Speaker letter h House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 2

House speaker index

Letter: H

Hardeman, E. (PC, Oxford)
- Abattoirs
  - regulations, 1289
- Agriculture industry
  - regulations, 4080
- Agriculture week, 1287, 4155
- Agri-food industry
  - regulations, 1288–1289, 3614, 4155–4156
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2014 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 1022–1023, 1025
- Carbon monoxide detector installation
  - enforcement, 4122
  - legislation, 4710–4712
  - mandatory in homes, 726, 2056
  - province-wide standard, 4122
- Carbon monoxide poisoning fatalities
  - Hawkins family, 4121–4122
- Co-operative housing, dispute resolution
  - general remarks, 607, 1702
- Dairy industry, 1720
- Economic development in rural Ontario, 2943–2944
- Electricity rates
  - increase in, 4080, 5100
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - exemption threshold, 5101
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 2873–2874, 2876
- Family caregiver leave
  - affordability, 2874
  - employee eligibility, 2876
  - flexibility of leave increments, 2874, 2876
- Family caregiver leave and job protection
  - general remarks, 2876
- Farm assistance programs
  - forage shortage assistance, 366
  - risk management, 1291, 4145–4146
- Farmers
  - tax credit for food donations, 4155
- Fast food menu labelling, 1600
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - comparisons to other offices, 2857
  - cost, 2858
  - legislative process and, 2857
  - mandate, 2857–2858
- Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013 (Bill 95)
  - second reading, 2856–2858
- Food distribution centres, 1289–1290
- Food processing industry
  - energy rates and, 5432
- Grain dryers, 146–147
- Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2013 (Bill 18)
  - first reading, 258
- Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Safety), 2013 (Bill 77)
  - first reading, 2323
  - third reading, 4710–4712
- Heinz plant closure
  - general remarks, 4369, 4574
- Horse racing industry
  - job losses, 4510–4511
- Kellogg's plant closure, 5101
- Landfill sites, 3929
- Landlord and Tenant Board
  - fee waiver program, 1702–1703
- Legislative procedure
  - written questions, 1540
- Local food
  - government funding, 5746, 6936
- Local Food Act, 2013 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1284–1294, 1295, 1918
  - third reading, 4154–4156
- Local food education, 1291–1292, 1918, 4155, 5581, 5748–5749
- Local food purchasing, 1292–1293
- Local food strategy
  - general remarks, 727–728, 1285
  - targets, 1286, 1292–1293
  - trade compliance, 1295
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs, 5099
- Members' statements
  - Agri-food industry, 71–72, 3487
  - Assistance to farmers, 366
  - Business community, 5985
  - Canadian Women's Amateur Championship, 5876
  - Carbon monoxide detectors, 726, 2056
  - Dairy Farmers of Ontario, 1720
  - Food literacy, 1600, 5581
  - 4-H, 4268
  - Greenhouse industry, 2203
  - Landfill, 3929
  - Local Food Fund, 5746
  - Tire disposal, 940–941
  - Youth of Oxford county, 4373
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 146, 6521
- Ministerial statements
  - Agri-food industry
    - responded to, 727–728
  - Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week
    - responded to, 372, 5748–5749
  - Dutch Heritage Month
    - responded to, 1798–1799
  - Ministry of Agriculture and Food
    - responded to, 1725
  - Ontario Agriculture Week
    - responded to, 3614
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food
  - 125th anniversary, 1725
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - oversight of air ambulance service, 1023
- Non-profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 607, 1702–1703, 1704
- Ontario history
  - Dutch population, 1798–1799
- Ontario Institute of Professional Agrologists Act, 2013 (Bill Pr15)
  - first reading, 3087
- Opposition day motions
  - Horse racing industry
    - responded to, 4510–4511
- Oral questions
  - Agricultural colleges
    - presented, 5924–5925
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 4145–4146, 5432
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 4369
  - Ministry grants
    - presented, 6936
  - Ontario farmers
    - presented, 146–147
  - Rural economic development
    - presented, 2943–2944
- Petitions
  - Environmental protection, 4066, 4753, 4754, 4920, 5131, 5283, 5879, 6592, 6946
  - Genetically-modified alfalfa, 3176
  - Landfill, 34, 164–165, 263, 307–308, 426–427, 475–476, 523, 685, 732, 801–802, 842–843, 1893–1894, 3564
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 5877
  - Protection of resources, 3832
  - Sharks, 4500
  - Tire disposal, 899, 944, 1112, 1276, 1548–1549, 1728, 1892, 2331–2332, 2987, 3666, 5019
- Private members' public business
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Safety), 2013 (Bill 77)
    - second reading, 4121–4123, 4128–4129
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014 (Bill 83)
  - second reading, 6748–6750, 6750–6751
- Public education campaigns – Agriculture
  - Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week, 372, 5748–5749
  - Ontario Agriculture Week, 3487, 3614
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Dutch Heritage Month, 1798–1799
- Real estate industry
  - bidding practices, 2530
- Recycling fees
  - general remarks, 4575
  - for tires, 940–941
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Social Policy, 6317–6318
- Small business
  - regulations, 4080–4081, 5100–5101
- Statements by stakeholders
  - local food strategy, 1285–1286, 1293
- Strategic lawsuits
  - prevention of, 6748–6749
- Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2529–2530, 2532
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 4080–4081, 4082–4083
  - third reading, 5099–5101, 5103
- University of Guelph
  - funding of agricultural programs, 5925
- Waste diversion
  - in small municipalities, 4573–4574
- Waste Reduction Act, 2013 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4573–4575, 4576
- Water heaters, door-to-door sale
  - consumer protection, 2529–2530
Harris, M. (PC, Kitchener–Conestoga)
- Accountability for Ontario's Environmental Commissioner Act, 2014 (Bill 186)
  - first reading, 6403
- Aggregate, recycled
  - use in public infrastructure projects, 3240
- Air ambulance services
  - quality of care, 764
- All-terrain vehicles (ATVs)
  - use on highways, 4337–4338
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2014 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 764–765, 767
- Asian community, 1829–1830
- Automobile insurance claims
  - processing through electronic system, 6557
- Automobile insurance claims, dispute resolution
  - general remarks, 859
- Automobile insurance rates
  - file and use process, 6557
  - reduction to, 859
- Business taxes
  - employee health tax (EHT) exemption, 3970
- Child care centres
  - licensing, 6962–6964, 6966
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 143)
  - second reading, 6961–6964, 6966
- Coal-fired electricity generation, 4593–4594
- Construction bidding
  - closed-tenders, 6983–6984
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Job creation
    - presented, 4028–4029
  - Taxation
    - presented, 1300–1301
  - Waste diversion
    - presented, 1244–1245
- Disclosure of government documents
  - at eHealth Ontario, 365
- eHealth Ontario, 365
- Electronic health records (EHRs)
  - general remarks, 713–714
- Emissions trading, 118–119
- Employment
  - in public vs. private sector, 118
- Fair and Open Tendering Act (Labour Relations for Certain Public Sector Employers in the Construction Industry), 2013 (Bill 73)
  - first reading, 2158–2159
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 171)
  - second reading, 6551, 6556–6557
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - review of alternative service delivery, 5767–5768
- Firefighters
  - workers' compensation benefits
    - for double-hatters, 6762–6763
    - for presumptive cancers, 5695–5696
- Gas plant cancellations, cost
  - Oakville plant, 1486
- Gas plant cancellations, email deletion
  - general remarks, 6357
- GO Transit service expansion
  - Kitchener–Waterloo region, 5928–5929
- Great Lakes
  - commercial value of, 224
  - shorelines, 230
- Great Lakes conservation
  - domestic and international agreements, 225–226, 229
  - general remarks, 95
  - regulatory requirements, 227–229
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2014 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 221, 222–230, 231–232, 389–390
- Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Safety), 2013 (Bill 77)
  - third reading, 4718–4719
- Heinz plant closure
  - general remarks, 5106
- Highway construction
  - general remarks, 6090
- Highway construction projects
  - Highway 7 expansion, 5928–5929
