Speaker letter f House Hansard index Parliament 41 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: F

Fedeli, V. (PC, Nipissing)
- Agriculture industry
  - in northern Ontario, 6485
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2356, 2586, 2588–2589
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 9298
- Appreciation
  - Goulet, Bruce (former mayor of North Bay), 2607
  - Piche, Michael, 3283
- Automobile accident fatalities
  - on winter roads, 4136–4137, 4665
- Automobile accident victims
  - medical assessment, 723
- Automobile insurance agents/adjusters
  - licensing, 720
- Automobile insurance claims
  - prejudgment interest, 720
  - private mediation, 719, 722
- Automobile insurance claims, dispute resolution
  - by Licence Appeal Tribunal, 721
  - for tort and no-fault claims, 720–721
- Automobile insurance rates
  - free market pricing, 727
  - rate-setting system, 722
  - reduction, 720
- Aviation fuel tax
  - in British Columbia, 315
  - general remarks, 315, 419–420
- Bear hunting in spring
  - as wildlife management tool, 5457
- Beer, sale in grocery stores
  - general remarks, 6596
- Budget 2014
  - balanced budget, 315, 1209–1210
  - general remarks, 315
  - health care funding, 315
  - program spending, 315
- Budget 2015
  - balanced budget, 4036
  - general remarks, 3597–3598, 3717–3718, 3782–3784, 3844, 3900–3901, 4030–4031, 4281–4285, 4324, 4848–4850
- Budget 2016
  - deficit, 7802, 7910–7911
  - public consultation, 8103
    - committee hearings, 7637–7638, 7655, 8582
  - tax credits, 7657–7658, 7662
- Budget deficit, 67, 193, 314, 582, 2502–2503, 3227–3228, 3272–3273, 4032, 6756, 9525–9526
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6591–6600, 6602, 6670
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6677–6678
  - third reading, 7160–7163
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 3838–3844
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8103, 8122
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4027–4036
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4281–4285
  - third reading, 4848–4850
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 314–320
  - third reading, 416–424, 426
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - on business climate, 3741
  - cost, 7661–7662
  - on job loss, 3377–3378, 3443–3444
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - general remarks, 7658–7659, 7909, 8867
  - as general revenue source, 8011
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7999, 8011
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8866–8867
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - executive salaries, 5521
- Concurrence in supply debate (March 2015)
  - participation, 2502–2504
- Condominium authority
  - creation of, 5131
- Condominium managers
  - licensing, 5131
- Curriculum
  - language programs, 9710
- Cycling strategy
  - government support, 9148–9149
- Debt retirement charge (DRC)
  - exemptions for commercial, industrial and non-residential users, 6593
- Diabetes management
  - blood glucose test strips
    - reimbursement limits, 314
- Doctor recruitment
  - on family health teams, 4148
- Doctor shortage
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 4147–4148
- Drummond report, 317
- Eastern Power Limited
  - pipeline construction permit, 3327
- Economic conditions, 418, 979, 1154, 2173, 2721–2722, 5555–5556, 6257–6258, 6740
- Economic statements
  - Made on November 17, 2014
    - responded to, 1153–1154
  - Made on November 26, 2015
    - responded to, 6756–6757
- Election contributions
  - limits, third party, 5742
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 201)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9674–9678
- Employment and unemployment
  - employment rate, 192–193, 318, 423
- Employment creation, 7773, 8035
- Energy rates
  - affordability, 4031, 7659–7660
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 316, 422
  - general remarks, 421, 3741–3742
  - increase, 318, 7580–7581
- Energy rates, additional charges
  - global adjustment charge, 4390
- Energy supply
  - surplus power, 4032
- Estate administration tax
  - abolition of, 6336–6337
  - estate valuation deadline, 5299
- Farming, 2586
- Fentanyl patches
  - abuse and addiction, 4217, 7072
  - abuse prevention, 4218, 7073–7074, 7354–7355
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 527, 719–728
- Film and television production industry
  - tax credit, 4033–4034
- Financial services industry, 9537
