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MacCharles, T. (LIB, Pickering–Scarborough East)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Accessibility for disabled persons, 2507 , 2593
cost to implement, 2508
as employment standard, 2594
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1348 , 1458 , 1491–1492
Accepting Schools expert panel, 1492
government funding, 1492–1493
Appreciation
Carr, Annaleise (long distance swimmer), 3141–3142
Automobile registration/fees
Budget, 1664 , 1754–1755
Bullying, 1348 , 1492
Cancer
Cancer prevention, 4191
Child abuse
Childbirth
Children
Children's health care
inherited heart rhythm disorder (IHRD), 2495
Committee procedure
use of dilatory tactics, 1938
Construction industry
Economic productivity, 2376
Emergency services
Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007, c. 6
Family caregiver leave, 1519–1520
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Firefighters, 958
Forest firefighting, 3780
Frenchman's Bay harbour entrance project (Pickering), 485–486 , 492
environmental assessment, 485
government funding, 485–486
G20 summit
request for public inquiry, 1075
Government record
Government service transfer
from municipal to provincial jurisdiction, 1402
Government-business relations, 55
Graduation rates
Great Lakes
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit, 3115–3118 , 3498–3499 , 3547–3548
Jobs and Prosperity Council, 2376
Kindergarten, full-day, 3406
Legislative process, 1458 , 1491
LGBTQ youth/students
gay-straight alliances (GSAs), 1493
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 3513–3514
Long-term care
Members' privileges, 3868–3871
Members' statements
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3411
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4156
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3868–3871
Members'/ministers' salaries
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 3478
Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)
memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Education, 3214–3215
Opposition day motions
Public transit
Subway expansion (Toronto)
Oral questions
Accessibility for the disabled
Breast cancer
Business support programs
Construction industry
Economic development
Education
Firefighters
Forest firefighting
Health care
Home care
Municipalities
Ontario public service
Pan Am Games
Post-secondary education
Protection of Great Lakes
User fees
Ornge
whistle-blower protection, 3478
Pan American Games 2015
athletic centre, University of Toronto Scarborough, 4145–4146
budget, 2466
Ontario economy, impact on, 1540
Personal support workers, 3499
Persons with disabilities
community-based developmental services, 3753
select committee on developmental services strategy, 3752–3753
Petitions
Pickering, City of
economic development, 485–486
tourism industry, 486
Police screening, 1906
Post-secondary education, 1664
tuition grant for undergraduates, 1664
Private members' public business
Childhood obesity
Children and Youth in Care Day Act, 2012 (Bill 90)
Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
First Responders Day Act, 2012 (Bill 123)
Infrastructure program spending
Inherited Heart Rhythm Disorders Awareness Act, 2012 (Bill 81)
Municipal Amendment Act (Election of Chair of York Region), 2012 (Bill 60)
Ontario Public Service
Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2012 (Bill 24)
Services for the developmentally disabled
Provincial-municipal relations
re transit system expansion in Toronto, 931
Public education campaigns
Community development
Children and Youth in Care Day, 3648
Health
Heart and Stroke Foundation, 962–963
Professional associations/occupations
Registered practical nurses' Queen's Park day, 1998–1999
Public sector employees
pay-for-performance programs, 3639
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 3406 Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Reports
My REAL Life Book (report from the Youth Leaving Care Hearings, Ontario), 3648
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Schools in rural Ontario, 3213
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Senior citizens, 4199
accessibility and mobility in the home, 3792
tax credits, 3115–3117
Standing Orders
S.O. 23(b) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Directs speech to other matters, 3500
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Students/graduates
training program in specialist skills, 2880
Teacher salaries
wage freeze, legislated, 3405
Teachers
Tributes
Pickering–Scarborough East, 2681
Wildlife protection
economic and social impact, 2284
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
York, Regional Municipality of
MacLaren, J. (PC, Carleton–Mississippi Mills)
Aging population, 597
Air ambulance services
Alcoholic beverages
illegal sale in unlicensed establishments, 2862–2863
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Animal protection
farm animals, 1375
non-farm animals, 1053
Apprenticeship training programs
Committee membership, 3960
Court cases/actions
Currency exchange rates
Dog owners
Energy rates, 598
global adjustment charge, 2364
Engineering associations
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3957
Government spending, 599
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
impact on small business, 2213
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit
Landlord and tenant, 2212
Landlord and Tenant Board, 2213
Medical records
Members' privileges, 3957–3960
Members' statements
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 609–611
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 3760–3762
Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 65)
Ombudsman of Ontario
air ambulance service, oversight of, 3760
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario health premium (OHP), 3760
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 4117–4118
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 37)
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 47)
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 1374
Ornge
executive management
for-profit entities, 3759
whistle-blower protection, 3760 , 3762
Petitions
Horse racing industry, 2235
Wind turbines, 969
Pit bull terriers
Private members' public business
Comprehensive Public Sector Compensation Freeze Act, 2012 (Bill 92)
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Serving Liquor in Certain Places), 2012 (Bill 93)
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 47)
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Act, 2012 (Bill 15)
Public Safety Related to Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 16)
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 597 Rent increases
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Slaughtering and slaughterhouses
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 597
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Throne speech debate
Youth mental health care, 427
MacLeod, L. (PC, Nepean–Carleton)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
second reading, 412 , 1264–1272 , 1274 , 1490 , 1651 , 1656 , 1819 , 1824 , 2057
third reading, 2690–2696
Air ambulance services
Ottawa flight base, 2987–2988
power of minister to intervene, 3808
Alcoholic beverage industry
home delivery service regulations, 167
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 80)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 225 , 1265–1266 , 1268–1272 , 1385 , 1490 , 2057 , 2694–2696
Bill 13 and Bill 14
consideration in committee, 2037
programs, 1264–1265
in schools, 1385
Appreciation
Brain injuries
Bullying, 1265–1267 , 2692–2693
Bullying, cyberbullying, 1267
Bullying, definition of, 2691
Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), 2774
Children's mental health care
Consumer prices
impact of harmonized sales tax (HST), 2418–2419
Co-operative education programs, 1211–1212
Coroner inquests
Leighton, Eric (grade 12 student), 3620
Energy rates
French-language debates
Pétitions
Industrie des courses de chevaux, 1770
Gambling
mental health risks, 3272
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3881
cost, 3878–3879 , 4090
investigation by Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 4089
Government debt, 2443 , 3094
Government deficit, 3170–3171 , 3464–3465
Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A, 3009 Harmonized sales tax (HST)
removal of provincial portion from home heating, 3701
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit, 3554 , 3701
Horse racing industry, 3273
Job losses, 161 , 167
Kindergarten, full-day, 3170–3177
Legislative procedure
informing Opposition of business of the House, 1516
use of dilatory tactics, 1271 , 1274
Legislative process, 1266–1267 , 1270–1271 , 1274
LGBTQ youth/students
anti-bullying initiatives, 1266
Lobbyists, 1837–1838
Members' privileges, 3878–3881
Members' statements
Avon Maitland District school board, 3676
Bahro, Joe; Albert Corace, 583–584
Barrhaven Food Cupboard, 753
Bullying, 4199
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, 2228–2229
Campbell, Hélène, 2598
Hubley, Jamie, 27–28
John George Lynch-Staunton, 3374
Newman, John, 1114–1115
Paxton, Dawn, 2072
Pigott, Jean, 533–534
School transportation, 2888
Suicide prevention, 913
Vernon Women's Institute, 3455
Wind turbines, 1006–1007
Members'/ministers' appreciation
Pigott, Jean (former MPP for Ottawa–Carleton), 533–534
Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo), 755
Members'/ministers' conduct
Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1205
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3698
Members/ministers imputing motive, 947
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 4089–4090
redacted information, 3880
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministerial statements
Anti-bullying initiatives
Concussions
Co-op education
Teachers' contracts
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
accountability, 3806–3807
air ambulance service, oversight of, 1837
Occasional teachers
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG), 3272–3273 , 3279
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3590 , 3593–3594 , 3596
removal of independent planning and review, 3580
salaries, 3594 , 3596
Oral questions
Air ambulance service
Education funding
Government spending
Healthy schools
Ontario public service
Power plants
Red tape reduction
School accommodation
School boards
School safety
School transportation
Teachers' contracts
Women's shelter
Ornge
executive management, 2736
whistle-blower protection, 3807
Petitions
Private members' public business
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Education Amendment Act (Blocker Pads), 2012 (Bill 102)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
