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Pendergast, L. (LIB, Kitchener–Conestoga)
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
review by Integrity Commissioner, 7414
Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 2854
Artists, 2489
Awards
Premier's Catalyst Award, 7034
Premier's Innovation Awards, 7034
Biorem
Bullying
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens, 7012–7014
Canada-Wide Science Fair, 2437
Child poverty, 5099
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
collective bargaining
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 955
Committees
Select Committee on the Economy, 3461–3462
Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3461–3462
Contests
Kraft Hockeyville 2009, 5040
Debates re answers to oral questions
DERTOUR Travel Academy, 4384
Domestic violence, 1999
Early childhood education
full-day learning for four- and five-year-old children, 5099
Economic growth
Education, 7402
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Education funding
eHealth Ontario
contracts
referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7713–7714
Energy
Family law
Festivals
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Government-Ontario Medical Association agreements, 2677
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
employment creation, 9551
Harmonized sales tax
impact on technology industry, 7870
impact wholesale trade sector, 7638
public consultation, 9043
Health care funding
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Housing
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Industry
Kitchener–Conestoga, 2977
Kindergarten
full-day, 9523–9525
designated early childhood educators, 9524
site selection process, 9525
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Kitchener–Conestoga
Celebrate Me Home: A Hero's Welcome Gala, 6755
township of Wellesley, 1722
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 31–32
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 31
Members'/ministers' privileges
wearing of pins/ribbons/buttons, 4394
Members/ministers quoting books
Members/ministers quoting letters
Wynne, Kathleen (Minister of Education), 7399
Members/ministers quoting poetry
Members/ministers quoting reports
Are Schools Making the Grade? School Nutrition Policies Across Canada (Centre for Science in the Public Interest), 2371 With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9523 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8279
Members/ministers quoting statements
Brown, Brian (president, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations), 3461–3462
Buchholtz, Wayne (chair, Waterloo Catholic District School Board), 3462
Campbell, John (chair, Toronto District School Board), 556
Carruthers, Loralea (vice-president, Ontario Public School Boards' Association), 556
Conway, Megan (director, Pathways to Education), 9524
Davidson, Bill (executive director, Langs Farm Village Association), 8780
Day, Isadore (chief, Serpent River First Nation), 3461
Dulmage, Marilyn (project coordinator, Ontario Coalition for Inclusive Education), 556
Fabi, Linda (director of education, Waterloo District School Board), 9524
Fabi, Linda (president, Ontario Public Supervisory Officials' Association), 7400
Facey, Anne (director, St. Mary's High School progressive cafeteria policy), 2371
Herrle family (Kitchener–Conestoga), 2371
Katona, Peter (executive director, Foodlink of Waterloo Region), 2371
McNabb, Leslie (principal, Floradale Public School), 9523–9524
Musyj, David (president and CEO, Windsor Regional Hospital), 3462
Ontario Public School Boards' Association, 7399
Peroni, Paula (president, Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association), 7399
Peterson, Lynn (mayor, Thunder Bay), 3462
Robinson, Trisha (executive director, Wilmont Family Resource Centre), 9533
Ryan, Sid (president, CUPE Ontario), 3462 , 9525
Sayers, Dean (chief, Batchewana First Nation), 3461
Sinclair, Art (director of economic development, Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce), 3462
Sonier, Barb (superintendent, Thames Valley District School Board), 7013
Spence, Chris (director of education, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board), 7401
Waitley, Denis (English teacher), 9523
Woolford, Peter (vice-president of policy development and research, Retail Council of Canada), 3462
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
NDP (2003-2010)
Marchese, Rosario (Trinity–Spadina), 7399
Members' statements
Aboriginal affairs, 1361
Biorem, 7392
Canadian Forces, 6755
Education funding, 556
Government investments, 3535
Health care funding, 2677
Job creation, 9551
Last Post Fund, 8830
Oktoberfest, 7651
Ontario budget, 517 , 641
Pork industry, 6809
Post-secondary education, 324–325
Public consultation, 9043
Rural economic development, 4583
School safety, 3836
Township of Wellesley, 1722
Township of Wilmot, 2578
Township of Woolwich, 5040 , 5238–5239
University of Waterloo, 3579
Meningitis Awareness Day Act, 2010 (Bill 245)
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
rural economic development (RED) program
Ministry of Education
expenditures
safe schools strategy, 3836
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
provincial rent bank program, 2957
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Nurses, 5279
Ontario Arts Council
Celebrate Our Artists weekend, 2489
Ontario Women's Directorate
domestic violence action plan, 1998