- Fishing
  - walleye stock, 3528–3529, 4895
- French-language debates
  - Pétitions
    - Soins palliatifs, 5686
- Gas plant cancellations, 2091–2092, 6502
- Gas plant cancellations, email deletion
  - OPP investigation, 2627
- Gasoline prices
  - regulation, 8628
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
  - government shares in, 316, 6503
- Government credit ratings, 58, 67, 77, 3840–3841, 4030, 5054
- Government debt, 2721, 3842–3843, 6593–6594, 7657, 8036
- Government documents
  - release to Financial Accountability Officer, 9702
- Government expenditures
  - general remarks, 5774–5775
  - by Ministry of Education, 6004
- Government notice of motions
  - Interim supply
    - responded to, 2721–2722
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-present)
    - employment, 87
- Government revenue, 1209–1210
- Government services
  - funding and user fees, 9901–9902
- Government spending
  - reduction, 3273–3274
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 3528–3529
- Harmonized sales tax (HST), 6591
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 5833–5834
  - reduction, 2791–2792, 4033, 7508, 7581–7582
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 7354–7355, 7357
- Highway construction
  - northern Ontario, 9608–9609
- Highway safety
  - texting zones, 9612–9613
- Horse racing industry
  - regulation by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, 6600
- Hospital beds, 7660–7661
- Hospital funding
  - increase, 7660
  - reduction, 9636–9637
- Hospital funding, by hospital
  - North Bay Regional Health Centre, 5160–5161, 6801
- Hydro One Inc., executive salaries
  - general remarks, 5521
- Hydro One Inc. oversight
  - exemptions, 3851–3852
  - by government
    - exemptions, 4028–4029, 4779–4780
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - statements by stakeholders, 5288
  - transparency and accountability, 8583–8584
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 4881
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - for infrastructure development, 6503, 8583–8584
  - to pay electricity debt, 3839, 4028
  - revenue loss, 6503, 7160–7163
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, review
  - report by Financial Accountability Officer, 6101–6102, 6503–6504, 8583–8584
- Hydro One Inc. services
  - in northern Ontario, 6996
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 3706, 4157, 4159–4161, 4163
- Insurance fraud, 9081–9082
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7655–7663, 7773, 7787
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7908–7911
  - third reading, 8582–8584
- Labour disputes, 6367
- Lake Nipissing
  - abandoned gillnets, 236, 1689
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - property lease or sale, 7857–7858, 7909, 7925
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - Auditor General report, 7129–7130
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3068
  - third reading, 4359–4360
- Manufacturing industry
  - job losses and layoffs, 316
- MaRS Discovery District building
  - government purchase agreement
    - cost, 6502
- Members' statements
  - Battle of Monte Cassino, 9189
  - Bear control, 5457
  - Doctor shortage, 4147–4148
  - Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden, 9313–9314
  - Farmnorth.com, 6485
  - Financial services sector, 9537
  - Forest industry, 5679
  - Gasoline prices, 8628
  - Gin-Cor Industries, 5236
  - Goulet, Bruce, 2607
  - Government's record, 2148
  - Health care, 7342
  - Health care funding, 5833–5834
  - Insurance fraud, 9081–9082
  - Job loss, 87
  - Labour dispute, 7181
  - Lake Nipissing, 236
  - Lake Nipissing walleye fishery, 4895
  - Language training, 9710
  - MedviewMD, 6698
  - MetricAid, 6947–6948
  - Municipality of Callander, 1689–1690
  - Nipissing Serenity Hospice, 7987
  - North Bay Regional Health Centre, 5114–5115
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 8206–8207
  - Ontera, 407
  - Piche, Michael, 3283
  - Privatization of public assets, 5288
  - Projet HOAP, 3505–3506
  - Remembrance Day, 6324
  - Renewable energy, 7763–7764
  - Special Olympics, 476
  - Team 1305, 7571
  - Thomas, Clint, 9910
  - Wind farms, 2373
  - Wind turbines, 3057
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - North Bay, 96
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2836, 9905
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4699
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2645, 4029, 6677, 8107, 8292
