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Walker, B. (PC, Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound)
Aerospace industry
AgustaWestland Corp., 1885
Agriculture funding, 143
Air ambulance service
Air ambulance services
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
health care system, impact on, 1923
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
second reading, 1863 , 1868–1870 , 1947–1949 , 1962 , 1970 , 2807 , 2815 , 3484 , 3809 , 4019–4020
Appreciation
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
fraudulent claims, effects of, 1915
Banking sector, 2928
Budget, 2139 , 2148 , 2929
Business
loans/grants, 2908
regulations, reduction in, 2909
Charitable fundraising
Consumer prices
Corporate subsidies, 2908
Corporate tax reduction
Correctional centres
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2922 , 2927–2929
accountability and transparency, 2930
Energy industry
government subsidies, 2354
surplus power, 4052
Energy rates, 2927 , 4052–4053
capital investment, impact on, 2353
increase, 3022
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 4005–4006
Gasoline tax rebate
used for transportation infrastructure in rural communities, 1574
Government debt, 2152 , 2340 , 2913 , 2922 , 2926–2929
Government deficit, 2148 , 2929
Government record
Government revenue, 2928
Government spending, 1429 , 1445–1446 , 2139 , 2152 , 2913 , 2926 , 2930–2931
Harmonized sales tax (HST)
removal of provincial portion from home heating, 344–345 , 3695
Health care reform, 3447–3448
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home care
competitive bidding process, 125
Home renovation tax credit
Horse racing industry, 1113
Hospital construction
Hospital expansion
Grey Bruce Health Services, 143
Housing, affordable
electricity rate increase contributing to rent increase, 1609
long-term strategy, 1429
Human rights
Inflation, 1445
Interest rates
Jewish community
Landlord and tenant
landlord's ability to profit from rents, 1608
landlord's rights, 1608–1609
Legislative procedure
Legislative process, 2930 , 3696
Local health integration networks (LHINs), 3514 , 3693
Members' privileges, 4005–4008
Members' statements
Cassidy, Josh, 2039–2040
Correctional facilities, 105–106
Hockey, 1590 , 1808
IPF Awareness Month, 3676–3677
Renewable energy, 845
Shouldice, Rob, 532–533
Solanki, Vaibhavi "Sonu," 2955
Vaisakhi, 1707
Volunteer awards, 2318
Members'/ministers' conduct
Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1841 , 1947
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 344–345
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants
redacted information, 4006
contempt of Parliament
Members'/ministers' record
Members'/ministers' remarks
Midwifery, 2043
Ministerial statements
Cancer care
Jewish Heritage Month
Midwifery
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
air ambulance service, oversight of, 1157 , 1841 , 1885 , 1947 , 1949 , 1962 , 2807 , 2815 , 3187–3188 , 3484
Northern Ontario
Nuclear generating stations, 2148
Ombudsman of Ontario
expansion of mandate, 1082
Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
closure of slot machines at racetracks, 1113
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
government subsidy, cancellation of, 1785
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
expenditures, 4052
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3022 , 4052–4053
salaries
Oral questions
Air ambulance
Air ambulance service
Correctional facilities
Horse racing industry
Local health integration networks
Patient transfers
Power plants
Ornge
executive management, 3323
for-profit entities, 1841
funding amendment, 3041
helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
investigation by select committee, 1609 , 1947–1949 , 1970 , 2926
investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1970 , 2815
whistle-blower protection, 1868 , 1947 , 2807 , 3484 , 4019–4020
Petitions
Correctional facilities, 38
Horse racing industry, 1056 , 1258 , 1413 , 1598 , 1946–1947 , 2127 , 2513 , 2603–2604 , 2890 , 3096
Markdale hospital, 967 , 1944 , 2325 , 2441–2442 , 2514
Markdale Hospital, 2685 , 4206
Wind turbines, 312–313 , 848–849 , 1058 , 2438 , 3787–3788 , 4105
Private members' public business
Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2012 (Bill 27)
New Drivers’ Insurance Rate Reduction Act, 2012 (Bill 71)
Rural Ontario
Provincial-municipal relations
Public education campaigns
Health
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Awareness Day, 3676–3677
Public sector employees
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
enacting regulation 233/10
Religious holiday observance
Renewable energy projects
