Speaker letter s House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: S

Sandals, L. (LIB, Guelph)
- Aboriginal peoples
  - compensation
    - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, 2788
  - education
    - on-reserve and off-reserve schools, funding, 100
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1874
  - third reading, 2712–2713
- Agriculture industry, 3327
  - risk management programs (RMPs)
    - reform, 1756–1757
- Air ambulance services
  - audit, 1126
  - history, 1857–1858, 3805
  - patient safety
    - coroner's investigations, 3824
  - performance agreement, 3481–3483, 3805
    - amendments, 1858–1861, 3802, 3818, 3824
  - reform, 1860–1862
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1857–1863, 1958, 2106, 2806, 2809, 2812, 2814–2815, 3481–3483, 3757–3758, 3799, 3802, 3805, 3808–3809, 3818, 3823–3824, 4019
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 1386–1387
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1386–1387, 2430, 2712–2713
  - Accepting Schools expert panel, 3038
- Appreciation
  - Ontario Cattlemen's Association, 1052
- Arbitration
  - reform, 3718
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 519–520
  - third reading, 3112–3113, 3112–3113, 3112–3113
- Automobile safety
  - aftermarket brake pads standards and specifications, 1561–1562, 1568
- Budget, 1756
  - balanced budget, 15
- Budget deficit, 15–16
- Bullying, definition of, 2712–2713
- Children
  - nutrition, 637
  - physical activity and fitness, 637
- Coal-fired generating stations
  - closure, 2943
- Committee witnesses
  - protections, immunities and rights, 2806
- Committees
  - Legislative committees
    - to review policies that impact northern Ontario, 814
- Co-operative organizations, 1116
- Economic conditions, 3475
- Education funding, 3338–3339
- Electric power failures
  - Northeast blackout (14 August 2003), 2943
- Electrical utility privatization
  - Ontario Distribution Sector Panel, 2941
- Energy rates, 1701–1702, 2940
  - reduction, 2941
- Environmental science and technology
  - clean technology industry, 13
- Europe
  - debt, 12
- Farming
  - damaged crops, 3182
  - water supply, 3183
- Farming programs
  - risk management, 1405–1406
- Feed-in tariff (FIT) program
  - two-year review, 2940
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3893–3895
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - corporate tax reduction, 12
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - energy industry, 2941
- Government revenue
  - from gambling, 2094
- Government service transfer
  - from municipal to provincial jurisdiction, 3718
- Hazardous products
  - asbestos, 1561–1562, 1568
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 314–318
  - third reading, 3308, 3392–3393, 3688
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Brake Pad Standards), 2012 (Bill 51)
  - first reading, 1165
- Home renovation tax credit, 14–15, 3688
  - refundable amount, 315
- Hospital expansion
  - Cambridge Memorial Hospital, 196–197
- Hydro One Inc., 2941
- Ipperwash Inquiry report
  - recommendations, 2629–2630
- Job creation, 3131–3132
- Kindergarten, full-day, 13
- Landlord and tenant
  - landlord's ability to profit from rents, 1645
- Legislative procedure
  - division bells, 1874
- LGBTQ youth/students
  - gay-straight alliances (GSAs), 1387, 2713
- Members' privileges, 3893–3896
- Members' statements
  - GO Transit, 169
  - Ontario Cattlemen's Association, 1052, 2600
  - Ontario Co–operative Association, 1116
  - Ooster House, 2181
  - Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation, 3327
  - Recreational infrastructure, 700
  - Telemedicine, 3675
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3894–3895
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3893–3896
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
  - Premier's award for agri-food innovation, 4142
- Ministry of Education
  - Safe Schools Action Team, 1387, 2712
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - aging-at-home strategy, 14
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 1958, 2812
- Ministry of Infrastructure
  - Building Together, 72
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - women in skilled trades and information technology training program, 3071
- Municipal government, 2094
- Municipal infrastructure
  - recreational facility improvements in Guelph, 700
- Northern Ontario, 814
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 814
- Obesity in children
  - complications, 637
  - global increase of, 637
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 2939–2941, 2943
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)
  - memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Education, 3475
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - casino development
    - referendums, 2094, 3277
  - closure of slot machines at racetracks, 3277
  - internet gambling, 2094
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2939–2940
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - benchmarking, 2941
- Ontario Public Service (OPS)
  - downsizing, 16
- Opposition day motions
  - Air ambulance service
    - responded to, 1125–1126
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal affairs
    - presented, 2629–2630
  - Aboriginal education
    - presented, 100
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 4142
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 2430, 3038–3039
  - Assistance to farmers
    - presented, 1405–1406, 1756–1757
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 528
  - Energy rates
    - presented, 1701–1702
  - First Nations
    - presented, 2788
  - Information technology
    - presented, 3621
  - Job creation
    - presented, 3131–3132
  - Labour relations
    - presented, 3565–3566
  - Municipalities
    - presented, 3718
  - Skills training
    - presented, 3071–3072
  - Water supply
    - presented, 3182–3183
- Ornge
  - board of directors, 1860, 3481–3483, 3757–3758
  - criminal investigation, 2106
  - executive management
    - salaries, 3757
  - fundraising, 3808–3809
  - helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
    - medical interiors, 4019
  - investigation by select committee, 1125–1126
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 2806, 2809, 2812, 2814–2815, 3799
  - legal counsel, 1958, 2106
- Persons with disabilities
  - select committee on developmental services strategy, 3754
- Petitions
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 2801, 2847, 2961, 2964
  - Electoral reform, 4051
  - Radiation safety, 3788
- Post-secondary education, 12–13
- Private members' public business
  - Addressing Ontario’s Debt Through Alternatives to Public Sector Layoffs and Program Cuts Act, 2012 (Bill 94)
    - second reading, 2854–2855
  - Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 1386–1387
  - Childhood obesity
    - responded to, 637
  - Ensuring Local Voices in New Casino Gambling Development Act, 2012 (Bill 76)
    - second reading, 2094
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Brake Pad Standards), 2012 (Bill 51)
    - second reading, 1561–1562, 1568
  - Hospitals
    - responded to, 71–72
  - New Drivers’ Insurance Rate Reduction Act, 2012 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 1922
  - Northern Ontario
    - responded to, 814
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
