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Sandals, L. (LIB, Guelph)
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Administration of justice, 3663
Adoption disclosure, 1439
Aftermarket brake pads
Agricultural industry, 3414 , 6045
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
general discussion, 9647
second reading, 8000
Apprenticeship training, 3235
Asbestos, 7255
Auditor General
report expenses for programs or services in annual report, 3754–3755
role, 7708
Automobile industry, 3412
Awards
Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship, 3777
Bamco Custom Woodworking, 8033–8034
Bridges
Credit River (Georgetown), 6115
Budget
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1294–1295
Bullying
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens, 5549
disciplinary measures for aggressors, 5536
mandatory reporting of incidents, 5545 , 5553
safety plans, 6971
Buses
C. difficile outbreaks
Cable/satellite providers
requirement to broadcast legislative proceedings of the province or territory, 3254
Capital tax
Capital works projects, 3413
ChangeTheWorld: Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge, 6389
Children's treatment centres
government funding, 1166
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development, 1165
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
collective bargaining
inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2972
Compensation
Truscott, Steven (victim of miscarriage of justice), 1986–1988 , 1993
Congratulatory remarks
Brooks, Marjorie (recipient, Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship), 3777
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 3412
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Court cases/actions
Truscott, Steven (victim of miscarriage of justice), 3016
Crime, 4287
Curriculum
Doctor shortage, 4003
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs), 4005
Economic conditions, 3412
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 3412
Eden Mills cross-country ski club, 4865
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
second reading, 5523–5525 , 5536 , 5545 , 5549 , 5553 , 5602
third reading, 6832–6834 , 6971 , 7067
public consultation, 7067
Education Amendment Act (Progressive Discipline and School Safety), 2007 (Bill 212), 5525 eHealth Ontario
contracts
expenditures
referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7707–7709
Energy
Energy conservation, 5358
role of energy retailers, 9651
Family health teams, 4004
Fatalities
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 3963
Federal members'/ministers' remarks
Conservative (2006-2009)
Flaherty, Jim (Whitby–Oshawa)
as Minister of Finance, 7476
Festivals
Food
Ontario grown, produced or processed food, 4784
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.F.31
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Fundraising
Bracelet of Hope campaign, 2967
Masai for Africa campaign, 2967
Go Green Ontario, 9549
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Governance review committee, 8933
Government-Ontario Medical Association agreements, 3493
Government orders
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
PC (1995-2003)
Graduation (statistics), 6833
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Handguns
Harmonized sales tax, 6116–6117 , 6119
Health care
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Aftermarket Brake Pad Standards), 2009 (Bill 181)
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 6640
Hospital funding
government funding
Guelph General Hospital, 6409
Hospitals
Guelph General Hospital
emergency mental health unit, 6144
Housing
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immigrants
Income groups
Income tax reduction, 6117
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Infrastructure Ontario
municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 822–823
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
Labour mobility, 8282
Layoffs, 3412
Legislative proceedings
televised
Ontario Parliament Network, 3254
Linamar Consumer Products
Livestock
disease prevention and control
traceability systems, 8000
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 4003–4004
Long-term care
Loretto Convent, 822–823
Manufacturing industry
Medical schools
satellite medical schools, 4003
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 7249
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Slisarenko, Helmuth (garage owner), 7256
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting reports
Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8275–8276
Members/ministers quoting statements
Borden, Bob (chair, Upper Grand District School Board), 208
Closson, Tom (president, Ontario Hospital Association), 8209
Conseil ontarien des directrices et directeurs de l'éducation en langue française, 2380
Corter, Carl (chair, Atkinson Charitable Foundation in Early Child Development and Education), 9625
Drone, Don (director of education, Wellington Catholic District School Board), 208
Ecker, Janet (former member, Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge), 7476
Hansenfratz, Linda (CEO, Linamar Consumer Products), 1664
Mackinnon, Martha (Justice for Children and Youth), 8934
Marion, Ron (president, Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l'Ontario), 2380
Pelletier, Gilles (executive director, Centre francophone de Toronto), 2380
Rossi, Rocco (CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario), 207
Taillefer, Paul (president, Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens), 2380
Tremblay, Robert (president, Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholiques), 2380
Willett, Janice (former president, Ontario Medical Association), 2139
Members'/ministers' remarks
PC (2003-2010)
Jones, Sylvia (Dufferin–Caledon), 3639
Members' statements
Access to health care, 3493
Bamco Custom Woodworking, 8032–8033
Brooks, Marjorie, 3777
Eden Mills ski club, 4865
Guelph Day, 1560
Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis, 2038–2039
Hillside Festival, 5004
Loretto Convent, 822–823
Low-income Ontarians, 325
Masai for Africa campaign, 2967
Mental health services, 6144
Ontario Veterinary College, 6948
Renewable energy, 9082–9083
Science complex at University of Guelph, 185
University funding, 9003
Mental health care, 4470–4471
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Ontario market investment fund (OMIF), 4784
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs-University of Guelph agreements/partnerships, 4151–4152
agricultural research and development, 1767
research and education, 1560
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 3118
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Health Care Connect, 3493
Ministry of Research and Innovation
innovation demonstration fund (IDF), 1664
Municipal Elections Act, S.O. 1996, c. 32
amended by Bill 212, 8368
Obesity
Occupational training programs, 3413–3414
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario child benefit (OCB)
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
second reading, 1955
third reading, 2380
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Poet Laureate, 8131
Ontario Trillium Foundation, 8132
Ontario Works program benefits, 3639
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Agri-food industry, 4783–4784
Agricultural research, 1766–1767 , 4151–4152
Animal health, 9647
Child care, 3638–3639
Children's treatment centres, 1165–1166
Energy conservation, 9549
Freedom of information, 8209–8210
Immigrant services, 8309
Infectious disease control, 6640
Mental health services, 4470–4471
Municipalities, 6189
Research and innovation, 953–954 , 1663–1664 , 5684–5685
Rural Ontario, 6045–6046
Skills training, 3235
Taxation, 7475–7476
University and college funding, 8868–8869
Violent crime, 4287
Volunteers, 2346–2347 , 6388–6389
Workplace safety, 3963–3964
Pension plans
defined benefit pension plans, 6116
solvency payment deadlines extended to 10 years, 6116
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 2019–2020
exemptions
agricultural industry, 2020
forest industry, 2020
golf courses, 2020
health risks, 2022
Petitions
University labour dispute, 4758
Poets Laureate, 8131
Pork
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 5202
Private members' public business
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 110)
Curriculum
Education Amendment Act (Pupils with Diabetes), 2009 (Bill 137)
Healthy schools
Highway improvement
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Aftermarket Brake Pad Standards), 2009 (Bill 181)
Legislative channel
Ministry of Government Services Amendment Act (Canadian Manufacturing and Assembly of Government Vehicles), 2008 (Bill 92)
Ontario Poet Laureate
Truscott, Steven
Public education campaigns
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Pupils with diabetes
monitoring and treatment, 5292
training of staff members, 5292
Reports
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 ), 5602 , 6833 , 6971 Shaping Safer Schools: A Bullying Prevention Action Plan (Safe Schools Action Team), 5525
Research and development programs/projects
International Barcode of Life, 953–954
Research and innovation
Rural Ontario, 6045
School board trustees, 8934
School cafeterias
School safety, 6833
principal to notify parents of victims, 6833–6834
reporting of violent incidents, 5602
School science strategy, 4928
School vending machines
ban on unhealthy food and beverages, 207 , 250
Schools
Sentences (criminal procedure)
Sexual harassment
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking, 2137
Social assistance benefits
mandatory child benefits, 5202
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Student dropout rate, 1122
Tax rebates
gasoline tax rebate
highway construction, maintenance or operation, 6664–6665
TFO, 2380
Throne speech debate
Time allocation motions
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Tobacco products
Toronto's Poet Laureate
Toxic substances
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Transportation infrastructure
Universities/colleges
government funding, 8868–8869
University of Guelph
Ontario Veterinary College, 6948
science complex, 185
Venture capital, 5685
Volunteers, 2346–2347 , 6388
Websites
www.stupid.ca (anti-smoking campaign), 2137
Women's services
Workers
skilled worker shortage, 3235
Workplace harassment/violence, 3963–3964
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Young offenders
publication of names of young offenders convicted of violent crimes, 3016
Savoline, J. (PC, Burlington)
Adult education, 3190
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
subject to freedom of information requests, 9231–9232 , 9237
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Anniversaries
Aldershot 50th anniversary, 2301
Wheelabrator Group 100th anniversary, 3143
Annual reports
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2008), 4604–4605
Appreciation
Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 7211–7212
Automated external defibrillators (AED), 2908
Automobile industry
Awards
2008 Sharing the Spirit Award of Excellence, 1558
Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
Boundary adjustment
Barrie and Innisfil, 7507
Budget
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Bullying, 5031 , 5527 , 7006–7012
definition, 5531–5532
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens, 6972
support for aggressors, 5528
Burlington
Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Business
C. difficile, 1827–1828
infection control in hospitals, 2027
C. difficile outbreaks, 2206 , 2457
Cancer Care Ontario
expenditures
review by Auditor General, 8401
Cancer drugs
CARES, 3190
GED preparatory program, 3185
Catholic education, 2096–2097
Child abuse, 3148
Child custody
Children's nutrition programs, 1131
Commercial passenger vehicles
Committee process
Committees
Select Committee on Elections, 9678
Concurrence in supply debate (December 2008)
Construction industry
underground economy, 3896
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Court cases/actions
Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 4150
Doctor shortage, 4006
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs), 4007
Domestic violence, 6629–6630
criminalizing breach of restraining orders, 6631
Domestic Violence Protection Act, S.O. 2000, c.33
repealed by Bill 133, 6629
Drivers
Early childhood education
full-day learning for four- and five-year-old children, 6991
Economic conditions, 3295–3296 , 4229
Economic decline
government response, 2805
Economic growth
five-point economic plan, 3295
Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2
O. Reg. 181/98 - Identification and Placement of Exceptional Pupils, 4605
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
eHealth Ontario
consultants, 7608–7609
contracts
Hudson, Alan (former Chairman)
appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8628–8629
Kramer, Sarah (former CEO), 8628–8629
compensation/severance payments, 7607
review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7608
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Elections/by-elections
Electoral Boundaries Commission, 9679
Electoral process reform, 9680–9681
Employers
requirement to contribute 1% of payroll amount to workforce training, 3261
Employment creation, 3261
Employment-related benefits
holidays with pay, 5025
organ donor leave, 5219
Employment standards
Employment Standards Act, S.O. 2000, c.41
Termination and Severance of Employment, O. Reg. 288/01, 5026