Ontario Public Service
Public education campaigns
Public sector employees
pay-for-performance programs, 3639–3640
salaries over $100,000, 3010
wage freeze, 54 , 3081 , 3154 , 3157 , 3363 , 3464–3466 , 3640
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
School board accountability, 1586 , 1631
School board trustees
School bus transportation
School cafeterias
Schools
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Special education teachers
Standing Orders
S.O. 23(h) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Allegations against member, 372
S.O. 23(i) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Imputes false or unavowed motives, 372
S.O. 23(j) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Deliberate falsehood, 372
S.O. 23(k) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Abusive or insulting language, 372
S.O. 56 Government business - Business for ensuing week, 1516
S.O. 94 Private bills - Notice required to dispense with Standing Order, 2037
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Student evaluation, 3151–3152 , 3155–3156
Supply Act, 2012 (Bill 46)
Teacher salaries
Tributes
Lynch-Staunton, George (former Senator), 3374
Wind turbines
Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
consumer protection legislation, 2774
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
Women's emergency shelters
Nelson House, temporary closure of, 2882–2883
Working Families Coalition, 54
Workplace accidents/fatalities
Ottawa Catholic District School Board, 3620
Youth/students
concussions, 915–916
diagnostic assessment/testing, 3465
homeless youth, 167
Mangat, A. (LIB, Mississauga–Brampton South)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 2711
Automobile industry
Automobile insurance
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), 3604
Child care, 3188–3189
Children's mental health care, 2471
Consumer protection
Education funding, 2341–2342
Excavation safety
Government record
Health care funding, 2342
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit, 3691
International investment
foreign direct investment (FDI), 394
Kindergarten, full-day, 3189
LGBTQ youth/students
gay-straight alliances (GSAs), 2711
Members' statements
Baxter Corp., 270
Child care, 3188–3199
Education funding, 1707
Fair Share for Peel, 669
Paramount Fine Foods, 1506
Sheridan College, 376
Sikh temple shooting, 3090
Oral questions
Private members' public business
Insurance Amendment Act (Risk Classification Systems for Automobile Insurance), 2012 (Bill 45)
Ontario One Call Act, 2011 (Bill 8)
Property Owners’ Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 72)
Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Throne speech debate
Tributes
victims of Oak Creek Sikh Temple shooting, 3090
Unions
Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), 4189
Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
Mantha, M. (NDP, Algoma–Manitoulin)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Air ambulance services
quality of care, 2809
transparency and accountability, 2806
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1484 , 1490
Appreciation
Children's mental health care
Committees
Legislative committees
to review policies that impact northern Ontario, 818
Consumer prices
Corporate tax reduction, 83
Crown land
Energy rates
forest industry, impact on, 1715
increase, 3590
Environmental protection
in Ontario budget 2012, 2447
reform, 2530
Family caregiver leave, 1477
eligibility, 1197
job protection and, 1196
small business, impact on, 2615
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Forest industry
French-language debates
Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des député(e)s
Loi modifiant la Loi sur la taxe de vente au détail pour prévoir un remboursement de la composante ontarienne de la taxe de vente harmonisée à l'égard de certains frais de chauffage domestique, projet de loi 4, 83
Loi de 2012 sur la Société d'exploitation du réseau d'électricité de l'Ontario, projet de loi 75
Loi de 2012 sur le crédit d'impôt pour l'aménagement du logement axé sur le bien-être, projet de loi 12
Loi modifiant la Loi de 2000 sur les normes d’emploi en ce qui concerne le congé familial pour les aidants naturels, projet de loi 30
Pétitions
Questions orales
Services d'ambulance aérienne, 1248
Gasoline prices
Government record
Government services
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
Health care
travel support
grant for northern Ontario, 2948
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Highway maintenance
Home renovation tax credit, 3556–3557 , 3695
Hospital funding
Housing, affordable, 1645
Income tax
tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 2346
Legislative process, 1490–1491 , 3698–3699
Members' statements
Children's mental health services, 2471
Cordukes/Weber 12-Sided Barn, 3622–3623
Elliot Lake Seniors Roundtable, 2071
Emiry, Tristan, 1760
Government services, 1368
Northern Ontario, 582
Road maintenance, 169
Royal Canadian Legion, 2470–2471
Royal Canadian Legion public speaking contest, 912
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 82–84 , 322–325
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 323–325
Members'/ministers' votes/voting
free vote on Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act, 2011, 56
Mineral exploration
Aboriginal communities
consultation with, 2114
training programs, 3525
Ring of Fire, 3525 , 3587
Mineral resources
Mining industry accidents
ore pass accident at Vale Ltd.'s Stobie Mine in Sudbury, 747
Ministerial statements
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 2808–2810
Ministry of Natural Resources
employees, purchase of crown land, 4190
Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 65)
Northern Ontario, 818
grants
health travel grant, 2948
Nuclear generating stations
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
second reading, 2822 , 2825 , 3014 , 3018 , 3022 , 3584–3587 , 3590 , 3654–3655 , 3657–3658 , 4110–4113 , 4118
Ontario Electricity System Operator (OESO)
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2825 , 3584 , 3654
salaries, 3590
Opposition day motions
Oral questions
Access to public lands
Air ambulance service
Family health teams
Hospital funding
Mining industry
Ministry spending
Northern health travel grant
Northern Ontario
Taxation
Workplace safety
Ornge
freedom of information (FOI) requests, 2808
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 2806
PC Party documents/plans
Paths to Prosperity, 3022
Petitions
Diagnostic services, 2567
Hydro rates, 849–850 , 917 , 1012 , 1170 , 1339 , 1371 , 1676–1677 , 1852 , 1945 , 2047 , 2439 , 2802 , 3006
Primary health care
Private members' public business
Northern Ontario
Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2012 (Bill 52)
Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act (HST Rebate For Home Heating), 2011 (Bill 4)
Renewable energy projects, 3022 , 3585
Rent control
middle-income groups, impact on, 1644
Rental housing
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act (HST Rebate For Home Heating), 2011 (Bill 4)
Senior citizens
ServiceOntario
licensing fee increase, 2368
privatization, 2446–2447 , 2530
stipend for kiosks in rural communities, 1368
Social assistance benefits
community start-up and maintenance benefit (CSUMB), 2534
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Throne speech quoted, 83–84
Water quality
North Shore, Township of, 582
Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
Youth/students
Marchese, R. (NDP, Trinity–Spadina)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Aggregate resources management
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1385–1386 , 1489
Appreciation
Apprenticeship training programs
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Budget deficit, 149
Bullying
Canadian history
blacks in Ontario and Canada, 588
Casino gambling, 2091
Condominiums
Consumer prices
Consumer protection
Corporate subsidies, 561 , 563
Corporate tax credits
Corporate tax reduction, 173–174 , 561–563 , 566 , 2899 , 2901 , 3638
banking sector, 562
job creation and, 765
Drugs, generic
patents in proposed Canada-EU comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA), 1995
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2024 , 2902 , 2904
Economic development, 2900
programs in China, 2902
southwestern Ontario, 2024
Economic growth
Economic inequality, 1386 , 1489
Education funding, 1386
Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown transit line
alternative financing and procurement (AFP), 3778
private operation, 3778
Elections/by-elections, 3637
Energy agencies, 2935
Energy conservation, 2942
Family caregiver leave
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Federal government
sales tax reduction, 2899
Feed-in tariff (FIT) program
Freedom of information, 3634
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
plant closure in Oshawa, 2674
Government consultants
Don Drummond (former chief economist, TD Bank), 564
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012)
PC (1995–2003)
energy industry, 2899 , 2935–2936
government debt/deficit, 2851
regulations, 2898
senior citizens, 3555
transit system expansion in Toronto, 926
Government revenue, 2852 , 2899
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
removal of provincial portion from home heating, 138–139 , 148
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home care funding, 350 , 434
Home renovation tax credit, 3638
Housing, affordable, 2208
Human rights
Income tax
tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 2852 , 3639
International trade agreements
Canada-European Union comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA), 1995
Job creation, 527 , 564–565 , 568
Job creation by private sector
Job losses, 2901
Kindergarten, full-day
childcare centres, impact on, 3243
Landlord and Tenant Board, 2214
Legislative procedure
Legislative process, 148–149 , 242 , 1488–1489 , 2025 , 2896 , 2902
LGBTQ youth/students, 1489
Members' statements
Book publishers, 2791
Community centres, 269
Condominium legislation, 2071–2072
Heap, Alice, 1369
Ontario Municipal Board, 962
Ontario Place, 582–583 , 1890
Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, 3372–3373
Remix Project, 2470
Mineral resources
processing within northern Ontario, 2900
Ministerial statements
Black History Month
Economic development
Italian Heritage Month
Ministry of Consumer Services, 1556
Niagara Escarpment
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 566
Nuclear generating stations
Darlington nuclear station, 2936
Ombudsman Amendment Act (School Boards), 2012 (Bill 112)
Ombudsman of Ontario
children's aid societies, oversight of, 4175
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
Toronto exemption, proposed, 962
Ontario Place Corp.
