Speaker letter h House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: H

Hardeman, E. (PC, Oxford)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 2010–2011, 2013
- Agricultural labourers, 1760
- Agriculture industry, 2602
  - regulations, 2560–2561
- Air ambulance services
  - quality of care, 2816–2817
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 2816–2817
- Animal protection
  - farm animals, 1378–1379
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 2010–2011, 2013
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 2010–2011
  - integration into curriculum, 2010
- Appreciation
  - Dairy Farmers of Ontario, 1760
  - Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 1760
- Bullying, 2010
- Business taxes
  - reduction, 1589
- Carbon monoxide detectors
  - installation in residential buildings, 1029–1031
  - municipal bylaws, 1030–1031, 1037
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
  - fatalities, 1029–1030
- Children's mental health care
  - bullying and, 2010
  - suicide, 2010
- Consumer prices
  - increase, 3549
- Elections/by-elections
  - campaign strategies, 3550
- Energy industry
  - surplus power, 4114
- Energy rates
  - increase, 4115
- Farm products
  - Buy Ontario policy, 4149
- Farmers, 4149
- Food and beverage processing industry
  - regulatory reform, 170–171
- Food processing industry, 3571–3572
- Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2012 (Bill 20)
  - first reading, 377
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 441–442
  - third reading, 3549–3550, 3552
- Home renovation tax credit, 3550
  - affordability, 3549–3550, 3552
  - eligibility, 3552
- Housing, affordable
  - electricity rate increase contributing to rent increase, 2412–2413, 2415
- Landlord and tenant
  - landlord's ability to profit from rents, 2413
- Legislative procedure
  - speech should be related to topic being discussed, 3973
- Legislative process, 2011, 2013
- Members' statements
  - Agriculture industry, 2560–2561
  - Chicken industry, 105
  - Energy rates, 2000
  - Food and beverage processing industry, 170–171
  - Food processors, 3571–3572
  - Ontario farmers, 1760
  - Oxford businesses, 1589–1590
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 2817
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 997
- Ministerial statements
  - Agri-food industry
    - responded to, 2602
  - Ontario produce
    - responded to, 4149
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
  - animal protection, 1378
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 2816
- Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC)
  - classification of grain elevators, 304
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 4114–4115
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - expenditures, 4114
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 4114–4115
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA)
  - accountability and oversight, 1377–1378
- Oral questions
  - Rural Ontario
    - presented, 304
- Ornge
  - investigation by select committee, 2011, 2013
  - whistle-blower protection, 2816
- Petitions
  - Affordable housing, 431–432
  - Air quality, 2802
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 2234–2235
  - Health care funding, 3678
  - Hydro dam, 591
  - Long-term care, 536, 590, 629, 702, 757–758, 1013, 1169, 1339, 1373, 1512, 1852
  - Male breast cancer, 312, 431, 2515
  - Office of the Ombudsman, 1551, 1677
  - Optical coherence tomography, 2893
  - Renewable energy, 632
  - Social work, 1900
  - Wind turbines, 228–229
- Poultry industry, 105
- Private members' public business
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2012 (Bill 20)
    - second reading, 1029–1031, 1036–1037
  - Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 47)
    - second reading, 1377–1378
- Public education campaigns
  - Agriculture
    - Agriculture Week in Ontario, 4149
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2412–2415
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Carbon monoxide detectors, mandatory use, 1029, 1031
Harris, M. (PC, Kitchener–Conestoga)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1285–1286, 1820–1821, 1823–1825
- Air ambulance services
  - emergency dispatch system, 2592–2593, 2785, 2990
  - patient safety, 2676, 3819–3820
- Air pollution
  - carbon tax, 1996, 2680–2681, 3189–3190
- Air quality management
  - emissions trading, 3569
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 3491, 3819–3822, 3824
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 1285–1286
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1285–1286
  - integration into curriculum, 1823
  - programs, 1823
  - in schools, 1823
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - journeyman-to-apprentice ratios, 2336
- Automobile insurance
  - fraud
    - investigation by colleges of health professionals, 1238
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums
  - decrease for new drivers, 1914–1915
- Bullying, 1825
- Cancer drugs, 3696
- Consumer prices
  - increase, 553
- Corporate tax reduction
  - job creation and, 771
- eHealth Ontario, 4043