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
Energy conservation
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Fatalities
Copithorn, Jennifer (murder victim), 6630
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 6630
Hadley, Gillian (murder victim), 6630
Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 3148 , 6630
Federal government
transfer payments
equalization program, 2805
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Institutions), 2009 (Bill 227)
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government accountability, 8400–8401
Government expenditures, 3296
Government orders
Committee sittings
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government record
Government role, 3261
Graduation (statistics), 5325–5326
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Harmonized sales tax, 6167–6168
Health care
accessibility, 4006
Burlington, 4824
electronic health care, 4006
out-of-country, 9726
Health care funding
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Home energy audits, 5443
Home insurance
Hospital expansion
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 6275 , 8788
Hospital funding
government funding, 1900
high-growth hospitals, 296
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 2206 , 4325 , 4332
Sault Area Hospital, 2206
Hospital services
Hospitals, 6389–6390
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital
Housing
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immunization
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Kindergarten
Labour mobility, 8250
audiologists and speech-language pathologists, 8815
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL)
Layoffs, 4229
Legislative procedure
Legislative process
family friendly reforms, 1156
Livestock
disease prevention and control
traceability systems, 8581
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 4325 , 4332
Manufacturing industry
Marijuana
Members'/ministers' conduct
Watson, Jim (Ottawa West–Nepean)
as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 9039
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Burlington
Halton Mentoring Partnership, 1359
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 5537
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Canadian Children's Rights Council, 7011
Decker, Thomas (officer, Toronto Police Service), 7010
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, 7010
Justice for Children and Youth, 7010
London Anti-Bullying Coalition, 7007
Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association, 7011
Ontario Principals' Council, 7010
Sebben, Karen, 7008–7009
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Members/ministers quoting letters
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Brantford Expositor, 4229 Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 7212 Hamilton Spectator, 2156 Toronto Star, 2782 , 4228
Members/ministers quoting reports
Ontario Learns: Strengthening our Adult Education System, 3190 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), 5535
Members/ministers quoting statements
Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services, 5026
constituents, re Bill 167, 6375
Cowley, Peter (Fraser Institute), 6080
Gill, Alex (executive director, Ontario Environmental Industry Association), 3112
Harrison, John P. (Professor (Emeritus), Department of Physics, Queen's University), 8336
student statements re Bill 157, 5534
victim impact statement re Bill 157, 6972–6973 , 7005–7006
Wynne, Kathleen (former public school trustee, Toronto District School Board), 1048
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1995-2003)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
as Leader of the Opposition, 2260
Liberal (2003-2010)
Caplan, David (Don Valley East)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 4824
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Wynne, Kathleen (Don Valley West)
withdrawn, 692 , 8454
Members' statements
Aldershot, 2301
C. difficile, 1827–1828
Catholic school trustees, 2096–2097
City of Burlington, 7150–7151
Class size, 2904
Education, 6193
Education funding, 3190
Halton Mentoring Partnership, 1359
Health care, 4824 , 5127
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 6275 , 8788
Legislative reform, 1156
Local health integration networks, 4332
Minister's comments, 2788–2789
School pools, 1048
School principals, 4425–4426
School safety, 4153 , 6339–6340
Small business, 4062–4063
Smart meters, 9503–9504
Smoking ban, 6603
Wheelabrator, 3143
World Catholic Education Day, 1558
Ministerial responsibility, 7610
Ministerial statements, responded to
Affordable housing, 8611–8612
Black History Month, 5043
Child Abuse Prevention Month, 3148
Education Week, 1412–1413
Healthy schools, 2908
School boards, 6649–6650
School safety, 4657–4658
Student achievement, 5325–5326
Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 8418
World Teachers' Day, 3099
Ministry of Education
expenditures
hotel and conference expenses, 4421
pupil accommodation review guidelines, 2237
school information finder, 6193
Municipal Elections Act, S.O. 1996, c. 32
amended by Bill 212, 8402
Municipal elections/by-elections
date change to fourth Monday in October, 8401–8402
National/independence/memorial days
Black History Month, 5043
Nuclear safety, 9317
Obesity
Office of the Chief Veterinarian, 8581
Ontario College of Teachers
discipline committee to determine cases of professional misconduct, 5532
Ontario College of Trades, 7211–7212
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario health premium, 692 , 3261 , 3296 , 4230 , 4325 , 4332
Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
Ontario Principals' Council, 4425
Ontario Works program benefits
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
C. difficile, 2027
Cancer treatment, 7728–7729 , 7962
Child protection, 4150
Class size, 2782
Committee business, 952
Education, 6804
Education funding, 2669 , 3185 , 6187–6188
Elementary teachers, 4694 , 4750 , 4804–4805
Employment, 1202
Flu immunization, 8454
Full-day kindergarten, 6991
Government regulations, 4822–4823 , 6946
Hospital funding, 296 , 2206 , 4325
Hospital infrastructure, 6389–6390
Infectious disease control, 2156–2157
Ministerial responsibility, 9039
Ministry spending, 4421
Nuclear industry, 9317
Ontario budget, 692
Protection for workers, 6642
School calendar, 5126
School closures, 741–742 , 898 , 1104–1105 , 2091 , 2127 , 2237
School safety, 2961 , 3377–3378 , 3772–3773 , 3966
School transportation funding, 1055
School trustees, 1889 , 2392 , 2438
Student achievement, 6080
Student safety, 5031 , 5380–5381 , 7075
Taxi operators, 9172–9173
Teachers' pensions, 771
Toronto Catholic District School Board, 6747
Transportation infrastructure, 9726
Payday loan industry, 1398
Payday loans
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
PC Party documents/plans, 3298
Pension plans
division of value upon dissolution of marriage, 6631
Pesticides/herbicides
ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1854
Petitions
Air-rail link, 4660
Child care, 3931
Class size, 2785
Diabetes treatment, 4634
Education, 6815
Education funding, 3187–3188
Electronic health information, 9182
Imagine Adoption, 8076
Lord's Prayer, 484 , 2526
Pope John Paul II, 1171
School closures, 2397
Taxation, 6605 , 6952 , 7211 , 7489 , 7781 , 8315 , 8831 , 8953 , 9007–9008 , 9085 , 9331 , 9507–9508
Workplace insurance, 5630
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Private members' public business
Children's Law Reform Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Institutions), 2009 (Bill 227)
Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rental Insurance), 2009 (Bill 209)
Skills training
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 42)
Tire disposal
Wind turbines
Property tax deferrals
low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities, 2188–2189
Public education campaigns
Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 8418
World Teachers' Day, 3099
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Red Tape Commission, 3261
Reports
School Report Cards (Fraser Institute), 6080 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 ), 4657–4658 , 5380
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
School board trustees, 6649
School boards, 4605
School bus transportation
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 250 , 489–490
School closures, 1104 , 2091 , 2127
School principals, 4425–4426
School safety, 2961 , 3377–3378 , 4657–4658
School year
start of classes before or after Labour Day, 5126
Schools
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Sexual assault crisis centres
Small business
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 42)
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoking, 553
ban on smoking controlled substances in public places, 468 , 545 , 2078–2080
ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2078–2079
second-hand smoke, 546
Special education
Special-needs students, 4605
individual education plans, 6188
Standing Orders
S.O. 99(d) Written questions - Answers - delayed answers - decline to answer, 7481
Student achievement, 6080 , 6649
Student debt, 1580
Student evaluation, 6804
pan-Canadian assessment program (PCAP), 1412–1413
Teacher collective bargaining
Teacher pension funds, 771
Teacher-student ratios
Teachers
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
appointment of directors, 8489
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Television programs
Temporary help agencies
TFO
Time allocation motions
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Tire tax, 931
Tobacco products
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Toronto District School Board
Toxic substances
reduction plan
definition of toxic substance, 6374 , 6377
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
TVOntario
Unemployment, 5024
United States
Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, 6374–6375
Victims of crime
Marshall, Patricia (victim of criminal harassment)
withdrawal of charges against offender, 8418
Violence against women, 8418
Voters' lists
Waste management/programs
Wind turbines
health effects
moratorium on new projects pending review of health effects, 8336
Workers
temporary workers, 5025
elect to work status, 5025
work assignment, 5026
training, 3260
Working Families Coalition, 9679
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
general discussion, 4062–4063
time allocation motion
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3895
Scott, L. (PC, Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock)
Aboriginal land claims
Brantford
compensation for residents and businesses, 1366
Aboriginal protests
development sites in Brantford, 1366
Aboriginal youth
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Adoption disclosure
Advertising agencies
Agricultural industry
Annual reports
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2005-2006 (Neglecting Our Obligations), 725 Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2006-2007 (Reconciling Our Priorities), 38–39 , 50 , 725
Apprenticeship training
Apprenticeship training programs
Automobile industry, 3037 , 4293–4294
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
job guarantee in return for government assistance, 2353
layoffs, 1464 , 2353 , 4264
Bail hearings, 654
Bridges
British Columbia
regulatory reduction, 4138
Budget
Budget deficit, 3535–3536
Business investment taxes, 3467
C. difficile, 2996
C. difficile outbreaks
Cable/satellite providers
requirement to broadcast legislative proceedings of the province or territory, 3256–3257
Camping, 4138
Cancer, 2368
Central East Correctional Centre
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child care, 544–545
Chronic diseases, 3936–3937
Cities and towns
Clean Water Act, S.O. 2006, c.22, 725 , 4264 Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
collective bargaining, 2509
Fleming College, 2509–2510
Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment, 2509
government funding, 2510
Committees
Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions, 4494
Select Committee on the Economy, 3467–3468
Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3467
Community health centres (CHCs), 365
Congratulatory remarks
athletes, 2842–2843
Hodgson, Cody and Matthew Duchene (Ontario Hockey League), 1360
Construction industry
Coroner inquests
Dupont, Lori (murder victim)
jury recommendations, 1999
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
Corporate taxes, 3036
Correctional centres
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Cross-border travel
requirement for passport/identity card, 2333
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
elementary school milk program, 2374 , 3248
Debates re answers to oral questions
Diabetes, 3935–3937
Driver licences, 2339
graduated licences
restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4154
Economic conditions, 3242–3243 , 3467
Economic growth, 459 , 762
Electoral constituencies
boundaries, 3555
renaming of Chatham–Kent–Essex to Chatham–Kent–Leamington, 3555
Electronic health records, 3936
Employment-related benefits
employee wage security program, 110
Endangered Species Act, 2007 (Bill 184)
Environmental assessment process, 4138
Environmental stewards, 725
Family health teams, 365 , 3936
Family law
Farmers
Farmers conservation plan
alternate land use services (ALUS), 725
Federal gas tax, 1548
Fire alarms
interconnected fire alarms, 274
visual fire alarms in public buildings, 3952
Frost Centre Institute, 2495