- Housing
  - energy audits, 3456–3457
- Industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector
  - waste diversion rate, 3541, 4089
- Invasive species
  - in Great Lakes, 220
- Legislative procedure
  - written questions, 3962
- Local Food Act, 2013 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1411–1413, 1414
- Local food strategy
  - targets, 1412
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs, 5104, 5106
- Mazza, Chris
  - salary, 765
- Members' statements
  - Anniversary of Armenian independence, 3084–3085
  - Armenian genocide anniversary, 6890
  - Asian Heritage Month, 1829–1830
  - Ball Construction, 2979
  - Blackberry, 1721, 3131
  - Canadian International Autoshow, 5387
  - Christmas parades, 5120
  - Drive Clean, 300
  - Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, 5934–5935
  - Environmental protection, 30
  - Hughes, Clara, 5808
  - Kate's Kause, 1541
  - Kitchener girls' soccer, 3659
  - Mental health, 892
  - New Hamburg Fall Fair, 2900
  - New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts, 2429–2430
  - Order of business, 4651
  - Pillar Nonprofit Network, 30
  - Vimy Ridge anniversary, 6584
  - Waste disposal, 582
  - Waste diversion, 1371
  - Waste reduction, 3825–3826
  - Waterloo Air Show, 2372–2373
  - Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival, 3220
  - Wise, Olivia, 4372
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1412
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of pins, 6565, 6572
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 764, 1486, 1592, 3115, 3357, 4216, 6357
- Mental health, 5808
- Ministerial statements
  - Coal-fired generating stations
    - responded to, 4593–4594
  - Great Lakes water quality
    - responded to, 95
  - Greenbelt
    - responded to, 5586
  - Waste diversion
    - responded to, 2596–2597
- MPP Salary Freeze Act, 2014 (Bill 177)
  - second reading, 6350–6352
- Municipal government tenders
  - closed-shop agreements, 3023–3024, 3040–3041, 3047
- Municipal infrastructure in rural Ontario
  - general remarks, 2463
- Natural gas
  - effect on environment, 3246
- Non-profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 1859–1860, 1861
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - air ambulance service oversight, 765
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) membership
  - fees, 3970–3971
- Ontario Greenbelt
  - ninth anniversary, 5586
- Opposition day motions
  - Automobile insurance
    - responded to, 859
  - Teachers
    - responded to, 180
- Oral questions
  - Air quality
    - presented, 3992
  - Drive Clean
    - presented, 577, 2423, 2492, 4102–4103, 4216–4217, 4536
  - Electronic health information
    - presented, 365, 713–714
  - GO Transit
    - presented, 5928–5929
  - Infrastructure program funding
    - presented, 6090
  - Job creation
    - presented, 3872
  - Power plants
    - presented, 153–154, 1486–1487, 6357
  - Taxation
    - presented, 935–936
  - Tendering process
    - presented, 2152, 3023–3024, 6983–6984
  - Volunteer firefighters
    - presented, 5695–5696, 6762–6763
  - Waste diversion
    - presented, 1147, 1768, 1927, 2542, 5068–5069
- Ornge, whistle-blower protection, 765, 767
- Petitions
  - Air quality, 305, 1610–1611, 2506, 4325, 6149
  - Road safety, 1156
- Physical therapy
  - government funding, 2451
- Private members' public business
  - Aggregate Recycling Promotion Act, 2014 (Bill 56)
    - second reading, 3240
  - Energy conservation
    - responded to, 3456–3457
  - Fair and Open Tendering Act (Labour Relations for Certain Public Sector Employers in the Construction Industry), 2013 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 3040–3041, 3047
  - Financial Accountability Act, 2014 (Bill 160)
    - second reading, 5767–5768
  - Living Within Our Means Act, 2013 (Bill 26)
    - second reading, 698–699
  - Natural Gas Superhighway Act, 2013 (Bill 97)
    - second reading, 3246
  - Off-road vehicles
    - responded to, 4337–4338
  - Public Sector Capacity to Pay Act, 2013 (Bill 44)
    - second reading, 1133–1134
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014 (Bill 83)
  - second reading, 6745
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Asian Heritage Month, 1829–1830
- Public education campaigns – Environment
  - Waste Reduction Week, 3825–3826
- Public education campaigns – Historical/National
  - Vimy Ridge anniversary, 6584
- Public education campaigns – Mental health
  - Love My Life: A Walk for Mental Health, 892
- Public sector employers
  - construction tendering process, 2152
- Public sector workers, wage freeze
  - general remarks, 6350
- Real estate industry
  - bidding practices, 2760
- Recycling fees
  - cancellation of, 2596
  - for electronic devices, 3116
  - general remarks, 935, 1147, 1244–1245, 1768, 1927, 2542, 3115–3116
  - for tires, 1300–1301, 3116
- Renewable energy industry
  - general remarks, 5068
- Safe Roundabouts Act, 2013 (Bill 46)
  - first reading, 894
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 4039, 4638–4639, 4721
- Smoking bans in outdoor recreational areas
  - playgrounds and sports fields, 6278–6279
  - restaurant and bar patios, 6279
- Social assistance benefits
  - employment earnings exemption, 123, 127–128
- Statements by stakeholders
  - waste diversion, 3356
- Strategic lawsuits
  - general remarks, 6745
- Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2759–2760, 2762
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3970–3971, 3973
  - third reading, 5104–5106, 5108
- Teacher collective bargaining laws
  - sunset clause, 4639
- Teacher hiring
  - seniority-based, 4639
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 117––119, 120
- Tobacco, flavoured
  - sale of, 6280
- Tobacco products
  - sale on post-secondary school campuses and certain government-owned property, 6279
  - sale to minors, 6280
- Tobacco products, illegal sale
  - ban, 6279–6280
  - general remarks, 6280
- Transformer stations
  - environmental assessment in Clarington, 30
- Transit funding methods
  - gasoline tax revenue, 2463
  - HST increase, 2463
- Tributes
  - Ferguson, Will (former member for Kitchener), 4059–4060
- Trucks using natural gas
  - tax credit, 3246
- Vehicle emissions tests
  - fees, 2492, 4102–4103, 4536
  - general remarks, 300, 577, 2423
  - revenue neutrality, 3992, 4216–4217
- Waste diversion
  - disposal bans, 3418
  - job creation and, 3758
  - oversight by government, 3418
  - as producer responsibility, 3114, 3357, 4029
  - targets, 3541, 4029
- Waste diversion programs
  - blue box program, 3356, 3406, 4575
- Waste management, 582, 1371
- Waste Reduction Act, 2013 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3112, 3114–3116, 3353–3357, 3405–3406, 3407, 3418, 3541, 3758–3759, 4089–4090, 4575
- Waste Reduction Authority
  - mandate, 3355
  - monitoring and enforcement role, 3355–3356, 3406
  - transition from Waste Diversion Ontario, 3114, 3355
  - transparency, 3418
- Water heaters, door-to-door sale
  - consumer protection, 2759–2760
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - premiums, 5105
- Youth
  - smoking, 6278
- Youth Smoking Prevention Act, 2014 (Bill 131)
  - second reading, 6278–6280, 6282
Hatfield, P. (NDP, Windsor–Tecumseh)
- Advertising by broader public sector
  - review by Auditor General, 6413–6414
- Automobile insurance claims, dispute resolution
  - for accident benefits claims, 6680
- Automobile insurance claims, prejudgment interest
  - effect on settlement of lawsuits, 6680–6681
- Child care centres
  - inspection of, 5306
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 143)
  - second reading, 5306–5307
- Chrysler Group LLC
  - government financial assistance, 5597–5598, 5738
- Companies Statute Law Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 6617
- Construction industry contracts
  - non-payment of bills, 5995–5997, 6002–6003
  - payment schedules, 5211, 5445–5446
- Electricity rate increase, 5578
- EllisDon Corporation
  - collective agreement, 3343
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 2881–2882, 3008
  - third reading, 6483, 6839, 6843–6844, 6845
- Enhancing Patient Care and Pharmacy Safety (Statute Law Amendment) Act, 2014 (Bill 117)
  - second reading, 4528–4529, 5727–5730, 5731
- Fair Minimum Wage Act, 2014 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 5597–5598, 6178–6179
- Fairness and Competitiveness in Ontario's Construction Industry Act, 2013 (Bill 74)
  - second reading, 3944
- Family caregiver leave
  - employment insurance (EI) benefits for, 6844
- Family caregiver leave and job protection
  - enforcement, 6844
- Fast food menu labelling, 5338–5339
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 171)
  - second reading, 6680–6681, 6682, 6684–6685, 6687
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - review of alternative service delivery, 5765