  - disclosure of contracts, 3673–3674
- Elections/by-elections
  - campaign expenditures, 3319
- Emergency services
  - dispatch systems
    - regional operation of, 3068–3069
- Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007, c. 6
  - amendments, 2283
- Energy rates, 3699
  - increase, 2000
- Environment industry, 2231
- Freedom of information, 3697
  - online accessibility, 3628, 3635
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - cost, 3410, 3716–3717, 3856–3857, 4093–4094
- Government debt, 554–555, 2336
- Government deficit, 2335
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - waste management, 422
- Government spending, 553–554, 3409
- Great Lakes
  - conservation, 2796
- Harmonized sales tax (HST), 3697
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 325–326, 342, 552–555
  - third reading, 3696–3697
- Highway construction
  - Highway 7 expansion, 3409–3410
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 325, 342, 441–442, 553, 3696–3697
- Housing, affordable
  - waiting lists, 2585
- Hydro corridors
  - maintenance, 3085
- International agreements
  - Western Climate Initiative (WCI), 3629–3630
- Legislative procedure
  - government bills
    - cost to implement, 3629–3630
    - transparency, 3628–3630, 3635
  - use of dilatory tactics, 1821
- Legislative process, 1285–1286, 3699
- Medical records
  - electronic records, 3696
- Members' privileges, 3855–3858
- Members' statements
  - Armenian community, 3724
  - Armenian genocide anniversary, 1807
  - City of Kitchener, 2887–2888
  - Culture days, 3784
  - Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, 1254
  - Greenhouse gas emissions, 2680–2681
  - MPP for a Day, 1408
  - Schlegel, Ron, 701
  - Waste diversion, 2471
  - Waterloo Air Show, 2631–2632
  - Wellesley Fall Fair, 3455
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 3257
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 326, 2362
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3855–3858
    - release of additional documents, 4196
  - access to documents/information re eHealth Ontario, 4043
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2680, 3085, 3319, 3855, 4093–4094
- Members'/ministers' travel, 3319
- Ministerial statements
  - Asian Heritage Month
    - responded to, 2231
  - Cultural diversity
    - responded to, 2437
  - Environment Industry Day
    - responded to, 2231
  - Protection of Great Lakes
    - responded to, 2796
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 2506–2507
- Office of the Premier
  - Cabinet Office, accountability, 3568–3569
- Opposition day motions
  - Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
    - responded to, 770–771
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 770–771
- Oral questions
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 2676, 3257
  - Ambulance services
    - presented, 2506–2507
  - Electronic health information
    - presented, 3673–3674, 4043
  - Emergency services
    - presented, 2592–2593, 2990, 3068–3069
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 3568–3569
  - Government spending
    - presented, 3318–3319
  - Greenhouse gas emissions
    - presented, 1996
  - Hydro corridor
    - presented, 3085
  - Power plants
    - presented, 3716–3717, 4093–4094
  - Waste diversion
    - presented, 422
- Ornge
  - executive management
    - salaries, 3819
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts
    - committee witnesses, 3491
  - launch policy, 2676
  - whistle-blower protection, 3491
- Petitions
  - Child care, 312
  - Wind turbines, 272–273, 703–704, 850
- Private members' public business
  - Comprehensive Public Sector Compensation Freeze Act, 2012 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 2643
  - Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 2283
  - New Drivers’ Insurance Rate Reduction Act, 2012 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 1914–1915
  - Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1237–1238
  - Transparency in Government Bills Act, 2012 (Bill 109)
    - second reading, 3628–3630, 3635
- Public education campaigns
  - Cultural/religious
    - Asian Heritage Month, 2231
    - Culture Days, 3784
    - World Day for Cultural Diversity, 2437
  - Environment
    - Environment Industry Day, 2231
  - Historical/national
    - Armenian independence, 21st anniversary, 3724
- Public sector employees
  - wage freeze, 2336
- Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 3697
- Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
  - enacting regulation 233/10
    - transparency, 866, 1084–1085
- Renewable energy projects
  - cost, 3629, 3697
- Reports
  - Caught in the Act: Investigation into the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services' conduct in relation to Ontario Regulation 233/10 under the Public Works Protection Act, 2010 (André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario), 1084
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2585–2586
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 866, 1084–1085
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Rent increase
    - landlords' associations, 2586