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Affordable housing, 239–240
Agriculture industry, 8730–8731
Community colleges collective bargaining, 955
DERTOUR Travel Academy, 4384–4385
Domestic violence, 8213
Education funding, 2733–2734
Green power generation, 9170
Nurses, 5278–5279
Ontario artists, 2489
Post-secondary education, 5381–5382
Rent bank programs, 2957
Research and innovation, 2437 , 7034
Taxation, 7639 , 7870
Victims of crime, 1167
Wildlife management, 9270–9271
Youth entrepreneurs, 744–745
Playgrounds
McKenzie-Smith Bennett public school
Pork
Pork industry, 6809
Post-secondary education
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 325
Poultry industry
Poverty reduction strategy, 720
after school programs, 5099
crown wards success strategy, 5099
student nutrition program, 641
25 in 5 plan, 5099
Private members' public business
Apprenticeship training
Child poverty
Climate Change Awareness Act, 2009 (Bill 208)
Healthy schools
Human rights
Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
Poverty
Provincial-aboriginal agreements, 1361
Public education campaigns
Climate Change Awareness Day, 8329–8330
"Eat Local: Live Fresh," 2371–2372 , 2377
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 4394
Reports
Compulsory Certification Project (T.E. Armstrong), 2854 Food for Thought: Schools and Nutrition (Health Canada), 2370–2371
Research and innovation, 2437
School boards
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 2370
to serve healthy, local Ontario foods, 2370–2371
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking
ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2139
Special education
Student achievement, 7399
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Throne speech debate
Tourism industry, 4384
Unitron Hearing, 7034
Universities/colleges
government funding, 324–325
University of Waterloo, 3579
Veterans
Last Post Fund (non-profit corporation), 8830
Victims of crime
Victims of domestic violence
Violence against women, 4394
Wildlife management
Wilmot Recreation Complex, 2578
Women's services
Youth entrepreneurship, 744–745
Youth/students
Phillips, Hon. G. (LIB, Scarborough–Agincourt)
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, 1922
Capital works projects
Consumer protection
Earth Hour, 611
Electricity rates, 2607 , 8825
Electricity supply, 1717–1718 , 2601
Energy
Energy conservation, 611–612 , 1206 , 2440 , 2603
Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Gasoline prices, 2565
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse industry, 2572
Harmonized sales tax
impact on electricity rates, 8730
Housing
Interim supply motions
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Natural gas
Natural gas generating stations
Nuclear generating stations
limit on liability in case of nuclear accident, 8917–8918
Ontario Energy Board (OEB), 1312–1313
decision to allow customers pay Enbridge's court costs, 1606
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
Pickering nuclear generating station
Oral questions, responded to
Coal-fired generating stations, 1767–1768
Conservation, 611–612
Consumer protection, 1312–1313 , 9217
Electricity supply, 1717–1718 , 1886–1887 , 2439–2440
Enbridge Gas, 1606
Energy contracts, 2029–2030
Energy policies, 2601
Gasoline prices, 2565 , 2607–2608
Green power generation, 1247–1248 , 9170–9171
Greenhouse industry, 2572
Hydro contracts, 8825
Hydro rates, 2485–2486 , 8730 , 9173
Infrastructure program funding, 9218
Infrastructure programs, 8823
Natural gas rates, 1924
Nuclear energy, 2603–2604
Nuclear power facilities, 8917–8918
Pickering nuclear generating station, 1922–1923
Renewable energy and conservation, 1206 , 2391–2392
Retirement homes, 9363–9364
Quebec
Retirement homes
Transit systems
gasoline tax funding, 2565
Transportation infrastructure
Websites
www.ontario.ca/infrastructure, 8823
Xstrata PLC
Prue, M. (NDP, Beaches–East York)
Aboriginal communities, 581 , 9241
Aboriginal land claims
Aboriginal peoples
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Addiction treatment programs
Adoption
protection of privacy, 163
Adoption disclosure, 163 , 754 , 1440–1443 , 1757
disclosure veto, 755
no-contact notice, 1757
protection for victims of abuse, 1757–1758
protection of privacy, 1432
Aftermarket brake pads
ban on use of asbestos, 7252
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
subject to freedom of information requests, 9235
Alternative medicine, 7527
Animal protection
Animal protection organizations
use of term humane society restricted
impact on Toronto Humane Society, 1803 , 1811
Anniversaries
Citizens for a Safe Environment's 25th anniversary, 1240
Arbitration, 4728
Artists
contribution to society, 6243
employment protection, 6244
Asbestos, 7251–7252
Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, 2164 Asthma, 5812
Automobile industry
decline in sales, 3076
layoffs, 1734
pension plans, 7243
transportation of automobile parts, 1084
Automobile insurance
Automobile insurance benefits
reduction of maximum benefit for non-catastrophic injuries to $25,000, 6943 , 7225 , 7334 , 7564
reduction of maximum benefit for serious injuries to $50,000, 8408–8409
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
Automobiles
Awards
Agnes Macphail Award, 555
Beaches citizen of the year, 3094
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Bicycles, 1738
Books
The Beach (Glenn and Jean Cochrane), 7151
Border crossings
Boundary adjustment
British Columbia
job protection commissioner, 3460