Fuel industry technician advisory committee, 3345
Government debt, 3535
Government orders
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
environmental protection, 50
Great Lakes Recreational Products Inc., 459
Hazardous waste management, 292
monitoring of hazardous waste shipment, 196 , 199–200
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway improvement
Highway 407 east extension, 4264
Highway safety, 4558–4561
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed Limiters), 2006 (Bill 115), 413 Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Hospital beds
Hospital services
Stevenson Memorial Hospital
closure of birthing unit, 4124
Hospitals
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Infrastructure Ontario
municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 1548
Juno Awards
Ryder, Serena (recipient, best new artist), 757–758
Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
green ribbon beach program, 724–725
Lake Simcoe
Layoffs
Campbell Soup Company, 1464
Dell Inc., 1464
Legislative proceedings
televised, 1953
Ontario Parliament Network, 3256
Liberal Party
2008 Holiday Trillium Dinner, 4058
Long-term-care facilities, 4124–4125
Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
Manufacturing industry
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 550 , 3256 , 4124
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
CropLife Canada, 2632–2633
Martin, Roger (dean, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto), 3037
Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association, 2633
Scotts Canada, 2633
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Members/ministers quoting letters
Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
Briefly Speaking (official magazine of the Ontario Bar Association), 4494 Dialogue, 2852
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Brantford Expositor, 1366 Brock Citizen, 4563 Globe and Mail (Toronto), 39 , 50 Haliburton Echo, 4561 Hamilton Spectator, 2389 Kawartha Lakes This Week, 4560–4561 Kingston Whig-Standard, 1869 National Post (Toronto), 2634 Ottawa Citizen, 2632 Peterborough Examiner, 2852 Thunder Bay Chronicle, 3924 Toronto Sun, 3469
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Ministry of Revenue, 996
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2632
Members/ministers quoting reports
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 196
Members/ministers quoting statements
Canada Safety Council, 1069
Canadian Automobile Association, 1069
Canadian Cancer Society, 1870–1871
Canadian Diabetes Association, 3937
de Wilde, Lisa (CEO, TVOntario), 3256
Dial One Wolfedale Electric, 2852
McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 292
Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 2852
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 2023 , 2633
Ontario Home Builders' Association, 2852 , 2858
Ontario Lung Association, 1872
Open Shop Contractors Association, 2852
Pollution Probe, 1069
Rossi, Rocco (CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario), 1872
Scotts Canada, 2023
Sharp, Deborah and Del (owners, Sharp Electronic), 3899
Stewart, Steve (electrician, Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock), 2852
Strasberg, Suzanne (Ontario Medical Association), 1872
Willett, Janice (former president, Ontario Medical Association), 1871
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1995-2003)
Bartolucci, Rick (Sudbury), 3898
Caplan, David (Don Valley East), 3898
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Walkerville), 2461
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
Pupatello, Sandra (Windsor West), 2461
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre–Rosedale), 1979–1980
Liberal (2003-2010)
Bradley, James J. (St. Catharines)
as Minister of Transportation, 4559
Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 4263
Mitchell, Carol (Huron–Bruce), 2634
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 1979
withdrawn, 2578
Members' statements
Automobile industry, 2353 , 4293–4294
C. difficile, 1979–1980
Community health centres, 365
Employment supports, 4527
Environmental protection, 38–39
Frost Centre Institute, 2495
Hockey, 1360
Ontario economy, 3242–3243 , 3535–3536
Ontario Summer Games, 2169
Road safety, 4154
Ryder, Serena, 757–758
Tobacco control, 4582
Tourism, 2577–2578
Mental health care
Ministerial statements, responded to
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Best Start plan, 544
expenditures, 544
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 3035
Ministry of Education/Ministry of Health Promotion
healthy schools recognition program, 3691
Ministry of Health Promotion
Ministry of Natural Resources
Ministry of Research and Innovation
Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC), 4138
Municipalities
Omega-3 fatty acids, 3248
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
inclusion of prostate-specific antigen test as insured service, 3924
provision of insulin pumps and supplies as insured service, 3936
Ontario health premium, 3535
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Apprenticeship training, 2829
C. difficile, 2389 , 2996–2997
Correctional facilities, 654 , 693–694
Environmental protection, 50
Hazardous waste, 196 , 199–200 , 292
Infectious disease control, 1761–1762
Ministry spending, 4469
Native land disputes, 1366
Pesticides, 2523 , 2605–2606
Prostate cancer screening, 3924
Rail service, 381
Small business, 4057–4058
Tobacco control, 740 , 996 , 1211 , 1471–1473 , 1712–1713 , 3324
Workplace insurance, 4247
Pesticides/herbicides
Petitions
Access to health care, 175
Anti-smoking legislation, 746 , 1170–1171 , 1375 , 2244
Apprenticeship training, 2673–2674 , 2739 , 2962
Child care, 4396
Gasoline prices, 3188–3189 , 3934 , 4530
Highway 35, 29 , 203 , 242 , 303 , 572 , 1669 , 2612 , 2964 , 3543
Hospital funding, 4398
Hospital services, 2645
Lord's Prayer, 484 , 571 , 657 , 1169–1170 , 1313 , 1611 , 2131–2132 , 2245 , 2528
Workplace insurance, 4258 , 4300 , 4480–4481
Philip Morris Inc.
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards, 2329 , 2339
Police officers
Polygamy, 2252
Positron emission tomography (PET), 2368–2369
Private members' public business
Apprenticeship training
Canadian Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Children's Law Reform Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Diabetes Awareness Month Act, 2008 (Bill 113)
Diagnostic services
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
Fuel safety
Healthy schools
Legislative channel
Long-term care
Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
Mental health and addiction services
Milk in schools
Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
Provincial Parks and Major Provincial Tourist Attractions Sign Act, 2008 (Bill 21)
Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Assistance to Municipalities), 2008 (Bill 38)
Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 96)
Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
Signage to Promote Ontario Grown Agricultural Food Products Act, 2008 (Bill 98)
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 42)
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act (Cigarillos), 2008 (Bill 124)
Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
Taxation Amendment Act (Equipment Purchased for Persons with Disabilities), 2008 (Bill 109)
Water quality
Propane explosions
Property tax assessment, 4138
Property tax deferrals
low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities, 2187
Property values
Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 2187
Protecting Children and Youth from Second-Hand Smoke in Automobiles Act, 2007 (Bill 11)
Provincial parks, 1779
Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park, 1780
Provincial parks and tourist attractions
Public education campaigns
ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2559
Diabetes Awareness Month, 3935–3937
Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 2251
shop locally campaign, 459
World Diabetes Day, 3936
World School Milk Day, 2790 , 3248
Railways
Peterborough to Toronto, 381 , 460
Registered retirement savings plans
Regulations, 4125 , 4138
Reports
Canadian Community Health Survey, 2559
Research and innovation, 1463–1464
Retail sales tax
elimination of retail sales tax from accommodations and attractions, 2577
rebate for vehicles purchased to transport persons with permanent physical disabilities, 3952
Retail stores
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
general discussion
public consultation, 4154
second reading, 4558–4563
Sanofi Pasteur Canada
School cafeterias
to serve healthy, local Ontario foods, 2374
School safety, 3691
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Sexual harassment, 2251
Signage
promotion of agricultural food products
farmers permitted to post seasonal, directional signs on land adjacent to highways, 3060
Small business, 3561–3562
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoke shops
Smoking, 1471
Smoking cessation, 1199
Smuggling, 740
Social Assistance Statute Law Amendment Act (Registered Disability Savings Plans), 2008 (Bill 94)
Speed limiters, 413 , 1071 , 1174
impact on greenhouse gas emissions, 1067–1068
Speed limits
regulation and enforcement, 1069
Sports competitions
Ontario Summer Games, 2169
Paralympic Games, 2842
Strobe alarms, 274
Tax credits
purchase of equipment or devices for persons with disabilities, 3952–3953
Taxation Amendment Act (Equipment Purchased for Persons with Disabilities), 2008 (Bill 109)
second reading
public consultation, 3953
Time allocation motions
Committee sittings
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18, 2560 Tobacco products, 1869
ban on sale of cigarillos/flavouring agents, 4303
regulating package size, 4303
illegal sale, 996 , 1089 , 1486 , 1497–1498 , 1874–1875 , 1877 , 4303 , 4582
labelling, 4303
Tobacco tax, 4582
Tourism industry, 2329 , 2577–2578
Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 4264
Training programs, 4527
Transportation infrastructure
Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
Trent-Severn Waterway, 1780
TVOntario, 3256
Universities/colleges
Victims of domestic violence
Volatile fuels
Water supply
Workers' compensation benefits
coverage for executive officers of construction companies, 3898
exemption for executive officers of construction companies, 4247
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
general discussion, 4058
public consultation, 4264
time allocation motion
Young offenders, 3366
Sergio, M. (LIB, York West)
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
review by Integrity Commissioner, 7592
Appreciation
Hicks, Steven (sergeant, Toronto Police Service, 31 Division), 4655
Autism
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Condominium corporations, 7259
boards of directors, 7259
reserve funds
installation of renewable energy/energy efficient technologies, 7259
repair/replacement of common elements, 7259
serving as consumer protection agency, 7259
Condominium Review Board, 7259
Disclosure
use of property for marijuana grow operations, 227
Doctors, 1370
Driver education/training, 4462
Driver licences
senior drivers' conditional licence, 9061
Electricity rates
Electricity retailers/gas marketers
Energy
renewable energy projects
Film advertising
Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Fire Sprinkler Retrofitting), 2009 (Bill 214)
Fire sprinklers
Generation Change leadership initiative, 4655
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 6122
Grow Ops Disclosure Act, 2007 (Bill 18)
Harmonized sales tax, 6113
Health professionals
expansion of scope of practice, 6916
shortage, 4001
Hispanic Canadians, 9054–9055
Hospital funding
Hospital services
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Legislative procedure
Medical procedures
wait times
Humber River Regional Hospital, 1371
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Members' statements
Black Creek Pioneer Village, 7923–7924
Community services, 823
Fire safety, 9002
Generation Change leadership initiative, 4655–4656
Infrastructure program funding, 7083–7084
MusiCan, 226–227
Ontario Research Fund, 2788
Renewable energy, 6994
School breakfast program, 8112
Skills training, 2400
Sports clinic, 5833
Violence in entertainment, 2838
Warren, Brian, 9322
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Mining industry
Ministry of Research and Innovation
Ontario Research Fund (ORF), 2788
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
second career strategy, 2400
Nurses, 1370
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Oral questions, presented
Payday loan industry
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Petitions
Employment insurance, 4634–4635
Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 5132–5133
Firearms control, 1374–1375 , 3051 , 5093 , 5134
Lord's Prayer, 1315 , 1926
Non-profit housing, 427
Violence in entertainment, 2837
Police services
Private members' public business
Condominium Owners Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 186)
Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Fire Sprinkler Retrofitting), 2009 (Bill 214)
Fire safety
Fuel safety
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Senior Driver's Conditional Licence), 2009 (Bill 221)
Hispanic community
Ontario Energy Board Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 131)
Public Hospitals Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 216)
Seniors' Ombudsman Act, 2008 (Bill 102)
Propane explosions
