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Hampton, H. (NDP, Kenora–Rainy River)
AbitibiBowater, 5120
financial restructuring, 6085 , 6692–6693 , 6845–6846
government funding, 3371
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 3371–3372 , 3728–3729
layoffs, 3371
pension plans, 9409
sale of hydro dams, 4646 , 5120
shutdown, 2895
Aboriginal rights, 334
Administration of justice, 3728
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Annual reports
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2006-2007 (Reconciling Our Priorities), 49
Apprenticeship training
Automobile industry, 4145 , 4245 , 4816–4817
auto investment plan, 4243–4244
auto sector investment fund, 1881–1882 , 4054–4055
Chrysler Group LLC
employment insurance claims, 4243
Ford Motor Company of Canada
General Motors of Canada Ltd., 4815–4816
Beacon project, 1967 , 2434–2435
collective agreements, 2289
emergency loans, 4517
hybrid electric vehicles, 2387
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 2235–2236 , 2288–2289 , 2342–2343 , 2388 , 2434 , 2484–2485 , 2516–2518 , 2732 , 3371 , 4244–4245 , 4324 , 5229
layoffs, 1467–1468 , 1819 , 1881–1882 , 1918–1919 , 1967 , 2235 , 2288–2290 , 2387 , 2434 , 2484–2485 , 2955
pension funds, 4103
pension plan, 4146
plant shutdown, 2235
government funding, 4145 , 4284–4285
industry shutdowns, 4646
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 4054 , 5229
layoffs, 2025–2026 , 2516–2517 , 3959 , 4054–4055 , 4145 , 4243–4244 , 4284–4285
Ontario automotive strategy fund, 3636
short-term credit financing plan, 4645–4646
Automobile parts industry, 4816–4817
Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association of Canada
Bankruptcies
Buchanan Group of Companies, 8732
Bombardier Inc., 376
Border crossings
Detroit River International Crossing Study (Windsor-Essex Parkway), 1603–1604
GreenLink Windsor, 1603–1604
British Columbia
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers of tobacco products, 5416
Budget, 520
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Building codes, 5333
Bus transportation
Buses
Buy Ontario policy, 5709 , 7726 , 8209
C. difficile outbreaks, 2085
Canadian Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Capital cost allowance (CCA), 767
Capital tax
Capital works projects
Child care, 521 , 2202–2203
Child poverty, 687–688 , 3847–3848 , 4380 , 4417–4418 , 4467
Child protection, 4995
Children in care
Children's aid societies (CASs)
District of Rainy River
government funding, 8528–8529
Tikinagan Child and Family Services
Children's mental health care
Children's services
Companies
Conciliation/mediation, 4721–4722
Consumer protection
Consumer spending, 4323–4324
Coroner inquests
Casa Verde nursing home (North York), 1763
Corporate tax reduction, 5710 , 6159
Correctional centres
Court cases/actions
Platinex Inc. v. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, 86 , 951–952 , 7788
Court security
Crime
Criminal charges, 4574
Dead animal disposal, 5617
Demonstrations
aboriginal groups (Queen's Park), 2122
Dental care, 3435 , 3483 , 3497 , 4104 , 4466
Domtar Inc.
Driver education/training
collision rates for drivers who enrolled in the beginner driver education program, 193
Driving instructors, 193
Drug-related crime, 7910
Economic conditions, 3392 , 3483
Economic decline, 1364 , 1469 , 1510 , 1566 , 4323
Economic growth, 738 , 1550
Economic statement, 3434
eHealth Ontario
consultants, 7711
expenditures
Kramer, Sarah (former CEO), 7712
compensation/severance payments, 7611
review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7712
Electricity policy, 3392
Electricity rates, 5332
increase, 3318
industrial rates, 21 , 167–168 , 232–233 , 294 , 766–767 , 3270 , 3392–3394 , 3872–3873 , 4055 , 4646–4647
Employment creation, 739 , 2663–2664 , 4285 , 5229
Employment insurance benefits
Employment-related benefits
severance/termination payments, 1711 , 1725
Employment standards
notice of termination, 1725
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 71)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Energy
Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Energy efficiency, 5333–5334
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Farmers, 1414
Farms/farmland
use of sewage sludge, 6493
Fatalities
Baker, Wally (nursing home resident), 1763
Coxon, Florence (nursing home resident), 1602 , 1763
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 9097
Sidhu, Harnek Singh (patient, Brampton Civic Hospital), 73–74
Zaveda, Bailey (shooting victim), 3678
Federal government
apology to aboriginal peoples, 2488
transfer payments
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Canada-Ontario affordable housing program agreement, 1659–1660
Canada-Ontario labour market development agreement, 333
Fibratech Manufacturing Inc.
provincial grants and loan guarantees, 1969
Food banks
Food safety, 5617
Forest companies
wood allocation rights, 49
Forest industry, 766 , 3392 , 6084
government funding, 232 , 739
layoffs, 20–21 , 49 , 232 , 294 , 2388 , 2435 , 3269 , 4055
sawmill closures, 4055 , 7323
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
GenFast Manufacturing Co.
Germany
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government accountability, 7610
Government expenditures, 608–609
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 2485
NDP (1990-1995), 3372
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Green technology, 3372
Harmonized sales tax
Health care workers
layoffs, 4417
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 4417
Highway improvement
Highway 404 extension, 49
Home care
Commisso, Alessia's case, 1511–1512
competitive bidding, 233
Home care workers
Home energy audits, 5334
Hospital construction
alternative financing and procurement (AFP), 4381
Brampton Civic Hospital, 73–74 , 4573
government funding
private-public partnerships
Hospital funding
Hospital redevelopment
Cornwall Community Hospital
hiring local workers, 8291
Hospital services
Hospitals
Brampton Civic Hospital, 168
complaints against, 2086
oversight by Ombudsman, 2085–2086
Royal Ottawa Hospital
lease of space to private clinic, 169
Housing
Human rights, 948
Imprisonment
aboriginal protesters, 523 , 614 , 744 , 1252 , 1305–1306 , 1665 , 2084 , 2122 , 2158–2159 , 2488
release of Cecilia Begg, 768
Income
Income groups
Industry shutdowns, 21 , 5334
Canac Kitchens Ltd., 2157–2158
Gencor Foods Inc., 648
Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd., 294
International trade agreements
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 463
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Job protection commissioner, 294 , 3270
John Deere
Jury rolls
aboriginal representation, 2668
Kindergarten
Koolatron
provincial loan guarantees, 1969
Labour mobility, 8295–8297 , 8299
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
Layoffs, 2664 , 3083 , 3391 , 3484 , 3729 , 4284 , 5276
Legislative process, 1325
Liberal Party (federal)
Linamar Corp.
Livestock
Long-term-care facilities
Magna International Inc.
Manitoba
forest industry, 3392
manufacturing industry, 2665 , 2731
manufacturing investment tax credit, 3393
Manufacturing industry, 2665
employment, 418 , 2954–2955
government funding, 1968
jobs plan, 648 , 767 , 2731–2732 , 3434 , 4285 , 4324 , 4518 , 4616 , 5182 , 5229–5230
layoffs, 20–21 , 87–89 , 167 , 290 , 292–293 , 1510–1511 , 1568 , 1815 , 1968 , 2730–2732 , 2895 , 2954–2955 , 3269–3270 , 3317 , 3372 , 3434 , 3497 , 3635 , 3959–3960 , 4616 , 6337–6338
unemployment, 331–333 , 375–377 , 475 , 522 , 648 , 738–739 , 766–767 , 1510 , 1658 , 2157–2158 , 4816
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3843 , 5414
Members/ministers quoting books
The Ontario Legislature: A Political Analysis (Graham White), 1325–1326
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
National Farmers Union, 9093
Members/ministers quoting letters
Beardy, Stan (grand chief, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation), 419
Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies, 7731
Rath, Randy (press gallery president), 1326
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, 479
Members/ministers quoting reports
A Failing Grade: Ontario's Treatment of Post-Secondary Education Is Falling Behind Its Global Competitors (Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations), 4719 Northwestern Ontario: Preparing for Change (Robert Rosehart), 476 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 194 RBC Economics Provincial Outlook, 738–740 The Road Ahead: Poverty Reduction in Ontario (Campaign 2000), 688
Members/ministers quoting statements
Atlookan, Sol (chief, Matawa First Nation), 6936
Beardy, Stan (grand chief, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation), 378 , 744 , 6936
Burton, Rob (mayor, Oakville), 4145
Canadian Environmental Law Association, 6544
Cole, Dave (Center for Automotive Research), 4816
Coxon, Bill (son, Florence Coxon, nursing home resident), 1603
Elman, Irwin (Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth), 4942 , 4995–4996
Francis, Eddie (mayor, Windsor), 4645–4646
MacPherson, James (justice, Ontario Court of Appeal), 2159
Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 2085
Matawa First Nations tribal council chiefs, 1421–1422
Myers, Jason (president, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association), 3679
