights, 1344
access to children in abusive situations, 1345
Child poverty, 113 , 2071 , 2562 , 5097–5098
Child protection, 4975–4977
Child sexual abuse, 6462
Children with disabilities, 3744
Children's aid societies (CASs)
Children's nutrition programs, 593
China
Clean Train Coalition, 7229
Climatic changes, 592
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
right to unionize
part-time and sessional employees, 3307
Commercial loans, 4136
Community health centres (CHCs), 4041–4042
Community policing, 3760–3761
Community safety
complaints regarding properties used for activities that adversely affect community, 3759–3761
Corporate tax reduction, 5844
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Court cases/actions
Crime against seniors
Criminal statistics, 4129
Curriculum
inclusion of women's studies in Ontario secondary schools, 3383 , 4267 , 4433
Debates re answers to oral questions
Affordable housing
International trade
Dental care, 875 , 2562 , 3307
Deportation
Hinzman, Jeremy (American war resister), 6471
Disabled Persons' Service Dogs Act, 2009 (Bill 223)
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs)
Domestic violence, 4973–4974 , 4976 , 4978
government funding for women and children in shelters, 8870
Driver education/training, 4534 , 4536
Drivers
impaired drivers, 4539
new drivers, 4534
Drug abuse, 2562 , 5843
Drug abuse treatment programs, 4975–4976
Economic conditions, 3305 , 3617–3619 , 4280–4281
Economic growth
Education funding reform, 593
eHealth Ontario
Elections/by-elections
campaign contributions, 2503
campaign ethics, 2503–2504
campaign expenditures, 2503
Parkdale–High Park, 2503
St. Paul's, 7337
Electoral constituencies
renaming of Chatham–Kent–Essex to Chatham–Kent–Leamington, 3554
Electoral representation, 2503
Employees, 7085–7086
Employers, 7085–7086
Employment agencies
licence, 3307
prohibited from charging fees for hiring or providing information, 7086
Employment creation
Employment insurance, 5851
Employment insurance benefits, 5851
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment-related benefits
Employment standards, 4986–4993 , 6685
allegations of abuse, 6801
Dhalla, Ruby case, 6596–6597 , 6599 , 6601 , 6639–6640 , 6642–6644 , 6747 , 6801 , 8165–8166 , 8898–8899
complaints, 7086
equal pay and benefits for all workers, 7086
regulation and enforcement, 3307 , 3618 , 6476–6477 , 8172
unjust dismissal, 7086
Employment Standards Act, S.O. 2000, c.41, 6685 Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 189)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2008 (Bill 49)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
Energy conservation, 5340
Energy efficiency
home retrofit program, 7321
Energy policy, 3307
Environmental advocacy groups, 5361
Environmental protection, 5348–5350
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Equal pay for equal work, 4298 , 4586–4587 , 4987 , 5851
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Famines
Farms/farmland
Fatalities
Achakzai, Sitara (human rights campaigner), 6470
Dulnuan, Jocelyn (caregiver), 127
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 9101–9104
Jones, Holly (murder victim), 4865–4866 , 6462
Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 4267 , 6463 , 9529–9530
Vince, Theresa (murder victim), 9101–9104
Wisdom, Shaquille (suicide victim), 730
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Canada-Ontario affordable housing program agreement
Feminism, 4433
Firearms
driving with unlawfully possessed firearm in motor vehicle prohibited
Firefighters
volunteer firefighters
workers' compensation claims, 6857
workers' compensation claims, 4129
Food Safety and Quality Act, S.O. 2001, c.20, 158 , 234 Foreign caregivers
Foreign workers, 5510
Fossil-fuel generating stations, 5353
Franchises
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Gender identity, 165
Genocide
Ukraine (1932-1933), 5306
Government advertising
powerWISE energy conservation
Suzuki, David's role in energy conservation advertising campaign, 4420
Government notice of motions
Legislative reform
Select Committee on Elections
Government orders
Committee sittings
Ontario economy
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
environmental protection, 1964
greenhouse gas emissions reduction, 7320
Government role, 4135–4136
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
return to provincial jurisdiction, 4136
Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster, 585
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
time allocation motion
third reading, 6740–6743
Green economy, 5344 , 5349
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
second reading, 5335 , 5338 , 5340–5341 , 5344 , 5347–5351 , 5353 , 5355–5356 , 5358 , 5361 , 5365
third reading, 6571–6572
Greenhouse gas emissions
Harmonized sales tax, 7760 , 8901–8903
Hate crime, 3965
Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
second reading
public consultation, 5857
Health care
Health care workers
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Holiday messages, 4680
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), 6450
Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2008 (Bill 61)
Home care workers
transportation compensation, 5843
Home children (Canadian immigrants), 9380–9381
Homeless persons, 5842–5843
Hospital beds
Hospital construction
Humber River Regional Hospital, 2208
Hospital services
Hospitals
oversight by Ombudsman, 2209
reporting on C. difficile rates, 2562
Housing, 413–414 , 5097–5098 , 6044–6045
affordable, 132 , 527 , 1513 , 1609 , 2292–2293 , 2562 , 3776 , 4298 , 4433 , 5097–5098 , 5282 , 5742 , 5781 , 7232 , 9644–9645
authority of municipal governments to require affordable housing in new developments, 7531–7533 , 7537–7538
construction, 413–414 , 716 , 1609 , 1728–1729
federal government funding, 691 , 2566
government funding, 490 , 565 , 678 , 2566 , 7537 , 8612–8613 , 9120
rent rates, 3830–3831
shortage, 592 , 1112
wait lists, 5742
right to adequate housing, 557
Human rights, 3531–3532 , 6564
Immigrants
Immigration
Immunization
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
employees permitted to take time off work for immunization, 8347–8348
Impact Cleaning Services Ltd.