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2335–2336, 2338, 2361
- Transparency in Government Bills Act, 2012 (Bill 109)
  - first reading, 2957
- Voters/voting, 3628
- Waste management/programs
  - hazardous waste, 2471
  - waste diversion, 422
- Wildlife protection
  - economic and social impact, 2283
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 4212–4216
- World War I
  - Armenian genocide, 1807
Hillier, R. (PC, Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington)
- Arbitration
  - reform, 1670, 1753
- Constitution Day Act, 2012 (Bill 57)
  - first reading, 1370
- Costing of Public Bills Act, 2012 (Bill 64)
  - first reading, 1508
- Defending Employees’ Rights Act (Certification of Trade Unions), 2012 (Bill 85)
  - first reading, 2182
- Defending Employees’ Rights Act (Collective Bargaining and Financial Disclosure by Trade Unions), 2012 (Bill 78)
  - first reading, 2001
- Dog attacks
  - in Ontario, 640
- Dog owners
  - liability, 640
- Economic conditions, 243
- Economic decline, 145
- Family caregiver leave, 480–481
  - eligibility, 1151
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1150–1151
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - relocation, 3928
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - government spending, 1179
- Government spending, 3681, 3683
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 3680–3681, 3695
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 3681
- Hospital funding
  - Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital, 309–310
- Hospital redevelopment
  - Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital, 2633–2634
- Job losses, 144
- Labour legislation
  - reform, 1999–2000
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Ontario Labour Relations Board), 2012 (Bill 84)
  - first reading, 2123
- Legislative procedure
  - House schedule, 3681
- Long-term care facilities
  - for persons with disabilities, 2742
- Members' privileges, 3926–3931
- Members' statements
  - Arbitration, 1670
  - Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital, 309–310
  - Constitution of Canada, 1368
  - Falun Dafa, 1940
  - Hospital funding, 2633–2634
  - Labour legislation, 1999–2000
  - Property rights, 2381
  - Repeal of prohibition, 2600
  - Toorpakai Wazir, Maria, 1846–1847
  - Union certification, 2181
- Members'/ministers' privileges, 62
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3926–3928
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 145, 1151, 1683, 2734, 3928
- Ministerial statements
  - Family caregiver leave
    - responded to, 480–481
- Northern Ontario, land development
  - importance to economic development, 1229–1230
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - children's aid societies, oversight of, 4174–4175
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1683
- Ontario College of Trades
  - organizational structure, 26
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 4110–4112, 4114
- Ontario Electricity System Operator (OESO)
  - transparency and accountability, 4110–4112
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 4111–4112
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA)
  - accountability and oversight, 1381
- Oral questions
  - Arbitration
    - presented, 1753–1754
  - Government regulations
    - presented, 475
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 26
  - Workers' compensation
    - presented, 264
- Petitions
  - Dog ownership, 630, 3680, 4103
- Pit bull terriers
  - ban in Ontario, 639–640, 645
  - identification, 639
- Private members' public business
  - Far North Repeal Act, 2012 (Bill 44)
    - second reading, 1229–1230
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Fairness For Employees), 2012 (Bill 77)
    - second reading, 2084
  - Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2012 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 4174–4175
  - Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 47)
    - second reading, 1381
  - Public Safety Related to Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 16)
    - second reading, 639–640, 645
- Property rights, 2381
- Public Safety Related to Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 16)
  - first reading, 222–223
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3203
- Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2011 (Bill 31)
  - first reading, 479
- Reports
  - Caught in the Act: Investigation into the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services' conduct in relation to Ontario Regulation 233/10 under the Public Works Protection Act, 2010 (André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario), 1096
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2577–2579, 2584
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1095–1098
- Security measures
  - transparency, 1095–1096
- Skilled trades industry
  - licensing of electrical contractors and master electricians, 475
- Supply Act, 2012 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1178–1179
- Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 63)
  - first reading, 1508
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3680–3681