    - responded to, 3277
  - Performance Pay and Bonuses in the Public Sector Act (Management and Excluded Employees), 2012 (Bill 118)
    - second reading, 3420
  - Services for the developmentally disabled
    - responded to, 3754
- Provincial-aboriginal agreements
  - Algonquins of Ontario, 2788
- Public sector employees
  - pay-for-performance programs, 3420
  - salaries
    - limited to economic growth, 2854–2855
- Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012
  - education spending, 3475
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3233–3234
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3338–3339
  - third reading, 3475–3476
- Renewable energy industry
  - infrastructure repair and maintenance, 528
- Reports
  - Navigating the Journey to Wellness: The Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan for Ontarians (Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions), 3754
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1645
- Rural Ontario, 134
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 854
- Security measures
  - human rights and, 854
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 314–316
- Skilled trades industry
  - women, accessibility by, 3071
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 520
  - consultation, 3112–3113
- Speaker
  - election (21 November 2011), 13
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2517–2518
- Teacher salaries, 3475
  - grid movement, 3338–3339, 3476
  - sick-leave gratuities, 3476
- Telecommunications industry, 3621–3622
- Telemedicine, 3675
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 11–16, 134
- Transit systems
  - GO Transit
    - all-day two-way service, 15
    - service expansion to Guelph and Kitchener, 169
- Tuition fees
  - reduction, 13–14
- Workers' rights
  - right-to-work policies, 3565–3566
Schein, J. (NDP, Davenport)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1488, 1824
- Air ambulance services
  - transparency and accountability, 1949, 3799–3800
- Alcoholic beverages
  - illegal sale in unlicensed establishments, 2859–2860
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1949, 3756–3757, 3759, 3764, 3799–3800
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 1383–1384
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1383–1384, 1488
- Appreciation
  - Davenport, 2998
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - third reading, 2905
- Bedbugs
  - infestation control, 2951–2952
- Bicycle Month Act, 2012 (Bill 99)
  - first reading, 2681–2682
- Bicycles/bicyclists
  - safety, 2267–2268
- Budget, 1808, 2590
  - environmental protection legislation, amendments, 1840, 2590
  - pre-budget consultations, 2334, 2522
- Bullying, 1384
- Children's mental health care
  - school supports, 1824
- Community safety, 2859–2860
- Condominiums
  - boards and owners
    - dispute resolution, 2771
- Corporate tax credits
  - job creation tax credit, 2201–2202
- Corporate tax reduction, 2905
  - job creation and, 2201–2202
- Economic inequality, 1383, 1488
- Education funding, 1383
- Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown transit line, 2593
  - alternative financing and procurement (AFP), 213–214
  - private operation, 3719
- Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007, c. 6
  - amendments, 1840, 2283–2284
- Environment industry, 2232
- Environmental Bill of Rights, S.O. 1993, c. 28, 2590
- Environmental protection
  - in Ontario budget 2012, 2327
  - reform, 2522, 2525
- Family caregiver leave
  - affordability of unpaid leave by employees, 1144
  - enforcement, 3383
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1144, 3383, 3386
- G20 summit
  - request for public inquiry, 1096
- Great Lakes
  - conservation, 2797
- Hazardous waste transportation
  - licensing, 1541
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 336–339, 348
  - third reading, 3795
- Home care funding, 337
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 3795
- Housing, affordable
  - shortage, 2208–2209
- Human rights
  - G20 summit, 943
  - gender identity, 2292, 2984
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 2139
- Job creation, 2905
- Kindergarten, full-day
  - implementation, 2334
- Land conservation
  - Hardy Road area in Brantford, 2117
- Landlord and tenant
  - tenant's rights
    - repairs, 2415
- Legislative procedure
  - government bills
    - cost to implement, 3630–3631
    - transparency, 3630–3631
- Legislative process, 1384
- Members' statements
  - Air-rail link, 1471–1472
  - Government policies, 170
  - Library services, 1050
  - Member's appreciation, 2998
  - Ontario budget, 1808
  - Riding of Davenport, 668
  - St. Clair Kick It!, 2560
  - Teachers, 3725
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 336–338
- Metrolinx Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 83)
  - first reading, 2073–2074
- Ministerial statements
  - Holocaust Memorial Day
    - responded to, 1674
  - Protection of Great Lakes
    - responded to, 2797
- Ministry of the Environment
  - budget, 163, 1541
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 3756–3757, 3759
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - budget, 163
  - public accountability, 2523
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 3757, 3764
- Ontario child benefit (OCB)
  - government funding, 2334
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3661–3662
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3661
    - removal of independent planning and review, 3661–3662
- Ontario Works program, 1808
- Opposition day motions
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 2201–2202
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 924–925
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - responded to, 924, 940–941
- Oral questions
  - Air-rail link
    - presented, 304–305, 1588–1589, 3371
  - Bedbug infestation
    - presented, 2951–2952
  - Conservation
    - presented, 2117
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 163, 1840, 2590, 3515
  - Hazardous waste
    - presented, 1541
  - Public transit
    - presented, 97–98, 213–214, 472, 579, 2593, 3719
  - Road safety
    - presented, 2267–2268
  - Waste reduction
    - presented, 663
- Ornge
  - freedom of information (FOI) requests, 3757, 3764
  - whistle-blower protection, 1949
- Pesticides
  - health effects, 2647–2648
- Petitions
  - Air-rail link, 2044–2045, 2081, 2187, 2278, 2474, 2565, 3096, 3457, 3573, 3788, 4206
  - Cycling, 2637, 2683, 2848, 2889–2890, 3729–3730
  - Extracurricular activities, 4104
  - Public transit, 917, 2126–2127
- Police screening, 1905–1906
- Post-secondary students/graduates
  - debt, 2859
- Private members' public business
  - Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 1383–1384
  - Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 2283–2284
  - Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Serving Liquor in Certain Places), 2012 (Bill 93)
    - second reading, 2859–2860
  - Pesticides Amendment Act (Licence for Cosmetic Purposes), 2012 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 2647–2649
  - Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2012 (Bill 24)
    - second reading, 1905–1906
  - Toby’s Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity or Gender Expression), 2012 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 2292
    - third reading, 2984