Ontario Energy Board, 3318
Osman, Hamid (president, York Federation of Students), 4691
Pearson, Reg (mediator, York University strike), 4691 , 4747
Richards, Robert (president and CEO, William Osler Health Centre), 73
Shrybman, Steven (lawyer), 8297
Timmins Chamber of Commerce, 167–168
White, Graham (professor, department of political science, University of Toronto), 1365
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1934-1937)
Croll, David (Windsor–Walkerville)
as Minister of Labour, 2516
Liberal (1995-2003)
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Walkerville), 3767
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
as Leader of the Opposition, 4995
Pupatello, Sandra (Windsor West), 4284
Liberal (2003-2010)
Bentley, Christopher (London West)
as Attorney General, 1665
Bryant, Michael (St. Paul's)
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 5228
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Pupatello, Sandra (Windsor West)
as Minister of Economic Development and Trade, 1918
withdrawn, 419 , 2440
Members'/ministers' salaries
Members' statements
Minimum wage, 3483 , 3570
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14, 136 , 2084 Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Mining industry
consultation with First Nations, 50 , 614 , 653 , 744 , 827 , 1305–1306 , 1421–1422 , 1574 , 1973–1974 , 2084 , 2122 , 2488 , 7786–7788 , 9274
joint panel, 1306–1307
mining exploration permit given to Platinex Inc., 136 , 479 , 614 , 1252 , 1305–1306
northern table discussions between government and Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, 419 , 479 , 744
provincial-aboriginal relations, 378 , 479 , 523
uranium exploration and mining
Minister of International Trade and Investment, 2663–2664
Ministerial statements, responded to
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
grants to community organizations, 7610
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 332 , 3825 , 4145
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
inspection and enforcement, 194
Ministry of Health Promotion
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
rental opportunity for Ontario families (ROOF), 1660
Ministry of Natural Resources
forest sector prosperity fund (FSPF), 5119–5120 , 6085
loan guarantee program (LGP), 5120
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
northern Ontario heritage fund, 2519
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario
Ontario skills development program, 2435 , 2731
second career strategy, 2435 , 3270 , 3393 , 3435 , 3497 , 3569–3570 , 3729 , 9172–9175
skills to jobs action plan, 522
Multibrid GmbH, 3961
Municipal infrastructure
National child benefit supplement (NCBS)
NDP (federal)
NDP documents/plans
economic stimulus plan, 3317
job stimulus plan, 331
Nortel
North American Charters
provincial grants and loan guarantees, 1969
Northern Ontario growth plan
public consultation, 2091
Nuclear generating stations, 2485
Nuclear safety, 4521
Nurses
hiring, 830
layoffs
Rouge Valley Health System, 830–831
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 687–689 , 992 , 3435 , 3483 , 3497 , 3570 , 4466
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
integrated power system plan (IPSP), 49–50 , 3318
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
Darlington nuclear generating station
withdrawal of Westinghouse Electric Co. from bidding to build new reactors, 4288
Pickering nuclear generating station
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
disciplinary hearing against Alison Jevons and Ken MacDonald, 3918–3920
Ontario Superior Court of Justice rulings
Justice Patrick Smith's rulings, 334
Ontario Works program, 3767–3768
Ontario Works program benefits
back-to-school allowance, 649
temporary care assistance (TCA), 3847–3849
winter clothing allowance, 649
Opposition day motions, presented
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aboriginal affairs, 744 , 768
Aboriginal rights, 136 , 334 , 378 , 419 , 479 , 523 , 614 , 653 , 951–952 , 1252 , 1305–1307 , 1421–1422 , 1574 , 1665 , 1973–1974 , 2026–2027 , 2084–2085 , 2122 , 2158–2159 , 2488
Affordable housing, 1659–1660
Alcohol and drug treatment, 4330–4331
Automobile industry, 1467–1468 , 1918–1920 , 1967–1968 , 2025–2026 , 2235 , 2288–2290 , 2342–2343 , 2387–2388 , 2434–2435 , 2484–2485 , 2516–2518 , 4054–4055 , 4145 , 4243–4245 , 4284–4285 , 4517 , 4645–4646 , 4815–4817
Bus transportation, 7480 , 8308 , 8546–8547
Child care, 2202–2203
Child poverty, 687–688
Child protection, 4940–4942 , 4995–4996
Children's services, 7731
Consumer protection, 2203–2204
Deadstock industry, 5617
Dental care, 5427–5428
Domestic violence, 831–832 , 891–892
Don jail, 5119
Driver education, 193
Electricity supply, 3871–3872
Employee wage protection, 129–130
Employment, 738–740
Employment supports, 4283–4284 , 4517–4518 , 4616 , 7964
Environmental protection, 49–50
Federal Liberal election promises, 2893–2895
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 3083–3084 , 3269
Forest industry, 4055–4056 , 4646–4647 , 5119–5120 , 6845–6846 , 8500 , 8732
Government services, 4416–4418
Green power generation, 4996–4997
Health care, 168–169
Home care, 233 , 1511–1512
Hospital funding, 73–74 , 130–131 , 4381 , 4573–4574
Human rights, 990–991
Hydro rates, 2485 , 3318
Infectious disease control, 2085–2086
Injured workers, 1419
International trade, 891 , 950–951
Job creation, 8209
Jury selection, 2668
Justice system, 4574–4575
Legislative reform, 1365
Long-term care, 1602–1603 , 1763
Low-income Ontarians, 608–610
Manufacturing and forestry sector jobs, 232–233 , 3317 , 3371–3372
Manufacturing jobs, 20 , 167–168 , 292–294 , 331–332 , 375–377 , 417–418 , 475–476 , 521–522 , 648 , 766–767 , 1510–1511 , 1815–1816 , 1819 , 1881–1882 , 1968–1969 , 2157–2158 , 2663–2665 , 2730–2732 , 2954–2955 , 3269–3270 , 3372 , 3434 , 3635–3636 , 3679–3680 , 3728–3729 , 3824–3826 , 3872–3873 , 3959–3961 , 5182–5183 , 5229–5230 , 5275–5277 , 6337–6338
Manufacturing sector, 48–49
Municipal finances, 3767–3768
National child benefit supplement, 648–649
Northern Ontario development, 2091
Northern Ontario heritage fund, 2519
Nuclear energy, 4288
Nuclear safety, 4521
Nurses, 830–831
Ontario budget, 520–521
Ontario economy, 21 , 1364–1365 , 1468–1469 , 1566–1568 , 1658–1659 , 4323–4324 , 5228–5229
OPP disciplinary hearing, 3918–3920
Pension plans, 4103 , 4145–4146 , 9409
Plant closures, 1711 , 1762
Poverty, 991–992 , 3435 , 3482–3484 , 3570 , 4104 , 4380 , 4465–4467
Prescription drugs, 194
Propane explosion, 2733
Provincial purchasing policy, 5989–5990
Sewage sludge, 6493
Skills training, 2236 , 2388–2389 , 2435–2436 , 3569–3570 , 3636–3637 , 9174–9175
Social assistance, 4616–4617
Termination and severance payments, 8351 , 9648
Trade agreement, 7726
Transportation policy, 476
University labour disputes, 4690–4692 , 4746–4748 , 4777–4778 , 4801–4803
Violent crime, 3678–3679 , 3728
Windsor border crossing, 1603–1604
Windsor economy, 417
Workers' compensation, 1418
Payday loans
interest rate limit of 35%, 2203
interest rates, 2204
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension plans, 4103 , 4146
Permits
waste disposal permit, 6493
Petitions
Petroleum prices, 3391
Pharmacies
pharmacy claims exceeding Formulary prices, 194
Plea bargaining, 3728
Police services
Post-secondary education, 3393
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 4324
Poverty, 21 , 521 , 3435 , 3482–3484 , 3497–3498 , 3570 , 4104 , 4323 , 4465–4467
Poverty reduction strategy, 687 , 1816 , 3482–3483 , 3570 , 4104 , 4465–4466
Premier's salary increase, 4416–4418
Premier's travel
Private members' public business
Canadian Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Children's aid societies
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Transfers on Wind Up), 2009 (Bill 213)
Propane explosions
Provincial-aboriginal agreements
Metis Nation of Ontario, 827
Provincial-aboriginal relations, 86 , 334 , 1665 , 2122
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 4995–4996
Provincial-municipal partnerships
provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, 3767–3768
Public inquiries
death of Harnek Singh Sidhu at Brampton Civic Hospital, 73–74
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public service
salaries above $100,000, 610
Quebec
budget, 739
child poverty, 687
green technology, 3372
manufacturing industry
manufacturing investment tax credit, 767
60% content rule on renewable energy projects, 5990
60% of transit vehicles to be manufactured in Quebec, 5230
subway rolling stock, 463
use of wind power, 3960
workforce investment tax credit, 48
Remembrance Day, 3843
Reports
The Cost of Poverty: An Analysis of the Economic Cost of Poverty in Ontario (Ontario Association of Food Banks), 4104 A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 8885–8886 Greater Trouble in Greater Toronto: Child Poverty in the GTA, 4380 Ontario Hunger Report 2008: The Leading Edge of the Storm (Ontario Association of Food Banks), 4380 OnTrace Agri-Food Traceability (Ontario): Audit Findings Report to the Board of Directors (KPMG), 9091–9092 The Road Ahead: Poverty Reduction in Ontario (Campaign 2000), 687 The Role of Good Jobs in Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy (Campaign 2000), 1816
Saskatchewan
Skyjack Inc.
