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MacLeod, L. (PC, Nepean–Carleton)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, 2006 (Bill C-26), 1381 Advertising
ban on advertising of sexual images of children under 16 years of age, 4114
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Appointment process, 480
Appointments
Anand, Raj (nomination as chair, Human Rights Legal Support Centre), 835–836
Coyne, Deborah (Health Services Appeal and Review Board), 7667
Curtis, Erica (North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network), 942
Graham, Barbara Lynn (Champlain Community Care Access Centre), 942
Grossman-Ianni, Mina (Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network ), 942
Lougheed, Joan (Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario board of directors), 942
Lowe, Karen (Kincardine Police Services Board), 942
Salamat, Gemma (Council of the College of Midwives of Ontario), 942
Siddiquee, Yusra (Public Accountants Council for the Province of Ontario), 942
Vinayagamoorthy, Sivam (Mississauga-Halton Community Care Access Centre), 480 , 942
Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 7104–7105
Apprenticeship training tax credit, 1368
Autism services, 4190
Awards
Foodland Ontario Retailer Award, 3278
New Business or the Year (Ottawa Chamber of Commerce), 4389
Budget
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 810 , 1022–1025 , 1039
Bullying
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens
Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c.9, 3022 Canadian Armed Forces, 6473
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, 6314 Canadian Payday Loan Association, 2409
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Ryan, Sid (president)
comments re ban on Israeli professors from speaking, teaching or doing research work at Ontario universities, 4786
Centre Roberts/Smart Centre
Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Part 1, Constitution Act, 1982)
Child abuse, 6461
Child abuse registry, 4114 , 6461
Child pornography
Child protection, 450–451 , 4112 , 4927
Child sexual abuse
Children at risk, 4897–4898
Children's fitness tax credit, 4191
Children's Safety and Protection Rights Act, 2009 (Bill 130)
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Algonquin College, 2933–2934 , 7116
collective bargaining
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2927–2928
Committee process
Committees
Select Committee on the Economy, 6097
Conflict of interest
Grier, Jason (lobbyist), 8541
Congratulatory remarks
Forward, Brad (winner, National Driving Championship), 7037
Conquest Vacations
Consumer protection, 2358–2359
Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Payday Loans), 2007 (Bill 205), 1380 Consumer reporting agencies
duty to inform about missing or stolen information, 2358–2359
duty to truncate vital information, 2358
Consumer Reporting Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 75)
second reading
public consultation, 2359
Consumer reports, 2358
Corporate tax reduction, 3416
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Criminal Code of Canada
Debates re answers to oral questions
Government advertising
Taxation
Travel industry
Defendants
detention of defendants, 4114
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs)
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment programs, 337
Economic conditions, 493–494 , 2011 , 3414–3416 , 3609–3610 , 4190–4191 , 4927 , 5162
Economic decline, 782 , 3414–3416 , 6158
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 3415
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
eHealth Ontario
Electricity rates
Employment creation, 5427
Employment insurance, 2796–2797
Employment standards
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
renewable energy projects
cost increases for consumers, 6728
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Federal government
transfer payments
equalization program, 2796
Federal government record
Liberal (1993-2006)
Canada health and social transfer, 1030
French-language debates
Fundraising
Government accountability, 9364–9365
Government advertising
Government debt, 5922–5923
Government expenditures, 4526
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Committee sittings
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government record
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse gas emissions
Harmonized sales tax, 5616–5617 , 5913–5914 , 5920–5921 , 6515–6516 , 7385 , 7755–7756 , 8552–8553 , 8630 , 8796–8798 , 8854 , 9155
disclosure of documents re public meetings, 9035
exemptions, 8642–8643
impact on arts community, 9156–9157
impact on condominium owners, 8915
impact on doctors, 8666–8667
impact on funeral services, 5882–5883
impact on health care, 8839
impact on investment industry, 7430
impact on municipal government, 8838–8839
impact on senior citizens, 8915
impact on veterinary services, 8444 , 8448
public consultation, 8597–8598 , 8679–8680 , 8742–8744 , 8940 , 8947–8948 , 8994
Health care funding
federal government funding, 1023
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Heart disease, 4331
Heritage conservation
Home energy audits, 5163
Hospital funding
Hospitals
Queensway Carleton Hospital, 9578
Income tax
income splitting between married or common-law couples, 2550–2552
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Interim supply motions
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
Labour mobility, 8810
Labour-sponsored investment funds, 1368
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Layoffs
Legislative procedure
members/ministers must be in own seats for recorded vote, 8944
private members' public business, 1235
Legislative process
Legislature schedule/agenda
evening sittings, 821
family friendly hours, 821
Libraries/schools
Livestock
disease prevention and control, 8448
Long-term care, 350
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Manitoba
payday loan industry regulation, 1384
Manufacturing industry
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Nepean–Carleton
city of Ottawa, 1722
diagnostic services, 5237
Women in Business Breakfast, 3379
Members'/ministers' constituents
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4192 , 4919 , 4927
Members'/ministers' privileges
information regarding intended appointee, 731–732
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Robinson, Chris (professor, York University), 2407
Whitelaw, Bob (Whitelaw Public Policy Research and Consulting Inc.), 2407–2408
Members/ministers quoting documents
Payday Loan Companies in Canada: Determining the Public Interest (Library of Parliament), 2406 , 2409
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Bishins, Bruce (president, Association of Retail Travel Agents of Ontario), 6368
harmonized sales tax, re, 7755–7756
Zaidi, Mukarram Ali (re removing barriers for international medical doctors), 2728
Members/ministers quoting letters
harmonized sales tax, re, 6117–6118
Lagois Drafting and Construction Inc., 3798
McBride, Merv (constituent, Nepean–Carleton), 3798
merging goods and services tax and provincial sales tax, re, 6515–6516
Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
Canadian Travel Press, 6439
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Globe and Mail (Toronto), 2796 National Post (Toronto), 2796 North Bay Nugget, 7874 Ottawa Citizen, 1138 Toronto Star, 810 , 1023–1024 , 7755 Toronto Sun, 810 , 1024 , 2359
Members/ministers quoting reports
Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8025
Members/ministers quoting statements
Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services, 5141
Buzny, Wlodzimierz (grand knight, Knights of Columbus), 4919
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 8743
Canadian Payday Loan Association, 1381
Chivers, Doug (Oakville), 8852
Coffrey, Charles S. (lawyer), 6462
Coleman, Peter (president and CEO, National Citizens Coalition), 8743
Collins, Thomas (archbishop, Toronto), 4920
Cooke, Betty (Windsor), 8852
Credit Union Central of Ontario, 1384–1385 , 2407–2408
Dalton, Warren (Scarborough–Rouge River), 8852
Desroches, Steve (councillor, Gloucester-South Nepean), 1138
Elman, Irwin (Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth), 6462
Gallimore, Natalie (constituent, Ottawa), 2550
Garchinski, Jim (spokesman, Public Sector Retiree Coalition), 8743
Garner, Jack (Barrie), 9156
Hallifax, Wulf (Mississauga), 9156
Hannah, Scott (Credit Counselling Society), 1381
Harder, Jan (councillor, Ottawa), 1138
Harper, Stephen (Prime Minister of Canada), 2795
Hindy, Aly Imam, 2214
Hogben, Alia (executive director, Canadian Council of Muslim Women), 2088 , 2214
Holburn, Guy (Richard Ivey School of Business), 5340
Horne, Les (Defence for Children International), 6462
Keeping, Max (CTV news anchor), 6461
Kelly, Doreen (Orillia), 8915
Kennedy, Karyn (executive director, Boost), 6461
Killens, Larry (Algoma–Manitoulin), 8852
Landriault, Sara (president, National Family Childcare Association), 2551
Leinweber, Paul A. (London), 8852
Lynas, Art (Belleville), 8852
Macdonald, John A. (Canada's first prime minister), 2798
Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 6462
Marzolini, Michael (chairman, Pollara), 1383
McMillan, Christine (Chair, Council on Aging Network of Ontario), 8743–8744
Mill, John Stuart (British philosopher and political theorist), 9156
Ontario Association of Children Aid Societies, 6462
Parrish, Carolyn (Mississauga city councillor), 810
Post, Doris (Brant), 9156
Priest, Doug (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock), 9156
Samuelson, Wayne (president, Ontario Federation of Labour), 5340
Sinclair, William (Oakville), 9156
Thompson, Clark and Jo-Ann (Timiskaming–Cochrane), 9156
Weir, Gerry (president, Ontario Real Estate Association), 5163 , 5340
Wingle, James Matthew (bishop, St. Catharines), 4920
Winson, Rick (Barrie), 8852
Yip, Lisa (doctor), 2728
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1990-1995)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 7755
Liberal (1995-2003)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Liberal (2003-2010)
Aggelonitis, Sophia (Hamilton Mountain), 6439
withdrawal requested, 2518 , 6517
withdrawn, 1039 , 1145 , 2127 , 2201 , 3470 , 4060 , 6439 , 6600 , 8743 , 8994
Members' statements
Child protection, 4112
City of Ottawa, 1722
CUPE resolution, 4786
Czapnik, Eric, 9410
Dhadkan Group, 4331
Diagnostic services, 5003 , 5237
Employment, 1299
Family friendly reforms, 123
Forward, Brad, 7037
Government appointments, 941–942
Government spending, 4526
Green, Hilliard, 729
House sittings, 821
Human rights, 982
Legislative reform, 282
Moodie, D. Aubrey, 2037
Morris Newspaper Group, 4949
Ontario economy, 493–494
Polygamy, 2214
Premier's petition, 2742–2743
Public transit, 4686–4687
Ross, Ken, 3278
Sharma, Sunita and Neeta, 4389
Small Business Week, 3379
Taxation, 8947–8948
Village on Manotick, 6143
White, Tiffany, 8463
Wind farms, 8152
Minimum wage
Ministerial responsibility, 7688
Ministerial statements, responded to
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Ontario cattle, hog and horticulture program, 8753
Ministry of Government Services
hotel/conference expenditures, 4418 , 4524
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
second career strategy, 524 , 563
federal government funding, 2915
Municipal infrastructure
National/independence/memorial days
Nepean
Nortel
Nurse practitioners
expansion of scope of practice, 8941
Obituaries
Dicks, Glen (advertising executive, Barrhaven Independent ), 4949
OC Transpo
Ombudsman of Ontario
power to investigate children's aid societies, school boards or hospitals, 4114
One Step Travel
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario health premium
exemption for Canadian Armed Forces personnel, 2798
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
residential development in Manotick, 6143
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), 4191–4192
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Opposition day motions, presented
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Agency spending, 7333
Children's mental health services, 6752
Diagnostic services, 5034–5035
Drug treatment programs, 337 , 1209–1210
Electronic health information, 7268–7269 , 7960–7961 , 8025
Employment standards, 6592–6593 , 6600
Government accountability, 9364–9365
Government advertising, 2994–2995 , 9266 , 9405
Government appointments, 480
Government contracts, 7575 , 8541
Government record, 9213–9214
Health care funding, 9578
Human rights, 835–836
Legislative reform, 1098–1099 , 1162
Ministerial responsibility, 7688
Minister's record, 7873–7874
Ministry spending, 4418 , 4524
Ontario economy, 1367–1368
Polygamy, 2088 , 2125–2126 , 2208 , 2240–2241
Propane explosion, 2736
Public transit, 4697–4698 , 4946
Public transportation, 4385 , 4580
Renewable energy and conservation, 5120–5121
Sewage spill, 2200–2201
Skills training, 524 , 563
Small business, 5232–5233 , 5427
Taxation, 5616–5617 , 5882–5883 , 7384 , 7430 , 8597 , 8642–8643 , 8679–8680 , 8915 , 8994 , 9035
Travel industry, 6269 , 6335 , 6439
Water quality, 294–295
Wildlife management, 3878–3879
Organ donors, 5138
Pamphlets
Payday loan industry
Payday loans
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Petitions
Lord's Prayer, 656 , 1576 , 2528
Services for the developmentally disabled, 2033
Strandherd-Armstrong bridge, 28–29 , 58 , 81 , 1214
Taxation, 6895–6896 , 8657 , 9330–9331
Police services
cross-border policing, 7888
Polygamy, 2125–2126 , 2208 , 2240–2241
Private members' public business
Afghan family law
Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
Children's Safety and Protection Rights Act, 2009 (Bill 130)
Consumer Reporting Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 75)
Curriculum
Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
Fairness for Families Act, 2008 (Bill 88)
Pope John Paul II Day Act, 2009 (Bill 25)
Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
Taxation
Propane explosions
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
advocacy to students in schools and children in hospitals, 4114
annual report, 4114
Public accounts, 7575
Public education campaigns
Children's Day, 4114 , 6461
International Day of the Child, 4927
Small Business Week, 3379
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
second reading, 7470
time allocation motion
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Remembrance Day, 3842
Reports
Report on Removing Barriers for International Medical Doctors (Laurel C. Broten), 2727 Technical Standards and Safety Authority's Action Plan for Propane Safety Review Recommendations, 7041
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
School construction
Riverside South Catholic school, 156
School safety
reporting of violent incidents, 4114
School science strategy, 4927
Science/technology, 4927
Sewage spills
Small business, 5427
Speaker's rulings/statements quoted
Speaker Fraser (House of Commons), 8677
Standing Orders
S.O. 21(c) Privilege - Notice to Speaker, 8753
S.O. 99(d) Written questions - Answers - delayed answers - decline to answer, 8753–8754
S.O. 106(e) Committees - Orders of reference, 732
Strikes
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, 4580
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 7041 , 8095
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Temporary help agencies, 6367
Temporary help agency employees
continuance of employment, 6363
Throne speech debate
Tibet
anti-Chinese protests, 982
Time allocation motions
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Transit systems
Transportation infrastructure
Transportation master plan
Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO), 6269 , 6439
Tributes
Czapnik, Eric (constable killed in the line of duty, Ottawa Police Service), 9410
Fox, Charley (veteran), 3842
Moodie, S. Aubrey (former reeve, Nepean), 2037
White, Tiffany (recipient, Commitment to Care and Service Award for pharmacy technicians), 8463
Unemployment, 1368 , 5232
Unemployment rate, 494 , 785
United States
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), 7742
Universities/colleges
Water quality
Websites
www.bullyingcanada.ca, 6460
Wildlife management
Workers
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Mangat, A. (LIB, Mississauga–Brampton South)
ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation
Family Literacy Day, 9371
Adoption
international
bankruptcy of Imagine Adoption, 7827
Anniversaries
Coral Place 15th anniversary, 2839
Automobile parts industry, 5848
Awards
Diversity Works awards (Peel Career Assessment Services), 4390–4391
Birthdays
McCallion, Hazel (mayor, Mississauga), 5005
Bridges
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Child poverty, 5206
Children's services
Child Development Resource Connection Peel, 7923
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, 7198–7199
Centre for Healthy Communities, 729
Condolences
Morden, Gary (chief, Mississauga Fire Services), 3645
Condominium corporations
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
Diabetes, 3934–3935 , 3940
Gibson, Trevor case, 3934
Shepheard, Shawn case, 3935
Swaminathan, Siva case, 3935
Diabetes Awareness Month Act, 2008 (Bill 113)
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs)
Early childhood education
full-day learning for four- and five-year-old children, 123
Economic conditions, 5848
Education funding
Employment insurance
resources for training for unemployed workers in manufacturing sector, 5848
Employment insurance benefits
Energy
Epilepsy Peel Region, 5431
Farmers' markets
Square One Farmers' Market, 1559
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government notice of motions
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Green industry, 5050
Harmonized sales tax
Holidays
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Kindergarten
Legislative process
family friendly reforms, 1451
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Mississauga–Brampton South
Steppin' Out for the Arts, 5387
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 673–674
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 673
Members'/ministers' privileges
wearing of pins/ribbons/buttons, 3930
Members/ministers quoting news media
Canadian Press (CP), 1451
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Hamilton Spectator, 1451 Toronto Star, 1451
Members' statements
Child Development Resource Connection Peel, 7923
Confederation Parkway Bridge, 3241–3242
Coral Place, 2839
Diversity Works awards, 4390–4391
Education funding, 123 , 1503
Epilepsy Peel Region, 5431
Family Literacy Day, 9371
International Credit Union Day, 8264
International trade, 9223
Manufacturing jobs, 2676–2677
McCallion, Hazel, 5005
Member's family, 1615
Morden, Gary, 3645
Poverty, 1091
Punjabi music, 2353
Ryan, Susan, 4028–4029
Sheridan College, 7198–7199
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, 729–730
Small business, 8112
Square One Farmers' Market, 1559
Steppin' Out for the Arts, 5387
Terrorist attacks, 4293
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
skills to jobs action plan, 730
Missing persons
with dementia
Silver Alert program, 8521
New Hermes Limited/New Hermes Limitée Act, 2009 (Bill Pr24)
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Oral questions, presented
Condominium reserve funds, 9582–9583
Family Day, 53
International adoptions, 7827
Pharmaceutical industry, 526–527
Research and innovation, 3489
Taxation, 8409
Petitions
Pharmaceutical industry, 526–527
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 1091
Private members' public business
Diabetes Awareness Month Act, 2008 (Bill 113)
Employment insurance
Missing persons alert
Public education campaigns
Research and innovation, 3489
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
6N Silicon Inc., 3030 , 3489
Teacher-student ratios, 1503
Terrorist attacks
Throne speech debate
Trade missions
Tributes
Kaur, Surinder (Punjabi folk singer), 2353
Ryan, Susan (former president, Mississauga Real Estate Board), 4028–4029
2Source Manufacturing Inc.
