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Gélinas, F. (NDP, Nickel Belt)
Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal health access centres (AHACs), 365 , 379–380 , 1307–1308 , 3938 , 4000
Aboriginal land claims, 7088
Aboriginal peoples, 251
Aboriginal youth
Advertising
ban on junk food advertising, 2373
Alcoholic beverages
Algoma University Act, 2008 (Bill 80)
Anniversaries
John Rodriguez's 1st anniversary as mayor of the city of Greater Sudbury, 183
Appointments
King, Arlene (chief medical officer of health of Ontario), 6235–6236
Appreciation
Martel, Shelley (former member, Nickel Belt), Elie Martel (former member, Sudbury East), 251
nurses, 1930
Sullivan, Barbara (chair, Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council), 6696 , 6907
Apprenticeship training, 7137
Apprenticeship training programs, 7137
tuition fees, 7137
wage requirements for apprentices, 7137
Autism, 5837
Autism services, 5837
intensive behavioural intervention (IBI)
Ceretti, Delanie case, 5837
government funding, 7383
Automobile industry
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Automobile insurance benefits
reduction of maximum benefit for non-catastrophic injuries to $25,000, 6843–6844
Blister packs, 2305
Bone marrow
Books
The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Devra Davis), 5651
Breastfeeding, 2958 , 3048 , 3056 , 4418–4419
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
time allocation motion
third reading, 6962–6963
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 816
C. difficile
infection control in hospitals, 2028
C. difficile outbreaks, 2237 , 2454–2456 , 2568
Canadian Cancer Society
Driven to Quit challenge, 1200
Cancer
Cancer screening programs
breast cancer screening program
Cancer treatment
Caregiver employment agencies
ban on placement fees, 6062
Celiac disease
Centre Roberts/Smart Centre
Chemotherapy
Child and Family Centre (Sudbury)
Child care
Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
Child poverty, 254
Child protection, 4506
Child sexual abuse, 4506
Children in care
death
aboriginal communities, 4999
northern Ontario, 4999
Children's mental health care
Chronic disease management, 3937
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), 3997–3998 , 4848–4849 , 5900
College of Trades Appointment Council, 7138
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Algoma University College, 2115
programs for aboriginal students, 2117
Cambrian College, 2934
collective bargaining
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2935–2938
Collège Boréal, 2117
government funding, 2934–2935
Committees
Standing Committee on Public Accounts
authority to invite former government employees to appear when considering Auditor General's report, 8675
Community health centres (CHCs), 253 , 365 , 379–380 , 878 , 2583 , 2719–2720 , 3938 , 4864
Corner Clinic, 253
Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 4864
increase, 3999
Construction workers
occupational health and safety, 3897
Consumer reporting agencies
duty to inform about missing or stolen information, 2362
Consumer Reporting Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 75)
second reading
public consultation, 2362
Contaminated soil, 237–238 , 3879
Coroner inquests
Goodwin, James and Ricardo Wesley (died in jail fire), 5384–5385
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
Corporations
executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 7051
Correctional centres
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Cosmetic surgery, 4630
Credit freeze, 2362
Credit unions, 3326–3327 , 8034
Dairy products industry
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Sun Protection), 2009 (Bill 229)
Debates re answers to oral questions
Demonstrations
Niagara-region groups protesting health-care service cuts (29 April 2009), 6403
Dental care, 252–253 , 361 , 4024 , 5424
Diabetes, 3937–3938
Dialysis
Dietitians
expansion of scope of practice
ordering diagnostics and treatment procedures, 6909
Doctor fees/salaries, 2522
Doctor shortage, 2582 , 2718 , 3998–4001
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs)
practise in underserviced areas, 3998–3999
workload, 2725
Domestic Violence Protection Act, S.O. 2000, c.33
repealed by Bill 133, 6635
Driver education/training
fraudulent driver education certificates sold, 6127
Driver examinations
Driver licences
graduated licences
daytime passenger restrictions for young drivers, 6129
extending length of G1 and G2 periods, 6127
zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 6129–6130
Drug dispensing machines, 6696 , 6911
Economic conditions, 3312–3313
Economic decline
Economic growth
eHealth Ontario
consultants, 7870–7871
contracts, 7029 , 7190 , 7706 , 8407
expenditures, 7144 , 7223
Hudson, Alan (former Chairman)
appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8618 , 8645–8646
Kramer, Sarah (former CEO)
appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8618 , 8645–8646
salary/bonus, 7029
referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7704
review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7144 , 7706
Electricity rates
Electronic health records, 7029 , 7916–7917
protection of privacy, 2226
Emergency management
quarantine of VIA Rail train (Foleyet, 9 May 2008), 1820–1821 , 1887
Employment-related benefits
employee wage security program, 108 , 3314
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
second reading, 5024
third reading, 6219
Energy
Escherichia coli outbreak