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act (Cigarillos), 2008 (Bill 124)
Smoking, 5414 , 5416–5418
Smuggling, 5416
Social assistance benefits, 3435 , 3570 , 4617
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 20
Supply Act, 2009 (Bill 161)
Supreme Court of Canada rulings
Tax credits
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Throne speech debate
Tibet
anti-Chinese protests, 950 , 991
human rights, 891
Time allocation motions
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5416–5417
Tobacco-related diseases, 5415–5416
Tobacco tax, 5417
Toronto Police Service
Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008 (Bill 66)
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
designation as essential service, 1404
strike
Tourism industry, 4324
Toxic substances
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Trade missions
Transit systems, 5774–5775
82% Ontario content in manufacture of transit vehicles, 5989
50% Ontario content in transit vehicles purchased in Ontario, 5989
manufacture of transit vehicles in Ontario, 5182–5183
purchase of mass transit vehicles, 333 , 376
25% Ontario content in transit vehicles purchased in Ontario, 5989
Tributes
MacDonald, Donald (former member, York South), 1729–1730
Unemployment, 1364 , 3497 , 4324 , 4517–4518 , 5229 , 8814–8815
Unemployment rate, 1815
Union certification
card-based certification, 1550
construction industry, 1557
representation vote not required if there are more than 55% union members, 1302
United Nations (UN)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 4616–4617
United States
automobile industry, 4517
Buy American policy, 463 , 5709 , 5989
energy efficiency standards for buildings
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers of tobacco products, 5416
Universities/colleges
U.S. Steel Canada, 5277
guarantee in return for government assistance, 5276–5277
Victims of domestic violence
Violence
Waste management/programs
nuclear/radioactive waste, 4521
Wind turbines, 3960–3961
Workers
Workers' compensation benefits
Workers' rights
Workplace harassment/violence, 9097
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3803–3806
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Hardeman, E. (PC, Oxford)
Aboriginal land claims
Caledonia, 5498–5499
interference with operation of Ontario Provincial Police, 5499
safety of Ontario Provincial Police officers, 5499
trespassing of Ontario Provincial Police officers, 5499
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
review by Integrity Commissioner, 7562
Agricultural industry, 5190
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
cull breeding swine program
processing pigs for food banks, 2436
Amateur sports programs
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Animal protection, 2101
Animal protection organizations
use of term humane society restricted
Appreciation
Awards
Woodstock Business Awards of Excellence, 1459
Baldwin Act, S.C. 1849, c.81, 5298 Blind/visually-impaired persons
access to books in suitable formats, 9567–9568
Budget
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget surplus
Building codes
Canadian Blood Services
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), 9567
Carbon monoxide, 5855–5856
Carbon monoxide detectors, 4627–4628 , 4655–4657 , 6890
maintenance, 5861
requirement to install carbon monoxide detectors in all residential buildings, 5854–5856 , 5861
Carbon monoxide poisoning, 5855–5856
Chicken Farmers of Ontario, 3686 , 8262–8263
Committee procedure, 3956
Committees
Select Committee on Municipal Governance, 5297
Compensation
York University students, 4787
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
general discussion
public consultation in rural Ontario, 2300
second reading, 1960 , 2018
Court security, 4127
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Dead animal disposal, 5234 , 5515
government funding, 5623
on-farm disposal, 5515
Driver licences
graduated licences
restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4154
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 3736
Egg Farmers of Ontario, 9126
Electoral constituencies
boundaries, 3553
renaming of Chatham–Kent–Essex to Chatham–Kent–Leamington, 3553–3554
Electricity rates
Emergency Volunteers Protection Act, 1998 (Bill 75), 6858–6859 Energy
renewable energy
renewable energy projects
use of agricultural land, 6822
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Fairs
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 8548
Famines
Ukraine (1932-1933), 1784
Farmers, 5190
government funding, 339 , 1893 , 1899 , 3098–3099 , 3736 , 8032 , 8650–8651 , 9550 , 9719
grain and oilseed farmers, 9177–9178
hog farmers, 6647
potato farmers
Farms/farmland
installation of solar farms, 6393
Fatalities
Hawkins, Richard, Laurie, Jordan and Cassandra (victims of carbon monoxide poisoning), 5833 , 5855
Fire alarms
interconnected fire alarms, 271
Fire escapes
non-combustible fire escapes, 271
Fire sprinklers
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in new residential construction, 2174
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in retirement homes, 9067
Firefighters, 2173
volunteer firefighters
workers' compensation claims, 6859
Fruit wines
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Fusion Youth Activity and Technology Centre, 1670
Government orders
Grain Farmers of Ontario, 8414
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse gas emissions
reduction
cap and trade system (emissions trading), 9024
Harmonized sales tax, 6443 , 6557
impact on agricultural industry, 6275–6276
impact on cost of living, 8858
impact on unemployed people, 5991
point-of-sale exemption, 5782–5783
Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed Limiters), 2006 (Bill 115), 1191–1192 Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Housing
affordable
authority of municipal governments to require affordable housing in new developments, 7537–7538
Industry shutdowns, 4259
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Land use planning
municipal government role, 7537
Landfill sites
Law enforcement, 4127
Legislative procedure
private members' public business, 271
speech should be related to topic being discussed, 4271
Legislative process
family friendly reforms, 1407
Licence plates
personalized licence plates, 78–79
Life income funds
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
Livestock
Livestock Community Sales Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.22, 7999 Locked-in retirement income funds (LRIF), 5471
Members'/ministers' constituents
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 5298
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, 9090–9091
Lamie, Frank (deputy chief, Toronto Fire Services), 270
National Farmers Union, 9089–9090
Ontario Farm Animal Council, 9090
Members/ministers quoting documents
Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan Submission Brief to the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions, 7246
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Members/ministers quoting letters
Archer Daniels Midland Co., 7750
Burke, Patrick (Fire Marshal of Ontario), 5855
Currie, Neil (general manager, Ontario Federation of Agriculture), 4512
Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ontario, 5861–5862
Lammens, Brenda (chair, Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association), 4512
McNaughton, Monte (former student, Glencoe District High School), 2263
Niagara Peninsula Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association, 3058
Ontario Farm Animal Council, 1810 , 2102 , 8578
Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association, 5856
Robertson, Grant (chair, National Farmers Union), 4512
Schooley, Kevin (executive director, Ontario Berry Growers Association), 4512
Stahlbrand, Lori (president, Local Food Plus), 4512
Stewart, Lyndon (director, 4-H Ontario), 4512
Thomson, Dave (president, Fire Fighters Association of Ontario), 5855
Toronto Humane Society, 2101
Wiley, Tom (president, Niagara Peninsula Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association), 4512
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Brantford Expositor, 5499
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Annual Conference of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture, 7980 , 7983
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, 6820
Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, 1399–1400
Members/ministers quoting reports
Examining the potential cost of the Ontario Green Energy Act (GEA), 2009 (London Economics International LLC), 6820
Members/ministers quoting statements
Burn, Allan (Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency), 3058
Emre, Charles (farmer), 3058
Gardner, Charles (chair, Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health), 3057
harmonized sales tax, re, 9041
Howden Thompson, Anne (Ontario Farmer), 3074–3075
Lammens, Brenda (chair, Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association), 3057
Leeson, Keith (constituent, Oxford), 5360
Mackay, Dave (Renfrew County National Farmers Union), 3058
MacLeod, Hugh (Associate Deputy Minister Climate Change Secretariat Cabinet Office), 9024
Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 6255
Nicol, Greg (fire prevention inspector, Owen Sound), 5856
Ontario Cattlemen's Association, 5515 , 7985
Ontario Farm Animal Council, 7983
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5515 , 6822 , 7981–7983 , 7988
Ontario Pork, 7985–7986
Renfrew County National Farmers Union, 3057
Robertson, Grant (National Farmers Union), 3058
Schooley, Kevin (Ontario Berry Growers Association), 3058
Sinclair, Matthew (British Taxpayers' Alliance), 9025–9026
Members/ministers quoting websites
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 5623
Members'/ministers' record
PC (2003-2010)
Wilson, Jim (Simcoe–Grey), 7245
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
Dombrowsky, Leona (Prince Edward-Hastings)
as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 7981–7982
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 976 , 7981
Johnson, Rick (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock), 9088
Mitchell, Carol (Huron–Bruce), 2300
Van Bommel, Maria (Lambton–Kent–Middlesex), 9089
withdrawn, 647
Members' statements
Agriculture funding, 2675 , 9370
Agriculture industry, 7773–7774 , 8922
Assistance to farmers, 1893 , 8032 , 9177–9178 , 9550
Canadian Blood Services, 3929
Carbon monoxide detectors, 4655 , 6890
Carbon monoxide poisoning, 4627–4628 , 5833
Cattle farmers, 7229
Chicken Farmers of Ontario, 3686 , 8262–8263
Deadstock industry, 5515 , 5623
Egg farmers, 9126
Fusion Youth Centre, 1670
Grain Farmers of Ontario, 8414
Legislative reform, 1407
Manufacturing jobs, 3052–3053
Ontario Agriculture Week, 3093–3094
Ontario economy, 3736
Ontario farmers, 2215 , 2577
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5190
Pork industry, 6646–6647 , 6807 , 8689
Potato farmers, 2133–2134
Renewable energy, 6393
Road safety, 4154
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 8548
Rural Ontario, 2300
Senior citizens, 5471
Taxation, 6275–6276 , 6443 , 6557 , 9041
University labour dispute, 4700–4701 , 4787
Woodstock Business Awards of Excellence, 1459–1460
World School Milk Day, 7649
Ministerial responsibility, 7562
Ministerial statements, responded to
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs-University of Guelph agreements/partnerships, 1413
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Municipal elections/by-elections
public consultation, 5297
Municipal government, 5298
National/independence/memorial days
Office of the Chief Veterinarian
Ontario Agri Business Association, 8922
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5190
Ontario Racing Commission
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Agriculture industry, 5782–5783
Assistance to farmers, 339 , 1607 , 3272–3273 , 7964 , 8650–8651 , 9719
Beef producers, 2242
Deadstock industry, 5234
Hog industry, 2436 , 7921
Licence plate review committee, 78–79
Services for the developmentally disabled, 2834
Taxation, 5991
Wine industry, 6684–6685
Payday loan industry, 1399
Payday loans
interest rate limit of 35%, 1399
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension plans
portability, 7246–7247
community care access centres (CCACs), 7246
Ingersoll Police Service, 7246
paramedics, 7245–7246
Tillsonburg Police Service, 7246
Persons with disabilities
attendant services
direct funding, 3748
individually-based funding, 3748
wait times, 3748
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 2018 , 2173
impact on rural Ontario, 1960
Petitions
Adoption disclosure, 1426–1427
Alma College, 2129–2130
Assistance to farmers, 4829–4831 , 4868–4869 , 4914 , 5092 , 5287 , 5792–5793 , 6284 , 6452
Cemeteries, 8268–8269 , 8316
Child care, 5478
Green space, 838–839
Hospital services, 2837
Long-term care, 201
Lord's Prayer, 383–384 , 482 , 958 , 1374 , 1575 , 1823–1824 , 2211 , 2444
Motorcycle safety, 4870 , 4913 , 5287
Ontario disability support program, 426–427 , 507
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2444–2445
Pension plans, 6758
Taxation, 7159 , 7239 , 7529–7530 , 7655 , 7701 , 7737 , 7971 , 8223 , 8317 , 8506 , 8555 , 8615–8616 , 8658 , 8695 , 8740 , 8875 , 9046–9047 , 9085 , 9087 , 9229–9230
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards, 2337 , 2339
Police officers
Police services
federal government funding, 4128
Pork
Pork industry, 6646–6647 , 7921 , 8689
Private members' public business
Accessibility for the disabled
Assistance to the disabled
Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Fire Sprinkler Retrofitting), 2009 (Bill 214)
Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
Healthy schools
Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2008 (Bill 61)
Milk in schools
Municipal Residential Sprinkler Act, 2008 (Bill 72)
Municipalities
Pension plans
Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198)
Police officers
Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 96)
Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
Signage to Promote Ontario Grown Agricultural Food Products Act, 2008 (Bill 98)
Small business
Transparency in Public Matters Act, 2009 (Bill 159)
Truth About Caledonia Act, 2009 (Bill 146)
Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
Wind turbines
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
Propane explosions
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Public bodies
Public education campaigns
Public inquiries
administration of justice, law enforcement and ownership of land within Haldimand Tract, 5499
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Registered retirement income funds
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
general discussion
public consultation, 4154
School breakfast programs, 2376
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 2376
to serve healthy, local Ontario foods, 2375–2376
Schools
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Signage
promotion of agricultural food products, 2577 , 2580
farmers permitted to post seasonal, directional signs on land adjacent to highways, 3057–3058 , 4512
Signage to Promote Ontario Grown Agricultural Food Products Act, 2008 (Bill 98)
Small business
regulatory reduction, 7750
Smoking
ban on smoking in workplaces/enclosed public places, 2173
Speed limiters, 1178 , 1188
impact on greenhouse gas emissions, 1190
vehicle exemptions, 1192
Speed limits, 1173
Standing Orders
S.O. 99(d) Written questions - Answers - delayed answers - decline to answer, 7481
Student assistance
Ontario student assistance program (OSAP), 4701
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Time allocation motions
Transparency in Public Matters Act, 2009 (Bill 159)
United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (Copenhagen), 9024–9026
Universities/colleges
management of facilities, 4911
York University
Volvo Motor Graders Ltd.