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2936 , 2939
removal of independent planning and review, 2936–2937
Ontario Public Service (OPS)
Opposition day motions
Corporate tax reduction
Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
Public transit
Subway expansion (Toronto)
Taxation
Oral questions
Aggregate extraction
Condominium legislation
Consumer protection
Economic development
Economic outlook and fiscal review
Generic drug industry
Job creation
Manufacturing jobs
Ontario Place
Public transit
Payroll taxes
Petitions
Private members' public business
Addressing Ontario’s Debt Through Alternatives to Public Sector Layoffs and Program Cuts Act, 2012 (Bill 94)
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Comprehensive Public Sector Compensation Freeze Act, 2012 (Bill 92)
Condominium dispute resolution
Ensuring Local Voices in New Casino Gambling Development Act, 2012 (Bill 76)
Jewish Heritage Month Act, 2012 (Bill 17)
Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2012 (Bill 110)
Ontario Public Service
Property Owners’ Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 72)
Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2012 (Bill 24)
Registered Retirement Savings Protection Plan Act, 2012 (Bill 120)
Toby’s Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity or Gender Expression), 2012 (Bill 33)
Transparency in Government Bills Act, 2012 (Bill 109)
Property Owners’ Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 72)
Public education campaigns
Cultural/religious
Black History Month, 588
Italian Heritage Month, 2797–2798
Jewish Heritage Month, 651
Public sector employees
pay-for-performance programs, 3637–3639
pensions
salaries
wage freeze, 3638
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
temporary regulatory changes during G20 protests, 786
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)
exemption from claims by creditors, 4168
Renewable energy projects
Rent control
exemptions
for units constructed/first occupied after November 1991, 2208 , 2212
for vacant units, 2206 , 2212
Rent increases
capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 2214
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Salaries, 566
decrease, 2901
public vs. private sector, 3220
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
general discussion, 786
second reading, 786
Security measures
Senior citizens
Small business
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 565 , 2024 , 2902 , 2904 , 2909
Sports organizations
for children under 18 years
background checks for staff and volunteers, 1903–1904
Statements by stakeholders
Screening of volunteers in amateur sports, 1903–1904
Subsidies, 561 , 563
Teacher collective bargaining, 3223–3224 , 3226
Teacher salaries
Throne speech debate
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Transfer payments
equalization program, 2851
Tuition fees, 3638
Unions, 3637
Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
consumer protection legislation, 2770–2771
consumers
roaming charges, 2772
transparency in billing/advertising, 2770
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
Matthews, Hon. D. (LIB, London North Centre)
Aboriginal communities
drug abuse
OxyContin, 840
treatment programs, 1630
Air ambulance service
Air ambulance services
audit, 525 , 574–575 , 789–790 , 839 , 905 , 955 , 1044 , 1109 , 1165 , 1201 , 1363 , 1837
emergency dispatch system, 2593 , 2785 , 2990
paramedics, availability of, 2881
patient safety, 2264–2266
performance agreement, 1364 , 2425
quality of care, 694–695 , 745–746 , 793 , 837 , 839 , 908 , 957 , 1109 , 1202 , 1204 , 1855–1856 , 2034 , 2223–2224 , 2376–2377 , 2592–2593
reform, 1855–1857 , 2780–2781
transparency and accountability, 576–577 , 619 , 658–659 , 692 , 747 , 839–841 , 955–957 , 1166 , 1856 , 1935 , 2066
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Asthma
primary care asthma programs, 1992
Bedbugs
Blood and blood products, 1632
Canadian Blood Services
closure of Thunder Bay clinic, 1632
Cancer
Cancer care, 1893–1894 , 2428
Cancer drugs, 1894
Cancer prevention
Charitable fundraising
Childbirth
Children's mental health care
Committee witnesses
protections, immunities and rights, 3182
Community care access centres (CCACs)
Doctor fees/salaries
two-year pay freeze, 2733
Doctor shortage
Doctors
alternate funding plan (AFP), 419
Drug abuse
Drugs, generic
Elder abuse
in long-term care facilities, 21–22
reports, 164
Emergency rooms
Emergency services
dispatch systems, 3135
regional operation of, 3069
quality of care, 958
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
Freedom of information
compliance rates, 4003
provisions expanded to include universities, public utilities and hospitals, 1856
Government contracts
restrictions on hiring external lobbyists in the public sector, 1856
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012)
PC (1995–2003)
Government spending
expense and procurement rules in the health and broader public sectors, 1856
Health care, 1201 , 1308–1309
Health care funding, 1856
Health care reform, 746–747 , 790–791 , 3447–3448
HIV/AIDS treatment/research, 268
Home care
Home care funding, 164 , 1002 , 1106–1107 , 1756 , 2435–2436 , 3405 , 3448–3449
Hospital administrators
Hospital construction
Hospital expansion
Cambridge Memorial Hospital, 102
Joseph Brant Hospital (Burlington), 1757
Hospital funding, 2842 , 3616
Hospital redevelopment
West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, 2036
Hospital services
neonatal intensive care, 3721
Niagara Health System, 4092
Hospitals
Shouldice Hospital, sale to Centric Health Corp., 3776
Legal aid clinics, 4002
Legislative procedure
Lobbyists, 1856
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 3509–3510
Long-term care
Long-term care beds
Long-term care facilities
Medical records
diabetes registry, 3673
electronic records, 3674
Medical transplants
beadonor.ca campaign, 1842–1843 organ and tissue donation
organ donor registration, 2064
Members' privileges, 4004–4005
Members'/ministers' conduct
Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1203
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 665 , 1444–1446 , 2536 , 2662 , 2783
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 4004
access to documents/information re eHealth Ontario, 4043
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' remarks
NDP (2007–2011)
Gélinas, France (Nickel Belt), 419
withdrawn, 2671 , 4003
Mental health care
comprehensive mental health and addictions strategy, 2173–2174
government funding, 2220
nurses, 2230
Mental health treatment centres
Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 4039
Midwifery, 2031
education and training, 2041
Ministerial statements
Air ambulance service
Breast cancer
Cancer care
Midwifery
Nursing Week
Personal support workers
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
aging-at-home strategy, 219
air ambulance service, oversight of, 575–576 , 578 , 615–616 , 618–619 , 658 , 661 , 743–744 , 838 , 904–905 , 958–959 , 999–1000 , 1044 , 1165 , 1200–1202 , 1206 , 1500 , 1584–1585 , 1628 , 1837 , 2424–2425 , 2505–2507 , 2552 , 3130 , 3253 , 3367
Your Health Care Options website, 3134
Northern Ontario
grants
health travel grant, 2948
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
clinical best practice guidelines, 794
employment, 2230 , 2374
Obesity in children
Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
Oral questions
Addiction services
AIDS treatment
Air ambulance service
responded to, 525–527 , 574–578 , 615–621 , 658–661 , 692–695 , 743–747 , 788–794 , 796 , 835 , 837–841 , 904–906 , 908 , 955–957 , 959 , 999–1000 , 1044 , 1108–1110 , 1198–1206 , 1331 , 1363–1364 , 1466–1469 , 1500 , 1584–1585 , 1628 , 1836–1837 , 1935–1936 , 1991 , 1993 , 2062–2063 , 2066 , 2219–2220 , 2223–2224 , 2264–2266 , 2376–2377 , 2424–2426 , 2505 , 2552 , 2554 , 2671–2673 , 2675–2677 , 2734–2738 , 2780–2781 , 2783 , 2836–2838 , 2879 , 2881 , 2945 , 2947–2949 , 2992–2993 , 3039 , 3041 , 3067 , 3253 , 3367
Ambulance services
Arbitration
Asthma
Bedbug infestation
Blood donation
Breast cancer
Cancer treatment
Childhood obesity
Children's mental health services
Committee witnesses
Community care access centres
Diabetes
Doctor shortage
Doctors' services
Drug shortage
Electronic health information
Emergency services
Executive compensation
Family health teams
Family Service Ontario
Firefighters
Government record
Health care
responded to, 419 , 621–622 , 746–747 , 1042–1043 , 1330 , 2066–2067 , 3066–3067 , 3069–3070 , 3133–3134 , 3186–3187 , 3322–3323 , 3444 , 3448–3449 , 3510–3511 , 3513–3514 , 3564 , 3669 , 3776
Health care funding
Health promotion
Home and community care
Home care
Hospital funding
Hospitals
Local health integration networks
Long-term care
Mental health and addiction services
Mental health services
Midwifery
Northern health travel grant
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
Obstetrical care
Ontario public service
Organ and tissue donation
Organ donation
Patient transfers
Pest control
Pharmacists
Prescription drug abuse
Prescription drugs
Privatization of public services
Public health
Salary disclosure
Senior citizens
Seniors' health services
Tobacco control
Whistle-blower protection
Ornge
board of directors, 744 , 793 , 906 , 1204 , 1468 , 1628 , 1837 , 2062–2063
criminal investigation, 525 , 527 , 575 , 617 , 693 , 835 , 837 , 839 , 905 , 956 , 1044 , 1109
executive management, 788 , 1108 , 2736
as federally regulated charity, 1364
for-profit entities, 1936
freedom of information (FOI) requests, 659 , 743 , 789–790 , 956 , 1000
funding amendment, 3039 , 3041
investigation by select committee, 789 , 794 , 796 , 835
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1331 , 1466 , 1836–1837 , 2424 , 3129 , 3182 , 3253
committee witnesses, 2736
London flight base
operational decisions, 693 , 2426
staffing, 2220 , 2836 , 2945 , 2947–2948
whistle-blower protection, 2780
Paramedics
certification requirements, 2629
Personal support workers, 2435–2436
Pharmacists, 4089
Physician recruitment
northern Ontario, 622
Windsor-Essex County, 266
Prescription drugs
Primary health care
family health teams
North Dufferin, 2952–2953
Public education campaigns
Professional associations/occupations
Public health care, 306
Public health care programs
diabetes treatment and prevention, 219
health promotion, 264–265
Public sector employees
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Renewable energy projects
Reports
Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario), 1165 , 1198–1206
Senior citizens
Students/graduates
Ontario compared to other jurisdictions, 3225–3226
Water quality, 306
Water supply
contamination in Walkerton, 306
Mauro, B. (LIB, Thunder Bay–Atikokan)
Aboriginal youth, 4043
Right to Play program, 4042
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Appreciation
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Budget
Budget deficit, 399
Committee witnesses, 1970
Corporate subsidies, 2196
Corporate tax credits
Currency exchange rates
Economic decline
northern Ontario, impact on, 126
Education funding, 1746
Electricity rebates
northern Ontario
energy tax credit, 3586
northern industrial energy rebate (NIER) program, 1721 , 1744 , 3584
Ontario clean energy benefit (OCEB), 440 , 3586
Emergency Management Ontario (EMO)
Kashechewan and Fort Albany
Energy infrastructure
Energy rates, 3580
Forest industry
Government debt, 129
Government record
NDP (1990–1995)
PC (1995–2003)
Government service transfer
from municipal to provincial jurisdiction, 399 , 440
Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A, 233 Harmonized sales tax (HST), 193
removal of provincial portion from home heating, 139
Health care funding, 128 , 2343
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Highway construction
Home renovation tax credit, 193 , 3557
Hospital funding
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, 1845
Hospital services
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, 128
Infrastructure
Job creation, 2196
Jobs and Prosperity Council, 2195
Legislative procedure
use of dilatory tactics, 1743
Long-term care
Members' privileges, 3881–3885
Members' statements
Bombardier, 2599
Caribou Charity Ride, 4047
Churchill Trojans, 270–271
Flooding, 2559–2560 , 2680
Hajdinjak, Margaret, 2228
Miller, Eleanor, 534
Road maintenance, 2955–2956
Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, 1845
Thunder Bay Sportop Queens hockey club, 2038–2039
Weldon, Robbi, 3570
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3883
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' remarks
NDP (2011–2012)
Prue, Michael (Beaches–East York), 3883
withdrawn, 3882
Mineral exploration
Ring of Fire, 2196
chromite mine construction, 3586
Mineral resources
processing within northern Ontario, 1745
Mining industry
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 1969–1970
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Second Career Ontario program, 2196
Natural disasters
Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 1744 , 2195 , 2909
Northern Ontario, land development
consultation with Aboriginal communities, 1228–1229
Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
Ontario Building Code reform