Unemployment, 5848
Marchese, R. (NDP, Trinity–Spadina)
Aboriginal communities
illegal sale of tobacco products, 1481
Aboriginal land claims
Aboriginal youth
Accommodation review committee (ARC), 3829
Advanced Coronary Treatment Foundation
Advertising
ban on advertising of food or drink for children under 13 years of age, 760
Aftermarket brake pads
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
subject to freedom of information requests, 9232–9233
Agreement on Internal Trade, 8931
Algoma University Act, 2008 (Bill 80)
American sign language (ASL), 2833
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Anniversaries
Chopin, Fryderyk's birth 200th anniversary, 9583–9584
Appreciation
Apprenticeship training
Apprenticeship training programs, 2476 , 2853 , 7115 , 7126
Apprenticeship training tax credit, 7110–7111
Arts and culture
federal government funding
Asbestos, 7254
Automated external defibrillators (AED), 2909
Automobile insurance
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
Awards
Premier's Award for Teaching Excellence, 988
Blind/visually-impaired persons
access to books in suitable formats, 9568–9569
Books
The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Devra Davis), 6202–6203
Bottled water, 3945–3946
prohibition on sale, 3945
Budget
pre-budget consultations, 4187
Budget deficit, 3629–3930
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 919
Bullying
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens, 6964–6965
prevention, 9387–9388
social causes, 5538–5540 , 5545
Buy Ontario policy, 3403
Cable/satellite providers
requirement to broadcast legislative proceedings of the province or territory, 3253–3254
Call centres, 7108 , 7117
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), 9568
Cemeteries
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child care, 542–543
Child care centres
Children
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
general discussion, 2530 , 4944–4945
second reading, 2472 , 2476–2482 , 2507–2508
public consultation, 2508
third reading, 2915 , 2918–2926 , 2928 , 2930 , 2933 , 2937–2938
Colleges Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 68)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Algoma University College, 2041 , 2154–2155
collective bargaining, 235–236 , 2451–2452 , 4944 , 8652
government funding, 2508 , 2923 , 2933 , 2937
Committee process
Committee schedules/agendas, 4187
Committees
Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions, 4492
Select Committee on Municipal Governance, 5298
Community health centres (CHCs), 4038
Compensation
Truscott, Steven (victim of miscarriage of justice), 1991
victims of Dr. Charles Smith's work in child-death investigations, 4569
Condominium corporations, 7256
reserve funds
installation of renewable energy/energy efficient technologies, 7257
repair/replacement of common elements, 7257
standard declaration, 7257
Trinity–Spadina, 6557–6558
warranty coverage for conversion condominiums, 7257 , 7261
Condominium owners, 7039
Condominium Owners Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 186)
first reading, 7039
second reading
Condominium Review Board, 7257
appointment of review officers, 7261
Construction workers, 3718
Consumer protection
energy contracts, 9489–9491 , 9493
security deposits for utilities and disconnections, 9247–9248
sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9490–9491
Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Advertising Food or Drink), 2008 (Bill 53)
general discussion, 3692
first reading, 760
Coroner inquests
power of Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to hold inquest repealed, 4569–4571
Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
Corporate tax reduction, 5864 , 5905 , 6099 , 8799–8800
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Cosmetic surgery
Court cases/actions
Chen, David (store owner charged with kidnapping for apprehending thief), 8302–8303
Curriculum
inclusion of industrial arts and family studies, 7120–7121
timeline for curriculum changes, 4658
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
elementary school milk program, 3246
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Diabetes, 5290–5291
Discrimination, 6001
Disease prevention, 5291–5292
Doctor shortage, 4037–4038
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs), 4037
practise in underserviced areas, 4038
Driver education/training
fraudulent driver education certificates sold, 6131
Economic conditions, 3402 , 3485 , 3560 , 3631 , 5143–5144
Economic decline
Economic growth
Economic policy, 3632–3633
Education, 4825
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Education Amendment Act (Pupils with Diabetes), 2009 (Bill 137)
Education funding
Education funding reform, 2255
Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)
Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics (Primary and Junior Division)
Earl, Lorna (member, board of directors)
conflict of interest, 7576
Educational assistants
eHealth Ontario
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Elections/by-elections
Electoral constituencies
renaming of Chatham–Kent–Essex to Chatham–Kent–Leamington, 3555
Electoral process reform
students vote in home riding or riding in which they attend school, 9680
Electricity rates, 5153
Elementary school teachers, 3323
Employers
requirement to contribute 1% of payroll amount to workforce training, 3258–3259
Employment creation
transmission and distribution projects, 5031
Employment insurance benefits
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment-related benefits
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Environmental assessment process, 4315
Farmers
Federal government
Foreign caregivers
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Drapeau franco-ontarien, 2843
Journée internationale de la francophonie, 5477
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Germany
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government expenditures
Government orders
Committee sittings
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
post-secondary education, 2930
PC (1995-2003)
Government role, 3265
Green economy, 5155
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Harmonized sales tax, 5452 , 5802–5803 , 5869–5873 , 5905 , 5913 , 5921 , 6100–6102 , 6114 , 6122 , 8936 , 9022 , 9075
Health care, 542
Health regulatory colleges
ensure access to adequate numbers of regulated health professionals, 4037 , 4039
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Heart disease, 2909
Highway tolls, 2870–2871
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Holiday messages, 9411–9412
Home economics, 5291
Hospital beds
long-term-care beds, 4120
Housing
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Ireland
apprenticeship training programs, 7111
Kindergarten, 100
Labour mobility, 6563 , 8662 , 8936 , 8939–8932 , 8948
francophones, 8248
impact of occupational standards, 8244–8246
role of federal government, 8244
Lactose intolerance, 3246–3247
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL), 6001
Layoffs, 3401–3402
Legislative procedure
motions
omnibus bills, 9020
Legislative proceedings
televised
Ontario Parliament Network, 3253
Legislative process
Livestock
disease prevention and control
protection, 7993
Long-term-care facilities
Manitoba
manufacturing investment tax credit, 917–918
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation
Members'/ministers' pension plans, 6098
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4120–4121 , 4303–4304 , 6202 , 7254 , 8518
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Canadian Union of Public Employees, 6967–6968
Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association, 6966
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 6967
Thomas, Warren (president, Ontario Public Service Employees Union), 8203
Members/ministers quoting documents
CAUT Almanac of Post-Secondary Education in Canada (Canadian Association of University Teachers), 2480 A Highly Skilled Workforce: Strengthening Ontario's Economic Advantage (Colleges of Ontario), 2481
Members/ministers quoting letters
John Howard Society, 3014
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting reports
Environmental Assessment: A Vision Lost, 4315–4316 Equitable Education? The Cost of Extracurriculars in Ontario's Schools (Jonathan Scott, director of policy, Ontario Student Trustees' Association), 7834 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 6131 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2008), 7108–7110 Ontario University Faculty Sound Warning Over Declining Quality (Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations), 5512 With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9220–9521 A Review of the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (Kevin Whitaker), 1248 Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Roy McMurtry, Alvin Curling), 6001 The Road to Health: A Final Report on School Safety (School Community Safety Advisory Panel), 5541–5542
Members/ministers quoting statements
Bischoff, Angela (Ontario Clean Air Alliance), 5157
Brooks, Chris (senior adviser of road safety, Australian Transport Safety Bureau), 2594
Cagney, Andrew (constituent, Toronto), 5157
Colour of Poverty Campaign, 7079
Corrado, Raymond (Centre for Restorative Justice, Simon Fraser University), 3015
Genest, Paul (president, Council of Ontario Universities), 988
Kaegh, Gwendolyn (constituent, Markham), 5157
Lurie, Steve (executive director, Canadian Mental Health Association), 4493
Magwood, Gary (constituent, Belleville), 5156
Miller, Cameron (constituent, Toronto), 5157
Milligan, John (mayor, Adelaide Metcalfe), 3829
Ontario Cattlemen's Association, 7995
Ontario Public School Boards' Association, 6944–6945 , 7365–7367
parents, school fundraising, re, 221
Rostgaard, Tine (senior researcher, Danish National Centre for Social Research), 4121
Thomas, Warren (president, Ontario Public Service Employees Union), 2508
Tory, John (leader, PC Party), 5870
Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel, 6303
Wingfield, Mark, 5157
Members/ministers quoting websites
Ontario Black History Society, 8135
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1995-2003)
Bradley, James J. (St. Catharines), 8092
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Walkerville), 8092
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Milloy, John (Kitchener Centre)
as Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities), 7520
Liberal (2003-2010)
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 5802 , 5870
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
McMeekin, Ted (Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale)
as Minister of Government and Consumer Services, 8094
PC (2003-2010)
Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville), 5802
withdrawn, 7106
Members' statements
Arts and cultural funding, 2743
Catholic school trustees, 2095
Chinese New Year, 9411–9412
Chopin, Fryderyk, 9583–9584
Community colleges, 8652
Community colleges collective bargaining, 1460 , 2530
Condominium association, 6557–6558
Electric trains, 8263
Global Education Initiative, 3001
Government record, 9222–9223
Labour mobility, 8948
Ontario budget, 516
Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, 886 , 5580
School extracurricular activities, 7834
School pools, 5430
Student achievement, 6947
Taxation, 7436
Teachers, 4825
University labour dispute, 4426
Youth violence, 3967
Mental health care, 4492–4493
Midwives, 4038
Milk, 3246–3247
Minimum wage, 5143
Ministerial statements, responded to
Algoma University College, 2041
Community colleges collective bargaining, 2451–2452
Education Week, 1414
Franco-Ontarian flag, 2843
Full-day kindergarten, 8314 , 9328
Healthy schools, 70–71 , 2909 , 3692
Labour mobility, 6563–6564
Portuguese Canadian community, 2451
Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence, 988
School boards, 6650
School safety, 4658–4659
Skilled trades, 6813–6814
Student achievement, 46 , 6001–6002
Student assistance, 944–945
Student safety, 5475
Teachers, 7779
University funding, 988
World Teachers' Day, 3099
Ministry of Education
collection of student achievement statistics based on ethnicity, 1569
equity and inclusive education strategy, 6001
school information finder, 5883 , 5991 , 6002 , 6886–6887 , 6944–6945 , 6947 , 7035–7036 , 7079 , 7193–7194
Ministry of Education/Ministry of Health Promotion
healthy schools recognition program, 3692
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
assistive devices program, 3951
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Missing persons
Motor scooters
Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c. 25
amended by Bill 212, 8394
Municipal government
Municipal infrastructure
National/independence/memorial days
Nurse practitioners, 4038
Nurses, 4038
Office of the Chief Veterinarian
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association, 2095
Ontario College of Trades, 6813–6814 , 7106–7107 , 7848–7849 , 8123 , 8203 , 8243–8244
board of governors
composition of board
ban on donors of Working Families Coalition, 8123
membership fees, 7104
trade boards, 8124
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, 886
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
general discussion, 9021 , 9223
ministerial statement
public consultation, 6564
second reading, 8243–8248 , 8662
time allocation motion
Ontario-Quebec agreements
Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, 8930
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Access to education, 2604–2605
Apprenticeship training, 1473
Community colleges collective bargaining, 235–236 , 1248–1249 , 4944–4945
Conflict of interest, 7575–7576
Education, 5883 , 5991
Education funding, 994–995 , 2640–2641 , 6190
Elementary teachers, 3323
Executive compensation, 4056–4057
Green power generation, 5030–5031
Health care, 3091
Law enforcement, 8302–8303
Post-secondary education, 501 , 3485 , 3874 , 4902–4903 , 8108
Private career colleges, 7429 , 9545
Public transit, 6270
School boards, 651
School closures, 1163 , 1366–1367 , 2124 , 3829
School facilities, 7385
School pools, 1058 , 1105 , 1572–1573
School support staff, 5426
Sign language in schools, 2833
Skills training, 7475 , 7520 , 7727–7728 , 8027 , 8864–8865
Special education, 9365
Special-needs students, 7269
Student achievement, 1569 , 6886–6887 , 6944–6945 , 7035–7036 , 7079 , 7193–7194
Student grants, 6491
Taxation, 8733–8734 , 9075
Teachers' collective agreement, 4620
Tuition, 610–611 , 5950–5951 , 6390 , 8558
University and college funding, 2670 , 5125 , 5512
University labour disputes, 4382 , 4651–4652
Payday loans
borrowing costs, 1397
interest rate limit of 35%, 1395
interest rates, 1397
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6098
Pension plans
defined benefit pension plans, 6098–6099
portability
Pesticides/herbicides
Petitions
Car culture, 2034
Child safety, 6999–7000
Community colleges collective bargaining, 1373 , 1891 , 2035
Environmental protection, 1255–1256
Harbord Collegiate, 2526
Home care, 571
Non-profit housing, 618
Poverty, 4115
Reconstructive surgery, 9228
School pools, 1575
Taxation, 7841–7842
Tuition, 3498 , 7092
University labour dispute, 4659
Physical education, 221–222
Physical education teachers, 1414 , 3692 , 4039 , 5291
Police officers
Political contributions, 5299
Politicians, 5299
Post-secondary education, 3874
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 2481 , 2670 , 4382
Poverty, 3692 , 4039–4040
Poverty reduction strategy
student nutrition program, 3246
Private career colleges
Niagara-on-the-Lake Culinary School
oversight, 7429
Private health clinics, 3091
Private members' public business
Accessibility for the disabled
Anti-bullying initiatives
Apprenticeship training
Black History Month Act, 2009 (Bill 207)
Condominium Owners Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 186)
Cultural diversity
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Diabetes Awareness Month Act, 2008 (Bill 113)
Education Amendment Act (Pupils with Diabetes), 2009 (Bill 137)
Electricity Amendment Act (Protection Against Security Deposits), 2009 (Bill 228)
Employment insurance
Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 123)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Institutions), 2009 (Bill 227)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Aftermarket Brake Pad Standards), 2009 (Bill 181)
Inactive Cemeteries Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 149)
Lake Superior Day
Legislative channel
Long-term care
Mental health and addiction services
Milk in schools
Missing persons alert
Municipalities
Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
Ontario College of Trades
Pension plans
Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 96)
Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
Senators' Selection Act, 2009 (Bill 67)
Seniors' Ombudsman Act, 2008 (Bill 102)
Single-Use Bottled Water Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 112)
Skills training
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act (Cigarillos), 2008 (Bill 124)
Taxation Amendment Act (Equipment Purchased for Persons with Disabilities), 2008 (Bill 109)
Towing Industry Act, 2008 (Bill 87)
Truscott, Steven
Zero Waste Day Act, 2010 (Bill 247)
Private schools
Pretty River Academy (Collingwood)
government funding for new playing field, 7385
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 4874–4875 , 4878
Provincial safety and equity officer, 6001–6002
Public education campaigns
Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 9387–9388
Franco-Ontarian flag day, 2843
Global Education Initiative, 3001
International Mother Language Day, 7060–7061
World Teachers' Day, 3099 , 7779
Public housing
Public libraries
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
second reading, 7616–7619
time allocation motion
Quebec
Racial profiling, 8136
Registered retirement savings plans
Regulated health profession colleges
power to directly observe regulated health professionals, 4812
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Reports
Inquiry Into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (Stephen Goudge), 4569–4570 Ontario University Faculty Sound Warning Over Declining Quality (Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations), 5512 , 5580 A Review of the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (Kevin Whitaker), 2478 Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Roy McMurtry, Alvin Curling), 3967 The Road to Health: A Final Report on School Safety (School Community Safety Advisory Panel), 5475 , 5540–5541 , 5543–5544 , 6001 Shaping a Culture of Respect in our Schools: Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships (Report on Gender-based Violence, Homophobia, Sexual Harassment and Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour in Schools ), 4658 , 6964–6965
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Scandinavia
School board budgets
School board trustees, 6650–6651
School boards
audit committees, 7365
governance
oversight by Ombudsman, 2641
responsibility for student achievement, 7364
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 217–220 , 489
School closures, 1163 , 1366–1367 , 2124 , 3692
deferral, 3829
Metcalfe Central Public School, 3829
School fundraising, 221 , 6650
School principals, 4658
School safety, 5475
data collection, 4658
documentation by principal, 6836
government advertising, 4659
hiring of full-time social workers, 5542
partnership with community agencies, 4658
reporting of violent incidents, 4658 , 5475 , 6836
safety plan for harmed students, 6836
School vending machines
ban on unhealthy food and beverages, 71 , 218–220
Schools
Africentric school, 8136
closure
northern Ontario, 2258
rural Ontario, 2255
Senior citizens, 4121
Shingwauk Education Trust, 2154
Skilled trades, 7106
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act (Cigarillos), 2008 (Bill 124)
second reading
public consultation, 4304
Smoking, 1480 , 4303–4304
Special education, 1414 , 6001
Special-needs students, 6650
Speed limiters
Australia, 2594
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, 2593
Strikes
University of Windsor faculty members, 2670
Student achievement, 6650 , 7361
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Student debt, 944–945 , 2920–2921 , 3485
Student enrolment
Student evaluation
Student grants
distance grant, 6491
textbook and technology grant, 6491
Student user fees, 501 , 611
Students
extracurricular activities, 7834
Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Swimming pools
Tarion Warranty Corporation
Tax credits
manufacturing investment tax credit, 3404
purchase of equipment or devices for persons with disabilities, 3950
Teacher collective agreements
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, 4620
Teacher collective bargaining
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, 3323
Teacher-librarians
Teacher-student ratios, 9519–9520
Teachers, 4658 , 5291
English as a second language teachers, 1414
Technical safety standards
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 8090–8091
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Temporary help agency employees, 5142–5145
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products
ban on possession of unmarked cigarettes, 6098
ban on sale of cigarillos/flavouring agents, 4304
health warnings, 6305
illegal production, 5411
illegal sale, 6097–6098 , 6205
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 6202–6203
Toronto District School Board
budget deficit, 651
international languages program, 8136
swimming pools
Toronto District School Board-Future Shop agreements
use of Future Shop colours in computer lab, 6190
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
purchase of streetcars from Bombardier
Towing industry
Toxic substances
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA), 8929–8930
Training for Workers Act, 2008 (Bill 107)
Training programs, 3403–3404
Transit systems
electric trains, 8263
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Tributes
Snow, James (former Minister of Transportation and Communications), 6282
Truck drivers
Trucks
speed limit capped at 105 km. per hour, 2594
Tuition fees, 98–99 , 632 , 2920 , 3485
United States
financial market crisis, 7659
Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, 6304
Universities/colleges
contract teachers, 5142–5143
government funding, 102 , 501 , 631 , 944–945 , 988 , 2480–2481 , 2670 , 2919–2920 , 2928 , 3402 , 4382 , 4651–4652 , 4903 , 5125 , 5512 , 8108
University of Toronto
government funding, 516
strike, 4651
University of Western Ontario
York University
University presidents
Voters/voting
Waste
nuclear/radioactive waste, 6728
Waste management/programs
Workers
Workforce skills development and recognition fund, 3096 , 3258–3259
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Young offenders
Youth crime
Youth justice system
Youth/students
Youth violence, 3967 , 5475
Martiniuk, G. (PC, Cambridge)
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
Anniversaries
Stroke Recovery Association, Cambridge District 30th anniversary, 7835
Automobile industry
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Blind Persons' Rights Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 70)
Budget
early disclosure of budget documents, 921–922
Budget deficit, 3476
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Cancer drugs
Capital tax, 3476
Christopher's Statute Law Amendment Act (Sex Offender Registry and Electronic Sexual Material), 2008 (Bill 128)
Clubs
Debates re answers to oral questions
Diabetes, 8547
Doctors
patient-to-doctor ratio, 160
Dollar
Economic decline, 2987
Education Amendment Act (Pupils with Diabetes), 2009 (Bill 137)
first reading, 4427–4428
second reading
public consultation, 5295
Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
Employment creation
Employment-related benefits
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Food banks
Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank, 7696
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government accountability, 7609–7610 , 7715
Government debt, 3475–3476
Government expenditures, 3475–3476
Government orders
Government record
Government revenue, 2609 , 3475–3476
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Harmonized sales tax, 7202
impact on senior citizens, 8781 , 8803
public consultation, 8803
Hospital beds
long-term-care beds, 7203
Hospital expansion
Hospital funding
Hospital redevelopment
Hospital services
emergency
reduction in Niagara region, 9363
Hospitals
Cambridge Memorial Hospital
downsizing to urgent care centre, 5382
Housing construction, 3476
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Income disparity, 3475
Kindergarten
Legislative procedure
members/ministers must be in own seats for recorded vote, 8944
Libraries/schools
Long-term-care facilities
government funding, 3002
personal care, 7203
Long-term-care workers
Manufacturing industry
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Cambridge
Canada Day parade, 7150
Seniors' Education Day, 6995
Members/ministers quoting letters
Falkiner, Sandy (Cambridge), 6019
Hook, Brian (parent), 5290
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting statements
Rehmtulla, Raheema (PurePages, Internet filtering software company), 7740
TD Bank Financial Group, 3475
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, 5449
withdrawn, 5230 , 9120
Members' statements
Canada Day parade, 7150
Diabetes, 8547
Food banks, 7696
Hospital funding, 6143–6144
Long-term care, 3002
Ontario budget, 5622–5623
Portuguese Canadian community, 7527
Remembrance Day, 8353
Rotary clubs, 9322–9323
Salvation Army, 8652
Seniors' Education Day, 6995
Stroke Recovery Association, 7835
Television industry, 8263–8264
Military reservists
Ministerial statements, responded to
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 3476
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
second career strategy, 3475
National/independence/memorial days
Holodomor Memorial Day, 5307
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Patient-to-Doctor Ratio Act, 2007 (Bill 13)
Persons with disabilities
right to access places with guide dogs, 1724
Petitions
Cambridge courthouse, 3283 , 4299
Diabetes treatment, 4255 , 4434–4436 , 4634–4635 , 5196–5197 , 5245 , 5435
Gasoline prices, 1721 , 1926 , 3780 , 3885
Hospital funding, 5629 , 6003 , 6198 , 6200 , 6398 , 6607 , 7001 , 7210 , 7881 , 8359–8360 , 8469
Lord's Prayer, 426 , 773 , 1108 , 1314–1315 , 1892 , 1927–1929
Military families, 82–84
Protection of minors, 5195–5196 , 5244 , 5433–5434 , 5631 , 6004 , 6199–6200
Reconstructive surgery, 9005
Sexual reassignment surgery, 3284
Stroke survivors, 2573–2574 , 3142
Stroke therapy, 3000 , 3189
Taxation, 6815 , 7240 , 7529 , 7701 , 7737–7738 , 7842 , 7880 , 8078 , 8269–8270 , 8358 , 8659 , 8792–8793
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Automobile insurance
Education Amendment Act (Pupils with Diabetes), 2009 (Bill 137)
Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2009 (Bill 147)
Tobacco Tax Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 199)
Public education campaigns
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Pupils with diabetes
Regulations, 3476
Remembrance Day, 8353
Salvation Army
Christmas kettle campaign, 8652
Senior citizens, 7202–7203
Sex offender registry, 4066
Television stations
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products
Tobacco tax
Toxic substances
reduction plan
definition of toxic substance, 7164
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Unemployment rate, 3475
United States
Young offenders
publication of names of young offenders convicted of violent crimes, 3019
Youth/students
Matthews, Hon. D. (LIB, London North Centre)
Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal youth, 3164
Adoption, 3837–3838
international
bankruptcy of Imagine Adoption, 7827
Air pollution
impact on health in Sarnia–Lambton, 9548
Autism, 5835–5836
Autism services, 25 , 79 , 693
government funding, 2090
intensive behavioural intervention (IBI), 25 , 79 , 482 , 693 , 1471–1472 , 2090 , 5826
respite services, 25
summer camps, 25 , 2090
Awards
Stand Up for Kids Award
Wilkes, Jim (recipient), 3734
Budget, 5509 , 5615
Cancer drugs
Centre Roberts/Smart Centre
Child abuse, 3147–3148
Child and Family Services Review Board, 2638
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child care, 134 , 562–563 , 3135 , 4522 , 4618 , 4783 , 5735
Child care centres, 3273
Benevenga Day Care, 3273
Treasure Island Daycare Centre, 3831–3832
Child Development Institute
Earlscourt Girls Connection, 2491
government funding, 2491
Child pornography
Child poverty, 174 , 2779 , 2828 , 4519 , 4862 , 5041 , 5198 , 5271
Child protection, 455–456
Children in care
Children's aid societies (CASs)
Children's mental health care, 1425 , 4864 , 6273 , 6487 , 6753
Children's nutrition programs
Children's services, 4863
government funding, 3487–3488
Rainy River, 7731
Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry, 1886
Children's treatment centres
government funding, 1166
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development
Community organizations, 3487
Conferences/seminars/symposiums
Geneva Centre for Autism International Symposium (2008), 5835
Correctional centres
Crown wards
Domestic violence, 3690
Early childhood education
Early years centres
eHealth Ontario
contracts
evidence of inappropriate practices
expenditures, 8544–8545
Hudson, Alan (former Chairman)
appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8302
Kramer, Sarah (former CEO)
appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8302
Electronic health records, 8685
contract with Nightingale Informatix Corporation, 8453–8454
Expert Panel on Infertility and Adoption, 6694–6695
Family health teams, 9503
Family law
non-parental child custody applicants required to provide a sworn statement, Children's Aid Society record and police records check, 4212
Fatalities
Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 4948
Schlifer, Barbra (murder victim), 7698
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
early learning and child care (ELCC) agreement, 3376
Food banks
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.F.31
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
child care, 500
children's aid societies, 4942
PC (1995-2003)
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
Grants
Promoting Healthy Equal Relationships grants program, 2251
Health care
Health care executives
Health care funding
Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council, 8938
HIV (virus)
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
Home care
competitive bidding, 9450
Hospital beds
Hospital closure
Hospital expansion
Hospital funding
Hospital redevelopment, 9647–9648
Hospital services
Hospitals
Housing
Immunization
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 8213 , 8301 , 9079–9080
expanded to all children and senior citizens with underlying health conditions, 8544
expanded to all citizens, 8684
health care workers, 8495
high-priority groups, 8342–8343 , 8404–8405 , 8452–8453 , 8493
inmates in jails and correctional centres, 8404
lineups at clinics, 8301 , 8303–8304 , 8347–8348 , 8451–8452 , 8454
number of doses administered, 8494–8495
24-hour immunization clinics, 8304
Income groups
Infant death
sleeping arrangements, 4941
Infertility, 6694–6695
Legislative procedure
tabling of documents, 8827
Local health integration networks (LHINs)
boards of directors, 9314
executive salaries, 9311–9312
Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network
appointment of Barry Monaghan as CEO, 9359–9360
Long-term-care facilities
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Massacres