Budget, 3789 , 4179–4180 , 4261 , 5790–5791
Budget deficit, 3594 , 3596–3597 , 3599 , 3605–3606 , 5761
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
Burke, Edmund (Anglo-Irish political theorist and philosopher), 8744
Business co-operatives, 5707
Buy in Canada for Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 39)
Buy Ontario policy, 3460
Call centres, 397
Canada pension plan (CPP), 7243
Canadian Hearing Society, 8072
Canadians for Children at Health Risk
9th annual charity art auction, 3645
Cancer, 2544–2545
Capital tax
Capital works projects
Child care, 3134–3135 , 6951
Child pornography
Child poverty, 789 , 4582 , 5263 , 5265–5266 , 5271 , 8781–8782
Child sexual abuse, 452
Children with disabilities
deaf/hearing-impaired children
government funding, 7966
Project Kids HEAR, 7966
Children's Aid Society of Toronto
Children's nutrition programs
Climatic changes, 580–581
government response, 1738
Commercial passenger vehicles
Committee process, 2314–2315 , 4180
Committee schedules/agendas, 4178–4181
Committees, 1148–1149
Select Committee on Elections
Select Committee on the Economy, 3456–3459
Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3457–3458
Community Living, 1983–1984
Community newspapers
Community organizations
Danforth East Community Association, 8736
Condominium corporations
Neville Park, 2676
noise protection standards, 7259
reserve funds
installation of renewable energy/energy efficient technologies, 7258–7259
Condominium owners
property insurance
3640 and 3650 Kingston Road, 7258
representation by proxies, 7258
Congratulatory remarks
Brent, Joan (recipient, Beaches citizen of the year award), 3094
Christie, Mary (Beach Citizen of the Year award), 2889
Moore, Patricia (winner, Agnes Macphail award), 5953
Constitution Act, 2007 (Democratic representation) (Bill C-22), 180–182 Consumer protection
security deposits for utilities and disconnections, 9248–9249
sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9319
Coroner inquests
Elderkin, Linda and Paul Benson (died in fire)
jury recommendations, 267
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 4363–4364
Corporate tax reduction, 1734–1735 , 3206 , 5829–5830 , 6510–6511 , 7751
Corporate taxes
federal-provincial harmonization, 736
Corporations
executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 7050
Court cases/actions
Joy Cheskes, Denbigh Patton, C.M. and D.S. v. Attorney General of Ontario, 1440
Russo, Louise (shooting victim), 2537–2539
Debates re answers to oral questions
Low-income Ontarians
requested, 596
participation, 596
Dental care, 3528
Developmental services workers
Digital media
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs)
Dollar
Driver education/training, 4535 , 4540
Driver examinations, 4557
Driver licences
graduated licences
zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 4539
Drivers
East York
Economic conditions, 1735–1736 , 3204–3205 , 3457 , 3596–3606 , 4018 , 4178–4179 , 4261
Economic decline, 787 , 3025 , 3069 , 3134 , 3597–3604
government response, 5705
international
international government responses, 5798
Economic development, 2881
Economic growth, 5183
Economic statement, 3133–3135
Education funding reform, 1735
Election finance reform, 2311–2312 , 9295–9297
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Elections/by-elections
barrier-free access, 9284 , 9654–9656
fixed dates, 2315
return of $200 deposit required to run in federal and provincial elections, 2315
third-party advertising, 9296
Electoral Boundaries Commission, 9292
Electoral process reform, 9653–9654
citizens' assemblies, 2312–2313
students vote in home riding or riding in which they attend school, 9295
Electoral representation, 180–182
Electric vehicles, 5813
Electrical explosions, 7031
Electrical safety
mandatory installation of surge protectors in new residential and commercial construction, 7054
Electricity rates
Employment creation, 3208–3209 , 5812
Employment insurance benefits
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment-related benefits
Employment standards
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Energy
renewable energy projects
domestic content requirements, 4019
employment creation, 4019–4020
wind farms
proposal by Trillium Power Wind Corp., 4019–4020
Enumerators/enumeration, 2313 , 9298
Environmental Defence
Environmental protection, 7303
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Explosions
Exports, 3459
Farms/farmland
Federal elections/by-elections
televised leaders' debate, 3205
Federal government
transfer payments, 2881
use of casual employees, 6360
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Canada-Ontario immigration agreement, 9427
Federal-provincial-municipal relations, 3609
Finance companies
Financial crises, 3207
Financial Product Safety Commission, 3207 , 3461
Fire alarms, 275
Fire escapes, 268 , 275
non-combustible fire escapes, 160 , 275
Fire Protection and Prevention Act, S.O. 1997, c.4
Fire Code, S. Reg. 213/07, 268
Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
Fire sprinklers
mandatory fire sprinkler systems in new residential construction, 2174–2176
Firefighters, 274–275
Food banks, 5263
Food prices
Food processing industry
transportation of goods, 1084
Foreign caregivers
Foreign workers
Forums (discussion and debate)
Eradicating Poverty in the 21st Century, 1101–1102
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Gambling addiction, 763
Gasoline prices, 3202
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Goods and services
