Speaker letter v House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: V

Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming–Cochrane)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1282
- Adams Mine Lake Act, S.O. 2004, c. 6, 812
- Agriculture funding, 184, 248
- Agriculture industry, 2603
  - risk management programs (RMPs), 1050, 2356, 3002
- Air ambulance services
  - performance agreement, 3480
  - quality of care, 2813
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1966–1967, 2807, 2811–2814, 2816, 3478, 3484, 3488–3489, 3494
- Animal protection
  - elephants, 2102–2103
  - farm animals, 1378–1379, 2102
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 1282
- Appreciation
  - Timiskaming–Cochrane, 1163, 2790
- Committees
  - Legislative committees
    - to review policies that impact northern Ontario, 812–814, 819
    - to review policies that impact rural Ontario, 3436–3437
- Electoral process, 184
- Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007, c. 6
  - amendments, 2287
- Energy agencies
  - public ownership, 3021
- Energy conservation, 3010
- Energy industry
  - surplus power, 3579, 3592–3593
- Energy rates, 3578
  - forest industry, impact on, 1719
  - increase, 3021
  - unemployment and, 4115
- Family caregiver leave, 1479
  - affordability of unpaid leave by employees, 1479–1480
  - employment insurance benefits (EI), 1480
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 896, 1479–1480
- Farm products
  - Buy Ontario policy, 4150
- Forest industry
  - processing of lumber in Québec, 1719
- Gasoline price regulation
  - rural communities, impact on, 2399–2400
- Government record
  - NDP (1990–1995)
    - energy industry, 3592
- Government services
  - deregulation, 2448
- Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A, 3579
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 87, 3688, 3697
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 441, 443–444, 450, 455–456, 540–541, 551, 555, 592–593, 596
  - third reading, 2755, 2764, 3351–3354, 3360–3361, 3398, 3682–3683, 3688–3689, 3697–3698, 3701
- Home care funding, 592–593
- Home renovation tax credit, 248, 3683, 3689
  - affordability, 541, 551, 555, 2755, 2764, 3701
  - limited to renovations that assist in mobility, 441
- Horse racing industry, 1159
- Housing, affordable
  - government funding, 1612
- Human rights
  - G20 summit, 875
- Hydro electric power
  - importing/exporting, 4116
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 2356
- Job creation, 3683
- Legislative process, 1282
- Members' statements
  - CAT Scan Christmas concert, 375–376
  - Events in Kirkland Lake, 2790
  - Fall fairs, 3413
  - Freundlich, George, 1163
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 1545, 1889, 2271, 3454, 3783, 4047
  - Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club, 752
  - Temiskaming Shores Skate Park, 3188
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 236–237
- Metrolinx Act, S.O. 2006, c. 16, 812
- Mineral exploration
  - Aboriginal communities
    - consultation with
      - Wahgoshig First Nation, 268
  - energy usage, 3021
  - Ring of Fire, 184, 813
- Ministerial statements
  - Agri-food industry
    - responded to, 2603, 3002
  - Ontario produce
    - responded to, 4150
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 2811–2812, 2814, 2816, 3479–3480, 3484
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - Bear Wise program, 2357
- Northern Ontario, 596, 812–813, 819, 1703
  - economic development, 2356–2357, 2359
  - transportation, 3454
    - impact on trade, 2271, 2357
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 1966
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3010, 3021–3022, 3536, 3578–3581, 3589, 3592–3593, 4053–4054, 4063, 4067, 4107, 4115–4116, 4119
- Ontario Electricity System Operator (OESO)
  - public consultation process, 4054, 4063, 4107
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - closure of slot machines at racetracks, 1159, 2356
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - freedom of information, 2554
  - government subsidy, cancellation of, 3779, 4047
  - privatization, 1249–1250, 1302, 1366, 1545, 1703, 1800–1801, 1842, 1889, 2316–2317, 2357, 2554–2555, 3010, 3060, 3184, 3367–3368, 3454, 3689, 3697–3698, 3779
  - VIA Rail car-refurbishment contract, 1996–1997
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3578–3579
    - removal of independent planning and review, 3536, 3579, 3581, 3589
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.36, 2102
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 1378–1379
  - accountability and oversight, 1378–1379
- Opposition day motions
  - Gasoline price regulation
    - responded to, 2399–2400
  - Gasoline prices
    - responded to, 2399–2400
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal rights
    - presented, 268
  - Assistance to farmers
    - presented, 1050
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 1159–1160
  - Northern transportation
    - presented, 1366
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
    - presented, 1249–1250, 1303–1304, 1703, 1800–1801, 1842, 1996–1997, 2316–2317, 2554–2555, 3184, 3367–3368, 3779
- Ornge
  - freedom of information (FOI) requests, 1966, 3478, 3484, 3494
  - investigation by select committee, 1966–1967
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 2813–2814, 2816
    - committee witnesses, 3478–3479, 3489
  - legal counsel, 3479
  - whistle-blower protection, 2807, 2816, 3480, 3488
- Petitions
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 2746
  - Government services, 1337
  - Highway safety, 967–968
  - Off-road vehicles, 2564
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 1413, 1474, 1512, 1551–1552, 1596, 1640, 1710, 1769, 1944, 2389, 2513, 2635, 2961–2962, 3192, 3330, 3375, 3416–3417, 3677, 3731, 3787, 4050, 4105
  - Tourism, 2235–2236
  - Utility transport vehicles, 4152
  - Utility transportation vehicles, 3790, 4049
- Private members' public business
  - Elephant Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 69)
    - second reading, 2102–2103
  - Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 2287
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2012 (Bill 20)
    - second reading, 1031–1032
  - Northern Ontario
    - presented, 812–814, 819
  - Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2012 (Bill 52)
    - second reading, 1719
  - Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 47)
    - second reading, 1378–1379
  - Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act (HST Rebate For Home Heating), 2011 (Bill 4)
    - second reading, 87
  - Rural Ontario
    - responded to, 3436–3437
- Provincial-municipal relations
  - re rural Ontario, 3436–3437
- Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
  - enacting regulation 233/10
    - transparency, 1074
- Public-private partnerships
  - request for proposal (RFP) process, 2531
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3221–3222
- Renewable energy projects
  - cost, 3021–3022
- Rent control
  - exemptions
    - for vacant units, 1612–1613
  - low-income groups, impact on, 1612–1613
- Reports
  - Report of the Review of the Public Works Protection Act, 2011 (Hon. R. Roy McMurtry), 1074
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1437–1438, 1612–1614
- Rural Ontario, 1438
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 875, 1073–1076, 1081–1082, 1087–1088, 1091, 1094
- Security measures
  - transparency, 1081–1082
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 2755
- ServiceOntario
  - privatization, 2356
- Smart meters
  - impact on energy rates, 3578, 3581
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2356–2357, 2359, 2448, 2531
  - third reading, 3060
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 184, 236–237, 248, 398
- Tributes
  - Timiskaming–Cochrane, 3188
- Volunteers, 1438
- Wildlife protection
  - economic and social impact, 2287