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
India
greenhouse gas emissions, 7320
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
Kyoto Protocol on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1964
Landlord and Tenant Board
electronic hearing, 7228
oral hearing, 7228
Legislative pages
Legislative procedure
Legislative process
Legislature schedule/agenda, 2072–2073 , 2077–2078 , 2081 , 4587
Libertarianism, 1151
Libraries/schools
use of Internet filtering software, 7740–7741
Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), 4666
Listeriosis, 8449
Literacy, 5106
Live-In Caregiver Program (federal program), 5510
Livestock
Long-term-care facilities
Long-term-care funding
Manufacturing industry, 46–47
Massacres
Montreal massacre (6 December 1989), 4433
Medical procedures
Medical transplants
Members'/ministers' appreciation
Jones, Sylvia (Dufferin–Caledon), 4679
McMeekin, Ted (Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale), 1387
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1799–1800 , 4128 , 4135 , 4761 , 4795 , 5454 , 5857 , 6477–6478
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Ontario Veterinary Medical Association, 3976
Members/ministers quoting documents
Ontario Federation of Labour, 114
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
harmonized sales tax, re, 7760
Members/ministers quoting letters
Bush, Donna (media representative, Cangrands), 3279
Trow, Tim (president, Toronto Humane Society), 1598 , 1800
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting reports
With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9531–9532 Regulation of Payday Lending in Canada: A Report to ACORN (Chris Robinson, York University), 1390
Members/ministers quoting statements
Allan, Nancy (Minister of Labour and Immigration, Manitoba), 5573
Churchill, Winston (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), 3972
David Suzuki Foundation, 5338
DeGasperis, Silvio (developer), 2503
Douglas, Tommy (former Premier of Saskatchewan), 3745
Gandhi, Mahatma (spiritual and political leader), 3973
Greenpeace, 5338
Ladd, Deena and Mary Gollatly re Bill 139, 6481
Mackenzie, Hugh (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), 590
McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 973
McKeown, David (medical officer of health, Toronto), 7523
Ontario Women's Justice Network, 1345
Pembina Institute, 5338
Pope John Paul II, 4918
Ryan, Sid (president, CUPE Ontario), 9529
Shapcott, Michael (Wellesley Institute), 592 , 5742
Suzuki, David (scientist, activist, broadcaster), 4420
Taylor, Allan (former CEO, Royal Bank of Canada), 2503
Walesa, Lech (founder, Solidarity movement), 4917
Wellesley Institute, 5781
Members/ministers quoting television programs
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1995-2003)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
as Leader of the Opposition, 1448
withdrawn, 565 , 4214 , 4420
Members'/ministers' travel
Pupatello, Sandra's travel to China, 3305–3306
Pupatello, Sandra's travel to Middle East, 3305–3306
Members' statements
Affordable housing, 3776
Air quality, 7229
Anti-bullying initiatives, 730
Celebrate Bisexuality Day, 7482
Child protection, 4654–4655 , 4865–4866
Events in Tibet, 408
Government regulations, 158
Human rights, 1092
International Women's Day, 5285
Mad Pride Day, 2353
Poverty, 1827 , 3279
Private members' bills, 9550–9551
Property taxation, 5087
Protection or workers, 5689
Rail line construction, 6442
Tibet, 5387 , 9178
Ukrainian genocide, 4111
Violence against women, 4253
Watson, Rodney, 8788
Metrolinx, 6442
Military reservists
Minimum wage, 1728 , 4298 , 4988 , 4991–4993
increase, 113–114 , 120–121 , 488 , 490 , 650 , 716 , 1111 , 1817 , 2562 , 5098 , 6478 , 8170
Santa Fe (New Mexico), 114
indexed to consumer price index, 42 , 4986
$10 an hour, 113–114 , 127 , 642
$10.25 an hour, 2602–2603 , 3307 , 3383 , 4433 , 4519 , 4586 , 5098 , 5243 , 5731
Mining industry
uranium exploration and mining, 5037
health and ecological impact, 5037
Ministerial responsibility, 7562–7563 , 7566
Ministerial statements, responded to
Affordable housing, 5742 , 8612–8613
Asian and South Asian Heritage Month, 6564
Citizenship Week, 8036–8037
Immigration information, 4298
Manufacturing industry, 46–47
National Volunteer Week, 6147
Persons Day, 3383
Protection for workers, 8076
Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 6500
Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 7158
Shelter allowances, 413–414
Small business, 3005–3006 , 7838–7839
Temporary employment agencies, 4586–4587
Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 3691–3692 , 8418–8419
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
grants to community organizations, 973
Ministry of Community and Social Services
developmental services, 5235
passport program, 1972
Ministry of Health Promotion
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
budget reduction, 5742
provincial rent bank program, 1512–1513
rental opportunity for Ontario families (ROOF), 413–414
Miss G Project, 1729
Mortgage loans
Movies
Municipal infrastructure
Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC), 3619
Municipalities
National child benefit supplement (NCBS)
National/independence/memorial days
NDP
NDP documents/plans
economic stimulus plan, 5282
Nuclear generating stations, 4420
Nurses, 5285
Occupational health and safety
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Occupational health and safety insurance
option for employers to use private-sector insurers, 8706–8707
Olympics
Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
opening ceremonies, 2241
torch relay, 2241
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 4679
Ontario Clean Train Coalition, 7523
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 4267 , 4679 , 5099
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
sexual reassignment surgery
three-month waiting period, 585
Ontario health premium, 875–877
Ontario Human Rights Code
amended by Bill 224, 8691
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), 1151
hearings, 5971
Kimvar Enterprises Inc., 3276
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
Darlington nuclear generating station
building of new reactors, 4214
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 3971–3972 , 3974–3977
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario Works program benefits, 5099
temporary care assistance (TCA), 3279
Opposition day motions, responded to
Opposition parties
Oral questions, presented
Affordable housing, 132 , 527 , 565 , 691 , 1609 , 2292–2293 , 2566 , 3830–3831 , 5282 , 5781 , 6044–6045 , 9119–9120 , 9644–9645
Air quality, 7523
Consumer protection, 4862
Domestic violence, 8870
Employment standards, 6596– , 6597 , 6599 , 6601 , 6685
Energy policies, 4420
Events in Tibet, 2241
Flu immunization, 8347–8348
Food safety, 234 , 297
Full-day kindergarten, 1663
GO Transit, 5686 , 6271–6272 , 8031
Hate crimes, 3965
Health care, 2208–2209
Human rights, 3531–3532
International trade, 770 , 832–833 , 953
Mineral exploration and production, 5037
Minimum wage, 650 , 1817 , 5731
Nuclear energy, 4214
Ontario Municipal Board, 3276
Pay equity, 3877 , 4246
Poverty, 2602–2603 , 4519 , 5031–5032
Property taxation, 5083–5084
Protection for workers, 5510 , 5573 , 5660 , 6437–6438 , 6639–6640 , 6642–6644 , 6747 , 6801
Public inquiry legislation, 8786
Public transit, 8651 , 9368–9369 , 9499 , 9696
Rent bank programs, 1512–1513
School pools, 1058 , 1371
Services for disabled children, 5235
Services for the developmentally disabled, 1972
Services for the disabled, 7874
Taxation, 7337 , 9034
Tenant protection, 7228
Women's issues, 1766
Women's shelters, 169–170
Workplace safety, 9446–9447
Organ donor card, 5454
Paramedics, 4932
Pay equity, 3383 , 3877 , 4246 , 4395 , 4586 , 5243–5244
Pay Equity Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.7, 3877 Pay Equity Commission
Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal
Payday loan industry, 1379 , 1396 , 2404–2405 , 4989–4990
banking industry investment, 2413
regulation, 1389–1394
independent advisory board to determine maximum cost of borrowing, 2414–2415
Payday loans
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 54)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6864
Pension plans, 6864
Persons with disabilities, 3744
Petitions
Air-rail link, 4660
Community colleges collective bargaining, 1373
Focus Community program, 4587
Hospital services, 6853–6854
Multiple myeloma, 4956
Non-profit housing, 483 , 4912
Ontario pharmacists, 6697 , 7091 , 7237
Property taxation, 5286–5287 , 5328 , 5389 , 5743–5744 , 5838 , 5890 , 5960 , 6089
Rail line expansion, 9084 , 9329
Tenant protection, 485
University labour dispute, 4757–4758 , 4787–4789
Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198)
Police officers, 4128–4130
Political contributions, 2503
Political fundraising, 2503
Post-traumatic stress disorder, 4129–4130
Poverty, 113–114 , 120–121 , 716 , 3617–3619 , 4267 , 5097–5098
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 1827 , 3279 , 4519 , 5032 , 6424
Prayer in the Legislature, 2513–2514
recitation of the Lord's Prayer, prayers from other religions and moment of silence, 2514
removing the Lord's Prayer from the daily proceedings of the Legislature, 2513–2514
Premier's travel, 3531–3532
Primary prevention programs
be made mandatory in elementary schools, 4866
Private members' public business
Afghan family law
Assistance to the disabled
British Home Child Day Act, 2010 (Bill 241)
Child poverty
Children's aid societies
Children's Law Reform Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Children's Safety and Protection Rights Act, 2009 (Bill 130)
Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
Employment insurance
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
Health care
Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2008 (Bill 61)
Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2009 (Bill 147)
Israeli Apartheid Week
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
Literacy and basic skills
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Unlocking Pension Funds), 2009 (Bill 116)
Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198)
Police officers
Pope John Paul II Day Act, 2009 (Bill 25)
Poverty
Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2009 (Bill 188)
Provincial Parks and Major Provincial Tourist Attractions Sign Act, 2008 (Bill 21)
Public Hospitals Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 216)
Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Assistance to Municipalities), 2008 (Bill 38)
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 96)
Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2010 (Bill 106)
Seniors' Ombudsman Act, 2008 (Bill 102)
Small business
Social Assistance Statute Law Amendment Act (Registered Disability Savings Plans), 2008 (Bill 94)
Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
Taxation
Tobacco Tax Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 199)
Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
Property tax
Property tax assessment, 3619 , 5083–5084 , 5087
freeze-until-sale assessment, 5084 , 5087
Property tax increases, 5084 , 5087
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Provincial parks and tourist attractions
Public education campaigns
ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2561–2562
British Home Child Day, 9380–9381
Celebrate Bisexuality Day, 7482
Child Abuse Prevention Month, 7736–7737
Citizenship Week, 8036–8037
International Day Against Homophobia, 1985–1986
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 4253
International Human Rights Day, 165
International Women's Day, 5243–5244 , 5285
Mad Pride Day, 2353
Persons Day, 3383
Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 6500
Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 7158
Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 3691–3692 , 8418
Public inquiries
scope and cost management, 8786
Public Inquiries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.41
amended by Bill 212, 8786
Public Safety Related to Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 222)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public transportation
government funding, 9499
Ottawa
Quebec
Railways
electrification of diesel trains, 7523
Real estate, 3618–3619
Registered retirement savings plans
protection from creditors, 3562
Regulations, 1151
Regulatory bodies, 1151
Rent control
Rent freeze, 6044–6045
Reports
With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9530 Where's Home? 2008 (Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association and Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada), 5282
Responsible Property Services Code, 6438
Right to Housing Act, 2008 (Bill 47)
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Roadside zoos
School board trustees
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 487–488
Senior citizens, 3621
government funding, 593
protection, 3547
Sexual assault, 1728 , 3692 , 6500
Sexual harassment, 7158
Small business, 3005–3006 , 3305–3306 , 3562 , 4135–4136
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking
Social assistance benefits, 4679
Social housing
Social services, 112
Speaker
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Student debt, 3619
Sweden, 3306–3307
employment standards, 6479
health care, 875
Tamil Canadians
Task forces
problem properties task force, 3760
Temporary help agencies, 4984 , 4986–4993
Temporary help agency employees
entitlement to public holiday pay, 4586–4587
removing barriers to permanent employment, 6480
Tibet, 5387
Tibetans, 5306
Time allocation motions
Committee sittings
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco habit, 2562
Tobacco products
Tobacco tax
Toby's Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity), 2009 (Bill 224)
Toby's Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination Because of Gender Identity), 2007 (Bill 186), 1986 Toronto Catholic District School Board
kindergarten program, 1663
Toronto District School Board
budget deficit, 488
government funding, 976
swimming pools
Toronto Humane Society, 1799–1800
Trade missions
Transit systems
Transportation infrastructure
Transportation system
Tributes
Bossy, Maurice Louis (former member, Chatham–Kent), 5959–5960
Union certification
card-based certification, 3307
United States
affordable housing, 7532
minimum wage increase
Santa Fe (New Mexico), 119
Washington, 114
payday loan industry regulation
Universities/colleges
government funding, 4740–4741
York University
University/college faculty members, 4740–4742
Victims of domestic violence
Violence
Violence against women, 127 , 1728–1729 , 3692 , 4395 , 8419
Volunteers, 6147
Voters/voting
Wind turbines, 5335
Women, 5243–5244
Women workers
Women's emergency shelters
Women's interval/transition housing, 1728 , 4395 , 5243
Women's services
Workers
contract workers
job retraining, 593
unionized, 4987
Workers' compensation benefits
Workers' rights, 1556
right to collectively bargain, 4796
The Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, S.M. 2008, c.23, 5510 , 5573 , 6475 Workplace harassment/violence, 9101–9105
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Presumptions for Firefighters), S.O. 2007, c.3, 6856–6857 Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 8706–8707
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Youth/students
Dombrowsky, Hon. L. (LIB, Prince Edward–Hastings)
AbitibiBowater
An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act, Chapter 22 of the Statutes of Canada 1998 and Chapter 25 of the Statutes of Canada, 2007 (Bill C-39), 997 Agricultural industry, 1411
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
cull breeding swine program
processing pigs for food banks, 2436
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Awards
Premier's Agri-Food Innovation Excellence awards, 3086
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co. (recipient), 5946
Budget
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
second reading, 3594
time allocation motion
Bullying
Butchers
Karl's Butcher and Grocery
Conferences/seminars/symposiums
2010 OGRA/ROMA Annual Conference, 9406
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Dead animal disposal, 5234 , 5617
Economic conditions, 9401
Energy
Fairs
Farm products
Farm safety, 336 , 5317
Farm Safety Association, 336
Farmers, 5507
Farmers' markets, 3379 , 6338
Farming, 3594
Farming programs
risk management program, 1513
Farms/farmland
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
production insurance program, 3735
Federal-provincial-territorial agreements/programs
AgriRecovery program, 3735
Food
Ontario grown, produced or processed food, 4784
Food safety, 297 , 4581 , 4650–4651 , 6887
Food Safety and Quality Act, S.O. 2001, c.20, 234 , 297 Foodland Ontario
Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards, 3640
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Jardin d'enfants à temps plein, 9326
Semaine de l'agriculture en Ontario, 3097
Fruit industry, 5385
Fruit wines
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government advertising
Government debt, 9401–9402
Government-industry-academia partnerships, 4152
Government record
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Harmonized sales tax
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 6640
Industry shutdowns
International trade agreements
Canada-United States procurement agreement, 9403–9494