Public education campaigns
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
School breakfast programs, 8112
School facilities
Senior citizens
Seniors' Ombudsman, 3544–3545
Seniors' Ombudsman Act, 2008 (Bill 102)
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Tourist attractions
Tributes
Warren, Brian (former professional football player, Toronto Argonauts, activist), 9322
Universities/colleges
Shurman, P. (PC, Thornhill)
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
Airports
Amateur sports programs
Arab-Israeli conflict, 9554–9556
Arts and culture
Autism services, 3051–3052
intensive behavioural intervention (IBI), 715
Automobile industry
Automobiles
government purchase of automobiles made in Ontario, 3075
Awards
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery, 4931–4932
Back to Work Act (York University), 2008 (Bill 135)
general discussion, 4689
first reading, 4391
Bankruptcies
Budget, 3312
Budget deficit, 3668 , 5649
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Bullying
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens, 7068
C. difficile outbreaks
Capital works projects
Casinos
Child care, 541–542
Children's mental health care
Clotheslines
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
Corporations
executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 7050
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Court cases/actions
Debates re answers to oral questions
Forest industry
Government contracts
Doctor shortage, 1791–1792
government response, 2889
Doctors
international medical graduates (IMGs)
Domestic violence, 1999
Driver distractions, 4097–4101
Driver licences, 2334
duplication, 2334–2335
enhanced driver licences, 2334
graduated licences
restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4462
Drivers
Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 4097–4101
Economic conditions, 3132–3133 , 3310 , 5065–5066
Economic decline, 3309
Economic growth
Economic statement, 3133
Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Electoral process reform, 9665 , 9673–9674
Electrical safety
mandatory installation of surge protectors in new residential and commercial construction, 7053–7054
Electricity rates, 5080
Employment creation
Employment-related benefits
employee wage security program, 108
organ donor leave, 5456 , 5459
severance/termination payments, 6654
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Energy
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Exports, 3311
Family law
Fatalities
Patterson, Paul Wayne (paramedic), 4931
Federal government
transfer payments
equalization program, 3310
universal child care benefit (UCCB) program, 542
Fire detectors, 269
Fire escapes
non-combustible fire escapes, 269
Fire Protection and Prevention Act, S.O. 1997, c.4, 269 Firearms
ban on illegal firearms in vehicles, 2542
Firefighters, 269
collective bargaining, 269
retirement age, 269
Flight training, 4462
Food service premises
disclosure of nutritional information for foods and drinks served on premises, 6066–6068
Forest industry
Franco-Ontarians, 1624
French-language debates
Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
Loi de 2009 sur l'érection de panneaux dans les parcs provinciaux et à l'emplacement d'importantes attractions touristiques provinciales, projet de loi 21
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Drapeau franco-ontarien, 2842
Journée de sensibilisation à la prévention des mauvais traitements à l'égard des personnes âgées, 3329
Journée internationale de la francophonie, 5476–5477
TFO, 826–827
Loi de 2008 sur l'Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario, projet de loi 55
Questions orales
Subventions destinées à l'éducation, 2293–2294
French-language education
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Gasoline prices, 2332
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government accountability, 9031
Government accounting, 614
Government expenditures, 827
Government investments
Government orders
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Ontario economy
Government policy, 715
Government record
Government revenue, 613–614
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse gas emissions
Harmonized sales tax, 6166
impact on real estate industry, 5734
impact on senior citizens, 9473
public consultation, 8682–8683 , 8747–8748
transition benefit
$1,000 for single parents or couples, 5734
Health care, 623 , 5845
Health care funding
government funding, 5845
health-based allocation model (HBAM), 504
Heart disease, 5090–5091
Highway safety, 1184
ban on driving motorcycles with child passengers, 4486–4487
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), 6449
Holocaust Memorial Day Act, S.O. 1998, c.25, 6449 Home energy audits, 5065–5066 , 5079
Hospital beds
Hospital construction
Hospital funding
Hospitals
mortality rates, 131–132
reporting on C. difficile rates, 3047
Human rights, 4632
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immigrants
language training, 1168
poverty, 715
visible minority, 715
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Industry shutdowns
Canac Kitchens Ltd., 2159
Gibbard Furniture Shops Ltd., 3311
Inflation, 3310
Interim supply motions
Israeli Apartheid Week, 9554–9558 , 9561
Kindergarten
Labour relations, 4707–4709
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL), 1627
Law enforcement, 2542–2543
Legislative procedure
ministerial statements, 4297
speech should be related to topic being discussed, 9477
Legislature schedule/agenda, 4692
Literacy, 5108
Local news media
Long-term-care facilities
Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
Manufacturing industry, 2159
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation, 5459
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Thornhill
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to city of Vaughan, 9273
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 622–624
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 107 , 1193–1194 , 1555 , 1617 , 4462 , 4924 , 5845 , 6834
Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
Bill 126, re, 4565
Bryans, Dave (president, Ontario Convenience Stores Association), 954
Members/ministers quoting letters
Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 3546
Symons, Peter (constituent), 2887
Members/ministers quoting lyrics
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
National Post (Toronto), 8278 Windsor Star, 7427
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Ministry of Education, 1624
Members/ministers quoting statements
Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 7326 , 7631–7632
Caroll, Warren (president, Thornhill Seniors Club), 2185
Chertoff, Michael (secretary, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security), 2336
Eng, Susan (vice-president of advocacy, Canada's Association for the Fifty Plus), 2184–2185
Ki-moon, Ban (secretary general, United Nations), 4632
Ontario Estate Association, 5065–5066
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 2625
Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association, 2626
Ontario Vegetation Management Association, 2626
Paquin, Claudette (CEO, TFO), 1625 , 2382
Perley, Michael (Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco), 2141
Petro-Canada, 2625
Robbins, Wayne (chief nuclear officer, Ontario Power Generation), 9551
Shaw, Jim (CEO, Shaw Communications Inc.), 6668
Members/ministers quoting websites
Health Canada, 2643
United Nations, 4632
ziofascism.net, 9555
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (1990-1995)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 5079
Liberal (1995-2003)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
as Leader of the Opposition, 9031
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre–Rosedale), 6165
Liberal (2003-2010)
Best, Margarett (Scarborough–Guildwood)
as Minister of Health Promotion, 954
Bryant, Michael (St. Paul's)
as government House leader, 4098
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
Zimmer, David (Willow dale), 8279
PC (2003-2010)
Scott, Laurie (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock), 2140
withdrawn, 1464 , 3133 , 5279 , 5734
Members' statements
Autism treatment, 3051–3052
City of Vaughan, 9272–9273
Education labour dispute, 3967
Filipino community, 7834
Holocaust Memorial Day, 6142–6143
Israeli Apartheid Week, 4654 , 5086–5087 , 6691
McGuinty, Dalton and David, 2495
Nuclear power facilities, 9551
Passover, 6047
Philippines Independence Day, 2529–2530
Raywal Odour Residents Watch, 2742
Rogers, Ted, 4388–4389
Rosh Hashanah, 2904 , 7436
Seniors, 5832
Seniors' Month, 2248
Sexual reassignment surgery, 2038
Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2353–2354
University labour dispute, 4475 , 4687 , 4755–4756 , 4785–4786
Vaughan hospital services, 682
Volunteers, 65
York subway extension, 5284
Ministerial statements, responded to
Asian and South Asian Heritage Month, 6563
Citizenship Week, 8035–8036
Cultural funding, 827
Franco-Ontarian flag, 2842
Heart Month, 5090–5091
International Volunteer Day, 4477–4478
National Volunteer Week, 1413 , 6146
Ontario Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 3329
Portuguese Canadian community, 2450
Seniors' Month, 2304
South Asian and Asian Heritage Month, 1464
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Research and Innovation
Ontario venture capital fund, 9577
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario
literacy and basic skills programs
Multiculturalism, 935–936 , 7059–7060
Municipal infrastructure
National/independence/memorial days
Natural disasters
storms
Tropical Storm Ketsana (Philippines), 7834
Nicotine replacement therapy products
government to cover costs, 769
retail sales tax, 5950
Nowruz, 934–936
Obituaries
Rogers, Ted (CEO, Rogers Communications Inc.), 4388–4389
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Office of the Premier
Ombudsman of Ontario, 3546
1068080 Ontario Limited Act, 2008 (Bill Pr14)
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
health card
sexual reassignment surgery
Ontario health premium, 614
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG), 7640
construction costs for Windsor Energy Centre, 7689–7690 , 7727 , 8599 , 8647 , 8822
contract awarded to H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd. for operation of Windsor Energy Centre, 8257–8258 , 8299–8301 , 8599 , 8631–8632
lawsuit by Buttcon Energy Inc. over violation of agreement re Windsor Energy Centre, 7426–7427 , 7476 , 7521
Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
Pickering nuclear generating station
rebuilding of Pickering B, 9551
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Buttonville airport, 5083
C. difficile, 3047–3048
Children's mental health services, 9501–9502
Education funding, 2294
Education labour dispute, 4025
Energy conservation, 5079–5080
Forest industry, 9639–9640 , 9692
GO Transit, 238–239
Government contracts, 8257–8258 , 8299–8301 , 8599
Government record, 9031 , 9315–9316
Government services, 4419–4420
Hospital funding, 131–132 , 504 , 1664–1665
Infrastructure program funding, 3533
Language training, 1168
Long-term care, 1764
Manufacturing jobs, 2159–2160
Municipal taxation, 3180
Ontario budget, 613–614
Ontario economy, 3132–3133
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 7426–7427 , 7476 , 7521 , 7689–7690 , 7727 , 7768 , 8647
Pesticides, 2643
Research and innovation, 9577
Senior citizens, 5122–5123
Smoking cessation, 769–770 , 5950
Taxation, 5734 , 8682–8683
Tobacco control, 954 , 996 , 1101 , 5279–5280
University labour disputes, 4215–4216 , 4381–4382 , 4471 , 4520 , 4621 , 4689 , 4692–4693 , 4746 , 4775–4776 , 4799–4800
Windsor Energy Centre, 7640 , 8822
Paramedics, 4930–4932
Passover, 6047
Passports, 2336
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension funds
transfer of locked-in pension funds to registered retirement income funds, 6868–6869
Pension plans
Pesticides/herbicides
Petitions
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Photo identification cards, 2334–2336
basic photo cards, 2335
combined photo cards, 2335–2336
cost, 2338
enhanced photo cards, 2335
privacy/security of information, 2338
radio frequency identification chip technology, 2335–2336
Population
Population growth, 715
Poverty, 935 , 5271–5272
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 714–715 , 5272
Power Corporation Amendment Act, S.O. 1992, c.10, 5079 Private members' public business
Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
Cultural diversity
Curriculum
Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
Employment supports
Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
Health care
Health promotion
Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2009 (Bill 156)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Child Passengers on Motorcycles), 2008 (Bill 117)
Israeli Apartheid Week
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
Literacy and basic skills
Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
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)
News media
Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
Nowruz
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Unlocking Pension Funds), 2009 (Bill 116)
Poverty
Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
Protection for workers
Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
Provincial Parks and Major Provincial Tourist Attractions Sign Act, 2008 (Bill 21)
Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
Seniors' Ombudsman Act, 2008 (Bill 102)