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 8461
Members'/ministers' privileges
wearing of pins/ribbons/buttons, 3039 , 4207
Members/ministers quoting letters
MacQuarrie, Barb (community director, Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children in London), 456
Members/ministers quoting reports
Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8453
Members/ministers quoting statements
Bielfeld, Arthur (June Callwood Campaign against Child Poverty), 4519
Callwood, June (journalist and social activist), 688
Capponi, Pat (mental health advocate), 4519
Closson, Tom (president, Ontario Hospital Association), 8210
Convery, Pat (executive director, Adoption Council of Ontario), 3838
Kitts, Jack (ex-officio governor, Board of Governors, Ottawa Hospital), 9646
Lankin, Frances (president and CEO, United Way Toronto), 4519
Law, Marcus (family health team doctor), 8685
McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 8102
McCuaig, Kerry (former executive director, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care), 500
Mendelson, Michael (Caledon Institute of Social Policy), 688 , 4519
Murphy, Emily (first female police magistrate in the British Empire), 3382
Nyberg, Gail (Daily Bread Food Bank), 688
Oliphant, Michael (director or research and communications, Daily Bread Food Bank), 688
Mental health care
Brockville Mental Health Centre
transfer acute care unit to Brockville General Hospital, 9367
government funding, 6752
Minimum wage
Ministerial statements, presented
Adoption Awareness Month, 3837–3838
Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, 6694–6695
Child Abuse Prevention Month, 3147–3148
Persons Day, 3382
Poverty, 5041–5042
Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 6497
Sexual harassment, 2250–2251
Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 7155
Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 3690
Women's History Month, 3055
World Autism Awareness Day, 5835–5836
Young offenders, 2906–2907
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 132 , 379 , 482 , 608–609 , 996 , 1101 , 1304 , 1423 , 1472 , 2490 , 3135 , 3773 , 3832 , 6748
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
respite services for families of children with autism, 693
seasonal camps for children with autism, 693
telepsychiatry program, 6273 , 6488
youth opportunities strategy, 650 , 2907 , 3276–3277
Ministry of Education
Safe Schools Action Team, 2251
Ministry of Education/Ministry of Children and Youth Services
student support leadership initiative, 6488 , 6553
National child benefit supplement (NCBS)
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 173–174 , 456 , 563 , 608–609 , 649 , 1516 , 2440 , 2779 , 3135 , 3528 , 3961–3962 , 4104 , 5683
Ontario disability support program (ODSP), 4820
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 3732
Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
inclusion of prostate-specific antigen test as insured service, 9080–9081
Ontario Women's Directorate
Ontario Works program benefits
back-to-school allowance, 649
winter clothing allowance, 649
Oral questions
Oral questions, presented
Oral questions, responded to
Aboriginal health care, 9725
Access to information, 4325–4327 , 4384
Affordable housing, 3773
AIDS treatment, 8999
Assistance to farmers, 6748
Assistance to the disabled, 5784
Autism services, 25 , 79 , 482 , 693 , 996 , 1471–1472 , 1883–1884 , 2090 , 5826 , 7383 , 7692
Cancer treatment, 7962 , 8920–8921 , 9035
Child abuse, 3273
Child care, 134 , 500 , 562–563 , 1514–1515 , 1925–1926 , 3376 , 3831–3832 , 4618 , 4783 , 5508–5509 , 5735
Child poverty, 688–690 , 2779 , 3487–3488
Child protection, 3734–3735 , 4212 , 4940–4942 , 4947–4948 , 5002–5003
Children and youth services, 1886
Children with special needs, 2491 , 4808
Children's aid societies, 2638 , 7771–7772 , 7831–7832
Children's mental health services, 1425 , 4863–4864 , 6273 , 6487–6488 , 6553 , 6752–6753
Children's services, 3046 , 7731
Children's treatment centres, 1165–1166
Composting, 8866–8867
Diagnostic services, 9079–9081
Electronic health information, 8027 , 8302 , 8453–8456 , 8544–8545 , 8685 , 8783–8784 , 8820 , 8861
Emergency services, 8345–8346
Executive compensation, 8302
Flu immunization, 8105 , 8301 , 8303–8304 , 8342–8344 , 8346–8347 , 8403–8407 , 8451–8454 , 8458 , 8493–8495 , 8544 , 8684 , 9079–9080
Flu pandemic preparedness, 8454–8455 , 8460–8461 , 8495–8496
Freedom of information, 8209–8210
Government record, 8102
Health care, 8103–8104 , 9269–9272 , 9503 , 9639 , 9642–9643 , 9695 , 9725
Health care funding, 8868 , 9220 , 9450–9451 , 9548 , 9578–9579 , 9694–9695 , 9722
Home care, 9450
Hospital funding, 8144 , 8212–8213 , 8349 , 9360–9361 , 9367 , 9402–9403 , 9646–9648
Hospital services, 8308 , 8346 , 9080 , 9575–9576
International adoptions, 7827
Local health integration networks, 9311–9312 , 9314 , 9359–9360
Long-term care, 8543–8544 , 9494–9495
Low-income Ontarians, 608–609 , 7389
Minimum wage, 4247–4248
National child benefit supplement, 649
Northern and rural health services, 9448
Ontario child benefit, 1516
Ontario disability support program, 4820
Ontario drug benefit program, 8143–8144
Palliative care, 9547
Patient safety, 9544 , 9640–9641 , 9690–9691 , 9721
Patient transfers, 7920
Pay equity, 3877
Poverty, 173–174 , 336 , 1470 , 1605 , 1712 , 2088 , 2491–2492 , 2602–2603 , 2643 , 2827–2828 , 3134–3135 , 3180–3181 , 3238 , 3528 , 3640 , 3732 , 3876 , 3961–3962 , 4104 , 4149–4150 , 4327 , 4519 , 4521–4522 , 4750 , 4781–4782 , 4861–4862 , 5032 , 5423 , 5615 , 5683 , 6077 , 6599–6600
Rural health services, 8407–8408
School nutrition programs, 378–379
Senior citizens, 8106
Sewage sludge, 9216–9217
Social assistance, 2440 , 4289
Student assistance, 2490
Violence against women, 4213–4214
Workplace safety, 7433
Youth correctional facilities, 5661
Youth crime, 3085
Youth employment, 650–651
Youth services, 2294 , 3276–3277 , 7640–7641
Palliative care
Patient safety
surgical errors and pathology results, 9690–9691 , 9721
unnecessary mastectomies performed at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital, 9544 , 9640–9641
Pay equity, 3877
Positron emission tomography (PET)
availability in northeastern Ontario, 9079
Poverty, 173–174 , 336 , 3528 , 4104 , 4327 , 4519 , 5271
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 651 , 689–690 , 2490 , 2602–2603 , 2778–2779 , 2827–2828 , 3134–3135 , 3180–3181 , 3238 , 3487–3488 , 3528 , 3640 , 3961 , 4104 , 4149–4150 , 4289 , 4327 , 4519 , 4521 , 4750 , 4781–4782 , 4832 , 4861 , 5032 , 5041 , 5198–5199 , 5202 , 5423 , 5615 , 5683 , 6077 , 6599–6600
community hub program, 4521
community opportunities fund, 4521
housing benefit, 3962
public consultation, 1470 , 1605 , 1712 , 2088 , 2491–2492 , 2643 , 2778 , 2828 , 3134–3135 , 3773 , 3876 , 4149 , 4327 , 6421–6422
social assistance review, 5784
town hall meeting, 4861
25 in 5 plan, 5032
Private members' public business
Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
Public education campaigns
Adoption Awareness Month, 3837–3838
Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, 6694–6695
Child Abuse Prevention Month, 3147 , 3734 , 7735
Children's Mental Health Week, 6553
Equality Rules, 2251 , 3690
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 4213
International Women's Day, 5242
Neighbours, Friends and Families public education campaign, 125 , 2251 , 3690 , 5242
Persons Day, 3382
Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 1727 , 6497
Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 2250–2251 , 7155
White Ribbon Campaign, 126
Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 3690
Women's History Month, 3055
World AIDS Day, 8999
World Autism Awareness Day, 5835–5836
Quebec
child care, 4783
poverty reduction strategy, 5423
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Reports
Breaking the Cycle: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy, 5041 , 5198 The Cost of Poverty: An Analysis of the Economic Cost of Poverty in Ontario (Ontario Association of Food Banks), 4104 Hunger Count 2008: A Comprehensive Report on Hunger and Food Bank Use in Canada (Food Banks Canada), 424 Report of the Paediatric Death Review Committee and Deaths Under Five Committee (Office of the Chief Coroner), 4941 , 4947–4948 Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Roy McMurtry, Alvin Curling), 2907 The Road Ahead: Poverty Reduction in Ontario (Campaign 2000), 688–689 A Shared Responsibility: Ontario's Policy Framework for Child and Youth Mental Health (Ministry of Children and Youth Services), 6273 , 6487 Survivor Voices: Welcoming Women to Make Change, 4432 2008 Ontario Report Card on Child and Family Poverty (Campaign 2000), 4150
Sewage spills
Sexual assault, 1727 , 6497
Sexual harassment, 2250–2251 , 7155
Special-needs children
Telehealth Ontario
increase in volume of calls due to H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 8303–8304
Violence against women
Waste management/programs
Websites
www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/owd/, 2251
www.ontariowomensdirectorate.gov.on.ca, 3055
Women, 5242
Women's services
Working income tax benefit (WITB), 4781
Workplace harassment/violence, 2251 , 7433
Young offenders
Youth justice, 2294
Youth justice centres, 3164 , 4832
Youth justice system
Youth/students
public consultation, 2294
Youth violence, 4832
Mauro, B. (LIB, Thunder Bay–Atikokan)
Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal housing trust, 6337
Aboriginal students
An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act, Chapter 22 of the Statutes of Canada 1998 and Chapter 25 of the Statutes of Canada, 2007 (Bill C-39), 997 Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
Apology, 5398
Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
Appreciation
Wicklund, Kent (Canadian Conference of Sheet Metal Workers competition), 7084
Apprenticeship training programs
government funding, 8949
women in skilled trades program, 7136
Biomass energy, 5179
British Columbia
Budget, 600
Budget deficit, 3421–3422 , 7594
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Business education tax, 659
Buy in Canada for Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 39)
C. difficile outbreaks, 2464
Cancer
Capital works projects
Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy (CRIBE), 896 , 3032 , 3424
Citizens Panel on Increasing Organ Donations, 5225 , 5367
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
collective bargaining
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2938 , 2941
Confederation College, 2940
government funding, 2940
Community safety programs
community policing partnership program, 4126
Safer Communities - 1,000 Officers Partnership program, 4126
Compensation
victims of Dr. Charles Smith's work in child-death investigations, 4419
Concerts
Congratulatory remarks
Fort Williams Redskins football team, 3190
Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute students, 6394
Consumer protection
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
eligibility for refund, 3034
Corporate tax reduction, 5934
Correctional centres
Court security, 4132
Courthouses
construction
Thunder Bay–Atikokan, 5129
Crime, 4126
Crime against seniors
Crime prevention programs, 4126–4127
Doctors, 5431–5432 , 5513
Drivers
age discrimination, 4552–4553
impaired drivers
Operation Red Nose program (St. John's Ambulance), 8568
Economic conditions, 3421
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 3424
Elections/by-elections
barrier-free access, 8568
Electricity rates
Electricity retailers/gas marketers
contracts, 4675
cheque cashing, 4675
reaffirmation letter, 4675
Electronic health records, 8622
Emergency management
Employment creation, 3422–3423
Employment-related benefits
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Energy
renewable energy, 5178–5179
renewable energy projects
standard offer program, 5179
wind farms, 5179
Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Family health teams, 5432
Federal government
police officer recruitment fund, 4125 , 4127 , 4132
transfer payments
equalization program, 3145
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Canada-Ontario affordable housing program agreement, 1210
Festivals
Thunder Bay Blues Festival, 4950
Forest industry
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Fundraising
Bachelors for Hope Charity Auction, 6891
Fresh Air Experience 10K fundraiser, 1408
Run for the Cure, 8548
George Jeffrey Children's Centre, 1408
Global Sticks Inc., 7649–7650
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 397
NDP (1990-1995), 3421
PC (1995-2003), 660 , 3421
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction, 3421
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
GRK Fasteners
Harmonized sales tax, 6512–6513
Health care, 5513
Health care funding
accountability and oversight, 8429–8430
government funding, 5226
Thunder Bay–Atikokan, 1049
High technology industries
Tornado Medical Systems, 8263
Hockey players
Hospital funding
government funding
Thunder Bay–Atikokan, 4626
Hospitals
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Housing
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
Lac Seul First Nation
Layoffs, 3422
Legislative process
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 6416
Medical schools
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation, 5367
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3422
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting television programs
Members'/ministers' remarks
NDP (2003-2010)
Hampton, Howard (Kenora–Rainy River)
as leader of the third party, 3880
PC (2003-2010)
Tory, John (Dufferin–Peel–Wellington–Grey)
as Leader of the Opposition, 1262
withdrawn, 3422
Members' statements
Apprenticeship training, 8949
Atikokan generating station, 2967
Breast cancer, 6891
Cardiac care, 3444
Concert in Thunder Bay, 6558
Consumer protection, 2447
Court facility, 5129
Elder abuse, 2301
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 3145
Fort Williams Redskins football team, 3190
Full-day kindergarten, 9650–9651
George Jeffrey Children's Centre, 1408
Global Sticks, 7649–7650
GRK Fasteners, 8789
Health care, 1049
Hockey, 5688–5689
Infrastructure program funding, 6496
Morrisseau, Norval, 157
Nurse practitioners, 5431–5432
Ontario budget, 600 , 823
Organ donation, 1196
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, 2904–2905
Public transit, 6603–6604
Research and innovation, 8263
Run of the Cure, 8548
School boards, 9697–9698
Sibley Ski Tour, 408
Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, 4866 , 6394
Skilled trades, 7084
Tamarack House, 5954
Thunder Bay Blues Festival, 4950
Thunder Bay paper mill, 3880
Transfer payments, 4626–4627
Transit vehicle contract, 6341
Turner, Logan, 1460
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
rural economic development (RED) program, 997
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
northern Ontario heritage fund, 3440
Municipal elections/by-elections
contribution limits of $5,000 per contributor, 8569
Municipal infrastructure
government funding, 2810
northern Ontario
Natural disasters
Neskantaga First Nation
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 79–80 , 660 , 6945–6946
Nurse practitioner-led clinics, 5431
Nurses, 5513
Occupational health and safety, 3831
Occupational health and safety inspection, 3831
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario child benefit (OCB)
Ontario College of Trades, 7136
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
inclusion of prostate-specific antigen test as insured service, 884 , 1049 , 2904–2905
Ontario health premium, 883–884 , 912
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
Atikokan generating station
conversion to biomass, 2967
Ontario Seniors' Secretariat
Ontario's strategy to combat elder abuse, 2301
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aboriginal education, 5233–5234
Aboriginal housing, 6336–6337
Affordable housing, 1210–1211
Centre for Research and Innovation, 896
Consumer protection, 9217
Disaster relief, 2390
Employment, 997
Health care, 615 , 5513
Manufacturing jobs, 8821
Mining industry, 6945–6946
Northern economy, 79–80 , 653–654
Northern health services, 5036
Northern Ontario heritage fund, 3440–3441
Pediatric forensic pathology inquiry, 4419
Property taxation, 2294–2295
Public health, 1819
Road safety, 3377
Workplace safety, 3831
Youth correctional facilities, 5660–5661
Organ donors
Payday loan industry
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
PC Party documents/plans
health care funding, 2464
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans
Petitions
Employment insurance, 774
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 2901–2902 , 3452 , 4829
Lord's Prayer, 2211 , 2243–2244 , 2494
Mental health services, 8554 , 8614 , 8739 , 8791 , 8833 , 8953 , 9085–9086
Property taxation, 2034–2035
University labour dispute, 4758
Police officers
Police services, 4125
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Ontario Energy Board Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 131)
Police officers
Provincial land tax (PLT)
unorganized municipalities/areas
public consultation, 2295
Public education campaigns
organ and tissue donation, 5369
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, 2904
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public transportation
Quebec
Receivership
Thunder Bay Fine Papers Inc., 3880
Reports
Northwestern Ontario: Preparing for Change (Robert Rosehart), 653–654 , 6945–6946 A Review of the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (Kevin Whitaker), 2941
Research and innovation
Road safety
wildlife collisions, 3377
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Savings and Restructuring Act, S.O. 1996, c.1, 8568 School boards
amalgamation in Northwest Catholic District School Board, 9697–9698
Schools
closure
Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute
Dreamweavers program, 4866
Senior citizens
Senior homeowners' property tax grants, 823
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, 615
Skilled trades, 7136
Small business, 3422
Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA), 8622
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking
ban on smoking in cars with children present, 1868
Spelling bees
Turner, Logan (winner, regional spelling bee), 1460
Sports teams
TBayTel Tamarack House, 5954
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5414
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Transit systems
government funding, 3423
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Tributes
Morrisseau, Norval (recipient, 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award), 157
Trillium Gift of Life Network
program for reimbursing expenses of living organ donors (PRELOD), 5227 , 5367–5368
Workplace accidents/fatalities
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
McGuinty, Hon. D. (LIB, Ottawa South)
AbitibiBowater
Aboriginal protests
development sites in Brantford, 2121
An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and Chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 (Bill C-12), 129–130 An Act to perpetuate an ancient parliamentary right (Bill 1)
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
disclosure of untendered contracts, 7333
expenditures
use of consultants
Annual reports
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2006-2007 (Reconciling Our Priorities), 49 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 167 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2008), 4572 Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 2007-2008 (90 Deaths, Ninety Voices Silenced), 4995
Apprentices, 2086
Apprenticeship training, 501 , 519 , 4243
Dell Inc., 2955
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 519
electrical apprentice, 1709
Apprenticeship training programs, 3268
grants given to International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 793, 2484
Automobile industry, 1710–1711 , 2234 , 2732 , 2954–2955 , 3958–3959 , 4017 , 4054–4055 , 4245 , 4857 , 4900–4901 , 5313 , 5419–5421 , 5569–5570 , 5682–5683 , 6991
auto investment plan, 4324
auto sector investment fund, 18–20 , 48 , 167 , 1880–1883 , 4244
Big Three (automobile manufacturers)
federal government funding, 3957–3960 , 4017
federal-provincial partnership, 4244–4245
Fiat Group, 1604 , 1710
financial assistance, 6076
Ford Motor Company of Canada
funding agreement with government, 2287–2289
General Motors of Canada Ltd., 2234
Beacon project, 2234–2236
concession agreements with workers, 5313
equity stake, 6330
government funding, 2388 , 4325 , 6985
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 2289
layoffs, 1819 , 1821–1822 , 1879 , 1881–1882 , 1918–1919
participation of Canadian Auto Workers required to access government loans, 4748
plant shutdown, 2233
government funding, 2484 , 3194 , 4054 , 4209 , 4857 , 4901 , 6224–6225
Honda Canada, 6331
industry shutdowns
investment, 2288–2290 , 2387
layoffs, 2025–2026 , 3958
Ontario automotive strategy fund, 1468
pension plans, 6188
Retire Your Ride program, 5570
transitional support, 5682
Automobile insurance
use of credit score in granting insurance, 6886
Automobile insurance benefits
reduction of maximum benefit for serious injuries to $50,000, 8408–8409
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
Automobiles, 4245
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.B-3, 5572 Bombardier Inc., 376
Border crossings, 1603–1604
Detroit River International Crossing Study (Windsor-Essex Parkway), 1604
Breastfeeding, 2958–2959
Budget, 331 , 3177 , 4207 , 4855–4858 , 4899 , 5181 , 5228 , 5422 , 5504–5506 , 5510 , 5569–5570 , 5576–5577 , 5610–5613 , 5657–5659 , 5663–5665 , 5678–5682 , 5727–5730 , 5989 , 6076 , 6181 , 6223–6224 , 6329–6330 , 6382 , 6484–6486 , 6880–6881 , 6984–6985 , 6992 , 7220–7221
balanced budget, 6550
budget speech rehearsal, 5661
savings, 3526
support for senior citizens, 5660 , 5663
Budget deficit, 496 , 3432 , 3485 , 3524 , 5180–5181 , 5311 , 5611 , 5680 , 7147 , 8061–8062 , 8205–8206 , 8253 , 9721–9722
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
general discussion
public consultation, 6223
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1570–1571
Bullying, 5031
Business education tax
Buy Ontario policy, 8209
C. difficile, 2775–2776 , 2953
C. difficile outbreaks, 2082
Canadian Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Cancer Care Ontario
Capital tax
elimination, 293 , 474 , 2731 , 3268 , 4243 , 5505 , 5778–5779
reduction, 521 , 767 , 1469 , 2955
Capital works projects, 3193 , 4210
environmental assessment process, 4900
government funding, 376 , 3959 , 4207 , 4321–4322 , 4577–4579 , 4616 , 4902 , 5311 , 5506–5507 , 5613 , 5681 , 5944
as part of economic stimulus package, 7635–7636
Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
Child care, 6746
federal government funding, 6746
government funding, 6746
Child poverty, 687–688 , 4418
Children's aid societies (CASs)
Children's mental health care, 1657
Climatic changes, 171 , 1246–1247
Committees
Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3316
Conflict of interest
Constitution Act, 2007 (Democratic representation) (Bill C-22), 179 Construction workers
occupational health and safety, 4053
Consumer spending, 4323
Coroner inquests
Anzovino, Reilly (motor vehicle accident victim), 9689–9690
Osidacz, Jared (murder victim), 4754–4755
Corporate income tax, 27
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 738
Corporate tax reduction, 330 , 332 , 374 , 474–475 , 560–561 , 737–738 , 765 , 1512 , 2287 , 2289 , 2662 , 2731 , 2955 , 3194 , 3268 , 5505–5506 , 5508 , 5778–5779 , 6076 , 6223 , 6690 , 8207 , 8252–8255
Corporate taxes, 561
Corporations
executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 6800
Correctional officers
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Court of Appeal for Ontario rulings
agricultural labourers' right to unionize, 4021
Demonstrations
aboriginal groups (Queen's Park), 2122
Dental care, 3435
Diabetes registry, 9687–9688
Doctors, 4322
Drug abuse treatment programs
Eastern Ontario development fund, 4322
Economic conditions, 764 , 1202 , 1658 , 2662 , 2729 , 2952 , 3133–3134 , 3177–3178 , 3192–3193 , 3267–3268 , 3432–3433 , 3481–3482 , 3524 , 4018–4019 , 5570–5571 , 6223–6224
international, 3176–3178 , 3193–3194 , 3433–3434 , 4208 , 4244 , 4324 , 4380 , 4855 , 5229 , 5313 , 5612 , 6073–6075
Economic decline, 3134 , 4899
Economic growth, 18–21 , 330–332 , 496–498 , 565 , 736 , 738 , 767 , 1508 , 2287 , 5076–5077 , 5311
five-point economic plan, 375 , 474 , 560 , 767 , 832 , 1416–1417 , 1468 , 1565–1566 , 1601–1602 , 1658–1659 , 2662 , 2665 , 2731–2732 , 3134 , 3178–3179 , 3192–3195 , 3269 , 3434 , 3525–3526 , 4019 , 4243 , 4855–4856 , 4899 , 4902 , 5030 , 5182 , 5228–5230 , 5312 , 6075
Economic recovery, 5505
Economic statement, 3177 , 3432 , 3481–3482
Economic strength, 4323–4324 , 5570–5572 , 5610–5612 , 5657 , 5659 , 5666 , 5678–5680 , 6182 , 6548 , 6799
Education funding
eHealth Ontario
consultants, 7871
contracts, 7686 , 7955–7957 , 7960–7961 , 8022–8023 , 8025 , 8060 , 8101 , 8206–8207 , 8253–8254 , 8407
expenditures, 7141–7144 , 9034
Hudson, Alan (former Chairman)
appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8646
Kramer, Sarah (former CEO)
appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8646
appointment, 7266–7267
review by Auditor General, 7141 , 7143 , 7189 , 7220–7222 , 8409
review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7141 , 7143 , 7265–7266 , 7270
review by Standing Committee on Government Agencies, 7268–7269
Electoral representation, 179
Electricity rates, 168 , 4993–4994 , 5077
Electricity rebates
northern pulp and paper electricity transition program, 49
Electronic health records, 7027 , 7144 , 7917 , 8066
Employment, 376–377 , 5988
Employment creation, 18–21 , 292–293 , 331–332 , 374 , 561 , 647–648 , 738 , 765 , 1600–1601 , 1813–1814 , 2732 , 2895 , 3526 , 3961 , 4855–4857 , 4902 , 5077 , 5117 , 5183 , 5659 , 6799
Employment insurance, 27 , 292 , 6486
Employment insurance benefits, 1510–1511
Employment-related benefits
severance/termination payments, 5572
Employment standards
allegations of abuse
pregnancy leave, 6684
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Energy
nuclear energy, 77–78 , 6185
renewable energy, 2483 , 4214–4215 , 6183 , 6487
renewable energy projects, 5028
domestic content requirements, 5231
government funding, 5077
wind farms, 1247
Energy conservation, 4993–4994 , 6184
Environmental protection, 49 , 200
Everbrite Solar, 5657
Fairness for Military Families Act (Employment Standards and Health Insurance), 2007 (Bill 2)
first reading, 12–13
second reading, 15
third reading, 15
Fatalities
Coxon, Florence (nursing home resident), 1602–1603
Federal government
apology to aboriginal peoples, 2488–2489
constructive engagement policy with China, 833–834 , 891 , 990
transfer payments
equalization program, 478–479 , 1467 , 1509–1512 , 1567–1568 , 1602 , 2662 , 2664 , 2729–2730 , 2791–2792 , 2894–2895 , 2899 , 2953 , 3083–3085 , 3194–3195 , 3269–3271 , 4243 , 4423
online petition, 3269
Ontario to receive equalization payment, 3958 , 6181
Federal members'/ministers' remarks
Conservative (2006-2009)
Del Mastro, Dean (Peterborough), 8990
Flaherty, Jim (Whitby–Oshawa)
Wallace, Mike (Burlington), 8990
Federal political parties
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Canada-Ontario labour market development agreement, 333
Federal-provincial relations, 3271
Food banks
Foot-and-mouth disease, 1711
Foreign caregivers, 6681–6683
Forest industry
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Crise humanitaire au Sri Lanka, 6852
Loi de 2007 sur l'équité pour les familles des militaires (normes d'emploi et assurance-santé), projet de loi 2
Ordre du jour
Économie de l'Ontario, 3193–3194
Représentation électorale fédérale, 179
Questions orales
Régimes de retraite, 6228
Government accountability, 7268 , 9030–9032 , 9365
Government advertising
Government assets
Government-business partnerships, 6799
Government consultants
Government contracts
Government expenditures, 5505
Government finance, 5076
Government funding, 332 , 375 , 764–765 , 4857 , 5000–5001 , 5311–5312 , 5508 , 5658–5659
Government investments, 128–129 , 6547
investment losses, 128 , 169
review by Auditor General, 129
Government notice of motions
Federal electoral representation
Government orders
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government policy, 3178
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 496–497 , 2791 , 9264–9266 , 9315–9316 , 9446 , 9687 , 9720
NDP (1990-1995)
children's mental health care, 1204
social assistance benefits, 4617
PC (1995-2003), 497 , 561 , 765–766 , 1509 , 1601–1602 , 5508 , 5776
budget deficit, 3482 , 3484 , 3524
hospital closures, 829
minimum wage, 1814
Ministry of the Environment, 292
nurses' layoffs, 3529
tax reduction, 330
York University strike, 4746
Government revenue, 1417
Government services, 829 , 1202–1203 , 2953 , 3432 , 3524 , 3526 , 5077 , 5611 , 5678 , 5680
Graduation (statistics), 5312
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
general discussion, 4993–4994 , 4999 , 5027–5028 , 5118 , 5186 , 5189 , 5229 , 5231 , 5943 , 6183 , 6185 , 7220
impact on electricity rates, 6487
public consultation, 4999
Greenhouse gas emissions
reduction, 1246–1247
cap and trade system (emissions trading), 171
Hanwha group, 3960
Harmonized sales tax, 5422 , 5611–5612 , 5664 , 5678–5682 , 5684 , 5727–5728 , 5730 , 5777–5779 , 5988 , 6073–6074 , 6330 , 6484–6485 , 6690 , 6880 , 6984 , 6992 , 7188 , 7380–7381 , 7385–7386 , 7475 , 8596–8597 , 8727–8729 , 8779–8880 , 9033
exemptions, 5683
federal Liberal party support, 7382
impact on construction jobs, 6548
impact on consumers, 9444–9445
impact on electricity rates, 8863–8864 , 9444–9445
impact on employment, 7332 , 8103 , 8209 , 8255 , 8597 , 8642–8646
impact on home heating costs, 7636–7637
impact on homebuyers, 6075
impact on housing industry, 5944 , 6483–6485
impact on low-income consumers, 7267 , 8539–8541
impact on rent rates, 7272–7273
impact on senior citizens, 8781
public consultation, 8725–8727 , 8989–8992 , 9032–9033
transition benefit
$1,000 for single parents or couples, 5728
Hazardous waste management, 196 , 292
Health care, 4322 , 5615–5616 , 7222
government funding, 6382 , 6384
out-of-country, 9573–9574
transfer of patient from Mexico to Canada
George-Pazzano, Victoria case, 6331
Health care costs, 567
Health care funding
government funding, 693 , 889 , 2394 , 2899 , 3485 , 4322 , 4381 , 5512 , 5660 , 5729–5730 , 6382 , 6384 , 7869–7870 , 7957–7958 , 8208 , 9313–9314 , 9361–9362
increase, 4417
Thunder Bay, 3179
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 6329 , 6382– 6384
emergency preparedness, 6384
health plan for influenza pandemic, 8405–8406
hospital capacity, 6384
information updates, 6329
Holidays
Home care, 5662
Home care workers
transportation compensation, 5662
Home energy audits, 5028 , 5189–5190 , 6183
Home energy rating report, 3333–3334
Home insurance
use of credit score in granting insurance, 6886
Hospital beds
Hospital construction, 4321–4322
alternative financing and procurement (AFP), 4381 , 4417 , 4574
Brampton Civic Hospital, 73 , 4573
Hospital funding
Hospital housekeeping, 2960
Hospital services
Hospitals
Brampton Civic Hospital, 168
London Health Sciences Centre
untendered contracts awarded, 7473
reporting on C. difficile rates, 2735 , 2776–2777 , 2953–2954 , 2956
Royal Ottawa Hospital
Housing
Immunization
Imprisonment
aboriginal protesters, 2084
Income tax reduction, 5944 , 6073–6075 , 6984 , 7188
Infrastructure Canada
Building Canada Fund (BCF), 4902
International trade, 5506–5507 , 6182
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Investment in Ontario, 375
Job protection commissioner, 294 , 3270
John Deere
Kellogg Canada Inc.