Expert Panel on Infertility and Adoption, 6696
Family health teams, 365 , 2582 , 4004 , 6905
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Farms/farmland
Fatalities
Stryland, Krista (real estate agent), 4630 , 5900
Fire alarms
interconnected fire alarms, 272
Fire escapes
non-combustible fire escapes, 272
Fire sprinklers
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in new residential construction, 7450–7452
Food safety, 4581
Food service premises
disclosure of nutritional information for foods and drinks served on premises, 5389 , 6065–6066 , 6070
Foreign caregivers
Forest industry
French-language debates
Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
Jour du lac Supérieur, 4311
Loi de 2009 favorisant des choix sains pour une alimentation saine, projet de loi 156
Loi de 2009 modifiant des lois en ce qui a trait à la protection contre l'incendie, projet de loi 14
Loi de 2009 modifiant la Loi sur la location à usage d'habitation (assurance des loyers), projet de loi 209
Loi de 2007 modifiant la Loi sur les normes d'emploi (augmentation du salaire minimum), projet de loi 7
Loi de 2007 modifiant la Loi sur les normes d'emploi (sécurité salariale), projet de loi 6
Loi de 2009 sur le dépistage du cancer du sein, projet de loi 200
Loi de 2009 sur le Jour de la sensibilisation à la cardiopathie congénitale, projet de loi 178
Loi Katelyn Bedard de 2007 sur le Mois de la sensibilisation au don de moelle osseuse, projet de loi 5
Pauvreté, 718–719
Qualité de l'eau, 725
Semaine de bonté, 7458
Déclarations des députés
Drapeau franco-ontarien, 2905
Journée internationale de la francophonie, 5323
Maire de Sudbury, 183
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Cessation de fumer, 1200
Journée de l'affaire «personne», 7969
Journée de sensibilisation à la prévention des mauvais traitements à l'égard des personnes âgées, 3330
Journée internationale de la francophonie, 471
Journée internationale des personnes handicapées, 4431
Mois de l'histoire des femmes, 7969
Mois des personnes âgées, 2305
Mois du coeur, 9375
TFO, 828
Jour de l'opposition
Journée internationale des personnes handicapées, 17
Loi de 2010 modifiant des lois en ce qui concerne l'apprentissage des jeunes enfants à temps plein, projet de loi 242
Loi de 2009 modifiant des lois en ce qui concerne le droit de la famille, projet de loi 133
Loi de 2008 modifiant la Loi favorisant un Ontario sans fumée, projet de loi 69
Loi de 2008 modifiant la Loi sur la sécurité professionnelle et l'assurance contre les accidents du travail, projet de loi 119
Loi de 2009 modifiant la Loi sur les professions de la santé réglementées, projet de loi 141
Loi de 2008 portant sur une alimentation saine pour des écoles saines, projet de loi 8
Loi de 2008 sur la négociation collective dans les collèges, projet de loi 90
Loi de 2009 sur le règlement des conflits de travail à l'Université York, projet de loi 145
Loi de 2009 sur les mesures budgétaires, projet de loi 162
Loi de 2008 sur les services et soutiens favorisant l'inclusion sociale des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle, projet de loi 77
Loi de 2008 sur l'Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario, projet de loi 55
Loi de 2009 sur l'Ordre des métiers de l'Ontario et l'apprentissage, projet de loi 183
Loi de 2008 sur l'Université Algoma, projet de loi 80
Loi de 2008 visant à accroître l'accès des Ontariennes et des Ontariens aux professionnels de la santé qualifiés, projet de loi 97
Loi do 2007 modifiant la Loi sur les normes d'emploi (sécurité salariale), projet de loi 6
Ordre du jour
Attribution de temps, 3896
Budget de l'Ontario de 2009, 5917–5918
Pétitions
Impôts fonciers, 9415
Soins de longue durée, 1890
Questions orales
Accès aux soins de santé, 3683
Affaires francophones, 7832
C. difficile, 2735
Contrôle des maladies infectieuses, 1768
Économie du nord, 5278
Financement des hôpitaux, 75
Office des affaires francophones, 5831
Régimes de retraite, 6228
Services en français, 5035–5036 , 6749 , 8210–8211
Soins de longue durée, 198 , 421 , 3436
Soins de santé, 7869
French-language education, 1638
French River
environmental protection, 358
Government debt, 5922
Government notice of motions
Personal health information protection
Government orders
Government record
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Harmonized sales tax, 5926 , 6154–6156 , 9074
impact on health care, 8921
impact on housing industry, 6962
impact on northern Ontario, 8852
Health care, 252–253 , 2582–2583 , 6079
human resources management, 2660
rural and northern Ontario, 7574 , 9448
closure of Burk's Falls and District Health Centre, 8104
wait times, 882
Health care funding
Health care reform, 2720–2722 , 6907
Health insurance
Health professionals
Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council, 2722
Health promotion, 261 , 1507 , 8872
Health regulatory colleges
power to directly observe regulated health professionals, 4630
Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2009 (Bill 156)
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Hearing-impaired persons, 3491
Heart disease, 5091 , 9374–9375
Hepatitis C
financial assistance to hepatitis C victims, 822
Highway accidents/fatalities
Highway construction
Highway 69 to Highway 17 southway bypass, 6556
Highway improvement
Highway 404 extension, 725
Highway service centres
adult-sized personal care areas, 1210
Highways
Highway 17 bridge
renaming of bridge to Constable Albert Nault, 3192
HIV (virus)
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