Skin Cancer Prevention Act, 2008 (Bill 83)
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act (Cigarillos), 2008 (Bill 124)
Truth About Caledonia Act, 2009 (Bill 146)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Private schools
Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
Property Tax Deferral Act, 2009 (Bill 171)
Property tax deferrals
Provincial parks and tourist attractions
Public education campaigns
Brush-a-mania, 5832
Citizenship Week, 8035–8036
Colour of Poverty campaign, 715
Heart Month, 5090
International Mother Language Day, 7059–7060
International Volunteer Day, 4477
National Volunteer Week, 1413 , 6146
Ontario Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 3329
Seniors' Month, 2248 , 2304
Public inquiries
administration of justice, law enforcement and ownership of land within Haldimand Tract, 5495–5496
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public service
Raywal Kitchens
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
Religious holiday observance
Reports
Cigarette Butt Study (Canadian Convenience Stores Association), 1101 Service Needs Assessment for Identification of Vaughan Hospital Services Needs (Deloitte Inc.), 682
Retail sales tax
elimination of retail sales tax from accommodations and attractions, 2336
Retirement
abolition of mandatory retirement, 5832
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
School board trustees
School boards
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 2542
School safety
Schools
William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
switch (solar and wind initiatives towards change), 4924
Science/technology, 4924
Senior citizens, 3329
employment-related benefits, 5832
protection, 3546
Seniors' Ombudsman, 3545–3547
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Small business, 3311–3312
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Smoke shops
Argyle Street (Caledonia), 5648
Smoking, 5647 , 5651
Smoking cessation programs, 770
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 65
Special-needs children
Special-needs schools
Zareinu Educational Centre of Metropolitan Toronto, 149–151
Speed limiters
Speed limits, 1188
Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Tanning services/ultra-violet light treatment services
sale or supply to persons under 19 prohibited, 2542–2543
Tax credits
manufacturing investment tax credit, 3066–3067
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Temporary help agencies, 6218–6219
TFO, 1632 , 2381–2382
Time allocation motions
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18, 1101 Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, 5649
Tobacco products
ban on retail display of cigarettes, 954 , 2542
ban on sale of cigarillos/flavouring agents, 4305–4306
illegal sale, 996 , 1101 , 1490–1491 , 1910 , 4305 , 5279–5280 , 5648–5650
Tobacco products manufacturers
recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5649 , 5651
Tobacco-related diseases, 5648
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Toronto city council
municipal government taxes, 3180
Toronto District School Board
Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008 (Bill 66)
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
strike
Yonge subway line extension to York region, 5284
Tourism industry, 2332
Traffic congestion
Greater Toronto Area (GTA), 623–624
Transit systems
Trucking industry
Trucks
equipping trucks with chips to facilitate border crossing, 2332
speed limit capped at 105 km. per hour, 2542
Unemployment rate, 3310 , 5080
Union certification
card-based certification, 1555
secret ballot vote, 1555
United Nations (UN)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 4632
Universities/colleges
strike, 4799
York University
collective agreements, 4391
collective bargaining, 3967 , 4216 , 4706 , 4708–4709 , 4714 , 4800
strike, 3967 , 4025 , 4215 , 4381–4382 , 4391 , 4471 , 4475 , 4520 , 4621 , 4687 , 4689 , 4692 , 4706–4709 , 4746 , 4755–4756 , 4776 , 4785–4786 , 4799–4800
Volunteers, 65 , 1413 , 4477–4478 , 6146
Voters/voting
Water supply
Workers' compensation benefits
Workplace harassment/violence, 8013
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Youth/students
Smith, Hon. M.M. (LIB, Nipissing)
Agricultural fairs
International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, 7068
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Appointment of Information and Privacy Commissioner
Awards
ECO Recognition Award
St. Lawrence Parks Commission (Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve), 3774
Bail, 3665
Bone marrow
Budget, 6040–6041
early disclosure of budget documents, 5621
pre-budget consultations, 4258–4259
Budget deficit, 9417
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Child care
Child protection, 4971
Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Sheridan IC3D video game, 9423
Committee process
Committee schedules/agendas, 4637
Committees
Committee of the whole House
appointment of presiding officer, 7283
Community newspapers
Community safety, 3666
Construction industry
Construction workers
occupational health and safety, 3887
Corporate tax reduction, 6041 , 6077
Corporate taxes
federal-provincial harmonization, 734 , 1572
Crime
DERTOUR Travel Academy, 4384–4385
Domestic violence, 4971
eHealth Ontario
contracts, 7870
review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7278
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Federal government
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Canada-Ontario immigration agreement, 9420
Festivals, 6438–6439
Brantford International Jazz Festival, 8351–8352
Toronto International Film Festival
government funding for completion of Toronto International Film Festival Bell Lightbox facility, 7270
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Impôt des sociétés, 734
Semaine nationale du tourisme, 7156
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
second reading, 8394–8395
technical briefings for members, 8395
time allocation motion
third reading, 9008–9009
Government notice of motions
Federal government policy
Government orders
Government record
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Handguns
Harmonized sales tax, 6077 , 8673–8674
Health care
Highway improvement
Holiday messages, 4638
Immigrants
services
access to federal government services, 9420
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, 6975–6976
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Jurors
criminal record checks, 9008
Kindergarten
Law enforcement, 3665
Legislative procedure
matters before the court, 3543–3544
members/ministers must be in own seats for recorded vote, 8944
oral questions, 7196
tabling of documents, 8827
Legislature schedule/agenda, 4606–4607 , 4755 , 4796
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 280–281
Members'/ministers' privileges
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting statements
Advocates' Society, 4970
Andrew, Judith (Ontario vice-president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 734
Cannavino, Tony (president, Canadian Police Association), 3665
Crispino, Len (president, Ontario Chamber of Commerce), 734
MacQuarrie, Barbara (community director, Centre for Research and Education on Violence against Women and Children), 4970
McClean, Rosemarie (Senior V.P., members services, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan), 4970
McGregor, Heather (CEO, YWCA Toronto), 4970
Millar, Derry (Treasurer, Law Society of Upper Canada), 4970
North Bay city council resolution 2009-765 re: harmonized sales tax, 9157
Siddiqui, Shahina (executive director, Islamic Social Services Association), 4970
Sirois, Ghislaine (executive director, Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes), 4970
Toronto Board of Trade, 734
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
Caplan, David (Don Valley East)
as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 7278
withdrawn, 893
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 2609 , 5236 , 8992
Ministry of Revenue
Ministry of Tourism
Municipal infrastructure
federal government funding, 9422
government funding
Niagara Parks Commission, 5575
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Olympics
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, 9222
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, responded to
Agency spending, 7766–7767 , 7826 , 8210
Corporate tax, 1571–1572
DERTOUR Travel Academy, 4384–4385
Environmental protection, 3773–3774
Government appointments, 9171–9172
Minister's record, 7870
Niagara Parks Commission, 5575
Olympic torch relay, 9222
Retail sales tax, 26 , 231–232
Small business, 2568
Snowmobiling, 4579–4580
St. Lawrence Parks Commission, 5882
Taxation, 6040–6041 , 6076–6077 , 6841
Tourism, 2781–2782 , 3137 , 3275–3276 , 4823 , 4943–4944 , 5465 , 6438–6439 , 7078 , 7269–7270 , 8069–8070 , 8110 , 8215 , 8351–8352 , 9219
Post-secondary education
Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 9421
Premier's attendance in legislature, 4938
Private members' public business
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Awareness Month Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
Public education campaigns
Public inquiries
scope and cost management, 9008
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Reports
Discovering Ontario: A Report on the Future of Tourism (Ontario Tourism Competitiveness Study), 4823 , 4943–4944
Retail sales tax
collection of outstanding accounts receivable, 231–232
Sentences (criminal procedure)
pretrial custody credits, 3665
Sign language interpreters, 6889
Small business, 6841
Snowmobiling, 4580
Speaker's rulings/statements quoted
St. Lawrence Park Commission, 5882
Standing Orders
S.O. 37(a) Oral Questions, 9321
S.O. 38(a) Routine Proceedings - May not appeal rulings - Notice of questions for adjournment proceedings, 7648 , 9321
S.O. 13(b) Order and Decorum and Conduct of Members - No debate on or appeal from decision of Speaker, 7648
S.O. 13(d) Order and Decorum and Conduct of Members - Speaker to preserve order, 8675
S.O. 23(g) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Matters sub judice, 3543–3544
Summit meetings
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Time allocation motions
Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Committee sittings
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Tourism industry, 2781–2782
Brant
government funding, 2781–2782 , 3137 , 3276 , 6040 , 7156 , 8069–8070 , 8110 , 8215
marketing campaign
Ontario tourism competitiveness study and action plan, 2782 , 3137 , 3275–3276
training of workers, 7156
Tourism regions, 4944
Travel information centres, 7156
Universities/colleges
Nipissing University and Canadore College
York University
Violence, 3665–3666
War of 1812
bicentennial celebration, 7156
Workers' compensation benefits
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3887
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Smitherman, G. (LIB, Toronto Centre)
AbitibiBowater
Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal healing and wellness strategy (AHWS), 615
Aboriginal health access centres (AHACs)
Addiction treatment programs
AIDS (disease), 42
Appointment process, 480
Appointments
Arnett, Jim (special adviser on auto restructuring), 4465
Apprenticeship training, 3221
ARISE Technologies (photovoltaic cells manufacturer, Waterloo), 6568
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 4653
Automobile industry, 4102 , 4465 , 5384 , 5460
Ford Motor Company of Canada
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Ontario automotive strategy fund, 3220
pension funds, 4101–4103
Bail, 6046
Bruce Power, 3830
Budget, 5460 , 5879 , 6137–6138 , 6141–6142 , 7073
presentation of 2003 budget at Magna International, 6141
public consultation, 6141
Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 420
Buy Ontario policy, 7726
C. difficile, 2996–2997
C. difficile outbreaks, 2085–2086 , 2155–2157 , 2202 , 2234–2235 , 2237–2238
coroner inquests, 1971
public inquiries, 1971 , 2083 , 2120 , 2124 , 2156–2157 , 2202 , 2345–2346 , 2433 , 2602 , 2635–2636
Cancer
Cancer drugs, 2518
Cancer screening programs
colorectal cancer screening program, 480
Capital works projects, 3220–3221 , 5575
Child care, 2203 , 2521 , 4470
D grade, 2521
national child care program, 2521
Child care centres
Treasure Island Daycare Centre, 3832
Children's health care, 1311–1312
Children's mental health care, 1658
Chronic disease management, 2023
Coal, 6078
Collective agreements
Ontario Nurses' Association, 830–831
Community care access centres (CCACs), 1716–1717
Community health centres (CHCs), 379–381 , 1308
Computed tomography (CT)
Groves Memorial Community Hospital, 133
Consumer protection
energy contracts, 7144–7145
sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 7145
Coroner inquests
Casa Verde nursing home (North York), 1657
Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 1206
Corporations
executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 6939–6940
Court cases/actions
Chen, David (store owner charged with kidnapping for apprehending thief), 8303
Dental care
availability of cone beam CT scanners in dental offices, 992–993
Diabetes
Dialysis, 2523–2524
DMI Industries (wind tower manufacturers, Fort Erie), 6568
Doctor fees/salaries, 295–296
Doctor shortage, 1312 , 1660–1661
Doctors, 1370
accepting new patients, 1517
international medical graduates (IMGs)
removing barriers
five-point action plan, 2581
residency training, 2580–2581
practise in Ontario, 1517
Domtar Inc.