- Gas plant cancellations
  - want of confidence motion, 4291
- Girders on Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway
  - cost, 5167–5168, 6982
  - forensic testing, 3480, 5213
  - government's response to safety issues, 6935, 6981–6983
  - review, 2734, 3329, 3426
  - safety standards, 3376, 3775, 6813–6815, 6884
  - testing, 3926
- Highway construction contracts
  - oversight of, 4144, 5324
  - for Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway, 6881–6882
  - safety and inspection provisions, 4538–4539
- Homeless persons, 3433
- Horse racing industry
  - decline of, 4506–4507
  - job losses, 3082–3083
  - race dates, 6633
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2014 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 5211, 5212–5213, 5445–5449, 5450, 5708, 6973
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs, 5087–5088
- Medical errors in chemotherapy
  - underdosing, 5728
- Members' statements
  - Events in Tecumseh, 6031
  - Health and wellness, 4959
  - Health care, 2848
  - Huber, Brandt, 5484–5485
  - Northern Ontario development, 4269–4270
  - Transportation infrastructure, 3775
  - Veterans, 6788
  - Windsor Residence for Young Men, 3433
  - Windsor Sculpture Park, 6584
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Windsor–Tecumseh, 3344–3345
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 3343–3345
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3343–3344
- Minimum wage increase
  - general remarks, 6179
- Mining industry
  - development in northwestern Ontario, 4269–4270
- Ministerial statements
  - Infrastructure planning
    - responded to, 4657
- Municipal infrastructure
  - inspection and testing, 3480
- Municipal infrastructure construction
  - employment for apprentices in, 5447
  - as employment generator, 5212–5213
  - tenders in northern Ontario, 5447–5448
  - through public-private partnerships, 5213, 5445, 5450
- Municipal infrastructure planning
  - long-term planning and funding, 4657
  - prioritization of projects, 5447, 5449
- Non-profit organizations
  - use of funds, 6617
- Ontario College of Teachers (OCT), disciplinary committee
  - fair treatment of teachers, 6382
- Opposition day motions
  - Horse racing industry
    - responded to, 4506–4507
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 4290–4291
- Oral questions
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 5738
  - Cancer treatment
    - presented, 4261–4262, 4366–4367
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 3082–3083, 6633
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 5578
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 2734, 3329, 3376, 3426, 3480, 3926, 4144, 4538–4539, 5167, 5324, 6813–6814, 6814–6815, 6881–6882, 6884, 6935, 6981–6982, 6982–6983
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 6670
  - Credit unions, 6895
  - Employment practices, 2985
  - Off-road vehicles, 5588
- Private members' public business
  - Auditor General Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 190)
    - second reading, 6799–6800
  - Broader Public Sector Advertising Act, 2014 (Bill 134)
    - second reading, 6413–6414
  - Financial Accountability Act, 2014 (Bill 160)
    - second reading, 5765
  - Government procurement policies
    - presented, 5995–5997
    - responded to, 6002–6003
  - Health Statute Law Amendment Act (Healthy Decisions Made Easy), 2014 (Bill 149)
    - second reading, 5338–5339
  - Reducing Gridlock and Improving Traffic Flow Act, 2014 (Bill 181)
    - second reading, 6213–6214
  - Technical Standards and Safety Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 3672–3673
- Protecting Students Act, 2014 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 6382
- Reports
  - A Review of the Oncology Under-Dosing Incident (J.J. Thiessen), 5728–5729
- Road safety
  - advisory committee, 6213–6214
- Safety standards
  - new standards, 3672–3673
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 4391–4392
- Small business
  - general remarks, 3720, 4071
  - regulations, 4072
- Statements by stakeholders
  - public-private partnerships, 5448–5449
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3720, 3946–3947, 4071–4072, 4073–4074, 4078
  - third reading, 5087–5088, 5152–5153
- Thoracic surgery, 4261–4262, 4366–4367
- Tobacco products, illegal sale
  - ban, 6273
- Tributes
  - Flaherty, Jim (former member for Durham Centre and Whitby–Ajax), 6649–6650
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2013 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 3505
- Youth
  - smoking, 5339
- Youth Smoking Prevention Act, 2014 (Bill 131)
  - second reading, 6268–6269, 6273
Hillier, R. (PC, Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington)
- Agriculture industry
  - supply management, 1911–1912
- Agri-food industry
  - regulations, 1911–1913
- Air ambulance services
  - international providers, 1029
  - patient safety, 1029
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2014 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 1027–1028, 1028–1030, 1031
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - journeyman-to-apprentice ratios, 2322
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 176)
  - second reading, 6155
- Budget 2013
  - programming motion, 2332
- Constitution Day Act, 2013 (Bill 45)
  - first reading, 894
- Defending Employees' Rights Act (Certification of Trade Unions), 2013 (Bill 62)
  - first reading, 1722–1723
- Defending Employees' Rights Act (Collective Bargaining and Financial Disclosure by Trade Unions), 2013 (Bill 64)
  - first reading, 1723
- Economic conditions, 645
- Election Amendment Act (MPPs' Recall), 2013 (Bill 124)
  - first reading, 4061–4062
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 533–537
- Family caregiver leave
  - flexibility of leave increments, 534
  - general remarks, 372–373
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - general remarks, 2332–2333
- Financial Administration Amendment Act (Special Warrants), 2013 (Bill 119)
  - first reading, 3777–3778
- Gas plant relocations, 536, 603
- Gasoline wholesale and retail business
  - prepayment system, 280–281
- Government contracts
  - closed tendering, 535
- Government expenditures
  - review, 602
- Government notice of motions
  - Interim supply
    - responded to, 602–603
- Grand Juries Act, 2013 (Bill 120)
  - first reading, 3778
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2014 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 231, 385–386
- Hospitality industry
  - tips and other gratuities, 2384
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act (Awarding of Costs), 2013 (Bill 147)
  - first reading, 4913
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2014 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 5955
- Interest arbitration
  - timelines, 1132
  - written submissions, 1132
- Interim supply motions
  - responded to, 602–603
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Ontario Labour Relations Board), 2013 (Bill 63)
  - first reading, 1723
- Local Food Act, 2013 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1911–1912, 1913
- Members' statements
  - Apprenticeship training, 2322
  - Canadian Constitution, 893
  - Taxation, 368
  - Worker's compensation, 257
  - Youth unemployment, 1722
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 294, 368, 408, 602, 1913
- Minimum wage increase
  - general remarks, 4077, 4080
- Ministerial statements
  - Family caregiver leave
    - responded to, 372–373
  - Repetitive strain injury
    - responded to, 259
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) membership
  - fees, 4077–4078
- Oral questions
  - Taxation
    - presented, 887–888
  - Teachers' collective bargaining
    - presented, 1001
  - Workers' compensation
    - presented, 249
- Petitions
  - Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital, 4499
  - Dog ownership, 1010
  - Drive Clean, 2329
  - Home warranty program, 3136
  - Hospital funding, 4066–4067
  - Hydro rates, 5940, 6151
  - Lyme disease, 2274, 3337
  - Ontario College of Trades, 214
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 6149
  - Workplace insurance, 261, 587
- Private members' public business
  - Jayesh's Law (Worker Safety at Service Stations), 2013 (Bill 12)
    - second reading, 280–281
  - Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013 (Bill 49)
    - second reading, 2384
  - Public Sector Capacity to Pay Act, 2013 (Bill 44)
    - second reading, 1132
  - Sick Days are for Sick People Act, 2013 (Bill 25)
    - second reading, 693
  - Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 19)
    - second reading, 900–902, 906
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014 (Bill 83)
  - second reading, 6746–6747, 6748
- Provincial Offences Statute Law Amendment Act (Jury Trials), 2013 (Bill 121)