Holiday messages, 253
Home care, 880 , 3963 , 4751 , 5233 , 6405
competitive bidding, 361–362 , 566–567 , 772–773 , 3963 , 4294–4295 , 4751 , 5662 , 7203–7204
government funding, 5733 , 5902
Mettinen, Mina case, 4751
public consultation, 772–773 , 836
Home care workers, 5993
Hospices (terminal care), 881
Maison la Paix (Sudbury), 881
Hospital boards
Hospital budget deficits, 5903
Sudbury Regional Hospital, 6394
Hospital closure
small, rural and northern hospitals, 6385
Hospital construction
government funding
St. Joseph's Health Centre, 4650
private-public partnerships, 76
Sudbury Regional Hospital, 7274
Hospital funding
Hospital housekeeping, 2455 , 3442
Hospital infections, 2455–2456
Hospital sanitation, 2455
Hospital services
emergency
physiotherapy services
reduction
small, rural and northern hospitals, 6385 , 6394
Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital, 6847
Hospitals
northern Ontario, 6403–6404
oversight by Ombudsman, 2237 , 2356 , 2456 , 2637
Queensway Carleton Hospital, 9575–9576
reporting on C. difficile rates, 1768 , 2162 , 2735 , 2896
infection control practices, 2896
reporting on patient safety indicators, 2454–2455
Rouge Valley Health System, 2567
rural Ontario, 6403–6404
St. Michael's Hospital
assault by hospital security guards, 5003
support workers, 2455
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Identity theft, 2362
Immunization
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
health care workers, 8495
lineups at clinics, 8621
Income disparity, 7051
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Industry shutdowns, 3314
Infection, 2567–2568
Infectious diseases, 4387
Infertility, 6696
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Job protection commissioner, 3314
Laboratory services
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 206)
Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation, 725
Lakes
Legislative procedure
private members' public business, 272
tabling of documents, 8827–8828
Legislature schedule/agenda
Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
Listeriosis, 6079
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 2122–2123 , 6405–6406
Long-term care, 6405
Long-term-care facilities
government funding, 5902
layoffs, 8543–8544
medication management, 199
oversight by Ombudsman, 2356 , 2456 , 2637 , 3330
personal care, 3330 , 3436 , 5381 , 7204
standard of care, 337–338 , 421 , 477 , 526 , 879–880 , 1713 , 2639 , 5684 , 5737
Long-Term Care Homes Act, S.O. 2007, c.8, 5684 Long-term-care workers, 5381
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 2366 , 5184–5185
Manitoba
driver education/training, 6128
Manufacturing industry
Meat industry
Medical officers of health, 2162 , 2447 , 3533 , 4147 , 6079
Medical schools
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 251–253
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 252 , 272 , 4765–4766 , 7137–7138
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Office of the Fairness Commissioner, 3998
Members/ministers quoting documents
A Health Vision for the Future (Chiefs of Ontario), 1488
Members/ministers quoting letters
Geneva Centre for Autism, 7383
harmonized sales tax, re, 9073–9074
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, 3182
Open Letter to the Premier re the Mining Act (social justice organizations, faith groups and environmental groups, 17 March 2008), 6929
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Chatham Daily News, 6403 Hamilton Spectator, 2456 New York Times, 2455 Toronto Star, 5684
Members/ministers quoting reports
The Anatomy of the Canadian Job Market (TD Economics), 3313
Members/ministers quoting statements
Arnold, Ken (president, Ontario Medical Association), 6071
Callard, Cynthia (executive director, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada), 4302
College of Dietitians of Ontario, 6909
Doyle, Winnie (vice-president of clinical programs, St. Joseph's Healthcare), 5886
Fucile, Wendy (president, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario), 6071
Grinspun, Doris (executive director, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario), 895
Haugh, Liz (president-elect, Ontario Public Health Association), 6071
Imperial Tobacco of Canada, 4302
Jeffery, Bill (Centre for Science in the Public Interest), 6071
Kessler, Gladys (United States district court judge), 5652
Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 2637
Miller, Mark (head of infection control, Montreal's Jewish General Hospital), 2455
Ontario Health Coalition, 5904
Organization of Part-Time and Sessional Employees of College of Applied Arts and Technology (OPSECAAT), 2935–2936
Rachlis, Michael (health policy consultant), 2582 , 2716
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 6908
Rubin, Donna (chief executive officer, Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors), 526 , 5902
Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, 4061
Thomas, Warren (president, Ontario Public Service Employees Union), 2394 , 8619–8620
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
Best, Margarett (Scarborough–Guildwood)
as Minister of Health Promotion, 8782
Caplan, David (Don Valley East)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 7706
Carroll, Aileen (Barrie)
as Minister Responsible for Seniors, 9365–9366
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 3116–3117
Matthews, Deborah (London North Centre)
as Minister of Children and Youth Services, 2467 , 7383
