Speaker letter y House Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: Y

Yakabuski, J. (PC, Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke)
- Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
  - general discussion, 1322
- Administration of justice, 3662
- Algonquin Provincial Park
  - logging, 98, 8476–8477, 8479
    - public consultation, 298
- Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
  - second reading, 8445–8449
- Animal protection, 1812
  - electric collars, 1812
  - warrantless entry, 1812
  - working dogs, 1812
- Animal protection organizations
  - use of term humane society restricted
    - impact on Toronto Humane Society, 1811
- Annual reports
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2009), 9136–9137
- Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
  - sewage, 4865
- Bail, 3662
- Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
  - second reading, 7507
- Biomass energy, 5149
- Budget
  - balanced budget, 664
- Budget deficit, 3519–3520
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6162–6164
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - second reading, 913–917
  - third reading, 1743–1745
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - third reading, 4047–4048
- Budget surplus
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1281–1283
- Carpools, 4612
- China
  - renewable energy, 7315
- Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
  - second reading, 2473
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - Algonquin College, 2473
- Committee process
  - Bill 150, 5146
- Concurrence in supply debate (December 2009)
  - participation, 9136–9137
- Conferences/seminars/symposiums
  - 2010 OGRA/ROMA Annual Conference, 9400
- Conflict of interest
  - Grier, Jason (lobbyist), 8542–8543
- Congratulatory remarks
  - Bilodeau, Alexandre (gold medal winner, men's moguls competition, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics), 9254
  - Runciman, Bob (former member for Leeds–Grenville, appointed to Senate), 9253
- Consumer protection
  - energy contracts, 9134–9135, 9254–9260
  - sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9210
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - general discussion
    - public consultation, 4250
  - second reading, 1956–1960
- Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
  - second reading, 4276–4278
    - public consultation, 4276–4278
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Workplace safety
    - requested, 9151–9152
- Deep River Management Services Inc. Act, 2009 (Bill Pr16)
  - first reading, 6996
- Doctors
  - rural Ontario, 911
- Driver distractions, 4276–4277
- Driver licences
  - fraud, 4023–4024
  - graduated licences
    - restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4611–4612
    - zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 4611–4613
- Drivers
  - new drivers, 5986
- Driving
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 4276–4278
    - global positioning system (GPS), 4277
    - two-way radio and dispatching system, 4277
- Eastern Ontario development fund, 527
- Economic conditions, 1615, 1743–1744, 4047–4048
- Economic decline
  - government response, 5808
- Economic growth
  - five-point economic plan, 3520
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - second reading, 5605
- eHealth Ontario
  - consultants, 7600
  - contracts
    - public inquiry, 8276–8277
  - Hudson, Alan (former Chairman)
    - appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8623
  - Kramer, Sarah (former CEO)
    - appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8623
    - compensation/severance payments, 7600
  - referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7710
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
  - second reading, 9680
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.35, 2501–2502
- Elections/by-elections
  - 10 October 2007, 2501
  - third-party advertising, 9680
- Electricity rates, 3521, 4994, 5149, 8825
  - Germany, 4994
  - increase, 4993–4994, 5027–5029, 5578, 5830
    - impact on low-income consumers, 5632
- Electricity Restructuring Act, S.O. 2004, c.23, 4995, 4997
- Electricity retailers/gas marketers
  - contract overwriting, 4671
  - contracts, 4672
    - cancellation fees, 4672
    - reaffirmation letter, 4672
- Electricity supply, 2601
- Employment creation
  - by government, 3519, 3521
- Endangered species
  - wood turtle, 8111
- Endangered Species Act, 2007 (Bill 184)
  - general discussion
    - consultation with forest industry, 9037
    - integration into forest management plans, 2441
- Energy
  - nuclear energy, 4652
  - renewable energy
    - feed-in tariff, 4953, 5148, 5150, 6574
    - request for proposal (RFP), 3642
    - wind, 5150
  - renewable energy projects, 5028
    - cost increases for consumers, 6573–6574, 6578–6579
    - employment creation, 5147–5148, 5151, 6332, 6577
    - health effects, 6576–6577
- Energy conservation, 4953
- Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
  - second reading, 9210, 9253–9260, 9262
- Energy policy, 5027
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 7314–7317
- Fatalities
  - Mulcahy, Tyler (motor vehicle accident victim), 4611
- Federal government
  - transfer payments
    - equalization program, 1744
- Forest industry, 2441, 2640, 3521, 3643, 8477
  - layoffs, 96
  - Renfrew county, 4579