  - first reading, 3778
- Public education campaigns – Health and safety
  - Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day, 259
- Public Safety Related to Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 112)
  - first reading, 3333–3334
- Public sector workers
  - sick-leave gratuities, 693
- Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2013 (Bill 110)
  - first reading, 3333
- Regulations
  - definition, 6155
- Spirits of Competition Act (Liquor Licences), 2013 (Bill 148)
  - first reading, 4913
- Strategic lawsuits
  - prevention of, 6746
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 4073, 4077–4078, 4079–4080
- Taxation policy, 900–902, 907
- Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 19)
  - first reading, 368–369
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - general remarks, 1001
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 645–646
- Union certification, 1722
- Unions
  - financial disclosure, 536
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - repetitive stress injuries, 259
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2013 (Bill 17)
  - first reading, 258
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - mandatory coverage for contractors, 249, 534
Holyday, D.C. (PC, Etobicoke–Lakeshore)
- Financial Accountability Act, 2014 (Bill 160)
  - first reading, 5277–5278
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - review of alternative service delivery, 5761–5763, 5768–5769
- Gas plant cancellations, documents
  - general remarks, 5737–5738
- Government documents, 6569
- Government services
  - through public-private partnerships, 5267–5268
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 5119
- Members'/ministers' expenses
  - disclosure by opposition leaders and staff, 6569
  - publication of, 6569
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 3123
- Ministerial statements
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 6035–6036
  - Government services
    - responded to, 5128
- Municipal elections
  - ranked ballot system, 5775–5776
- Municipal government tenders
  - closed-shop agreements, 3046
- Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 6569
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - cost of services, 6035–6036, 6570
  - MUSH sector oversight, 6569
- Opposition day motions
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 4289–4290
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2987–2989
    - responded to, 3002–3003
- Oral questions
  - Access to information
    - presented, 5737–5738
  - Gasoline tax
    - presented, 5161–5162
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 3767–3768, 3819–3820
  - Government contracts
    - presented, 5267–5268
  - Power plants
    - presented, 6580
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2728–2729, 2789, 2838–2839, 2889, 2970, 3020, 3078–3079, 3123, 3257
  - ServiceOntario
    - presented, 5115
- Patient ombudsman, 6569
- Private members' public business
  - Fair and Open Tendering Act (Labour Relations for Certain Public Sector Employers in the Construction Industry), 2013 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 3046
  - Financial Accountability Act, 2014 (Bill 160)
    - second reading, 5761–5763, 5768–5769
  - Toronto Ranked Ballot Elections Act, 2014 (Bill 166)
    - second reading, 5775–5776
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 179)
  - second reading, 6568–6570
- Public transportation systems
  - expansion in Scarborough, 2728–2729, 2970, 3257
- ServiceOntario, 5115
- Transit funding
  - expert panel on, 2988, 3020
  - from federal government, 2988
  - for subways, 2889
- Transit funding for Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), 2789
- Transit funding methods
  - gasoline tax revenue, 5161–5162
- Transit planning in Scarborough
  - general remarks, 2838–2839
  - subway alignment, 2988
Horwath, A. (NDP, Hamilton Centre)
- Afghanistan, Canadian mission in, 5792
- Appreciation
  - Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 4359
- Automobile insurance companies
  - return on equity (ROE), 3120–3121
- Automobile insurance rates
  - general remarks, 196–197, 247
  - increase to, 2315
  - reduction to, 828, 850–851, 883, 2260, 2890–2891, 2945, 3076, 4143
- Boston Marathon bombing, 1208
- Budget 2013
  - general remarks, 1532, 1590–1592, 1787, 2099, 2214–2215, 2718–2719
  - public consultation, 1814–1815
- Budget speech 2013 (May 2, 2013)
  - responded to, 1813–1815, 2214–2215
- Business taxes
  - employee health tax (EHT) exemption, 51
  - tax credits, 4430
- Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2013 (Bill 136)
  - first reading, 4591
- Casino development
  - general remarks, 789–790, 921
  - referendums, 507
- Chemotherapy drugs
  - quality assurance, 1264–1265
- Children's aid societies
  - staff layoffs, 834
- Chrysler Group LLC
  - government financial assistance, 5923
- Collective bargaining rights
  - for teachers, 168–169
- Community health centres (CHCs)
  - oral health and foot care, 2845–2846
- Condolences
  - Bosma, Tim, 2046
- Construction industry
  - lobbying activities, 3210
- Corporate income tax on profits earned in Ontario, 50
- Corporate tax compliance, 508
- Corporate tax credits tied to job creation, 5797, 5867, 5924, 6187
- Corporate tax rebates on harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - for entertainment expenses, 21–22, 51, 715, 1531, 1786, 2890
  - on gasoline, 2194–2195, 2261
  - general remarks, 784–785, 828–829, 931, 997–998, 1047, 1361–1363, 1713
- Electricity exports, 5689, 5973
- Electricity rate increase, 4739–4740
- Electricity rates
  - impact of privatization on, 5689
- Electricity supply
  - in northern Ontario, 2426
- Elgie, Robert, 930
- Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
  - safety of officers and inmates, 2265–2266
- EllisDon Corporation
  - collective agreement, 3075
  - court proceedings and ruling, 3321
  - private members' bill, 3254–3255, 3322
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - general remarks, 21
- Employment creation, 4210, 5377–5378, 6136–6137
- Energy industry
  - general remarks, 572, 4949–4951, 6087
  - privatization of, 6657
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - access to information, 2828
  - general remarks, 1874–1875, 1980, 2046, 2098–2099, 2215, 2365, 2718
  - as independent office, 2828
  - mandate, 2828–2829
- Financial Accountability Officer
  - selection process, 4484–4485
- Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013 (Bill 95)
  - second reading, 2826–2829
- Flaherty, Jim
  - condolences, 6656
- Floods
  - in Thunder Bay, 1269, 1367
- Gambling industry, 920
- Gas plant cancellations
  - negotiations, 619
  - request for public inquiry, 11, 65, 81, 82, 149
- Gas plant cancellations, cost
  - general remarks, 572, 618–619, 1208–1209, 1712
  - Oakville plant, 572, 1657
- Gas plant cancellations, documents
  - general remarks, 2364, 6756
  - missing information, 59–60, 62–64, 65, 81–82
- Gas plant cancellations, email deletion
  - general remarks, 2535–2536, 2629, 2630, 6356–6357
  - in Premier's office, 6522, 6573, 6656–6657
  - role of Peter Faist, 6305–6306, 6356
- Gas plant cancellations, email records
  - criminal investigation, 6391, 6392, 6450–6451, 6573–6574, 6627–6628, 6705–6706
  - internal investigation, 6627, 6778
- Gas plant cancellations, investigation
  - by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), 5527
- Gas plant cancellations, justice policy committee investigation
  - line of questioning, 2730, 2787
  - mandate, 2840, 2968
- Girders on Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway
  - government's response to safety issues, 6932–6934
  - safety standards, 3375, 6879, 6880
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–present)
    - general remarks, 6086
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - hospital closures, 4601
- Grace Hospital site in Windsor, 87
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 2719
- Health care services
  - in Niagara Health System, 4602
- Home care
  - wait times, 50, 291–292, 358–359, 460–461, 572, 1427–1428, 2945–2946
- Horse racing industry
  - casino development and, 4431
  - decline of, 3703–3704
  - job losses, 3870–3871
  - sustainability, 3380
- Hospital administration
  - salaries, 252, 292, 1560
- Hospital beds
  - shortage in Thunder Bay, 3215
- Hospital construction by region
  - Niagara region, 4602
- Hospital funding
  - general remarks, 252, 363–364, 2199–2200
  - for neonatal intensive care, 465–466
- Hospital funding by region
  - London and Windsor, 27
- Hospital mergers
  - Scarborough Hospital and Rouge Valley Health System, 3125–3126
- Hospitality industry
  - tips and other gratuities, 2385
- Huronia Regional Centre
  - members' statements on, 5024
- Hydro One Inc.