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 2447 , 5662
NDP (2003-2010)
Horwath, Andrea (Hamilton Centre), 6227
Members' statements
Accessibility for the disabled, 3491
CIBC labour dispute, 1300–1301
Community health centres, 365
Credit unions and caisses populaires, 8034
Diagnostic services, 7697
Health care, 4294–4295
Health promotion, 8872
Hepatitis C, 822
Hospital funding, 6394
International Credit Union Day, 3326–3327
Mayor of Sudbury, 183
Nault, Albert, 3192
Northern home repair program, 5889
Nurses, 1930 , 5834
Nursing Week, 6807
Prorogation, 9699
Public health, 2447
Sewage sludge, 3737
Sudbury jail, 5004
Veterans, 8549
Waste disposal, 5129
Workplace fatalities, 6892
Mental health care, 4061
Durham region, 4251
government funding, 4061
laid-off workers, 5780
wait times, 5780
Midwives
expansion of scope of practice
Miners
Hemlo Mines
workers' compensation claims, 5123
Minimum wage
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14
reform consultation, 6787
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Mining industry, 4473–4474
consultation with First Nations
mining legislation and regulations, 6929 , 6934
economic importance, 6930–6931
environmental assessment for mining activities, 6928
history, 6927
layoffs, 5278
revenue sharing, 6795
Ministerial statements, responded to
Accessibility for the disabled, 6863–6894
Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, 6696
Customer Service Week, 3100
Diabetes, 8553
Foreign-trained doctors, 2582–2583
Health professions, 6696
Heart Month, 5091 , 9374–9375
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 4431
Ipperwash Provincial Park, 7088–7089
Nutrition Month, 372
Ontario Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 3330
Patient safety, 4630
Persons Day, 7969
Seniors' Month, 2305–2306 , 7203–7204
Smoke-free Ontario and strategy, 1507–1508
Smoking cessation, 1200–1201
Women's History Month, 3056 , 7969
World AIDS Day, 46
World Autism Awareness Day, 5837
Ministry of Education
pupil accommodation review guidelines, 2237
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
aging-at-home strategy, 6894
Children in Need of Treatment (CINOT) dental program, 5424
Ontario Cancer PET Registry Study, 2365
Ontario Cardiac PET Registry Study, 2365
Ontario PET access program, 2365
Sapsford, Ron (Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care)
Ministry of Health Promotion, 362 , 3136
Smoke-Free Ontario strategy, 7961
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
northern home repair program, 5889
Municipal infrastructure
National child benefit supplement (NCBS)
NDP
Non-profit organizations
Independent Living Resource Centre, 17
Northern and Rural Health Care Advisory Panel, 6385
Northern Ontario
grants
northern health travel grant (NHTG) program, 879
Northern Ontario growth plan
G-North round table, 2242
Nurse practitioners, 3999 , 6696
expansion of scope of practice
admitting and discharging privileges, 6909
prescribing drugs, 6908
Sudbury, 2723
Nurses, 5834 , 6807
Nutrition, 372
Obesity
Ombudsman Amendment Act (Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities), 2008 (Bill 89)
Ombudsman of Ontario
power to investigate children's aid societies, school boards or hospitals, 4849 , 5902
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario College of Trades, 7135 , 7137–7138
board of governors, 7138
divisional boards, 7138
trade boards, 7138
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario disability support program (ODSP), 17 , 252
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 4431 , 6894
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
chiropractic/physiotherapy services, 5904
coverage for eligible military families, 14
delisting insured health services, 5615
inclusion of PET scans as insured service, 7697
inclusion of prostate-specific antigen test as insured service, 9080–9081
provision of insulin pumps and supplies as insured service, 3937
three-month waiting period, 253
Ontario health premium, 877–882
Ontario March of Dimes
home and vehicle modification program (HVMP), 6894
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
bus service reduction, 2997
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), 2935
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario Works program benefits
back-to-school allowance, 2440
winter clothing allowance, 2440
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aboriginal health care, 1307–1308
Aboriginal health promotion, 1309
Access to health care, 3085–3086
Accessibility for the disabled, 1210 , 3488–3489
Anti-smoking legislation, 7644
Anti-smoking programs, 7149 , 8782
Autism services, 7383
Automobile industry, 6843–6844
Breastfeeding, 2958 , 3048 , 4418–4419
Bus transportation, 2997
C. difficile, 2028 , 2735 , 2896
Cancer treatment, 6388
Child protection, 4999–5000
Children's mental health services, 6752–6753
Community health centres, 379–380
Composting, 8866
Contaminated soil, 237–238 , 3879
Coroner's inquest, 5384–5385
Dental care, 4024 , 5424
Diagnostic services, 5184–5185 , 9078–9080
Dialysis, 1970
Electronic health information, 7029 , 7144 , 7190 , 7223 , 7871 , 7916–7917 , 8407 , 8645–8646 , 8685
Flu immunization, 8495
Flu pandemic preparedness, 8454–8455 , 8461
Food safety, 4581
Health care, 4864 , 5615 , 7869 , 8023–8024 , 8104
Health care funding, 2394–2395 , 2522 , 9722
Health care oversight, 2637
Health insurance for immigrants, 498–499
Health promotion, 3135–3136
Healthy eating, 9726–9727
Highway interchange, 6556