Belleville manufacturing plant, 331
Layoffs, 2664 , 4210
Legislative process
Legislative sessions, 7220
Legislature schedule/agenda
Liberal Party
Live-In Caregiver Program (federal program), 6743
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 6386
ban on sole-source contracts, 9263
Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network
contract with Courtyard Group Ltd., 9263–9264
Long-term-care facilities
Manitoba
manufacturing industry, 2731
Manufacturing industry, 18–21 , 25 , 48–49 , 2664–2665 , 3435 , 4577
employment, 2954
government funding, 766
jobs plan, 4324
layoffs, 168 , 3193 , 3270 , 3317
unemployment, 473 , 648 , 1203
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Members'/ministers' expenditures
Pupatello, Sandra (Minister of International Trade and Investment), 4908
Members/ministers quoting authors
Webster, David Kenyon, 13
Members/ministers quoting books
Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity (Howard Hampton), 4055
Members/ministers quoting letters
Caplan, David (Minister of Health and Long-Term Care), 7189
Grant Jr., Peter (president, Grant Forest Products Inc.), 766
Jamieson, Shelly (secretary, Ontario Cabinet), 7959
Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 8103
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 9445
Members/ministers quoting reports
Building Prosperity in a Canada Strong & Free (Preston Manning and Mike Harris), 8990 Navigating Through the Recovery: Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress Annual Report (Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress), 8727 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 196 Ontario Poised to Collect Equalization in 2010-11 (TD Economics Special Report), 2791 Prevention and Control of Hospital-acquired Infections (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 2954 RBC Economics Provincial Outlook, 737 Rx for Ontario's Manufacturing Sector (Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 2955 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7866–7868 , 7915 , 8022 , 8061 , 8101 , 8254 , 8407 TD Economics Special Report - Ontario Poised to Collect Equalization in 2010-11 (Don Drummond, Derek Burleton), 1510 , 1568
Members/ministers quoting statements
Blackstock, Sarah (Income Security Advocacy Centre), 5078
Capponi, Pat (mental health advocate), 7382 , 8102
Cope, George (president and CEO, BCE), 5680
Crispino, Len (president, Ontario Chamber of Commerce), 474 , 2792
Cunningham, Ian (president, Council of Ontario Construction Associations), 4053
Hargrove, Buzz (former president, Canadian Auto Workers), 2484–2485
Kitts, Jack (ex-officio governor, Board of Governors, Ottawa Hospital), 7387
Low, Donald (medical director of laboratories, Ontario Public Health Agency), 6329
Lyons, Jim (executive director, Heavy Construction Association of Windsor), 1604
Mackenzie, Hugh (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), 9033
Martin, Roger (dean, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto), 6484 , 6881
Massara, Paul (chair, Toronto Board of Trade), 5118
McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 129
Network for Poverty Reduction, 8540
Nyberg, Gail (Daily Bread Food Bank), 7382–7383
Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario, 6485
Schabas, Richard (medical officer of health, Hastings and Prince Edward counties), 2389 , 2775
Spence, Adam (executive director, Ontario Association of Food Banks), 5078 , 6985
Tory, John (former leader, PC Party), 8990
Tory, John (leader, PC Party), 1916
Warye, Kathy (chief executive, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology), 2776
Weiss, Gordon (United Nations spokesman), 6851
Members'/ministers' remarks
NDP (2003-2010)
Gélinas, France (Nickel Belt), 9689
PC (1995-2003)
Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville), 2484
as Minister of Economic Development and Trade, 834 , 3482
PC (2003-2010)
Sterling, Norman (Carleton–Mississippi Mills), 8989
Arnott, Ted (Wellington–Halton Hills), 8989
Chudleigh, Ted (Halton), 8989
Dunlop, Garfield (Simcoe North), 4899
Hudak, Tim (Niagara West–Glanbrook), 8726 , 8989
Jones, Sylvia (Dufferin–Caledon), 8989
Martiniuk, Gerry (Cambridge), 8989
O'Toole, John (Durham), 5029
Shurman, Peter (Thornhill), 8989
withdrawn, 988
Members'/ministers' resignations
Bryant, Michael (Minister of Economic Development), 6879–6880
Caplan, David (Minister of Health and Long-Term Care), 7866
Members'/ministers' travel
Mental health care
Migrant workers
Military reservists
Minimum wage, 3483–3484
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14, 2084 Mining industry
consultation with First Nations, 50 , 744 , 2084
northern table discussions between government and Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, 744
provincial-aboriginal relations, 479
uranium exploration and mining, 77
Minister of International Trade and Investment, 2664
Ministerial responsibility, 7688
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministry expenditures, 2952
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
rural economic development (RED) program, 3194
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 18–20 , 48 , 3194 , 3318 , 4322 , 4324
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 19–20 , 25 , 167 , 1816 , 3194 , 4322 , 4324 , 6989–6990
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Health Promotion
Quest for Gold
Ontario athlete assistance program
military families exempted from one-year waiting period, 13
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, 4207–4208
Employment Ontario, 2388
Ontario skills development program, 2731
second career strategy, 2388 , 3193–3194 , 3270 , 4746 , 7958 , 9451
skills to jobs action plan, 522 , 738 , 764–765 , 767 , 1417 , 1467–1468
Multibrid GmbH, 3961
Municipal infrastructure, 4210
National housing strategy, 691
NDP documents/plans
provincial sales tax, 5612
Niagara Health System
Niska North Inc., 6075
Northern Ontario, 6486
Nuclear generating stations
Nuclear industry, 6185
Nurse practitioners, 830
Nurses
Nursing students/graduates
nursing job guarantee, 3529
Office of the Premier
Olympics
Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 991–992 , 1516 , 1661 , 3435 , 3483–3484 , 4617 , 5613 , 5658–5659
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits
Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
cuts to seniors' drug benefits, 8208
Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES)
waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) program, 3268
Ontario Financing Authority, 128–129
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
coverage for eligible military families, 13
inclusion of PET scans as insured service, 1923–1924
Ontario health premium, 896–897
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
purchase of foreign-made cars as casino contest prizes, 5418–5419
termination of CEO and board of directors, 7268
wrong date on tickets, 6184–6185 , 6187
Ontario Power Authority (OPA), 829
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
Darlington nuclear generating station
building of new reactors, 4215
Ontario Sheet Metal Workers Training Centre, 3961
Ontario Superior Court of Justice rulings
Justice Patrick Smith's rulings, 744
Ontario Works program benefits
temporary care assistance (TCA), 1518
Oral questions, responded to
Aboriginal affairs, 744
Aboriginal land claims, 6189–6190
Aboriginal rights, 479 , 523 , 1306 , 2026–2027 , 2084 , 2122 , 2488–2489
Access to health care, 1923–1924
Affordable housing, 565–566 , 691
Agency spending, 7331–7333 , 7383 , 7685 , 9034
Agricultural labour policy, 4021
Air quality, 2482–2483
Apprenticeship training, 501 , 519 , 1709 , 2086
Assistance to farmers, 8109–8110
Auditor General's report, 7918
Automobile industry, 1467–1468 , 1916–1919 , 2025–2026 , 2233–2236 , 2287–2288 , 2387–2388 , 2484–2485 , 3957–3959 , 4017 , 4054–4055 , 4209 , 4243–4245 , 4330 , 4748 , 4900–4901 , 5420–5421 , 5569–5571 , 5682–5683 , 6330–6331
Automobile insurance, 8025–8026 , 8028–8029 , 8408–8409
Breastfeeding, 2958–2959
C. difficile, 2389 , 2735 , 2775–2777 , 2953–2954 , 2956
Cancer Care Ontario, 7914–7915
Child care, 1518 , 6746
Child poverty, 687–688
Child protection, 4995–4996
Children's aid societies, 8787
Children's mental health services, 1204 , 1657–1658
Climate change, 171 , 1246–1247
Construction industry, 832
Consumer protection, 6886
Corporate tax, 1512 , 8207
Correctional facility employees, 4572–4573
Diabetes registry, 9687–9688
Domestic violence, 892 , 4754–4755
Drive Clean, 7143
Driver examination centres, 8410
Drug treatment programs, 1209
Economic development, 6989–6990
Education funding, 9718–9719
Education labour dispute, 4025
Electronic health information, 7027 , 7036–7037 , 7141–7144 , 7189 , 7221–7222 , 7265–7270 , 7686–7688 , 7868–7869 , 7871 , 7916–7917 , 7955–7961 , 8022–8023 , 8025 , 8060–8061 , 8066 , 8101 , 8206–8207 , 8253–8254 , 8347 , 8407–8408 , 8595 , 8642 , 8646
Employee wage protection, 129–130
Employment, 737–739 , 765–766 , 1202–1203
Employment insurance, 5029–5030
Employment supports, 4616 , 7958
Energy rates, 4993–4994 , 6183–6184
Environmental protection, 49–50
Events in Tibet, 2241
Executive compensation, 829 , 6799–6800
Family Day, 19–20
Federal election, 3271
Federal Liberal election promises, 2893–2895
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 3083–3085 , 3269
Flu immunization, 8344–8345 , 8405–8406
Forest industry, 4055
Fundraising, 3961 , 4018
Gasoline prices, 6984–6985
Government accountability, 7268 , 9030–9031 , 9365
Government accounting practices, 1570–1571
Government assets, 9316
Government consultants, 8024–8025
Government contracts, 8537–8539 , 8541 , 8543
Government grants, 2483–2484
Government investments, 128–129 , 169
Government record, 7220 , 9031–9032 , 9264–9266 , 9315–9316 , 9446 , 9720–9722
Government services, 4417–4420
Government spending, 3316–3317 , 7221 , 7637–7638 , 8062–8063
Green power generation, 1247 , 6487
Hazardous waste, 196–197 , 199–200 , 292
Health care, 168 , 5615–5616 , 7473 , 7869–7870 , 8024 , 9688–9689
Health care funding, 889 , 2394–2395 , 2899 , 7957–7958 , 8207–8208 , 9312–9314 , 9361–9362
Health premiums, 896–897
Home care, 566–567 , 5662
Hospital funding, 73 , 4381 , 4573–4574 , 5512 , 9363 , 9689–9690
Hospital services, 2960 , 4322 , 6386 , 7386–7387
Hospital spending, 7474–7475
Human rights, 989–991
Hydro rates, 2485
Infectious disease control, 2082 , 6329 , 6382–6385
International trade, 832–834 , 891 , 3135 , 3183 , 7148–7149
Job creation, 561 , 7635 , 8209 , 9443–9444 , 9451
Legislative reform, 1097–1100
Local health integration networks, 9263–9264 , 9311
Long-term care, 1602–1603
Manufacturing and forestry sector jobs, 3317–3318 , 4857
Manufacturing jobs, 20–21 , 25 , 167–168 , 291–294 , 331–332 , 375–377 , 521–522 , 648 , 766–767 , 1510–1511 , 1604–1605 , 1815–1817 , 1819 , 1821–1822 , 1881–1883 , 2663–2665 , 2731–2732 , 2954–2956 , 3270 , 3434–3435 , 3959–3961 , 4577–4578 , 4856–4857 , 5182–5183 , 5228–5231 , 5313–5314 , 6075–6076 , 6991–6992
Manufacturing sector, 48–49
Medical evacuation, 6331
Minimum wage, 650 , 5681–5682
Mining industry, 9268 , 9451–9452
Ministerial responsibility, 7688
Minister's expenses, 4908
Minister's record, 7913–7914
Minister's resignation, 6879–6880
Municipal taxation, 3180
Native land disputes, 2121
Northern Ontario, 6486
Nuclear energy, 4214–4215 , 6185 , 6882 , 7195–7196
Nurses, 830 , 3529
Ontario budget, 496–498 , 560–561 , 692–693 , 4855 , 4858 , 5510 , 5576–5577 , 5661 , 5727–5728 , 6076 , 6223–6224
Ontario child benefit, 1516
Ontario economy, 18–19 , 21–22 , 27 , 331 , 474–475 , 478 , 736–737 , 764–765 , 1416–1417 , 1467–1469 , 1508–1509 , 1565–1568 , 1600–1602 , 1658–1659 , 1813–1814 , 1879–1880 , 2286–2290 , 2662 , 2729–2730 , 2952–2953 , 3176–3179 , 3316 , 3432–3433 , 3481–3482 , 3484–3485 , 3490 , 3524–3526 , 4018–4019 , 4207–4208 , 4210 , 4242 , 4321–4325 , 4855–4856 , 4899–4900 , 4902 , 5000–5001 , 5077 , 5117–5118 , 5180–5181 , 5229 , 5311–5312 , 5504–5505 , 6181–6182 , 6547 , 7636 , 8061–8062
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 6184–6185 , 6187 , 7330–7331 , 7380
Ontario public service, 4423 , 5775–5776 , 9444
Patient safety, 9689
Pension plans, 6186 , 6188–6189 , 6222–6226 , 6228 , 6881–6882 , 6985 , 7142
Pension reform, 9317–9318
Plant closures, 1251
Post-secondary education, 501 , 4745–4747
Poverty, 991–992 , 1661 , 2390 , 2666–2667 , 2777 , 3133–3134 , 3319–3320 , 3435–3436 , 3483–3484 , 4380–4381 , 5078 , 5183–5184 , 5949
Premier's comments, 1710–1711
Premier's record, 7866–7868 , 7912–7913
Property rights, 135
Protection for workers, 6681–6684 , 6743–6744 , 6801
Provincial debt, 8205–8206
Provincial deficit, 8253
Provincial purchasing policy, 746 , 5418–5419 , 5506–5507 , 5943–5944 , 6182–6183
Public transit, 6549–6550
Public transportation, 4385 , 4580
Renewable energy and conservation, 4999 , 5027–5029 , 5076–5077 , 5118 , 5186 , 5189–5190
Rural Ontario, 4578–4579
School pools, 1058
School safety, 2486
Severance payments, 5572
Sex offender registry, 167
Skills training, 2388
Small business, 4053–4054
Social assistance, 4617 , 8731
Student grants, 6491
Student safety, 5031
Taxation, 330 , 373–375 , 473–474 , 3267–3269 , 4243 , 5422 , 5505–5506 , 5508 , 5571–5572 , 5610–5613 , 5657–5660 , 5663–5666 , 5678–5681 , 5683–5684 , 5728 , 5776–5779 , 5944 , 5988–5989 , 6073–6075 , 6182 , 6329–6330 , 6483–6486 , 6548 , 6690 , 6880–6881 , 7188 , 7267–7268 , 7272–7273 , 7332 , 7380–7385 , 7474 , 7636–7637 , 8102–8103 , 8254–8255 , 8539–8541 , 8595–8597 , 8642–8645 , 8725–8729 , 8777–8781 , 8862–8864 , 8989–8992 , 9032–9033 , 9444–9446
Thunder Bay economy, 3179
Tire disposal, 646–647
Tobacco control, 4572 , 4803
Tourism, 2391
Transfer payments, 3486
Trillium drug program, 5665
TVOntario, 6982
Unemployment, 5620
University labour disputes, 4748 , 4775–4779 , 4799–4803
Uranium mine, 77–78
Windsor border crossing, 1603–1604
Women's issues, 5729–5730
Workers' compensation, 5783
Patient safety
surgical errors and pathology results, 9689
PC Party documents/plans, 764 , 829 , 5028 , 5660
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6186 , 6222 , 6225 , 6228
Pension funds, 4619
Pension plans, 6224 , 6226 , 6881–6882 , 7142
Political fundraising, 3961
Post-secondary education, 4775 , 4801–4803
Poverty, 21–22 , 693 , 2666–2667 , 2777 , 3134 , 3435–3436 , 3483–3484 , 5949
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 565–566 , 650 , 687 , 2666 , 2777 , 3319–3320 , 3435 , 3483–3484 , 4380–4381 , 4617 , 5078 , 5183–5184 , 5949
Premier's travel, 3481–3482 , 3490
Property tax assessment
Protectionism, 5943–5944
Provincial-aboriginal relations, 1306 , 2122
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 4995–4996
Public service, 561 , 3316–3317 , 4423 , 5001 , 5730 , 5776
Quebec
hydroelectric capacity, 49
use of wind power, 3960
Regulations, 4900
Rent increases, 6183
Reports
Big Hit on GTA Middle-Class Homebuyers with the Ontario Budget's HST Proposals (Frank Clayton), 6483 Compulsory Certification Project (T.E. Armstrong), 2086 A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 6188–6189 , 7142 Navigating Through the Recovery: Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress Annual Report (Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress), 8726 Ontario Economic Accounts (Ministry of Finance), 3177 The Road Ahead: Poverty Reduction in Ontario (Campaign 2000), 687–688 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7913–7914 , 7918 , 8347 TD Economics Special Report - Time for a Vision of Ontario's Economy (Don Drummond, Derek Burleton), 2953
Research and innovation
Rural Ontario, 134
Safe Schools Act, S.O. 2000, c.12, 5031 Saskatchewan, 2894
School attendance
raising compulsory school attendance to age 18, 1816
School facilities
School safety, 2486
reporting of violent incidents, 2486 , 5031
Senior homeowners' property tax credits, 5660 , 5663
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 6329
Sex offender registry
misallocation of operational funds, 167
6N Silicon Inc.