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 1153–1154, 6756–6757
  - Economic policy
    - responded to, 6490
  - Financial Literacy Month
    - responded to, 6273
- Ministry of Finance
  - Auditor General report, 2503–2504
  - confidential advice to Cabinet re: budget 2014, 417
- Municipal infrastructure
  - design, 4159
- Municipalities
  - consultation with, 980
- New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station, 2356, 2587
- Nurses
  - layoffs, 4418, 5114–5115, 7342
- Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
  - annual report for 2014, 1929–1930
- Off-road vehicles (ORVs)
  - regulatory rules, 2449
- 1807041 Ontario Inc. Act, 2014 (Bill Pr9)
  - first reading, 701
- Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
  - blood glucose test strips, 314
- Ontario history
  - Sir Adam Beck, 4391
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - third reading, 4699
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - divestiture, cost, 416, 4160–4161
  - refurbishment staff, 7181
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - comparable plans, 2341
  - general remarks, 59
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2172–2174, 2332, 2341, 2346–2347, 2386–2387, 2389
  - third reading, 3898
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8833–8834
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9060–9062
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - overpayment recovery, 2332
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - on business and labour market competition, 1477–1478, 2172, 9061
  - cost-benefit analysis, 8833–8834, 9061
  - job losses, 422–423, 582–583, 3300, 4032–4033, 8833, 9061
  - on low and middle-income earners, 2332
  - on small and medium-sized businesses, 1930–1931
  - statements by stakeholders, 2173–2174, 2386, 3301–3302, 3898
- Ontera
  - sale to Bell Aliant Inc., 133, 318, 407, 1689–1690, 5400–5401, 6503
- Opposition day motions
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - responded to, 2626–2627
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 7580–7583
    - responded to, 3741–3742
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4390, 6502–6504
- Oral questions
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 9127
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2371, 2547, 2645, 2705–2706, 2831, 5280, 6526
  - Economic outlook
    - presented, 6257–6258, 6740
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 3377–3378, 3443–3444, 9577–9578
  - Fundraising
    - presented, 8292, 8356
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 3851–3852, 9702
  - Government deficits
    - presented, 9525–9526
  - Government fiscal policies
    - presented, 581–582, 3227–3228
  - Government's record
    - presented, 1929–1930
  - Health care
    - presented, 7129–7130
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 5336–5337, 7508
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 5160–5161, 6801, 9636–9637
  - Hydro One
    - presented, 6996
  - Labour disputes
    - presented, 6367, 6693–6694
  - Municipalities
    - presented, 980
  - Nurses
    - presented, 4418
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 77, 192–193, 395–396, 3597–3598, 3717–3718, 3782–3784, 4324, 4881–4882, 7560, 7637–7638, 7802, 8035–8036
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 979, 1209–1210, 3272–3274, 5054, 5555–5556, 5774–5775
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
    - presented, 133, 5400–5401
  - Pension plans
    - presented, 1477–1478
  - Power plant
    - presented, 3327
  - Power plants
    - presented, 2091–2092
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 3900–3901, 4779–4780, 5453, 6101–6102, 7857–7858, 7925
  - Ring of Fire
    - presented, 4464, 6314–6315
  - Senior citizens
    - presented, 8245
  - Service fees
    - presented, 9901–9902
  - Small business
    - presented, 582–583, 1478–1479, 1930–1931
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 8667
  - Teachers' collective bargaining
    - presented, 6004
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - presented, 4136–4137, 4665
- Ornge
  - mismanagement, 6503
- PC Party
  - Fedeli Focus on Finance, 316–317
- Personal health information, breaches of privacy
  - fines and prosecution, 7355
  - reporting, 7354–7355
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 3291
  - Boating safety, 27
  - Credit unions, 410–411
  - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, 6707–6708