Home care, 566–567 , 772–773 , 836 , 3963 , 4751 , 5233 , 5661–5662 , 5732–5733 , 5993
Hospital funding, 76 , 4286 , 4650 , 6385 , 7274
Hospital governance, 3685–3686
Hospital security, 5003
Hospital services, 3375 , 3442 , 6847 , 8346 , 9575–9576
Infectious disease control, 1768 , 2237 , 2567–2568 , 4387–4388 , 4522–4523 , 6384 , 6435–6436
Laboratory services, 3043 , 3182
Labour dispute, 9266–9267
Labour relations, 7434
Liquor Control Board of Ontario, 5320
Local health integration networks, 2122–2123
Long-term care, 199 , 337–338 , 421 , 477 , 526 , 1713 , 2639 , 3436 , 5381 , 5684 , 5737 , 8543
Mental health services, 4061 , 4251 , 5779–5780
Mining industry, 4473–4474
Newborn screening, 6946
Northern and rural health services, 9448
Northern economy, 5278
Northern Ontario development, 2242
Nuclear waste, 6883
Nurses, 895 , 4108 , 5280 , 6489
Pension plans, 6228
Physiotherapy services, 5886–5887
Poverty, 2088
Protection for miners, 5123
Public health, 1820–1821 , 1887 , 2162 , 3533–3534 , 4147 , 5082 , 6079
Retirement homes, 3926 , 7081 , 9363–9364
Rural health services, 7574
Sewage sludge, 3733–3734 , 3774–3775
Smoking cessation, 7961
Social assistance, 2440
Special care homes, 4807 , 4860–4861
Sports and recreation funding, 1056 , 1103
Tanning salons, 3141
Taxation, 8921 , 9073–9074
Tobacco control, 3324
Trillium drug program, 5665
Waste management, 3641
Oral questions, responded to
Health care oversight, 2637
Patient safety, 4630 , 4847–4850 , 5900–5901
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6228
Personal Health Information Protection Act, S.O. 2004, c.3, Sched. A
review by Standing Committee on Social Policy, 2225–2226
Persons with disabilities, 4431
Pesticides/herbicides
Petitions
Breastfeeding, 201–202 , 241
Child care, 3778
Community colleges collective bargaining, 1476
Dental care, 7840
Diagnostic services, 7284 , 7396 , 7440 , 7488 , 7585 , 7654 , 7700 , 7782 , 7839 , 7880 , 7928 , 7970 , 8037 , 8222 , 8358 , 8420 , 8468 , 8554 , 8614 , 8656 , 8694 , 8739 , 8791–8792 , 8833 , 8874 , 8954 , 9005 , 9047 , 9085 , 9330 , 9375 , 9415 , 9701
Health care, 6894
Highway 144, 774
Home care, 341 , 383 , 424 , 528 , 570–571 , 617 , 619 , 655–656 , 695 , 775 , 838 , 899 , 958 , 999 , 1064 , 1107 , 1211–1212 , 1257 , 1476–1477 , 1575–1576 , 1667 , 1720–1721 , 1926 , 1975–1976 , 2094 , 2297–2298 , 2350 , 2610
Hospital funding, 2672
Hospital services, 2525
Long-term care, 58 , 1770–1771 , 1891–1892 , 2093 , 2243 , 2296 , 2298 , 2351–2352 , 2395 , 2673–2674 , 2739 , 2742 , 2785 , 2962–2963 , 4954–4955
Lyme disease, 7439
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission labour dispute, 57
Property taxation, 5133 , 5329 , 5518 , 5628–5629 , 5890 , 6149 , 7044
Protection for miners, 2034 , 2092–2093 , 2132 , 2297 , 2351 , 2442 , 2492–2493 , 2574 , 2674 , 2741 , 2785–2786 , 3499 , 3540 , 3778 , 3846 , 4069 , 4256 , 4869 , 5519 , 7929
Public health, 7043
Security licence fees, 4071
Taxation, 8038 , 8554 , 8615 , 9416 , 9701
Tuition, 3383–3384 , 3450 , 3541–3542 , 3779 , 4257 , 5327–5328
University labour dispute, 4759
Pharmacists
expansion of scope of practice, 6916
remote dispensing of drugs, 8941
Physiotherapists
Physiotherapy services, 5886–5887
Positron emission tomography (PET), 2365–2366
availability in northeastern Ontario, 9078–9079
Poverty, 718–719
Poverty reduction strategy, 719 , 3938 , 5091
public consultation, 2088
student nutrition program, 718–719
Power of investigation, 5900
Primary health care, 2582 , 2719 , 4002
Private health clinics
violations of the Canada Health Act, 3085–3086
Private members' public business
Breast Cancer Screening Act, 2009 (Bill 200)
Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
Caregiver and Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 160)
Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day Act, 2009 (Bill 178)
Consumer Reporting Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 75)
Diabetes Awareness Month Act, 2008 (Bill 113)
Diagnostic services
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
Fire safety
Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2009 (Bill 156)
Healthy schools
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Awareness Month Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
Kindness Week
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
Poverty
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act (Cigarillos), 2008 (Bill 124)
Water quality
Property tax assessment
freeze-until-sale assessment, 2305
Provincial advisory committees, 7138
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 5000
access to information, 4999
Provincial parks
Ipperwash Provincial Park
return to Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, 7088–7089
Public education campaigns
ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2561
Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, 6696
Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day, 8879–8881
Customer Service Week, 3100
Diabetes Awareness Month, 3937–3938 , 8553
"Eat Local: Live Fresh," 2372–2373
Heart Month, 5091 , 9374–9375
International Credit Union Day, 3326
International Day of Disabled Persons, 17
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 4431
Kindness Week, 7457–7458
National Access Awareness Week, 6893–6894
Now You're Working for Free Day, 3056
Nursing Week, 1930 , 6807
Nutrition Month, 372
Persons Day, 7969
Seniors' Month, 2305–2306 , 7203
Women's History Month, 3056 , 7969
World AIDS Day, 46
World Autism Awareness Day, 5837