manufactured in or come from Canada, 3202
Government contracts
MFP Financial Services Ltd., 6257
Government expenditures
Government funding, 3134
Government investments, 54
Government notice of motions
Federal electoral representation
Federal government policy
Legislative reform
Select Committee on Elections
Government orders
Committee sittings
responded to, 4178–4181
time allocation motion
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
PC (1995-2003), 784
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction, 1142 , 2882 , 5383
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Greenhouse gas emissions
reduction
cap and trade system (emissions trading), 7311
Gross domestic product, 3205
Handgun manufacturers and importers
liability for harm caused by unlawful use of handguns, 2538
Handgun Manufacturers' and Importers' Liability Act, 2008 (Bill 82)
second reading
public consultation, 2537
Handguns
Harmonized sales tax, 5705 , 5796–5799 , 6334 , 6508–6512 , 6554 , 6805 , 6961 , 7756–7757 , 8762
impact on aboriginal peoples, 8762 , 8846–8847
impact on condominium owners, 6690
impact on employment, 7332 , 7518 , 8541–8542 , 8844–8845 , 8916
impact on gasoline prices, 6509–6510
impact on homebuyers, 6192–6193 , 6509
impact on housing industry, 5990 , 6273
impact on real estate industry, 8256–8257
impact on senior citizens, 8256
impact on small business, 9118
impact on sport, recreation and physical activities, 6751
public consultation, 8744–8746 , 9042
tax inclusive pricing, 7029–7030
transition benefit
Highway safety
riding in back of commercial/towed vehicles prohibited
Highway service centres
adult-sized personal care areas, 2100
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed Limiters), 2006 (Bill 115), 1071 Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
emergency preparedness
availability of Tamiflu, 8456
Home care workers
Home insurance
Hospital funding
government funding
Toronto East General Hospital, 9426
Hospital services
physiotherapy services
Toronto East General Hospital, 9426
Housing
affordable, 3134–3135 , 3773 , 6431
authority of municipal governments to require affordable housing in new developments, 7535–7536
construction, 117
government funding, 1734
supportive housing
people with drug and alcohol addiction, 7536
Hydro Québec
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immigrants, 5269
access to professions and trades, 6951
poverty, 6951
Immigration, 9427–9428
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c.27
Income disparity, 5263
Income groups
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Industry shutdowns, 3206 , 3209 , 3460
International trade agreements
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
second reading, 8097–8099
time allocation motion
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
general discussion, 1142 , 1797–1798
ministerial statement
section 2, 373
section 4, 373
section 14.1, 373
second reading, 799–800 , 809–814 , 817 , 819–820
third reading, 1707 , 1797–1798
Job protection commissioner, 3206 , 3209 , 3460
Kindergarten
Labour mobility
Labour-sponsored investment funds, 4365–4366
Lafarge Canada Inc.
Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
green ribbon beach program, 723–724
Lake Simcoe
Land use planning
Landfill sites
Adams mine site (Kirkland Lake), 1082
Landlord and tenant
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL), 6951
Layoffs, 3208–3209 , 3459 , 3598–3602
Legislative Assembly
Ontario Legislature internship program (OLIP), 4064
Legislative interns, 4064
Legislative procedure
government bills, 2544
ministerial statements, 8999
private members' public business, 2544
Legislative process, 4545 , 8744
Legislature schedule/agenda, 3789
Libraries/schools
use of Internet filtering software, 7742–7743
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 2889
Long-term-care facilities
Long-term-care funding
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 4948
Manitoba
election financing, 2312
manufacturing investment tax credit, 787
Manufacturing industry
global competition, 3202
layoffs, 574–575 , 2746 , 3028 , 3030 , 3133 , 3205 , 3209
tax credit, 575
unemployment, 762–763 , 1052–1053
MaRS Centre, 4366
Members'/ministers' conduct, 5759
Levac, Dave (Brant)
as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, 9643
Members'/ministers' constituents
wedding anniversaries, 7038
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 723 , 930 , 1141–1142 , 1809 , 2544 , 3460 , 4767–4768 , 5263–5264 , 5266 , 5269–5270 , 5498 , 5813 , 7243–7244 , 7251
Members/ministers quoting books
Liberalism and the Future: A Study in Opportunities (S.W. Goerwell), 720
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 1797
Pruessen, Ronald (chair, Opportunities Mississauga for 21 Plus), 3204
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
harmonized sales tax, re, 7756–7757
Meehan, Terrie (Ontario disability support program benefits recipient), 1764
Members/ministers quoting letters
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), 6243–6244
Bowden, Janice (Red Pine Wilderness Lodge), 6805
Cavoukian, Ann (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 1443
Green, Michael S. (barrister and solicitor), 1943
Lepofsky, David (Toronto layer, activist and chair, AODA Alliance), 9654–9656
McMeekin, Ted (Minister of Government and Consumer Services), 283
Perley, Michael (director, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco), 7548