  - Transparency in Government Bills Act, 2012 (Bill 109)
    - second reading, 3630–3631
- Public consultations, 1840, 2590
- Public education campaigns
  - Environment
    - Environment Industry Day, 2232
  - Historical/national
    - Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Ha-Shoah), 1674
- Public library employees, 1050
- Public sector employees, 2139
- Public transportation, 3630
  - Air Rail Link (Toronto), 147, 304–305, 1471, 3371
    - heath concerns, 305
    - request from Toronto City Council, 1588–1589
  - electric trains, 305
  - government funding, 142–143, 146–147
- Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
  - enacting regulation 233/10
    - transparency, 942
- Rent control
  - exemptions
    - for vacant units, 2208
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2208–2209, 2411–2412, 2414–2415, 2417, 2578
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 940–945, 1063, 1096
- Security measures
  - human rights and, 1063
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Environmental protection reform, 2523
  - Pesticide use, restrictions
    - environmental groups, 2647–2648
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2139, 2327, 2334, 2522–2523, 2525
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 142–143, 146–147
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - government funding, 97–98, 472, 579
  - subway system
    - cost to operate, 925
- Transgender persons, 2292
- Transit systems
  - affordability and operability (Toronto), 337
- Waste management/programs
  - waste diversion, 663
- Water quality
  - Great Lakes, 3515
- Wildlife protection, 2283
  - economic and social impact, 2283–2284
  - reform, 2522–2523
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - consumer protection legislation, 2771
  - transparency in billing/advertising, 2771–2772
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 2771–2772
Scott, L. (PC, Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1649–1650, 1652
- Aggregate resources management
  - Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.8
    - public consultation, 2118
- Aging population, 3552
- Air ambulance services
  - quality of care, 2992
  - transparency and accountability, 2064
- Anti-bullying initiatives
  - Bill 13 and Bill 14
    - comparison of, 1650
- Appreciation
  - Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 1941, 2740
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - reform, 244, 248
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 361–362, 713, 717–718
- Budget
  - balanced budget, 3553
- Budget deficit, 244
- Carbon monoxide detectors
  - visual alarms for deaf/hearing-impaired persons, 1036
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
  - fatalities, 1036
- Committee membership, 3984
- Dairy products
  - processors, 3781
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 361–362, 717–718
  - accountability and transparency, 713
- Economic conditions, 246
- Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007, c. 6
  - amendments, 2279–2281, 2287
- Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
  - first reading, 1848
- Energy rates
  - forest industry, impact on, 3582
  - increase, 3553, 3555, 3582
  - manufacturing industry, impact on, 3582, 3584
- Family caregiver leave, 1480–1481
  - employment insurance benefits (EI), 1480
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1480–1481, 3380
- Fire sprinklers
  - mandatory in retirement homes, 3745–3746
- Fish resources management
  - fish hatcheries, taxation, 246
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3582, 3982–3983
  - cost, 3981, 3983–3984
- Gasoline tax rebate
  - used for transportation infrastructure in rural communities, 1575
- Government spending, 246
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 188, 244–245, 248
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 557–558
  - third reading, 2755–2756, 3552–3553, 3555
- Highway construction
  - Highway 407 east extension, 246
- Home renovation tax credit, 244
  - affordability, 557, 2755–2756, 3552–3553, 3555
- Interest rates
  - increase, 2569
- Local health integration networks (LHINs), 3517
  - reform, 245
- Long-term care facilities
  - fires, 3745
- Members' privileges, 3981–3984
- Members' statements
  - Canadian Association of Retired Persons, 3622
  - Forest fire, 2740
  - Frost, Leslie, 310
  - Live bait industry, 625
  - Mariposa Day, 3782
  - Ontario Provincial Police, 1941
  - Royal Canadian Legion, 3726
  - Truax, Art, 428
  - Wind turbines, 269–270
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants
    - redacted information, 3981, 3983
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3981–3984
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2992
- Ministerial statements
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month
    - responded to, 2385
  - Sexual Harassment Awareness Week
    - responded to, 2799
  - Women's History Month
    - responded to, 4100–4101
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - electronic licensing system, 2427, 2430, 2462–2463
  - private-public partnership with foreign company, 2430
- Oak Ridges moraine
  - environmental protection, 3582
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3581–3584
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - expenditures, 3584
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3583
    - removal of independent planning and review, 3581–3582
  - salaries, 3581
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - coal-free by 2014, 3582
- Opposition day motions
  - Air ambulance service
    - responded to, 1134
- Oral questions
  - Aggregate extraction
    - presented, 2118
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 2064, 2992–2993
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 1113
  - Local health integration networks
    - presented, 3517
  - Municipal planning
    - presented, 267
  - Protection of privacy
    - presented, 2427, 2462–2463, 2630–2631
- Ornge
  - executive management
    - salaries, 1134
  - investigation by select committee, 1481
- Persons with disabilities
  - community-based developmental services, 3753
  - select committee on developmental services strategy, 3753–3754
- Petitions
  - Baitfish industry, 704, 1373, 2800
  - Employment resource centre, 1122, 1373
  - GO Transit, 2007, 2081
  - Health care funding, 3004, 3331
  - Horse racing industry, 2803, 3417
  - Multiple sclerosis treatment, 2961
  - Protection for people with disabilities, 3332
  - Use of conservation reserves, 1642, 3005
  - Wind turbines, 110–111, 271, 385–386, 1014, 3416
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable Energy and Restoration of Local Decision Making Act, 2012 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1221
  - Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 2279–2281, 2287
  - Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Retrofitting of Retirement Homes with Automatic Sprinklers), 2012 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 3745–3746
  - Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2012 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1575–1576
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2012 (Bill 20)
    - second reading, 1036
  - Services for the developmentally disabled
    - responded to, 3753–3754
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 1026–1027
- Provincial-municipal relations