Public health units, 2447 , 5082
Grey Bruce Health Unit
appointment of assessor to investigate status of mandatory services, 5082
Public transportation
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Reports
Better Access to Outpatient Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ontario - But For Whom? (John You, Vikram Venkatesh, Andreas Laupacis), 5184 Cancer System Quality Index 2009 (Cancer Quality Council of Ontario), 6388 Chief Medical Officer of Health Annual Report 2007 (Working Together to Build a Stronger Public Health System), 4147 Chief Medical Officer of Health's Report on the Management of the 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak in Ontario (David Wiliams), 6079 The Core Service Role of Small Hospitals in Ontario—Phase One: An Exploration of the Current Services (Ontario Joint Policy and Planning Committee), 6403 The Core Service Role of Small Hospitals in Ontario—Phase Two: Recommended Core Services (Ontario Joint Policy and Planning Committee), 6404 Eroding Public Medicare: Lessons and Consequences of For-Profit Health Care Across Canada (Natalie Mehra), 3085 Home Care: Change We Need (Carol Kushner, Patricia Baranek, Marion Dewar), 3963 People Caring for People: Impacting the Quality of Life and Care of Residents of Long-Term Care Homes (Shirley Sharkey), 2639 , 5684 , 5737 Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry (Sidney Linden), 7088 Report on Removing Barriers for International Medical Doctors (Laurel C. Broten), 2652 Tooth Decay in Ontario's Children: An Ounce of Prevention - A Pound of Cure (Ontario Dental Association), 4024
Retirement homes
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
School board trustees
School cafeterias
School vending machines
ban on unhealthy food and beverages, 246
Securities industry
Senior citizens, 2305–2306
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Sign language interpreters, 3489 , 3491–3492
Silicosis, 5123
Skilled trades, 7137
Smoke alarms, 272
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act (Cigarillos), 2008 (Bill 124)
Smoking, 3324 , 4307 , 5650–5651 , 5653 , 7149
Smoking cessation, 1200
Smoking cessation programs
Social assistance benefits, 718 , 2467–2468
Special care homes
Goodfellow Home for Special Care
inspection, 4807 , 4861
Sports and recreation
Sports and recreation facilities, 1056
Stock exchanges, 3312
Streptococcus A infection, 4387–4388
Strikes
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Tanning services/ultra-violet light treatment services
sale or supply to persons under 19 prohibited, 3141
Tax credits
manufacturing investment tax credit, 3314
Temporary help agency employees
TFO, 1637
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18, 2560–2561 Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, SBC 2000, c.30, 5652 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, 5652
Tobacco products
ban on sale of cigarillos/flavouring agents, 3883 , 4300–4302 , 4507 , 5653 , 7644 , 8782
health warnings, 4302
regulating package size, 4302
illegal sale, 1488–1489 , 5653
physiological effect, 5654
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5652–5654
Tourist attractions
Transit systems
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Trillium drug program
Unemployment
Unemployment rate, 5779
Universities/colleges
government funding, 2118
Laurentian University
partnership with Collège Boréal, 2116
strike, 4766
York University
Vale Inco
closure, 4473
labour demonstration at Sudbury operations (19 September 2009), 7434
Veterans
post-traumatic stress disorder, 8549
Violence against women
Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 9045–9046
Take Back the Night, 7700–7701
Waste
nuclear/radioactive waste
Waste disposal
Waste management/programs
composting
addition of sewage sludge, 8866
Estaire, 3641
Workers
replacement workers
ban on use during strike or lockout, 7930–7931
skilled worker shortage, 7137
skilled workers, 7131
temporary workers, 5024
Workers' compensation benefits
The Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, S.M. 2008, c.23, 6062 Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3802–3803
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Youth Action Alliance, 7149
Gerretsen, Hon. J. (LIB, Kingston and the Islands)
Air quality, 1311 , 1475
Air quality management
Air quality standards, 1311 , 1974 , 7032
Annual reports
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2006-2007 (Reconciling Our Priorities), 50 Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2007-2008 (Getting to K(no)w), 3487
Bisphenol A
Climate Change Secretariat, 4629
MacLeod, Hugh (associate deputy minister), 2129
Climatic changes, 1198 , 3487 , 4628–4629 , 6079 , 6997–6998
government response, 6288
Contaminated soil, 3879
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Debates re answers to oral questions
Earth Hour, 566
Energy
Energy efficiency
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, 8960
Environment industry, 6396
Environmental assessment process, 3487
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, 9497
Environmental industry, 1050
Environmental programs
International Carbon Action Partnership, 7290–7291
Environmental protection, 482 , 6396
emissions and pollutants from energy-from-waste project in Durham region, 9697
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.19
Air Pollution - Local Air Quality, O. Reg. 419/05, 1974
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Essar Steel Algoma Inc.