wood frame mid-rise buildings, construction up to six storeys
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
biomass projects, 1745
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3580
Ontario's Wood First Act, 2012 (Bill 61)
Opposition day motions
Oral questions
Aboriginal children and youth
Assistance to flood victims
Emergency evacuation
Northern post–secondary education
Ornge
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1970
Petitions
Canadian Blood Services, 2962
Physician recruitment
Private members' public business
Far North Repeal Act, 2012 (Bill 44)
Ontario’s Wood First Act, 2012 (Bill 61)
Public education campaigns
Health
Movember, 233
National Brain Awareness Month, 233
Public transportation
Rural Ontario
Senior citizens
Small business
grants for northern Ontario, 2909
Speaker's rulings
quoted
Speaker Levac (Ontario), 3882
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Subsidies, 2196
Teachers, 1781
Throne speech debate
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
contracts
with Bombardier Inc. for new subway cars, 139
Transit systems
GO Transit
bi-level commuter train cars, purchase, 2599
Tributes
Miller, Eleanor (first female mayor of the amalgamated City of Thunder Bay), 534
McDonell, J. (PC, Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Appreciation
Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry, 1809
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Budget, 2147 , 2924
pre-budget consultations
delay in striking committees, impact on, 2527
Business
regulations, reduction in, 2925
Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), 2719 , 2723 , 2725
Cemeteries
land owners' responsibilities, 1505
Condominiums
Consumer prices
Consumer protection
condominium owners, 2297–2298
home owners, 2297–2298
land owners' responsibilities under the Cemeteries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, 1505
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2897 , 2909–2910 , 2921
Economic conditions, 2897 , 2924
Energy industry
Energy infrastructure
Energy rates
Engineering associations
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
Gasoline price regulation
Government credit rating, 2147
Government debt, 2152 , 3636–3637
Government deficit, 2923
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012)
government spending, 2923
Government regulation
Government revenue
from horse racing industry, 2518
Government spending, 725 , 2147 , 2153 , 2927 , 3636–3637 , 3642
Harmonized sales tax (HST), 2923
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit
Horse racing industry, 3278–3279
Housing, affordable
electricity rate increase contributing to rent increase, 1607 , 1615
Human rights
Immigration, 2925
Job losses, 3636
Landlord and Tenant Board, 1615
Legislative procedure
use of dilatory tactics, 2527
Legislative process, 1286–1287
Members' privileges, 3987–3990
Members' statements
Agape Centre, 1809
Community service awards, 2272
Consumer protection, 1505
Events in Ontario, 3373
North Stormont broomball teams, 2039
Pan Am Games, 375
Parkinson Superwalk, 3623–3624
Williamstown Fair, 2998
Youth bowling, 2511
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3537
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 2717–2718
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 856 , 3790
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3989
redacted information, 3988
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF), 2923–2924
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 4069–4070
Opposition day motions
Gasoline price regulation
Gasoline prices
Ornge
freedom of information (FOI) requests, 3495
investigation by select committee, 2924–2925 , 3493
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 3493
legal counsel, 3764
whistle-blower protection, 3764
Petitions
Air ambulance service, 1415–1416 , 1711–1712 , 1815 , 1899 , 2046–2047 , 2440–2441
Animal protection, 3004
Cornwall Community Hospital, 2606
Disability insurance, 2513–2514
Health care funding, 3331–3332 , 3378 , 3459
Horse racing industry, 2277 , 2324–2325 , 2685–2686 , 3005–3006
Lyme disease, 1058
Ontario College of Trades, 3145 , 3377 , 4207
Seniors' health services, 1416 , 1598–1599 , 1853 , 3628
Skilled trades, 313 , 483–484 , 758 , 1056 , 1258
Wind turbines, 801 , 2128 , 2326 , 2442 , 2748–2749 , 2891 , 3731–3732 , 3789
Police conduct, 855–856
Police screening, 1907
Private members' public business
Condominium dispute resolution
Inherited Heart Rhythm Disorders Awareness Act, 2012 (Bill 81)
Legislative Oversight of Regulations Act, 2012 (Bill 62)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
Ontario Public Service
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Act, 2012 (Bill 15)
Property Owners’ Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 72)
Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2012 (Bill 24)
Water testing
Wireless Phone, Smart Phone and Data Service Transparency Act, 2011 (Bill 5)
Property tax, 2923
Public education campaigns
Public sector employees
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 725 Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
enacting regulation 233/10
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Regulations
Renewable energy projects, 2923
Rent control
exemptions
for units constructed/first occupied after November 1991, 1615
Rent increases
cost of repairs passed onto tenants, 1615
Rental housing
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), 855
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Security measures
Senior citizens
accessibility and mobility in the home, 315–316
Small business
regulations, 2490
regulatory requirements
under technical standards and safety legislation, 3042
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 2897
Speaker
election (21 November 2011), 375
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Throne speech debate
Tuition fees, 2927
Unemployment rate, 2921
Water quality tests
user fees waived for non-profit organizations, 3738
Wildlife protection, 2351
Wireless phones, smart phones and data services, 2720
Canada vs. other countries, 2545 , 2720–2721
cancellation fees, capped, 2722
consumer protection legislation, 2718–2721 , 2723–2727
consumers
network infrastructure, 287
transparency in billing/advertising, 286–287 , 2721–2722 , 2725
unlocked devices, 2723
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
McGuinty, Hon. D. (LIB, Ottawa South)
An Act to perpetuate an ancient parliamentary right (Bill 1)
Air ambulance services
audit, 524 , 615
government funding, 2311
patient safety
coroner's investigations, 2669
quality of care, 2311
transparency and accountability, 662–663
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Animal protection
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 217
Appreciation
Bradley, Hon. James J. (St. Catharines), 2829–2830
Apprenticeship training programs, 158–159 , 209 , 4181
Arbitration
Automobile industry
Automobile insurance
anti-fraud task force, 418
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
Budget, 1462 , 1579–1581 , 1623–1624 , 1626 , 1800 , 2501–2502
balanced budget, 1041 , 1463–1464
low- and middle-income groups, impact on, 1496–1497
statements by third parties, 1358 , 1398 , 1581–1582 , 1624–1625 , 1798 , 2502
Budget deficit, 615 , 1242
Building permits, 2308
Business
Capital tax
Collective bargaining, 2623–2624
Collective bargaining process, 1397–1399
public sector wages, 2670
Community care access centres (CCACs)
Construction industry
Consumer prices, 418
Consumer protection
Corporate subsidies
Corporate tax credits
Corporate tax reduction, 20 , 574 , 689–690 , 742–743 , 1104 , 1461
freeze on further reductions, 1582 , 1624 , 2622
increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) and, 211 , 657 , 1461
job creation and, 211–212 , 574
Manitoba, 261 , 468
revenue loss, 3063
Cycling strategy, 2268
Doctor shortage
Economic conditions, 1105 , 2309 , 3364
Education funding, 1463 , 1497 , 2507 , 3076–3078
Elections/by-elections, 3408
Electricity exports, 416
Electricity rebates
Ontario clean energy benefit (OCEB), 261
Employment, 3364
Energy agencies
Energy industry
Energy rates
Family caregiver leave, 3249
Feed-in tariff (FIT) program, 952
Financial services industry
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 19–20 , 4036–4037
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
job creation, 2728
plant closure in Oshawa, 2668
Government credit rating, 1930–1931 , 1987
Government debt, 1040
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012)
budget deficit, 1302
economic development, 3402
education, 3127–3128 , 3180–3181 , 3317–3318 , 3364 , 3408
energy industry, 2370–2371 , 4182 , 4184
tax reduction, 468
NDP (1990–1995)
PC (1995–2003)
Government revenue, 1581
Government service transfer
from municipal to provincial jurisdiction, 260
Government services
Government spending, 613–614 , 1040 , 1580–1581 , 3401
Government-business relations, 1800
Gross domestic product (GDP), 3364
Harmonized sales tax (HST), 1104 , 2309
removal of provincial portion from home heating, 467 , 469 , 1625
Health care, 1245
Health care funding, 1358 , 1360 , 1497 , 3364
Highway safety
Home care funding, 1360 , 1464 , 2111
Home renovation tax credit, 20 , 259–261 , 299–300 , 3249
Horse racing industry, 1104–1105 , 1243
Hospital administrators
Hydro electric power
Income tax
tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 2502
Infrastructure
International trade
Job creation, 160–161 , 300 , 524 , 1244 , 1324 , 1326 , 1360 , 1399–1400 , 1582 , 1799 , 1932 , 2027 , 2308 , 3668–3669
Jobs and Prosperity Council, 1932 , 2028–2029 , 2309
Kindergarten, full-day, 1244 , 3180–3181
Legislative procedure
Legislative process, 468 , 1622–1624 , 1836 , 2501–2502 , 3258 , 3362 , 4183
LGBTQ youth/students
anti-bullying initiatives, 217
Local health integration networks (LHINs)
Long-term care facilities
Manufacturing industry
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' resignations
Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo), 1928–1929
Members'/ministers' travel, 3319
Mineral exploration
Aboriginal communities
Ring of Fire, 302 , 1401 , 2308
chromite mine construction, 2310
Mineral resources
Mining industry
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Natural disasters
floods
Thunder Bay
Ontario disaster relief assistance program (ODRAP), 2737
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 1400
Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)
Ontario child benefit (OCB)
Ontario College of Trades
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
Niagara Plant Group, 2421
Ontario Public Service (OPS), 18–19
Opposition parties
Leader of the Opposition, 1836
Oral questions
Aboriginal land dispute
Air ambulance
Air ambulance service
presented, 3256
responded to, 524–525 , 615 , 658 , 662–663 , 1001–1002 , 1249 , 1302–1304 , 1403 , 1835–1836 , 1987–1988 , 1993 , 2032 , 2590–2591 , 2669–2670 , 3181–3188 , 3252–3253 , 3257–3258 , 3321–3322 , 3325 , 3365–3366 , 3370–3371
Ambulance services
Animal protection
Anti-bullying initiatives
Apprenticeship training
Automobile insurance
Collective bargaining
Economic development
Education funding
Energy policies
Executive compensation
Fire safety
Gasoline prices
Government appointments
Government policies
Government policy
Government record
Government spending
responded to, 17–19 , 299–300 , 466–468 , 1104–1105 , 1242–1243 , 1357–1359 , 1580–1581 , 2110–2112 , 3318–3320 , 3401–3402
Government's agenda
Health care
Hydro rates
Job creation
presented, 4180–4181
responded to, 1324 , 1326 , 1359–1360 , 1399–1400 , 1461–1462 , 1798–1800 , 1932–1933 , 2027–2029 , 2308–2309 , 3446–3447 , 3668–3669
Local health integration networks
Manufacturing jobs
Members' privileges
Mining industry
Municipal planning
Northern Ontario
Ontario budget
Ontario economy
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
Ontario public service
responded to, 1397–1399 , 2260–2261 , 2420–2421 , 2587–2588 , 2621–2624 , 3075–3077 , 3125–3127 , 3248–3251 , 3316 , 3362 , 3664–3666 , 4034–4036
Ontario Public Service
Ontario's credit rating
Power plant
Power plants
Privatization of public services
Provincial debt
Public services
Public transit
Renewable energy
Road safety
School boards
Severance payments
Social assistance
Taxation
responded to, 20 , 160–161 , 260–261 , 468–470 , 573–574 , 614–615 , 655–657 , 689–691 , 742–743 , 1582
Teachers
Teachers' contracts
Wage rates
Ornge
executive management, 3183
Dr. Chris Mazza, former president and CEO, 1835–1836
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1304 , 1988 , 1993 , 2590–2591 , 3181–3182 , 3185–3188 , 3252–3254 , 3321 , 3323 , 3365
committee witnesses, 3366
PC Party documents/plans, 3401
Post-secondary education
Provincial-municipal relations, 3316
Public sector employees
executive salaries, 1497
pay-for-performance programs, 3077 , 3079 , 3125–3126 , 3248–3250 , 3317
pensions
salaries, 959 , 3079
sick-leave gratuities, 3250
wage freeze, 17–18 , 300 , 614 , 1625 , 2110–2112 , 2260–2261 , 2421 , 2587–2588 , 2621–2624 , 2671 , 3317
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 521–522 , 571–573 , 614 , 3401 Renewable energy industry, 259–260