Kindergarten
Lake Simcoe
importance in agricultural industry, 2709
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Land transfer tax, 569
Legislative procedure
answers to written questions, 9580
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
Livestock
disease prevention and control, 7776 , 7963
Meat industry
Members/ministers quoting letters
Hardy, Gord (president, Ontario Cattlemen's Association), 2242
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
National Post (Toronto), 5186
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5341
Members/ministers quoting reports
With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9436
Members/ministers quoting statements
Crews, Bette Jean (president, Ontario Federation of Agriculture), 5185
Milk, 4386–4387
Ministerial statements, presented
Agri-food industry, 1411
Animal health, 7776
Full-day kindergarten, 9325–9326
Ontario Agriculture Week, 3097
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 337 , 5318 , 5507 , 6493
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
budget increase, 569
farm accident rescue program, 5317
farmers' market strategy, 6229
food safety and traceability initiative (FSTI), 6887
hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) program, 4651
Ontario cattle, hog and horticulture program, 1607 , 2242 , 3272–3273 , 5085
Ontario market investment fund (OMIF), 2784 , 4784 , 5385 , 6229 , 7387–7388
Pick Ontario Freshness strategy, 691 , 2441 , 2783–2784 , 3097 , 4784 , 5086 , 6228–6229
Rural Connections broadband program, 3086 , 4620 , 8150
rural economic development (RED) program, 997 , 1424 , 3086 , 4621 , 5385
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs-University of Guelph agreements/partnerships, 1411
agricultural research and development, 1767
Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services
Ontario wine strategy, 2441
Municipal government services
Niagara Natural Fruit Snacks Inc., 5385
Office of the Chief Veterinarian, 8575
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5185
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, responded to
Agri-food industry, 2783–2784 , 4784 , 5946 , 6228–6229 , 6338 , 7387–7388
Agricultural research, 1767 , 4151–4152
Agriculture industry, 691–692 , 1207–1208 , 2162–2163 , 5782–5783 , 8730–8731
Answers to written questions, 9580
Anti-bullying initiatives, 9366–9367
Assistance to farmers, 339 , 569 , 1513–1514 , 1607 , 1923 , 3272–3273 , 3378–3379 , 5085–5086 , 5185–5186 , 5579 , 7963–7964 , 8650–8651
Beef producers, 2242
Collective bargaining, 5507
Deadstock industry, 5234 , 5617
Disaster relief, 3735
Employment, 997
Food safety, 234 , 297 , 4386–4387 , 4581 , 4650–4651 , 6887 , 7963
Foodland Ontario awards, 3640–3641
Full-day kindergarten, 9364
Government advertising, 9405–9406
High school students, 9645–9646
Hog industry, 2436 , 7921
Infectious disease control, 6640
International trade, 9403–9404
Municipal finances, 9406
Municipalities, 1424
Occupational health and safety, 336 , 5317
Ontario economy, 9401
Pension plans, 9409
Provincial debt, 9401–9402
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 8545–8546
Rural infrastructure, 8150
Rural Ontario, 3086 , 4620–4621 , 6045–6046
School closures, 9270 , 9692–9693
Sewage sludge, 3733–3734 , 3774–3775
Special education, 9365
Supply management, 132–133
Taxation, 7731
Technology in schools, 9448–9449
Tender fruit industry, 5385
Tire disposal, 8109 , 8411
Tobacco industry, 837 , 4862 , 6550
Wine industry, 2441 , 6552 , 6749
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1847
Pork
Pork industry, 7921
Poultry industry
Primary health care, 6913
Public education campaigns
Ontario Agriculture Week, 3097
Raw milk, 4386–4387
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Reports
Farm to Fork: A Strategy for Meat Safety in Ontario (Roland Haines), 4650 Farmers' Markets Ontario Impact Study 2009 Report, 6338 With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9435
Research and innovation, 4151
Rural Ontario, 5579
School closures
Parkwood Hills Public School, 9270
Schools
closure
use of environmentally friendly technologies, 9448–9449
Smoking cessation programs
Special education
Summit meetings
Time allocation motions
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18, 1491 Tobacco industry, 6550
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, 5385
Waste management/programs
tire recycling program
fee exemptions for farmers, 8411
Duguid, Hon. B. (LIB, Scarborough Centre)
Aboriginal children
Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal land claims, 5319 , 5386 , 7087
An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and Chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 (Bill C-12), 300 Budget, 740
Casinos
Casino Rama (Orillia)
operating and development agreement, 8459
Children's aid societies (CASs)
Concurrence in supply debate (December 2009)
Condolences
Davis, Wilma (briefing and issues coordinator, Ministry of Labour), 2609
Construction workers
occupational health and safety, 1102
Consumer protection
sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9319–9320
Coroner inquests
Dupont, Lori (murder victim)
jury recommendations, 295
Debates re answers to oral questions
Diesel spills
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 740 , 1711
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment-related benefits
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Energy
Fairness for Military Families Act (Employment Standards and Health Insurance), 2007 (Bill 2)
Farmers
occupational health and safety, 337 , 2609
Fatalities
Anderson, Jordan (aboriginal boy with complex genetic disorder), 6195–6196
Federal-provincial-territorial-aboriginal relations
provincial ministers of aboriginal affairs and aboriginal leaders working group, 8265–8266 , 8497
Government notice of motions
Government record
Harmonized sales tax, 8927–8928
Holidays
Immunization
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
aboriginal communities, 8458
Ipperwash Priorities and Action Committee, 7087
Jordan's Principle, 6195 , 6332–6333
Korex Companies
Legislative procedure
private members' public business, 1711
Legislative process
Manufacturing industry
layoffs
government response, 1762
Members'/ministers' conduct
Levac, Dave (Brant)
as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, 9643
Members'/ministers' remarks
PC (2003-2010)
Tory, John (Dufferin–Peel–Wellington–Grey)
as Leader of the Opposition, 53
withdrawn, 8928
Metis Nation of Ontario, 4023
Military reservists
Mine workers
occupational health and safety, 1059
Minimum wage
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14
reform consultation, 4059
Mining industry
dispute resolution process for aboriginal-related issues, 6490
fatalities, 1059
resource benefits sharing, 6490
workplace injuries, 1059
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 416 , 609–610
Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs
Ministry of Labour
compliance information centres, 2644
Live Safe! Work Smart! special needs resources, 1666
Safe at Work Ontario, 2524
Nuclear generating stations
Nuclear industry, 9317
Occupational health and safety, 894 , 1161–1162 , 1254 , 1415 , 1717 , 2606–2607
regulation and enforcement, 771
worker education, 1935
Office of the Worker Adviser
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
construction of gas-fired generating stations in Oakville and King Township, 9646 , 9694
Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
Darlington nuclear generating station
Ontario Realty Corporation
construction of new office tower in downtown Toronto, 9450–9451
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Opposition day motions, responded to
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1934–1936
Oral questions, responded to
Aboriginal affairs, 2900–2901 , 4420–4421 , 5383 , 7480–7481 , 8497
Aboriginal children's services, 7872–7873
Aboriginal economic development, 5688 , 5883–5884 , 7339–7340
Aboriginal education, 4249
Aboriginal housing, 4247
Aboriginal land claims, 5319 , 5386 , 8649 , 9123
Agency spending, 1814–1815 , 1817 , 1885
Air quality, 9646
Attawapiskat First Nation, 6332–6333
Automobile industry, 2349
Casino employees, 8459
Collective bargaining, 2572–2573
Darlington nuclear generating station, 9314–9315 , 9407
Disclosure of information, 1818–1819
Electrical generating station, 9694
Employment standards, 300 , 740–741
Family Day, 53
Flu immunization, 8458
Government record, 9267–9268
Government spending, 9449–9450
Home health care supplies, 382–383
Injured workers, 200 , 1419 , 2606–2607
Low-income Ontarians, 608–609
Manufacturing jobs, 2344–2345
Metis Nation of Ontario, 4023
Military families, 76
Minimum wage, 382 , 652 , 833