Drug abuse treatment programs, 337
Early childhood education
full-day learning for four- and five-year-old children, 4470
Economic conditions, 6137
Economic development
Economic growth
Education, 2437
eHealth Ontario
Electric lines, 5031
government funding, 4994
Lake Huron, 3373
Electricity infrastructure, 7031
Electricity rates, 5878
increase, 3315 , 3318 , 5121–5123 , 5427 , 5578
industrial rates, 3872–3873 , 4646–4647
low-income energy consumers, 5421
schools, 6884
time-of-use rates, 6838–6839
Electricity supply, 2830–2831 , 3872 , 5831
Electronic health records, 8142 , 8145
Emergency management
Employment creation, 1159 , 1166–1167 , 5124–5125 , 5879 , 7635
Energy
fossil fuels
reduction in reliance, 6568
nuclear energy, 3274–3275 , 3318 , 4288 , 4521 , 5315 , 6940
renewable energy, 3272 , 3274–3275 , 3372–3373 , 3375 , 3530 , 3642–3643 , 3872 , 4420 , 4901–4902 , 5008–5010 , 5121 , 5578 , 5878–5879 , 6227–6228
renewable energy projects, 4943 , 4951–4952 , 5030
aboriginal participation, 6569 , 7389
domestic content requirements, 4019 , 4943 , 4952 , 4996–4997 , 5031 , 5778 , 5990
employment creation, 6332 , 6568 , 7822
EPCOR Utilities Inc., 3374–3375 , 3530
schools, 6884
Verdant Power tidal power project, 3272
wind farms, 3372 , 3530 , 3872
Energy conservation, 2830–2831 , 3318 , 4951–4952 , 4998–4999 , 5010 , 5123 , 5878 , 6569 , 6839 , 7145
Energy efficiency, 4952
Explosions
Family health teams, 296 , 380
Fatalities
Federal government
Federal-provincial-municipal partnerships
Forums (discussion and debate)
Fossil-fuel generating stations, 6044
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Journée mondiale du SIDA, 42–43
Government accounting, 614
Government advertising
bus shelter advertisement re Bill 150, 5419–5420
powerWISE energy conservation
Suzuki, David's role in energy conservation advertising campaign, 4420
Government-business partnerships, 3220
Government-business relations, 3220
Government orders
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
NDP (1990-1995)
hospital budgets, 2994
hospital construction, 131
nurses, 895
standard of care in long-term-care facilities, 521
universities/colleges, 4692
PC (1995-2003), 1159–1160
long-term-care standards, 1657
mental health care, 1658
standard of care in long-term-care facilities, 520
Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
Government services
government funding, 1159
reduction, 415
Green economy, 5009
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
general discussion, 4943 , 4994–4997 , 5118–5119 , 5121–5122 , 5124 , 5421 , 5427 , 5578 , 5831 , 5878 , 5943 , 5990 , 6043 , 6078 , 6839 , 6883
first reading, 4951
ministerial statement, 4951–4953
second reading, 5008–5010
third reading, 6568–6569
Growth plan, 6943
Handwashing, 6043
Harmonized sales tax, 6135–6136 , 7074
Health care, 175 , 2204
alternate level of care, 2238
employment, 233
privatization, 3237
Health care funding
Health care workers, 2567–2568
Health regulatory colleges
duty to help internationally trained health professionals practise in Ontario, 2580
Health Services Appeal and Review Board, 1511–1512
HIV (virus)
drugs
federal government funding, 43
tests, 42
Home care, 773 , 836 , 1511 , 1716–1717
Home energy audits, 4952 , 4999 , 5010 , 5079–5080 , 5312 , 6272 , 6332
Home energy inspectors
Hospices (terminal care)
Hospital beds
Hospital budget deficits, 990
Hospital budgets
Rouge Valley Health System, 830
St. Joseph's Healthcare, 6043
Hospital construction, 504 , 4942–4943 , 5280–5281
Hospital expansion
Milton District Hospital, 6843
Hospital funding
government funding, 990 , 2206 , 4905
Brampton Civic Hospital, 73
high-growth hospitals, 296–297
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 2206
Montfort Hospital, 2238
905 region, 504
Ottawa, 1607
Sault Area Hospital, 2206
Hospital redevelopment, 3486 , 3533
Hospital reporting
infectious diseases, 6043
Hospital services
Hospitals
Brampton Civic Hospital, 73 , 168–169
Bridgepoint Hospital
replacement of personal support workers with registered practical nurses, 2207
Credit Valley Hospital, 3221
Hamilton General Hospital, 3221
Henderson General Hospital, 3221
lease of space, 169
Montfort Hospital, 1606 , 3221
mortality rates, 132
North Bay Regional Health Centre, 3222
oversight by Ombudsman, 2209 , 2637
reporting on C. difficile rates, 1761–1762 , 1768 , 1971 , 2082–2083 , 2085 , 2120 , 2157 , 2162 , 2433 , 2996
reporting on patient safety indicators, 2085 , 2120 , 2124 , 2205 , 2234 , 2345 , 2568 , 2602 , 2635
Royal Ottawa Hospital, 1606
York region, 4906
Hydro One
Bruce to Milton transmission project
voluntary settlement, 6644
Hydro Québec
Income tax reduction, 6137–6138 , 7074
Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
Infectious diseases
prevention/control of infectious diseases, 2125
Infrastructure Canada
Building Canada Fund (BCF), 3272
Infrastructure Ontario
municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 610
Kindergarten
Legislative process
Legislature schedule/agenda, 4693
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 2123
Long-term-care facilities, 198
government funding, 520–521 , 564
medication management, 171 , 198
oversight by Ombudsman, 2637
personal care, 198 , 1657
staff, 1603 , 1657
standard of care, 338 , 421 , 477 , 520–521 , 526 , 564 , 1603 , 1713 , 1763–1764 , 2639
Long-term-care funding
Lotteries
Macular degeneration, 335
Manufacturing industry
Medical isotopes
Medical officers of health, 2162
Medical procedures
Medical schools
satellite medical schools
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1770
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3221
Members/ministers quoting books
Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity (Howard Hampton), 3873 , 4647
Members/ministers quoting letters
Yakabuski, John re Algonquin College, 610
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Globe and Mail (Toronto), 653
Members/ministers quoting reports
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 195
Members/ministers quoting statements
Bresnahan, Percy (mayor, South Algonquin), 6435
Capponi, Pat (mental health advocate), 6137 , 6141–6142
Grinspun, Doris (executive director, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario), 890
Lambert, Janet (chair, Ontario Long-Term Care Association), 526
Moritz, Marion (executive director, Orleans Urgent Care Clinic), 1517
Neumann, Ken (national director, United Steelworkers Union), 4996
Schabas, Richard (medical officer of health, Hastings and Prince Edward counties), 2156
Vrebosch, Bill (mayor, East Ferris), 610
Yusuf, Salim (professor of medicine, McMaster University), 2995
Members'/ministers' record
Liberal (2003-2010)
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
Members'/ministers' remarks
PC (1995-2003)
Chudleigh, Ted (Halton), 6803
Harris, Michael (Nipissing)
Tory, John (Dufferin–Peel–Wellington–Grey)
as Leader of the Opposition, 612
PC (2003-2010)
Hardeman, Ernie (Oxford), 614
Yakabuski, John (Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke), 6839
withdrawn, 3178 , 6136
Members'/ministers' resignations
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre), 9224
Mental health care, 1666 , 2524
transfer from Rouge Valley Ajax hospital to Scarborough Centenary site, 957–958 , 1662–1663
Miller's Creek Marina (Niagara Parkway)
Minimum wage, 3570
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 128 , 232 , 417–418 , 420 , 423 , 521 , 1160 , 1162 , 1364–1366 , 1424 , 1760 , 1965–1968 , 2157–2158 , 2203 , 2340 , 2342–2344 , 2434–2435 , 2514 , 2516–2517 , 2565 , 2569 , 2637 , 2830 , 3236 , 3238 , 3315 , 3371 , 3569 , 3571 , 3636 , 3729 , 3733 , 3767–3769 , 3826 , 3921 , 4104 , 4143 , 4146 , 4284–4285 , 4468 , 4471 , 4517–4518 , 4520 , 4645 , 4693 , 4698 , 4822 , 4858 , 4940 , 5313 , 5378–5379 , 5427 , 5579 , 5824 , 5877 , 5879–5880 , 6038–6039 , 6041 , 6265–6266 , 6268 , 6594–6595 , 6837 , 6839 , 6845 , 7074 , 7771 , 7826–7827 , 8141 , 8260
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
aging-at-home strategy, 173
inspection and enforcement, 194
nursing graduate guarantee, 1972–1973
Sapsford, Ron (Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care)
Municipal infrastructure
Natural disasters
tornados (20 August 2009)
Town of Blue Mountains, 7435
Natural gas generating stations
NDP
NDP documents/plans
universities/colleges, 4692
Northern Ontario
economic conditions, 6137
grants
northern health travel grant (NHTG) program, 2523–2524
Nuclear generating stations, 3275
Nuclear industry, 3875
Nurse practitioners, 830 , 1973
Nurses, 1370 , 1972–1973
Nursing students/graduates, 1972
Ontario child benefit (OCB), 3570 , 4466–4467 , 5879
Ontario-China relations, 3531–3532
Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 4468–4469
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
three-month waiting period
Ontario health premium, 614
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG), 4817
leadership, 4817–4818
purchase of foreign-made cars as casino contest prizes, 5384
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
Demand Response 2, 4697
expenditure on conservation and contracts for gas-fired and renewable generation, 3319
integrated power system plan (IPSP), 2830–2831
proposed construction of gas-fired generating station in Clarkson (Mississauga)
renewable energy supply III procurement, 4693–4694
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
Ontario Power Generation gas-fired generating station
Ontario Power Generation hydroelectric generating stations
Robert H. Saunders generating station, 3272
Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
construction cost overrun, 5785
Darlington nuclear generating station, 5315
building of new reactors, 4653
purchase of nuclear reactors, 5994–5995
withdrawal of Westinghouse Electric Co. from bidding to build new reactors, 4288
Pickering nuclear generating station
rebuilding of Pickering B, 3871
Ontario Recreation program, 6802
Oral questions, responded to
Aboriginal health care, 1307–1308
Access to health care, 195 , 295–296 , 652–653 , 1164–1165 , 1310–1311 , 1517–1518 , 1662–1663 , 2023–2024
Addiction services, 993–994
Air quality, 7388–7389 , 7477–7478
Automobile industry, 4101–4102 , 4465 , 5460–5461
C. difficile, 1884–1885 , 2024–2025 , 2027–2028 , 2602 , 2635–2636 , 2996–2997
Cancer screening, 480
Cancer treatment, 1370
Child care, 2202–2203 , 2521 , 3832 , 4470 , 5463
Children's health services, 1311–1312
Children's mental health services, 1658
Chiropractic and physiotherapy services, 174–175
Community care access centres, 1716–1717
Community health centres, 379–381
Consumer protection, 7144–7145
Development in Niagara, 2608
Diagnostic services, 992–993
Dialysis, 1970
Disaster relief, 7435
Doctor shortage, 1660–1661
Doctors' services, 2033
Drug treatment programs, 337
Electricity generation, 4250
Electricity infrastructure, 7031
Electricity supply, 2830–2831 , 3829–3830 , 3871–3872 , 3925–3926
Electronic health information, 7724–7725 , 7765 , 7823–7824 , 7829–7830 , 8142–8143 , 8145
Energy conservation, 4998–4999 , 5079–5080
Energy policies, 4420
Energy rates, 4994–4995 , 5878–5879 , 5942–5943 , 6267–6268 , 6435
Executive compensation, 6939–6940
Forest industry, 4646–4648 , 4696–4697
Government advertising, 2995
Government appointments, 480–481
Government spending, 607–608 , 2518 , 7824–7825
Green power generation, 4901–4902 , 4943 , 4996–4997 , 5030–5031 , 6044 , 6078–6079 , 6227–6228 , 6272 , 6332 , 6838–6839
Health care, 168–169 , 173 , 615 , 2208–2209
Health care funding, 133 , 2522
Health care workers, 2207
Health insurance for immigrants, 498–499
Home care, 233–234 , 773 , 836 , 956–957 , 1511–1512
Hospice care, 80
Hospital funding, 73–77 , 130–132 , 296–297 , 504–505 , 990 , 1370–1371 , 1606–1607 , 1664–1665 , 2206–2207 , 2238 , 4108 , 4905–4906 , 4942–4943
Hospital services, 957–958 , 2642 , 3322–3323 , 4622–4623 , 6843
Human rights, 3531–3532
Hydro rates, 3318–3319 , 5421 , 5578 , 5831 , 6042–6043
Hydro transmission line, 6644
Infectious disease control, 1761–1762 , 1768 , 1971 , 2082–2083 , 2085–2086 , 2120–2121 , 2123–2125 , 2155–2157 , 2202 , 2204–2205 , 2234–2235 , 2237–2238 , 2345–2346 , 2433–2434 , 2567–2568 , 3236–3237 , 6043