  - Energy policies, 2327, 3061, 3289, 3734, 4153–4154, 5687
  - Health care funding, 6275, 7188, 8213, 9088–9089
  - Hydro rates, 7348
  - Labour dispute, 6706
  - Lake Nipissing walleye fishery, 4899, 5463, 5787, 6441–6442
  - Mining industry, 1747
  - Office of the Ombudsman, 411
  - Off-road vehicles, 3508, 4152
  - Ontario Provincial Police, 2151
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, 1498, 2381
  - Rail service, 7992, 9773
  - Realtors, 2787–2788
  - Road safety, 4999
  - Services for the disabled, 2616
  - Special-needs students, 7991, 9316
  - Taxation, 2329, 3918
  - Winter road maintenance, 3063
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5691
- Political fundraising
  - cabinet ministers' targets, 8356
  - conflict of interest, 8292
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - portability, 3300
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3038, 3300–3303, 3481
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - cost increase, 8122
  - deductible, 7910
- Private members' public business
  - Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2015 (Bill 124)
    - second reading, 5520–5521
  - Estate Administration Tax Abolition Act, 2015 (Bill 136)
    - second reading, 6336–6337
  - Estate Administration Tax Fairness Act, 2015 (Bill 120)
    - second reading, 5299
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 9608–9609
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Number Plates and Carrying Racks), 2016 (Bill 191)
    - second reading, 9148–9149
  - Safe Texting Zones Act, 2016 (Bill 190)
    - second reading, 9612–9613, 9619
  - Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 4217–4218, 4224
  - Service clubs
    - responded to, 2215–2216
  - Special Interest Groups Election Advertising Transparency Act, 2015 (Bill 96)
    - second reading, 5742
  - Utility Task and All-Terrain Vehicles Act, 2015 (Bill 58)
    - second reading, 2449
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5131–5133, 5135, 5214, 5655
- Provincial and demonstration schools
  - closure, 8667
- Public assets, sale of
  - general remarks, 316, 6598, 7656
- Public education campaigns – Education
  - Financial Literacy Month, 6273
- Public education campaigns – Historical/National
  - Remembrance Day, 6324
- Public sector executives
  - salary caps, 5521
- Public sector workers
  - collective bargaining, 6693–6694
- Regulations for small and medium-sized businesses
  - compliance, 1479
- Renewable energy
  - as government policy, 4390
- Renewable energy projects
  - with Samsung C&T Corporation, 9578
- Retirement planning, 2346–2347
- Retirement security, 2389
- Ring of Fire
  - economic impact, 4464
  - transportation infrastructure, 418–419
- Ring of Fire development
  - general remarks, 319–320, 4034–4035, 6314–6315, 7656
- Ring of Fire development corporation
  - deadline to establish, 318
- Ring of Fire development funding
  - by provincial government, 318
- Safe Texting Zones Act, 2016 (Bill 190)
  - first reading, 8859
- Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015 (Bill 33)
  - first reading, 594–595
  - third reading, 7072–7075
- Senior citizens
  - living costs/living in poverty, 8245
  - medication, affordability, 8206–8207, 8215–8216, 8245
- Service clubs
  - competition with casinos, 2216
  - financial audits, 2216
  - licensing and regulations, 2216
  - membership and recruitment, 2216
  - taxes, 2216
  - ticket sales, out-of-province, 2216
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 4914–4915, 5093
- Smart meters
  - implementation cost, 6502
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8191
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5806
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - government accountability, 2547, 2626
  - offers of employment to candidates, 2627
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - charges, 5280
  - general remarks, 2371, 2645, 2705–2706
  - against Gerry Lougheed, 6526
  - investigation, 2626–2627
  - questioning by police, 2831
- Supply Act, 2015 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2790–2792
- Supply Act, 2016 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 8215–8218
- Telemedicine facilities
  - MedviewMD, North Bay, Ontario, 6698
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 57–61, 67, 96
- Time allocation motions
  - Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
    - responded to, 6677–6678
  - Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
    - responded to, 4281–4285
  - Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
    - responded to, 8866–8867
  - Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 201)
    - responded to, 9674–9678
  - Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
    - responded to, 7908–7911
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
    - responded to, 9060–9062
- Tobacco
  - raw leaf, 6596
- Tobacco products, illegal sale
  - general remarks, 3068
- Tow truck drivers
  - certification and training, 725
- Towing industry
  - consumer protection, 723–726
  - standardized pricing, 725
- Trillium Trust
  - general remarks, 316
  - as transit funding vehicle, 3706
  - transparency and accountability, 395–396, 420–421
- Tuition fees
  - tax credit, phase out, 7658
- Vehicle storage
  - consumer protection, 724–725
- Video game industry
  - digital media tax credit, 4034
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - public consultation, 8230
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 8230
- Wetlands conservation, 4914–4915
- Wind turbine siting
  - community input/opposition, 3057
  - near airports, 2373
- Wind turbines
  - surplus power, 2373, 7763–7764
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - mandatory coverage for contractors, 1478
- Youth
  - financial literacy, 6273
Fife, C. (NDP, Kitchener–Waterloo)
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - privatization, 264, 301
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - tax credit, 4056–4057
- Autism services
  - government funding, 9314
- Automobile insurance rates
  - reduction, 264
- Aviation fuel tax
  - general remarks, 302
- Bicycle safety
  - review of cycling deaths, 355–356
- Budget 2014
  - general remarks, 264
  - program spending, 228–229, 263, 265, 299
- Budget 2015
  - general remarks, 4850–4853
- Budget 2016
  - general remarks, 7612, 8032, 8122–8123
  - public consultation, 8108–8109
    - committee hearings, 7664, 8584–8585
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6602–6609, 6611, 6615, 6619, 6623–6624
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6678–6680
  - third reading, 7163–7166
- Budget speech 2014 (July 14, 2014)
  - responded to, 263–265, 267
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 3875–3879
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 7965–7969, 8108–8109, 8113, 8122–8123, 8127
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4000, 4044, 4051–4058, 4060, 4063–4064
  - third reading, 4850–4853
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 299–303, 308
- Business development
  - grants, transparency, 7667–7668
- Cabinet ministers
  - mandate letters, 847, 854
- Cap-and-trade
  - for large emitters, 7669, 8004
  - in other jurisdictions, 8006
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - transparency and accountability, 7996, 8002–8004
  - use and oversight, 7850
- Cardiac care
  - St. Mary's General Hospital (Kitchener), 9858
- Carding
  - data use in police record checks, 5691
- Centre for International Governance Innovation Act (Tax Relief), 2015 (Bill Pr18)
  - first reading, 3337
- Child care reform
  - general remarks, 7767
- Child care subsidies
  - general remarks, 3992
- Child care system
  - government funding, 303, 5111–5112, 7666, 8585–8586
- Childhood cancer
  - personal accounts, 9140–9141
- Cider producers
  - government support, 6349–6350
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7850–7851, 8001–8006, 8008
- Commercial fill
  - disposal, 1803–1804
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - review by Auditor General, 5521, 5544–5545, 5855
- Concurrence in supply debate (March 2015)
  - participation, 2495–2497, 2500–2502, 2505, 2511
- Concussions
  - advisory committee, 9926–9927
  - education and awareness, 7248
- Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
  - power to order patient transfer or treatments, 6183, 6193
- Corporate tax credits tied to job creation, 264–265, 301–302
- Corporate tax rates
  - general remarks, 754, 8113
- Correctional centres
  - mental health services, 6184–6185
- Courts, 8586
- Critical incidents in health care
  - disclosure, 7359, 9103–9105
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Member's conduct
    - presented, 9287–9288
- Demonstrations
  - right to participate in, 2971–2972
- Dental care
  - preventive care, funding, 2724
- Doctors
  - compensation, 5854
- Domestic violence in the workplace
  - education and supports, 8065–8066
- Driver fines