  - re wind turbines, 267
- Public education campaigns
  - Professional associations/occupations
    - Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP), 3622
  - Public safety
    - Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 2799
  - Women
    - International Day of the Girl, 4101
    - International Women's Day, 1009–1010
    - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 383
    - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 2385
    - Women's History Month, 4100–4101
- Public sector employees
  - wage freeze, 244
- Renewable energy industry, 3583
- Renewable energy projects
  - cost, 3583
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2409–2410, 2412
- Rural Ontario
  - transportation infrastructure, 1575
- Senior citizens, 3553
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 3555
- Sexual assault
  - prevention, 2385
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
  - protecting victims, 2799
- Smart meters
  - impact on energy rates, 3581
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 718
  - accountability and oversight, 713
- Speaker's rulings
  - quoted
    - Speaker Levac (Ontario), 3981
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2569
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 188, 243–248
- Tributes
  - Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 428
- United States legislation
  - USA Patriot Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56,115 STAT. 272, 2462–2463
- Water quality
  - baitfish industry, impact on, 625
- Wildlife protection, 2279, 2281
  - bobolink, 2280
  - economic and social impact, 2279–2281, 2287
- Wind turbines, 245–246, 3553, 3983
  - exemption from municipal zoning rules, 267
  - health effects, 3582
  - moratorium, 1026–1027
  - municipal planning authority, 269–270, 1221
- Women, 1010
  - violence against, 383, 1010
- Women's emergency shelters, 383
- Workers' rights, 1480
- Working Families Coalition, 244
Sergio, M. (LIB, York West)
- Aging population, 2968
- Air ambulance services
  - performance agreement
    - amendments, 3803
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 3803, 3821, 3826–3827
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - third reading, 2925–2826
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums
  - decrease for new drivers, 1908–1910
- Coal-fired generating stations
  - closure, 2934
- Condominium Amendment Act (Recovery of Common Expenses), 2012 (Bill 95)
  - first reading, 2472
- Condominiums, 1558
  - boards and owners
    - dispute resolution, 1558–1559
- Consumer prices, 1430
- Co-operative housing
  - dispute resolution, 4027
  - eviction process, 4027
  - government funding, 4030–4031
  - history, 4029–4030
  - role in housing system, 4027–4029
- Corporate subsidies, 2359–2360
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2925–2926
- Education funding, 2527
- Energy industry, 3016
- Energy rates
  - increase, 3022
  - reduction, 3017
- Environmental protection
  - consultation, 2523
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - affordable housing, 1431–1432
- Fire sprinklers
  - mandatory in retirement homes, 3742–3743
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3955–3957
- Government record
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - affordable housing, 1434
    - energy industry, 3017
- Government service transfer
  - from municipal to provincial jurisdiction, 2357
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 321, 347–348, 352–353, 435, 438, 459, 554, 595–596
  - third reading, 3354, 3360, 3700–3701
- Highway privatization
  - Highway 407, 3009
- Home care funding, 596
- Home renovation tax credit, 3700–3701
  - affordability, 321, 352
- Hospital construction
  - Humber River Regional Hospital, 2272
- Hospital expansion
  - government funding, 2362
- Hospital funding, 1780
- Housing
  - health effects, 2967
- Housing, affordable, 2967
  - electricity rate increase contributing to rent increase, 2411
  - government funding, 1432, 1646, 2967
  - long-term strategy, 1429, 1431–1432
- Infrastructure
  - government funding, 1363–1364
- Insurance Amendment Act (Elements in Classifying Risks for Automobile Insurance), 2012 (Bill 43)
  - first reading, 965
- Job creation, 1779
- Kindergarten, full-day, 1779
- Landlord and tenant, 1433
  - landlord's ability to profit from rents, 1600
  - tenant's rights, 1441
- Legislative process, 3009
- Members' privileges, 3955–3957
- Members' statements
  - Air-rail link, 4046
  - Humber River Regional Hospital, 311, 2272
  - Italian campaign, 1633
  - Italian Walk of Fame, 3726
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1923
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3954–3957
- Mental health care, 1431
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - aging-at-home strategy, 352
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  - affordable housing programs, 4030
- Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
  - Ontario Place Corp. revitalization, 3257
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 2362
- New Drivers’ Insurance Rate Reduction Act, 2012 (Bill 71)
  - first reading, 1765
- Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 65)
  - second reading, 4026–4032
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1779–1781
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 2934, 2937–2938, 3009, 3016–3017, 3022
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2934, 2937–2938
    - public consultations, 3017
- Opposition day motions
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 927
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - responded to, 927
- Oral questions
  - Infrastructure program funding
    - presented, 1363–1364
  - Ontario Place
    - presented, 3257
- Petitions
  - Automobile insurance, 2127
- Post-secondary education
  - government funding, 2360
- Poverty reduction strategy
  - affordable housing and, 4030
- Private members' public business
  - Condominium dispute resolution
    - responded to, 1558–1559
  - Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Retrofitting of Retirement Homes with Automatic Sprinklers), 2012 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 3742–3743
  - New Drivers’ Insurance Rate Reduction Act, 2012 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 1908–1910, 1915
- Public transportation
  - Air Rail Link (Toronto), 4046
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3204, 3208, 3216, 3301–3303
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3349–3350
- Renewable energy projects, 3016, 3022
  - cost, 3017
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1299, 1429–1430, 1432–1434, 1442, 1600–1601, 1604, 1610, 2966, 2968
- Rental housing, 2968
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1299, 1429–1434, 1441–1442, 1600–1601, 1604, 1606–1607, 1610–1611, 1643, 1646, 2411
  - third reading, 2966–2968
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 554
  - tax credits, 435, 438, 459
- Social services
  - government funding, 1781
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 2925–2926
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2357–2360, 2362, 2456, 2523–2524, 2527, 2574–2575
- Subsidies, 2359–2360
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 130, 138
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - government funding, 1780
  - subway system