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 144–145, 243
- Throne speech quoted, 144
- Trust in Arbitration Act, 2012 (Bill 70)
  - first reading, 1673
- Union certification
  - card- vs. vote-based, 2181
  - telephone/online voting, 2084
- Unions, 2084
  - Labourers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 183, 2084
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - WSIB rate increase, 264
- Workers' rights, 2084
  - early disclosure of employee lists, 2084
- Working Families Coalition, 3681
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2012 (Bill 87)
  - first reading, 2183
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - proclamation of Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119), 264
Horwath, A. (NDP, Hamilton Centre)
- Air ambulance services
  - transparency and accountability, 692, 790–791
- Annual reports
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
    - Annual Report 2011, 366
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 217
- Automobile industry
  - job losses, 25
- Automobile insurance
  - fraud, 417
- Automobile insurance benefits
  - decrease, 2947
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums
  - increase, 364, 417
- Bicycles/bicyclists
  - safety, 101
- Budget, 1417–1421, 1625–1626, 1661, 1697–1698, 1752, 2501–2502, 2551–2552, 4135
  - Auditor General review, 52–53
  - balanced budget, 1420, 3365
    - by 2017-2018, 1625
  - low- and middle-income groups, impact on, 1463–1464, 1496–1497, 1581–1582, 1662–1663, 1697–1698
  - pre-budget consultations, 1417, 1681
  - statements by third parties, 1624
  - unallocated funds, 52–53
- Budget process, 3052–3053
- Business
  - government funding, 1932
- Cancer care, 2428
- Cancer drugs, 422
- Collective bargaining, 2623–2624
- Collective bargaining process
  - public sector wages, 2640, 2670–2671
- Committees
  - Legislative committees
    - to review policies that impact northern Ontario, 815–816
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - reduction in services, 1106–1107
- Consumer prices, 418
  - increase, 1418–1419, 2371, 4136
- Consumer protection
  - energy contracts, door-to-door sale of, 365
  - gasoline prices, 2372
- Corporate subsidies
  - Global Sticks, Inc., 96–97, 162
  - Navistar International Corporation, 25
  - Silicon Knights Inc., 161
- Corporate tax credits
  - job creation tax credit, 494–496, 615, 954, 998–999, 1326, 1418, 1625, 1799, 1932–1933, 2028–2029, 2061–2062, 2171–2172, 2188–2190, 2203, 3036, 3078, 3364, 3369–3370, 3446–3447
- Corporate tax rates, 1420
  - international, 493, 762
  - refund, 954
  - for small business, 500
  - United States, 761
- Corporate tax reduction, 20, 85–86, 211, 468–469, 523–524, 574, 614–615, 742–743, 761–762, 1399, 1417, 2189–2190
  - banking sector, 260–261
  - freeze on further reductions, 2501
  - job creation and, 211–212, 574, 762
  - Manitoba, 468, 500
  - to 10 per cent, 761–762
- Correctional centre workers
  - safety, 3083–3084
- Doctor shortage
  - Kitchener-Waterloo, 2995, 3079, 3186, 3365
- Economic conditions, 469, 999
- Economic inequality, 1417, 1678, 3181
- Elections/by-elections
  - campaign strategies, 3364
- Energy agencies, 2422
  - accountability and oversight, 417
  - privatization, 2372–2373
- Energy industry
  - deregulation, 2112–2113
  - review, 1419, 1990, 2310–2311, 2423
- Energy rates, 2310, 3775
  - increase, 416, 1419, 2029, 2373, 2422, 3843, 4086
  - northern Ontario, 1679
  - other provinces, 1989
- Far North Act, S.O. 2010, c. 18, 816
- Forest industry, 1418
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 19–20, 365, 2731, 2782, 4037, 4087, 4183–4184
  - cost, 2310, 2372, 2781–2782, 3078, 3614–3615, 3666–3667, 3715–3716, 3774–3775, 3842, 4036, 4086, 4135, 4183
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 4087, 4184
  - lawsuit, 2782
  - relocation, 3842
- Gasoline price regulation, 2390–2392
- Government consultants
  - Don Drummond (former chief economist, TD Bank), 95–96
- Government contracts
  - third party consultation on budget deficit, 95–96
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - government contracts, 1125
    - transit system expansion in Toronto, 931–932
- Government services
  - deregulation, 3065
- Government spending, 4136
- Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)
  - pediatric services, 58
- Harmonized sales tax (HST), 85, 160–161, 574, 954–955, 1662, 2189
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 53, 85–86, 469, 1419, 1625, 1662
- Health care, 1201, 1245
  - accessibility
    - wait times, 58
  - privatization, 1678
- Health care funding, 1535, 1697–1698
- Highway maintenance
  - performance-based area maintenance contracts, 474
- Highway safety
  - winter maintenance, 474
- Home care
  - quality of care, 1043, 1106
- Home care funding, 1043, 1106, 1327, 1419
- Hospital administrators
  - salaries, 691–692, 959, 1124–1125, 1326–1327, 1360, 1419–1420, 1536
- Hospital closures, 1679
- Hospital funding
  - through proposed executive salary cap, 1679
  - transparency and accountability, 1042
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 1581–1582, 1625, 1661–1662, 1697–1698, 1752–1753, 2501