  - tax reduction, 4048
- Gasoline prices
  - increase, 668, 914
- Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2009 (Bill 174)
  - first reading, 6497
- Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 8475–8479
- Government accountability, 7926–7927
- Government-business relations, 3520–3521
- Government expenditures, 4048
  - increase, 914–915
- Government-forest industry partnerships, 3521
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1322–1325
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 1532–1534
  - Select Committee on Elections
    - responded to, 2501–2502
- Government orders
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3519–3521
- Government record
  - Liberal (1985-1990), 3519
  - Liberal (2003-2010), 9267–9268, 9446
    - accountability, 7602
    - education, 1743
    - environmental protection, 96
    - tax increases, 909–910
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - budget deficit, 3520
    - long-term care, 7877
- Government revenue, 4047
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 4993–4995, 4997, 5028–5029, 5118, 5186, 5189, 5578, 5830–5831, 5942–5943, 6332
    - amendments, 6268
    - consultation with automobile parts industry, 6042
    - employment creation, 5878–5879
    - impact on electricity rates, 5878, 5942, 6042, 6267–6268, 6435, 6486–6487
    - public consultation, 5878–5879, 6267
  - second reading, 5146–5153, 5155
  - impact on electricity rates, 4953
  - third reading, 6573–6582, 6826
- Greenhouse gas emissions, 6582
  - reduction
    - cap and trade system (emissions trading), 7314–7316
- Greenhouse industry, 2572
- Harmonized sales tax, 5809, 6163, 8839–88342
  - impact on low-income consumers, 5633
- Health care funding
  - government funding, 3520
- Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
  - third reading, 1134–1135
- Highway improvement
  - Highway 417, 743
    - federal government funding, 743
- Holiday messages, 4672
- Home energy audits, 5028, 5147, 5186, 5189, 6332, 6575
  - search warrant, 5186
- Home energy inspectors
  - search warrant, 5118–5119
- Horse racing industry
  - Barrie Raceway
    - decline in race dates, 7336–7337
- Hospices (terminal care)
  - government funding
    - Hospice Renfrew, 80
- Hospital beds
  - long-term-care beds, 95
- Immunization
  - H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
    - number of doses administered, 8445–8446
- Industry shutdowns
  - Campbell Soup Company, 1615
  - CanGro Foods Inc., 1615
  - Smurfit-Stone Container Canada Inc., 3521
- Infrastructure Ontario
  - municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 610
- Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
  - second reading, 7721, 8099–8100
    - public consultation, 8100
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1281–1283
- Labour mobility, 8664–8665, 8807
- Layoffs
  - Campbell Soup Company, 1502–1503, 1744
- Legislative procedure
  - conduct of House Proceedings
    - naming of members from Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound and Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington, 8946
  - members'/ministers' unparliamentary language, 3520
  - motions
    - time allocation motions, 1281
  - private members' public business, 4278
- Legislative proceedings
  - televised, 1955
- Legislative process, 437
  - family friendly reforms, 913, 1283, 1322
    - oral questions, 1323–1325, 1533
- Licence plates
  - personalized licence plates, 10, 95, 174
  - yellow ribbon logo (support for Canadian troops), 8602–8603, 8652
- Livestock
  - disease prevention and control
    - warrantless entry, 8446–8447
  - protection, 1811
- Local health integration networks (LHINs), 7600
- Long-term-care facilities
  - government funding, 7877
- Long-term-care funding
  - government funding, 665
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs, 96, 664
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Takhar, Harinder (Mississauga–Erindale)
    - as Minister of Government Services, 7599
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke
    - Buy Local, 4217
    - Telus cup, 1299–1300
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 2501–2502, 4953
- Members/ministers quoting books
  - House of Commons Procedure and Practice (Robert Marleau, Camille Montpetit), 9320
- Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
  - Adams, Tom (executive director, Energy Probe), 6580
  - Bresnahan, Percy (mayor, South Algonquin), 6579
  - Huzar, Bill (president, Consumers Council of Canada), 6580
  - Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 6576–6577
- Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
  - Bill 162, re, 6163–6164
  - Maxwell, Karen (co-owner, Renfrew Home Hardware Building Centre), 3888
  - Ward, Hal (chartered accountant), 3888
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Close, Donna and Larry (constituents, Flesherton), 5151
  - Grodski, Julius, 5152
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - National Post (Toronto), 5027–5028
  - Ottawa Citizen, 4048, 5148–5149
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Germany's Solar Cell Promotion: Dark Clouds on the Horizon, 5150
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 610
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Fedchun, Gerry (president, Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association), 6578