Mining industry, 1059 , 4059 , 6490
Municipal development, 9643
Nuclear energy, 9408–9409
Nuclear industry, 9317
Occupational health and safety, 337 , 1571 , 2608–2609
Plant closures, 1711 , 1762–1763
Protection for workers, 2490–2491
Red tape reduction, 1820
Renewable energy, 9725–9726
Severance payments, 2486–2487
Small business, 416 , 2644
Taxation, 8687 , 9037–9038
Tenant protection, 9319–9320
Workers' compensation, 298 , 1418
Workplace safety, 196 , 295 , 771 , 893–894 , 954–955 , 1102 , 1161–1162 , 1254 , 1420–1421 , 1665–1666 , 1717 , 1818 , 2524 , 2570
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 690–691 , 1921
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Private members' public business
Provincial-aboriginal relations, 2901 , 4023 , 4428 , 5386 , 7087 , 7235
Provincial parks
Ipperwash Provincial Park
return to Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, 4421 , 4428 , 7087 , 7235
Public education campaigns
National Day of Mourning, 1414–1415
National Day of Political Action, 2900
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, 1717
Public inquiries
Ipperwash Provincial Park blockade (6 September 1995), 4428 , 7235
Regulations
business compliance, 1820
Regulatory Modernization Act, S.O. 2007, c.4, 2644 Reports
RJ Ecosafe Homes, 5884
Small business, 416
government assistance in complying with regulations, 2644
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 53
Time allocation motions
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008 (Bill 66)
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Tributes
George, Maynard Sam (recipient, Order of Ontario), 4428 , 7235
Websites
www.WorkSmartOntario, 1666
Workers
injured workers, 196 , 200 , 2570 , 2606
occupational health and safety, 2609
job retraining
temporary workers, 2491
Workers' compensation benefits, 196 , 200 , 1418
coverage for construction workers, 3723
Friedland formula, 200 , 1418 , 3723
health care and equipment supplies
increase, 691
Workplace harassment/violence, 1571
Workplace injuries, 1717 , 2524
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 690
coverage, 1418
disclosure of customer lists, 1818
expenditures
experience rating system, 771 , 894 , 954–955 , 1161 , 1419 , 1818 , 1885 , 1921
Youth/student workers
Duncan, Hon. D. (LIB, Windsor–Tecumseh)
Aboriginal peoples, 5619
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
disclosure of untendered contracts, 7335
expenditures
Agricultural industry
Alcoholic beverages
beer
social reference pricing, 5320
drinking, 5320
Automobile industry
Automobile insurance benefits
reduction of maximum benefit for non-catastrophic injuries to $25,000, 7334
Automobile insurance rates/premiums, 6844–6845
Automobiles
provincial sales tax exemption on new car sales, 5825 , 5941 , 6334
Birth announcements
Robson, Maggie (granddaughter, Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services), 4775
Border crossings
Bruce Power
Budget, 565 , 739–740 , 2663 , 3132 , 3230 , 4516 , 4779 , 4814–4815 , 5181–5182 , 5619 , 5731–5732 , 5825–5826 , 5880 , 5987–5988 , 5990–5991 , 6265 , 6554–6555 , 6983
accountability measures, 6037
balanced budget, 287 , 568 , 649–650 , 6037
budget date, 4937
pre-budget consultations, 4146 , 4387 , 4516
reserve funds, 3573
Budget deficit, 3494 , 3496 , 3525 , 3527 , 3573 , 3733 , 4044–4045 , 5227 , 5278 , 5672 , 5682 , 6037 , 7571–7572 , 7574 , 8064 , 8114 , 8147
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 370 , 522 , 565
Business
Capital tax
Capital works projects, 5942
Casinos
Casino Niagara
Casino Windsor, 7768
Committees
Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3232 , 3234 , 3434 , 4387
Standing Committee on Public Accounts
authority to invite former government employees to appear when considering Auditor General's report, 8675
Community newspapers, 235
Consumer prices
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 2745 , 4387
Corporate tax reduction, 511 , 2780–2781 , 2991 , 3495 , 5730 , 5732 , 5830 , 5941–5942 , 5948 , 5991 , 6264 , 6983
Corporate taxes, 3824 , 6548
Dollar
Economic conditions, 287 , 1363 , 2734 , 3040 , 3132–3133 , 3177–3178 , 3230–3233 , 3433 , 3495–3496 , 3525 , 3823–3824 , 4813–4814 , 7336
Economic decline, 8816–8817
Economic development, 1364
Economic growth, 287 , 334 , 1365 , 2341 , 2827 , 3494–3496 , 5182 , 6265 , 6489 , 6492 , 6798–6799
five-point economic plan, 563 , 568 , 739 , 1363 , 1607–1608 , 2569 , 2663 , 2827–2829 , 2988 , 2990 , 3041 , 3132–3133 , 3178 , 3229–3231 , 3234 , 3494–3496 , 3525 , 3733 , 3823–3824 , 3826 , 4044–4046 , 4417 , 4518 , 4813–4815 , 5228 , 5231
2007, 145
2008-2010, 509
Economic policy, 3494 , 6938
Economic statement, 2780 , 3228–3229
Economists, 6840–6841
Education funding
eHealth Ontario
Electricity rates, 146
industrial energy price subsidization, 233
industrial rates, 3232
reduction, 233
Employment creation, 739–740 , 1510 , 3824 , 4468 , 5682 , 6593 , 6751 , 6841 , 7638 , 7827–7828
Employment growth, 1966
Employment insurance, 288 , 2663 , 2734 , 2781
Employment insurance benefits, 2342
Employment-related benefits
severance/termination payments
Buchanan Group of Companies, 9648
Energy conservation, 147
Farmers
Federal government, 4779
budget, 4814
transfer payments
Federal members'/ministers' remarks
Conservative (2006-2009)
Flaherty, Jim (Whitby–Oshawa)
NDP (2006-2009)
Marston, Wayne (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek), 8993
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Comprehensive Integrated Tax Coordination Agreement, 8817–8818
harmonized sales tax, 7516–7518
Federal-provincial partnerships
Federal-provincial relations, 288–289
Film and television production industry
Ontario film and television tax credit (OFTTC), 288
Ontario production services tax credit (OPSTC), 288
Finance Statute Law Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24)
Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Act, S.O. 2004, c.27, 4044 , 7573 Forest industry
government funding, 232
layoffs, 3495
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Government accountability, 9114–9115
fiscal accountability, 7574
Government advertising, 6744–6745
Government-business partnerships, 6593
Government contracts
Government credit rating, 8141–8142
Government debt, 5181 , 5184 , 5682
Government expenditures, 568 , 3495–3496 , 3573 , 4286
Government funding, 2781 , 2988 , 3823
Government investments, 47–48 , 71–73 , 75
Government programs, 6596
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 54 , 3527 , 9166–9167 , 9213–9216 , 9644
NDP (1990-1995), 54
PC (1995-2003)
automobile insurance rates/premiums, 6845
budget deficit, 3525 , 3527
government expenditures, 5184
tax reduction, 3525 , 3527
Government revenue, 2609
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
return to provincial jurisdiction, 3964 , 4044 , 5319
Ontario Works program benefits, 4387
Government services, 3494–3495 , 5184
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Harmonized sales tax, 5674–5675 , 5732 , 5877 , 5949 , 6264–6265 , 6554 , 6798–6799 , 6837–6838 , 6938 , 6984 , 7428 , 8550–8551 , 8644 , 8676–8677 , 8681–8682 , 8817–8818 , 8913–8915 , 9073–9075 , 9153–9155 , 9167–9169
disclosure of documents re public meetings, 9035
exemptions, 8593–8594
federal government support, 8914
impact on aboriginal peoples, 8687
impact on condominium owners, 8915
impact on employment, 7518 , 7765–7766 , 8541–8542 , 8916
impact on funeral services, 6983
impact on gasoline prices, 9495–9496 , 9641–9642
impact on health care, 8921
impact on home heating costs, 9119
impact on housing industry, 5990 , 6273 , 6489–6492
impact on investment industry, 7430
impact on low-income consumers, 7725
impact on real estate industry, 5734
impact on senior citizens, 7335–7336
impact on small business, 9034 , 9118
impact on sport, recreation and physical activities, 8457 , 9691
impact on tourism industry, 8545
public consultation, 8597–8598 , 8679–8681 , 8687–8688 , 8818–8819 , 8912–8913 , 8992–8995 , 9116–9117 , 9214–9215
hosted by Ontario Road Builders' Association, 8866
tax inclusive pricing, 7029–7030
tax on Energy Star appliances, 9168
transition benefit
$1,000 for single parents or couples, 5734 , 6554
Health care, 692
Health care funding
Highway tolls, 9216
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Income groups
low
access to fresh food, 8065
Income tax reduction, 5730 , 5877 , 5879 , 5942 , 5990–5991 , 6264 , 6751 , 6838 , 6983
Infrastructure Canada
Building Canada Fund (BCF), 4616
Interim supply motions
International trade agreements
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Job protection commissioner, 3232 , 4284
John Deere
Land transfer tax
Layoffs, 1363 , 5277
Dell Inc., 1368
Plastech Engineered Products, 1510
Lear Corp.
Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), 5320
Manufacturing industry, 23–24 , 334 , 2991 , 3040
Members'/ministers' apologies to other members, 5237
Members'/ministers' conduct
Watson, Jim (Ottawa West–Nepean)
as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 9039
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 81
Members/ministers quoting books
Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity (Howard Hampton), 233
Members/ministers quoting letters
Hampton, Howard (Kenora–Rainy River), 5990
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Ottawa Citizen, 2993 St. Catharines Standard, 2993 Toronto Star, 2988 Vancouver Sun, 5779
Members/ministers quoting radio programs
Members/ministers quoting reports
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2003), 9115
Members/ministers quoting statements
Capponi, Pat (mental health advocate), 5731 , 5880
Carney, Mark (governor, Bank of Canada), 4518
Courchene, Thomas (professor, Queen's University), 3826
Crispino, Len (president, Ontario Chamber of Commerce), 2780 , 9169
Francis, Diane (editor-at-large, Financial Post ), 3573
Hannah, Gary (CEO, Pronexus), 1364
Harris, Michael (former Ontario Premier), 6265
Howcroft, Ian (vice-president, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters), 5732 , 5826
Lim, Jamie (president, Ontario Forest Industries Association), 232
Lopez, Jim (CEO, Tembec Inc.), 232
Mackenzie, Hugh (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), 5880 , 8494 , 8914
Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 3574
McCallion, Hazel (mayor, Mississauga), 565
Mintz, Jack (Palmer Chair in Public Policy, University of Calgary), 6264 , 6493
Nyberg, Gail (Daily Bread Food Bank), 5880
Oliphant, Michael (director or research and communications, Daily Bread Food Bank), 9169
Rubin, Donna (chief executive officer, Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors), 5988
Stapleton, John (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), 5731
Tory, John (leader, PC Party), 3229
Members/ministers quoting surveys
Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation's technology employment survey, 1363
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
NDP (2003-2010)
Hampton, Howard (Kenora–Rainy River)
as leader of the third party, 3230
PC (1995-2003)
Eves, Ernie (Parry Sound–Muskoka)
as Deputy Premier/Minister of Finance, 4214
Hudak, Tim (Niagara West–Glanbrook), 6264 , 9169
PC (2003-2010)
Sterling, Norman (Carleton–Mississippi Mills), 8913
Chudleigh, Ted (Halton), 6594
Elliott, Christine (Whitby–Oshawa), 6594
Hudak, Tim (Niagara West–Glanbrook), 8818
Klees, Frank (Newmarket–Aurora), 6594 , 9169
Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville), 8913
as Leader of the Opposition, 6799
Shurman, Peter (Thornhill), 8913
withdrawn, 1366 , 8208
Minimum wage
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 686 , 692 , 3679 , 3824 , 3828 , 4379 , 4946 , 5878 , 5880 , 6334 , 8685 , 8687 , 9123–9124 , 9216 , 9574 , 9639
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 24 , 3495 , 4387
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 2569 , 2974
Open for Business initiative, 5673
Ministry of Research and Innovation
Ontario innovation agenda, 2973–2974
Ontario venture capital fund, 9574
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario, 288
Ontario skills development program, 7525
second career strategy, 524 , 7520
Municipal infrastructure
Municipalities
Natural gas generating stations
NDP
Buy Ontario strategy, 5378
NDP (federal)
Nortel
Occupational training
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario child benefit (OCB)
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits
Ontario Financing Authority, 335–336
Ontario health premium, 692
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
construction costs for Windsor Energy Centre, 7640 , 7690 , 7727 , 8598 , 8647 , 8822
contract awarded to H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd. for operation of Windsor Energy Centre, 8257–8258 , 8299–8301 , 8599
expenditures
lawsuit by Buttcon Energy Inc. over violation of agreement re Windsor Energy Centre, 7426–7427 , 7476–7477 , 7521
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
Lambton generating station
property tax assessment reduction, 3964
Ontario property and sales tax credit, 3182 , 5735
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), 2990–2991
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario Works program benefits
Oral questions, responded to
Agency spending, 7333–7335
Assistance to farmers, 8065
Automobile industry, 2565–2566 , 5825–5826 , 6039–6040 , 6334 , 6844–6845 , 7225
Automobile insurance, 6943 , 7334 , 8067
Community and ethnic newspapers, 235
Electronic health information, 8685
Employment, 739–740
Employment supports, 2781 , 4284 , 4518 , 4616
Energy rates, 5877
Executive compensation, 6840–6841
Federal budget, 4779
Federal Liberal election promises, 2989–2990
Financial institutions, 2990–2991
Freedom of information, 7427–7428
Government accountability, 6037
Government advertising, 6744–6745
Government contracts, 7575 , 8208–8209 , 8256–8258 , 8299–8301 , 8599 , 9497–9498
Government investments, 47–48 , 54 , 71–73 , 75 , 335–336 , 2569 , 3081–3083
Government record, 9114–9115 , 9166–9167 , 9212–9216
Government services, 4415–4417
Government spending, 568 , 649–650 , 4286 , 4468 , 5230–5231 , 8494
Health care, 9573–9574
Highway tolls, 9216
Horse racing industry, 7337
Job creation, 7638 , 7827–7828 , 9644
Liquor Control Board of Ontario, 5320 , 7147–7148
Low-income Ontarians, 524–525
Manufacturing and forestry sector jobs, 232–233 , 2828–2829
Manufacturing jobs, 23–24 , 2830 , 2991 , 3679 , 3826 , 5378–5379 , 9494
Minimum wage, 1817 , 5731
Mining industry, 9503 , 9580–9581
Ministerial responsibility, 9039
Minister's record, 7869 , 7874
Municipal funding, 8262 , 9078
Municipal infrastructure, 565
Municipalities, 3238
Northern economy, 9500–9501
Ontario budget, 692 , 4516–4517 , 4814–4815 , 5730–5731 , 5879–5880
Ontario economy, 1363–1365 , 1368 , 1509–1510 , 1965–1966 , 2341–2342 , 2609 , 2663 , 2734–2735 , 2827 , 2958 , 2988 , 3040–3041 , 3132–3133 , 3177–3178 , 3228–3234 , 3433–3434 , 3525 , 3527–3528 , 3573 , 3733 , 3823–3824 , 3826–3827 , 4387 , 4813–4814 , 4939 , 5181–5182 , 5184 , 5227–5228 , 5277–5278 , 5779 , 6593–6594 , 6596 , 7147 , 7336 , 7571–7572 , 7574 , 7763–7764 , 8064 , 8816–8817 , 9166
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 7381–7382 , 7426–7427 , 7476–7477 , 7521 , 7690 , 7727 , 7768 , 8598 , 8647
Ontario Securities Commission, 1887–1888 , 4386
Pension funds, 5377
Pension plans, 2127–2128 , 4146 , 4619–4620 , 6038–6039 , 6439–6440 , 6550–6551 , 6745–6746 , 6842 , 7521–7522 , 8147–8148 , 8260 , 8600 , 8919–8920 , 9576–9577
Pension reform, 9542–9543
Property taxation, 1059–1060 , 1062 , 2164 , 2295 , 2957 , 2961–2962 , 3573–3574 , 3832 , 4214 , 4216
Provincial debt, 522–523 , 5682 , 8141–8142 , 8147
Public services, 7573–7574
Release of public accounts, 7572–7573
Research and innovation, 9574
Rural health services, 7574–7575
Securities industry, 22–23
Senior citizens, 5987–5988
Skills training, 524 , 563 , 7520 , 7525
Small business, 5318–5319
Taxation, 333–334 , 2780–2781 , 3182 , 3964 , 5619 , 5732 , 5734–5735 , 5824 , 5829–5830 , 5941–5942 , 5948–5949 , 5990–5991 , 6264–6265 , 6273 , 6334 , 6489–6493 , 6548–6549 , 6554–6555 , 6751 , 6798–6799 , 6805 , 6837–6838 , 6937–6939 , 6983–6984 , 7029–7030 , 7428 , 7430 , 7516–7518 , 7725 , 7765–7766 , 8457 , 8541–8542 , 8545 , 8593–8594 , 8597–8598 , 8644 , 8679–8682 , 8686–8688 , 8734 , 8817–8820 , 8866 , 8912–8916 , 8921 , 8992–8995 , 9034–9035 , 9073–9075 , 9116–9119 , 9167–9169 , 9495–9496 , 9641–9642 , 9691
Termination and severance payments, 9648
Tobacco smuggling, 4379
Unemployment, 1607–1608 , 6041
Windsor Energy Centre, 7640 , 8822
Workplace safety, 9076–9077
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 9071–9073
Pamphlets
Vote for Fairness Ontario, 2989
PC Party documents/plans
Pension benefits, 2127–2128
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
first reading, 9179
ministerial statement, 9179
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 2127 , 6038–6039 , 6551 , 6745 , 6842 , 7521–7522
Pension funds, 4146
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 5377
Pension plans, 4386 , 5377 , 6439–6440 , 6842
Poverty reduction strategy, 525
Property tax assessment
cap on increases, 1059–1060
granny flats, 2164 , 2961 , 3186 , 4044
increase, 1062 , 2957 , 2993 , 3573–3574 , 4214 , 4216
phase-in increases, 1062
Sisters of St. Joseph (London), 3832
Property tax increases, 2957 , 2993 , 3182 , 3573–3574 , 4214 , 4216
Provincial land tax (PLT)
unorganized municipalities/areas
public consultation, 2295
Provincial-municipal partnerships
provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, 3238
Public accounts
Public service
Reports
A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 4146 , 5377 , 7521–7522 , 8260 , 8599–8600 Ontario Economic Accounts (Ministry of Finance), 3177 Report on the Five Year Review of Automobile Insurance (Financial Services Commission of Ontario), 6844 Report on the Five Year Review of the Securities Act (Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs), 54 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7869 , 7874 TD Economics Special Report - Time for a Vision of Ontario's Economy (Don Drummond, Derek Burleton), 3041
Research and innovation
Retail sales tax, 5824
Securities industry
enforcement, 23
single securities regulator, 22–23
Senior citizens
Senior homeowners' property tax credits, 2164 , 2957 , 2962 , 3574
Small business, 288 , 5318
Queen Street east, 5319
tax reduction, 6751
Sports competitions
Standing Orders
S.O. 106 Committees - Membership appointed - Orders of reference, 3234
Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Supply Act, 2009 (Bill 161)
Tax credits
first-time buyers, 5990
manufacturing investment tax credit, 3826
Tax increases
authority of government to raise taxes, 8676
Tax reduction, 2663 , 3230 , 4516 , 5682 , 5734 , 5779 , 5824 , 6937–6938 , 8494
Taxation
TD Bank Financial Group
Drummond, Don (senior vice-president and chief economist), 6841
Tobacco products
illegal sale
impact on government revenue, 4379
regulation and enforcement, 4379
Tourism industry
Trade offices, 3495
Transfer payments, 3495
Ontario municipal partnership fund (OMPF), 8262
Transit systems
Move Ontario 2020 plan, 147
Unemployment, 1966 , 4518 , 5228 , 6041
Unemployment rate, 2341
United States
corporate tax reduction, 6594
corporate tax reform, 6548–6549 , 6594
economic conditions, 2827
financial market crisis
U.S. Steel Canada
Volvo Motor Graders Ltd.