Samler, Agnes (Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth), 1758–1759
25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction, 3203
White, Graham (political scientist), 2314
Winney, Victor (chief financial officer, The Staffing Edge), 6362
Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Globe and Mail (Toronto), 4366 , 6025–6027 Toronto Star, 22 , 814 , 3025 , 3076 , 3134 , 7501 , 9429 , 9600 Toronto Sun, 2175–2176
Members/ministers quoting poetry
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Ministry of Community and Social Services, 1441–1442
Members/ministers quoting reports
The Anatomy of the Canadian Job Market (TD Economics), 3205 Greater Trouble in Greater Toronto: Child Poverty in the GTA (Children's Aid Society), 4582 , 5267 Making Good on the Promise: Evaluating Year One of Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy (25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction), 8995 In From The Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness (Report of the Subcommittee on Cities of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology), 9227–9228 , 9241 With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9601 Poverty Reduction Strategies in Quebec and in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5265
Members/ministers quoting statements
Belobaba, Edward (judge, Superior Court of Justice), 163
Blackstock, Sarah (25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction), 6077
Campaign 2000, 789
Campaign Lake Simcoe, 7501
Community Living Ontario, 2813 , 2818
Donne, John (British Jacobean poet), 7682
Fair Vote Canada, 2312–2313 , 9298
Lazaridis, Mike (founder, Research In Motion), 3028
Levine, Martin (advocate for persons with developmental disabilities), 2818
Martinez, Lou (constituent, Beaches–East York), 6751
McDermid, Robert (professor, political science, York University), 8373
Ontario Retail Venture Capital Association, 4365
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, 1085
Pruessen, Ronald (Opportunities Mississauga for 21 Plus), 2773
Rumney, Peter (Bloorview Kids Rehab), 7225
Stewart, Keith (World Wildlife Fund), 1738
Topp, Bob (Coalition After Property Tax Reform), 1062
White, Graham (professor, department of political science, University of Toronto), 1333–1334
Wood, Michael (legislative counsel), 2813
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1990-1995)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 3208
Liberal (1995-2003)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
as Leader of the Opposition, 8846
Liberal (2003-2010)
Arthurs, Wayne (Pickering–Scarborough East), 6961
Broten, Laurel (Etobicoke–Lakeshore)
as Minister of the Environment, 929
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 3025 , 3459 , 8541
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Meilleur, Madeleine (Ottawa–Vanier)
as Minister of Community and Social Services, 2100
Ramal, Khalil (London–Fanshawe), 2814
NDP (2003-2010)
Miller, Paul (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek), 2817
Members'/ministers' resignations
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre), 9224–9225
Members' statements
Beach development, 2676
Brent, Joan, 3094
Canadian Hearing Society, 8072
Canadians for Children at Health Risk, 3645
Citizens for a Safe Environment, 1240
Cochrane, Glenn and Jean, 7151
Cochrane, Jean, 7923
Danforth East Community Association, 8736
Home warranty program, 283
Lankin, Frances, 9370–9371
Legislative interns, 4064
Macphail, Agnes, 555
McLaughlin, John, 2214–2215
Moore, Patricia, 5953
Naturopathic medicine, 7527
Poverty, 1559 , 1671 , 4582
Preskett, Leonard and Louise, 7038
Property taxation, 599–600
Public consultation, 9042
Services for the hearing impaired, 7966
The Speaker, 8353
Tamil Canadian community, 6495
Taxation, 6192–6193
University labour dispute, 4756
Metrolinx
Minimum wage, 3602
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Ministerial statements, responded to
Accessibility for the disabled, 2100 , 7779
Adoption, 162
Corporate tax, 735–736
Economic outlook and fiscal review, 290 , 8116–8117
Good governance, 8221–8222
Immigrants' skills, 6951–6952
Municipal infrastructure, 372–373
Municipal planning, 7234–7235
Ontario economy, 2746–2747
Research and innovation, 762–763 , 1052–1053 , 1465 , 5327
Venture Capital Fund, 191
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario
Ontario skills development program, 7525
second career strategy, 4698
Municipal Elections Act, S.O. 1996, c. 32
Municipal elections/by-elections
ban on corporate donations, 8373–8374
candidates carrying over surplus funds, 9015
contribution limits of $5,000 per contributor, 8221 , 8371–8374 , 9013–9014
date change to fourth Monday in October, 8372
prohibiting loans to candidates, 9014
Vaughan, 8373–8374 , 8825–8826 , 9295
Municipal government restructuring
Municipal infrastructure, 1142
Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC), 1736–1737
Municipalities
Mutual funds, 4585
National child benefit supplement (NCBS)
Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors, 7527
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 789 , 1516 , 1661 , 3528 , 8151
Ontario disability support program (ODSP), 3603
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 692–693 , 720 , 1983–1984 , 2055 , 2239 , 3732 , 4820 , 5267–5268 , 5997
clawback, 6430
increase, 117 , 524 , 578 , 596 , 613 , 693 , 788–789 , 2056 , 7918 , 9242
special diet allowance, 422 , 9577 , 9723–9724