Smoking, 4803
Social assistance benefits, 3435 , 4617
Social assistance recipients
Social housing, 5510
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 18
Sports competitions
Pan American Games bid (2015)
Sri Lanka
Starz Animation Toronto, 6989
Steel industry, 5228 , 5314
Strikes
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, 4580
DriveTest driving examiners, 8410
Student assistance, 4776
Ontario student assistance program (OSAP), 4776–4777
Student dropouts, 3268 , 4243
Student grants, 501 , 6491
distance grant, 6491
textbook and technology grant, 6491
Tamil Canadians
Tax credits
Tax reduction, 331 , 373–375 , 474 , 496–497 , 737 , 832 , 1202 , 1601 , 2287 , 2662 , 2953 , 5505–5506 , 5679–5681 , 5727–5728 , 5777
Taxation
Taxes, 3267
Tibet
anti-Chinese protests, 988 , 991
Tobacco products
sale to underage children, 4803
Tobacco tax
Toronto city council, 3180
Toronto District School Board
government funding, 1058
swimming pools
Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008 (Bill 66)
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
purchase of streetcars from Bombardier
strike
Tourism industry, 2391
marketing campaign
There's No Place Like This, 2391
Trade missions
Trade offices, 3194
Training programs, 1203 , 2287
Transit systems
82% Ontario content in manufacture of transit vehicles
government funding, 50 , 333 , 521 , 746 , 2483 , 5182–5183 , 5507 , 6486 , 6549
Move Ontario 2020 plan, 746 , 1247
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Transportation master plan
Tributes
Basrur, Sheela (former chief medical officer of health for Ontario), 2306
Runciman, Robert (interim leader of the opposition), 7217–7218
Trillium drug program, 5665
Unemployment, 5504 , 6181
Unemployment rate, 2732
United States
Universities/colleges, 501
University graduates
U.S. Steel Canada, 5314
guarantee in return for government assistance, 5314
layoffs, 5228 , 5314
shutdown, 5231
Vehicle emission tests
Victims of domestic violence
Waste
nuclear/radioactive waste, 6882
Waste management/programs
nuclear/radioactive waste, 6882
tire recycling program, 646–647
Websites
Wind turbines, 3960–3961
Women, 5729–5730
Workers
Workers' compensation benefits
Working Families Coalition
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
hiring of chief prevention officer, 5783
Xstrata PLC
shutdown of copper and zinc operations at Kidd Met site, 9451–9452
Youth/student workers
McMeekin, T. (LIB, Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale)
Appreciation
staff, Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, 2401
Automobile industry, 3042–3043
Awards
Canada's Top 100 Employers
Bullying
Business
doing business with Ontario government, 6043–6044
government assistance, 6043
Capital works projects
Cemeteries
Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
accountability of board of directors, 7479–7480
Consumer protection, 8355–8356
energy contracts, 9208–9209
identity theft, 1888–1889
security deposits for utilities and disconnections, 9208–9209
sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9211
vacation clubs/time-shares, 1888
Dominion Institute
Economic conditions, 3471–3472
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 3472
eHealth Ontario
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Elections/by-elections
Electoral process reform, 9292–9293
students vote in home riding or riding in which they attend school, 9293
Employment creation, 3473
Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Fruit wines
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Government vehicles
vehicles purchased, leased or rented should be manufactured and assembled in Canada, 3043
Green economy, 3473
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Health care workers, 3963
Kindergarten
Legislative procedure
private members' public business, 3124
Legislature schedule/agenda, 3122–3124 , 8046
Liquor licences
by the glass service
hours of sale and service, 3140
Manitoba
payday loan industry regulation, 2204 , 2417
Marijuana
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Lantz, Edward (ACORN Canada), 2402
Smith, Patti (National Money Mart), 2402
Vashti Persad, Judy (Toronto and York Region Labour Council), 2402
Members/ministers quoting reports
Report of the Propane Safety Review Panel (Michael Birk, Susana Katz), 8977 Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) Annual Report 2008-2009, 8042
Members/ministers quoting statements
McLean, Seaton (chair, Prince Edward County Winegrowers Association), 8026
Members' statements
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 480 , 2208 , 2564–2565 , 2607
Ministry of Government Services
green office, 3642
hotel/conference expenditures, 4418 , 4524
reverse trade show for Ontario businesses, 6043–6044
Oral questions, presented
High school students, 9645
Social workers, 9724
Oral questions, responded to
Cemeteries, 7479–7480
Consumer protection, 1888–1889 , 2089 , 2203–2204 , 2436–2437 , 2439 , 7579–7580
Environmental protection, 3642
Gasoline prices, 2564
Government regulations, 4822–4823 , 6946
Government services, 2960–2961
Grape and wine industry, 6336 , 7478 , 8026
Health care workers, 3963
Manufacturing jobs, 3042–3043
Minister's record, 7872
Ministry spending, 4418 , 4524
Ontario public service, 3044 , 7191
Polygamy, 2088 , 2125–2126 , 2240–2241
Provincial purchasing policy, 4805 , 6043–6044
Small business, 3575–3576 , 5828
Wine industry, 3140 , 6684–6685
Payday loan agreements, 603
limit the cost of borrowing, 602–603
Payday loan industry
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans
Polygamy, 2125 , 2240–2241
law and legislation, 2088
Post-secondary education
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 3472
Poverty, 5214
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Anti-bullying initiatives
British Home Child Day Act, 2010 (Bill 241)
Propane explosions
Propane facilities
Propane industry
insurance as a condition of licensing, 8041
Propane safety review panel, 8041
Public education campaigns
British Home Child Day, 9382–9383
Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 9388–9389
youth awareness campaign, 2089
Public service, 3044 , 3963
collective agreements, 7191
reduction, 7191
Real estate fraud
consumer protection, 2439
Real estate industry
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Remembrance Day, 3840–3842
Reports
Report of the Propane Safety Review Panel (Michael Birk, Susana Katz), 8041
Research and innovation
ServiceOntario, 2960–2961
BizPal (business permits and licences), 3575–3576 , 5828
online application
15-day service guarantee, 2960
Social workers, 9724
Student dropout rate
Tarion Warranty Corporation
compensation for warranty claims, 2436
in-house consumer advocate, 2436–2437
warranty coverage, 2437
Technical safety standards, 8040
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Tributes
Fox, Charley (veteran), 3841
Martin, Brad (Olympian snow boarder, 2010 Winter Olympics), 9551–9552
Veterans' memorials
Wine
Ontario grapes in Ontario wine, 8026
Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wine, 8026
Wine industry, 3140 , 6336
Working Families Coalition, 9292
McNeely, P. (LIB, Ottawa–Orléans)
Appraisal Institute of Canada
Awards
June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism, 1409
Leading Women, Building Communities Award, 5516
Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship
Kazmierski, Greg and Ellen Goodman (recipients), 3492
Orléans Chamber of Commerce People's Choice Business Awards, 8871–8872
Books
Keeping Our Cool (Andrew Weaver), 3334
Bridges
inter-provincial bridge
Kettle Island, 2839
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Building codes, 3341
Canadian Hydro Components (CHC), 7769
Climate Change Awareness Act, 2009 (Bill 208)
Climatic changes, 566 , 2171 , 7031 , 8216 , 8324–8325
Conferences/seminars/symposiums
2009 OGRA/ROMA Annual Conference, 5034
Congratulatory remarks
Mayhew, Kyle (silver medalist, 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games), 5581–5582
Nash, Lori; Charlene Elgee, Karen Luttrell and Cathy MacDonald (recipients, June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism), 1409
Consumer protection
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
eligibility for refund, 3034
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Court security, 5034
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs), 2400–2401
Earth Hour, 566
Economic conditions, 3615–3616
Economic growth, 5011
Education
parental involvement in education, 422–423
Employment insurance benefits
Endangered species
Energy
Energy conservation, 5012 , 5162 , 6727 , 6765 , 9306
energy star program, 5011
government funding, 5353
Energy Conservation Leadership Act, S.O. 2006, c.3, Sched. A, 3335 Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Energy efficiency, 3334
Environmental education, 1461
Environmental protection, 5129
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Fairness for Military Families Act (Employment Standards and Health Insurance), 2007 (Bill 2)
Federal government
transfer payments
equalization program, 3096
French-language debates
Déclarations des députés
Association française des municipalités de l'Ontario, 7483
Centre de services à la famille, 5954
Changement de climat, 2171
Communauté d'Orléans, 5238
Drapeau franco-ontarien, 2967 , 7878
Ordre de la Pléiade, 6233
Prix décerné par la Fondation Trillium, 158–159
Rendement scolaire, 5432
Savoie, Gérald, 6995
Loi de 2008 sur l'Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario, projet de loi 55
Questions orales
Affaires francophones, 5511
Violence familiale, 9369
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
Green economy, 5058 , 5176
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
general discussion, 9211
second reading, 5011–5012 , 5058 , 5157–5158 , 5162 , 5176 , 5332 , 5353 , 5356 , 5362 , 5439–5440 , 5442 , 5448
third reading, 6572 , 6725–6729 , 6765 , 6774 , 6777
Greenhouse gas emissions
Health care
Health care funding
Highway improvement
Highway 417 (Hunt Club interchange), 1140
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Home energy audits, 5011 , 5442 , 6572 , 6729 , 6777
Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 (Bill 101)
general discussion, 3279
first reading, 2840
Hospital funding
Hospital services
Housing
affordable
federal government funding, 4751
Ottawa, 4752
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immigrants
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Kindergarten
Knights of Columbus (Divine Infant Council)
refurbished computers for Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre, 6340
Local health integration networks (LHINs)
Medical procedures
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Ottawa–Orléans
Climate Change Awareness Day, 886–887
Members/ministers quoting documents
For a Better Ontario: Leadership Matters (PC Party Plan for Ontario's Future), 3335
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1140 Ottawa Citizen, 7830
Members/ministers quoting reports
Chief Energy Conservation Officer Annual Report 2007 (Taking Action), 3335
Members/ministers quoting statements
Chopik, Chris (car-free realtor), 3334–3335
Hammond, Sam (president, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario), 9535
Mahon, Louis (president, council of the College of Early childhood Educators), 9534
Ryan, James (president, Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Federation), 9535
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
PC (2003-2010)
Miller, Norm (Parry Sound–Muskoka), 5442
O'Toole, John (Durham), 5442
Members' statements
Access to health care, 3579
Bridge crossing, 2839
Climate change, 2171 , 8216
Climate Change Awareness Day, 886–887
Employment insurance, 3687
Energy conservation, 3279
Environmental education, 1461
Environmental protection, 5129
Family Day, 4909–4910
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 3096
Foreign-trained doctors, 2400–2401
Health care, 1930–1931 , 2249
Kazmierski, Greg and Ellen Goodman, 3492
Leading Women, Building Communities Award, 5516
Mayhew, Kyle, 5581–5582
Orléans Chamber of Commerce People's Choice Business Awards, 8871–8872
Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre, 6340
Orléans Family Health Hub, 7437
Orléans Y, 8033
Public transit, 4699–4700
Remembrance Day, 8547–8548
Skills training, 3053
St. Peter Knights, 4029
St. Peter Players, 6193
Steffi D, 5668–5669
Volunteers, 1409
Military reservists
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 3053
Ministry of Education
Parents Reaching Out grants, 423
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
aging-at-home strategy, 6886
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
second career strategy, 3053
Municipal government services
Natural Resources Canada
Nurse practitioners, 2724
OC Transpo
Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.1
Occupational health and safety inspectors, 3183
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB)
Oral questions, presented
Affordable housing, 4751–4752
Anti-smoking legislation, 2028–2029
Climate change, 566
Eastern Ontario development, 7769
Endangered species, 7434–7435
Greenhouse gas emissions, 7031 , 9077–9078
Hospital funding, 2238
Immigrant services, 7830–7831
Military families, 76
Municipal finances, 4327–4328
Municipal funding, 8307
Municipalities, 5034
Occupational health and safety, 3183
Parental involvement in education, 422–423
Poverty, 5423
Senior citizens, 6885–6886
Sewage spill, 2667
Tourism, 2522
Water quality, 2087
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1850 , 2009
Petitions
Climate change, 9329 , 9331–9332 , 9508 , 9553–9554
Community colleges collective bargaining, 2245
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 3093
Hospital funding, 4396 , 7782–7783
Lord's Prayer, 2297
Lung cancer, 2492
Reconstructive surgery, 8695
School facilities, 6566 , 6759–6760 , 6814–6815 , 6952–6953
School funding, 6199 , 6400–6401 , 6452
University labour dispute, 4759–4760
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
general discussion, 5423
second reading, 5250
Poverty reduction strategy, 5423
Private members' public business
Climate Change Awareness Act, 2009 (Bill 208)
Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 (Bill 101)
Kindness Week
Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
Wind turbines
Zero Waste Day Act, 2010 (Bill 247)
Provincial-aboriginal relations, 5176
Provincial-municipal partnerships
provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, 4327
Public education campaigns
Quebec
poverty reduction strategy, 5423
Remembrance Day, 8547–8548
Reports
Report on Removing Barriers for International Medical Doctors (Laurel C. Broten), 2400–2401 , 2724–2725
Road safety
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Senior citizens
Sewage spills
Sports teams
St. Peter Catholic High School
St. Peter Players
Beauty and the Beast, 6193
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products
ban on retail display of cigarettes, 2028 , 5641
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5641
Tourism industry, 2522
government funding, 2522
marketing campaign
There's No Place Like This, 2522
Transportation infrastructure
Tributes
DiDomenicantonio, Steffi (Canadian Idol finalist), 5668–5669
United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (Copenhagen), 9078
Waste management/programs
Wind turbines
health effects, 5356
moratorium on new projects pending review of health effects, 8336
Youth organizations
Meilleur, Hon. M. (LIB, Ottawa–Vanier)
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
general discussion, 1250 , 1304 , 1307 , 1363 , 1423
public consultation, 1312
first reading, 159–160
ministerial statement, 161–162
second reading, 749–750
third reading, 1430–1431
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, S.O. 2005, c.11, 16 , 2098 , 3488 Adoption
protection of privacy, 161 , 750
Adoption disclosure, 161–162 , 749–750 , 1250 , 1304–1305
advertising campaign, 7076
backlog of disclosure requests, 8498
disclosure veto, 161–162 , 1307 , 6888 , 7076
no-contact notice, 1304 , 1307 , 1363–1364 , 1423 , 1430
protection for victims of abuse, 1766
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1038–1039
Child poverty, 481
Community Living
Developmental services institutions (DSI)
Domestic violence, 4289
government funding for programs to reduce domestic violence, 170
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Families for a Secure Future
Family Responsibility Office (FRO), 2641–2642
Family Service Ontario, 6598
Foreign caregivers
Foster families, 3538–3539
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Accessibilité pour les personnes handicapées, 2098–2099 , 6892–6893 , 7776–7777
Adoption, 162
Drapeau franco-ontarien, 2841–2842
Journée internationale de la francophonie, 469 , 5475–5476
Journée internationale des personnes handicapées, 4429
Semaine du service à la clientèle, 3098
Semaine nationale des familles d'accueil, 3538–3539
TFO, 825
Loi de 2009 sur la saine gestion publique, projet de loi 212
Loi de 2008 sur l'accès aux dossiers d'adoption (modification de lois en ce qui concerne les statistiques de l'état civil), projet de loi 12
Loi de 2008 sur les mesures budgétaires et l'affectation anticipée de crédits (no 2), projet de loi 114
Loi de 2008 sur les services et soutiens favorisant l'inclusion sociale des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle, projet de loi 77
Loi de 2008 sur l'Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario, projet de loi 55
Ordre du jour
Questions orales
Accès aux soins de santé, 3683
Accessibilité pour les personnes handicapées, 8413
Affaires francophones, 5511 , 7832 , 9691
Drapeau franco-ontarien, 2896–2897
Jeunesse francophone, 1924–192
Office des affaires francophones, 5831
Services en français, 2641 , 8108–8109 , 8211
Travailleurs sociaux, 9724
Violence familiale, 9369
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government record
PC (1995-2003)
family support arrears, 2642
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
emergency preparedness
availability of Tamiflu, 8456
Income groups
Interpreter and intervener services
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 9410
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Cavoukian, Ann (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 1430
Coalition for Open Adoption Records, 1430
Members/ministers quoting statements
Blumberg, Bruce (geneticist), 2761–2762
Frazee, Catherine (co-director, Ryerson/RBC institute for disability studies), 2043
Onley, David (Lieutenant Governor of Ontario), 16 , 2042
Roosevelt, Franklin (32nd United States president), 2762
Mental health care
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 2294 , 4289 , 5784 , 6989 , 8498
Ministry of Community and Social Services
National/independence/memorial days
International Day of la Francophonie, 5476
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 481 , 1102 , 3849 , 8151
Ontario disability support program (ODSP), 5383
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 5997
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) recipients, 2239
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario March of Dimes
home and vehicle modification program (HVMP), 9546–9547
Ontario Works program benefits, 3639
overpayment, 9115
temporary care assistance (TCA), 2393 , 2784 , 3139 , 3233 , 3321 , 3373–3374 , 3490 , 3530 , 3638–3639 , 3680 , 3771 , 3827 , 3849–3850 , 4022–4023 , 4058–4059 , 4105–4106 , 4151 , 4211 , 4290 , 4422
government funding, 3849
income tested, 3638
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, responded to
Accessibility for the disabled, 3485–3486 , 3488–3489 , 8413 , 9036–9037
Adoption disclosure, 1250 , 1304–1305 , 1307 , 1312 , 1363–1364 , 1423 , 1766 , 6888 , 7076 , 8498
Agency spending, 9117–9118
Assistance to the disabled, 5784 , 5997
Child care, 2393 , 2784 , 3139 , 3233 , 3321 , 3373–3374 , 3490 , 3530 , 3638–3639 , 3680–3681 , 3771 , 3827 , 4022–4023 , 4058–4059 , 4105–4106 , 4151 , 4211 , 4290 , 4422
Diet supplements, 422
Disability benefits, 4383 , 9695–9696
Family Responsibility Office, 2641–2642
Flu pandemic preparedness, 8456
Franco-Ontarian flag, 2897
Low-income Ontarians, 770–771 , 7918
Mental health services, 6598 , 6988–6989
National child benefit supplement, 481
Northern health travel grant, 4753
Ontario child benefit, 8151
Ontario disability support program, 2239
Pension plans, 6230
Poverty, 1101–1102 , 8994–8995
Registered disability savings plans, 4379–4380
Services for disabled children, 5235 , 7192
Services for the developmentally disabled, 235 , 1166 , 1972 , 2029 , 2031 , 2129 , 2393–2394 , 2784 , 2834 , 4473 , 4579 , 5733–5734 , 6942 , 8824–8825 , 9406–9407
Services for the disabled, 7874 , 9546–9547
Social assistance, 4288–4289 , 5383 , 8729 , 9115–9116 , 9267 , 9404 , 9577–9578 , 9723–9724
Social workers, 9724
Women's shelters, 170
Pension plans, 6230
Persons with disabilities, 2393 , 4383 , 4429 , 5997
barrier-free access, 16 , 2098–2099 , 3098 , 6892 , 8413 , 9036–9037
customer service, 7776–7777
developmental disabilities
government funding, 3485–3486 , 5784
service agencies/application centres
inspections without warrant, 2784
services, 1982 , 2761–2762 , 3488 , 4579 , 6942
government funding, 7874
Patterson, Teddy case, 1972
social inclusion, 2761–2762
Poverty, 481
Poverty reduction strategy, 6230
social assistance review, 5784
Public education campaigns
Customer Service Week, 3098 , 7776–7777
International Day of Disabled Persons, 16
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 4428
National Access Awareness Week, 2098–2099 , 6892
National Foster Family Week, 3538–3539
Registered disability savings plans, 4379 , 4383 , 9695–9696
exempting registered disability savings plans from eligibility for disability support, 4429
exempting registered disability savings plans from eligibility for social assistance, 4383
regulations, 4379
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
general discussion, 2784 , 2834 , 5784 , 6942 , 8379
first reading, 1981
ministerial statement, 1982–1983
second reading, 2041–2043 , 2046
third reading, 2761–2762 , 2765
Sign language interpreters, 3489
Social assistance, 5383
Social assistance benefits
Social Benefits Tribunal
expenditures
Miclash, Frank (acting chair), 9117
Social workers, 9724
Workers
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3807
Miller, N. (PC, Parry Sound–Muskoka)
Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal land claims
Aboriginal peoples
Aboriginal policy framework (APF), 644
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Adoption disclosure
protection for victims of abuse, 1439
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
subject to freedom of information requests, 9236–9237
Agricultural industry
Animal protection
Animal protection organizations
use of term humane society restricted, 1803 , 2013
Anniversaries
Bracebridge Public Library 100th anniversary, 3534
Apprenticeship training
Apprenticeship training programs
Automobile insurance
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
Automobile safety devices
Automobiles
provincial sales tax exemption on new car sales, 5911
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Batteries
deposit and return system, 229
Battery Deposit and Return Act, 2007 (Bill 22)
Blue-green algae blooms
Books
Local Library, Global Passport: The Evolution of a Carnegie Library (Patrick Boyer), 3534
Boundary adjustment
Barrie and Innisfil, 7511
British Columbia
regulatory reduction, 4135 , 4140
small business regulations, 3426
Brochures
A Guide to Understanding Retail Sales Tax for your Business in Ontario (Small Business Pointers 901), 3425 , 4134
Budget, 599 , 5664
Budget deficit, 3624–3625 , 5910–5911 , 5914 , 7588 , 8064 , 8146–8147 , 9721–9722
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
second reading, 780
third reading, 1902
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 799
Burk's Falls and District Health Centre
Cable/satellite providers
requirement to broadcast legislative proceedings of the province or territory, 3254
Cambodia
opening of Muskoka School (Siem Reap district), 9698
Carbon monoxide detectors, 7450
Casinos
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Georgian College
carpentry techniques program, 7134
Community development trust fund, 6082 , 6750–6751
Congratulatory remarks
George, Maynard Sam (recipient, Order of Ontario), 4429
Conservation officers
Construction industry
Construction workers
Consumer protection
security deposits for utilities and disconnections, 9246–9247
Coroner inquests
power of Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to hold inquest repealed, 4371
Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Credit unions, 7966–7967
De Beers Canada
Debates re answers to oral questions
Health care funding
Small business
Tobacco control
Demonstrations
aboriginal groups (Queen's Park), 2168
Destination marketing and management organizations (DMMOs), 6890
Diamond royalty
Doctor shortage, 2651
Driver licences, 2339
enhanced driver licences, 2426
graduated licences
daytime passenger restrictions for young drivers, 6134
restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4219 , 4294
Drivers
Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving
global positioning system (GPS), 4201
hands-free devices, 4201
Economic conditions, 366 , 4811–4812 , 5201
Economic decline, 5910
Economic growth, 366 , 3424
five-point economic plan, 3424
Education
Parry Sound–Muskoka, 6105
Education funding reform, 213–214
eHealth Ontario
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Electoral process reform, 9677–9678
Electricity rates
Employment creation, 7638
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment-related benefits
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Endangered species, 2640
Endangered Species Act, 2007 (Bill 184)
Energy
renewable energy, 5014
renewable energy projects
Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Far North Act, 2009 (Bill 191)
ministerial statement
public consultation, 7157
Federal-provincial-territorial agreements/programs
AgriRecovery program, 3735
Fire sprinklers
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in new residential construction, 7449–7450
First Nations Technical Institute, 644
Foreign caregivers
Forest industry
Forest resources management
Nipissing Forest
safety in movement of logs, 3139
France
Government accountability
fiscal accountability, 7574
Government-business partnerships, 3426–3427
Government debt, 599
Government expenditures, 780 , 3577–3578 , 4297
Government notice of motions
Federal government policy
Legislative reform
Government orders
Government record
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Charter Annex Agreement, 3329
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, 3329
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
general discussion
public consultation, 5005
second reading, 5014 , 5173–5174 , 5177 , 5359 , 5364 , 5440–5443
authority of Ontario Energy Board, 5443
third reading, 6571 , 6769 , 6777–6778
Harmonized sales tax, 5664 , 5689 , 5911–5913 , 6122 , 8735 , 8795–8796 , 8855 , 8947 , 9157–9159
economic impact, 7759
impact on investment industry, 8765
impact on real estate industry, 8764–8766
public consultation, 9158–9159
hosted by Ontario Road Builders' Association, 8866