Waste management/programs
tire recycling program, 3182
Workplace injuries
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
expenditures
Hutcheon, Jill (president and CEO), 4415
Mahoney, Steve (chair), 9072
unfunded liability, 9071–9072
Xstrata PLC
shutdown of copper and zinc operations at Kidd Met site, 9503 , 9580–9581
Dunlop, G. (PC, Simcoe North)
Aboriginal land claims
Caledonia
cost to Ontario Provincial Police budget, 1092
Aboriginal protests
development sites in Brantford, 1419
funding for Brantford Police Service, 1420
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Adoption disclosure
Aggregate industry, 6106
Airports
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (Barrie), 5759–5761
Animal protection, 1598 , 3154–3155 , 3158
Animal protection organizations
use of term humane society restricted, 1594–1598
Anniversaries
North Simcoe Victim Crisis Services 10th anniversary, 6611–6612
Ontario Provincial Police 100th anniversary, 5583–5584
Appreciation
Apprenticeship training
Apprenticeship training programs, 357 , 494–495 , 589
Bail hearings
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Boundary adjustment
Budget, 640 , 3791 , 4184 , 4187 , 5141–5142
Budget deficit, 3591 , 3593–3594 , 4186 , 5758 , 9359
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
second reading, 3591–3595
time allocation motion
Bullying
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens
Campaign Lake Simcoe, 2691
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 3809
Casinos
Casino Rama (Orillia), 8311
operating and development agreement, 8459
Central East Correctional Centre
Charitable fundraising
Child care centres
Child custody
Child pornography
reporting
fear of retaliation, 453
law enforcement, 453
penalties, 453
Children's aid societies (CASs)
Children's Aid Society of Simcoe County
Christopher's Law (Sex Offender Registry) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16)
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs), 5700–5701
Committee process
Committee schedules/agendas, 4184–4187
Community development trust fund, 357
Community literacy agencies, 5701
Community safety
complaints regarding properties used for activities that adversely affect community, 3757–3759
Community safety programs
Safer Communities - 1,000 Officers Partnership program, 1830
Congratulatory remarks
curling teams of Sherry Middaugh and Glenn Howard, 323
Hamelin, Paul (chief, Midland Police Service), 7884
Pilote, Pierre (professional ice hockey defenceman), 3880–3881
Construction industry
underground economy, 3811
Consumer protection
ticket resale practices, 6397
Coroner inquests
Novak, Natalie (murder victim), 6340
power of Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to hold inquest repealed, 4376
Coroners Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.37
section 22 (Minister may direct coroner to hold inquest), 7021 , 7652
section 24 (Minister may direct that body be disinterred), 7652
Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Crime, 6280
Crime prevention, 8418
Debates re answers to oral questions
Special investigations unit
Developmental services institutions (DSI), 2194–2195
Doctor shortage, 354 , 358
Drivers
Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 3757 , 8151
Economic conditions, 3808
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
eHealth Ontario
872440 Ontario Inc. Act, 2008 (Bill Pr4)
Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.9
amended by Bill 212, 8366
Emergency Management Ontario (EMO)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
renewable energy projects
use of agricultural land, 6111
wind farms
Environmental advocacy groups
Ladies of the Lake (Lake Simcoe), 2691
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Family law, 6615
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Farmers, 3593
Farming, 3595
Fatalities
Farlow, Annie (infant in hospital care), 7731
Federal elections/by-elections, 3105 , 3892
Federal government
apology to aboriginal peoples, 2512
transfer payments, 3591–3594
equalization program
Ontario to receive equalization payment, 3791
2,500 front-line police officers program, 3088–3089 , 3592
Federal members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2006-2009)
Ignatieff, Michael (Etobicoke–Lakeshore), 6077
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Canada-Ontario labour market development agreement, 357 , 2451 , 2475
Federal-provincial relations, 356 , 359
Festivals
Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
Fire sprinklers
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in retirement homes, 8350
Firearms
driving with unlawfully possessed firearm in motor vehicle prohibited, 1352–1353
Firefighter memorials
Firefighters
presumptive legislation, 7386
volunteer firefighters
Flags
Franco-Ontarian flag, 7649
Forensic pathology, 4373–4374
Forest industry, 7948–7949
French-language debates
Déclarations des députés
Drapeau franco-ontarien, 7649
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government advertising, 4186
Government debt, 5700
Government expenditures
Government orders
Committee sittings
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Government record
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Growth plan
Harmonized sales tax, 5685–5686 , 5757 , 5926 , 6108 , 7279 , 9082
Health care
Health care funding
Heart disease, 9373–9374
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Horse racing industry, 4252
Hospital redevelopment
Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, 5700
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Infrastructure Canada
Building Canada Fund (BCF), 587 , 6107
municipal rural infrastructure fund (MRIF)
Canada-Ontario municipal rural infrastructure fund (COMRIF), 357 , 588
Infrastructure Ontario
municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII)
infrastructure grant, 4950
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Lake Simcoe protection plan, 7509 , 7511
Lake Simcoe watershed
Landfill sites
Libraries/schools
use of Internet filtering software, 7745
Literacy, 5102 , 8737
Livestock
Manufacturing industry
Massacres
Montreal massacre (6 December 1989), 9109
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Emergency Services Day, 1929
Simcoe North
fundraising in Simcoe North, 158
protective services appreciation barbecue, 2038 , 6813
Members'/ministers' constituents
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4376
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Martin, Roger (dean, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto), 3104
Members/ministers quoting letters
Andrew, Judith (vice-president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 3807–3808
Beaumont, Scott (chairman of the board, Treasure Island Daycare Centre), 5514–5515
Bill 119, re, 3808–3809
Chopowick, Mike (Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario), 3758
Farlow, Tim and Barbara (Patients for Patient Safety Canada), 4374–4376 , 7652
Maaskant, John (chair, Ontario Farm Animal Council), 3157
Matthews, Deborah (Minister of Children and Youth Services), 5514
McCallum, Andrew (chief coroner for Ontario), 6340
Nortel pension plan, re, 8889
Ontario Court of Justice family law judges, 6615–6618
O'Sullivan, Michael (chairman and CEO, Humane Society of Canada), 3157
Parkinson, Daniel (president, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police), 8633
RM Products, 3809
Trow, Tim (president, Toronto Humane Society), 1592
World Society for the Protection of Animals, 3155
Members/ministers quoting news media
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, 1594 , 7882
Members/ministers quoting reports
Inquiry Into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (Stephen Goudge), 4374
Members/ministers quoting statements
Fantino, Julian (commissioner, Ontario Provincial Police), 7745
Heart and Stroke Foundation, 9373–9374
Huter, Josl (owner, Mount St. Louis Ski Resort), 5685
McCallum, Andrew (Chief Coroner for Ontario), 4374
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 1591
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, 1591
Parkinson, Daniel (president, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police), 7883 , 9109
Towns of Midland and Penetanguishene, 7509–7510
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
Bartolucci, Rick (Sudbury)
as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, 1590–1591 , 4374
Bryant, Michael (St. Paul's)
as Attorney General, 4374
withdrawn, 4183 , 4185 , 5381 , 5758
Members' statements
Adult literacy, 8737
Agriculture industry, 7774
Apprenticeship training, 494–495 , 2676
Attendance of cabinet members, 2213–2214