  - as municipal revenue stream, 2288, 2294
- Drivers
  - passing of cyclists, 356
- Drivers, use of hand-held devices
  - penalties, 2281–2282
- Eating disorders
  - treatment programs, 9375
- E-cigarettes
  - control and prevention of use, 3068
  - as gateway to cigarette use, 3194
  - as smoking cessation tool, 3202
- Economic forecasting
  - dissolution of Ontario Economic Forecast Council, 6606
- Economic statements
  - Made on November 17, 2014
    - responded to, 1154–1155
  - Made on November 26, 2015
    - responded to, 6757
- Education funding, 3746, 3877, 4638, 7670
- Election contributions
  - limits, third party, 9581
- Elections/by-elections
  - campaign strategies, 263
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5371, 5375, 5383
- Employers, suppression of workplace injury claims
  - general remarks, 6285
  - penalties, 6293
- Employment agencies
  - employment standards violations, reporting, 503
  - oversight of, 503
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6279, 6285, 6292–6295
- Employment and unemployment
  - employment rate, 196, 299
  - in southwestern Ontario, 7281
- Employment creation, 264, 308, 4470, 7638, 7756–7757
- Employment, precarious
  - general remarks, 7665–7667, 8993
- Enbridge Line 9 reversal
  - risk to Great Lakes, 2971
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 3149
- Energy conservation
  - general remarks, 3149
- Energy contracts, fixed-rate
  - consumer protection, 6831
  - phase out, 6832
- Energy industry
  - general remarks, 7670–7671, 9274
- Energy rates
  - affordability, 7782
  - increase, 52, 6831
- Energy rates, additional charges
  - global adjustment charge, 6830
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6402–6408, 6839–6840, 6845
  - third reading, 9221, 9229–9230
- Estate administration tax
  - abolition of, 6333–6334
  - cap, 5295
  - estate valuation deadline, 5295
- Family support payments
  - in arrears, 3233
- Fast food menu labelling
  - sodium content, 3194
- Film and television production industry
  - tax credit, 4000, 4163–4164
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - establishment of, 264, 267
- Financial Accountability Officer Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 208)
  - first reading, 9712
- Financial literacy
  - benefits, 6273–6274
- French-language debates
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Privatisation des biens publics, 1009
- GO Transit service expansion
  - in Kitchener-Waterloo region, 3747, 4058, 4165, 6580
- Government accountability
  - general remarks, 1684
  - reform, 951
- Government advertising
  - partisan ads
    - general remarks, 4328–4329, 9854, 9898
    - made with public funds, 3956–3957, 4016, 4055, 9415–9416
- Government credit ratings, 13–14, 50–51
- Government debt, 302–303
- Government documents
  - release to Financial Accountability Officer, 9702–9703
- Government hiring policies
  - IT consultants, outsourcing, 691–692, 755–756
- Government notice of motions
  - Interim supply
    - responded to, 2722–2725
- Government record
  - Liberal (2013–present)
    - ministerial funding, 8982
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - education funding, 299–300
- Government revenue, 1154
- Government services
  - delivery, 959, 5451–5452
  - reduction, 1479–1480
- Government spending
  - general remarks, 3014–3016
  - reduction, 2504, 2792, 2794, 2995–2996, 6261, 9530–9531
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 3515
- Health care
  - privatization, 5854, 8126
- Health care workers
  - layoffs, 3281
- Health clinics
  - private clinics, 7359
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 7358–7362
  - third reading, 9102–9105
- Highway 407, 2294–2295
- Highway maintenance in winter, contracts
  - area maintenance contracts, 2497
  - fines, 7586
  - general remarks, 4044, 4163
- Highway tolls
  - Highway 407
    - unpaid tolls
      - plate denial for, 2294
- Highways in northern Ontario
  - winter maintenance, 1914
- Home heating retrofits
  - Enbridge and Union Gas, 8004, 8008
  - government funding, 7669
- Honours and awards
  - for leadership by women and girls, 3677–3678
- Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs)
  - prevention and reduction, 7391
- Hospital funding
  - general remarks, 2723–2724
  - increase, 7665
- Housing Services Corp.
  - reporting and audit requirements, 3567
- Human rights violations
  - forced famine in Ukraine, 1278
- Human trafficking
  - general remarks, 137–138
  - victim services, 4439
- Hydro One Inc.