    - expansion, 927
- Unemployment rate, 2358
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - transparency in billing/advertising, 2775
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 2774–2775
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2012 (Bill 125)
  - first reading, 3727
- World War II, 1633
Shurman, P. (PC, Thornhill)
- Aging population, 2246
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 3813–3816
- Appreciation
  - Thornhill, 3091
- Arbitration
  - reform, 3050–3051
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 705–710
- Budget, 1582–1583, 1626, 1661, 1800, 1835, 1878, 2129, 2131, 2134–2135, 2501
  - pre-budget consultations, 1685–1686, 2133
  - statements by third parties, 3362, 3401
- Budget deficit, 55–56, 202, 1357–1359
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - government funding, 2131
- Consumer prices, 764
  - increase, 2137
- Corporate subsidies, 2196–2198
- Corporate tax credits
  - job creation tax credit, 2196–2198
- Corporate tax rates
  - other provinces, 496, 764
- Corporate tax reduction, 707, 740–742, 764
- Economic conditions, 3449
- Economic decline
  - seniors, impact on, 2133
- Elections/by-elections, 1583
  - campaign strategies, 3401
- Energy rates, 2197
  - increase, 2136
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 675
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Jour des Franco-Ontariens et des Franco-Ontariennes, 4101
    - Services en français, 65
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - cost, 3079
- Government credit rating, 2131
  - by Moody's, 1933, 2131
  - by Standard & Poor's, 1877–1879, 2130
- Government debt, 201–202, 1661, 1878, 2131, 2137, 3362, 3401
- Government deficit, 706–707, 1661, 1878–1879, 2131
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - government debt/deficit, 2134
    - government spending, 2132–2133
- Government revenue, 2751
- Government services
  - deregulation, 3051
- Government spending, 202, 299, 705–706, 708, 710, 1301–1302, 1626, 1800, 1835, 2134–2135
- Government-business relations, 2130, 2135
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 201–203, 208
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 199–203, 208–209, 329
  - third reading, 2246–2249, 2749–2752, 2756
- Home renovation tax credit, 2246–2248, 2751–2752, 2756
  - affordability, 199–200, 329, 2247–2249, 2749–2750
- Hospital construction
  - Vaughan, 1300
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 1800, 1834–1835, 1878, 2130, 2139–2140
- Israeli Apartheid Week, 532
- Jewish community
  - contributions to business, 647–648
  - contributions to medicine, 647
- Job creation, 21, 1494–1496, 2135–2136
- Job losses, 199–200, 706–707, 2751
- Jobs and Prosperity Council, 2136
- Legislative procedure
  - use of dilatory tactics, 1687
- Legislative process, 201, 300, 675, 2131
- Legislative staff
  - appreciation, 3061–3062
- Liberal Party documents/plans, 3401
- Members' statements
  - Holocaust Memorial Day, 1672
  - Leibenko, Anna, 3091
  - Public transit, 311
  - Rosh Hashanah, 3674–3675
  - Student demonstration, 532
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 27
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1687, 2078, 2129–2130
- Members'/ministers' record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
      - as Minister of Finance, 201
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2011–2012)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 1835
  - withdrawn, 1686, 2261, 3997
- Members'/ministers' salaries
  - parliamentary assistant stipend, 2247
  - wage freeze, 2135, 2247–2248
- Ministerial statements
  - Franco-Ontarian Day
    - responded to, 4101
- Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC)
  - expenditures, 3559–3560
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1685–1688, 1738, 1776
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 4108–4111
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - closure of slot machines at racetracks, 1301
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 4108–4110
- Opposition day motions
  - Corporate tax reduction
    - responded to, 764
  - Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
    - responded to, 764
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 2196–2198
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 923–924
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - responded to, 923–924
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 764
- Oral questions
  - Agency spending
    - presented, 3559–3560
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 662–663
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - presented, 55–56
  - Government spending
    - presented, 21, 97, 299–300, 1327, 1357–1359, 1626, 3401–3402
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 1300–1302, 1495–1496, 1582–1583, 1660–1661, 1800, 1834–1835, 3065–3066
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 1245, 1494–1495, 3449–3450
  - Ontario public service
    - presented, 2260–2262, 2500–2501, 3079, 3361–3362
  - Ontario's credit rating
    - presented, 1877–1879, 1933
  - Taxation
    - presented, 740–742
- Ornge
  - whistle-blower protection, 3814
- PC Party documents/plans, 3401–3402
- Pesticides
  - cosmetic pesticides ban, 200
- Petitions
  - Health care funding, 2891–2892
- Private members' public business
  - Jewish Heritage Month Act, 2012 (Bill 17)
    - second reading, 647–648
  - Municipal Amendment Act (Election of Chair of York Region), 2012 (Bill 60)
    - second reading, 3266–3267
  - Provincial debt
    - responded to, 1733–1734
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 495–496
  - York Region Transit Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2011 (Bill 7)
    - second reading, 75–77, 82
- Public education campaigns
  - Cultural/religious
    - Franco-Ontarian Day, 4101
    - Jewish Heritage Month, 647–648
  - Historical/national
    - Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Ha-Shoah), 1672, 2078
- Public Sector Compensation Restraint to Protect Public Services Act, S.O. 2010, c. 1, Sched. 24, 3079
- Public sector employees
  - pay-for-performance programs, 3079
  - salaries, 202–203, 2134–2135
  - wage freeze, 21, 203, 300, 1327, 2132–2134, 2260–2262, 2500–2501, 3079, 3362
- Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 706, 708, 764, 1626, 2134–2135, 3401
- Regulations
  - British Columbia, 2137
- Religious holiday observance
  - Rosh Hashanah, 3674–3675
- Renewable energy industry
  - job creation, 1495
- Rent control
  - exemptions
    - for rented units in condominiums, 1613
- Reports
  - DBRS Comments on 2012 Ontario Budget: Encouraging but ambitious (Dominion Bond Rating Service), 1327
- Research and development, 2136–2137
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1613
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1072–1073
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 2249
  - health care, 201
- Small business
  - compensation for damages from G20 summit, 1072
  - regulatory requirements, 2136–2137
  - taxes, 741
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 705
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 23(b) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Directs speech to other matters, 3998
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2129–2140, 2327, 2355
  - third reading, 3050–3052
- Subsidies, 2196–2198