  - McMurtry, Robert (former dean of health sciences, University of Western Ontario), 6576
  - Pope John Paul II, 681
- Members/ministers quoting websites
  - Independent Electricity System Operator, 5151
- Members'/ministers' record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
      - as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 7915–7916, 7919
  - NDP (1990-1995)
    - Rae, Bob (York South)
      - as Ontario Premier, 3519
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (1995-2003)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 910, 6268, 8475–8476
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Ontario Premier, 2262
    - Takhar, Harinder (Mississauga–Erindale)
      - as Minister of Government Services, 8653
  - withdrawn, 78, 915, 2238, 2240, 3830, 5578, 5995, 6226, 6267, 6435, 9267
- Members' statements
  - Buy Local, 4217
  - Endangered species, 8111
  - Forest industry, 3643
  - Gasoline tax, 407–408
  - Government services, 7340–7341, 8653
  - Licence plate review committee, 9–10
  - Listowel economy, 1502–1503
  - Long-term care, 7877
  - Ontario economy, 1615
  - Pembroke Lumber Kings, 6084
  - Pope John Paul II, 681
  - Premier of Ontario, 1980
  - Telus cup, 1299–1300
  - Waste disposal, 4865
  - Wind turbines, 8310
- Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 6981
- Mining industry
  - surface rights vs. mineral rights, 6981
- Ministerial responsibility, 7599
- Ministerial statements, responded to
  - Consumer protection, 9134–9135
  - Renewable energy and energy conservation, 4953
- Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
  - grants to community organizations, 916
- Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, 9253–9254
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - Lands for Life, 4953
- Ministry of Transportation
  - personalized licence plate review committee, 174
- Municipal government services
  - Renfrew
    - government funding, 8068
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 1144
    - Ottawa, 664–665
    - Renfrew county, 1126
- Natural gas, 5152
- Nuclear generating stations
  - construction, 9408–9409
- Nuclear industry, 3875
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - third reading, 9186–9187
- Office of the Premier
  - staff complement, 1533
- Ombudsman of Ontario, 7926
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 664–666, 668
- Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 1955
- Ontario health premium, 909–912
- Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
  - second reading, 8663–8665, 8805–8807
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - lawsuit by Buttcon Energy Inc. over violation of agreement re Windsor Energy Centre, 7426–7427
- Ontario Medal for Civilian Bravery Act, 2008 (Bill 58)
  - first reading, 984
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - clean energy standard offer program (CESOP), 2572
- Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
  - closure, 96, 1767, 2601
  - Nanticoke generating station
    - increased fossil-fuel consumption, 1886
- Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington nuclear generating station, 2601, 5316
    - purchase of nuclear reactors, 5994–5995
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - second reading, 8839–8842
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Electronic health information, 7710–7711, 8276–8277, 8623
  - Government spending, 5808–5809
  - Ontario economy, 1126–1127
  - Rural schools, 2262
  - Tobacco control, 1492–1493
  - Violent crime, 3662
  - Workplace insurance, 4087
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1940–1942
- Opposition parties
  - role, 1532–1534
- Oral questions, presented
  - Coal-fired generating stations, 1767
  - Driver licences, 4023–4024, 7580
  - Eastern Ontario development, 527
  - Electricity supply, 1886
  - Energy policies, 2601
  - Energy rates, 4993–4995, 5878–5879, 5942–5943, 6267–6268, 6435
  - Forest industry, 298, 2441, 2640, 9037
  - Government contracts, 8542–8543
  - Government record, 9267–9268, 9446
  - Government services, 7388, 8602–8603
  - Green power generation, 6332, 6486–6487
  - Greenhouse industry, 2572
  - Highway construction, 743
  - Hospice care, 80
  - Hydro contracts, 8825
  - Hydro rates, 5578, 5830–5831, 6042
  - International trade, 3875
  - Licence plate review committee, 174
  - Minister's record, 7915–7916, 7919
  - Municipal government, 8068
  - Municipal infrastructure, 610
  - Nuclear energy, 4652–4653, 5316, 9408–9409
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 7428–7429
  - Pesticides, 4250–4251
  - Provincial purchasing policy, 5994–5995
  - Renewable energy and conservation, 3642, 4997, 5027–5029, 5118–5119, 5186, 5189
  - Rural Ontario, 4578–4579
  - School transportation, 1974–1975, 6689–6690
  - School transportation funding, 6231
  - Workplace safety, 9076–9077
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1956–1959
    - exemptions
      - cemeteries, 4250
      - golf courses, 1958
    - impact on rural Ontario, 1960
    - regulations, 4250–4251
- Petitions
  - Driver licences, 9185
  - Gasoline prices, 3652, 3694, 3846, 3885
  - Government services, 8467–8468
  - Lord's Prayer, 384, 506, 900, 999–1001, 1066, 1257, 1315–1316, 1427, 1770, 1926, 2493
  - Pope John Paul II, 529, 695
  - Sales tax, 5628
  - School transportation, 8469–8470, 9185