  - overbilling by, 5640, 5641
- Jenkins, Jonathan, 6876
- Kellogg's plant closure, 5063–5064
- Kormos, Peter, 930
- Legislative procedure, motions
  - programming motions, 3254
- Liberal Party fundraising, 3864
- Long-term care
  - funding in Windsor, 513
  - spousal reunification principle, 297, 624, 4801
- Long-term care facilities
  - uninspected homes, 2420–2421, 2486, 2541
- Manufacturing industry
  - decline of, 1052, 4259–4260
  - layoffs, 201, 998, 6187
  - tax credit for industry investment, 4051
- Medical equipment
  - PET scanner in northeastern Ontario, 3822
- Medical errors in chemotherapy
  - general remarks, 930–931, 1003–1004, 1046, 1143
- Members' privileges, 11
- Members'/ministers' anniversaries
  - Kwinter, Monte (York Centre), 62
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 62, 64, 148, 149, 247, 2420
- Mental health care
  - government funding, 364
- Mining industry
  - health and safety, 6580–6581
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 5426
- Nuclear energy
  - expansion and new approvals, 4260, 4796–4797
- Nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington, 3766, 3816–3817
  - refurbishment of, 3817
- Nutrition
  - hospital programs, 3125
- Oil spill in St. Clair River, 2950–2951, 3327
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - health care system oversight, 1981
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - restructuring of, 3772
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - Auditor General's report, 5112
  - executive salaries, 5112, 5690
- Opposition day motions
  - Automobile insurance
    - responded to, 850–851
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 4502–4504
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 4601–4603
  - Teachers
    - responded to, 168–169
- Oral questions
  - Access to information
    - presented, 2364, 2535–2536, 2629, 2630, 2701
  - Air quality
    - presented, 3989–3990
  - Assistance to flood victims
    - presented, 1367
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 196–197, 246–247, 828, 883, 2260, 2315, 3076, 3120–3121, 4143
  - Cancer treatment
    - presented, 930–931, 1003–1004, 1046, 1143
  - Casinos
    - presented, 507, 789–790
  - Children's aid societies
    - presented, 834
  - Collective bargaining
    - presented, 3075, 3209–3210, 3254, 3255, 3321, 3322, 3374, 3423–3424
  - Community health centres
    - presented, 2845–2846
  - Correctional facilities
    - presented, 2265–2266
  - Diagnostic services
    - presented, 3822
  - Disaster relief
    - presented, 1269
  - Drug formulation
    - presented, 1264–1265
  - Electricity supply
    - presented, 2426
  - Energy contracts
    - presented, 4950–4951
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 3864–3865, 3989, 6087, 6657
  - Executive compensation
    - presented, 882–883, 4740–4741, 5061–5062, 5062–5063, 5111–5112, 5160
  - Gasoline tax
    - presented, 5160–5161
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1873–1874, 1874–1875, 1980, 1981, 2098–2099, 2365, 2702, 4484, 4485, 5527
  - Government policies
    - presented, 5866–5867
  - Government spending
    - presented, 1362–1363
  - Government's agenda
    - presented, 2786, 2839–2840, 2890–2891, 2945–2946, 2969, 3019, 3424–3425, 3478–3479, 4362–4363, 5217–5218
    - responded to, 2969
  - Government's record
    - presented, 1263–1264, 2729–2730, 4363–4364, 6086
  - Great Lakes water quality
    - presented, 88
  - Health care
    - presented, 27, 2199–2200, 3215
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 252, 292, 358–359, 363–364, 571–572
  - Home care
    - presented, 291–292, 358, 460–461, 1427–1428
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 721, 3379–3380, 3484, 3703–3704, 3771–3772, 3870–3871, 4046–4047, 4047–4048, 4148, 4215, 4431, 4955, 5166, 5223, 5978, 6192
  - Hospital infrastructure
    - presented, 87
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 3125–3126
  - Hydro charges
    - presented, 5640–5641
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 4739–4740, 4796–4797, 4797–4798, 4850–4851, 4949–4950, 5689–5690
  - Job creation
    - presented, 20–22, 4210, 4430, 4643–4644, 5063–5064, 5377–5378, 5797, 5867–5868, 5923–5924, 5973, 6136–6137, 6186–6187
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 297, 513, 624, 2420–2421, 2486, 2487, 2541, 4803
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 201, 998–999, 1052, 4051, 4259–4260
  - Members' privileges
    - presented, 2730, 2786–2787, 2840–2841, 2968
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 2897–2898
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 4532–4533, 4533–4534, 4580, 4581, 4643
  - Mining safety
    - presented, 6580–6581
  - Northern Ontario
    - presented, 2737
  - Nuclear energy
    - presented, 3766–3767, 3816–3817, 3864, 4260
  - Obstetrical care
    - presented, 465–466
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 1532, 1590, 1591–1592, 1786–1787, 2046
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 6137, 6187–6188
  - Pension plans
    - presented, 4142
  - Power plants
    - presented, 62–64, 62–65, 81–82, 149, 246, 572, 618–619, 619–620, 1142, 1208–1209, 1656–1657, 1657–1658, 1711–1712, 1819–1820, 3547–3548, 3597–3598, 3697–3698, 3698–3699, 6305–6306, 6356–6357, 6391–6392, 6450–6551, 6521–6522, 6573–6574, 6627–6628, 6656–6657, 6705–6706, 6755–6756, 6778–6779
  - Prorogation
    - presented, 460
  - Public transit
    - presented, 3018, 4209, 5796–5797
  - Small business
    - presented, 5424–5425
  - Taxation
    - presented, 508, 715, 716, 784, 785, 828–829, 931, 997–998, 1047, 1361–1362, 1531, 1712–1713, 1786, 2194–2195, 2261, 2315–2316, 5266, 5267, 5425–5426, 5474–5475, 5475–5476, 5527–5528, 5923, 5972
  - Thunder Bay generating station
    - presented, 3024, 3080–3081, 3603, 4368, 4745, 6761–6762
  - Transportation
    - presented, 2046–2047
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 3375, 6879, 6880, 6932–6933, 6933–6934
  - Water quality
    - presented, 2950–2951, 3327
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 1716
  - Youth employment
    - presented, 148
- Ornge staff
  - pay-for-performance bonuses, 571
- Ottawa bus crash, 2968
- Pan American Games 2015, organizing committee
  - expenses, 3478
- Pan American Games 2015, security
  - contract with private firm, 6137, 6187–6188
- Pension plans
  - general remarks, 4142
  - pooled registered pension plans (PRPPs), 4363–4364
- Private members' public business
  - Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2013 (Bill 136)
    - second reading, 4757–4758, 4764
  - Gaming policy
    - responded to, 920–921
  - Home care
    - responded to, 1560
  - Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 24)
    - second reading, 489
  - Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013 (Bill 49)
    - second reading, 2384–2385
- Prorogation
  - about, 460
  - use of, 489
- Prosperous and Fair Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2013 (Bill 65)
  - third reading, 2718–2721
- Psychiatric hospital restructuring, 2897–2898
- Public sector executives, salaries
  - hard cap, 882–883, 4740–4741, 4757–4758, 5061–5062, 5111, 5160
- Racetracks
  - audits, 4047–4048, 4215
  - in Fort Erie, 4956, 5166, 5223, 5978, 6192
  - non-profit, 4148
- Ring of Fire
  - infrastructure development in, 4581
- Ring of Fire development
  - Capreol smelter, 4580, 4643
  - negotiations, 4580
- Ring of Fire development by Cliffs Natural Resources
  - agreement, 4643–4644
  - suspension, 4532
- Ring of Fire development corporation, 4533
- Roads
  - high-occupancy toll lanes, 2046–2047
- Royal Bank of Canada
  - service outsourcing, 998
- Salvation Army Grace Hospital, 87
- School board trustees