- Tax evasion, 2137
- Teacher salaries, 2135
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3079, 3362
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - as an essential service, 76–77
  - subway system
    - expansion, 1300–1301
  - Yonge subway extension (Finch station to Hwy 7), 923
- Unemployment, 764, 2132, 2196, 2198
- Unemployment rate, 2327
- Universities/colleges
  - academic credit transfer, 2138
- Working Families Coalition, 2135
- York Region Transit
  - back-to-work legislation, 30–31, 63, 75–77, 82
  - essential service designation, 75–77
  - strike, 75–77, 311
- York Region Transit Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2011 (Bill 3)
  - first reading, 30–31
- York Region Transit Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2011 (Bill 7)
  - first reading, 63
- York, Regional Municipality of
  - election of chair, 3266–3267
Singh, J. (NDP, Bramalea–Gore–Malton)
- Air ambulance services
  - performance agreement, 1965, 1968–1969, 3492
  - quality of care, 1969
  - transparency and accountability, 577–578, 1969
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1965–1969, 1971, 3478–3479, 3487, 3491–3492, 3815, 3818, 3824
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 361, 520
  - third reading, 3110, 3110, 3110
- Automobile insurance
  - fraud, 2870–2871
- Automobile insurance benefits
  - decrease, 1911–1912
- Automobile insurance companies, 907
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums, 366–367, 701, 907, 2509
  - fraudulent claims, effects of, 1912
  - increase, 448, 1233, 1235, 2878
  - territorial rating, 1234, 1911–1912, 2864–2866, 2870–2871
- Bail system, 2839
- Budget
  - low- and middle-income groups, impact on, 1786
  - pre-budget consultations, 2147
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Part 1, Constitution Act, 1982)
  - 30th anniversary, 1638–1639
- Child care centres
  - closures, 3620–3621
- Committee membership, 3320
- Committee witnesses, 1837
  - protections, immunities and rights, 3129
- Community health centres (CHCs), 3380
- Consumer prices
  - increase, 2972
- Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Money Transfers), 2012 (Bill 98)
  - first reading, 2634
- Corporate tax credits
  - job creation tax credit, 446, 2571, 3605
- Corporate tax reduction, 361
  - job creation and, 768–769
  - Manitoba, 768
- Crematoriums, 103–104
- Economic inequality, 2088, 3502
- Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO), 2147
- Energy conservation, 3543
- Energy industry
  - deregulation, 4070
- Environmental assessment
  - crematoriums, siting of, 103–104
- Family caregiver leave, 1477–1478, 1480
  - affordability of unpaid leave by employees, 1477–1478, 1480
  - enforcement, 3382
  - health care costs, impact on, 1478
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1477–1480, 3380, 3382
- Family law
  - supervised access program, 2603
- Firearms control
  - replica and imitation firearms
    - conditions of purchase, 503–504
    - in Criminal Code of Canada, 504
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Normes d'emploi, 311
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - cost, 3210, 3366
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - affordable housing, 1439
- Government services
  - deregulation, 2570, 2573
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 446
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 334, 338–339, 342, 438, 445–446, 448, 593–594
  - third reading, 2756, 3499, 3502
- High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes
  - taxicabs, 1113
- Home care funding, 594, 3499
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 446, 594, 2756
  - eligibility, 334
  - limited to renovations that assist in mobility, 342, 445
- Hospital expansion
  - government funding, 73
- Hospital redevelopment
  - Peel Memorial Hospital, 236, 1161
- Hospitals
  - Peel Memorial Hospital, 73
- Housing
  - as a human right, 1439, 2972–2973
- Housing, affordable
  - long-term strategy, 1440
  - shortage, 1438–1439, 1441
  - waiting lists, 1438–1439, 2973
- Human rights, 783–785, 787, 1638–1639
- Human rights violations
  - death penalty in India, 1208
- Insurance Amendment Act (Risk Classification Systems for Automobile Insurance), 2012 (Bill 45)
  - first reading, 965–966
- Internet accessibility, 3600, 3603–3604
- Job creation, 520
- Job creation by private sector
  - government funding, 361
- Job losses, 147
- Labour disputes
  - CUPE Local 966, 2955
- Landlord and tenant
  - tenant's rights, 1440, 2973
    - repairs, 1440
- Legislative process, 234, 3604
- Lobbyists, 2461–2462
- Members' statements
  - Anniversary of attack on Darbar Sahib, 2679
  - Automobile insurance, 701
  - Death penalty, 1208
  - Dialysis, 3783
  - Employment standards, 310
  - Labour dispute, 2955
  - Police oversight, 2227
  - Sikh Channel, 3327
  - Suicide prevention, 1505
  - Teachers, 3137, 3783
  - Vaisakhi, 1707
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1837
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 234–236
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 239
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - NDP (2011–2012)
    - Singh, Jagmeet (Bramalea–Gore–Malton), 1968
  - withdrawn, 1884
- Mineral exploration
  - Aboriginal communities
    - skills development, 2571
- Mineral resources
  - processing within northern Ontario, 2573
- Ministerial statements
  - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    - responded to, 1638–1639
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 2076
  - Human rights
    - responded to, 2745–2746
  - National Victims of Crime Awareness Week
    - responded to, 1850
  - South Asian Heritage Month
    - responded to, 2076
  - Supervised access
    - responded to, 2603
- Ministry of the Attorney General
  - Justice on Target program, 2839
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - accountability, 3815, 3818, 3824
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 1837, 1884, 1967–1969, 1971, 2462, 3479
- Money transfers
  - remittance fees, ban, 3071, 3450
- Multilingual/multicultural radio and television services
  - Sikh Channel, 3327
- Nuclear generating stations
  - Eastern Power, 1585
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 1967
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1785–1786
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3543, 4059, 4070
- Ontario Electricity System Operator (OESO)
  - public consultation process, 4059
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3543
- Opposition day motions
  - Air ambulance service
    - responded to, 1132–1133
  - Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
    - responded to, 768–769
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 768–769
- Oral questions
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 577–578, 1498, 1537, 1837, 1884, 2461–2462, 3320
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 906–907, 2509, 2878
  - Child care
    - presented, 3620–3621
  - Committee witnesses
    - presented, 3129–3130
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 3071, 3450
  - Crematorium
    - presented, 103
  - High–occupancy vehicle lanes
    - presented, 1113
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 1161
  - Justice system
    - presented, 2838–2839
  - Ontario public service
    - presented, 4042
  - Power plant
    - presented, 1585