- Industry shutdowns, 2189
- Infrastructure
  - government funding, 1418, 1799
- Job creation, 761, 1325–1326, 1359–1360, 1418–1419, 1798, 1800, 1932, 2061, 2189–2190, 2203
- Job creation by private sector
  - accountability and oversight, 837, 903, 954, 997
  - Apex Fund Services, 835–836
  - government funding, 161–162, 836, 997–998
  - New Foods Classics, 902
  - Silicon Knights Inc., 902
- Job losses, 3369
  - banking sector, 261
  - Navistar International Corporation, 953–954, 998
- Jobs and Prosperity Council
  - members, 2946
- Kindergarten, full-day, 3180
- Legislative process, 469, 2086, 2501–2502, 3181, 4036, 4135
- LGBTQ youth/students
  - anti-bullying initiatives, 217
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - accountability and public review, 1042, 2731–2732
  - review, 2989–2990, 3036
- Long-term care facilities
  - former Grace Hospital site (Windsor), 696–697
  - inspections, 2988–2989
- Manufacturing industry
  - job losses, 3369
- Members' privileges, 3841–3844
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1200–1201
- Members/ministers imputing motive, 2112
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3614–3615, 3841–3844
    - release of additional documents, 4182–4183
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 4086
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2010–2011)
    - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1200
- Members'/ministers' resignations
  - Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo), 1929
- Mineral exploration
  - Aboriginal communities
    - consultation with, 2219, 2263, 2423
  - Ring of Fire
    - chromite mine construction
      - electricity usage, 2309–2310
      - energy rates, 2310
- Mineral processing industry
  - job losses, 161, 212
- Mineral resources
  - processing within northern Ontario, 166, 211–212, 302, 1680, 1799, 2218, 2262
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 2552
- Natural disasters
  - floods
    - Thunder Bay
      - Ontario disaster relief assistance program (ODRAP), 2737
- Northern Ontario, 815–816
  - job creation, 1400
- Nuclear energy
  - cost, 2029
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1417–1421, 1678–1680
- Ontario health premium (OHP), 1662
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - casino development
    - referendums, 3451–3452
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - privatization, 1244, 1360, 1400–1401
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA), 365
  - Caledonia, 4183
  - contracts, 2029
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG), 2422
- Opposition day motions
  - Air ambulance service
    - responded to, 1124–1125
  - Corporate tax reduction
    - responded to, 761
  - Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
    - responded to, 761
  - Gasoline price regulation
    - presented, 2390–2392
  - Gasoline prices
    - presented, 2390–2392
  - Job creation
    - presented, 2188–2190, 2203
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 931–932
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - responded to, 931–932
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 761–762
- Oral questions
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 524, 574–575, 615–616, 657–659, 692, 743–744, 789–791, 1200–1201
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 217
  - Assistance to flood victims
    - presented, 2737
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 417–418, 2946–2947
  - Bicycle safety
    - presented, 101
  - Cancer treatment
    - presented, 422, 2428
  - Casinos
    - presented, 3451–3452
  - Children's health services
    - presented, 58
  - Collective bargaining
    - presented, 2670–2671
  - Correctional facility employees
    - presented, 3083–3084
  - Doctor shortage
    - presented, 266, 2995
  - Economic development
    - presented, 211–212
  - Electricity restructuring
    - presented, 1990
  - Energy contracts
    - presented, 365–366
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 416–417, 2112–2113, 2372–2373, 2422–2423, 4086–4087
  - Executive compensation
    - presented, 691–692, 959, 1536
  - Gasoline prices
    - presented, 2371–2372
  - Government appointments
    - presented, 2112
  - Government policies
    - presented, 1243–1245
  - Government policy
    - presented, 3561–3562
  - Government record
    - presented, 364–365, 3036, 3364–3365, 4135
  - Government spending
    - presented, 52, 95–96
  - Government's agenda
    - presented, 3078–3079, 3180–3181
  - Health care
    - presented, 1042, 1326–1327, 1360, 1535, 3186
  - Home care
    - presented, 1043, 1106–1107
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 1989–1990, 2029, 2309–2311
  - Job creation
    - presented, 835–837, 902–904, 1325–1326, 1359–1360, 1399–1400, 1798–1800, 1932–1933, 2028–2029, 2061–2062, 2171–2172, 2945–2946, 3369–3370, 3446–3447
  - Local health integration networks
    - presented, 2731–2732, 2989–2990
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 696–697, 2988–2989
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 25, 96–97, 161–162, 953–954, 997–999