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) recipients, 2239
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
three-month waiting period, 577
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
construction costs for Windsor Energy Centre, 8598
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
citizen appeals of board decisions to cabinet revoked, 8375–8376 , 9012
employment and investment restrictions on board members removed, 8375
hearings
development on Eastern Ave., 897
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
collective bargaining, 6029
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), 7567
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario Works program benefits
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Addiction services, 993
Affordable housing, 3773
Assistance to farmers, 8064–8065 , 8109–8110
Assistance to the disabled, 5997
Automobile industry, 7225
Automobile insurance, 6943 , 7334 , 8025–8026 , 8066–8067 , 8408–8409
Child poverty, 8781–8782
City of Ottawa, 7638–7639
Diagnostic services, 4948
Diet supplements, 422
Electricity infrastructure, 7031
Employment lands, 897
Flu pandemic preparedness, 8456
Fundraising, 9543
Government investments, 54
Low-income Ontarians, 524–525 , 612–613 , 7918
Low-speed vehicles, 742
Manufacturing jobs, 3769
Minimum wage, 4247–4248
Municipal development, 9643
Municipal government, 8825–8826
Municipal restructuring, 4329
National child benefit supplement, 481
Ontario budget, 692–693 , 6141
Ontario child benefit, 1516 , 8151
Ontario disability support program, 2239 , 4820
Ontario economy, 4018–4019
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 8598
Ontario Securities Commission, 1887–1888 , 4385–4386
Pension plans, 6230
Physiotherapy services, 239
Poverty, 336 , 1101–1102 , 1368 , 1470 , 1605 , 1661 , 1712 , 1764 , 2389–2390 , 2491 , 2666 , 2777–2778 , 3133–3135 , 3180–3181 , 3238 , 3319–3320 , 3528 , 3639–3640 , 3732 , 3875–3876 , 3961–3962 , 4149 , 4327 , 4468 , 4781–4782 , 5183 , 5949 , 6077 , 8995
Property taxation, 1061–1062 , 2164 , 2956–2957 , 2961 , 3271 , 3573 , 3832 , 4216 , 5579
Protection for workers, 6641
Provincial purchasing policy, 746
Renewable energy and conservation, 4019–4020
Retail sales tax, 25–26
School pools, 1060
Securities industry, 22–23
Services for the developmentally disabled, 4579
Skills training, 4698 , 7525
Small business, 5318–5319
Social assistance, 5383 , 8729 , 9577 , 9723–9724
Taxation, 5469 , 5829–5830 , 5990 , 6273 , 6334 , 6554 , 6690 , 6751 , 6805 , 7029–7030 , 7332 , 7518 , 8256–8257 , 8541 , 8916 , 9118
Taxi operators, 7270–7271
Tenant protection, 2736–2737 , 7690 , 9319
Youth services, 7640
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 5706–5707 , 6025–6027 , 6961
Pension plans, 6230 , 7243
Persons with disabilities, 3180–3181 , 5267–5268 , 5997
assessment
right to appeal assessment determinations, 2817
barrier-free access, 2100
clawback on benefits, 5790–5791
developmental disabilities
application centres for services, 2057
deinstitutionalization, 2054–2055
direct vs. indirect funding, 2058–2060
government funding, 5763
homes and residential facilities
inspection without notice, 2820
legal capacity, 2818
poverty, 2820 , 7779
waiting list for services, 2060
government funding, 2773 , 5790–5791
homes and residential facilities
independent advocacy office, 2817
poverty, 2100 , 5790–5791
rights, 1984
service agencies/application centres
posting of rights to complain and appeal, 2774
services, 3203–3204 , 4579
waiting list for services, 2814
Petitions
Automobile industry, 7237–7238
Child protection, 9229
Dental care, 7489 , 7782
Identity theft, 301–302 , 5244
International trade, 959
Lord's Prayer, 2092
Middle childhood programs, 9586
Minimum wage, 175–176
Multiple myeloma, 5244–5245
Police records check, 3650–3651 , 5587
Poverty, 7043–7044
Psychiatric patient rights, 56–58
Road safety, 6236–6237 , 6698–6699
School pools, 1064
Taxation, 2998 , 6344 , 6503–6504 , 7879 , 8739 , 9230
University labour dispute, 4704 , 4758 , 4790
Physiotherapy services, 239
Police services
Political contributions
corporations
Greater Toronto Airports Authority donation to Ontario Liberal Party, 9543 , 9669
Political fundraising, 2311–2312
Portlands Energy Centre, 724
Post-secondary education
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 9428
Poverty, 116–117 , 336 , 577–578 , 612 , 1671 , 2777–2778 , 3133–3134 , 3180–3181 , 3208 , 3238 , 3528 , 3615 , 3961 , 4468 , 5263–5273
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 720 , 1734 , 2666 , 2773 , 2777–2778 , 3135 , 3181 , 3319–3320 , 3639–3640 , 4149 , 4781–4782 , 5183 , 5264–5271 , 5762 , 6077 , 6426–6431 , 6585–6586 , 6590 , 8995
anti-racism directorate, 6429
community mobilization fund, 5270
housing benefit, 3962
Ireland, 5265
public consultation, 1368 , 1470 , 1605 , 1661 , 1712 , 1764 , 2389–2390 , 2491 , 2778 , 3134 , 3202–3203 , 3773 , 3876 , 4149 , 4327 , 5266 , 5949
25 in 5 plan, 5267
United Kingdom, 5265
Private members' public business
Automobile insurance
Canadian Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
Condominium Owners Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 186)
Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
Electricity Amendment Act (Protection Against Security Deposits), 2009 (Bill 228)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
Employment supports
Fairness for Families Act, 2008 (Bill 88)
Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Institutions), 2009 (Bill 227)
Handgun Manufacturers' and Importers' Liability Act, 2008 (Bill 82)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Aftermarket Brake Pad Standards), 2009 (Bill 181)
Human rights
Jay Lawrence and Bart Mackey Memorial Act (Highway Traffic Amendment), 2008 (Bill 74)
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
Ministry of Government Services Amendment Act (Canadian Manufacturing and Assembly of Government Vehicles), 2008 (Bill 92)
Municipal Residential and Commercial Surge Protector Act, 2009 (Bill 176)
Municipal Residential Sprinkler Act, 2008 (Bill 72)
Pension plans
Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198)
Poverty
Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rental Insurance), 2009 (Bill 209)
Skin Cancer Prevention Act, 2008 (Bill 83)
Small business
Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
Taxation
Tire disposal
Tobacco Tax Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 199)
Transparency in Public Matters Act, 2009 (Bill 159)
Truth About Caledonia Act, 2009 (Bill 146)
Water quality
Property tax, 600
Property tax assessment, 2882 , 3604 , 3620 , 4216
cap on increases, 1737
freeze-until-sale assessment, 1061 , 2956–2957 , 3271 , 3573 , 5579
granny flats, 2164 , 2961
increase, 1061 , 2956 , 3271 , 3573
market value assessment (MVA), 2956–2957 , 3271
phase-in increases, 1062
Sisters of St. Joseph (London), 3832
Property tax deferrals
low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities, 2189
Property tax increases, 580 , 2956–2957 , 3573 , 5579
Provincial-aboriginal agreements
Provincial-aboriginal-resource companies agreements
revenue-sharing agreement, 793
Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Public bodies
Public education campaigns
Public housing
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public transportation
Quebec
Red Tape Commission, 7751
Regional transportation plan (The Big Move)
greater Toronto and Hamilton area, 5812
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Regulations, 1149
Reports
A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 7244–7245 Getting It Right: Investigation into the Transparency of the Property Assessment Process and the Integrity and Efficiency of Decision-Making at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (André Marin), 1737 Ontario Economic Accounts (Ministry of Finance), 3205 Resale House Price and Property Assessment Analysis: City of Toronto and Muskoka & Haliburton (Cushman & Wakefield LePage Inc.), 1061 2008 Ontario Report Card on Child and Family Poverty (Campaign 2000), 4149
Research and innovation, 290 , 3033
Residential Tenancies Act, S.O. 2006, c.17, 2736–2737 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rental Insurance), 2009 (Bill 209)
Retail stores
big box stores, 724
SmartCentres
retail development on Eastern Ave., 897
Road construction, 5812
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
second reading, 4532–4533 , 4535 , 4538–4540 , 4542 , 4545 , 4552 , 4557 , 4561 , 4566
public consultation, 4552
Sanofi Pasteur Canada
Saskatchewan
School board trustees
autonomy, 7680 , 7684 , 7766
Cary-Meagher, Sheila (Beaches–East York), 7682
Catholic school trustees
Kennedy, Angela (St. Paul's), 7682
Dandy, Cathy (Toronto–Danforth), 7682
School boards
appointment of supervisors by government, 7683
Schools
closure
maintenance and repair, 791–792
Securities Amendment Act (Mutual Funds), 2008 (Bill 140)
Securities industry
Self-regulating organizations, 4386
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Small business
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking, 2544 , 5650–5651
ban on smoking in cars with children present
Social assistance, 5383
Social assistance benefits, 1101–1102 , 5269–5270
Social assistance recipients
Speaker
visit to East York Collegiate Institute, 8353
Speed limiters, 1075
Speed limits
Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review, 1148–1149
Stem cell research
Nagy, Andras (Mount Sinai Hospital), 5327
Stock exchanges, 3207 , 3461
Strobe alarms, 275
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Student debt, 3620
Supply Act, 2009 (Bill 161)
Tamil Canadians
Tanning services/ultra-violet light treatment services
regulation, 2545
sale or supply to persons under 19 prohibited, 2544–2545
Tarion Warranty Corporation
Tax credits
Tax rebates
gasoline tax rebate
construction, maintenance or operation of rapid transit or public transportation system, 812
Temporary help agencies
Temporary help agency employees
entitlement to public holiday pay, 6361
protection, 6351 , 6358–6359
removing barriers to permanent employment, 6361
rights, 6361
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Committee sittings
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Tire tax, 929–930
Tires
extended producer responsibility, 930
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco products
ban on retail display of cigarettes, 2139
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5654
Tobacco tax
Toronto
Toronto District School Board
Toronto Humane Society, 1808
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
fare increase, 5811–5812
Giambrone, Adam (chair), 5812
metropass, 5811–5812
ridership, 5812
service reduction, 5812
Sheppard Ave. subway line extension, 463
Spadina Ave. subway extension to York University, 463
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA), 7377–7378
Transit systems, 5811–5812