Websites
Wind turbines, 5362
Workers' compensation benefits
coverage for construction workers, 3724
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
general discussion
public consultation, 4260
second reading, 3724
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Hillier, R. (PC, Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington)
Aboriginal land claims
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Anniversaries
Falun Gong 16th anniversary, 1827
Tay Canal 175th anniversary, 7198
Apology, 5395
Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 2857
Apprenticeship training programs, 663
Autism services
Budget
pre-budget consultations, 4189
Budget deficit, 5800–5801
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Business education tax, 2095
Committee schedules/agendas, 4189
Compensation
rural landowners affected by Clean Water Act, 2496
Countryman's Estate Winery
Court cases/actions
Platinex Inc. v. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, 7643
Drivers
Economic conditions, 3787
Employment creation
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment standards, 4985
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
renewable energy
renewable energy projects
Far North Act, 2009 (Bill 191)
Farmers
Fatalities
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 7805
Federal government
senate reform
transfer payments
equalization program
Ontario to receive equalization payment, 6135
Food safety, 283
Foreign caregivers
Fruit wines, 4666
Government orders
Committee sittings
Ontario economy
Government policy, 3396
Government record
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Harmonized sales tax, 6135–6136 , 6937–6939
public consultation, 8682 , 8772–8775
transition benefit
$1,000 for single parents or couples, 5801
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
green ribbon beach program, 722–723
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Legislative procedure
motions
wearing of T-shirts by visitors, 124
Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), 4666
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
Livestock
disease prevention and control
Manitoba
Manufacturing industry
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 303–305
Members'/ministers' privileges
Members/ministers quoting authors
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Coalition for Balanced Mining Act Reform, 7786
De Beers Canada, 7785
MacRae, Bill (Porcupine Prospectors and Developers Association), 7785
Ontario Real Estate Association, 7785
Members/ministers quoting letters
McMeekin, Ted (Minister of Government and Consumer Services), 6749
skilled worker shortage, re, 663
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting reports
Report of the Special Joint Committee on a renewed Canada (Gerald A. Beaudoin and Dorothy Dobbie), 8513 Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada report (Macdonald Commission), 8513
Members/ministers quoting statements
Bastiat, Frédéric (French economist, legislator, writer), 1146 , 7663
Beardy, Stan (grand chief, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation), 8059
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 1146
Dennis, Dana (constituent, Carleton Place), 4537
Kirsh, Austin (constituent, Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington), 4537
Martin, Roger (dean, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto), 1146
Morrow, Tom (constituent, Carleton Place), 4537
Porcupine Prospectors and Developers Association, 8059
Robertson, Grant (National Farmers Union), 5438
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
withdrawal requested, 1254
withdrawn, 1154 , 1255 , 1769 , 2247 , 2757 , 3871 , 6135–6136 , 6550 , 6749 , 8772
Members'/ministers' travel
Pupatello, Sandra's travel to China, 924
Members' statements
Autism treatment, 5666
Clean Water Act, 2496 Events in Tibet, 408 , 886
Falun Gong, 1827
Fishing regulations, 1360–1361
Food safety, 283
Health care funding, 8217
Ontario economy, 3881
Ontario Landowners Association, 121–122
Rural Ontario, 2095 , 2247
Tay Canal, 7198
Tibet, 5387–5388
Township of North Frontenac, 7340
Wearing of T-shirts, 124
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
time allocation motion
third reading, 8057–8060
Ministerial statements, responded to
Ministry inspectors, 2758
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Ministry of the Environment
Municipal government restructuring
North Frontenac township
creation of single-tier municipality, 7340
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, 8704–8706
Olympics
Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
inclusion of neurostimulator battery replacements as insured items, 8217
Ontario Landowners Association, 121–122
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aboriginal rights, 7643
Fish and wildlife management, 1769
Native land disputes, 1245
Property rights, 135
School closures, 2237
Taxation, 6135–6136 , 6937–6939 , 8682
Wine industry, 6551–6552 , 6748–6749
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 7723–7724
Persons with disabilities
intellectual disabilities
Perth Soap, 3396
Premier's travel
Private members' public business
Apprenticeship training
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
Senators' Selection Act, 2009 (Bill 67)
Towing Industry Act, 2008 (Bill 87)
Water quality
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Property rights, 134
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public service
salaries above $100,000, 5801
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Regulations, 1154 , 4812 , 6136
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Rural Ontario, 304
Schools
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 121
Speed limiters, 1074
Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review, 1147
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Throne speech quoted, 134
Tibet, 5388
Time allocation motions
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Towing industry
Workers
skilled worker shortage, 663
Workplace harassment/violence
definition of harassment, 7806
prevention, 7807
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
Horwath, A. (NDP, Hamilton Centre)
Aboriginal children, 6197
Aboriginal communities
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Adoption, 3840
Adoption disclosure
backlog of disclosure requests, 8498
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
Agricultural Employees Protection Act, S.O. 2002, c.16, 5827 Agricultural labourers' rights
Air pollution
Alcoa Electrical and Electronic Systems
Autism services, 79 , 1472
Automobile industry
auto assistance package, 6040
Chrysler Group LLC
Daimler AG
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
bankruptcy, 6039–6040
concession agreements with workers, 5313 , 5420
government funding, 6985
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 6839–6840
pension protection in return for government assistance, 6985
pension solvency, 6039–6040
government funding, 4209
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 5313 , 5420
Booklets
We Will Make a Difference: the Wal-Mart Canada Corporate Social Responsibility Report, 3380–3381
Budget, 5728–5729 , 5879–5880 , 6138
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 605
Bus transportation
northern Ontario
cancellation of services by Greyhound Canada, 7432
Business
government assistance, 6594
Business education tax, 920
Buy Ontario policy, 5231 , 5506 , 5748–5749 , 5777–5778
C. difficile outbreaks
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 8424
mortality rates
investigation by Ombudsman, 2735
public inquiries, 2458–2459
Cancer Care Ontario
Capital works projects
Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
general discussion, 6799
first reading, 6756
Chief medical officer of health, 6266
Child abuse, 3149
Child and Family Services Review Board, 2637–2638
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child care, 134 , 537–538 , 562–563 , 4470 , 4783 , 4909 , 5508–5509 , 5735 , 6746
D grade, 2521
federal government funding, 2521 , 4783
government funding, 85 , 545 , 627–628 , 1925 , 4618 , 4783 , 4909 , 5508–5509 , 5735 , 5751–5752
not-for-profit, 286 , 500
subsidies, 1514–1515 , 2521
Child care centres
Benevenga Day Care, 3273
for-profit sector, 499 , 538 , 545
licensing restricted to not-for-profit sector, 537–538
123 Busy Beavers Learning Centres, 134
Child poverty, 689 , 2779 , 2828
Child protection, 8693–8694
Children with disabilities
Children's aid societies (CASs)
Children's mental health care, 1425 , 6487
Climatic changes
Cogeneration of electric power and heat, 3340
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
collective bargaining
deemed strike or lockout provision, 2969–2971
ensure school year not jeopardized, 2970–2971
first-contract arbitration, 2969 , 2971
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2969–2972
Mohawk College, 2971
Community safety, 3357
Companies
Construction industry
Coroner inquests
Anzovino, Reilly (motor vehicle accident victim), 9689–9690
death of child in custody of parent, 2098
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 1571 , 9189
Osidacz, Jared (murder victim), 1100 , 1165 , 1718 , 2126 , 2897–2898 , 3540 , 4412 , 4754 , 5687–5688
power of Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to hold inquest repealed, 3540
Coroners Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.37
section 22 (Minister may direct coroner to hold inquest), 1100 , 1165 , 2126 , 4411
Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
Corporate tax reduction, 5748 , 5778 , 5879–5880 , 6076 , 6138 , 6548–6549 , 8207 , 8252–8255 , 8540
Corporations
Correctional centres
youth facilities, 2909 , 3356
access to facilities by MPPs, Child and Youth Advocate and Ombudsman, 3358–3359
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Court reporters, 7075–7076
Credit card fraud, 2359
Crime
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Demand-side management (electric utilities), 3339
Development Charges Act, S.O. 1997, c.27, 1507 Domestic violence, 4158 , 4754
Domestic Violence Protection Act, S.O. 2000, c.33, 1995 , 2000 Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 4100
Early childhood education
full-day learning for four- and five-year-old children, 4470 , 4618
Economic conditions, 3178–3179 , 3291–3292 , 6075 , 6137
Economic decline, 3291–3292 , 3730
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic policy, 3179
Economic statement, 3179–3180
eHealth Ontario
Elections/by-elections
Electric vehicles, 3881
Electricity rates
increase, 3339
industrial rates, 6184
low-income energy consumers, 5421
rate assistance program, 6183