Reports
DBRS Comments on 2012 Ontario Budget: Encouraging but ambitious (Dominion Bond Rating Service), 1324 , 1930
School board accountability, 3178–3179
ServiceOntario
Social services
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 161
Subsidies
Tax reduction, 2876
Tax reforms
Teacher collective bargaining, 3076–3078 , 3127 , 3403
Teacher salaries, 959 , 1003
wage freeze, legislated, 3076–3080 , 3125 , 3128 , 3178 , 3180 , 3250–3252 , 3316 , 3318 , 3362 , 3364 , 3403 , 3445–3446 , 3511–3512
Teachers, 1003
Telecommunications industry, 2834
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Tributes
victims of VIA Train 92 crash in Burlington, 655–656
Video game industry, 162
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
McKenna, J. (PC, Burlington)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Air ambulance services
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1352–1353 , 2701–2703
Bill 13 and Bill 14
in schools, 1826
Appreciation
Alexander, Lincoln M. (former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario), 1632
Burlington, 2954
VIA Rail employees re Burlington train crash, 2228
Automobile safety
aftermarket brake pads standards and specifications, 1567
Budget, 1757
Budget deficit, 989–990
Bullying, 1353
Children
Children's mental health care
Children's mental health treatment centres
closure of Thistletown Regional Centre for Children and Adolescents, 1208–1209
Condominiums
Diseases/disorders/conditions
inherited heart rhythm disorder (IHRD), 2491–2492
Elections/by-elections
campaign strategies, 3475
Energy industry
Energy rates
Family caregiver leave
eligibility, 989
employment insurance benefits (EI), 989
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Firearms control
Government spending, 3475
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
removal of provincial portion from home heating, 1530 , 3556 , 3558
Hazardous products
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit
Hospital expansion
Housing, affordable, 1646–1647
Human rights
Inherited Heart Rhythm Disorders Awareness Act, 2012 (Bill 81)
Interim supply motions
Job creation, 3556
Legislative procedure
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, 2nd Ed. 2009 (O’Brien and Bosc), 1810 use of dilatory tactics, 1647
Liberal Party campaigns/conventions
Long-term care
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation, 1394–1395
Trillium Gift of Life Network, 1395
Members' privileges, 3936–3938
Members' statements
Alexander, Lincoln, 1632–1633
Burlington Ribfest, 3259
Child safety, 669–670
Heslip, Brady, 1116
Kew, Dorothy, 106
PFLAG Canada, 2469–2470
Rail accident, 798 , 2228
Thistletown Regional Centre for Children and Adolescents, 1208–1209
Webb, Garth, 2271
Members'/ministers' appreciation
Alexander, Lincoln M. (former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario), 1633
Members'/ministers' constituents, 1810
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 969–972
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1825–1826
Members'/ministers' privileges, 1810–1811
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3936–3938
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministerial statements
Children's Mental Health Week
Education Week
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
World Autism Awareness Day
Youth services
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 3768–3769
Obesity, 636
Ombudsman of Ontario
children's aid societies, oversight of, 4172
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
expenditures, 4061
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 4060–4062
salaries
Oral questions
Air ambulance service
Hospital funding
Hospitals
Protection of privacy
Ornge
freedom of information (FOI) requests, 3769
helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
at Toronto Island flight base, 2949
investigation by select committee, 795–796
whistle-blower protection, 3768–3769
Petitions
Private members' public business
Childhood obesity
Children and Youth in Care Day Act, 2012 (Bill 90)
Children’s Law Reform Amendment Act (Relationship with Grandparents), 2012 (Bill 67)
Condominium dispute resolution
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Brake Pad Standards), 2012 (Bill 51)
Inherited Heart Rhythm Disorders Awareness Act, 2012 (Bill 81)
Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2012 (Bill 110)
Organ and tissue donation
Toby’s Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity or Gender Expression), 2012 (Bill 33)
Public education campaigns
Anti-discrimination
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, 2469–2470
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 1167
Community development
Children and Youth in Care Day, 3648
Education
Health
Children's Mental Health Week, 2124–2125
World Autism Awareness Day, 1412
Public sector employees
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
enacting regulation 233/10
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal, 627
Regulations
Reports
My REAL Life Book (report from the Youth Leaving Care Hearings, Ontario), 2322 , 3648
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Senior citizens, 3558
ServiceOntario
security violation at kiosk locations, 2841–2842
Speaker's rulings
quoted
Speaker Bosley (House of Commons), 1811
Speaker Fraser (House of Commons), 1810
Special education
needs assessment caps, 2275
Standing Orders
S.O. 21(c) Privilege - Notice to Speaker, 1810
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Tax reduction
capital investment and, 2454
Teacher collective bargaining, 3474
Teacher salaries
wage freeze, legislated, 3474
Tributes
Burlington, 2271
victims of VIA Train 92 crash in Burlington, 666 , 798
Wine industry
icewine production standards, 2952
Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
cancellation fees, capped, 3707
transparency in billing/advertising, 3707
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
McMeekin, Hon. T. (LIB, Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale)
Agriculture funding, 4091
Agriculture industry, 2601
Greenbelt, 2464
risk management programs (RMPs), 3001
supply management, 1704
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and, 660
Agriculture programs
Growing Forward, 1703
production insurance, 3450–3451
wildlife damage compensation, 697
Agri-food industry
Animal protection
Farm products
Farming
Farming programs
Federal-provincial agreements/programs
agriculture funding, 3183
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3971–3972
Government record
PC (1995–2003)
municipal government restructuring, 3972
Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A, 3014 Horse racing industry, 3082
International trade agreements
Trans-Pacific partnership (TPP), 660
Job creation by private sector
Members' privileges, 3971–3973
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1408
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3014 , 3972–3973
Members'/ministers' privileges
contempt of Parliament
Bentley, Chris (London West), 3971
Ministerial statements
Agri-food industry
Ontario produce
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
animal protection, 1380
Bluewater municipality grant, 2468
grain financial protection program, 2506
Premier's award for agri-food innovation, 4142
Occupational health and safety
agriculture industry, 960
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
closure of slot machines at racetracks, 3082
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 1380
Oral questions
Agriculture and agri-food industry
Agriculture and agri–food industry
Agri-food industry
Assistance to farmers
Assistance to flood victims
Farm safety
Fruit growers
Greenbelt
Horse racing industry
Icewine industry
Manufacturing jobs
Ministry grants
Supply management
Water supply
Private members' public business
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 47)
Rural Ontario
Promoting Local Food Act, 2012 (Bill 130)
Provincial-municipal relations
Public education campaigns
Agriculture
Agriculture Week in Ontario, 4091
Rural Ontario, 370
McNaughton, M. (PC, Lambton–Kent–Middlesex)
Appreciation
Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, 912
Ottawa–Orléans, 3374
Apprenticeship training programs, 517
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Budget, 1660 , 2193 , 2253 , 2761 , 2763
Budget deficit, 146 , 148
Construction industry
Consumer prices
Corporate subsidies, 511–519 , 1660 , 2192–2193 , 2256–2258 , 2895–2896
Corporate tax credits
Corporate tax rates
other provinces, 498
for small business, 498
Corporate tax reduction
job creation and, 774
to 10 per cent, 774
Driver examinations
truck drivers over age 65, 1255
Driver licences
senior commercial driver's licence, 4096–4097
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2256
Economic conditions, 2258 , 2894
Economic decline, 2255
Energy rates, 2193 , 2255 , 3653
employment, impact on, 2375 , 2530
increase, 2205 , 2207 , 2253 , 2258 , 2375 , 2896 , 3054
Ensuring Local Voices in New Casino Gambling Development Act, 2012 (Bill 76)
Family caregiver leave, 1481
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Feed-in tariff (FIT) program, 516
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Government credit rating, 2193 , 2253–2255 , 2258
Government debt, 513 , 515 , 518 , 521 , 2762 , 3653–3654
Government deficit, 516
Government record
Government spending, 517–518 , 555 , 2253–2256 , 2259 , 2894–2897
Government-business relations, 2259
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit, 2760 , 2764
Housing, affordable
electricity rate increase contributing to rent increase, 1924
Job creation, 2192 , 2761
Job creation by private sector
Job losses, 172–173 , 521 , 1660 , 2894
Landlord and tenant
landlord's ability to profit from rents, 1794 , 1925
Legislative procedure
use of dilatory tactics, 1794
Members' statements
Casinos, 1889
Driver licences, 1255
Gordon, Donald Stewart "Chip," 912
Government's record, 699
Green power generation, 751
McDonald, Larry, 3089–3090
Senior drivers, 4096–4097
Wind turbines, 2432
World Anniversary Archery Championship, 2886–2887
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 145–146
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4149
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3618
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministerial statements
Economic development
Small Business Month
Municipal government, 2090
Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC)
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3653–3655
Ontario Public Service (OPS)
Opposition day motions
Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
Job creation
Public transit
Subway expansion (Toronto)
Taxation
Oral questions
Agency spending
Air ambulance service
Casinos
Energy policies
Government spending
Horse racing industry
Members' privileges
Ontario Public Service
Power plants
Red tape reduction
Ornge
Petitions
Private members' public business
Ensuring Local Voices in New Casino Gambling Development Act, 2012 (Bill 76)
Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011 (Bill 10)
Taxation
Wind turbines
Provincial-municipal relations
Public education campaigns
Professional associations/occupations
Public sector employees
salaries, 2895
salaries over $100,000
wage freeze, 518
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 518 , 2255–2256 Public vs. private sector, 2529
Regulations, 2259
Regulatory requirements, 57–58
Rent increases
capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 2206
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Safety inspection, 2257
Small business
regulatory requirements, 57–58
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 511–519 , 2256
accountability and oversight, 520
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Subsidies, 511–519 , 1660 , 2192–2193 , 2256–2258 , 2895–2896
Throne speech debate
Unemployment, 2192–2193 , 2374 , 2762
Wind turbines, 2432
moratorium, 1025 , 3653
municipal planning authority, 293
McNeely, P. (LIB, Ottawa–Orléans)
Air ambulance services
audit, 1957 , 1959
paramedics, availability of, 2880–2881
performance agreement, 1961–1962 , 1966 , 3487 , 3492 , 3758–3759
quality of care, 1959
Air quality management, 3987
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Appreciation
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Budget
balanced budget
statements by third parties, 1777
Children's aid societies (CASs)
Climate change, 140–141 , 1544–1545 , 2824
Coal-fired generating stations
Corporate tax reduction, 2326
Currency exchange rates
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 361 , 714–715 , 718 , 2921
Economic conditions, 2921
Electrical utility privatization
Ontario Distribution Sector Panel, 2821 , 2823
Energy rates, 2822
Environmental assessment
Environmental hazards
greenhouse gas emissions, 1586
Environmental protection
Green Provincial Report Card, 2012, 2950–2951
Excellent Care for All Act, S.O. 2010, c. 14, 1960 , 1966 Feed-in tariff (FIT) program
French-language debates
Déclarations des députés
Association des communautés francophones de l'Ontario, 3374
Carnet de la francophonie des Amériques, 3571
Klekner-Alt, Marlies, 106