  - Power plants
    - presented, 3366
- Ornge
  - board of directors, 1837
  - executive management
    - salaries, 1537, 1968
  - for-profit entities, 1837, 1969
  - freedom of information (FOI) requests, 1967–1969, 3487
  - helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
    - purchase, 1969
  - investigation by select committee, 1965, 1968
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1498, 1971, 3129–3130, 3320, 3366, 3478–3479
- Petitions
  - Automobile insurance, 2515, 2565–2566, 2604, 2636, 2748, 2891, 2961, 3003
  - Crematoria, 109, 272
- Police conduct, 887
  - accountability, 2227
- Post-secondary education
  - tuition fee reduction, 338
- Private members' public business
  - Hospitals
    - responded to, 73
  - Imitation Firearms Regulation Amendment Act, 2011 (Bill 6)
    - second reading, 503–504
  - Insurance Amendment Act (Risk Classification Systems for Automobile Insurance), 2012 (Bill 45)
    - second reading, 2864–2866, 2870–2871
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Fairness For Employees), 2012 (Bill 77)
    - second reading, 2088
  - New Drivers’ Insurance Rate Reduction Act, 2012 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 1910–1912
  - Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1233–1235
- Public education campaigns
  - Cultural/religious
    - South Asian Heritage Month, 2076
  - Historical/national
    - Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) invasion, Amritsar, India, 2679
  - Public safety
    - National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, 1850
    - Supervised Visitation Awareness Month, 2603
- Public health care
  - crematoriums, siting of, 103–104
- Public sector employees
  - executive salaries, 2348, 2354
  - salaries over $100,000
    - disclosure, 1968
  - wage freeze, 4042
- Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
  - enacting regulation 233/10
    - transparency, 1100
  - repeal (proposed), 785
  - temporary regulatory changes during G20 protests, 782, 784–785
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3203–3204, 3209–3211
- Religious holiday observance
  - Vaisakhi, 1707
- Rent control, 1440
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1438, 2972
- Rental housing
  - basement apartments, 1442
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1438–1442
  - third reading, 2972–2973
- School closures, 3211
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - general discussion, 782
  - second reading, 782–785, 787, 870, 878–879, 884, 887, 1100
- Security measures
  - in courthouses, 783
  - in electricity generating facilities, 784–785
  - human rights and, 884
  - police powers, 870, 879
  - in public buildings, 782
- Senior citizens
  - poverty, 3499, 3502
- Small business
  - taxes
    - in Manitoba, 768, 2354
    - in Ontario, 768
- Social assistance
  - government funding, 2571
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2147, 2348, 2354, 2570–2571, 2573
- Teacher collective bargaining, 3210–3211
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3137, 3209–3210, 3783, 4042
- Temporary job agencies, 236
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 135, 147–148, 234–236, 239
- Victims of crime
  - services, 1850
- Voters/voting
  - online, 3603
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - Canada vs. other countries, 3601–3602
  - cancellation fees, capped, 3598–3599, 3602–3603
  - consumers
    - complaints, 3597–3598, 3602–3603
    - right to sue the provider, 3599–3600
  - contracts/billing
    - consent required for renewal, extension, or amendment, 3599
    - disclosure of minimum and additional costs, 3598
  - notification before incurring additional charges, 3599
  - providers, 3605
  - rates, 2076, 3600
  - roaming charges, 3599
  - transparency in billing/advertising, 3597–3605
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 3597–3605, 4219, 4229, 4235
- Workers' rights, 1477–1479, 2088
  - right to unionize, 2088
- Youth/students
  - suicide prevention, 1505
Smith, T. (PC, Prince Edward–Hastings)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1620–1622
- Air pollution, 2935
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 4018–4021
- Anti-bullying initiatives
  - Bill 13 and Bill 14
    - comparison of, 1620–1621
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - reform, 3500–3501
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 721–722
  - third reading, 2918–2922, 2926–2927
- Automobile insurance
  - fraud, 2869
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums
  - territorial rating, 2869
- Automobile registration/fees
  - increase, 1111
- Bancroft Light and Power Company, 1006
- Budget, 2922
- Bullying, cyberbullying, 1621
- Business
  - regulations, reduction in, 2919, 2922
- Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), 2776
- Coal-fired generating stations
  - closure, 2935
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2918–2920, 2926–2927
- Electronic Commerce Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 96)
  - first reading, 2472
- Energy rates
  - increase, 722, 3540
  - small business, impact on, 2223, 3539, 3541
- Family caregiver leave
  - leave increments of one week, 2610
  - small business, impact on, 2610
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 2609–2610, 2612
- Feed-in tariff (FIT) program, 2935
  - cost, 1220
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 4001
  - cost, 3538, 3722, 4000–4001
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
  - plant closure in Oshawa, 2919–2920
- Government credit rating, 1942–1943, 3083
- Government debt, 3500
- Government spending, 3538
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 459
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 449–450, 459
  - third reading, 3500–3503
- Home care, 3502
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 459, 3500–3501
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000
    - cost, 3037
- Job losses, 231, 234, 722, 1366, 2918, 2926
- Legislative procedure
  - government bills
    - cost to implement, 3635
    - transparency, 3634–3635
  - Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand, 3rd Ed. 2005 (McGee), 4192
  - use of dilatory tactics, 1622
- Local health integration networks (LHINs), 3516
- Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011 (Bill 10)
  - first reading, 108
- Manufacturing industry
  - job losses, 3327
- Medical transplants
  - organ donor registration, 3432
- Members' privileges, 3999–4004
- Members' statements
  - Kraft Hockeyville 2012, 1409–1410
  - Manufacturing jobs, 3327
  - Marker, James, 2121
  - Ontario's credit rating, 1941–1942
  - Renewable energy, 1005–1006
  - School transportation, 669
  - Zegouras, George, 4095
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Bentley, Chris (London West), 4189
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2226, 3511, 3540
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 230–231
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants
    - redacted information, 3999
    - release of additional documents, 4189–4190, 4192–4193
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3999–4002
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2011–2012)
    - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 4193
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 4193
  - withdrawn, 1991, 3517
- Ministerial statements