Electronic health records, 6800
contract with Nightingale Informatix Corporation, 8453–8454
Employment, 4210
Employment agencies, 3293
Employment creation, 4210 , 5730 , 5777–5778 , 6549–6550 , 6594
Employment insurance, 6486
Employment insurance benefits
Employment-related benefits
Employment standards
allegations of abuse
parental leave, 6268
pregnancy leave, 6268
Employment Standards Act, S.O. 2000, c.41, 6268 , 6683 Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Energy
nuclear energy, 6882
renewable energy projects
Energy conservation, 3339
Energy efficiency
Environmental Bill of Rights, S.O. 1993, c.28, 122 Eugerry Investments Limited Act, 2008 (Bill Pr11)
Exhibitions
Beautiful Women Project, 3536
Fatalities
Osidacz, Jared (murder victim), 4411–4412
Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 3149
Vince, Theresa (murder victim), 9189
Federal government
Federal members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2006-2009)
McCallum, John (Markham–Unionville), 7382
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), 3365
Fire alarms
visual fire alarms in public buildings, 5112–5113
Fire sprinklers, 5113
Firefighter memorials
Fires
Forest industry
Foster families, 3540
GenFast Manufacturing Co., 111
Government accountability, 7268
Government advertising, 7188
harmonized sales tax, 7221
Government contracts
Government expenditures
Government notice of motions
Legislative reform
Select Committee on Elections
Government orders
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government policy, 3178
Government record
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction, 605 , 916 , 3378 , 3449
return to provincial jurisdiction, 4908
Government services, 494
Graduation (statistics), 5326
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Hamilton Health Sciences
election of board of trustees, 4656
Hamilton Health Sciences Elections Act, 2008 (Bill 142)
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Community Care Access Centre
Harmonized sales tax, 5571 , 5611–5613 , 5658 , 5680–5681 , 5729–5730 , 5746–5748 , 5824 , 6138 , 6984 , 7073–7074 , 7188 , 7428 , 7474–7475 , 8596–8597 , 8727–8729 , 8779–8780 , 8849–8851 , 8853 , 8862–8863 , 8914–8915 , 9033 , 9167–9168 , 9407–9408
exemptions, 8643 , 8681
federal government support, 8914
federal Liberal party support, 7382
impact on aboriginal peoples, 8687 , 9037–9038 , 9161
impact on construction jobs, 6485
impact on consumers, 9444–9445
impact on electricity rates, 8863 , 9444–9445
impact on employment, 7765–7766 , 8255 , 9160
impact on gasoline prices, 6984 , 9495–9496 , 9541 , 9641–9642
impact on home heating costs, 7636–7637 , 8643
impact on housing industry, 5612 , 5944 , 6485
impact on low-income consumers, 7267 , 7725 , 8539–8540
impact on northern Ontario, 8851 , 8997
impact on real estate industry, 8784 , 9160
impact on rent rates, 7272–7273
impact on senior citizens, 8682
impact on small business, 8645 , 9160
impact on tourism industry, 8545 , 8644 , 8851
public consultation, 8680–8681 , 8818–8819 , 8991–8992 , 9032 , 9116–9117 , 9159 , 9214–9215
tax on Energy Star appliances, 9168
transition benefit
$1,000 for single parents or couples, 5659
Health care, 7075 , 7222
Health care executives
Health care funding
Health care workers
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Hearing-impaired persons, 5112–5113
Heritage conservation
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
Home care
competitive bidding, 9450
wait times, 956
Home energy audits, 6183
Hospital boards, 2460
Hospital funding
Hospital housekeeping, 2460 , 2960
privatization
St. Joseph's Healthcare, 2960
Hospital reporting
infectious diseases, 6043
Hospital services
contracted services, 2460
emergency
Hamilton, 2399
obstetric and newborn services
Hamilton Health Sciences, 4110
Hospitals
cleaning standards, 6043
London Health Sciences Centre
untendered contracts awarded, 7473 , 7729
private-public partnerships, 2460
reporting on patient safety indicators, 2459
Royal Ottawa Hospital
service and staff cuts, 9646
St. Joseph's Healthcare
Housing
Identity theft, 2359–2360
Immunization
Income tax reduction, 8063–8064
Industry shutdowns, 3294
Sysco Corp. closure of Sturgeon Falls warehouse, 8996–8997
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (no. 87), 5507
International trade agreements
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Jordan's Principle, 6197
Justice for Jared Act (Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act), 2008 (Bill 81)
general discussion, 2126
first reading, 2098
Kevin and Jared's Law (Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment), S.O. 2006, c.24, 1100 , 4412 Kindergarten
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Lake Simcoe protection plan
impact on municipalities, 2753
Layoffs, 3291–3292 , 4210 , 5658
Legislative procedure
order and decorum and conduct of members in the House, 920
private members' public business, 1258–1259
Legislative process, 305
Literacy, 5103–5104
Local health integration networks (LHINs)
Long-term-care facilities
Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
Manitoba
harmonized sales tax, 9033
Manufacturing industry, 3293
Massacres
Montreal massacre (6 December 1989), 4412
Medical transplants
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1610 , 6807 , 8141
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1073 , 2459
Members'/ministers' privileges
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
workplace harassment and violence, re, 9190
Members/ministers quoting letters
Hamilton Health Sciences, 9361
health care funding, re, 9361
Horner-Shepherd, Shannon (unemployed mother with disabled child), 5745–5746
Lewenza, Ken (president, Canadian Auto Workers), 6039
Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 8103
Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
Education Forum magazine, 5326
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 3730 National Post (Toronto), 6039 Toronto Star, 5735 , 8344
Members/ministers quoting statements
Arnold, Ron (Port Rowan), 8728
Bagshaw, Rick (Aurora), 8728
Bailey, Nancy (Sault Ste. Marie), 8851
Baird, Carla (Kenora), 8596
Barr, Heather (Ottawa), 8596
Birch, Stephen (local health integration network), 2993
Byrne, Roger and Monique (eastern Ontario), 8540
Canadian Hearing Society, 5112
Cephan, Marilyn, 8728
Chinn, Steve (laid-off truck plant worker), 5420
Clancy, Tanya (Stratford), 8597
Dawson, Sandra (Port Dover), 8728 , 8780
deHaan, Jane (Sudbury), 8682
DeRoche, Jacqueline (Exeter), 8818
Dinkel, Gary (Kitchener), 8645
Eckert, Lynn (Pickering), 8596
Fraser, Grant, 8863
Hendry, S. (Toronto), 8851
Horner, Russ (Oshawa), 8597
Jones, Robert (Amherstburg), 8851
Ki-moon, Ban (secretary general, United Nations), 8693
MacWilliams, Bev (Toronto), 9161
Madahbee, Patrick (Grand Council Chief, Anishinabek Grand Council), 8687
Malamis, Adam (small business owner), 8645
McGeer, Allison (director of infection control, Mount Sinai Hospital), 8301
McNamara, Gary (mayor, Tecumseh), 5506
Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 8850
Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres, 9190
Padmos, Andrew (chief executive officer, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada), 9721
Prokulevich, Christine (Sudbury), 8597
Ross, Pam (Exeter), 8863
Sellors, Cheryl (small business owner), 8645
Stewart, Sally, 8780
Stratton, Bill (Oshawa), 8682
Sullivan, Terry (president and CEO, Cancer Care Ontario), 7914
Thomas, Warren (president, Ontario Public Service Employees Union), 8425
Thronton, David, 8682
Wallace, Gary, 8682
Warner, Don (Windsor), 8851
White, Doug and Kathy (Stratford), 8644 , 8851
Whitehead, Rich (St. Catharines), 8539
Members'/ministers' record
Liberal (2003-2010)
Caplan, David (Don Valley East)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 7189
Fonseca, Peter (Mississauga East–Cooksville)
as Minister of Labour, 6684
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1995-2003)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Liberal (2003-2010)
Bartolucci, Rick (Sudbury)
as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, 6882
Bradley, James J. (St. Catharines)
as Minister of Transportation, 3344
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 3344
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Meilleur, Madeleine (Ottawa–Vanier)
as Minister of Community and Social Services, 3638
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 6267 , 7687
withdrawn, 1165 , 1254 , 5659 , 6882 , 9642
Members'/ministers' resignations
Caplan, David (Minister of Health and Long-Term Care), 7867
Members' statements
Agricultural labour policy, 4218
Air quality, 122–123
Beautiful Women Project, 3536
Child care, 4909
Correctional facility employees, 4786
Electric vehicles, 3881
Emergency services, 2838
Firefighters' memorial, 1893
Heritage conservation, 1361
Hospital services, 2399
Kerr, Orville, 941
Labour unions, 3380–3381
Municipal finances, 494
World Autism Awareness Day, 681–682
Mental health care
Brockville Mental Health Centre
transfer acute care unit to Brockville General Hospital, 9367
Minimum wage
Ministerial statements, responded to
Aboriginal children's services, 6197–6198
Adoption Awareness Month, 3840
Black History Month, 9328–9329
Child Abuse Prevention Month, 3149
Consumer protection, 604–605
Coroner's office, 3539–3540
Local Government Week, 3449
Municipal finances, 190
Municipal infrastructure, 605
Municipalities, 1507
Musculoskeletal disorders, 5091
National Foster Family Week, 3540
Sexual harassment, 2252–2253
Student achievement, 5326–5327
Taxation, 8553
Workplace safety, 6087–6088
Young offenders, 2908–2909
Ministry of Community and Social Services
special services at home program
Gallinger, Daria case, 7192
Ministry of the Environment
failure to respond re certificates of approval for ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc. KOBM meltshop, 122
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Sapsford, Ron (Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care)
Ministry of Health Promotion
Focus community program, 4152
Ministry of Natural Resources
forest sector prosperity fund (FSPF), 6486
Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services
responsibility for oversight and enforcement of safety standards, 4575–4576
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario
literacy and basic skills programs
Ontario self-employment benefit, 7958
second career strategy, 7958
Municipal development charges, 1507
Municipal government services, 3449
Municipal infrastructure
Municipalities
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), 5091
National/independence/memorial days
Natural disasters
Navistar International Corp.