  - Members' privileges
    - presented, 3614–3615, 4036
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 166, 212, 302, 2218–2219, 2262–2263, 2423
  - Northern Ontario
    - presented, 1400–1401
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 1463–1464, 1496–1497, 1581, 1624–1626, 1697–1698, 1752, 2501–2502, 2550–2552, 2834–2835, 3064
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 523–524
  - Ontario public service
    - presented, 2623–2624, 3250–3251
  - Ontario Public Service
    - presented, 3561
  - Power plant
    - presented, 19–20, 2731, 2781–2782
  - Power plants
    - presented, 19–20, 3666–3667, 3715–3716, 3774–3775, 4037, 4182–4184
  - Privatization of public services
    - presented, 3064–3065
  - Protection of privacy
    - presented, 2835
  - Public health
    - presented, 306
  - Salary disclosure
    - presented, 301
  - School closures
    - presented, 2675
  - Taxation
    - presented, 20, 52–53, 160–161, 260–261, 468–470, 573–574, 614–615, 742–743, 954–955, 1582, 1661–1663, 1752–1753
  - Teachers' contracts
    - presented, 3077–3078, 3180, 3251–3252, 3364, 3445–3446, 3511
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - presented, 474
  - Women's shelters
    - presented, 372
- Ornge
  - conflict of interest, 524
  - criminal investigation, 615
  - executive management
    - salaries, 1124–1125
  - freedom of information (FOI) requests, 574, 658–659, 743, 789–790
  - investigation by select committee, 1124–1125
  - operational decisions, 615
- Personal support workers
  - salaries, 1678–1679
- Physician recruitment
  - Windsor-Essex County, 266
- Prescription drugs
  - exceptional access program (EAP), 422
  - prices, 422
- Private members' public business
  - Comprehensive Public Sector Compensation Freeze Act, 2012 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 2639–2640
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Fairness For Employees), 2012 (Bill 77)
    - second reading, 2086–2087
  - Northern Ontario
    - responded to, 815–816
  - Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act (HST Rebate For Home Heating), 2011 (Bill 4)
    - second reading, 85–86
  - Taxation
    - presented, 492–494, 500
- Public consultations, 2502
- Public education campaigns
  - Women
    - International Women's Day, 1010–1011
- Public health units
  - closure, 306
- Public sector employees
  - executive salaries, 1497, 1535
    - cap, 1679
  - pay-for-performance programs, 3078, 3250–3251
  - salaries over $100,000
    - disclosure, 301
  - wage freeze, 1420, 1625, 2623–2624
    - in British Columbia, 2623, 2639, 2670, 3198–3199
    - legislated, 3561–3562
  - whistle-blower protection, 1679
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3197–3199
- Renewable energy industry
  - reform, 416
- Replacement workers, 2086
- School closures
  - Hamilton–Wentworth District School Board, 2675
- ServiceOntario
  - privatization, 3053, 3064
  - security violation at kiosk locations, 2835
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Budget 2012
    - economists, 1418
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - third reading, 3052–3054
- Tax increases
  - on salaries of $500,000 or more, 1678
- Teacher salaries, 959
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3077–3078, 3180, 3251–3252, 3364, 3445–3446, 3511–3512
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 43–49
- Tributes
  - victims of VIA Train 92 crash in Burlington, 657–658
- Unemployment, 837, 1417, 1419, 1799, 2189, 3078, 3365
  - Ontario, 904
- Union certification
  - card- vs. vote-based, 2086
- Water supply
  - contamination in Walkerton, 306
- Women
  - economic inequality, 1010
- Women's emergency shelters
  - municipal funding, 372
- Workers' rights, 2086–2087
  - right to unionize, 2087
Hoskins, Hon. E. (LIB, St. Paul's)
- Aboriginal youth
  - mental health care, 2124
  - suicide, 3567–3568
- Adoption programs
  - accountability and oversight, 1048
- Child poverty
  - reduction, 1328–1329, 1365
- Child protection
  - reform, 1994
- Children
  - crown wards, 2321–2322, 2428–2429
    - age of support, 164–165, 794–795, 2322
- Children with disabilities
  - autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
    - eligibility for intensive behavioral intervention (IBI) therapy, 2789
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - accountability, 2993
- Children's mental health care
  - comprehensive mental health and addictions strategy, 2124–2125, 2178, 2266–2267
  - government initiatives, 754
  - school supports, 2124
- Children's mental health treatment centres
  - closure of Thistletown Regional Centre for Children and Adolescents, 2175–2176, 3517–3518
- Community youth supports programs, 3723
  - government funding, 3082
- Human rights
  - gender identity, 2291
- Medical research
  - autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 1411
- Ministerial statements
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 753–754
  - Children's Mental Health Week
    - presented, 2123–2124
  - World Autism Awareness Day
    - presented, 1411–1412
  - Youth services
    - presented, 2321–2322