  - Irene Atkinson, Toronto District School Board, 507
- Slots at racetracks program (SARP)
  - cancellation, 4502–4504
  - general remarks, 721, 920–921
  - transparency and accountability, 4431
- Small business
  - taxes, 5424–5425
- Steel industry
  - Hamilton plant closures, 4051
- Stocks/bonds
  - green bonds, 4209
- Tax increases, 5266–5267
- Taxes, 5527–5528, 5923
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 49–52
- Thunder Bay generating station
  - biomass supply, 4745, 6761–6762
  - conversion to advanced biomass, 4368
  - conversion to natural gas, 3024, 3080–3081, 3603
- Transit funding
  - expert panel on, 3019
  - general remarks, 5474–5476, 5796–5797
- Transit funding for Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), 716, 2316, 5217
- Transit funding methods
  - gasoline tax revenue, 5160–5161
  - HST increase, 2969, 3018–3019
- Transit planning in Scarborough
  - general remarks, 5168
- Tributes
  - Mandela, Nelson, 5026
- Vehicle emissions tests
  - test accuracy, 3990
- Water quality by region
  - southwestern Ontario, 3327
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - at Copper Cliff mine in Sudbury, 6447, 6580
  - at Stobie mine in Sudbury, 1716
- Youth
  - unemployment, 49–50, 148
- Youth employment
  - employment programs, 20–21, 2718–2719, 2945
Hoskins, Hon. E. (LIB, St. Paul's)
- Accessibility for disabled persons
  - advisory council, 2272
  - compliance reports, 4434, 4864
  - customer service standard, 4368–4369, 4434
  - general remarks, 1000–1001, 2272
  - review, 2267–2268, 3997, 4864
- Aerospace industry, 510
- Agri-food industry
  - government funding, 5432
- Automobile industry
  - employment, 3123
  - sales, 4804
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 176)
  - first reading, 5935
  - ministerial statement, 5936–5937
  - second reading, 6152–6153, 6155, 6767
- Brewing industry, 2896–2897
- Business development
  - regional economic clusters, 5937, 6153, 6767
- Business development, regulatory requirements
  - general remarks, 5936–5937, 6152
- Chrysler Group LLC
  - government financial assistance, 5738–5739, 5924
- Corporate tax credits tied to job creation, 5867–5868, 5924, 6022, 6137
- Craft brewing industry, 2896–2897
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2736–2737, 5977
- Economic conditions, 785, 3077
- Economic development
  - general remarks, 2973, 6985
- Economic development in rural Ontario, 3554
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - legislation, 4537–4538
- Employment
  - general remarks, 1005
- Employment by region
  - Hamilton, 1321
  - Leamington, 5478, 5528–5529
  - London and Sarnia, 5477, 6631
- Employment creation, 6655–6656
- Entrepreneurs
  - government programs, 3561
- Government subsidies, 254, 298, 3123
- Heinz plant closure
  - general remarks, 4362, 4537
  - supports for workers, 4583
- International trade
  - export strategy, 3212, 3561
  - over Detroit River bridge, 1430
- International trade agreements
  - Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), 3923
- Kellogg's plant closure, 5117–5118
- Labour policy
  - right to work policies, 5224
- Manufacturing industry
  - capital cost allowance, 4051
  - employment in, 201, 298, 783, 999, 1052, 1825, 1987, 4702–4703, 4800–4801, 4853, 5221
  - investment in, 4362, 5222–5223, 5378–5379
  - layoffs, 932, 998, 1480
  - plant closures, 3164, 4585
  - worker supports, 3164, 4051
- Ministerial statements
  - Accessibility for the disabled
    - presented, 2272–2273, 4864–4865
  - Business climate
    - presented, 5936–5937
  - Holocaust Memorial Day
    - presented, 941–942
  - Small business
    - presented, 3561–3562
- Music industry
  - government funding, 5931
- Oral questions
  - Accessibility for the disabled
    - responded to, 2267–2268, 3997, 4368–4369, 4434
  - Accessibility to employment for the disabled
    - responded to, 1000–1001
  - Aerospace industry
    - responded to, 510
  - Agri-food industry
    - responded to, 5432, 5478
  - Apprenticeship training
    - responded to, 2199, 2365–2366
  - Arts and cultural funding
    - responded to, 5931
  - Automotive industry
    - responded to, 3122–3123, 4804, 5738–5739
  - Economic development
    - responded to, 154, 1100, 2264–2265, 2705–2706, 2736–2737, 2973, 5531–5532
  - Employment practices
    - responded to, 1321
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 5376–5377, 5740
  - Government investments
    - responded to, 5378–5379
  - Government's record
    - responded to, 6022
  - Hydro rates
    - responded to, 4954
  - Information technology
    - responded to, 3078, 5743
  - International trade
    - responded to, 1430, 3212
  - Investment in Ontario
    - responded to, 3077
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 1005, 2732, 3554, 3987, 4210, 4582–4583, 4585, 4898, 5219, 5379–5380, 5477, 5867–5868, 5924, 5977, 6137, 6631, 6985
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - responded to, 201, 298, 783, 932–933, 934, 998–999, 1052, 1480–1481, 1825, 1987, 2267, 3164, 4050–4051, 4362, 4534–4535, 4537, 4583–4584, 4702–4703, 4802–4803, 4853, 5117–5118, 5221, 5222–5223, 5224, 5528–5529
  - Manufacturing plants
    - responded to, 254
  - Microbreweries
    - responded to, 2896–2897
  - Small business
    - responded to, 3655, 3923, 4102, 4537–4538
  - Social enterprise
    - responded to, 2637, 3324, 6395
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 785, 6654–6655, 6655–6656
  - Trade development
    - responded to, 3923–3924
  - Unemployment
    - responded to, 6784
  - Youth employment
    - responded to, 154–155, 1268, 1790–1791, 2050, 4701–4702, 6882
- Persons with disabilities
  - employment access, 1000, 2272
- Petroleum refineries
  - closure in Sarnia, 4534–4535
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - National Access Awareness Week, 2272
- Public education campaigns – Health and safety
  - International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 4864–4865
- Public education campaigns – Historical/National
  - Holocaust Memorial Day, 941–942
- Public education campaigns – Professional associations and occupations
  - Small Business Month, 3561–3562
- Research and development centres
  - innovation centre by Cisco Systems Canada Co., 5743
- Royal Bank of Canada
  - service outsourcing, 998
- Sign language interpretation
  - use in Legislature, 2271
- Small business
  - general remarks, 3561–3562
  - taxes, 3655
- Social enterprise
  - government funding, 2637, 6395
  - government strategy, 3324
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund
  - allocated funding, 5222, 5376–5377, 5531–5532
  - approved projects, 2706
  - board of directors, 1100, 2705–2706
  - geographic boundaries, 2736–2737
  - grant approval process, 154
  - impact on London, 2732
- Steel industry
  - Hamilton plant closures, 4050, 4051
- Taxation policy, 6654–6655
- Telecommunications industry
  - layoffs, 3078
- Youth employment
  - employment programs, 154–155, 2050, 4701–4702
  - government funding, 1791, 2637, 5379–5380, 6882
  - summer job programs, 1268
Hudak, T. (PC, Niagara West–Glanbrook)
- Afghanistan, Canadian mission in, 5791–5792
- Agri-food programs, 3328
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - journeyman-to-apprentice ratios, 825–827, 6519–6520
- Budget 2013
  - balanced budget, 1426
  - general remarks, 1784–1785, 1978–1980
- Budget 2014
  - divulging of, 6303–6304
- Budget deficit, 43, 1783–1784, 5795–5796, 6448
- Budget speech 2013 (May 2, 2013)
  - responded to, 1803–1808
- Chrysler Group LLC
  - government financial assistance, 5734–5735
- Corporate taxes, 5375
- Developmental services
  - study by select committee, 3016–3017
- Economic conditions, 3988, 5526