Infrastructure program funding, 3533 , 4749 , 4779–4780 , 5280–5281 , 5575
Infrastructure renewal, 3272
International trade, 953 , 3184 , 3875 , 6846–6847
Job creation, 5777–5779 , 7635 , 7822–7823
Labour relations, 7434
Law enforcement, 8303
Legislative reform, 1159–1160
Local health integration networks, 2123 , 2993–2996
Long-term care, 198–199 , 338 , 421 , 477–478 , 520 , 526 , 564 , 1603 , 1656–1657 , 1713 , 1763–1764 , 2639 , 5461–5462
Low-income Ontarians, 610 , 612–613
Macular degeneration, 335
Manufacturing and forestry sector jobs, 4857–4858
Manufacturing jobs, 612 , 949–950 , 1158–1159 , 1166–1167 , 3372–3373 , 3825 , 3828–3829 , 3872–3873 , 5378–5379
Medical isotopes, 134–135
Member's advertising, 5419–5420
Mental health services, 1666 , 2524–2525
Minister's record, 7916 , 7919–7920
Municipal finances, 3767
Municipal infrastructure, 420 , 610
Municipal planning, 6943
Northern health travel grant, 2523–2524
Northern Ontario development, 7770
Nuclear energy, 3274–3275 , 4288 , 4653 , 5315–5316 , 5785 , 6882–6883
Nuclear safety, 4521
Nuclear waste, 6940–6941
Nurses, 829–831 , 890–891 , 895–896 , 1206–1207 , 1972–1973
Ontario budget, 520–521 , 614 , 5879 , 6137–6138 , 6141–6142
Ontario economy, 415–416 , 3039–3040 , 3315 , 4643–4644 , 6594
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 4817–4818 , 7428–7429
Patient safety, 54–55
Pension plans, 4103 , 6139–6140 , 8304–8305
Pharmacists' dispensing fees, 171
Physiotherapy services, 239
Poverty, 1368–1369 , 1764–1765 , 3570–3571 , 4465–4469
Premier's record, 7866–7867
Prescription drugs, 194 , 2209–2210
Private career colleges, 7429
Provincial purchasing policy, 5384 , 5990 , 5994–5995
Public health, 1819–1821 , 1887 , 2162
Public transit, 4822 , 4946 , 6270 , 6434–6435 , 6553–6554 , 6803 , 6988
Renewable energy and conservation, 3374–3375 , 3530–3531 , 3642–3643 , 4019–4020 , 4693–4694 , 4997 , 5118–5119 , 5121 , 5124–5125
Salary disclosure, 7825
School facilities, 6884 , 7385
School trustees, 2438
Senior citizens, 5122–5123
Services for the developmentally disabled, 2163–2164
Sewage spill, 2201
Small business, 2570–2571 , 5312 , 5427
Sports and recreation infrastructure, 6802
Taxation, 5469 , 6135–6137 , 7073–7074
Tenant protection, 7690
Time allocation, 3922
Tobacco control, 1471
Trade agreement, 7726
Transfer payments, 3486
University labour disputes, 4690–4693
Violent crime, 6046
Windsor economy, 417
Women's issues, 1766
Workers' compensation, 2205
Pamphlets
Vote for Fairness Ontario, 2995
Patient safety, 54–55 , 2085–2086 , 2120–2121 , 2125 , 2155–2157 , 2234–2235 , 2238 , 2345–2346 , 2433–2434 , 2637
Patients
protection from infectious diseases, 6043
PC Party documents/plans
health care funding, 132 , 296–297 , 520 , 652–653 , 829 , 890 , 1658 , 1661 , 2206 , 2518 , 3533
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations, 5879
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6139 , 8304–8305
Pension plans, 6139–6140
Persons with disabilities
overnight nursing care, 2163
Pharmacies
pharmacy claims exceeding Formulary prices, 194 , 198
Physiotherapy services, 239
Positron emission tomography (PET), 652–653
Poverty, 4466–4468
Poverty reduction strategy, 612–613 , 3570
Premier's travel, 3875
Prescription drugs
Prescription privileges, 2209
public consultation, 2210
Primary health care, 2522
Private career colleges
Private schools
Pretty River Academy (Collingwood)
government funding for new playing field, 7385
Provincial-municipal partnerships
provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, 3767
Public education campaigns
Colon Cancer Check, 480
Earth Hour, 4952
International Day Against Homophobia, 1984–1985
World AIDS Day, 42–43
Public health units, 2162
Public service, 6136
Rainbow Health Ontario, 1985
Reports
Clarkson Airshed Study: A Scientific Approach to Improving Air Quality (Part II - The Ambient Air Monitoring Program), 4250 A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 4103 , 8304 A Game of Trust: Investigation into the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's Protection of the Public From Fraud and Theft (André Marin), 4817 People Caring for People: Impacting the Quality of Life and Care of Residents of Long-Term Care Homes (Shirley Sharkey), 2639 Physicians in Canada: Average Gross Fee-For-Service Payments, 2005-2006 (Canadian Institute for Health Information), 295 Report of the Board: Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (Ontario Energy Board), 5421 Report on Removing Barriers for International Medical Doctors (Laurel C. Broten), 2581
Retirement
Tilley, Hugh (lieutenant colonel, Salvation Army), 327
Road construction, 3221
School facilities
ServiceOntario
BizPal (business permits and licences), 2570–2571
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Sewage spills
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, 615
Small business, 6136
Ross, Ken case, 5427
tax reduction, 7073
Smoking, 1471
Social assistance benefits, 3570
Social housing, 5879
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 42
Streptococcus A infection, 3236–3237
Substance abuse, 2524
Tax reduction, 415
Tibet
Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18, 1471 Toronto Catholic District School Board
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Trade missions
Transit systems, 5777–5778
GO Transit
federal-provincial funding, 4822
government funding, 6553 , 6594
purchase of mass transit vehicles
Transparent Drug System for Patients Act, S.O. 2006, c.14, 171 , 198 Transportation infrastructure
Unemployment
Universities/colleges
Vale Inco
labour demonstration at Sudbury operations (19 September 2009), 7434
Waste management/programs
Websites
www.coloncancercheck.ca, 480
Wind turbines, 4901 , 6044
Women's emergency shelters
Workplace injuries
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
experience rating system, 2205
Sorbara, G. (LIB, Vaughan)
Election finance reform, 9660
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
Elections/by-elections
barrier-free access, 9659
Electoral process reform, 9658 , 9661–9662
Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus Act, 2008 (Bill Pr20)
Members' statements
Tributes
James, Sheila (public affairs professional), 8788
Sousa, C. (LIB, Mississauga South)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, 2006 (Bill C-26), 1376 Air pollution
Lakeshore Boulevard and Queen Elizabeth Way, 1251
Air quality
Anniversaries
Baxter Canada's 70th anniversary, 184–185
Clarkson village 200th anniversary, 1361 , 2214
Brownfield sites
Budget deficit, 3620
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Coaches (athletics), 6185–6186
Coaches Association of Ontario, 6185
Colleges Ontario Network for Industry Innovation (CONII), 6888–6889
Congratulatory remarks
Howard, Jonathan (sportsman), 3243
Tovey, Jim (Mississauga Citizen of the Year), 7037–7038
Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
eligibility for refund, 3100
Drivers
Easter, 6049
Economic conditions, 3620
Economic development, 3102–3103
Energy
Energy conservation, 4998 , 5354
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Federal government
Festivals
Mississauga Waterfront Festival, 2616
Financial literacy, 7936–7938 , 7943 , 8349–8350
Fundraising
'Twas the Bite Before Christmas (Mississauga Food Bank and Compass Food Bank), 9003
Government notice of motions
Federal government policy
Government record
Green economy, 5352
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Greenhouse gas emissions
reduction
cap and trade system (emissions trading), 7301
Harmonized sales tax, 6518–6519 , 8872–8873
impact on employment, 8542
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Home energy audits, 4998
Housing
Hydrogen Village, 6889
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Immigrants
access to professions and trades, 6436
Immigration
provincial nominee program, 1475
Income groups
Kidney diseases, 5321–5322
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL), 897–898
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 9412
Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
Members'/ministers' constituents
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 387–388
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Keyes, Stan (president, Canadian Payday Loan Association), 2404
Neighbourhood Legal Services for London and Middlesex, 2403
United Way Toronto, 2403
Members/ministers quoting statements
Eckhart, Michael (president, American Council on Renewable Energy), 5352
Franklin, Linda (president and CEO, Colleges Ontario), 3101
Genest, Paul (president, Council of Ontario Universities), 3101
Hamza, Tom (president, Investor Education Fund), 7938
Mancinelli, Joseph (Labourers' International Union of North America), 5352
McCaffrey, Vivian ( Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario), 7938
Mintz, Jack (Palmer Chair in Public Policy, University of Calgary), 6519
Nortel retirees' protection committee, 8887–8888
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 7938
Powell, Ucal (president, Carpenters' District Council of Ontario), 5352
St. Godard, Jo-Anne (executive director, Recycling Council of Ontario), 3349
Stevens, Kristopher (executive director, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association), 5352
Wilding, Carol (president and CEO, Toronto Board of Trade), 6519
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
McMeekin, Ted (Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale)
as Minister of Government and Consumer Services, 1379
Members' statements
Azores Day, 7085
Baxter Canada, 184–185
Brown, Chloe, 3737
Canadian Women's Hockey Team, 9324
Carnation Revolution, 6340
Clarkson village, 2214
De la Roche, Mazo, 1361
Diab, Marc, 5389
Easter, 6049
Events in Mississauga South, 2616 , 2789 , 7438
Fundraising, 9003
Government record, 467
Hatfield, Derek, 4217–4218
Howard, Jonathan, 3243
Kennedy, Harold, 5833–5834
Local health integration networks, 9412
Madeira, 9698
Nurses, 5285–5286
Nursing Week, 1828
Portuguese Canadian community, 2530
Poverty, 983
Pre-budget consultations, 367
Public transportation, 3095
Remembrance Day, 8503–8504
Renewable energy, 323–324
Taxation, 8872–8873
Tovey, Jim, 7037–7038
University labour dispute, 4756
Waste Reduction Week, 3536–3537
World Kidney Day, 5321–5322
Ministry of Research and Innovation, 299
Municipal infrastructure
National/independence/memorial days
Azores Day, 7085
Carnation Revolution, 6340
Portuguese History and Heritage Month, 2530
Natural disasters
Nortel
Nurses, 5285–5286
Occupational health and safety, 9320
regulation and enforcement, 9452
Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA), 6889
Ontario payday lending education fund, 1377
Ontario Power Generation gas-fired generating station
southwest GTA, 4250
impact on air quality, 7477
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Affordable housing, 4652
Air quality, 1250–1251 , 7477
Brownfield sites, 2519–2520
Chinese-Canadian Head Tax Redress Day, 2571–2572
Drinking and driving, 8786–8787
Electricity generation, 4250
Energy conservation, 4998
ESL funding, 897–898
Financial literacy, 8349–8350
Immigrants, 8029–8030
Immigrants' skills, 1475
Low-income Ontarians, 770–771
Manufacturing jobs, 2898
Municipal finances, 51
Poverty, 4749–4750
Research and innovation, 298–299
Research and innovation in Mississauga South, 6888–6889
Skilled trades, 6436–6437
Sports and recreation funding, 6185–6186
Sports funding, 9727
Taxation, 8542
Transit funding, 523
Workplace safety, 9320 , 9452
Payday loan agreements
48-hour cooling-off period, 2403
limit the cost of borrowing, 2404
Payday loan industry
Payday loans, 1395–1396
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
Pension plans
Petitions
Air quality, 5960–5961 , 6003 , 6050 , 6199 , 6238 , 6400 , 6504 , 6651 , 6697–6698 , 6815 , 6894–6895 , 7042 , 7160 , 7239 , 7489 , 7585 , 7654
Anti-smoking legislation, 656
Hospital funding, 572–573 , 1170 , 1892 , 2035 , 2645–2646
Lupus, 4434–4435
Mary Fix Park, 1610–1611 , 1824
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2212 , 2398 , 2612
Poverty, 4749
Poverty reduction strategy, 983 , 4749–4750
PPG Canada Inc.