pollution control equipment, 1974
Fires
Biedermann Packaging Inc., 24 , 1254
FoodShare
Putting Our Best Food Forward, 1198
Government record
Grants, 4152
Green economy, 5992
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse gas emissions
Hazardous products
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Lake Simcoe protection plan, 2618 , 2681
Lake Simcoe science advisory committee, 2618
Lake Simcoe stakeholder advisory committee, 2618 , 2682
Lake Simcoe watershed
Landfill sites
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Kasperski, Jan (Ontario College of Family Physicians), 2622
Suzuki, David (scientist, activist, broadcaster), 1836
Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
Canadian Geographical Journal, 2617
Members/ministers quoting news media
Members/ministers quoting reports
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2007-2008 (Getting to K(no)w), 3487
Members/ministers quoting statements
Anderson, Roger (regional chair, regional municipality of Durham), 2683
Cement Association of Canada, 8959
Dawson, Gavin (chair, Lawncare Commodity Group, Landscape Ontario), 1836
Eisenberg, Robert (founding chair, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition), 2683
Forman, Gideon (executive director, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment), 1835
Fucile, Wendy (president, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario), 6288–6290
Goodhand, Peter (chief executive officer, Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario division), 1835 , 6488
Granek, Fred (Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement), 6289
Grinspun, Doris (executive director, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario), 1835
Kasperski, Jan (chief executive officer, Ontario College of Family Physicians), 1835
King, Andy (national health, safety and environment coordinator), 6288
MacKenzie, Mark (president, Organic Landscape Alliance), 1836
McKeown, David (medical officer of health, Toronto), 1835
Merson, Sari (Pesticide Free Ontario), 1835
Miller, David (mayor, Toronto), 1835
Miller, Gord (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 50 , 4629 , 7293–7294
Mitchell, Anne (executive director, Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy), 1836
Ontario College of Family Physicians, 1833
Pearson, Don (general manager, Conservation Ontario), 2683
Reycraft, Doug (president, Association of Municipalities of Ontario), 1836
Robinson, Peter (chief executive officer, David Suzuki Foundation), 1835
Slaight, Annabel (co-founder, Ladies of the Lake), 2682
Smith, Rick (executive director, Environmental Defence), 2682–2683 , 6288
Suzuki, David (scientist, activist, broadcaster), 5281 , 6488 , 7294
Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel, 6288
Uetrecht, Connie (executive director, Ontario Public Health Association), 1835
Ministerial statements, presented
Climate change, 4628–4629
Earth Day, 6196
Earth Week, 1197–1198
Environment industry, 1050 , 6396
Environmental protection, 2617–2618
Greenhouse gas emissions, 6997–6998
Lake Simcoe watershed, 557
Pesticides, 1242–1243
Toxics reduction, 5955–5956
Waste Reduction Week, 3447
World Water Day, 469–470
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 3875 , 3879
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 1050 , 1198
Ministry of the Environment, 4152
National Pollutant Release Inventory, 6290
Nuclear safety
Chalk River Laboratories, 4803
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, responded to
Air quality, 503 , 1311 , 1475 , 1974 , 7772
Air-rail link, 7830
Climate change, 566 , 2129
Composting, 5127
Contaminated soil, 3879
Drive Clean, 7032–7033
Electricity supply, 7577–7578
Environmental assessment, 2609–2610 , 3186 , 3487
Environmental protection, 50 , 482 , 1470–1471 , 3922–3923 , 4152 , 5992 , 6184 , 6488 , 9497 , 9697
Fire in Hamilton, 24 , 1254 , 2031
Food safety, 81
Greenhouse gas emissions, 6079–6080 , 7031–7032 , 9077–9078
Hazardous waste, 4804
Lake Simcoe, 136–137 , 4424
Nuclear safety, 4803
Pesticides, 1310 , 2165 , 2523 , 2606 , 2643–2644 , 4250–4251 , 5281–5282
Propane explosion, 2831–2832 , 4245–4246
Public transit, 7922
Rail line construction, 8499
Sewage sludge, 6493
Sewage spill, 2238–2239 , 2667
Sewage treatment, 8070
Tire disposal, 606–607 , 8109
Toxics reduction, 8349 , 8497
Transit services, 3875
Waste disposal, 7768–7769 , 8259–8260 , 9579
Waste diversion, 5780–5781
Waste management, 5081 , 5665–5666
Water quality, 837–838 , 995–996 , 2087–2088 , 6230–6231 , 6807
Water supply, 3924
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans
Pesticides/herbicides
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Propane explosions
Public education campaigns
Quarries
St. Marys Cement's proposal to develop quarry in Flamborough, 3922–3923
Reports
Moving Forward: A Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade System for Ontario (Ministry of the Environment), 7291 Progress in a Climate of Change, A Review of Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan (Office of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 4628–4629 Toward a Zero Waste Future: Review of Ontario's Waste Diversion Act (Ministry of the Environment), 4804
School boards
Sewage spills
Social housing
Stewardship Ontario
municipal hazardous or special waste program
Do What You Can program, 4804
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Time allocation motions
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Tire tax, 926–927