transition benefit
$1,000 for single parents or couples, 5689
Health care
alternate level of care, 6388
Parry Sound–Muskoka, 9269–9270
rural and northern Ontario
closure of Burk's Falls and District Health Centre, 8103–8104
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Child Passengers on Motorcycles), 2008 (Bill 117)
second reading
public consultation, 4488
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Holidays
Home care workers
employment protection, 6364
Home energy audits, 5014 , 5177 , 5440–5441 , 6777–6778
Horse racing industry
Barrie Raceway
decline in race dates, 7511
Hospital budget deficits
Hospital closure
Hospitals
West Parry Sound Health Centre
occupancy rate, 5847
responsibility for Rousseau, Whitestone and Britt nursing stations, 7437
Housing
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immunization
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 8503
human papilloma virus (HPV), 8653
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Industry shutdowns, 25 , 5210
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Jordan's Principle, 6196–6197
Laboratory services
community-based
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, 2788
Labour mobility, 8294 , 8298 , 8662
Labour Relations Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.15, 7133–7134 Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Lake Superior, 4311
Land transfer tax
retroactive application to fractional ownership units, 7273–7274
Land use planning
Legal aid, 9222
Legislative procedure
members/ministers imputing motive, 1529
ministerial statements, 4296
Legislative proceedings
Legislative process
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 4289–4290 , 6411
Lofthouse Brass Manufacturing Ltd., 1605–1606
Long-term-care facilities, 3436
Mace, 5627
Manufacturing industry
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation, 5368
consent reflected on health card or driver's licence, 5218 , 5368
Members'/ministers' constituents
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 5440–5441
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Amsden, Barbara (director of research and strategy, Investment Funds Institute of Canada), 8765–8766
Bazely, James (President, Ontario Home Builders' Association), 8765
Members/ministers quoting documents
Outgrowing Grow-ins (Fred Vettese), 9347
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Beynon, Patsy (parent, Gravenhurst), 4546
Bill 126, re, 4547
Cormier, Wayne (owner, Cormier Adjusting Limited), 7132
French, Gary (councillor, Township of the Archipelago), 6353 , 6366
Goldsmith, Philip, 4488
harmonized sales tax, re, 8689 , 8735 , 8767 , 8871
Hickey, Blair (Bracebridge), 4488
McEachran, George and Sandra (constituents, Muskoka), 5913
O'Hearn, Katie, 4546
Rhiness, Kayla, 4546
Stinson Electrical, 7857
Tapley, Nancy (Tapley Bondi cottage resort, Muskoka), 5912
Members/ministers quoting letters
agency expenditures, re, 7568
Andrew, Judith (vice-president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 3720
Bacon, Betty and Sue Watson (owners, Craft Room), 5236
Bracebridge-Muskoka Lakes school nutrition action committee, 215
Bradbury, Daniel (owner, Daniel's Computer Services and Web Design), 7542–7543
Dixon, Kim, Richard Adams and David Conn (mayors, McDougall, Parry Sound and Seguin), 7857
harmonized sales tax, re, 8768 , 8795–8796
Home Instead Senior Care, 6364
Hopkins, Jamie (Santa's Village), 5236
Jamison, Mark (CEO, Magazines Ontario/Canada), 8768
Kaye Brothers (builders, Parry Sound), 5912
Knopf, Eva (immigration consultant and director, Select Nannies Inc.), 9194–9195
Nodwell, David (president, Muskoka Builders' Association), 4056
regulation of small business, re, 388
Robinson, Dale (mayor, McDougall), Richard Adams (mayor, Parry Sound), David Conn (mayor, Seguin), 7133
security deposits for utilities, re, 9246–9247
Smith, Kenneth (president, Bent Ply of Muskoka Ltd.), 5613
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Barrie Examiner, 1078 Beacon Star, 214 Globe and Mail (Toronto), 3119 Huntsville Forester, 4289 National Post (Toronto), 599 North Bay Nugget, 1774 Toronto Star, 799 , 4488 , 5917
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, 6789–6790
Members/ministers quoting reports
Examining the potential cost of the Ontario Green Energy Act (GEA), 2009 (London Economics International LLC), 6769 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 237
Members/ministers quoting statements
Aunger, Pauline (president, Ontario Real Estate Association), 8766
Bartleman, James (former Lieutenant Governor), 885
Beardy, Stan (grand chief, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation), 6791–6792
Bryans, Dave (president, Ontario Convenience Stores Association), 1087–1088
Cho, Sonny (Ontario Korean Businessmen's Association), 994
Closson, Tom (president, Ontario Hospital Association), 5841
Coalition for Balanced Mining Act Reform, 6793–6794
Coles, Chris (chief superintendent, Ontario Provincial Police), 7236
Daynes, Steve (Staffing Connection), 5406
harmonized sales tax, re, 8947 , 9042
Health Canada, 2217
Ingram-Haigh, Mary (president, Ontario Electrical League), 7856
Insurance Bureau of Canada, 2860
Lawley, Michael (executive director, Muskoka Tourism), 6890
Lim, Jamie (president, Ontario Forest Industries Association), 1969 , 7946
Lockhart, Glenndon (Parry Sound), 2966
London Chamber of Commerce, 9721–9722
Mining Association of Canada, 6790
Muskoka Builders' Association, 4085
Nodwell, Dave (president, Muskoka Builders' Association), 4088
North Bay city council resolution 2009-765 re: harmonized sales tax, 9157
Samuelson, Wayne (president, Ontario Federation of Labour), 7236
Sanderson, Donald (CEO, West Parry Sound Health Centre), 5841
Sandler, Steve (president, Sturgeon Bay Pointe au Baril Ratepayers Association), 2713
Members'/ministers' remarks
Members' statements
Aboriginal rights, 2168
Burk's Falls and District Health Centre, 493
Bus transportation, 2966
Credit unions and caisses populaires, 7966–7967
Digby, John, 1195–1196
Emergency dispatch services, 4222–4223
Endangered species, 2352
Flu immunization, 8503
Forest industry, 1774
Health care, 7437
Human papilloma virus, 8653
Laboratory services, 4222
Legal aid, 9222
Legislative reform, 1407
Local health integration networks, 9370
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, 2788
Muskoka Ambulance Service, 3095
Ontario budget, 599
Ontario economy, 366 , 3577–3578
Ontario Winter Youth Games, 981
Organ and tissue donation, 5127
Provincial deficit, 9584
Public libraries, 3534–3535
Renewable energy, 5005
Road safety, 4219 , 4294
School calendar, 5388
School in Cambodia, 9698
Service Ontario, 1091
Taxation, 5689 , 8689–8690 , 8735 , 8870–8871 , 8947 , 9041–9042
Tourism, 2399 , 6890
Water quality in aboriginal communities, 885
Workers' compensation, 3380
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14, 2168 , 5627
reform consultation, 6788
regulations, 6796
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Mining industry, 5627 , 6447 , 6788 , 6930
consultation with First Nations
mining legislation and regulations, 6792–6793
environmental effects, 6793–6794
ground staking, 6791
surface rights vs. mineral rights, 6794
Ministerial responsibility, 7566
Ministerial statements, responded to
Aboriginal children's services, 6196–6197
First Nations Technical Institute, 644
George, Maynard Sam, 4429
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, 3329
Immigration information, 4296–4297
Ipperwash Provincial Park, 7087–7088
Land development, 7157
Metis Nation, 827
Mining industry, 5626–5627 , 6446–6447
Pension plans, 9180–9181
Research and innovation, 5326
Small business, 3005
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Ministry of Education
pupil accommodation review guidelines, 4806
Ministry of the Environment
certificates of approval, 3426 , 4134
generation registration report, 419
Ministry of Natural Resources
Muskoka Ambulance Service, 3095
Netherlands
Nurse practitioners
expansion of scope of practice, 6916
Nurses
Occupational health and safety inspectors, 3721
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario College of Trades, 7131 , 7134–7136 , 7856
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
expenditures
lawsuit by Buttcon Energy Inc. over violation of agreement re Windsor Energy Centre, 7426
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
bus service reduction, 2966
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA)
inspect and determine whether standards of care are met, 3153
training of inspectors or agents, 3153 , 3159
warrantless entry for inspectors, 3159
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Agency spending, 7335 , 7383
Apprenticeship training, 3044 , 6441
Automobile insurance, 8028–8029
Disaster relief, 3735
Education funding, 4806
Endangered species, 1969 , 2290
Forest industry, 2640
Government contracts, 8208 , 8255–8256
Government record, 9721–9722
Health care, 8103–8104 , 9269–9270
Health care funding, 4289
Hospital funding, 6387–6388
Job creation, 7638 , 9644
Land transfer tax, 7273–7274
Manufacturing jobs, 25
Mining industry, 1605–1606
Minister's record, 7869
Northern Ontario development, 6082 , 6750–6751
Ontario economy, 7574 , 8064
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 7426
Provincial debt, 8146–8147
Red tape reduction, 1820
Resource management, 237
Small business, 418–419 , 2570 , 3436 , 3531 , 3571 , 3920 , 4056 , 5187–5188 , 5283 , 5613
Taxation, 5664–5665 , 8679 , 8866
Tobacco control, 956 , 994 , 1253
Tourism, 5236
Transportation of goods, 3139
Workers' compensation, 3373
Workplace insurance, 4104–4105 , 4146–4147
Oral questions, responded to
Patients
Payday loan agreements
limit the cost of borrowing, 2404
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
PC Party
Pension benefits, 9340
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans
Persons with disabilities
developmental disabilities
individualized funding, 2765
Pesticides/herbicides
Petitions
Child care, 4956
Electricity supply, 5133
Emergency dispatch services, 3331 , 3385 , 3449 , 3580 , 3650 , 3694–3695 , 3741 , 3844 , 4118 , 4160–4161 , 4299–4300 , 4398 , 4531
Health care, 9278 , 9330 , 9456
Hospital funding, 775–776 , 4828–4829 , 4955 , 5328 , 5390 , 5520 , 5694–5695 , 5743 , 5838 , 5891–5892 , 5961–5962 , 6005 , 6090 , 6149 , 6344–6345 , 6399 , 7286 , 7439 , 7783 , 8117–8118 , 8507 , 9184–9185
Laboratory services, 2647 , 3386 , 4335
Logging route, 3384 , 3451–3452 , 3581 , 3692 , 3739 , 3846 , 4117 , 4160 , 4221 , 4299 , 4336 , 4397 , 4587
Long-term care, 1521
Lord's Prayer, 507 , 616 , 959 , 1428–1429 , 1719 , 1975 , 2210 , 2527
Ontario budget, 6285 , 6400 , 6699 , 6952
Road safety, 4334 , 4529
Sale of domestic wines and beers, 7440
Sales tax, 4955–4956 , 5518 , 5586–5587 , 5629 , 6346
School transportation, 8508
Taxation, 7092–7093 , 7158–7159 , 7236–7237 , 7441 , 7529–7530 , 7584 , 7656 , 7738–7739 , 7929 , 8614 , 8694–8695 , 8876 , 8955 , 9047 , 9049 , 9182 , 9331
Workplace insurance, 4068–4069 , 4117 , 4158 , 4221 , 4298 , 5007
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards, 2328 , 2333 , 2339 , 2426
privacy/security of information, 2328 , 2426
Police services
Poverty, 5210 , 5213–5214
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Apprenticeship training
Automobile insurance
Electricity Amendment Act (Protection Against Security Deposits), 2009 (Bill 228)
Fire safety
Forest industry
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Institutions), 2009 (Bill 227)
Health care
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Child Passengers on Motorcycles), 2008 (Bill 117)
Lake Superior Day
Legislative channel
Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198)
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
Small business
Taxation
Tobacco Tax Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 199)
Towing Industry Act, 2008 (Bill 87)
Provincial-aboriginal agreements
Metis Nation of Ontario, 827
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Provincial parks
Ipperwash Provincial Park
return to Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, 4429
Public education campaigns
Lake Superior Day, 4311
Salute to Small Business Month, 3005
Small Business Week, 3380
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public transportation
Red Leaves Hotel, 7133–7134
Red Tape Commission, 1153 , 7749
Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Regulations, 1152–1153
business compliance, 1820
reduction, 3739
Reports
Breaking the Cycle: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy, 5201 Cutting Through Pension Complexity: Easy Steps Forward for the 2010 Federal Budge t (C.D. Howe Institute), 9343 A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 9343–9344 Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry (Sidney Linden), 7087–7088 Report on the Five Year Review of Automobile Insurance (Financial Services Commission of Ontario), 7543 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7869
Retail sales tax
elimination of retail sales tax from accommodations and attractions, 2329 , 2333 , 2399 , 2426
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 213–215
School construction
School year
start of classes before or after Labour Day, 5236 , 5388
Schools
Almaguin Highlands Secondary School
ground-source heat pump, 4806
ServiceOntario, 1091
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
716056 Ontario Limited Act, 2008 (Bill Pr6)
Signage
tourism-oriented directional signs (TODS), 3426
Skilled trades, 7134–7135
Small business, 3005 , 3380 , 3424–3427 , 3436 , 3531 , 3571 , 5187–5188
access-to-credit program, 5613
collection/remittance of provincial sales tax/goods and services tax, 3425 , 4134
government assistance in complying with regulations, 2570
regulation, 418–419 , 3005 , 3380 , 3426–3427 , 3436 , 3531 , 5188 , 5283 , 5405–5406
regulatory reduction, 4133–4135 , 4140
three-point plan, 3531
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoke shops
Argyle Street (Caledonia), 7088
Smoking
ban on smoking in cars with children present, 1867
Speed limiters, 1078
Speed limits
Sports and recreation
Sports competitions
2010 Ontario Winter Youth Games, 981
Stem cell research
Nagy, Andras (Mount Sinai Hospital), 5326
Temporary help agencies, 5406
Temporary help agency employees
protection
exemption for community care access centres (CCACs), 6364
TFO
educational programming, 1623
separation from TVOntario, 1623
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Legislative reform
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Tobacco products
Tobacco tax
Toronto District School Board
Tourism industry, 2328–2329 , 2333 , 2339 , 2399 , 2426 , 5236
Ontario tourism competitiveness study and action plan, 2426
Tourism regions
combining Muskoka with York–Simcoe and Grey-Bruce, 6890
Towing industry
Toxic substances
health risks, 6310
reduction plan
role of federal government, 6291
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Training programs, 3605
Transit systems
Tributes
Gaunt, Murray (former member, Huron–Bruce), 7780–7781
George, Maynard Sam (recipient, Order of Ontario), 7236
Trillium Gift of Life Network
organ and tissue donation, 5127
Trillium Lakeheads District School Board
Union certification
United Kingdom
United States
Workers
out-migration of Ontario workers, 366
skilled worker shortage, 2855
skilled workers, 7130
Workers' compensation benefits
Working Families Coalition, 7133 , 9669 , 9677–9678
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3719–3722
Youth justice centres, 4842
Miller, P. (NDP, Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
disclosure of untendered contracts, 7335
expenditures
Agreement on Internal Trade, 8289 , 8291
Air pollution, 546–547
Air quality management
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Anniversaries
Battle of Stoney Creek 196th anniversary, 7197
Apology, 5395
Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
Apprenticeship training programs, 7125
Aradco Management Ltd.
Athletes
Automobile industry, 669 , 2291 , 5682
auto sector investment fund, 673
Ford Motor Company of Canada
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
government funding, 2565
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 2566
layoffs, 2565
government funding, 5945–5946 , 6010
layoffs, 2291
made-for-Ontario auto strategy, 5682
Automobile insurance, 4461–4462
Automobile parts industry
Awards
Women of Distinction Award
LaFleshe, Barbara (nominee), 6047
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Bauer Industries
Books
Strange Fatality: The Battle of Stoney Creek, 1813 (James Elliott), 7197
Boundary adjustment
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
national conference, 1979
Budget
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1284
Building codes
Bullying, 5605
Buy Ontario policy, 5080 , 6009–6010
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC)
Carpools, 4279–4280
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child care centres
Child poverty, 5272
Children
Children's nutrition programs
City of Toronto Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A
amended by Bill 212, 8566
Climatic changes, 7625
Collective agreements, 3234–3235
United Steelworkers and ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc., 466
Committee process
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH), 6602–6603
Community safety, 4871 , 4873–4874
Concurrence in supply debate (December 2009)
Congratulatory remarks
Conservation areas
Construction workers
occupational health and safety, 3889
Consumer protection
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 4403
Corporate tax reduction, 6041 , 9137–9138
Corporations
executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 6011
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Crime against seniors
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Debates re answers to oral questions
Demonstrations
Protect Our Pensions rally (23 April 2009, Queen's Park), 6707
Development Charges Act, S.O. 1997, c.27, 1285 Discipline, 5609
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs)
Driver distractions, 4279–4280
Driver education/training, 4460–4461
Driver licences
graduated licences
extending length of G1 and G2 periods, 4460
restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4459–4460
zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 4459–4460
Drivers
Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 4279–4280
Economic conditions, 4281 , 4859 , 5121 , 5214
Economic decline
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 3217
Economic policy, 2781
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Education funding
Education funding reform
eHealth Ontario
consultants, 7820
contracts
Accenture Inc., 7557
Anzen Consulting Inc., 7557
Courtyard Group Ltd., 7557
expenditures, 7424 , 7555–7556
Kramer, Sarah (former CEO)
compensation/severance payments, 5556
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Elections/by-elections
Electric vehicles
Electricity rates
Employment creation, 645 , 1205
Employment insurance
Employment insurance benefits
Employment-related benefits
Employment security, 7877
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 71)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Lay-offs), 2009 (Bill 239)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
general discussion, 300 , 668–669 , 740 , 1117 , 2486 , 3217 , 5514–5515 , 5614 , 5663–5664
first reading, 41–42
Energy
Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Energy efficiency
home retrofit program, 7626
Environmental protection, 482
affordability of measures, 7626–7627
government funding, 857
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.19
amended by Bill 212, 8567
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Essar Steel Algoma Inc.
Europe
livestock protection, 8230
Family breakup
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Farmers, 3059–3060
Federal Accountability Act, S.C. 2006, c.9, 6007–6008 Federal government
fiscal accountability, 6007–6008
transfer payments
equalization program, 3089
Federal members'/ministers' remarks
NDP (2006-2009)
Angus, Charlie (Timmins James Bay), 6670
Fire escapes
non-combustible fire escapes, 269
Fire sprinklers
Firefighters
presumptive legislation, 7391
workers' compensation claims
Forest industry
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Fundraising
earthquake victims in Abruzzo, Italy, 5998
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
second reading, 8384
public consultation, 8384
time allocation motion
Government consultants
Government notice of motions
Select Committee on Elections
Government orders
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government procurement policy
vehicles for use by ministers, 5422
Government record
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction, 1284
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
second reading, 5818–5819
time allocation motion
Green economy, 5069–5072
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse gas emissions
Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys' and Girls' Club, 1979
Send a Kid to Camp campaign, 1155
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Community Care Access Centre
Harmonized sales tax, 6008–6009 , 9073
Health care funding
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway construction
moratorium on new 400-series highway construction, 5975
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Home energy audits, 6778
Hospital funding
Hospital redevelopment
Cornwall Community Hospital
Hospital services
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Industry
Industry shutdowns, 5214
Ancam Technologies Ltd., 669
Closetmaid Corp., 1166
Lake Erie Steel, 5206
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
full-day
impact on teacher-student ratios, 9637
implementation, 9637
Labour mobility, 8284 , 8291–8292 , 8807
Labour-sponsored investment funds, 4404
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe protection plan, 7511
Layoffs, 3216–3218 , 4693 , 4997–4998 , 5515
Legislative procedure
order and decorum and conduct of members in the House, 1286
private members' public business, 4280
Legislative process
Legislature schedule/agenda, 2074
Livestock
disease prevention and control
protection, 8230–8231
Local health integration networks (LHINs)
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network, 2995
Long-term-care facilities
Manitoba
driver education/training, 4461
renewable energy projects
geothermal energy generation, 6771
Manufactured products
Manufacturing industry, 46
decline, 3067 , 8838
Hamilton, 6991
jobs plan, 2344 , 4693 , 5030 , 5121
layoffs, 105–106 , 854–855 , 1655 , 2781 , 3087 , 3216–3217 , 3921 , 4577
unemployment, 645 , 1167 , 1205
MaRS Centre, 4404
Members'/ministers' apologies to other members, 7411
Members'/ministers' expenditures
Pupatello, Sandra (Minister of International Trade and Investment), 4906
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 306–308
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 306–307 , 4461 , 4772 , 5231 , 5239 , 5272 , 5608–5609
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Kelly, Marie (assistant director, United Steelworkers), 6707
Lewenza, Ken (president, Canadian Auto Workers), 6707
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 6377
Members/ministers quoting documents
Deeming Adds Insult to Injury (Injured Workers' Consultants), 430–431 Ontario Federation of Labour, 1939–1940
The Perils of Experience Rating (Ontario Federation of Labour), 430
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Briere, Shayna (Kitchener), 4460
Clare, Peter (Forest, Ontario), 2606
Gold, Dale (York University), 4460
Kempton, Allen (Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute), 4460
Members/ministers quoting letters
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 8230
National Farmers Union, 8573–8575
Members/ministers quoting reports
Declining Enrolment in Ontario Schools: an excerpt from the 2008 Annual Report on Ontario's Public Schools (People for Education), 2260 A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 9350–9351 Impacts of Workplace Injury: Is This What Justice Meredith Envisioned? A Study of the Economic and Social Impacts of Workplace Injury and Illness, 7090 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 4460–4461 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2008), 7124–7125 The Road to Health: A Final Report on School Safety (School Community Safety Advisory Panel), 5600–5601
Members/ministers quoting statements
Campaign Lake Simcoe, 7514
David Suzuki Foundation, 5070
Elman, Irwin (Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth), 4872–4873
Greenpeace, 5070
Miller, Gord (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 7626
Pembina Institute, 5070
Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario, 3650
Rankin, Tammy (expert on elder abuse in nursing homes), 6552
Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel, 6379
World Wildlife Fund, 5070
Members/ministers quoting websites
Children's Aid Society of Toronto, 4028
Members'/ministers' record
Liberal (2003-2010)
Fonseca, Peter (Mississauga East–Cooksville)
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1990-1995)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 3218
Liberal (1995-2003)
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Walkerville), 9138
Liberal (2003-2010)
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 4403 , 8304 , 9138
Gerretsen, John (Kingston and the Islands)
as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 7512
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Meilleur, Madeleine (Ottawa–Vanier)
as Minister of Community and Social Services, 3851–3852
NDP (2003-2010)
Tabuns, Peter (Toronto–Danforth), 6771
withdrawn, 2900 , 3047 , 3530 , 3771 , 3853 , 4422 , 5378 , 6045
Members' statements
Battle of Stoney Creek, 7197
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, 1979
Child care, 3578 , 4028 , 5191–5192
Cochrane, Brian, 8606
Community Access to Child Health, 6602–6603
Day of mourning, 1408
Earthquake in Italy, 5998
Eramosa karst, 2578
Firefighters, 7391
Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys' and Girls' Club, 1155
Hospital funding, 4949
Job security, 7877
Labour dispute, 2247
LaFleshe, Barbara, 6047
Local health integration networks, 3052
Pension plans, 6232–6233 , 9002
Professional hockey franchise, 6849
Severance payments, 5515
Social assistance, 982 , 9453
Steel industry, 5239
Taxation, 8310
Taxi drivers, 1614
Union representation, 466
Winona Public School, 2134
Workplace safety, 4525
Metrolinx
Minimum wage
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Ministerial statements, responded to
Agency spending, 7395
Consumer protection, 8356–8357
Government investments, 645
International Volunteer Day, 4478
Manufacturing industry, 46
Olympic and Paralympic athletes, 2843
Pension plans, 9181–9182
Seniors' Month, 7203
Workers' compensation, 3649–3650
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Ontario cattle, hog and horticulture program, 5085
Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c. 25
Municipal infrastructure
National Hockey League (NHL)
NHL franchise for Hamilton, 6849
National Steel Car
Natural disasters
Navistar International Corp.