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), 1082 Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario), 1869
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Rural Ontario
transportation infrastructure, 1574
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Security measures
in public buildings, 1083
Senior citizens
Small business
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 2928
accountability and oversight, 2930
recipients, 3108
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Subsidies, 2908
Throne speech debate
Tributes
Unemployment, 1429 , 2139 , 2927 , 3694 , 3696
Wind turbines
moratorium, 845 , 4052
municipal planning authority, 1083
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
Wilson, J. (PC, Simcoe–Grey)
Ability to Pay Act, 2012 (Bill 121)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
Anti-bullying initiatives
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
Bills
government cannot exempt certain clauses from committee consideration, 1693–1694
Board of Internal Economy, 3139–3140
Bullying
Collingwood General & Marine Hospital
expansion application, 169
Committee procedure
Consumer prices
Currency exchange rates
Economic development
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
Government deficit, 709
Harmonized sales tax (HST), 3689–3690
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home renovation tax credit
Job losses, 3690
Laboratory services
Legislative procedure
Liberal Party campaigns/conventions
automated telephone calls, 1812
Long-term care facilities, 3690
for persons with disabilities, 306
Members' privileges, 3847–3850
Members' statements
Members'/ministers' conduct
Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1203
Members'/ministers' constituents, 1812
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1076
Members'/ministers' privileges, 1253 , 1812
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3609 , 3847–3850 , 4133
contempt of Parliament, 1253 , 3775
Bentley, Chris (London West), 4134
freedom from intimidation, 3088
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministerial statements
Board of Internal Economy
Oral questions
Air ambulance service
Long-term care
Members' privileges
Power plants
Wind turbines
Ornge
investigation by select committee, 3806
whistle-blower protection, 3804
Petitions
Aggregate extraction, 174 , 314 , 384 , 670 , 2389–2390 , 3678–3679 , 4153–4154
Health care funding, 174 , 229 , 482–483 , 671 , 703 , 3574–3575
Horse racing industry, 1373–1374
Pension plans, 484
Renewable energy, 110 , 630 , 704 , 1257 , 3375–3376
Rural schools, 35 , 111 , 433 , 629 , 671 , 801–802
Wind turbines, 228 , 313 , 538 , 672–673 , 1258–1259 , 2187–2188
Public sector employees
Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
enacting regulation 233/10
Renewable energy projects
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), 1077 , 1079
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
Smart meters, 3689
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 709
Standing Orders
S.O. 23(h) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Allegations against member, 373
S.O. 23(i) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Imputes false or unavowed motives, 373
S.O. 23(k) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Abusive or insulting language, 373
Tributes
Wind turbines
airports, impact on, 2316
Witmer, E. (PC, Kitchener-Waterloo)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Air ambulance services
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1382–1383 , 1388
Appreciation
Rick Hansen Institute, 220
Children's mental health care
Elder abuse
Energy rates
Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Hospital expansion
government funding, 72–73
Interim supply motions
Legislative process, 1383 , 1388
Members' statements
Dietitians Day, 1162
Epilepsy, 911
Rick Hansen Institute, 220
Members'/ministers' conduct
Members'/ministers' remarks
Ministerial statements
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Obesity in children
Opposition day motions
Oral questions
Air ambulance service
presented, 619–620 , 694 , 792–793 , 840 , 908 , 957 , 1109 , 1153 , 1199 , 1201–1202 , 1249 , 1331 , 1362 , 1402–1403 , 1468 , 1499–1500 , 1503 , 1536–1537
Anti-bullying initiatives
Drug shortage
Long-term care
Ornge
Petitions
Prescription drugs
Private members' public business
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Childhood obesity
Hospitals
Public education campaigns
Community development
Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 1382
Health
Epilepsy Action Day at Queen's Park, 911
Nutrition Month, 1162