- Ministry of Children and Youth Services
  - autism intervention program, 1156
- Northern Ontario
  - children's services, 3567–3568
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - children's aid societies, oversight of, 2993
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal children and youth
    - responded to, 3567–3568
  - Adoption
    - responded to, 1048
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 1156, 2558, 2789
  - Child protection
    - responded to, 2428–2429
  - Child protection system
    - responded to, 1994
  - Children's aid societies
    - responded to, 2993
  - Children's mental health services
    - responded to, 2175–2176, 2266–2267
  - Mental health services
    - responded to, 2178
  - Poverty
    - responded to, 303, 1328–1329
  - School nutrition programs
    - responded to, 2377
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 1365
  - Youth services
    - presented, 3723
    - responded to, 165, 794–795, 3082–3083, 3517–3518
- Persons with disabilities
  - autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
    - supports and services, 1411, 2558
- Poverty reduction strategy, 303
- Private members' public business
  - Children and Youth in Care Day Act, 2012 (Bill 90)
    - second reading, 3647
  - Jewish Heritage Month Act, 2012 (Bill 17)
    - second reading, 650
  - Toby’s Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity or Gender Expression), 2012 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 2291
- Public education campaigns
  - Anti-discrimination
    - Pink Shirt Day, 754
  - Community development
    - Children and Youth in Care Day, 2321, 3647
  - Cultural/religious
    - Jewish Heritage Month, 650
  - Health
    - Children's Mental Health Week, 2123–2124
    - World Autism Awareness Day, 1411–1412
- Reports
  - My REAL Life Book (report from the Youth Leaving Care Hearings, Ontario), 2321–2322, 2428, 3647
- School breakfast programs, 2377
- Transgender persons, 2291
Hudak, T. (PC, Niagara West–Glanbrook)
- Aboriginal communities
  - Six Nations of the Grand River, 2730
- Affordable Energy and Restoration of Local Decision Making Act, 2012 (Bill 42)
  - first reading, 965
- Air ambulance services
  - patient safety, 2669
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - general discussion, 3250
- Annual reports
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
    - Annual Report 2011, 363, 415–416, 952
- Appreciation
  - Bradley, Hon. James J. (St. Catharines), 2830–2831
- Apprenticeship training programs, 158–160, 258–259, 2309
  - journeyman-to-apprentice ratios, 210–211
  - reform, 40–41, 158–159, 210, 258–289, 760, 4181
- Arbitration
  - reform, 3664–3666, 3772–3773
- Automobile industry
  - job losses, 2876–2877
- Budget, 1341, 1579–1581, 1622–1624, 1750–1752, 1796, 1798
  - balanced budget, 1040–1042, 1341–1342, 1344, 4203
    - by 2017-2018, 1624, 1750–1751
  - statements by third parties, 1796–1797
- Budget deficit, 34, 39, 94, 467, 522, 1242–1243, 1343–1344, 1462
- Business
  - regulations, reduction in, 1105, 1343
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - closure, proposed, 3443–3445
- Corporate tax reduction, 689–691, 760–761, 1343, 1461–1462, 2309
  - job creation and, 657, 759
  - to 10 per cent, 760–761
- Economic conditions, 2549–2550
- Economic decline
  - government response, 38–39
  - international, 34
- Economic policy, 3612
- Economic statement (15 October 2012)
  - responded to, 4203–4204
- Economic statement (23 November 2011)
  - responded to, 34
- Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown transit line
  - building above or below grade, 921
- Electricity bills
  - debt retirement charge, 415
- Electricity exports, 416
- Energy agencies
  - privatization, 2371
- Energy rates, 834
  - employment, impact on, 2370–2371, 2729
  - increase, 40, 834, 952–953, 2370–2371
  - manufacturing industry, impact on, 2832–2833
- Feed-in tariff (FIT) program, 834, 951–953, 1105, 1343, 2371
  - cost, 1216, 1223
  - international programs, 364
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - cost, 3126, 3885–3887, 4034–4035
  - relocation, 3886
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
  - plant closure in Oshawa, 2668, 2728–2729
- Government consultants
  - Don Drummond (former chief economist, TD Bank), 468
- Government credit rating, 760, 1751, 1929–1931, 2621–2622
- Government debt, 34, 613, 760, 1040, 1341, 1343, 1579, 3772
- Government deficit, 759, 1750–1751, 1797
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - budget deficit, 34, 39
    - government debt/deficit, 1040
    - government spending, 1342, 1751
- Government services
  - competition for government contracts, 1343
- Government spending, 466–467, 613–614, 760, 1041, 1104–1105, 1342, 1580–1581, 1624, 3126–3127, 3317
  - increase, 34, 39–40, 1750
  - public service, 40
  - reduction, 1622–1623
  - wind turbines, 1462
- Health care reform, 3510–3511
- Hospital funding, 2058–2059
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 1796–1798
- Interest rates, 1579–1580
- Job creation, 759–760, 834, 900, 1324–1325, 1342–1344, 1581, 1751, 2309, 4203
- Job losses, 38–40, 2307–2308