NDP
NDP documents/plans, 105
grow-Ontario plan, 5086
three-point plan, 3184
Niagara Parks Commission
Nortel
Nowruz, 936
Nurse practitioners, 6906
expansion of scope of practice
Obesity
Occupational health and safety
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Harassment and Violence), 2007 (Bill 29)
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 3851–3852
Ontario College of Trades, 7099
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits
early release of cheques for holiday season, 9039–9040
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
chiropractic/physiotherapy services
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
expenditures
accountability, 7555
disclosure, 7395
meals by senior staff, 7469
Ontario Power Authority (OPA), 5069–5070
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario Works program benefits
temporary care assistance (TCA), 982 , 1518 , 2393 , 2784 , 3139 , 3233 , 3321 , 3373 , 3490 , 3529–3530 , 3578 , 3680 , 3771 , 3827 , 3851–3852 , 4022–4023 , 4028 , 4058–4059 , 4105 , 4151 , 4211 , 4290 , 4422 , 5191–5192 , 7203
appointment of independent expert to review program, 4211
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Agency spending, 1885 , 7767
Air quality, 503 , 1311
Assistance to farmers, 5085–5086
Automobile industry, 2291 , 2565–2566 , 5682 , 5945–5946
Child care, 1518 , 2393 , 2784 , 3139 , 3233 , 3321 , 3373 , 3490 , 3529–3530 , 3680–3681 , 3771 , 3827 , 4022–4023 , 4058–4059 , 4105 , 4151 , 4211 , 4290 , 4422
Chiropractic and physiotherapy services, 174–175
Collective agreements, 3234–3235
Community care access centres, 1716
Composting, 5126–5127
Conservation, 568–569 , 655 , 2347–2348
Cornwall Community Hospital, 3966
Disaster relief, 7688–7689
Employment insurance, 5029–5030
Employment standards, 300 , 740–741
Employment supports, 2781 , 4693 , 4997–4998 , 5121
Environmental protection, 482
Eramosa karst, 2571
Fire safety, 7430–7431
Firefighters, 4524 , 5386
Government appointments, 9171
Government consultants, 8024–8025
Green power generation, 1247 , 4943
Health care, 9271–9272
Health care funding, 5001
Infrastructure program funding, 4749
Injured workers, 200 , 2606 , 7146 , 9039–9040
Labour mobility, 7226–7227
Local health integration networks, 2899–2900 , 2995 , 3046
Manufacturing jobs, 1166–1167 , 2344 , 3087 , 3089 , 3575 , 3921 , 4577 , 4818 , 4946–4947 , 5231 , 6991–6992
Manufacturing sector, 52
Minister's expenses, 4906
Ontario economy, 1205 , 3184 , 4859 , 5080
Pension plans, 2127–2128 , 6188 , 6226 , 6439–6440 , 6550–6551 , 6841–6842 , 7521 , 8147 , 8304–8305 , 8599–8600 , 8993 , 9576
Protection for workers, 5663–5664 , 6231
Provincial purchasing policy, 5422
Public transit, 5190
Senior citizens, 6552 , 8106
Severance payments, 2486–2487 , 5514 , 5614
Social assistance, 9404
Steel industry, 5947
Stelco, 5464
Taxation, 7335–7336 , 8822 , 9073
Termination and severance payments, 8214
Tourism, 4823
Unemployment, 1607–1608 , 6041
Workers' compensation, 2205 , 5467 , 5783
Workplace safety, 771 , 893–894 , 954–955 , 1161–1162 , 2834–2835 , 6687–6689 , 8258
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1921
Oral questions, responded to
PC Party documents/plans
Pension benefits, 2127
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 2127 , 6550–6551 , 6841–6842 , 7203 , 7521 , 8304 , 9358
raising the amount guaranteed by the fund to $2,700 per month, 186
Pension plans, 6188 , 6232–6233 , 6439–6440 , 6456–6458
coverage, 6226
defined benefit pension plans, 6457–6458 , 9464
province-wide pension plan, 6707–6708
reform, 3068 , 8993 , 9002 , 9138–9139 , 9338–9339 , 9349–9356 , 9359 , 9576
asset transfers between plans, 9352
full windups, 9352
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides
Petitions
Baby's Best Start, 3049–3050
Child care, 3844 , 3884 , 3931 , 3970 , 4034 , 4070 , 4479 , 4528
Child protection, 6759
Eramosa karst, 8952
Home care, 425 , 484 , 570 , 616 , 774 , 1065 , 1256
Hospital funding, 4480
Hospital services, 300–301
Multiple myeloma, 4757–4758
Pension plans, 6049–6050
Personal support workers, 7209
Road safety, 6814
School facilities, 2350
Taxation, 7396 , 7881 , 8077–8078 , 9184
University labour dispute, 4702 , 4759
Upper Canada Village, 7161
Workplace harassment, 6451–6452
Pharmacists
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13
Police officers
presence in schools, 4879
Pollution, 2597–2598
Poverty, 856 , 3087 , 5272
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 5201–5202 , 6590
Premier Wire Ltd.
Private members' public business
Canadian Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Employment supports
Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Fire Sprinkler Retrofitting), 2009 (Bill 214)
Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
News media
Nowruz
Pension plans
Protection for workers
Signage to Promote Ontario Grown Agricultural Food Products Act, 2008 (Bill 98)
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 42)
Property tax assessment reform, 856
Property tax increases, 1284
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 4875
Public education campaigns
Injured Workers' Day, 7146
National Day of Mourning, 1408
Seniors' Month, 7203
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Quebec
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Reports
Discovering Ontario: A Report on the Future of Tourism (Ontario Tourism Competitiveness Study), 4823 A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 7521 , 8147 , 8304 , 8599–8600 , 9139 , 9338 Fundamentally Unsound: Manufacturing Job Losses and Labour Market Conditions in Hamilton (Ontario Federation of Labour), 3089 Impacts of Workplace Injury: Is This What Justice Meredith Envisioned? A Study of the Economic and Social Impacts of Workplace Injury and Illness, 7090 Ontario Economic Accounts (Ministry of Finance), 3216 The Road to Health: A Final Report on School Safety (School Community Safety Advisory Panel), 5599–5601
Residential Tenancies Act, S.O. 2006, c.17
amended by Bill 212, 8567
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Safe Schools Act, S.O. 2000, c.12, 5601 School board trustees
School boards
School bus safety, 2598
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 250 , 1132
School construction
Winona Public School, 2134
School safety
alternative programming, 5601
creation of provincial safety and equity officer, 5600
designation of community hub schools, 5600
establishment of school-based teams, 5600
gender-based violence, 5601
hiring of child and youth counsellors, 5601
hiring of full-time social workers, 5601
increasing benchmark costs in funding formula, 5600
increasing funding of demographic component of learning opportunities grant, 5600–5601
reconstituting local priorities amount, 5601
reporting of violent incidents, 5599–5602
restoration of community outreach worker position, 5600
School vending machines
ban on unhealthy food and beverages, 1132
Schools
closure
enrolment decline, 2260
Securities industry
Senior citizens, 7203
Skilled trades
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking
ban on smoking controlled substances in public places
second-hand smoke, 546
Social assistance benefits
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 41
Special education
Speed limits, 2597
Sports and recreation facilities
Sports competitions
Stock exchanges, 3218
Strikes
GGS Plastic Engineering Inc., 2247
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Tax credits
Taxicab drivers
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 8084
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Television stations
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Tourism industry
Toxic substances
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Trade missions
Trans fatty acids, 264
Transit systems
air-rail link between Union Station and Pearson airport
public consultation, 5190
Hamilton, 5818–5819 , 5973
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Tributes
Cochrane, Brian (late president, CUPE Local 416), 8606
Unemployment, 4818 , 4859 , 6041
Unemployment rate, 6041
United States
Universities/colleges
U.S. Steel Canada, 113 , 4404–4405 , 6991–6992
Venture capital, 4403–4404
Veterans, 7203
Volunteers, 4478
Voters/voting
voter identification, 2504
Waste management/programs
Workers
injured workers, 200 , 430–431 , 2606 , 4525 , 6687 , 7090 , 7146
protection, 6688–6689
replacement workers
ban on use during strike or lockout, 7934
skilled worker shortage, 666–667 , 8293
Workers' compensation benefits, 200 , 7090–7091
Workers' rights, 4772
Workplace harassment/violence, 7808–7809 , 8012 , 8016–8021
Workplace injuries
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
general discussion
second reading, 3710–3714
time allocation motion
third reading, 4237–4239
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3712–3714 , 4078–4080
expenditures
experience rating system, 771 , 893–894 , 954–955 , 1161–1162 , 1885 , 1921 , 1938–1939 , 2205 , 2835 , 3650 , 6687 , 8258
hiring of chief prevention officer, 5783
rates/premiums, 3713
Road to Zero (strategic plan 2008-2012), 430
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Youth crime, 4873–4874
Youth justice system
Youth/student workers
occupational health and safety, 1408
Youth violence, 5600
Milloy, Hon. J. (LIB, Kitchener Centre)
Aboriginal students
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Agreement on Internal Trade, 6560–6561
Algoma University Act, 2008 (Bill 80)
Apprentices, 6811
Apprenticeship training, 2236 , 3235 , 6437
Apprenticeship training programs, 238 , 2385–2386 , 4614 , 7095 , 7845 , 7875
completion rates, 4614–4615
compulsory certification, 8195
government funding, 2340–2341
grants given to International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 793, 2386
registration in call centre trades, 4615
Apprenticeship training tax credit, 7095
Biotechnology industry, 7485
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Community literacy agencies
COSTI Immigrant Services
Doctors
Earth Innovations Inc.
EcoTraction (natural, high-traction mineral), 4649
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 1516
First Nations Technical Institute
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Métiers spécialisés, 6810
Mobilité de la main-d'oeuvre, 6560
Semaine nationale des biotechnologies, 7485
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
PC (1995-2003)
Green industry
High technology industries
Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Industry
Labour mobility, 6560–6561 , 6687 , 8592 , 8663 , 8904–8910
Layoffs, 2435–2436 , 3041
Campbell Soup Company, 1515
Liberal Party
Literacy
Manufacturing industry
McMaster-Mohawk bachelor of technology partnership, 1718
Medical schools, 5948
Northern Ontario School of Medicine, 5513
student admission, 6943
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2677
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting press releases
College Student Alliance, 611
Runciman, Robert (former Minister of Economic Development and Trade), 4616
Members/ministers quoting statements
Machan, Andrew (former employee, Sterling Truck), 3637
Marsh, Sherry (student, Georgian College), 3569
Ministerial statements, presented
Algoma University College, 2039–2040
Community colleges collective bargaining, 2448–2449
First Nations Technical Institute, 642
Labour mobility, 6560–6561
National Biotechnology Week, 7485
Skilled trades, 6810–6811
Student assistance, 943
University funding, 986–987
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 4212 , 4944 , 6944 , 8068
Ministry of Research and Innovation
Ontario venture capital fund, 9575 , 9577
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, 5618–5619
Employment Ontario, 2388 , 2435–2436 , 2487 , 2898–2899 , 3041 , 3236 , 4754 , 5033 , 5318
job creation partnerships, 4754
literacy and basic skills programs
Ontario self-employment benefit, 4649 , 7958
Ontario skills development program, 2487 , 4754
First Generation program, 5382
job action centres, 2435 , 3041 , 3236 , 3878
Ontario summer jobs strategy, 6844
Pathways to Education program, 2959 , 5382
second career strategy, 1515 , 2388–2389 , 2435–2436 , 2470 , 3041 , 3236 , 3441–3442 , 3569–3570 , 3572–3573 , 4519 , 4698–4699 , 4754 , 5033 , 5082 , 7475 , 7728 , 7958 , 8027 , 8865 , 9175 , 9217–9218 , 9582
skills to jobs action plan, 1516 , 2899 , 3235 , 4519 , 5731
skills training infrastructure program (STIP), 3731 , 4018
Northern Ontario
Nurses
Occupational training, 3235
Ontario College of Trades, 2666 , 2829 , 2831 , 3044 , 3087 , 3235 , 4614–4615 , 6437 , 6441 , 6810–6811 , 7094–7097 , 7845 , 8196
governance structure, 7097
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Sheet Metal Workers Training Centre, 4018
Oral questions, responded to
Aboriginal education, 5233–5234
Adult literacy, 7730
Agency spending, 9271
Apprenticeship training, 1369–1370 , 1473 , 1709–1710 , 2340–2341 , 2665–2666 , 2829 , 2831 , 3044–3045 , 3087 , 4614–4615 , 6441
Community colleges collective bargaining, 235–236 , 955–956 , 1248–1249
Economic development, 8067
Employment supports, 4648–4649 , 5232 , 5318 , 7958 , 7964
Executive compensation, 4056–4057
Fundraising, 3731 , 4018
Health care, 5513 , 6943
Labour mobility, 6687–6688 , 7226–7227
Layoffs, 238
Literacy and basic skills, 4519 , 5081–5082
Manufacturing jobs, 2898–2899
Northern Ontario, 3878
Ontario economy, 1515–1516
Post-secondary education, 895 , 1472 , 1718 , 2573 , 2959 , 3485 , 3873–3874 , 4903 , 5382 , 5948 , 8105–8106 , 8108
Post-secondary education infrastructure, 7081–7082
Private career colleges, 8257 , 9545
Research and innovation, 7692–7693 , 7832 , 9575 , 9577
Skilled trades, 6437 , 7875
Skilled trades development, 4615–4616
Skills training, 2236–2237 , 2385–2386 , 2388–2389 , 2435–2436 , 2487 , 3041–3042 , 3235–3236 , 3441–3442 , 3569–3570 , 3572–3573 , 3636–3637 , 4698–4699 , 4754 , 5033 , 5465 , 5618–5619 , 5731–5732 , 7475 , 7577 , 7728 , 8027 , 8865 , 9175 , 9217–9218 , 9582
Student assistance, 2490 , 3772 , 4818–4819
Student summer jobs, 6844
Tuition, 611 , 2345 , 5079 , 5950–5951 , 6390 , 8558
University and college funding, 2670 , 2832 , 5122 , 5125 , 5512–5513 , 6190–6191 , 8868–8869
University labour disputes, 4211–4212 , 4383 , 4471–4472 , 4520–4521 , 4621 , 4651–4652 , 4689–4690 , 4800–4801
University of Windsor, 8598–8599
Political fundraising, 3731
Post-secondary education, 101 , 2107 , 2959 , 3874 , 5512 , 5948
enrolment, 1718
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 895 , 2670 , 2959 , 3485 , 3772 , 3873 , 4382 , 4903 , 5512 , 5731
Private career colleges
Niagara-on-the-Lake Culinary School
oversight, 8257
Public education campaigns
Reports
Compulsory Certification Project (T.E. Armstrong), 2829 , 7096 , 8195–8196 Ontario in the Creative Age (Martin Prosperity Institute), 5079 A Review of the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (Kevin Whitaker), 1248 , 2449 , 2469–2471
Skilled trades, 6810–6811 , 7094–7095
Skills Canada-Ontario competition, 1709
Social assistance recipients
post-secondary students, 2490
Student assistance, 611 , 2959 , 3485 , 3772 , 3874 , 4056–4057 , 5079 , 5885 , 6390
Student debt, 3485
Student enrolment
Student grants, 2345 , 5885 , 6390
distance grant, 943 , 1472
Ontario student opportunity grant (OSOG), 4801 , 4819
Students
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Training centres
Training programs, 2389 , 4698–4699
Tuition fees, 3873–3874 , 5885
Universities/colleges, 5512–5513 , 5948
government funding, 895 , 986 , 1472 , 1718 , 2573 , 2670 , 2832 , 4057 , 4382 , 4652 , 4903 , 5079 , 5125 , 5512 , 5948 , 6191 , 8105–8106 , 8108 , 8868–8869
graduate work, 5122
infrastructure projects, 6190 , 7081–7082
University of Toronto
York University
bursary fund, 4819
collective agreements, 4382
collective bargaining, 4212 , 4471–4472 , 4520–4521 , 4621 , 4689–4690
strike, 4211 , 4382 , 4621 , 4651–4652
U.S. Steel Canada
Workers
job retraining
skilled worker shortage, 7875
skilled workers
training, 7964
Working Families Coalition
government funding for training centres, 4615
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Youth/student workers
Mitchell, Hon. C. (LIB, Huron–Bruce)
Aboriginal blockades
Aboriginal communities
Addiction treatment programs
Agricultural fairs
International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, 2677
Agricultural industry
government funding, 637
supply management, 132–133
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
general discussion, 9647
second reading, 8444
Animal protection, 3158
Apology, 3514
Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
Automobile industry
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Awards
Duke of Edinburgh's Award, 4843
Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award, 5323
Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence, 3579–3580
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Bone marrow
Boundary adjustment
Barrie and Innisfil, 7501
Bruce Power
retooling of reactors, 3294
Budget
pre-budget consultations, 4264–4265
presentation of 2003 budget at Magna International, 4265
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Bullying
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens
mandatory reporting of incidents, 5555
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child pornography
Co-operative education programs, 9081
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs), 2928–2929
collective bargaining
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2929
Conferences/seminars/symposiums
Is the Coast Clear (Fifth Conference on Lake Huron's Coastal Environment), 722
Congratulatory remarks
Kloeze, Victor; Jacob McGavin and Allison Underwood (Canada-Wide Science Fair), 7151
Underwood, Ben; Jacob McGavin, Danielle Appavoo and Kaitlin Fisher (Canada-Wide Science Fair), 2446
Corporate tax reduction, 3295
Correctional centres, 4843
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Crime against seniors
De Beers Canada
Dead animal disposal, 6732–6733
Debates re answers to oral questions
Electronic health information
Diamond industry, 3185
Discrimination
Doctor fees/salaries, 295–296
Driver licences
graduated licences, 4533
extending length of G1 and G2 periods, 4520
restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4520
Economic growth
Education, 887
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Education funding
eHealth Ontario
evidence of inappropriate practices
Employment creation, 1828–1829
Employment-related benefits
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Energy
Environmental Defence
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Farmers
Farming programs
risk management program, 1513
Federal gas tax, 1546
Federal-provincial-territorial agreements/programs
Annual Conference of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture, 9366
Festivals, 1609–1610
Food safety, 9547–9548
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Committee sittings
Ontario economy
Government record
Liberal (1985-1990)
time allocation motions, 3895
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
time allocation motions, 3894
PC (1995-2003)
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Hanover Veneer
Harmonized sales tax, 7775 , 8549 , 8737 , 8785 , 8853–8854
impact on agricultural industry, 6157
impact on industry in northern Ontario, 7429–7430
impact on investment industry, 7429–7430
impact on senior citizens, 8685–8686
Health care
Health care funding
accountability and oversight, 8438
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Hockey Night in Canada
Home energy audits, 5161 , 6272
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Income tax reduction, 7392
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Infrastructure Ontario
municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 1547
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Association, 277
Labour mobility, 8806
Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation, 722
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Legislative procedure
deferred votes, 3125
introduction of visitors, 3126
motions
oral questions, 3125
preceded by five-minute bell, 3125
petitions
online petitions (e-petitions), 3126
private members' public business, 1226
can be sponsored by more than one member and by members of different parties, 3126
three private members' bills or resolutions debated each day, 3126
routine proceedings, 3126
Legislative process
Legislature schedule/agenda, 3125–3126
Livestock
disease prevention and control, 8444
Long-term-care facilities
Medical transplants
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Huron–Bruce
opening of Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron, 7583
Members'/ministers' constituents
congratulatory remarks, 5323
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1150 , 3158
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Belleville Intelligencer, 8737 , 8784 Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1828 National Post (Toronto), 8785 Ontario Farmer, 6157
Members/ministers quoting statements
Arnold, Ken (president, Ontario Medical Association), 8802
Fantino, Julian (commissioner, Ontario Provincial Police), 2779
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5160
Strasberg, Suzanne (Ontario Medical Association), 6903
Wiseman, Nelson (professor, University of Toronto), 3125
Members'/ministers' remarks
Members' statements
Education, 887
Energy conservation, 6949
Gaunt, Murray, 5787
Hanover Veneer, 8111–8112
Hockey Night in Canada, 2400
International Plowing Match, 2677
Long-term care, 2904
McGavin, Jacob, 5323
Ontario budget, 517
Ontario child benefit, 2039
Ontario economy, 1828–1829
Ontario market investment fund, 8072–8073
Ontario Trillium Foundation, 38 , 3881
Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence, 3579–3580
Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron, 7583
Rural summer jobs program, 5999–6000
Science fair, 2446 , 7151–7152
Student achievement, 9081
Taxation, 7392 , 7775 , 8549 , 8737
Walkerton Clean Water Centre, 3445
World Water Day, 5952
Metrolinx
board of directors, 5819
closed meetings, 5819
Mine workers
occupational health and safety, 1059
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14, 2208 , 6490
reform consultation, 4059
section 35, 2207
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Mining industry, 1252–1253
consultation with First Nations, 2208
resource benefits sharing, 6490
Ministry inspectors, 2757–2758
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
food safety and traceability initiative (FSTI), 9547–9548
Ontario market investment fund (OMIF), 8072–8073
Pick Ontario Freshness strategy, 9401–9410
Rural Connections broadband program, 8149–8150
rural economic development (RED) program, 3086 , 3295
rural summer jobs service program, 5999–6000
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
strategic partnership initiative, 5664
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 1828
Ministry of Tourism
Municipal elections/by-elections
Municipal infrastructure
government funding
municipal roads and bridges fund, 1546–1547
Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC), 6514–6515
Natural disasters
tornados (20 August 2009)
government funding for affected communities, 7523–7524
Obituaries
Gaunt, Murray (former member, Huron–Bruce), 5787
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 2039
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario health premium, 882–883
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Aboriginal economic development, 7339–7340
Aboriginal rights, 2207–2208
Access to health care, 295–296
Addiction services, 993–994
Assistance to farmers, 1513
Child pornography, 2779–2780
Diamond mining, 3184–3185
Disaster relief, 7523–7524
Domestic violence, 4248
Elder abuse, 2392
Food safety, 4386
Green power generation, 6272
Health care, 4859–4860
Mining industry, 1058–1059 , 1252–1253 , 4059 , 6490
Municipal elections, 8260–8261
Municipal government, 7961–7962
Native land disputes, 1887
Occupational health and safety, 5317–5318
Ontario public service, 7190–7191
Poverty, 8993–8994
Public libraries, 199
Renewable energy and conservation, 3530
Research and innovation, 3879
Road safety, 4519–4520
Rural infrastructure, 8149–8150
Rural Ontario, 3086
Supply management, 132–133
Taxation, 7429–7430 , 8685–8686 , 8784–8785
Tire disposal, 8410–8411
Tourism, 1609–1610 , 7078
Trucking safety, 5617–5618
Veterans, 1821
Volunteers, 5664
Walkerton tragedy, 420
Water quality, 6230
Wildlife protection, 9220
Oral questions, responded to
Pension plans
Petitions
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards, 2338–2340
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 8993–8994
Private members' public business
Breast Cancer Screening Act, 2009 (Bill 200)
Highway improvement
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Awareness Month Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
Municipalities
Protection for workers
Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Assistance to Municipalities), 2008 (Bill 38)
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
Water quality
Property tax, 6514–6515
Provincial-aboriginal relations, 2207
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Provincial-municipal partnerships
provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, 5297
Public education campaigns
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, 5317
Count Me In Community Challenge, 6949
Energy Conservation Week, 6949
Local Government Week, 7961–7962
World Water Day, 5952
Public service
Raw milk, 4386
Regulations
Reports
Physicians in Canada: Average Gross Fee-For-Service Payments, 2005-2006 (Canadian Institute for Health Information), 296 A Review of the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (Kevin Whitaker), 2930
Research and innovation, 3295 , 3879
Road safety, 4519–4520
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Rural libraries, 199
Rural Ontario
economic development, 3086
employment creation, 3086
government funding, 517
School boards
School safety
reporting of violent incidents, 5609
Sex offenders, 2780
Skilled trades
Speed limiters, 1015–1016
driver/operator to set maximum speed at 105 kilometres per hour, 5617–5618
Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Tax rebates
gasoline tax rebate
highway construction, maintenance or operation, 6663–6664
Taxation
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Committee sittings
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Tourism industry, 1610 , 2338
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
second reading, 6376
public consultation, 6376
Transit systems
gasoline tax funding, 5819
Tributes
Gaunt, Murray (former member, Huron–Bruce), 7779–7780
Truck safety, 5617
United States
terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania (11 September 2001), 2338
Veterans, 1821
Violence against women, 4248
Volunteers, 5664
Volvo Motor Graders Ltd.