Casino Rama, 8311
Children's aid societies, 9323
Crime prevention, 10–11
Curling teams, 323
Daycare, 5514–5515
de Champlain, Samuel, 554
Driver examination centres, 7965
Environmental protection, 1196
Events in Penetanguishene, 1929
Fire Prevention Week, 7922–7923
Firefighters' memorial, 7733
Franco-Ontarian flag, 7649
Fundraising in Simcoe North, 158
Horse racing industry, 4252
Infrastructure funding, 4950
Literacy and basic skills, 5039 , 5888
Lord's Prayer, 1723
Miller, Bruce, 4029
Miller, Doug, 7083
Ontario economy, 640
Ontario Provincial Police, 1092
Pilote, Pierre, 3880–3881
Protective services appreciation barbecue, 2037–2038
Renewable energy, 5128
Road safety, 8151
Services for the developmentally disabled, 5739
Skills training, 5470–5471
Taxation, 7279 , 9082
Tourism, 2400
University labour dispute, 4686
Violent crime, 6340
Water quality, 3968
Ministerial statements, responded to
Community colleges collective bargaining, 2450–2451
Consumer protection, 6396–6397
Coroner's office, 7652–7653
Crime Prevention Week, 3839 , 8418
Earth Week, 1199–1200
Emergency preparedness, 4032
Environmental protection, 2618–2619
Heart Month, 9373–9374
Impaired driving, 4392–4393
Lake Simcoe watershed, 557–558
National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, 6280
Ontario Provincial Police, 5583–5584
Police Association of Ontario, 8612
Police services, 1413 , 6279–6280
Police Week, 1830 , 6812–6813
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Attendance Support Management Pilot Program for correctional officers, 8213–8214
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario
literacy and basic skills programs, 5039
second career strategy, 2475 , 4519 , 5102
Mount St. Louis Ski Resort, 5685–5686
Municipal infrastructure
federal government funding, 356–357 , 1037
government funding
Municipal Residential Sprinkler Act, 2008 (Bill 72)
Municipalities
National/independence/memorial days
Arrival of Samuel de Champlain 400th anniversary, 554 , 636
Nortel
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Occupational health and safety inspectors, 3592
Occupational health and safety insurance
option for employers to use private-sector insurers, 8709–8710
Office of the Chief Coroner
Office of the Children's Lawyer
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario College of Trades
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Early Years Centres, 5101
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
child pornography section, 453 , 7745
Ontario Provincial Police Museum, 5584
Ontario-Quebec cabinet meeting
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 1590 , 3154 , 3156
accountability, 1592–1593
affiliation of humane societies, 3157
training of inspectors or agents, 3156 , 3158
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.36
amended by Bill 212, 8366
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Animal protection legislation, 1063 , 1714
Apprenticeship training, 2086
Casino employees, 8459
Child care, 3831–3832
Children's aid societies, 7831
Coroner's office, 7730
Correctional facilities, 654
Electronic surveillance program, 4020
Fire safety, 8350
Firefighters, 6941
Health care, 9724–9725
Horse racing industry, 7336–7337
Injured workers, 8213–8214
Literacy and basic skills, 4518–4519 , 5081
Municipal funding, 9078
Municipal police services, 1419–1420
Police officers, 379 , 3088–3089
School closures, 6337
Skills training, 5465
Special investigations unit, 8601
Taxation, 5685–5686 , 6076–6077 , 8686
Tourism, 2489–2490
Violent crime, 6046
Volunteer firefighters, 7386
Pediatric forensic pathology, 4374
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Persons with disabilities
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 2010
Petitions
Apprenticeship training, 2672
Assistance to farmers, 5092–5093
Doctor shortage, 7654
Government services, 8154–8156
Highway interchange, 8157 , 8317 , 8420 , 8696 , 9376–9377
Hospital funding, 617 , 1212 , 2612–2613 , 5094
Hospital services, 2397 , 2611 , 3583 , 7093–7094 , 7286
Lord's Prayer, 2036 , 2444
Macular degeneration, 27–28 , 30 , 178
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 3969
Property taxation, 5695–5698 , 5744–5745 , 5890 , 5892
Taxation, 6089–6091 , 8876 , 9182 , 9376–9377
Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, 385 , 658 , 697 , 1000 , 1425–1426 , 1824–1825 , 2035 , 2442–2443 , 2613 , 5697
Police Association of Ontario, 8612
Police officers
hiring, 356 , 379 , 453 , 588 , 1038 , 1092 , 1413 , 1597 , 2535 , 3839 , 7883
federal government funding, 703–704
Police services
cross-border policing, 7719–7722 , 7882–7884 , 7908 , 7911 , 9109–9110
cost sharing, 8099
resolution signed by Ontario and Quebec for reciprocal legislation, 7882
federal government funding, 1413 , 6280
government funding, 1830
Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.15
Post-secondary education
federal government funding, 587–588
Prayer in the Legislature, 2512–2513
recitation of the Lord's Prayer, prayers from other religions and moment of silence, 2512
removing the Lord's Prayer from the daily proceedings of the Legislature, 1723
Private members' public business
Apprenticeship training
Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
Child poverty
Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day Act, 2009 (Bill 178)
Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
Forest industry
Handgun Manufacturers' and Importers' Liability Act, 2008 (Bill 82)
Literacy and basic skills
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Transfers on Wind Up), 2009 (Bill 213)
Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2009 (Bill 188)
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2010 (Bill 106)
Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 (Bill 237)
Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
Private Security and Investigative Services Act, S.O. 2005, c. 34
amended by Bill 212, 8367
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Public education campaigns
Agriculture Week, 7774–7775
Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day, 8883
Crime Prevention Week, 3839 , 8418
Earth Day, 1199
Fire Prevention Week, 7922–7923
Heart Month, 9373–9374
National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, 6280
Police Week, 1830 , 6812–6813
Walk for Water: Stop Dump Site 41, 3968
Quebec
agricultural industry, 2878
Reports
Inquiry Into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (Stephen Goudge), 4374 , 7023
Retail sales tax
elimination of retail sales tax from accommodations and attractions, 2400 , 2489–2490
Retirement
Miller, Bruce (former CEO, Police Association of Ontario), 4029
RIDE (program), 4392–4393
Road safety, 4392 , 6133
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Roadside zoos, 3156
Scalpers, 6397
School bus transportation
School closures
Elmvale District High School, 6109 , 6337
Schools
Sentences (criminal procedure)
Hindessa, Arssei case (convicted of murder), 6046
Septic systems, 2692
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Sex offender registry, 701–703
Simcoe county
Simcoe County District School Board
Skilled trades
inspections of work, 7105
Small business, 3807–3810
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 10
Special investigations unit (SIU)
Sports and recreation
Sports competitions
Cain's Quest (Labrador), 356
Strikes
DriveTest driving examiners, 7965
Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Supply Act, 2009 (Bill 161)
Tackling Violent Crime, 2007 (Bill C-2), 453 Tax increases, 4184
Teacher-student ratios, 4184
Throne speech debate
Ticket Speculation Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 172)
ministerial statement
public consultation, 6397
Time allocation motions
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Tobacco products, 3593
Tourism industry, 2400 , 2489–2490
Toxic substances
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Trade missions
Tributes
Miller, Bruce (former CEO, Police Association of Ontario), 4029
Truck drivers, 1015
Uniform Law Conference of Canada, 9109
Universities/colleges
Victims of crime
crime victims' justice fund, 2536
Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
general discussion, 1196
first reading, 328
Water quality
Water utilities
Wildlife protection, 3155
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
general discussion, 4185
second reading, 3807–3811
time allocation motion
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3592 , 3808–3810
Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
Youth/student workers
Youth violence, 704
Zoos
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