NDP
Buy Ontario strategy, 627
Pensions for All campaign, 7142
Niska North Inc., 6075
Nortel
Northern Ontario, 6486
economic conditions, 6137
Nuclear generating stations, 6882
Nurses
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Harassment and Violence), 2007 (Bill 29)
general discussion, 2252
first reading, 286
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Workplace Death, Critical Injury and Occupational Illness Registry), 2008 (Bill 84)
Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2008 (Bill 93)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 5509
Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
Ontario health premium, 2459
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
casino workers, 2569
expenditures
termination of CEO and board of directors, 7268
Warren, Jim (former vice-president, strategic relationships)
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, 3900
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
integrated power system plan (IPSP), 3339–3340
Ontario Power Generation gas-fired generating station
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario Works program, 3438 , 3682 , 3730
Ontario Works program benefits
Opposition day motions, presented
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aboriginal children's services, 7872–7873
Aboriginal health care, 9725
Access to information, 4325 , 4384
Adoption disclosure, 8498
Agricultural labour policy, 5827–5828
Air-rail link, 7830
Alcohol and drug treatment, 4152
Autism services, 79 , 996 , 1471–1472 , 1883 , 4423–4424 , 5826 , 7692 , 8145
Automobile industry, 4209 , 5420 , 5462 , 6039–6040 , 6433–6434 , 6839–6840
Bus transportation, 7432
C. difficile, 2735
Cancer Care Ontario, 7914–7915
Casino employees, 2569
Child abuse, 3273
Child care, 134 , 499–500 , 562–563 , 1514–1515 , 1925 , 2520–2521 , 3638 , 4470 , 4618 , 4783 , 5462–5463 , 5508–5509 , 5735 , 6746
Child poverty, 689 , 2779
Child protection, 9121–9122
Children with special needs, 4808
Children's aid societies, 2637–2638 , 7959 , 8601–8602
Children's health services, 4060
Children's mental health services, 1204 , 1425 , 6487–6488 , 9502
Collective bargaining, 5507–5508
Community care access centres, 1716
Consumer protection, 2436–2437
Corporate tax, 8207
Court reporters, 7075–7076
Domestic violence, 1100 , 1165 , 1718 , 2126 , 2897–2898 , 4754 , 5687–5688
Drive Clean, 7142–7143
Driver examination centres, 8410
Electricity supply, 7577–7578
Electronic health information, 6800 , 7074–7075 , 7188–7189 , 7221–7222 , 7686–7687 , 7724 , 7765 , 7868 , 8453–8454
Employment standards, 6268 , 6594–6595 , 8824
Employment supports, 7958
Energy rates, 6183–6184
Environmental protection, 3922–3923
Executive compensation, 834 , 6799 , 6840–6841 , 6939 , 8301–8302
Fire in Hamilton, 24 , 1253–1254 , 2031
Flooding, 1063
Flu immunization, 8301 , 8344–8345 , 8405–8406 , 8452–8453 , 8457–8458 , 8493
Freedom of information, 7427
Full-day kindergarten, 8068–8069
Gasoline prices, 6984
Government accountability, 7268
Government record, 9214–9215 , 9264–9265 , 9720
Government spending, 7221 , 7637–7638 , 7824–7825 , 8062–8063 , 8493–8494
Grape and wine industry, 7478
Health care, 7473
Health care funding, 7957 , 8207–8208 , 8868 , 9219–9220 , 9312–9314 , 9361–9362 , 9694
Heritage conservation, 2644
Home care, 956 , 9450
Hospital funding, 8144 , 8212–8213 , 8349 , 9367 , 9402–9403 , 9646 , 9689–9690
Hospital services, 2642 , 2960 , 7386–7387
Hospital spending, 7729
Hydro rates, 5421 , 9173
Infectious disease control, 6043 , 6265–6267
International trade, 9403 , 9496–9497
Job creation, 5777–5779
Legislative reform, 1099–1100 , 1160–1161
Local health integration networks, 2993–2994 , 3137–3138
Manufacturing and forestry sector jobs, 2828–2829 , 7642 , 8996–8997
Manufacturing jobs, 5231 , 5313–5314 , 5377–5379 , 6075–6076 , 7962
Minimum wage, 5681
Municipal finances, 50–51 , 3378 , 3730
Municipal funding, 8306–8307
Municipalities, 4908
Northern economy, 8149 , 9500–9501
Northern Ontario, 6486
Northern Ontario development, 7770–7771
Nuclear energy, 6882
Nuclear waste, 6940
Nurses, 4694–4695
Obstetrical care, 4110
Occupational health and safety, 1571
Ontario budget, 5879–5880 , 6076 , 6137–6138
Ontario drug benefit program, 8143–8144
Ontario economy, 3178–3179 , 4209–4210 , 6594
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 7381–7382
Ontario Municipal Board, 1714–1715
Organ donation, 5881–5882
Palliative care, 9547
Patient safety, 9640–9641 , 9689 , 9720–9721
Patient transfers, 7920
Pension plans, 6038–6039 , 6139 , 6224–6225 , 6745–6746 , 6881–6882 , 6985 , 7142 , 8260 , 8919
Pension reform, 9317–9318 , 9542
Poverty, 2827–2828 , 5078
Premier's record, 7867–7868
Propane explosion, 2831–2832 , 3576–3577
Property taxation, 3438
Protection for workers, 6637–6638 , 6683–6684
Provincial purchasing policy, 5506–5507 , 5824–5825 , 5943–5944 , 6182–6183
Public services, 7573
Public transit, 6434–6435 , 6549–6550 , 6803
Release of public accounts, 7572–7573
Salary disclosure, 7825
School closures, 381 , 9270
Services for disabled children, 7192
Severance payments, 5572
Social assistance, 8731
Student assistance, 2490
Taxation, 5571 , 5611–5613 , 5658–5659 , 5680–5681 , 5778–5779 , 5824 , 5944 , 6485 , 6548–6549 , 7073–7074 , 7188 , 7267 , 7272–7273 , 7382 , 7428 , 7473–7474 , 7636–7637 , 7725 , 7765–7766 , 8063–8064 , 8102–8103 , 8254–8255 , 8539–8540 , 8545 , 8595–8597 , 8643–8645 , 8680–8682 , 8687 , 8727–8728 , 8779–8780 , 8784 , 8818–8820 , 8862–8864 , 8914–8915 , 8990–8992 , 9032–9033 , 9037–9038 , 9116–9117 , 9167–9169 , 9407–9408 , 9444–9446 , 9495–9496 , 9541 , 9641–9642
Technical Standards and Safety Authority, 4575–4576
Termination and severance payments, 8649
Thunder Bay economy, 3179–3180
Transfer payments, 3682
Tuition, 5078–5079
Women's issues, 5728–5730
Workplace safety, 295
Youth crime, 3571–3572
Youth services, 2294
Organ donor card, 5222–5223
Palliative care
Pathways Health Centre for Children
cancellation of speech and occupational therapy and physiotherapy services, 4060
Patient safety
surgical errors and pathology results, 9689 , 9720–9721
unnecessary mastectomies performed at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital, 9640–9641
Patients
protection from infectious diseases, 6043
Pay equity, 5730
Payday loan agreements
48-hour cooling-off period, 604–605
Payday loans, 604–605
interest rate limit of 35%, 604
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6038–6039 , 6224–6225 , 6745 , 6881
raising the amount guaranteed by the fund to $2,500 per month, 6701–6702
Pension plans, 6224 , 6745 , 7142
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides
environmental effects, 1964
Petitions
Affordable housing, 137–138
Child care, 9701
Child protection, 176 , 2443 , 3384 , 8421
Community colleges collective bargaining, 1426
Emission-free vehicles, 3449–3450
Home health care supplies, 656
Hospital services, 4159
Identity theft, 302 , 5092
Taxation, 6758
University labour dispute, 4701 , 4787–4790
Workplace harassment, 2646 , 2740 , 3581 , 3845 , 4158 , 5093 , 6088 , 6757
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Post-secondary education
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 3179
Poverty, 84–85 , 3149 , 3357 , 4470
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 2779 , 2827–2828 , 5078 , 5113–5114
government funding, 5078
public consultation, 2828
Private members' public business
Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
Consumer Reporting Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 75)
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Fuel safety
Healthy schools
Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 (Bill 101)
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
Literacy and basic skills
Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 42)
Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2009 (Bill 148)
Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
Propane explosions
Propane facilities
Propane industry, 3344
Propane safety, 3576–3577
Property tax, 3449
Protection of Public Participation Act, 2008 (Bill 138)
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 3356
access to information, 4325
power to require a person to provide information, 4384 , 4657
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 144)
Provincial-municipal partnerships
provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, 3438 , 3682
Public accounts
Public education campaigns
Public health units, 6266
Public inquiries
Osidacz, Jared (murder victim), 5688
Public service
Public vehicles
exempt public vehicles equipped with bicycle racks or carrying bicycles on racks, 2448
Public Vehicles Amendment Act (Improving Bicycle Mobility), 2008 (Bill 91)
Quarries
St. Marys Cement's proposal to develop quarry in Flamborough, 3922–3923
Quebec
Registry
workplace death, critical injury and occupational illness, 2216
Remembrance Day, 8467
Reports
Child Care Report Card (Canadian Labour Congress), 2520 Contingent Academic Work in the Canadian Context (Vicky Smallman), 4763–4764 Inquiry Into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (Stephen Goudge), 3540 , 4411 Ontario in the Creative Age (Martin Prosperity Institute), 5078–5079 , 5103 With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 8069 Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Roy McMurtry, Alvin Curling), 4152 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7868
School closures, 381
Parkwood Hills Public School, 9270
Sexual assault crisis centres
Sexual harassment, 1996 , 2252–2253
Dupont, Lori case, 2252
Vince, Theresa case, 2252
Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA), 7687
Smoking
ban on smoking controlled substances in public places, 551
ban on smoking in workplaces/enclosed public places, 550–551
second-hand smoke, 551
Social assistance recipients
increase, 8731
post-secondary students, 2490
Social services, 3730
Special-needs children
government funding, 4808
Leonard, Destany case, 4808
Speed limiters
anti-tampering measures, 1072
impact on small operators, 1075
impact on trade, 1086
overtaking other vehicles, 1072–1073
vehicles originating outside Ontario, 1072
Strikes
DriveTest driving examiners, 8410
Student achievement, 5326–5327
Student debt, 5079
Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Supreme Court of Canada rulings
British Columbia health care workers, 4763
Tarion Warranty Corporation
compensation for warranty claims, 2436
oversight by Ombudsman, 2437
Tax increases, 5659
Tax reduction, 5779
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 3344 , 3576–3577 , 4575–4576
appointment of directors, 4576
governance model, 3344
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
purchase of streetcars from Bombardier, 6434–6435
Trans fatty acids, 312
Transit systems
air-rail link between Union Station and Pearson airport, 7830
82% Ontario content in manufacture of transit vehicles
50% Canadian content in transit vehicles purchased in Ontario, 5943
manufacture of transit vehicles in Ontario, 5824–5825
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Tributes
George, Maynard Sam (recipient, Order of Ontario), 7236
Kerr, Orville (labour activist, Hamilton), 941
Runciman, Robert (interim leader of the opposition), 7217
Tuition fees
2029652 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2008 (Bill Pr9)
Unemployment, 6075–6076
Union certification
card-based certification, 1556
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3172
United States
capping executive compensation for businesses that receive bailout money, 6799
corporate tax reduction, 6594
corporate tax reform, 6548–6549 , 6594
Universities/colleges
U.S. Steel Canada
employment standards claims
executive compensation, 7045–7046
guarantee in return for government assistance, 5314 , 5379
layoffs, 5314
shutdown, 5231
Vehicle emission tests
Victims of domestic violence
counselling services, 1996
legal aid services, 1996
protection, 1995
services, 1996
Voters' lists
Wal-Mart, 3380–3381
Waste
nuclear/radioactive waste, 6882
Waste management/programs
deposit system for cans, glass and plastic bottles, 3353
facilities for organic composting and recycling, 3353
nuclear/radioactive waste, 6882 , 6940
product stewardship, 3353