- Kindergarten, full-day
  - in Drummond Report, 523, 572–573
- Legislative process, 467–468
- Local health integration networks (LHINs), 3509–3510
  - closure, proposed, 3443–3445
- Manufacturing industry
  - energy rates, impact on, 2729
  - job losses, 2308, 2833–2834
- Members' privileges, 3885–3887
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants
    - release of additional documents, 4181–4182
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3885–3887
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (1990–1991)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 953
  - withdrawn, 363, 468, 1623
- Members'/ministers' resignations
  - Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo), 1928
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 34, 4203–4204
- Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC)
  - salaries, 3613
- Northern Ontario, 1343
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1340–1344
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - employment, 363–364
- Ontario Public Service (OPS), 18–19
  - growth, 3664
  - job creation, 3613
- Opposition day motions
  - Corporate tax reduction
    - presented, 759–761
  - Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
    - presented, 759–761
  - Public transit
    - presented, 920–922
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - presented, 920–922
  - Taxation
    - presented, 759–761
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal land dispute
    - presented, 2729–2730
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 834–835, 2669
  - Apprenticeship training
    - presented, 158–160, 209–211, 258–259
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 951–953, 2370–2371
  - Government record
    - presented, 415–416
  - Government spending
    - presented, 17–19, 50–52, 93–95, 466–468, 1041–1042, 1104, 1242–1243, 1580–1581, 2110–2112
  - Health care
    - presented, 3443–3444, 3510–3511
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 2058–2059
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 2370
  - Job creation
    - presented, 1324–1325, 1461, 2307–2309, 4180–4181
  - Local health integration networks
    - presented, 3444–3445, 3509–3510
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 2668, 2728–2729, 2832–2833
  - Municipal planning
    - presented, 259–260
  - Municipalities
    - presented, 3772–3773
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 1462, 1622–1624, 1750–1752, 1796–1798, 3062–3064
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 1105–1106, 2549–2550, 2875–2877, 3033–3034, 3612
  - Ontario public service
    - presented, 1397–1399, 2169–2170, 2548–2549, 2621–2623, 3075–3077, 3125–3127, 3248–3250, 3316–3317, 3613, 3664–3666, 4034–4036
  - Ontario's credit rating
    - presented, 1929–1931
  - Power plants
    - presented, 4181–4182
  - Provincial debt
    - presented, 1040, 1241–1242, 1579–1580
  - Public services
    - presented, 521–523, 571–573, 612–614
  - Public transit
    - presented, 900–902
  - Renewable energy
    - presented, 362–364, 834
  - School boards
    - presented, 3177–3179
  - Taxation
    - presented, 655–657, 689–691
  - Wage rates
    - presented, 2833–2834
- Ornge
  - investigation by select committee, 834–835
- PC Party documents/plans
  - Paths to Prosperity, 3887, 4204
- Petitions
  - Hospital funding, 2564
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable Energy and Restoration of Local Decision Making Act, 2012 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1215–1217, 1222–1223
- Public sector employees
  - pay-for-performance programs, 3077, 3125–3127, 3248–3249, 3317
  - salaries, 2170–2171, 3076, 3772–3773, 4036
    - Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), 4035
  - sick-leave gratuities, 3249–3250, 3316
  - unionized vs. non-unionized workers, 50–51, 93–94
  - wage freeze, 17–18, 40, 50–51, 95, 467, 614, 760, 1343, 1397–1399, 1798, 2110–2112, 2309, 2548–2549, 2621–2623, 3077, 3126, 3179, 3316–3317, 3773, 4034–4035
    - in British Columbia, 51, 2169, 2548, 2623
- Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 521–522, 571–573, 612, 1341–1342, 1623–1624, 1751
  - education spending, 613–614
  - implementation, 656
  - tax reform, 655–656
  - teacher-student ratios, 573, 612
- Regulations
  - reduction, 4204
- Renewable energy industry
  - surplus power, 1216
- Renewable energy projects
  - cost, 2370
  - Samsung C&T Corporation, 363
    - agreement with Six Nations of the Grand River, 2730
- School board accountability, 3177–3179
- Skilled trades workers
  - shortage, 209
- Tax increases, 1104
- Tax reduction, 2876
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3075–3076, 3125–3126, 3177–3179, 3249, 3316
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 38–41
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - subway system
    - expansion, 900–902, 920
- Tributes
  - victims of VIA Train 92 crash in Burlington, 655
- Unemployment, 1341, 1344, 2308–2309, 2550, 3885–3886, 4181
- Wage decrease
  - Ontario and Nova Scotia, 94
- Wage growth, 2833–2834
- Wind Concerns Ontario, 259
- Wind turbines
  - municipal planning authority, 1216