50% Canadian content in transit vehicles purchased in Ontario, 746
manufacture of transit vehicles in Ontario, 3460 , 5812–5813
merging of GO Transit and Metrolinx, 5811
Ottawa, 1143
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Transportation infrastructure
local content, 4019
Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
Treaty Commission of Ontario, 5497–5498
Tributes
Basrur, Sheela (former chief medical officer of health for Ontario), 2307–2308
Cochrane, Jean (Beach Citizen of the Year), 7923
Gaunt, Murray (former member, Huron–Bruce), 7781
Lankin, Frances (former member, Beaches–East York and CEO United Way of Toronto), 9370–9731
Lawrence, Allan (former member, St. George), 6501
McLaughlin, John (recipient, community service award for former provincial employees), 2214
Trucking industry, 1084
Unemployment, 574 , 5263
Unemployment rate, 786
United Nations (UN)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 9241
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 1984
United States
Universities/colleges
Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
Venture capital, 4365–4367
Victims of crime
Video gaming industry
Voters' lists, 2314
Wal-Mart
Waste management/programs
Workers
injured workers, 1943
protection, 3205
replacement workers
ban on use during strike or lockout, 7935
Workers' rights
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
experience rating system, 1942
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Youth justice system
closure of CASATTA and York Detention Centres, 7640
Pupatello, Hon. S. (LIB, Windsor West)
Aditya Birla Group, 3287
Automobile industry, 1425 , 2291 , 2387 , 2488
auto sector investment fund, 643 , 1920–1921
Ford Motor Company of Canada
General Motors of Canada Ltd., 2288 , 2516
Beacon project, 1967–1968 , 2342–2343 , 2515–2516
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 2433
layoffs, 1424 , 1919 , 1967
payment of government loans, 2434 , 2517
plant shutdown, 2288
government funding, 2433–2435 , 7574
investment, 2343
layoffs, 2291
Budget, 2386–2387
Business
government assistance, 499
Business education tax
Capcom Co. Ltd., 3287
Capital tax
Capital works projects
Cityscape Dubai, 3286
Debates re answers to oral questions
Eastern Ontario development fund, 7769
Economic development, 770
Economic growth, 1309
five-point economic plan, 1205
Education funding
Electric vehicles, 4903–4904
Employment creation, 2160
Energy
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, 9540–9541
FAG Aerospace, 3288
Federal government
constructive engagement policy with China, 893
Ferrero Canada Limited, 3287
Forest industry
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Secteur manufacturier, 44
Government orders
Government record
GRK Fasteners
Harmonized sales tax
impact on small business, 7837
High technology industries
Industry shutdowns
International marketing centres, 3285–3286
International trade, 3285 , 7873
International trade agreements
Canada-United States procurement agreement, 9496–9497
Investment in Ontario, 1309 , 1514 , 3285–3287 , 4903–4904 , 4906–4907
Linamar Corp.
Manufacturing industry, 44 , 2159–2160 , 2344
Members'/ministers' expenditures
Jackson, Cameron (former Minister of Tourism and Recreation), 4908
Pupatello, Sandra (Minister of International Trade and Investment), 4906
Members/ministers quoting statements
Members'/ministers' remarks
NDP (2003-2010)
Hampton, Howard (Kenora–Rainy River)
as leader of the third party, 2517
PC (1995-2003)
Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville), 2433
PC (2003-2010)
Elliott, Christine (Whitby–Oshawa), 1920 , 2488
Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville)
as Leader of the Opposition, 2488
withdrawn, 1514 , 3490 , 8994
Ministerial statements, presented
Government investments, 643
Manufacturing industry, 44
Small business, 7837–7838
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 2344 , 9640
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 44 , 1309
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 44 , 424 , 505 , 643 , 768 , 1514 , 2342 , 2432 , 2959–2960
Ontario Automotive Investment Strategy (OAIS), 2434
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
skills to jobs action plan, 768
Movies
Navistar International Corp.
Ombudsman of Ontario, 9539–9540
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 3856
Ontario Manufacturing Council, 44
Ontario Works program benefits
temporary care assistance (TCA), 3856
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, responded to
Automobile industry, 1919–1921 , 1967–1968 , 2288 , 2291 , 2342–2344 , 2386–2387 , 2432–2435 , 2488 , 2515–2518
Eastern Ontario development, 7769
Economic development, 505 , 7384 , 7575 , 8068
Employment, 768
Forest industry, 9639–9640
Government appointments, 9539–9541
Government investments, 2959–2960
International trade, 770 , 772 , 893 , 948–951 , 7873 , 8070 , 9496–9497
Manufacturing jobs, 25 , 423–424 , 1424–1425 , 1968–1969 , 2157–2160 , 2344 , 7962–7963 , 8821–8822
Manufacturing sector, 52–53
Minister's expenses, 4906–4908
Ontario budget, 499
Ontario economy, 1205 , 1309 , 1514 , 4903–4904
Plant closures, 1251–1252 , 1474–1475
Small business, 502–503
Windsor economy, 417
Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin Inc. (RWDI), 3286–3287
Small business, 7837–7838
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 25
Trade missions, 3286
Trade offices
United States
U.S. Steel Canada
Workers
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