- Economic statement (November 7, 2013)
  - responded to, 4323
- Education funding, 42–43
- Elections
  - pre-election financial report, 4428, 4429
- Electricity rates
  - general remarks, 1314
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - general remarks, 4578
- Employment
  - general remarks, 3252–3253
- Employment by region
  - Leamington, 4794
- Employment creation, 3319–3320, 5214–5216, 5422–5423, 5553–5554, 5735, 6655–6656
- Employment rate, 1804
- Energy industry
  - general remarks, 43
- Flaherty, Jim
  - condolences, 6654
- Gas plant cancellations
  - request for public inquiry, 2043–2045
  - want of confidence motion, 1588, 2045, 4279
- Gas plant cancellations, cost
  - general remarks, 1359–1361, 1709–1710
- Gas plant cancellations, documents
  - investigation by Information and Privacy Commissioner, 2700
- Gas plant cancellations, email deletion
  - allegations against David Livingston, 6703–6704
  - general remarks, 2699–2700
  - in Premier's office, 6241–6243
- Gas plant cancellations, investigation
  - by judicial inquiry, 2727–2728
- Government credit ratings, 2313
- Government debt, 6448
- Government policy, 4257–4258
- Government services
  - through public-private partnerships, 5264
  - user fees, 2418–2419, 2484–2486
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 43
- Heinz plant closure
  - general remarks, 4360
- Horse racing industry
  - job losses, 3705
- Hospital construction by region
  - Niagara region, 3216, 3994, 4648
- Hospital mergers
  - in Niagara region, 4433, 4434, 4599–4601
- Huronia Regional Centre
  - members' statements on, 5023
- Industry
  - regulation and enforcement, 5553–5554
- Interest arbitration
  - reform, 355–356, 1806
- International students
  - permanent residency, 1807–1808
- Job losses
  - public vs. private sector, 42
- Kellogg's plant closure, 5058–5061, 5553
- Labour policy
  - right to work policies, 5265–5266
- Land use planning by region
  - Fort Erie, 3379
- Legislative procedure, bills
  - status of, 3073–3074
- Manufacturing industry
  - decline of, 1479–1480, 1784, 4640–4641, 4692–4694
  - effect of energy rates on, 4848
  - employment in, 782–783, 4360, 4904
  - investment in, 5375
  - plant closures, 4361
- Members'/ministers' anniversaries
  - Kwinter, Monte (York Centre), 60
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 1711, 2699, 3209, 3545, 5736, 6242, 6519, 6655
- Million Jobs Act, 2014 (Bill 158)
  - first reading, 5229
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 4323
- Ministers
  - number of, 6184–6185
  - salaries, 6186
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT)
  - compulsory certification by, 6520–6521
  - general remarks, 1044–1046
- Ontario pension plan, 6876–6878
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - Auditor General's report, 5109–5110
- Opposition day motions
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 4598–4601
  - Power plants
    - presented, 4279
  - Want of confidence motion
    - responded to, 2131
- Oral questions
  - Access to information
    - presented, 2698–2700, 2700–2701
  - Arbitration
    - presented, 355–356, 356–357
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 5734–5735
  - Cabinet ministers
    - presented, 6184–6185
  - Election advertising
    - presented, 3371–3372
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 1314–1315, 5375–5377, 5637–5638, 5639–5640
  - Executive compensation
    - presented, 5109–5110
  - Fiscal accountability
    - presented, 6811–6812, 6812–6813
  - Gasoline tax
    - presented, 5157–5158, 5158–5159
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 4257–4258, 4258–4259, 4428, 4429–4430, 5524–5525
  - Government contracts
    - presented, 5264–5265, 5265–5266
  - Government policies
    - presented, 19–20
  - Government spending
    - presented, 1425–1426, 6448, 6449
  - Government's agenda
    - presented, 2417–2418, 2418–2419, 3073–3074, 3207–3208
  - Government's record
    - presented, 1588–1590, 2784, 4044–4045
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 3705, 4214–4215
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 3994, 4433–4434, 4648
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 3216
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 4848–4849
  - Job creation
    - presented, 3252–3253, 3319–3320, 3695–3696, 3763–3764, 3765, 3986–3987, 4578–4579, 4579–4580, 4896–4897, 5058–5059, 5060–5061, 5214–5215, 5215–5216, 5374–5375, 5422–5423, 5526, 5922
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 3379
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 782–783, 1479, 1480–1481, 4360–4361, 4361–4362, 4640–4642, 4692–4693, 4693–4694, 4794–4795, 4795–4796, 4848, 4904, 5735–5736
  - Members' privileges
    - presented, 2727–2728
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 1783–1784, 1784–1785, 1978, 1979–1980, 5795–5796, 5921, 6303–6304, 6304–6305, 6929–6930
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 3987–3988, 4096–4097, 4207–4208
  - Ontario public service
    - presented, 18–19, 60–62, 289–290, 2785, 6185–6186
  - Ontario's credit rating
    - presented, 2313
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 3253–3254
  - Pension plans
    - presented, 505–506, 506–507
  - Power plants
    - presented, 1359–1360, 1360–1361, 1709–1710, 1710–1711, 1871–1872, 2043–2044, 2044–2045, 3544–3545, 3595–3597, 6241–6242, 6242–6243, 6703–6704, 6704–6705
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2728, 2837–2838, 2888, 2965–2966, 2966–2967
  - Services for the developmentally disabled
    - presented, 3016–3017
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 825–826, 826–827, 1044, 1045–1046, 6519–6520, 6520–6521
  - Taxation
    - presented, 1424–1425, 5794, 6654–6655, 6655–6656, 6876–6877, 6878–6879
  - Teachers
    - presented, 194–195, 3156–3157, 3157–3158, 3208–3209
  - Teachers' collective bargaining
    - presented, 193–194
  - User fees
    - presented, 2484–2485, 2485–2486
- Ottawa bus crash, 2965
- Pan American Games 2015, organizing committee
  - expenses, 3253–3254
- Private members' public business
  - Million Jobs Act, 2014 (Bill 158)
    - second reading, 5553–5554, 5560
- Public sector workers
  - performance pay, 1806–1807
- Public sector workers, wage freeze
  - general remarks, 18–19, 289–290, 1806, 6185–6186
  - by legislation, 60–62
- Public service pension plans
  - general remarks, 1806
  - unfunded liability, 505–506
- Public transportation systems
  - expansion in Scarborough, 2728
- Racetracks
  - in Fort Erie, 4214–4215
- Renewable energy industry
  - economic impact, 5637–5638
  - government funding, 5376
- Renewable energy projects
  - domestic content requirements, 5639
- Renewable energy strategy, 1315
- Reports
  - Report to The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care on Restructuring of the Niagara Health System (Kevin P.D. Smith,), 4599
- Salaries
  - public vs. private sector, 19, 42
- Smart meters
  - energy apps, 5384
- Tax increases, 5794–5795
- Taxation policy, 6654
- Taxes, 1424–1425
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - general remarks, 193–194
- Teacher federations, 194–195
- Teacher hiring
  - seniority-based, 3156–3157
- Teacher pension plans, 506–507
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 41–44
- Transit funding
  - expert panel on, 5157
  - for subways, 2888
- Transit funding methods
  - gasoline tax revenue, 5157–5158
- Transit planning
  - general remarks, 5159
- Transit planning in Scarborough
  - general remarks, 2837–2838
  - subway alignment, 2966–2967
- Tributes
  - Mandela, Nelson, 5025–5026
- Wind turbines
  - effect on health, 5639–5640
Hunter, M. (LIB, Scarborough–Guildwood)
- Aboriginal communities
  - consultation with, 5576–5577