Wage Earner Protection Program Act, S.C. 2005, c.47, s.1, 6653–6654 Walkerton Clean Water Centre, 3445 , 5952
Waste management/programs
Water supply
contamination
source protection
Wildlife protection
Women's services
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
experience rating system, 1946
Moridi, R. (LIB, Richmond Hill)
Algoma University Act, 2008 (Bill 80)
Anniversaries
Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam 100th anniversary, 2170
Lions Club of Richmond Hill 70th anniversary, 2037
Apprenticeship and Certification Act, S.O. 1998, c.22, 7135 Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 2856 , 7135
Apprenticeship training programs, 3260
Awards
Budget
Budget deficit, 3605
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Capital works projects, 5280–5281
Charitable fundraising
World Partnership Walk, 1827
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs), 2471 , 2911–2912 , 2918
Algoma University College
independent university status, 2109
programs for aboriginal students, 2109–2110
collective bargaining, 2471–2472
government funding, 2912
programs, 2471 , 2476
Congratulatory remarks
Rajan, Bilaal (author, fundraiser, children's rights activist, UNICEF Canada ambassador and former legislative page), 6193–6194
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
eligibility for refund, 3113
Corporate taxes
federal-provincial harmonization, 1572
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Cultural industry
Dialysis
Vaughan and York region, 4905
Drivers
impaired drivers
driver licence suspension, 6495
Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 6495
Economic development, 2911
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 3260
Employers
requirement to contribute 1% of payroll amount to workforce training, 3260
Energy
nuclear energy, 5338
renewable energy, 5338
renewable energy projects, 5159
Environmental protection, 11 , 3642
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
post-secondary education, 2926
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse gas emissions, 8329
Harmonized sales tax, 5913 , 5926
Health care, 4905
Hospital redevelopment
York Central Hospital, 5280
Hospitals
York Central Hospital
dialysis satellite unit, 4905
Housing
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immunization
Kidney diseases, 4905
Kindergarten
Kurdish community, 8736
Kyoto Protocol on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 8329
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL), 9172
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 628–629
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 628–629
Members/ministers quoting statements
Dillon, Patrick (Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council), 7117
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (German philosopher), 7059
Lazaridis, Mike (founder, Research In Motion), 7146–7147
Matsuura, Kolchiro (director-general, UNESCO), 7059
Ontario Home Builders' Association, 7117
Swift, Jonathan (satirist and author), 629
Yeats, William Butler (poet and dramatist), 629
Members' statements
Bannister, David, 8414
David Dunlap Observatory, 227
Eid al-Adha, 4527
Eid-Ul-Fitr, 3003
Environmental protection, 11
Full-day kindergarten, 8691
Gairdner awards, 4389
Hakimi, Karim, 3737–3738
International Mother Language Day, 324 , 4910–4911
International Women's Day, 5323–5324
Kurdish community, 8736
L'Arche Daybreak, 7340
Lions Club of Richmond Hill, 2037
Muslim community, 2170
Nowruz, 467–468 , 5517
Ontario budget, 4824
PCI Geomatics, 6275
Rajan, Bilaal, 6193–6194
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 5284
Road safety, 6495
Services for the developmentally disabled, 2676
Stardust Ball, 4154
Take Our Kids to Work Day, 8463
Town of Richmond Hill, 9371
World Partnership Walk, 1827
Youth employment, 7696
Ministry of Education
literacy and numeracy strategy, 4290
Ministry of Government Services
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
influenza immunization program, 4109
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Nowruz, 467–468 , 933–934 , 939 , 5517
Oak Ridges moraine
Observatories
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
export market access (global expansion program), 3045
Ontario College of Trades, 7098–7099 , 7131
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Oral questions, presented
Affordable housing, 7920–7921
Corporate tax, 1571–1572
Cultural funding, 9315
Dialysis, 4905
Education funding, 4290
Environmental protection, 3642
Flu immunization, 4109
Greenbelt, 957
Infrastructure program funding, 5280–5281
Language training, 9172
Public transit, 5830
Research and innovation, 7146–7147
Small business, 3045
Technology in schools, 9448–9449
Payday loan industry
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
PCI Geomatics, 6275
Persons with disabilities
developmental disabilities
government funding, 2062
L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill), 7340
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1855
Petitions
Anti-smoking legislation, 839
David Dunlap Observatory, 201 , 340 , 383 , 485 , 570 , 619 , 657 , 776 , 1575 , 1719–1720
Firearms control, 2092
Human rights, 7285
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2527 , 2645
University labour dispute, 4701 , 4759
Post-secondary education
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 2471
Private members' public business
Apprenticeship training
Climate Change Awareness Act, 2009 (Bill 208)
Cultural diversity
Human rights
Nowruz
Provincial Parks and Major Provincial Tourist Attractions Sign Act, 2008 (Bill 21)
Skills training
Provincial parks and tourist attractions
Public education campaigns
Religious holiday observance
Reports
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 5284
Road safety, 6495
Sault Ste. Marie
Schools
use of environmentally friendly technologies, 9448–9449
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Skilled trades, 7100–7102
Small business, 3045
Smoking
Social housing
Social service agencies
Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 6208
Toxic substances
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.T.17, 7135 Tributes
Bannister, David (former chair, York Central Hospital board of trustees), 8414
Hakimi, Karim (founder, Hakim Optical), 3737–3738
Universities/colleges
government funding, 2927
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2937
Workers
Workplace harassment/violence, 7808
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
York Central Hospital Foundation
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Youth/students
employment
Heritage Skills Development Centre, 7696
participation in science fairs, 7146
Munro, J. (PC, York–Simcoe)
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Age of Protection) and to make consequential amendments to the Criminal Records Act, 2007 (Bill C-22), 555 Adoption, 3839
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Animal protection, 734–735
hobby farms, 735
regulation and enforcement, 735
warrantless entry, 735
Annual reports
Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 2007-2008 (90 Deaths, Ninety Voices Silenced), 4947
Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 7114
Arts and culture, 6147
Auditor General
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 110)
Autism services, 481–482
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Bone marrow
Boundary adjustment
Budget, 5237–5238
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Budget surplus, 4266
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 817
Bullying, 6393–6394 , 6835–6836
C. difficile outbreaks
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Capital works projects
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2006, c.5, 3856–3857 Child care, 539–540
Child care centres
Child Development Institute
Earlscourt Girls Connection, 2491
government funding, 2491
Child poverty
Child protection, 4212 , 6466–6467
Children in care
Children with disabilities
Children's mental health care, 1613–1614 , 4863–4864 , 5387 , 6272
Cities and towns
Citizenship, 3281
Cogeneration of electric power and heat, 5438
Conferences/seminars/symposiums
central Ontario automotive sector economic symposium, 599
Men of Courage: the First Provincial Conference on Male Sexual Victimization, 555
Corporate tax reduction, 4266
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Court cases/actions
Baldwin, Jeffrey (victim of child abuse), 4157
Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 4156–4157
Courthouses
Early years centres, 540
Economic conditions, 3301–3302
Economic growth, 3302
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
eHealth Ontario
contracts
referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7716
Employment creation
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Energy, 5063
renewable energy projects
Environmental protection
regulation and enforcement, 2712
Expert Panel on Infertility and Adoption, 6695
Family health teams, 3750
Family law
financial disclosure, 4157
Fatalities
Baldwin, Jeffrey (victim of child abuse), 4212
Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 4156–4157 , 4212
Federal government
transfer payments
equalization program
Ontario to receive equalization payment, 3302
Federal members'/ministers' remarks
Conservative (2006-2009)
Brown, Patrick (Barrie), 7505
Fires
Government accountability, 6017
Government debt, 817
Government expenditures
Government investments, 3301–3302
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Committee sittings
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
PC (1995-2003)
economic growth, 5805
health care funding, 1658
poverty reduction, 6590
Government revenue, 4266
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Handguns
Harmonized sales tax, 5615 , 6147
Health care funding
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
second reading, 254
third reading, 1135
Heritage conservation
Holland Marsh
Hospital funding
International marketing centres, 3302
International trade, 3302
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Association, 277
Lake Simcoe
cleanup, 6048
environmental protection, 7233
protection
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, 2748–2749
Lake Simcoe watershed
environmental protection, 558 , 2619
Land use planning
Law enforcement, 4157
Layoffs, 3301
Learning Through the Arts, 6147
Legislative procedure
motions
time allocation motions, 8639
Legislative process
Livestock
Magna International Inc.
Manufacturing industry
Medical transplants
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians, 6588
Association of Ontario Health Centres, 6587
Canadian Mental Health Association, 6589
Canadian Union of Public Employees, 6588
Elman, Irwin (Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth), 4835
Family Service Toronto-Ontario Campaign 2000, 6587
Geigen-Miller, Matthew (Defence for Children International), 4835
Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, 6587–6588
Houselink Community Homes, 6588
Howcroft, Ian (vice-president, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, Ontario division), 1945
Income Security Advocacy Centre for the 25 in 5: Network for Poverty Reduction, 6588
Lally, Pauline (Sister of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul), 6588
Liversidge, Les, 1945
March of Dimes, 6588
Phillips, Randall (Chiefs of Ontario), 6587
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 6589
Voices for the Street, 6588
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Members/ministers quoting letters
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 8089–8090
disclosure of adoption information, re, 751–752
McElrea, Karen (Pefferlaw), 4266
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting reports
Crossover Kids: Care to Custody (Judy Finlay), 4836 Enhancing Public Trust and Confidence: Recommendations for Revisions to Policies and Procedures Governing Trustee Expenses at Toronto Catholic District School Board (Norbert J. Hartmann), 7404 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2008), 6210 Prosperity, Inequality and Poverty (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity), 6589
Members/ministers quoting statements
Belobaba, Edward (judge, Superior Court of Justice), 162
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 7519
Foley, Mike (Foley Restoration), 4084–4085
Martin, Roger (dean, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto), 3303
Riddell, Sarah (sergeant, York Regional Police), 6835
Rymell, Rob, 4084–4085
TD Bank Financial Group, 3302
Members/ministers quoting websites
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
PC (2003-2010)
Members' statements
Alma College, 1929–1930
Anti-bullying initiatives, 6393–6394
Autism treatment, 1773–1774
Bowl for Kids Sake, 9454
Canadian Youth Business Foundation, 8606–8607
Children's mental health services, 1613–1614 , 4581 , 5387 , 6494
Clothing allowances, 2299–2300
Health care and social services funding, 3241
Heritage Week, 4908–4909
Holland Marsh, 7228–7229
Hospital funding, 5431
Lake Simcoe, 6048
Legislative reform, 1408
Ontario budget, 5237–5238
Ontario economy, 599
Ontario Public Library Week, 3380
Poverty, 3491–3492
Red Barn Theatre, 6084
Sexual abuse, 555
Small business, 8072
Stroud Early Years Centre, 3968
Taxation, 5689–5690
University labour dispute, 4756
World AIDS Day, 8948–8949
Minimum wage
Ministerial statements, responded to
Adoption, 162
Adoption Awareness Month, 3839
Animal protection, 734–735
Arts and cultural funding, 1506–1507 , 6147
Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, 6695
Citizenship Week, 3281
Consumer protection, 8356
Environmental protection, 2619
Family law, 4156–4157
Lake Simcoe watershed, 558
Municipal planning, 7233–7234
Persons Day, 3382–3383
Poverty, 5042–5043
Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 7157
Small business, 7838
Young offenders, 2908
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
Municipal government restructuring
Barrie's plan to annex parts of Innisfil, 7034–7035
Municipal infrastructure
Municipalities
National/independence/memorial days
Natural gas generating stations
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 2299–2300 , 3857
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Early Years Centres
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
integrated power system plan (IPSP), 1717
Ontario Trillium Foundation, 7199
Ontario Works program benefits
back-to-school allowance, 2299
temporary care assistance (TCA), 3857
winter clothing allowance, 2299–2300
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Access to information, 4326–4327
Autism services, 481–482
Child protection, 4212 , 4947 , 5002
Children with special needs, 2491
Children's mental health services, 1657–1658 , 4863–4864 , 6272–6273
Children's services, 3046
Cultural funding, 5781
Electricity supply, 1717 , 3925
Minister's record, 7872
Municipal planning, 6942 , 7034–7035
Pesticides, 2165
Poverty, 5615
Services for the developmentally disabled, 235
Sewage treatment, 8070
Taxation, 7519 , 7725–7726
Tobacco control, 7695
Persons with disabilities
community accommodation program, 235
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides
Petitions
Alma College, 1722 , 1890–1891 , 2166
Diabetes treatment, 5246
Electricity supply, 4529 , 4633
Hospital services, 2836–2837
Innisfil Early Years Centre, 3385 , 3740 , 4159 , 4257
Lord's Prayer, 425–426 , 508 , 530 , 617–618 , 658 , 696 , 776 , 1108–1109 , 1427 , 1520 , 1577 , 1612 , 1977–1978 , 2211–2212 , 2443
Municipal government, 7210
Power plant, 2613
Sales tax, 5046
Taxation, 6816 , 7001 , 7161 , 7398 , 7880 , 8078 , 8268 , 8657–8658 , 8833 , 8953–8954 , 9183 , 9329–9330
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards
privacy/security of information, 2285
Police services
cross-border policing, 7892
Post-secondary education, 3303
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 3491 , 5042 , 5615 , 5633 , 6586–6589
Private members' public business
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 110)
Children's Safety and Protection Rights Act, 2009 (Bill 130)
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Awareness Month Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
Small business
Propane explosions
Protests
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Public education campaigns, 276–277
Adoption Awareness Month, 3839
Bullying Awareness Week, 6835
Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, 6695
Citizenship Week, 3281
Ontario Public Library Week, 3380
organ and tissue donation, 276
Persons Day, 3382–3383
Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 7157
World AIDS Day, 8948–8949
Regulations, 1153
Reports
Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Roy McMurtry, Alvin Curling), 4836 , 5387 , 6494 Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress Seventh Annual Report (Leaning Into the Wind), 4266 Time for Action: A Report on Violence Affecting Youth (John Tory), 3168
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
School board trustees
School boards
appointment of supervisors by government, 7405
governance
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 1135
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Sewage spills
Sibbald Provincial Park sewage lagoon, 8070
Sexual harassment, 7157
Sharon Temple
Small business, 8072
government assistance in complying with regulations, 7753
regulation, 7746–7747
regulatory reduction, 7838
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Summit meetings
Canadian Youth Business Foundation Youth Entrepreneurship Summit, 8606–8607
Teacher professional development days, 7403
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
second reading, 8086–8092
time allocation motion
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Committee sittings
Legislative reform
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
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, 6209–6210
Toxic substances
reduction plan
role of federal government, 6381
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA), 7747
Trans fatty acids, 254
Transit systems, 5774
TVOntario, 6996
Unemployment rate, 3302
Universities/colleges
Victims of crime
Workers
skilled worker shortage, 3303
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
Young offenders, 2908
Youth crime, 3166–3167
Youth justice system
Youth programs
Youth violence, 4836
Murdoch, B. (PC, Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound)
Agricultural fairs
International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, 3145
Agricultural industry
Artists
Awards
Premier's Farm Innovation Award, 2446
Saugeen Territory Awards of Recognition and Success, 4063
Tommy Cooper Award, 1047
Bottled water
prohibition on sale, 3944
impact on employment, 3944
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, 1030
Cemeteries
prohibition on relocation of inactive cemeteries, 6754
Child poverty, 5952
Community Living
Owen Sound and District
pay increase for non-unionized development workers, 1670–1671
Congratulatory remarks
Pringle, Bob (recipient, Tommy Cooper Award), 1047
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Court security
Elections/by-elections
Elections Ontario
Epilepsy, 1459
Fundraising
Government debt
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 363
PC (1995-2003)
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Harmonized sales tax, 8917 , 8923
Highway construction
Highway 410 to Highway 10 (Brampton), 8789
Highway improvement
Hospital construction
Inactive Cemeteries Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 149)
Infrastructure Ontario
municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 600–601
list of successful applicants, 615–616
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Legislative procedure
motions
speech should be related to topic being discussed, 1017
Legislative process
family friendly reforms, 2431
independent members included, 6152
Livestock
Members'/ministers' appreciation
Gerretsen, John (Kingston and the Islands)
as Minister of the Environment, 8606
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound
beef producers, 1239–1240
Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound award winners, 2615
Members'/ministers' constituents
congratulatory remarks, 4063
Members/ministers quoting letters
David, Michael (director, Canadian Hard of Hearing Association), 3948
Gold, Michelle (senior director, Canadian Mental Health Association), 3949
Members/ministers quoting lyrics
Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan), 6582
Members/ministers quoting statements
Pringle, Bob (recipient, Tommy Cooper Award), 1047
Members' statements
Access to information, 601
Beef producers, 1239–1240
Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound award winners, 2615
Cemeteries, 6754
Child poverty, 5952–5953
Community Living workers, 1670–1671
Elections, 9
Epilepsy, 1459
Highway construction, 8789
Hockey, 4526
International Plowing Match, 3145
Markdale Hospital, 8413
Municipal finances, 600–601
Nail and Snail, 6392–6393
Neustadt sewage lagoon, 8606
Premier's Farm Innovation Award, 2445–2446
Pringle, Bob, 1047–1048
Relay for Life, 6947
Saugeen Territory Awards of Recognition and Success, 4063
Tartan Day, 757
Taxation, 8923
Municipal government services
northern and rural Ontario
National/independence/memorial days
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Oral questions, presented
Paintings
Blue Sky-White Snow, 4526
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1862
Petitions
All-terrain vehicles, 1669
Anti-smoking legislation, 1426 , 1890 , 2674 , 2963–2964
Beer retailing and distribution, 3187 , 4035
Child protection, 3541 , 3651 , 3932 , 4034 , 6346
Gasoline prices, 2672–2673 , 3000 , 6567 , 6698
Green power generation, 6757 , 6897 , 8315
Hospital funding, 27 , 240 , 1002 , 1668 , 2093 , 2613 , 5962–5963
Lord's Prayer, 341 , 384 , 505–506 , 529 , 655 , 774 , 839–840 , 999 , 1064 , 1255 , 1257–1258 , 1476 , 1669 , 2094 , 2442 , 2444 , 2612
Motorcycle safety, 4688 , 5586 , 5743 , 6345
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1211 , 2999
Road safety, 6565
Services for the developmentally disabled, 2445
Taxation, 6150 , 6344 , 6566 , 6697 , 6759 , 6954 , 7208 , 7344 , 7346 , 7653–7654 , 8037 , 8039 , 8419–8420 , 8613 , 8791
Water metering, 2963
Youth Action Alliance, 8422–8423 , 8613–8614 , 8793
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards, 2431
Poverty reduction strategy
Private members' public business
Single-Use Bottled Water Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 112)
Taxation Amendment Act (Equipment Purchased for Persons with Disabilities), 2008 (Bill 109)
Wind turbines
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Right to Play (humanitarian organization), 6392–6393
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 9
Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Tartans, 757
Tax credits
purchase of equipment or devices for persons with disabilities, 3948–3949
Taxation Amendment Act (Equipment Purchased for Persons with Disabilities), 2008 (Bill 109)
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18
Transportation infrastructure
Waste management/programs
Water and sewer infrastructure
Neustadt sewage lagoon, 8606
Welechenko Transport Ltd. Act, 2009 (Bill Pr23)
Wind turbines
health effects
moratorium on new projects pending review of health effects, 8331–8333
Murray, G.R. (LIB, Toronto Centre)
Biodiversity, 9643–9644
Early childhood education
Environmental protection, 9643–9644
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government record
Harmonized sales tax, 9618
Housing
Kindergarten
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 9616–9618
Members/ministers quoting statements
Mandela, Nelson (antiapartheid activist and former President of South Africa), 9616
Members' statements
Affordable housing, 9273
Health care, 9584
Occupational health and safety
regulation and enforcement, 9498
Oral questions, presented
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Private members' public business
Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 (Bill 237)
Social assistance
Standing Orders
S.O. 23(i) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Imputes false or unavowed motives, 9549
Water utilities
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