Professional associations/occupations
Reports
Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario), 1166 , 1199
Wong, S. (LIB, Scarborough–Agincourt)
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Accessibility for disabled persons
Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1349 , 1353 , 1455 , 1487 , 1699–1700
Appreciation
Scarborough–Agincourt, 3623
At-risk students, 420
Brain injuries
Bullying, 1353
Children
nutrition, 633
physical activity and fitness, 633
Children's mental health care
bullying and, 22
suicide, 1455
Committees
patient based advisory committee to investigate organ and tissue donation, 1393
Education funding, 2331–2332
Family caregiver leave, 665
eligibility, 986
employment insurance benefits (EI), 986
leave increments of one week, 986
programs in other provinces, 986
Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012)
education, 419
energy industry, 3918
senior citizens, 551
NDP (1990–1995)
PC (1995–2003)
transit system expansion in Toronto, 3919
Graduation rates
Health care
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Home care funding, 550 , 3448–3449
Home renovation tax credit, 116 , 3694
Hydro electric power
transmission line maintenance, 1499
Job creation, 550
Jobs and Prosperity Council
Kindergarten, full-day, 3228
Landlord and tenant
landlord's ability to profit from rents, 1608
Legislative process, 1699–1700 , 3694–3695
LGBTQ youth/students, 1654
Medical transplants
Members' privileges, 3917–3920
Members' statements
Agincourt Collegiate Institute, 751–752
Agincourt Community Services Association, 3623
Armenian community, 3724–3725
Asian Heritage Month, 2121
Hong Fook Mental Health Association, 2999
L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, 376
Leading Women, Building Communities Awards, 1410
Pavlovski, Paul, 4144
Terry Fox Public School, 105
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1368 , 3727
Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 112–114
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3917–3920
Members'/ministers' remarks
Midwifery, 2031
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Ministry of Education
summer program funding, 420
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Second Career Ontario program, 2572 , 2737
Northern Ontario
economic development, 2448
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 2368
Nurses
Obesity in children
complications, 634
global increase of, 632
Ombudsman of Ontario
children's aid societies, oversight of, 4173–4174
Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)
memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Education, 3227–3228 , 3291
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
operating cost reductions, 1499
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 1376–1377
Ontario student assistance program (OSAP), 3778
Opposition day motions
Public transit
Subway expansion (Toronto)
Oral questions
Anti-bullying initiatives
Concussions
Education
Education funding
Education reform
Employment standards
Energy conservation
Family caregiver leave
Health care
Hydro operations
Midwifery
Nurses
Skills training
Student assistance
Teachers
Volunteers
Water quality
Petitions
Anti-bullying initiatives, 1675 , 1817 , 1852 , 2006
Electoral reform, 3573–3574 , 3680 , 4049 , 4104
Family caregiver leave, 2387 , 2440 , 2605 , 2635–2636 , 3004
Ontario budget, 1677 , 1711 , 1770–1771
Radiation safety, 2127–2128 , 3332
Private members' public business
Childhood obesity
Education Amendment Act (Blocker Pads), 2012 (Bill 102)
Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2012 (Bill 110)
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 47)
Organ and tissue donation
Registered Retirement Savings Protection Plan Act, 2012 (Bill 120)
Provincial-municipal relations
re transit system expansion in Toronto, 925
Public education campaigns
Cultural/religious
Asian Heritage Month, 2121
Environment
Earth Hour (World Wildlife Fund), 1367
World Water Day, 1204
Historical/national
Armenian independence, 21st anniversary, 3724–3725
Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 552 Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)
exemption from claims by creditors, 4168–4169
Rent increases
above-guideline, 2578
capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1614
Reports
Report of the Review of the Public Works Protection Act, 2011 (Hon. R. Roy McMurtry), 686
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, 550
tax credits, 550–551
Small business
compensation for damages from G20 summit, 1064
Speaker
election (21 November 2011), 112
Special-needs students
Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