Toxic substances
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Transit systems
air-rail link between Union Station and Pearson airport, 7830 , 7922
environmental assessment, 3186 , 3875
public consultation, 3875
environmental assessment process, 2609–2610 , 3487
GO Transit
Georgetown south service expansion, 7772 , 8499
United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (Copenhagen), 9078
United States
American Clean Energy and Security Act, 2009, 8958 cap and trade system (greenhouse gas emissions trading), 6997
Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, 8958 Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, 6376–6377
Vehicle emission tests
Waste Diversion Act, S.O. 2002, c.6, 3447 Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO)
electronic waste program, 606–607
tire program, 607
Waste management/programs, 3447 , 5081
cleanup of Pottersburg Creek PCB storage site, 1470–1471
composting, 5127
electronic/electrical waste, 926 , 5665 , 6287
hazardous products, 926 , 4804 , 5665
recycling
tire recycling program, 926–927 , 6287–6288 , 8109
waste diversion, 3447 , 6196 , 6287
Water quality
acceptable levels of radioactive tritium in drinking water, 6807
Water quality tests, 837–838
Water resources management, 3487
Water supply
Websites
www.dowhatyoucan.ca, 5780
Western Climate Initiative, 7291
Woodstock and District Development Services
Gravelle, Hon. M. (LIB, Thunder Bay–Superior North)
Aboriginal-mining company relations, 1252
Appointments
Elman, Irwin (Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth), 2498
Bankruptcies
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Confederation College, 3088
Conferences/seminars/symposiums
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Conference, 5425
Court cases/actions
Platinex Inc. v. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, 7643
Crossworks Manufacturing Ltd., 5994
De Beers Canada
diamond mine (Victor project), 412 , 3184–3185
impact benefit agreement, 412
Diamond industry, 3185
diamond-creating centre, 5994
Economic development
Employment-related benefits
severance/termination payments
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Forest industry, 9174
Harmonized sales tax
impact on northern Ontario, 8997
Industry shutdowns
Sysco Corp. closure of Sturgeon Falls warehouse, 8996–8997
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Lac Seul First Nation
Legislative procedure
Lofthouse Brass Manufacturing Ltd., 1606
Medical schools
Northern Ontario School of Medicine, 3088
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation, 5369
Members/ministers quoting statements
Beaucage, John (Grand Council Chief), 6490
Clark, Garry (executive director, Ontario Prospectors Association), 5425 , 6490
Phillips, Randall (grand chief, Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians), 4026
Toulouse, Angus (regional chief, Chiefs of Ontario), 4026
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14, 2085 , 2208 , 5037–5038 , 5626 , 6445–6446 Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
general discussion, 6490
public consultation, 6490
first reading, 6444
ministerial statement, 6445–6446
public consultation, 6445
second reading, 6523–6528 , 6536 , 6787 , 6795 , 6929–6930 , 6933–6934
third reading, 8051–8054
public consultation, 8051
Mining industry, 412 , 505 , 1253 , 4473–4474 , 5278 , 5626 , 6445 , 6524
consultation with First Nations, 1253 , 1422 , 1574–1575 , 2085 , 2208
map staking, 6446 , 8053
mine rehabilitation, 505 , 3879
mineral exploration and development, 6445–6446
mining exploration permit given to Platinex Inc., 1252 , 1422
provincial-aboriginal relations, 412
regulations, 8052
surface rights vs. mineral rights, 8054
uranium exploration and mining, 5037
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 614 , 4059 , 4648 , 6490 , 6750
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Municipal infrastructure
Neskantaga First Nation
Northern Ontario
occupational training, 3088
Northern Ontario growth plan, 5278
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 80
emerging technology program, 1715–1716
northern Ontario entrepreneur program, 6946
young entrepreneur program, 7641
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 3735 , 6392
bus service reduction, 2997
Oral questions, responded to
Aboriginal affairs, 4026
Aboriginal rights, 614 , 1252 , 1421–1422 , 1574–1575 , 2085 , 2207–2208 , 7643–7644
Bus transportation, 2997
Contaminated soil, 3879
Diamond industry, 5994
Diamond mining, 3184–3185
Forest industry, 8500–9501 , 9640 , 9692
Labour dispute, 3376–3377 , 3643 , 3735
Manufacturing and forestry sector jobs, 4858 , 7828–7829 , 8996–8997
Mineral exploration and production, 5037–5038
Mining industry, 505 , 1252–1253 , 1606 , 4059 , 4473–4474 , 5425 , 6490 , 6945–6946 , 9124 , 9268 , 9548–9549
Natural resource industries, 9543
Northern economy, 79–80 , 654 , 5278 , 8149 , 8650 , 9269
Northern Ontario, 3088
Northern Ontario development, 2091–2092 , 5002 , 6751 , 7771
Northern Ontario heritage fund, 1715–1716 , 2519 , 3440–3441 , 7641
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 6392
Public consultation, 2783
Termination and severance payments, 8351
Provincial-aboriginal relations, 1421–1422 , 5425
Public education campaigns
organ and tissue donation, 5368
Reports
Northwestern Ontario: Preparing for Change (Robert Rosehart), 654 , 6945–6946
Summit meetings
Vale Inco
Websites
www.placestogrow.ca, 2091
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