Private members' public business
Financial literacy
Ministry of Government Services Amendment Act (Canadian Manufacturing and Assembly of Government Vehicles), 2008 (Bill 92)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Transfers on Wind Up), 2009 (Bill 213)
Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
Public education campaigns
Remembrance Day, 8503–8504
Reports
Access to Trades for Newcomers in Ontario, 6436–6437 Clarkson Airshed Study: A Scientific Approach to Improving Air Quality (Part II - The Ambient Air Monitoring Program), 1251 , 4250 Once the Economic Engine of Canada, Now the Caboose: Are Dalton McGuinty's Harmful Economic Policies Driving Ontario to Have-Not Status? Progressive Conservative (Official Opposition) Dissenting Report, 367 Toward a Zero Waste Future: Review of Ontario's Waste Diversion Act (Ministry of the Environment), 3350
Social services
Speaker
election (28 November 2007)
congratulatory remarks, 51
Speed limiters, 1177 , 1251
Sports and recreation
Sports and recreation facilities, 6186
Sports teams
Women's Olympic Hockey Team, 9324
Taxation
Throne speech debate
Traffic congestion, 3095
Transit systems
government funding, 523
Move Ontario 2020 plan, 51 , 3095
Tributes
De la Roche, Mazo (author), 1361
Diab, Marc (Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan), 5389
Kennedy, Harold (former Mississauga councillor), 5833–5834
Universities/colleges
York University
collective bargaining, 4756
strike, 4756
Waste management/programs
Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
Workers
skilled worker shortage, 6436
skilled workers, 6437
Sterling, N.W. (PC, Carleton–Mississippi Mills)
Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
Adoption
protection of privacy, 162
Adoption disclosure, 1250 , 1304–1305
disclosure veto, 6994
no-contact notice, 1304 , 1435–1438 , 1753
protection for victims of abuse, 1363–1364 , 1423 , 1434–1438 , 1754–1756 , 1766
protection of privacy, 1752–1756
Adoption Information Disclosure Act, 2005 (Bill 183), 1754 Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
Animal protection
Lefty the goose (injured Canada goose), 3578
Annual reports
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 3350
Appreciation
Morin, Gilles (former member, Carleton East), 2410
Archives of Ontario, 4826
Automobile industry
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Awards
Business Person of the Year (Ottawa Chamber of Commerce), 4253
Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award, 5191
Budget, 4193
Budget deficit, 3620 , 4193
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
Business
Centre of Forensic Sciences, 2678
Centre Roberts/Smart Centre
Clotheslines, 1857
Committee process
Committee schedules/agendas, 4193–4195
Committees
Select Committee on Elections, 2310–2311
Select Committee on Municipal Governance, 5295–5297
Select Committee on the Economy, 3468
Standing Committee on Estimates, 4193
Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3468
Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 3468 , 8654–8655
Commodity Futures Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.17
amended by Bill 162, 6092
Congratulatory remarks
Leeder, Cyril (chief operating officer, Ottawa Senators), 4253
Tieu, Emily (recipient, Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award), 5190–5191
Constitution Act, 2007 (Democratic representation) (Bill C-22), 180 Corporate tax exemptions
Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 3783 , 4363
Correctional officers
abuse of sick leave, 9413
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Deaf-blind persons
Developmental services institutions (DSI)
Drivers
Eastern Ontario development fund, 9453–9454
Economic conditions, 3620 , 4195
Electoral Boundaries Commission, 15–16
Electoral Boundaries Commission (Ontario) Act, 2007 (Bill 4)
Electoral constituencies
representation by population, 15–16
Electoral process reform, 2310
Electoral representation, 179–180
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Energy
renewable energy projects
employment creation, 6729
Family law
Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Federal government
Federal-provincial relations, 3608
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Germany
Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
Government advertising, 6094
review by Auditor General, 6959
Government advertising expenditures, 7592
Government debt, 1027
Government expenditures, 4193–4194 , 6094
Government notice of motions
Federal electoral representation
Legislative reform
Select Committee on Elections
Government orders
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010)
environmental protection, 1846–1847
time allocation motions, 9100
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Harmonized sales tax, 9618
Hazardous waste, 3350
Highway safety, 4550–4553
Hospitals
Royal Ottawa Hospital
service and staff cuts, 9688
Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
Income tax reduction, 8749–8750
Influenza epidemic, 4827
Inmates
random alcohol and drug testing, 9413
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Kindergarten
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Lake Simcoe protection plan, 2705–2706
Landfill sites
Carp Road landfill site (Ottawa), 3350
Legislative procedure
members/ministers must be in own seats for recorded vote, 9001 , 9164–9165
motions
omnibus bills, 6092 , 8364–8365
oral questions
use of question period, 8032
Legislative process, 1440 , 8161 , 8164
family friendly reforms, 1447
oral questions, 1446–1448
scheduling for committee meetings, 1562
reform, 1446
Legislature schedule/agenda, 2139
Livestock
disease prevention and control
regulation and enforcement, 7979
Long-term-care facilities
medication management, 8655
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Members'/ministers' constituents
congratulatory remarks, 5039
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies, 1250
Members/ministers quoting letters
Hill, Graham (constituent, Carleton–Mississippi Mills), 4551–4552
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
Members/ministers quoting reports
A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 6186 Forum on Municipal Governance and Accountability: A Summary Report (Institute on Governance), 5296 Governing Ottawa: Strategic Thinking for a Winning City, 5296 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2005), 1028 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7917
Members/ministers quoting statements
Belobaba, Edward (judge, Superior Court of Justice), 1752–1753
Ontario Association of Children Aid Societies, 1437
Members'/ministers' remarks
Members'/ministers' salaries
Members' statements
Adoption disclosure, 6994
Arborisan Wood Craft, 5039
Beanlands, Donald, 1614
Coroner's office, 1722–1723
Eastern Ontario development, 9453–9454
Intervenor funding, 3775–3776
Leeder, Cyril, 4253
Lefty the goose, 3578
McCarter, Jim, 7482
Pension plans, 7230
Pension reform, 7834
Services for the developmentally disabled, 2445
Termination and severance payments, 4824
Tieu, Emily, 5190–5191
Ministerial statements, responded to
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
assistive devices program, 9688
Municipal government
Municipal infrastructure
Municipalities
Niagara Escarpment Commission, 2706–2707
Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.N.2, 2705–2706 Nortel
pension plans
severance payments, 4824
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Office of the Chief Coroner
Ontario child benefit (OCB)
children in custody of children's aid societies (CASs), 6093
increase, 6093
Ontario Clean Water Agency, 9413
Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
authority to act in extraordinary circumstances, 6092
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board
power to incorporate and invest assets in new corporations, 6959
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Adoption disclosure, 1250 , 1304–1305 , 1363–1364 , 1423 , 1766
Auditor General's report, 7917–7918
Children's mental health services, 6752
Diagnostic services, 5035
Health care, 9688
Pension plans, 6138–6139 , 6186
Provincial debt, 522
Public transportation, 4385 , 4580
Services for the developmentally disabled, 2128–2129
Sewage spill, 2201 , 2238–2239
Ottawa Congress Centre
name change to Ottawa Convention Centre Corporation, 3783
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Transfers on Wind Up), 2009 (Bill 213)
Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6095–6096 , 6138–6139 , 6186 , 6713
Pension funds, 4194–4195 , 6092
Pension plans, 6139 , 7230
Persons with disabilities
Pesticides/herbicides
Petitions
Private members' public business
Fuel safety
Municipalities
Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Transfers on Wind Up), 2009 (Bill 213)
Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
Reports
A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 6713–6714 , 7834 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7918
Retirement
Beanlands, Don (co-founder, Ottawa Heart Institute), 1614
Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
Senior citizens
prescription drug use, 6900
Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
Sewage spills
Ottawa River, 2238
investigations, 2239
public inquiries, 2201
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
Spain
renewable energy projects, 6724
Strikes
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, 4580
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 3347
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)
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
Tobacco products
ban on possession of unmarked cigarettes, 6093–6094
illegal sale, 2142
seizure of unmarked cigarettes, 3783
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Tributes
McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 7482
TVOntario, 1639
Victims' Bill of Rights, S.O. 1995, c.6, 1438 Vital Statistics Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.V.4
section 48.9 and 48.10, 1364
Waste management/programs
hazardous products, 5691
reporting of industrial, commercial and institutional waste
fines for offence, 3350–3351
right of inspector to enter without warrant, 3351
reporting requirements for carriers, 3350
reporting requirements for waste disposal sites, 3350
waste diversion, 3350
Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
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