  - police services, 4489
- Aboriginal peoples
  - participation in justice system, 3215
- Aboriginal women
  - violence against, 6193
- Air quality, 3604
- Alexander, Lincoln (former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario), 4778
- Anishnawbe Health Toronto, 6397
- Athletes
  - funding for, 5979
- Child and youth mental health care
  - grief support, 6716
- Children and youth in care
  - supports, 3053
- Corporate tax reduction, 3740–3741
- Developmental services
  - general remarks, 6358
- Diesel fuel, 4370–4371
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - general remarks, 4991–4994, 4996
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 2871–2872
- Federal government
  - immigration policy, 6891
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 171)
  - second reading, 6117, 6551, 6677
- Firefighting equipment donation, 6821
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Éducation en français, 6941–6942
- French-language services
  - in women's shelters, 3609
- Great Lakes Guardians' Council, 3467
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2014 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 3467
- Green diesel, 4370–4371
- Health clinics
  - licensing of, 6551
- Housing
  - energy efficiency labelling, 3461–3462
- Internships
  - employment standards in, 4262
- Investment fraud, 5871
- Judicial system, 4488–4489
- Juries
  - representation of Aboriginal peoples on, 3215
- Long-term care
  - quality of care, 3926–3927
- Members' statements
  - The Afghan Post, 5016
  - Bangladesh Independence Day, 6146
  - Black History Month, 5275–5276
  - Bridge building contest, 6402
  - Community safety, 4495
  - Emerging Leaders Network, 4220
  - Francophone shelter for women and children, 3609
  - French-language education, 6941–6942
  - Friends of the Guild Park and Gardens, 4056
  - Global Cities Institute, 3169
  - Healing Hope Fundraising Brunch, 6317
  - Heart Month, 5386
  - Moore, Donald Willard, 6891
  - Ontario budget, 5985–5986
  - Public transit, 6197
  - Ranked balloting, 5486, 5746
  - Riding of Scarborough–Guildwood, 2740–2741
  - Rotary clubs auction, 4652–4653
  - Scarborough Renaissance Conference, 3776
  - Small business, 4861
  - Spooner, Natalie, 6533
  - Strong Girls Strong Women symposium, 5699
  - What's Up Walk-in Clinic, 6716
  - Youth employment, 3332
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 2740–2741, 3739–3741
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 2740
- Municipal elections
  - ranked ballot system, 5486, 5746, 5769–5770, 5776
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT)
  - general remarks, 6524
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - appeals process, 6659
- Opposition day motions
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 2991–2992
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal affairs
    - presented, 5576–5577
  - Aboriginal programs and services
    - presented, 6397
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 3328
  - Air quality
    - presented, 3604
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 6358
  - Co-operative housing
    - presented, 2844
  - Energy conservation
    - presented, 5384
  - Firefighting
    - presented, 6821
  - Greenhouse gas emissions
    - presented, 4370–4371
  - Information technology
    - presented, 5742–5743
  - Jury selection
    - presented, 3215–3216
  - Justice system
    - presented, 4488–4489
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 3926–3927
  - Ontario Municipal Board
    - presented, 6659
  - Ontario Securities Commission
    - presented, 5871
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 5066
  - Pay equity
    - presented, 6780–6781
  - Public libraries
    - presented, 3772
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2732–2733, 4799
  - Retirement homes
    - presented, 6247
  - Road safety
    - presented, 6458
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 6524
  - Sports and recreation funding
    - presented, 3126
  - Sports funding
    - presented, 5978–5979
  - Tuition fees
    - presented, 4952–4953
  - Victims of crime
    - presented, 6633–6634
  - Violence against aboriginal women
    - presented, 6193
  - Violence against women
    - presented, 4584–4585
  - Youth employment
    - presented, 4262, 6882
- Pan American Games 2015, athletes' village
  - general remarks, 5066
- Pay equity, 6781
- Petitions
  - Affordable housing, 5019
  - Children's aid societies, 5391–5392
  - Distracted driving, 4708–4709, 4814, 5393
  - Job creation, 4966
  - Public transit, 4325
  - Ranked balloting, 5878, 5993, 6320, 6468, 6671–6672
  - Waste reduction, 4659, 4813
- Private members' public business
  - Child and Family Services Amendment Act (Children 16 Years of Age and Older), 2013 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 3053
  - Energy conservation
    - responded to, 3461–3462
  - Learning Through Workplace Experience Act, 2014 (Bill 172)
    - second reading, 6005
  - Lincoln Alexander Day Act, 2013 (Bill 125)
    - second reading, 4778
  - Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2013 (Bill 104)
    - second reading, 4973–4974
  - Reducing Gridlock and Improving Traffic Flow Act, 2014 (Bill 181)
    - second reading, 6211–6212
  - Toronto Ranked Ballot Elections Act, 2014 (Bill 166)
    - second reading, 5769–5770, 5776
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014 (Bill 83)
  - second reading, 5237
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - Ontario Public Library Week, 3772
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Black History Month, 5275–5276
- Public education campaigns – Health and safety
  - Heart Month, 5386
- Public libraries
  - government funding, 3772
- Public transportation systems
  - expansion in Scarborough, 2732–2733
- Research and development centres
  - innovation centre by Cisco Systems Canada Co., 5743
- Retirement homes
  - regulation and oversight, 6247
- Road safety
  - advisory committee, 6212
  - general remarks, 6458
- Small business
  - general remarks, 3740
- Sports facilities
  - government funding, 5978
- Sports programs, amateur
  - background checks on referees and other officials, 4973
- Statements by stakeholders
  - energy efficiency labelling on houses, 3461
- Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2767
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3739–3741, 3742–3743
  - third reading, 4991–4994, 4996
- Toronto Ranked Ballot Elections Act, 2014 (Bill 166)
  - first reading, 5490
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - anniversary of Yonge-University-Spadina line, 6197
- Traffic congestion
  - reduction of, 6211–6212
- Transit funding for Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), 4799
- Transit planning in Scarborough
  - subway funding, 2991
- Tuition fees
  - fee deferrals and late charges, 4952–4953
  - flat-fee structure, 4952
- Victims of crime, services
  - general remarks, 6633–6634
- Violence against women
  - prevention, 4584–4585
  - victim supports, 4585
- Women
  - salaries, 6781
- Women's shelters
  - French-language services, 3609
- Youth employment
  - government funding, 6882–6883
- Youth programs
  - for girls, 5699
- Youth Smoking Prevention Act, 2014 (Bill 131)
  - second reading, 6277

House speaker index

Letter: H

Hardeman, E. (PC, Oxford)

Harris, M. (PC, Kitchener–Conestoga)

Hatfield, P. (NDP, Windsor–Tecumseh)

Hillier, R. (PC, Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington)

Holyday, D.C. (PC, Etobicoke–Lakeshore)

Horwath, A. (NDP, Hamilton Centre)

Hoskins, Hon. E. (LIB, St. Paul's)

Hudak, T. (PC, Niagara West–Glanbrook)

Hunter, M. (LIB, Scarborough–Guildwood)