Student evaluation, 3228
Teacher salaries
wage freeze, legislated, 3080
Teachers
Teacher-student ratios, 2222–2223
Throne speech debate
Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
Training programs
Tributes
Scarborough–Agincourt, 4144
Tuition fees
Water quality, 1204 , 1939
Water resources management
Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
Workers' rights, 2597
Youth/students
concussions, 956
school board policies, 957
Wynne, Hon. K.O. (LIB, Don Valley West)
Aboriginal communities
economic development, 1407
housing crisis
quality of life, 2794–2795
Aboriginal peoples
compensation
Grassy Narrows First Nation, 2787–2788
Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, 2788
education
federal government funding, 1548
on-reserve and off-reserve schools, funding, 100 , 1548
employment, 1547
Aboriginal women
Aboriginal youth, 4043
Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
Anti-bullying initiatives, 2713–2715
Arbitration
Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
Automobile insurance
anti-fraud task force, 1236
Automobile insurance rates/premiums
Child poverty, 1295
Committee procedure
right to request documents, 3858
Co-operative housing, 1118–1119
Cycling strategy, 2268
Economic conditions, 1298
Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown transit line
Emergency Management Ontario (EMO)
flooding in Thunder Bay, 2737
French-language debates
Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
Loi de 2012 modifiant des Lois en ce qui concerne les coopératives de logement sans but lucratif, projet de loi 65
Loi de 2012 modifiant la Loi sur la location à usage d'habitation (taux légal d'augmentation des loyers), projet de loi 19
Government record
Liberal (2003–2012)
education, 3293
rental housing, protection, 2964
transit system expansion in Toronto, 935
PC (1995–2003)
Government service transfer
Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
Housing
Housing, affordable, 380 , 1293 , 1295 , 2966
Ipperwash Inquiry report
Land conservation
Hardy Road area in Brantford, 2117
Landlord and tenant, 1291 , 1294 , 1298
Landlord and Tenant Board, 1292
Legislative procedure
speech should be related to topic being discussed, 1691
LGBTQ youth/students, 2714
anti-bullying initiatives, 1689
Members' privileges, 3858–3860
Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1238 , 2795–2796
Members'/ministers' privileges
access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3858–3860
Members'/ministers' remarks
withdrawal requested, 828
Mineral exploration
Aboriginal communities
Ring of Fire
chromite mine construction, 2313
Ministerial statements
Aboriginal affairs
Co-operative housing
Co-operatives
National Aboriginal Day
Rent regulation
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Municipal infrastructure
government funding, 1112
permanent funding for roads and bridges, 698–699
Natural disasters
Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 65), 1803 Ontario Building Code
glass balconies on high-rise buildings, 3187
Ontario Building Code reform
energy efficiency requirements, 1997
Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2939
Opposition day motions
Public transit
Subway expansion (Toronto)
Oral questions
Aboriginal affairs
Aboriginal children and youth
Aboriginal economic development
Aboriginal education
Aboriginal housing
Aboriginal land claims
Aboriginal land dispute
Aboriginal rights
Affordable housing
Assistance to flood victims
Building code
Conservation
First Nations
Infrastructure program funding
Infrastructure renewal
Mercury poisoning
Métis Nation
Mining industry
Municipal planning
Municipalities
Non–profit housing
Public safety
Public transit
Rent regulation
Road safety
Violence against aboriginal women
Pan American Games 2015
Poverty, 1295
Poverty rates
Poverty reduction strategy, 380 , 1593
Private members' public business
Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
Provincial-aboriginal agreements
Algonquins of Ontario, 2788 , 3518
consultation with stakeholders, 2996
Caledonia
Provincial-municipal relations, 1109
re transit system expansion in Toronto, 935
re wind turbines, 262
Public education campaigns
Community development
International Year of Co-operatives, 1118
Cultural/religious
Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
Renewable energy industry, 2938
Rent control, 165–166
Rent increases, 1290 , 1293–1294
Rental housing, 1290 , 1293
Residential Tenancies Act, S.O. 2006, c. 17, 1290–1291 , 1593 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
Social housing, 4026
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
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