Prix Bernard Grandmaître, 912
Programme Rêve et réalité, 1164
Récipiendaires de la Médaille du jubilé de diamant, 3189
Pétitions
Questions orales
Éducation en français, 3452
Services en français, 24
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3984–3985
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012), 699 , 1730–1731 , 1778
coal-fired generating stations, 2824
education, 139–140
labour relations, 2087
renewable energy projects, 2824
senior citizens, 340
PC (1995–2003)
government debt/deficit, 184
public transit, 3987
Graduation rates
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
impact on job creation, 2333
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home care funding, 2333
Home renovation tax credit, 140 , 3397–3398
Horse racing industry
Human rights
Hydro One Inc., 2427 , 2824
Hydro Ottawa Ltd., 2823–2824
Job creation, 716 , 2333
Job creation by private sector
Job losses, 184 , 189 , 715–716
Kindergarten, full-day, 1778 , 2332
Labour relations, 2087–2088
Manufacturing industry, 2826
Medical transplants
organ donor registration, 3431
Members' privileges, 3984–3987
Members' statements
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2009
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1777–1778
Members'/ministers' privileges
Members'/ministers' remarks
NDP (2011–2012)
Prue, Michael (Beaches–East York), 3986
withdrawn, 184 , 3190
Ministry of Consumer Services
delegated administrative authorities (DAAs), 1844
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC)
Oil sands, 2824
Ombudsman of Ontario
children's aid societies, oversight of, 4171–4172
Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
Ontario Building Code reform
energy efficiency requirements, 1997
Ontario child benefit (OCB)
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), 2087
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
Opposition day motions
Oral questions
Building code
Climate change
Energy policies
Environmental protection
Government services
Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One
Pesticides
Renewable energy
Ornge
board of directors, 1959
executive management
for-profit entities, 1959–1960
investigation by select committee, 1132
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1957 , 1966 , 3492
legal counsel, 1961 , 3763
whistle-blower protection, 3763 , 4020
Pesticides
Petitions
Climate change, 538 , 589–590 , 672 , 2803
Eastern Ontario development, 482 , 1476 , 2081
Education funding, 671 , 703 , 756 , 849 , 917–918 , 968 , 1122 , 1372–1373 , 1415 , 1512 , 1553 , 1710 , 1771 , 1852–1853 , 2007
Job relocation, 384–385 , 431
Transportation infrastructure, 3097–3098 , 3143 , 3376 , 3415 , 3458–3459 , 3528 , 3575 , 3626 , 3679 , 4103–4104
Private members' public business
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Fairness For Employees), 2012 (Bill 77)
Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2012 (Bill 110)
Organ or Tissue Donation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 58)
Pesticides Amendment Act (Licence for Cosmetic Purposes), 2012 (Bill 88)
Provincial debt
Public education campaigns
Agriculture
Egg Farmers of Ontario, 14th annual breakfast at Queen's Park, 2180
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 546 Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Reports
Report of the Review of the Public Works Protection Act, 2011 (Hon. R. Roy McMurtry), 851
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Security measures
in courthouses, 852
in electricity generating facilities, 852–853
Small business
Smart meters, 3581
Social assistance
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 361 , 715–716 , 718 , 2921
Statements by stakeholders
Pesticide use, restrictions
professional associations, 2649
Power plant cancellations in Oakville and Mississauga
community associations, 3986
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Teachers
Throne speech debate
Union certification, 2087
Workers' rights, 2087–2088
Meilleur, Hon. M. (LIB, Ottawa–Vanier)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Animal protection, 2184 , 3255
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1286
Appreciation
Bullying, 1285
Children's mental health care
Community safety, 3083
Coroner inquests
death of woman at Rainbow Suites fire in Timmins, 581
Correctional centre workers
Correctional centres, 961
Criminal Code of Canada
conditional sentencing
reform under Safe Streets and Communities Act, 2012 (Bill C-10), 795
Emergency Management Ontario (EMO)
Kashechewan and Fort Albany
Emergency preparedness, 2184–2185
Firearms control, 1804
Toronto anti-violence intervention strategy (TAVIS), 1804
French-language debates
Déclarations des députés
Association des policiers de l'Ontario, 2435
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Jour des Franco-Ontariens et des Franco-Ontariennes, 4099–4100
La francophonie, 1117–1118
Préparation aux situations d'urgence et protection des animaux, 2183–2184
Sécurité communautaire, 585–587
Semaine de la police, 2383
Services en français, 64
Services policiers, 1054–1055
Privilèges des députés, 3960–3961
Questions orales
Éducation postsecondaire, 4041
Services en français, 24 , 1504
French-language services
request for designation by Durham-Peterborough, 1504
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3961–3962
Legislative procedure
use of dilatory tactics, 2312
Legislative process, 688
Long-term care facilities
Members' privileges, 3960–3962
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3962
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministerial statements
Community safety
Emergency preparedness and animal protection
Franco-Ontarian Day
French-language services
Police Association of Ontario
Police services
Police Week
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Safer and Vital Communities Grant program, 1805
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 3489
Natural disasters
Occupational health and safety
Ontario Association of Police Service Boards, 1053–1054
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 3406
Oral questions
Animal protection
Assistance to flood victims
Community safety
Correctional facilities
Correctional facility employees
Correctional services
Emergency evacuation
Fire safety
Firefighters
Forest fires
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Public safety
Victims of crime
Youth services
Ornge
board of directors, 3489
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts
committee witnesses, 3494
Police services
Public education campaigns
Community development
Be Kind to Animals Week, 2184
Cultural/religious
Professional associations/occupations
Public safety
Public sector employees
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
amendments (proposed), 585–587
repeal (proposed), 585–587 , 685
temporary regulatory changes during G20 protests, 683
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
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), 683 Report of the Review of the Public Works Protection Act, 2011 (Hon. R. Roy McMurtry), 683
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Security measures
Teachers
Victims of crime
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
Miller, N. (PC, Parry Sound–Muskoka)
Air ambulance services
performance agreement, 1363
Annual reports
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
Appreciation
Parry Sound–Muskoka, 2791
Apprenticeship training programs
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Budget process, 2518
Committee witnesses
warrants
Dr. Chris Mazza, (former president and CEO of Ornge), 1709 , 2792
Committees
Legislative committees
to review policies that impact northern Ontario, 815
Consumer protection
Economic conditions
Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007, c. 6
Energy rates
Far North Repeal Act, 2012 (Bill 44)
Forest industry, 2284–2285
Government deficit, 2342
Government record
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
removal of provincial portion from home heating, 318–319 , 322
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Highway safety, 108
Home renovation tax credit
Interest rates
Job losses
Landlord and tenant
Legislative procedure
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, 2nd Ed. 2009 (O’Brien and Bosc), 1766–1767 Parliamentary Privilege in Canada, 2nd Ed. (Maingot), 1767 use of dilatory tactics, 2519–2520
Medical procedures
Medical transplants
organ and tissue donation, 1761
Members' statements
First Special Service Force, 478
Mining video awards, 2791
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 1761
Parry Sound and Area Chamber of Commerce Awards, 1707–1708
Parry Sound Salvation Army, 2273
Seniors' health services, 3413–3414
Trek to Bethlehem in Bala, 221–222
Members'/ministers' conduct, 1766–1767
Members'/ministers' privileges, 1766–1767
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003–2007)
as Minister of Natural Resources
Ramsey, David (Timiskaming–Cochrane), 2284
Mineral exploration
Mineral resources
Mining industry, 1004–1005
Ministerial statements
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 2917
Northern Ontario, land development
comparison with Quebec, 1406
importance to economic development, 1223–1225
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2938 , 3658–3659
removal of independent planning and review, 3659–3660
salaries, 3659
Oral questions
Economic development
Mining industry
Petitions
Private members' public business
Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
Far North Repeal Act, 2012 (Bill 44)
Northern Ontario
Organ or Tissue Donation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 58)
Performance Pay and Bonuses in the Public Sector Act (Management and Excluded Employees), 2012 (Bill 118)
Property Owners’ Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 72)
Public education campaigns
Health
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 1761
Public sector employees
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 2519 Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act, 2011 (Bill 9)
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
enacting regulation 233/10
Renewable energy industry, 330
Renewable energy projects
Rent increases
capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1433
Reports
Report of the Review of the Public Works Protection Act, 2011 (Hon. R. Roy McMurtry), 868
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Security measures
Small business
regulatory requirements, 3424
Speaker's rulings
quoted
Speaker Boudreau (New Brunswick), 1766
Statements by stakeholders
Land development in northern Ontario, 1224–1225
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Throne speech debate
Tributes
First Special Service Force (World War II), 478
Unemployment
seasonal employment, 2917
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
Miller, P. (NDP, Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Appreciation
Carr, Annaleise (long distance swimmer), 3140–3141
Apprenticeship training programs
journeyman-to-apprentice ratios, 2337
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
northern Ontario, 2869
territorial rating, 2869
Budget
Bullying, 1458
Canadian history
Child care
Corporate subsidies
accountability and oversight, 713
Correctional centre workers
Correctional centres
Drivers
Economic inequality, 2138
Excavation
Excavation safety
Excavation-related fatalities/injuries, 3029
Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Retrofitting of Retirement Homes with Automatic Sprinklers), 2012 (Bill 54), 1587 Fire sprinklers
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
and Healthy Homes Renovation tax credit, 458
Health care
out-of-province services, 2885
Health promotion
Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance (OCDPA), 623
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Highway construction
QEW overpass renovation, 3408
Hockey
Home renovation tax credit
Horse racing industry, 2366 , 3276
Hospital redevelopment
West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, 1706 , 2036
Housing, affordable, 1601–1602
electricity rate increase contributing to rent increase, 1607
Income tax
tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 2138
Land conservation
transfer of Eramosa karst feeder lands to Hamilton Conservation Authority, 168
Landlord and tenant
licensing of landlords, 1601
Legislative pages
Legislative procedure
speech should be related to topic being discussed, 2369 , 2393
Long-term care facilities
Manufacturing industry
Members' statements
Citizens' award, 2121
Events in Hamilton East–Stoney Creek, 220
Health promotion, 623–624
Horse racing industry, 1006
Local businesses in Stoney Creek, 3259
Ontario Place, 1409
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 3782
West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, 1706
Youth employment, 2510
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4159–4160
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministerial statements
Arts and culture awards
Olympic and Paralympic athletes
Tourism
Ombudsman of Ontario
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Place Corp.