  - Taxation, 7160, 7209, 7343, 7345–7346, 7490–7491, 7586, 7700–7702, 7881–7882, 7928–7929, 8269, 8553–8554, 8614, 8656, 8659, 8832, 8953, 9183, 9331
  - Workplace insurance, 4071
- Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 2276
- Photo identification cards
  - passport alternative for cross-border travel, 2276
- Police services
  - cross-border policing, 7721, 8099
- Pope John Paul II Day Act, 2009 (Bill 25)
  - general discussion, 681
- Poultry industry
  - supply management, 8446
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - second reading, 5631–5634
- Poverty reduction strategy, 5631–5634
- Premier's travel, 3875
- Private members' public business
  - Highway improvement
    - presented, 6658–6660, 6665
  - Ontario Energy Board Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 131)
    - second reading, 4671–4672
  - Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Assistance to Municipalities), 2008 (Bill 38)
    - second reading, 1541–1542, 1549
  - Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
    - second reading, 1148
  - Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 548–549
  - Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
    - responded to, 1144–1145
  - Tire disposal
    - responded to, 927–928
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1811–1813
    - section 6, 1811
- Public education campaigns
  - Good Governance Week, 7926–7927
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - second reading, 7598–7602
- Public service
  - hiring, 4048
- Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Assistance to Municipalities), 2008 (Bill 38)
  - general discussion, 407
  - first reading, 368–369
- Real estate industry, 1744
- Referendum
  - electoral reform, 2502
- Regulations, 1148, 4953
- Reports
  - Examining the Potential Cost of the Ontario Green Energy Act, 2009 (London Economics International), 6486–6487, 6826
  - Lightening the Ecological Footprint of Logging in Algonquin Provincial Park (Recommendations of the Ontario Parks Board), 298
- Road maintenance
  - government funding, 1282
- Road safety, 4612
- Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
  - general discussion, 4277–4278
  - second reading, 4611–4613
    - public consultation, 4611
  - third reading, 5986
- Rural Ontario
  - employment, 4578–4579
  - federal government funding, 6659
- School board trustees
  - accountability, 7678–7680
- School bus transportation
  - government funding, 1974, 6231, 6689–6690
  - rural Ontario, 6659
- School cafeterias
  - ban on trans fat in food and beverages
    - exemptions on special event days, 1134
- School violence, 5605
- Schools
  - closure
    - rural Ontario, 2262
- ServiceOntario
  - closure of private licence and permit offices
    - Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke, 7341
    - rural Ontario, 7388
- Small business, 666
- Smart Growth, 4953
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2067–2070
- Smoking
  - ban on smoking controlled substances in public places, 548, 2068–2069
    - enforcement, 548
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2067, 2069
  - ban on smoking in workplaces/enclosed public places, 548
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 9
- Sports and recreation
  - hockey
    - Pembroke, 913
- Sports teams
  - Pembroke Lumber Kings, 6084
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 37(a) Oral Questions, 9320
- Strikes
  - DriveTest driving examiners, 7580, 8805–8806
- Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
  - second reading, 7678–7681
- Tax rebates
  - gasoline tax rebate
    - construction, maintenance or operation of rapid transit or public transportation system, 369, 407
    - highway construction, maintenance or operation, 1541, 6497, 6658–6659, 6665
    - rural Ontario, 1323–1324
- Tax reduction, 1745
- Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
  - appointment of directors, 8091, 8095
- Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
  - second reading, 8091, 8095
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 94–96, 98, 437
- Time allocation motions
  - Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
    - responded to, 6162–6164
  - Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
    - responded to, 1281–1283
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1532–1534
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
    - responded to, 3887–3888
- Tire tax, 927–928
- Tobacco products
  - illegal sale, 548, 1492, 2067–2068, 2070
- Transportation infrastructure
  - Strandherd-Armstrong bridge, 1144
- Tributes
  - Pope John Paul II, 681
- Voters/voting
  - fraud, 2502
  - voter identification, 2501
  - voter turnout, 2501–2502
- Waste management/programs
  - waste diversion, 96
- Water supply
  - contamination
    - Walkerton, 8449
- Wind turbines
  - health effects, 8310
- Workers
  - job retraining
    - government funding, 665–666
- Working Families Coalition, 9680
- Workplace harassment/violence, 9186–9187
- Workplace injuries
  - Gulick Forest Products Ltd. case, 9076–9077, 9151, 9187
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - general discussion
    - public consultation, 4087
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3887–3888
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - expenditures
    - accountability, 1941–1942
    - Mahoney, Steve (chair), 9136
  - experience rating system, 1940