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 2075–2076
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 4000
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 2934–2935, 3538–3541, 4054
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2934–2935, 3538–3539
    - removal of independent planning and review, 3538
- Oral questions
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 1991
  - Job creation
    - presented, 1470
  - Licence plates
    - presented, 1111
  - Local health integration networks
    - presented, 3516
  - Municipal planning
    - presented, 261–262
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 1366, 2223
  - Power plants
    - presented, 3722, 4189–4190
  - Renewable energy
    - presented, 371
  - Teachers' contracts
    - presented, 3083
  - Youth employment
    - presented, 2594
- Ornge
  - helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
    - purchase, 4019
  - whistle-blower protection, 4018–4019
- Pesticides
  - cosmetic pesticides ban
    - small business, impact on, 2651
- Petitions
  - Horse racing industry, 3264
  - Hospital parking fees, 3526
  - Road safety, 2006
  - Wind turbines, 175, 226, 385, 432, 537, 589, 591, 702, 705, 756–757, 917, 1122, 1946, 2473–2474
- Poverty, 3503
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable Energy and Restoration of Local Decision Making Act, 2012 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1220–1221
  - Comprehensive Public Sector Compensation Freeze Act, 2012 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 2644
  - Insurance Amendment Act (Risk Classification Systems for Automobile Insurance), 2012 (Bill 45)
    - second reading, 2869
  - Legislative Oversight of Regulations Act, 2012 (Bill 62)
    - second reading, 2488
  - Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011 (Bill 10)
    - second reading, 290–292, 297–298
  - Organ or Tissue Donation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 58)
    - second reading, 3432
  - Pesticides Amendment Act (Licence for Cosmetic Purposes), 2012 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 2651
  - Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1236–1237
  - Transparency in Government Bills Act, 2012 (Bill 109)
    - second reading, 3634–3635
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 1024–1025
  - Wireless Phone, Smart Phone and Data Service Transparency Act, 2011 (Bill 5)
    - second reading, 284
- Provincial-municipal relations
  - re wind turbines, 262
- Public sector employees
  - salaries over $100,000
    - disclosure, 3538
  - wage freeze, 284
- Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
  - enacting regulation 233/10
    - transparency, 1071, 1073
- Regulations, 2775
  - reduction, 3540, 3635
- Renewable energy industry
  - employment, 371
- 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), 1071–1072
- School bus transportation
  - request for proposal (RFP) process, 669
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1070–1073
- Senior citizens
  - poverty, 3500
- Small business
  - regulations, 2488
  - taxes, 1470, 2223
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 2918, 2920
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Wind turbine placement
    - Suzuki, David, 290
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2575
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3083
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 230–231, 234
- Tributes
  - Prince Edward–Hastings, 2121, 4095
- Unemployment, 2927, 3500
- Unemployment rate, 2918–2919, 2921
- Urban planning
  - siting of wind turbines, 108
- Wind turbines, 234, 290–291, 3539
  - exemption from municipal zoning rules, 262
  - health effects, 290
  - municipal planning authority, 108, 290–292, 297–298
  - public consultation process, 1024–1025
  - wildlife and the environment, impact on, 290–292
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services, 2778
  - consumer protection legislation, 2775–2776, 2778
    - regulations (federal government), 2075–2076
  - transparency in billing/advertising, 284–286
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 2775–2778
- Youth/students
  - employment, 2594
Sorbara, G. (LIB, Vaughan)
- Private members' public business
  - York Region Transit Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2011 (Bill 7)
    - second reading, 81–82
- Royal Conservatory of Music Act, 2012 (Bill Pr7)
  - first reading, 2682
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - third reading, 3060–3061
- York Region Transit
  - back-to-work legislation, 81–82
  - strike, 81–82
Sousa, Hon. C. (LIB, Mississauga South)
- Asian community, 2229
- Construction industry
  - job creation, 1540
- Federal government
  - immigration policy
    - reform, 2035
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - immigrant services in Ontario, 98–99
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3899–3901
- Government contracts
  - Pan American Games 2015
    - tendering process, 530
- Immigration, 2436
- Immigration policy
  - provincial immigration strategy, 2035, 2226
- Immigration/settlement services
  - expert roundtable on long-term immigration strategy, 839, 4138–4139
  - federal government funding decrease, 308–309
  - government funding, 98–99
- Jewish community
  - heritage in Ontario, 2042
- Members' privileges, 3899–3902
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3898–3902
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 3901
- Ministerial statements
  - Asian Heritage Month
    - presented, 2229
  - Cultural diversity
    - presented, 2436
  - Holocaust Memorial Day
    - presented, 1673–1674
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
    - presented, 1166
  - Jewish Heritage Month
    - presented, 2042
  - Philippine Independence Day
    - presented, 2958
  - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
    - presented, 627
  - South Asian Heritage Month
    - presented, 2075
  - Volunteers
    - presented, 1210, 1594
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - coal-free by 2014, 3899
- Oral questions
  - Construction industry
    - responded to, 1540
  - Government record
    - presented, 4138–4139
  - Immigrant services
    - responded to, 98–99, 308–309
  - Immigrants
    - responded to, 2035, 2226, 4138–4139
  - Immigration policy
    - responded to, 838
  - Pan Am Games
    - responded to, 267, 530, 695, 699, 1157–1158, 1308, 1542, 2317, 2466, 3324–3325
  - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
    - responded to, 1160
  - Volunteers
    - responded to, 2067
- Pan American Games 2015, 267
  - budget, 695, 1158, 1308, 2466, 3324
  - municipal infrastructure, 167, 2317
  - Ontario economy, impact on, 267, 699, 1540, 1542
- Public education campaigns
  - Anti-discrimination
    - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 1166
  - Community development
    - National Volunteer Week, 1594
  - Cultural/religious
    - Asian Heritage Month, 2229
    - South Asian Heritage Month, 2075
    - World Day for Cultural Diversity, 2436
  - Historical/national
    - Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Ha-Shoah), 1673–1674
    - Philippine Independence Day, 2958
- Public-private partnerships, 3324–3325
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal, 627, 1160
- Urban planning
  - West Don Lands athletes' village (Toronto), 267
- Volunteers, 1594