Opposition day motions
Gasoline price regulation
Gasoline prices
Oral questions
Conservation
Correctional facility employees
Fire safety
Health care funding
Highway improvement
Hospital funding
Labour dispute
Ontario budget
Ontario Place
Pan Am Games
Privatization of public services
Soldiers' remains
Pan American Games 2015
Petitions
Health care funding, 3262
Horse racing industry, 1213–1214 , 1257 , 1372 , 1414–1415 , 1475 , 1552 , 1709 , 1814 , 3263–3264
Ontario pharmacists, 4102
Police conduct, 856–857 , 862
Private members' public business
Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Retrofitting of Retirement Homes with Automatic Sprinklers), 2012 (Bill 54)
First Responders Day Act, 2012 (Bill 123)
Insurance Amendment Act (Risk Classification Systems for Automobile Insurance), 2012 (Bill 45)
Jewish Heritage Month Act, 2012 (Bill 17)
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock Day Act, 2012 (Bill 35)
Municipal Amendment Act (Election of Chair of York Region), 2012 (Bill 60)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
Ontario One Call Act, 2011 (Bill 8)
Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Performance Pay and Bonuses in the Public Sector Act (Management and Excluded Employees), 2012 (Bill 118)
Public education campaigns
Cultural/religious
Jewish Heritage Month, 649
Public sector employees
Public-private partnerships
Infrastructure Ontario, 3408
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal, 3781
Rent control
exemptions
for units constructed/first occupied after November 1991, 1601
for vacant units, 1601
Rent increases
cost of repairs passed onto tenants, 1601
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Security measures
ServiceOntario
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund
accountability and oversight, 713
Sports
amateur sport
government funding, 3729
Olympic and Paralympic athletes (London 2012), 3728–3729
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Subsidies
accountability and oversight, 713
Throne speech debate
Tourism industry
northern Ontario
information centres, closure of, 2960
Veterans
burial of War of 1812 veteran in Stoney Creek, 424
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
York, Regional Municipality of
Youth/students
Milligan, R.E. (PC, Northumberland–Quinte West)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Air ambulance services
Alcoholic beverage industry
inter-provincial importation, 3191
Alternative schools
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Animal protection
Animals
exotic animals in captivity
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1485
Appreciation
Northumberland–Quinte West, 3413
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Committee witnesses
protections, immunities and rights, 810–811
Consumer prices
Correctional centres
Elections/by-elections
campaign strategies, 3471
Energy rates
Family caregiver leave
leave increments of one week, 1149
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
Government debt, 3470
Government deficit, 2207
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit, 3505
Horse racing industry, 3454
Hydro electric power, 452–453
Inter-Provincial Importation of Wine and Beer Act, 2012 (Bill 117)
Job creation, 2207
Job losses, 2209
Northumberland–Quinte West, 453
Legislative procedure
use of dilatory tactics, 3488
Legislative process, 568 , 1485
London St. Patrick's Day riot, 1058
Medical transplants
Members' privileges, 3952–3954
Members' statements
Members'/ministers' conduct
Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 3488
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 451–454
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Electricity System Operator (OESO)
public consultation process, 4067
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
Oral questions
Curriculum
Healthy schools
Organ or Tissue Donation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 58)
Ornge
investigation by select committee, 2207 , 3488
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts
whistle-blower protection, 3488
Petitions
Private members' public business
Committee witnesses
Elephant Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 69)
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock Day Act, 2012 (Bill 35)
Organ and tissue donation
Organ or Tissue Donation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 58)
Performance Pay and Bonuses in the Public Sector Act (Management and Excluded Employees), 2012 (Bill 118)
Public sector employees
pay-for-performance programs, 3421
wage freeze, 3470
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
enacting regulation 233/10
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Rent increases
capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 2207
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
School cafeterias
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Security measures
Student evaluation, 3470
Teachers
Unemployment, 3471
Water resources management, 452
Milloy, Hon. J. (LIB, Kitchener Centre)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Accessibility for disabled persons, 2508
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, S.O. 2005, c. 11, 307 , 664–665 , 1206 , 2507–2508 Aggregate resources management
Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.8
public consultation, 2119
Air ambulance services
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Anti-bullying initiatives
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Budget, 1667
Children with disabilities
autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Committee witnesses, 1627
Co-operative housing
Domestic violence, 423
G20 summit
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3100–3101 , 3781 , 4041 , 4087 , 4090 , 4134 , 4142–4143 , 4180
cost, 3667–3672 , 3714–3717 , 3719 , 3722 , 3781
investigation by Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 4040 , 4085–4088 , 4133–4134 , 4143 , 4186–4187
Government record
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Housing, affordable, 2627
community homelessness prevention initiative, 4140
Integrity Commissioner, 1838
Interim supply motions
Kindergarten, full-day, 2449 , 3167
Legislative procedure
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, 2nd Ed. 2009 (O’Brien and Bosc), 1768 , 1811 informing Opposition of business of the House, 1515–1516
use of dilatory tactics, 1690 , 2205 , 2209 , 2215 , 2313 , 2462
Legislative process, 1273 , 1515–1516 , 1843 , 1880–1881 , 1883 , 1887 , 4038
Liberal Party campaigns/conventions
automated telephone calls, 1811
Lobbyists, 1838 , 1843
Members' privileges, 3834–3838
Members'/ministers' conduct
Bentley, Chris (London West), 4190
Members'/ministers' constituents, 1811
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1332 , 2665 , 4179–4180
Members'/ministers' privileges, 1253 , 1768–1769 , 1811
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3100–3102 , 3609–3610 , 3614–3615 , 3617–3618 , 3621 , 3775–3777 , 3830 , 3834–3838 , 4089–4090 , 4133 , 4141
contempt of Parliament, 1253
Members'/ministers' remarks
Mental health care
Ministerial statements
Community Living Day
National Access Awareness Week
Ministry of Community and Social Services
developmental services, 306
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 1159 , 1627 , 1839 , 1843 , 2209 , 2313 , 2460–2462 , 2505–2506 , 2592 , 3369
Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 65)
Oral questions
Accessibility for the disabled
Aggregate extraction
Air ambulance service
responded to, 1107–1108 , 1154 , 1159 , 1246–1248 , 1251 , 1328–1330 , 1332–1333 , 1361–1362 , 1403–1404 , 1465 , 1498–1503 , 1535 , 1627 , 1755–1756 , 1802 , 1804 , 1837–1843 , 1880–1887 , 1935–1936 , 1988–1989 , 1993 , 2030–2032 , 2067–2068 , 2173 , 2221–2222 , 2313 , 2379 , 2459–2462 , 2503 , 2505–2506 , 2553 , 2588–2589 , 2591–2592 , 2625–2626 , 2783–2784 , 2986–2988 , 3320 , 3369 , 3566–3567
Autism treatment
Committee sittings
Energy policies
Family Service Ontario
Long-term care
Members' privileges
Poverty
Power plants
Services for the developmentally disabled
Social assistance
Violence against women
Women's shelter
Ornge
board of directors, 1842
conflict of interest, 1993 , 2031 , 2068 , 2221–2222
executive management
for-profit entities, 1884
investigation by select committee, 1108
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1154 , 1159 , 1247–1248 , 1251 , 1328–1329 , 1361–1362 , 1403–1404 , 1465 , 1535 , 1802 , 1804 , 1838–1839 , 1841 , 1880–1883 , 1887 , 1935–1936 , 2030 , 2313 , 2379 , 2459–2462 , 2503 , 2505 , 2553 , 2588 , 2625 , 3320 , 3366 , 3369 , 3566–3567
committee witnesses, 1539 , 1755–1756
legal counsel, retaining advice of, 1500–1503
terms of reference, 2032 , 2067 , 2173
witness testimony, impact on OPP investigation, 1498 , 1500–1503
investigation reports, request for, 2986–2987
operational decisions, 2460–2461 , 2503 , 2588–2589 , 2591 , 2626
Persons with disabilities
Public education campaigns
Community development
Community Living Day at Queen's Park, 2074–2075
International Day of Disabled Persons, 307
National Access Awareness Week, 2562
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Rent increases
Reports
Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario), 1883–1884
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Social assistance
Social assistance benefits
community start-up and maintenance benefit (CSUMB), 2119 , 2627
Social services
Speaker's rulings
quoted
Speaker Levac (Ontario), 3836
Speaker Milliken (House of Commons), 3102 , 3836
Speaker Scheer (House of Commons), 1811
Standing Orders
S.O. 23(i) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Imputes false or unavowed motives, 373
S.O. 110(b) Committees - Authority, 3101
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Supply Act, 2012 (Bill 46)
Time allocation motions
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Tributes
victims of VIA Train 92 crash in Burlington, 666
Women's emergency shelters
Nelson House, temporary closure of, 2882–2883
Moridi, R. (LIB, Richmond Hill)
Aerospace industry
Air ambulance services
Ambulance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.19, 1972 Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Appreciation
Apprenticeship training programs
Budget
Coal-fired generating stations
Committee procedure
right to request documents, 3940
Electrical infrastructure
Energy agencies, 4113