recycling centres, 3353
waste diversion, 1507 , 3353
Websites
Wine
Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wine
30% domestic content, 7478
Women, 5729
Women workers
Workers
protection, 6683
replacement workers
ban on use during strike or lockout, 7933
Workers' compensation benefits, 3899–3900
Workers' rights, 4765 , 6683
Workplace harassment/violence, 286 , 295 , 1571 , 6087–6088
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
second reading, 3820–3821
time allocation motion
exemption of home renovation work, 3900
implementation time frame, 3900
responded to, 3899–3900
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3821
Xstrata PLC
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Young offenders
interception of mail, 3356 , 3359
overrepresentation of racialized communities, 3357
pretrial detention, 3356–3357
Youth crime, 3165 , 3171–3172
Youth justice system
Youth/students, 3365
Youth violence, 3571–3572
Hoskins, Hon. E. (LIB, St. Paul's)
Aboriginal land claims
Anniversaries
Greek community of Toronto 100th Anniversary, 8312
Apprenticeship training, 7875
Harmonized sales tax
impact on low-income consumers, 8211
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
health plan for influenza pandemic, 8495–8496
Immigrants
Immunization
Landlord and tenant
tenants' protection, 7689
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL)
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 7689
Members' statements
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 9448
Oral questions, presented
Oral questions, responded to
Private members' public business
Public education campaigns
Religious holiday observance
School closures
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 8484
appointment of chief safety and risk officer, 8484
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Workers
skilled worker shortage, 7875
Hoy, P. (LIB, Chatham–Kent–Essex)
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
review by Integrity Commissioner, 7601
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Arts centres
Awards
Attorney General's Victim Services Award of Distinction, 4253–4254
Canada's Top 100 Employers
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Books
A Shadow on the Household: One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom (Bryan Prince), 5388
Boundary adjustment
Barrie and Innisfil, 7502
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Bullying, 5544–5545
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Construction industry
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
eligibility for refund, 2987
Domestic violence, 4981
Drivers
aggressive drivers, 2994
impaired drivers, 4442
Economic growth, 366
five-point economic plan, 3029
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Electoral constituencies
Energy
renewable energy, 4693
renewable energy projects
Kruger Energy Chatham wind project, 4693
wind farms, 5059
Energy conservation, 4951
energy star program, 5335
Family health teams
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Farm products
Farm safety, 336–337
Farmers
Festivals, 6438
Food safety, 6887
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government record
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
return to provincial jurisdiction, 1026
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse industry, 6995
Health care funding
Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 (Bill 101)
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
Livestock
disease prevention and control, 7979
Members'/ministers' constituents
Members' statements
Blenhiem and District Chamber of Commerce, 1299
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, 3279–3280
Energy conservation, 4951
Greenhouse industry, 6995–6996
Neuts, Mike, 4253–4254
Ontario economy, 366
Seniors' Month, 2247–2248
Shadd, Abraham D. and Bryan Prince, 5388–5389
Tourism, 6393
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, 7391
Whitson, Derek, 9455
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
food safety and traceability initiative (FSTI), 6887
Pick Ontario Freshness strategy, 692
rural economic development (RED) program, 1424
rural summer jobs service program, 6110
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers' Survivors Scholarship Fund Committee, 5189
Ministry of Tourism
Municipal infrastructure
Municipalities
Nurses
occupational health and safety, 7644
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
renewable energy supply III procurement, 4693–4694
Chatham-Kent wind farms, 4694
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aggressive driving, 2994
Agriculture industry, 691–692
Assistance to farmers, 5579
Food safety, 6887
Municipalities, 1423–1424
Occupational health and safety, 336–337
Police officers, 5188–5189
Renewable energy and conservation, 4693–4694
Rural and northern health services, 6269
Tourism, 6438
Workplace safety, 6140 , 7644
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans
Petitions
Employment insurance, 4955
Fertility treatment, 3580–3581 , 3652 , 3693
Firearms control, 1477 , 2166–2167
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2574 , 2964
Sales tax, 5195 , 5329 , 5391
Wind turbines, 7159–7160
Police officers, 5188–5189
support for families of deceased police officers, 5189
Police services
cross-border policing, 7911
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Forest industry
Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 96)
Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
Public education campaigns
Seniors' Month, 2247
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, 7391
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Registered retirement income funds
Registered retirement savings plans
Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Rural Ontario, 5579
Safer Roads for a Safer Ontario Act, S.O. 2007, c.13, 2994 School board trustees
Schools
Romney Central School, 2263
Senior citizens
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Throne speech debate
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5411
Tobacco-related diseases, 5411
Tourism industry, 6393 , 6438
Tributes
Bossy, Maurice Louis (former member, Chatham–Kent), 5958
Shadd, Abraham D. (former councillor, Raleigh township), Bryan Prince (historian and author), 5388–5389
Whitson, Derek (Paralympian, sledge hockey team, 2010 Winter Olympics), 9455
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Hudak, T. (PC, Niagara West–Glanbrook)
Aboriginal land claims
Douglas Creek Estates, 9404
Aboriginal youth, 5204
An Act to authorize the Minister of Finance to make certain payments, 2005 (Bill C-48), 963–964 , 1288 Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
Annual reports
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2009), 9114–9115
Appreciation
Short, William (clerk, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs), 4172
Automobile industry
Chrysler Group LLC
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 3957
layoffs, 314 , 3957–3958
Automobiles
provincial sales tax exemption on new car sales, 5573
trading old cars for $2,000, 5573
Budget, 2342 , 2663 , 4170–4171 , 4814–4815 , 4858 , 5077 , 5682
Budget deficit, 3496 , 3610–3614 , 3617 , 3733 , 4047 , 4173–4174 , 5077 , 5180–5181 , 5278 , 5682 , 7571–7572 , 8061–8062 , 8116 , 8141–8142 , 8205–8206 , 8252–8253
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
second reading, 844–854
third reading, 1645–1656
amendments, 1645 , 1651
schedule A, 1651–1652
schedule B, 1652
schedule C, 1652–1653
schedule E, 1653
schedule L, 1654
schedule O, 1654
schedule P, 1654
schedule Q, 1654
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
Building permits, 832
Cancer Care Ontario
contracts
Courtyard Group Ltd., 7914
expenditures
Capital works projects
as part of economic stimulus package, 7635
Carpools, 4610
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Committee schedules/agendas, 4169–4174 , 4178
Community safety, 5203–5204
Concurrence in supply debate (December 2008)
Conflict of interest
Grier, Jason (lobbyist), 8594
Conservation areas
Eramosa karst
land conservation, 2347
protection of feeder lands, 4604
Construction workers, 832
Consumer prices
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 4401–4402
Corporate tax increases, 3268
Corporate tax reduction, 474 , 561 , 737 , 851 , 1653 , 2780 , 2981 , 3268 , 4243
Corporate taxes, 2746 , 4243
Corporations
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Credit unions, 3325
De Beers Canada
diamond mine (Victor project), 413
Diamond royalty, 413
Direct Election of the Niagara Regional Chair Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
Doctor shortage
Driver licences
graduated licences
restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4603–4604 , 4609
zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 4609
Economic conditions, 1566 , 3267 , 3420 , 3610–3615 , 4815 , 4834 , 5181 , 5202–5205 , 5508 , 9400–9401
Economic decline, 561 , 736–737 , 1362–1363 , 1647–1648 , 2341–2342 , 2734 , 8816–8817
government response, 9166
Economic growth, 289 , 475 , 2663 , 2734 , 2780 , 4177 , 4243
five-point economic plan, 4902
Economic policy, 428 , 478 , 1509 , 3370
Economic recovery, 4902
Economic statement, 2780
13 December 2007, 289
22 October 2008
Education quality, 264
eHealth Ontario
consultants
contracts, 7186 , 7866–7867 , 7913–7914 , 7956–7957 , 8022–8023 , 8060 , 8253–8254
expenditures
accountability, 7703–7704
Khalil Barsoum (former board member), 7472
Hudson, Alan (former Chairman)
appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8616–8617
Kramer, Sarah (former CEO)
referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7703 , 8594–8595
resignation of Geoff Smith and Khalil Barsoum (former board members), 7471–7472
review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7187 , 7265–7266
Electricity rates, 5076
Employment creation, 333 , 474–475 , 850 , 2746 , 4423 , 5182 , 5207 , 5508 , 6264–6265 , 7635–7636
Employment insurance, 5573
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
renewable energy projects
Energy supply, 289
Enterprise zones, 5203–5204
Fairness for Families Act, 2008 (Bill 88)
Families at risk, 5204
Farmers
Federal government
budget, 4814
transfer payments, 3610–3611
Canada health and social transfer, 871–872
equalization program, 1647 , 1649
Ontario to receive equalization payment, 3826–3827 , 3918 , 3957 , 4047 , 4170–4172 , 4177–4178 , 4243 , 4401–4402 , 4423 , 4610 , 5181
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Forest industry
Gasoline prices
Government accountability, 9114–9115
Government contracts
Samsung C&T Corporation for wind turbines, 8537–8539
Government credit rating, 8141–8142
Government debt, 3496–3497 , 4047 , 4176 , 5682 , 9401–9402
Government expenditures, 290 , 478 , 3497 , 3573 , 4047 , 4175–4177 , 5077
Government investments, 47–48 , 75 , 169
investment losses, 169
review by Auditor General, 75
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Committee sittings
Ontario economy
Government policy, 3370
Government record
Liberal (1985-1990)
government expenditures, 851
Liberal (2003-2010), 289 , 3419–3420 , 5508 , 9166–9167
employment creation, 318 , 389 , 9443–9444
government expenditures, 289
manufacturing industry, 289
manufacturing unemployment, 333–334
tax increases, 866 , 870–871 , 1648–1649
unemployment, 4858
PC (1995-2003)
budget deficit, 672
employment creation, 4939 , 5205
program spending, 672
Government revenue, 2663 , 4173 , 5077
Government services, 4176
Greenbelt Act, S.O. 2005, c.1, 2750 Gross domestic product, 478 , 1510
Harmonized sales tax, 4815 , 6264 , 7380–7381 , 8779–8880 , 8913 , 9169
Health care
Health care funding
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway improvement
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed Limiters), 2006 (Bill 115), 1079 Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Home energy audits, 5076 , 5312
Home energy inspectors, 5076
Home ownership, 5948
Homestead Act, 2007 (Bill 28)
Hospital beds
Four Counties Health Services, 1124–1125
Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital, 1124
Hospital closure
Douglas Memorial Hospital, 4781
Housing prices