Energy conservation, 3593 , 3660
Energy industry, 2050
Energy policy, 4070–4071
Energy rates, 4118–4119
Engineering associations
advocacy vs. regulatory role, 2480
Excellent Care for All Act, S.O. 2010, c. 14, 1973 Feed-in tariff (FIT) program, 2052–2053
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3162–3163 , 3166
Gasoline price regulation
Gasoline prices
federal government oversight by the Competition Bureau, 2392
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012)
PC (1995–2003)
Graduation rates
Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A, 294 , 2051–2052 Hospital funding, 3616
Hydro electric power, 3577
generators, 2051
importing/exporting, 4116
Lower Mattagami River project, 3577
projects, 4107
Immigration/settlement services
federal government funding decrease, 308
Members' privileges, 3938–3941
Members' statements
Arts Richmond Hill, 28
Disaster relief, 3190
Doctors' Day in Ontario, 1999
Environmental protection, 2742
Health care funding, 2742
Nowruz, 1115
Robotics competition, 2843
Traffic accident, 1633–1634
Yellow Brick House, 1472
Zhang, Marshall, 1591–1592
Members'/ministers' appreciation
Bentley, Hon. Christopher (London West), 3938–3939
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3938–3941
redacted information, 3940
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Municipal Amendment Act (Election of Chair of York Region), 2012 (Bill 60)
Nuclear generating stations, 3939
Darlington nuclear station
Ontario Building Code
glass balconies on high-rise buildings, 3187
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
second reading, 2050–2056 , 2165 , 2822 , 2825–2826 , 3535–3536 , 3539 , 3542 , 3577 , 3593 , 3655 , 3657 , 3660 , 4057 , 4059 , 4062 , 4065 , 4068 , 4070–4071 , 4107 , 4113 , 4116 , 4118–4119
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
Ontario Works program, 3409
Opposition day motions
Gasoline price regulation
Gasoline prices
Oral questions
Aerospace industry
Apprenticeship training
Education
Hospital funding
Immigrant services
Job creation
Poverty reduction
Public safety
Social assistance
Ornge
for-profit entities, 1972
Petitions
Municipal government, 1945–1946 , 2892
Radiation safety, 1851 , 2007–2008 , 2079–2080 , 2186 , 2234 , 2324 , 2439 , 2473 , 2514 , 2565 , 2604 , 2636 , 2684 , 3142–3143 , 3192 , 3262 , 3377–3378 , 3415–3416 , 3457 , 3678 , 3730 , 3732–3733 , 3789–3790 , 4205–4206
Radon, 2441
Transportation infrastructure, 3192–3193
Private members' public business
Affordable Energy and Restoration of Local Decision Making Act, 2012 (Bill 42)
First Responders Day Act, 2012 (Bill 123)
Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011 (Bill 10)
Municipal Amendment Act (Election of Chair of York Region), 2012 (Bill 60)
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Act, 2012 (Bill 15)
Wind turbines
York Region Transit Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2011 (Bill 7)
Provincial-aboriginal agreements
South Cayuga, Haldimand County
lease of crown lands, 2768
Public education campaigns
Environment
Professional associations/occupations
Doctors' Day in Ontario, 1999
Radon Awareness and Prevention Act, 2012 (Bill 36)
Religious holiday observance
Renewable energy industry
Renewable energy projects, 3660
Korean consortium, 2052–2053
Samsung C&T Corporation, 2052–2053
agreement with Six Nations of the Grand River, 2768
Reports
Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario), 1972–1973
Smart meters, 2051 , 2054 , 3593
Social assistance, 3409
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 1330
Statements by stakeholders
Power plant cancellations in Oakville and Mississauga
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Tax credits
Ontario energy and property tax credit, 2054
Tributes
victims of earthquake in Iran, 3190
Wind turbines
municipal planning authority, 294
Women
microlending programs, 2839
Women's emergency shelters
Yellow Brick House (Richmond Hill), 1472
York Region Transit
back-to-work legislation, 80–81
York, Regional Municipality of
Munro, J. (PC, York–Simcoe)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Aging population, 3684
Air ambulance services
transparency and accountability, 1132
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Canadian history
Children's mental health care
Consumer prices
Dog breeds
Energy rates
Family caregiver leave
affordability of unpaid leave by employees, 1196 , 3387
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3947–3949
Government debt, 1741
Government spending, 2854
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
removal of provincial portion from home heating, 203–204
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home care funding, 203–204 , 3684
Home renovation tax credit
Horse racing industry
LGBTQ youth/students, 1354
Long-term care
Members' privileges, 3947–3949
Members' statements
Dog ownership, 624
Gilford and District Lions Club, 2431
Innisfil Celtic Festival, 3725
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, 219–220
Oak Ridges moraine, 963
Public transit, 61 , 311–312
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1872–1873
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3948
contempt of Parliament
Ministerial statements
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Oak Ridges moraine
environmental protection, 963
Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
Ontario Electricity System Operator (OESO)
transparency and accountability, 4120
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 4120–4121
Opposition day motions
Oral questions
Air ambulance service
Pension funds
Pension plans
Pension plan reform, 2596
Petitions
Aggregate extraction, 385
Dog ownership, 483–484
Environmental protection, 1552 , 1710 , 1898 , 2276 , 2635 , 2746 , 2801 , 3097 , 3626 , 4153
Hospital funding, 3731
Road safety, 4207
Wind turbines, 273 , 1013–1014
Pit bull terriers
Private members' public business
Addressing Ontario’s Debt Through Alternatives to Public Sector Layoffs and Program Cuts Act, 2012 (Bill 94)
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock Day Act, 2012 (Bill 35)
Municipal Amendment Act (Election of Chair of York Region), 2012 (Bill 60)
Public Safety Related to Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 16)
Registered Retirement Savings Protection Plan Act, 2012 (Bill 120)
Wireless Phone, Smart Phone and Data Service Transparency Act, 2011 (Bill 5)
York Region Transit Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2011 (Bill 7)
Public education campaigns
Public sector employees
pensions
salaries
limited to economic growth, 2854
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
enacting regulation 233/10
Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)
exemption from claims by creditors, 4164
Renewable energy industry
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
network infrastructure, 288
transparency in billing/advertising, 288–289
York Region Transit
back-to-work legislation, 81
essential service designation, 61 , 81
strike, 81 , 311–312
York, Regional Municipality of
Murray, Hon. G.R. (LIB, Toronto Centre)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Adult education, 1112
Alcoholic beverages
illegal sale in unlicensed establishments, 2863
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1352 , 1354
Apprenticeship training programs, 26 , 103 , 159–160 , 162 , 190 , 1306 , 1309 , 2558 , 4188
Bullying, 1350
Children's mental health care
Co-operative education programs, 1211
Co-operative housing
Corporate tax reduction
Economic conditions, 769
Economic decline
Employment supports, 1541–1542 , 2595
Energy industry
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Enseignement coopératif, 1211
Government debt, 190–191
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012)
apprenticeship enrollment, 305
tax reduction, 769
PC (1995–2003)
Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A, 247 Harmonized sales tax (HST), 191 , 770 , 1531
Health care funding, 2152
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Human rights, 786
Income tax, 2152
International investment
Job creation, 1530–1531
Legislative process, 247 , 3766–3767
LGBTQ persons, 1350–1352 , 2980
LGBTQ youth/students, 1354
Members' privileges, 3887–3891
Members'/ministers' privileges
contempt of Parliament
freedom from intimidation, 3890
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministerial statements
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 2810 , 3761
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 65)
Northern Ontario
Ontario College of Trades
impartiality, 305 , 696
regulatory responsibility, 2951
user fees, 2557
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario student assistance program (OSAP), 3778–3779
Ontario venture capital fund, 190–191
Opposition day motions
Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
Taxation
Oral questions
Apprenticeship training
Employment
Employment supports
Job creation
Northern post–secondary education
Post-secondary education
Private career colleges
Skilled trades
Skills training
Student assistance
Tuition
Ornge
whistle-blower protection, 3766
Post-secondary education, 1664
Post-secondary students/graduates
Private career colleges
Private members' public business
Addressing Ontario’s Debt Through Alternatives to Public Sector Layoffs and Program Cuts Act, 2012 (Bill 94)
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Fairness For Employees), 2012 (Bill 77)
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Serving Liquor in Certain Places), 2012 (Bill 93)
Performance Pay and Bonuses in the Public Sector Act (Management and Excluded Employees), 2012 (Bill 118)
Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
Toby’s Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity or Gender Expression), 2012 (Bill 33)
Public education campaigns
Health
National Co-operative Education Week, 1211
Public sector employees
pensions
salaries
limited to economic growth, 2856
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
temporary regulatory changes during G20 protests, 785–786
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Skilled trades workers, 2152
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Student assistance, 3513
Throne speech debate
Training programs
Transgender persons, 2292–2293
Tree planting
Universities/colleges
Workers' rights, 2089
Youth/students
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