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immunization
Income groups
Income tax
Industry
Industry shutdowns, 5207
Invasive species
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Labour-sponsored investment funds, 4402
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Land transfer tax, 5076
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL)
Layoffs, 1363 , 4696 , 5277
Legislative procedure
members'/ministers' attendance in legislature, 3615 , 4938
oral questions, 2240 , 2340
Legislative process
Legislature schedule/agenda, 402–403
Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
executive salaries above $100,000, 852
Livestock
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 4175
Manufacturing industry
jobs plan, 3733 , 5077
layoffs, 291 , 309 , 949–950 , 1566 , 2734 , 3268 , 4174 , 4176–4177 , 4696
unemployment, 334 , 474 , 832
Members'/ministers' conduct
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 8023
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Gaudet, Kevin (Canadian Taxpayers Federation), 4046
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Altie, William, 4609–4610
Biggar, Bob (constituent, Pelham), 854
Devries, Colin, 4609
Elsinga, Jeroen, 4603
harmonized sales tax, re, 8900
Kamphuis, Tony (Smithville), 4603
McTaggart, Kalee (constituent), 3980
Panko, Dave, 4610
Parent, Julius (McMaster University), 4609
Scott, Susan, 4603
Shore, Diana (constituent), 3980–3981
Struger, Ashley, 4609
Van Lane, Christopher, 4609
Van Weelden, Ben (Smithville), 4603
Members/ministers quoting letters
press gallery re legislative process, family friendly reforms, 1288
Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
Members/ministers quoting news media
Canadian Press (CP), 3614
CanWest News Service, 845
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Financial Post (Toronto), 4610 Globe and Mail (Toronto), 846–847 , 3614 Guelph Mercury, 1082 Kingston Whig-Standard, 8343 National Post (Toronto), 1650–1651 , 2983–2985 Niagara This Week, 1494 Ottawa Citizen, 2746 St. Catharines Standard, 868–869 Sudbury Star, 870 Toronto Star, 402 , 8989 Toronto Sun, 3614 Windsor Star, 1081
Members/ministers quoting press releases
The Daily (Statistics Canada, February 2008), 846–847 Frito Lay (potato chip manufacturer), 313
Ontario Trucking Association, 1080–1081
Members/ministers quoting reports
Governing Ourselves? The Politics of Canadian Communities (Mary Louise McAllister), 5301 Liberal Fiscal Mismanagement: The Final Chapter—McGuinty Liberals Asleep at the Switch as Ontario's Economy Sputters (Pre-Budget Consultation: Progressive Conservative (Official Opposition) Dissenting Report), 4174–4175 , 4177 Local Government in Canada (Richard Tindall, Susan Nobes), 5301 Once the Economic Engine of Canada, Now the Caboose: Are Dalton McGuinty's Harmful Economic Policies Driving Ontario to Have-Not Status? (Pre-Budget Consultation Progressive Conservative Official Opposition - Dissenting Report Summary, Ted Arnott, Toby Barrett, Tim Hudak), 849–850 Ontario Poised to Collect Equalization in 2010-11 (TD Economics Special Report), 1647 RBC Economics Provincial Outlook, 737 , 846 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7955–7956 TD Economics Special Report - Time for a Vision of Ontario's Economy (Don Drummond, Derek Burleton), 2985–2986
Members/ministers quoting statements
Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services, 5312–5313
Boudreau, Victor (Minister of Finance, New Brunswick), 5508
C.D. Howe Institute, 2745 , 4402
Drummond, Don (chief economist, TD Bank Financial Group), 428
Fortier, Larry (manager, parks and facilities, Grimsby), 2219
Herold, Rob (industry liaison officer, engineering and sciences, University of Western Ontario), 2982
Holt, Derek (vice-president, Scotia Capital Economics), 4402
King, William Lyon Mackenzie (tenth Prime Minister of Canada), 8988–8989
Landriault, Sara (president, National Family Childcare Association), 2548
London Economics International, 7823
Martin, Roger (dean, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto), 2746 , 2981–2982
Milway, Jim (executive director, Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity), 2982 , 4402
Ontario Real Estate Association, 5312
Parrish, Carolyn (Mississauga city councillor), 963
Porter, Douglas (deputy chief economist, Bank of Montreal), 428
Quist, David (executive director, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada), 2548
Sharp, Lavinia (constituent, Chatham–Kent–Essex), 2220
St-Maurice, Yves (deputy chief economist, Desjardins group), 736–737
Tennier, Kate (founder, Advocates for Childcare Choice), 2548
Will, Gary (Waterloo Tech Digest), 4402
Members/ministers quoting television programs
Members/ministers quoting websites
Members'/ministers' record
Liberal (2003-2010)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1995-2003)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Liberal (2003-2010)
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 75
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
McNeely, Phil (Ottawa–Orléans), 1080
PC (1995-2003)
Miller, Norm (Parry Sound–Muskoka), 5205
PC (2003-2010)
Scott, Laurie (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock), 1079–1080
withdrawn, 291 , 1474 , 2201 , 4465 , 4995 , 8206
Members'/ministers' resignations
Caplan, David (Minister of Health and Long-Term Care), 7866
Members' statements
Minimum wage, 5205
Ministerial statements, responded to
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
grants to community organizations, 371 , 962
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 3369–3370
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 3370
Ministry of Research and Innovation
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
second career strategy, 3370
Municipal infrastructure
Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC)
executive salaries above $100,000, 852
Municipalities
New Brunswick
employment creation, 5508
tax reduction, 5508
Niagara Health System
Niagara region, 1239
Niagara Regional Council
election of regional chair, 228
Olympics
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits
Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES)
waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) program, 3267–3268
Ontario health premium, 866–874 , 896–897 , 4175–4176
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
executive salaries/bonuses, 851–852
termination of CEO and board of directors, 7330–7331
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 3982
training of inspectors or agents, 3979
on-farm biosecurity protocols, 3980
warrantless entry for inspectors, 3979
wrongful seizure of animals, 3981
Ontario Works program benefits
Opposition day motions, presented
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aboriginal land dispute, 9404
Agency spending, 1814–1815 , 7331–7332 , 7764
Automobile industry, 3957–3958
Conservation, 2347
Construction industry, 832
Douglas Memorial Hospital, 4781
Electronic health information, 7186–7188 , 7265–7267 , 7471–7472 , 7823–7824 , 7955–7957 , 8022–8023 , 8060–8061 , 8142–8143 , 8206 , 8253–8254 , 8594–8595
Flu immunization, 8342–8343 , 8403–8405
Gasoline prices, 2564–2565 , 2607–2608
Government accounting practices, 1570–1571
Government contracts, 8537–8539
Government investments, 47–48 , 75 , 169 , 3369–3370
Government record, 9114–9115 , 9166–9167
Government spending, 649–650
Health care, 9573–9574
Health premiums, 896–897
Job creation, 561 , 7635 , 7822–7823 , 9443
Local health integration networks, 3685 , 9262–9264 , 9310–9312
Manufacturing jobs, 291 , 949–950 , 4696
Minister's record, 7913–7914
Municipal infrastructure, 420
Ontario budget, 4814–4815 , 4858
Ontario drug benefit program, 4649
Ontario economy, 474–475 , 478 , 736–737 , 1362–1363 , 1509–1510 , 1566 , 2341–2342 , 2662–2663 , 2734 , 2958 , 3370–3371 , 3573 , 3733 , 3826–3827 , 3918 , 4902 , 4938–4939 , 5077 , 5180–5182 , 5277–5278 , 5573 , 7571–7572 , 7635–7636 , 7763–7764 , 8061–8062 , 8816–8817 , 9166 , 9400–9401
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 7330–7331 , 7379–7380
Ontario public service, 4423 , 9444
Pension funds, 5376–5377
Pension plans, 4619
Plant closures, 1251 , 1474
Premier's record, 7866–7867 , 7912–7913
Property taxation, 1059 , 2993 , 4214 , 4328
Provincial debt, 5682 , 8141–8142 , 8205–8206 , 9401–9402
Provincial deficit, 8252–8253
Renewable energy and conservation, 5076
Research and innovation, 9574–9575
Retail sales tax, 231
Small business, 5312–5313
Social assistance, 9115
Taxation, 333–334 , 2780 , 3182 , 3267–3268 , 4242–4243 , 5508 , 5948–5949 , 6264–6265 , 7380–7381 , 7516–7517 , 8593–8594 , 8725–8727 , 8777–8779 , 8817–8818 , 8912–8913 , 8988–8990 , 9169
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 9071–9072
Oral questions, responded to
Payday loan industry
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Payroll taxes, 6265
PC Party
Pension funds
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 5376–5377
Pension plans, 4619 , 5377
solvency payment deadlines extended to 10 years, 4619
Persons with disabilities
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 5312
exemptions
impact on municipalities, 2218
review by Health Canada, 2221
Petitions
Gas wells, 1928
Gypsy moths, 242 , 386 , 1519 , 1928
Health card renewal clinic, 29–30 , 57 , 59 , 177–178 , 202–204 , 1428 , 1977 , 2095 , 4589
Hunter syndrome, 2528–2529
Lord's Prayer, 2094 , 2527–2528
Pope John Paul II, 301 , 1520 , 1978
Political parties, 5300–5301
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 5203–5205
Premier's attendance in legislature, 4938
Private members' public business
Fairness for Families Act, 2008 (Bill 88)
Municipalities
Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Assistance to Municipalities), 2008 (Bill 38)
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
Property tax assessment, 3611
Property tax increases, 1651 , 2993 , 3182 , 4214 , 4328
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Public education campaigns
Public service
increase, 534–535 , 9444
layoffs, 4423
salaries above $100,000, 561 , 649–650 , 675–676 , 851 , 950 , 1649–1650 , 4423
Public transportation
Red Tape Commission, 1151
Regulations, 1150
Reports
A Balanced Approach to Eliminating the Structural Deficit (Erik Peters), 869–871 A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 5377 Liberal Fiscal Mismanagement: The Final Chapter-McGuinty Liberals Asleep at the Switch as Ontario's Economy Sputters (Pre-Budget Consultation: Progressive Conservative (Official Opposition) Dissenting Report), 4174–4175 Resale House Price and Property Assessment Analysis: City of Toronto and Muskoka & Haliburton (Cushman & Wakefield LePage Inc.), 1059 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7866–7867 , 7912–7914 , 8142–8143 , 8271–8272 Where Do We Grow From Here? A Way Forward for Niagara's Tender Fruit and Grape Growers (Tim Hudak), 4604
Retail sales tax, 231
collection of outstanding accounts receivable, 289–290
default in compliance, 231
elimination of retail sales tax from accommodations and attractions, 2565 , 2608
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Saskatchewan
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 313–315
regulation, 264
School closures
Niagara District Secondary School, 1125
School portables, 264
School safety, 402
School violence, 315
Shipping industry, 1082
Small business, 3371 , 5312–5313
Speed limiters, 1080–1082
Speed limits, 4609
Student evaluation
Tax credits
public transit expense, 4611
Tax increases, 291 , 3267 , 4174–4177
Tax rebates
gasoline tax rebate
highway construction, maintenance or operation, 1547
Tax reduction, 735 , 737 , 1363
Taxes, 3267
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Tobacco products
Transfer payments
Ontario municipal partnership fund (OMPF)
Transit systems
gasoline tax funding, 1547
Unemployment, 4902 , 5181–5182
Venture capital
Waste management/programs
tire recycling program, 3182
Websites
www.PickupPal (online carpooling), 4610
Workers
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
executive salaries above $100,000, 852
expenditures
unfunded liability, 9071–9072
Youth justice system
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