  - distribution networks, privatization, 1009–1010
  - as revenue source, 4052–4053, 6623–6624
- Hydro One Inc. oversight
  - exemptions, 3747, 4389
  - by government
    - exemptions, 3876, 3878–3879, 4051–4052, 6829–6831
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 1139–1140, 3755–3756, 4058–4059, 4388
  - information disclosure, 6100
  - protection of public interests, 3875
  - public opinion, 6757
  - statements by stakeholders, 4053–4054
  - transparency and accountability, 5255–5256, 5480–5481, 6829
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 1140, 3876, 6831
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - consolidated revenue, 3855, 3905, 6679
  - general remarks, 6757
  - for infrastructure development, 4056, 6502, 7587–7588
  - to pay electricity debt, 4300, 6798
  - revenue loss, 6502
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, review
  - report by Financial Accountability Officer, 6144, 6405–6406, 6607
  - review by Financial Accountability Officer, 6829–6830
- Hydroelectric power
  - privatization, 755
- Immigrants
  - access to health care, 2856
- Immigrants, employment
  - foreign credential recognition, 2734–2735
- Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
  - transmission project procurement, 6404–6406
- Information services
  - data storage, outsourcing, 807–808
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 3591–3592, 4163–4167
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4299–4301
- Inmates
  - female inmates with mental illness, 7667
- Intensive behavioural intervention (IBI)
  - age restrictions, 8586–8587, 8906
  - wait-list, 7670, 8458
- Interns and co-op students
  - occupational health and safety, 2210
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7663–7671, 7673, 7777, 7782, 7786–7787
  - third reading, 8584–8587
- Legislative procedure
  - answers to written questions, 9490
  - order and decorum and conduct of members in the House, 151
- Liberal Party
  - staff, 2480, 2649
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - administrative costs, 263
- Long-term care
  - general remarks, 155
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3067–3068, 3194, 3202
  - third reading, 4521
- Marine mammals in captivity
  - protection and quality of life, 3422–3423
- Medical errors
  - accountability, 7359–7360
- Medical tourism, 848
- Members' statements
  - Autism treatment, 8458, 8906
  - Daughters for Life Foundation, 2147–2148
  - Family Responsibility Office, 3233
  - Gassim, Sadia, 5287
  - Hospital funding, 9858
  - Hospital infection control, 7391
  - Human trafficking, 136–137
  - International Women's Day, 2652
  - Leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Communities, 3677–3678
  - Missing persons, 990
  - Municipalities, 1688
  - NDP convention, 1218–1219
  - Organ and blood donation, 3912–3913
  - Pay equity, 8041
  - RenewABILITY Energy Inc., 6805
  - The Sounds of Christmas, 6323
  - Special-needs children, 9314
  - Sustainable Waterloo Region, 4148
  - Women in politics, 5782
- Members'/ministers' appreciation
  - Prue, Michael (former member for Beaches–East York), 347–348
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - lewd remarks
    - by MacLaren, Jack (Carleton–Mississippi Mills), 8917
  - remarks to Leader of the Third Party
    - by Chiarelli, Bob (Ottawa West–Nepean), 9125, 9287–9288
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 862, 1216, 1686
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - on Auditor General 2014 annual report, 1991–1992
  - withdrawn, 847, 7588, 9288
- Mental health care
  - recommendations of the Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions, 6184
  - system reform, 5985
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 5975–5976, 5985, 6182–6186, 6193
- Minimum wage indexed to inflation
  - general remarks, 504, 513
- Ministerial statements
  - Black History Month
    - responded to, 2326
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 1154–1155, 6757
  - Economic policy
    - responded to, 6491–6492
  - Financial Literacy Month
    - responded to, 6273–6274
  - Holodomor Memorial Day
    - responded to, 1278
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month
    - responded to, 1049–1050
- Ministry of Energy
  - Auditor General report, 2502
- Missing persons cases, 990, 5532
- Missing persons investigations, non-criminal
  - legislation in other provinces, 5526
  - search and seizure, 5525
  - tools to aid law enforcement, 5525
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8541
- Municipal infrastructure
  - cost through P3s, 2038
- Municipal planning
  - inclusionary zoning, 5016, 5019, 5028–5029
  - public notice and consultation process, 5019
  - Waterloo region, 2972, 2974
- National security
  - federal legislation, 2971
- Nurses
  - layoffs, 2996, 5854
- Occupational health and safety
  - general remarks, 513
- Occupational training programs
  - general remarks, 513
  - working-at-heights, 502–504
- Offenders
  - bail, prohibitive cost, 7667
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - health care system oversight, 1860–1861
  - MUSH sector oversight, 5545
- Ontario Energy Board
  - board members, 3746
  - oversight role, 6839
  - project review process, 6829
- Ontario history
  - Black community, 2326
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2734–2735, 2856, 2859
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - appeals process, 2972
  - general remarks, 2971, 5015–5016
  - powers, 4915, 4919
  - reform, 1346–1347, 2974
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - delay, 8978
  - general remarks, 2156–2157, 3827–3829
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2156–2157, 2172, 2389–2390, 2394–2397
  - third reading, 3825, 3827–3829, 3831
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8978, 8982, 8989–8991, 8993
  - third reading, 9786–9787
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, administration
  - by Administration Corporation, 4055–4056
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, comparisons
  - to Canada Pension Plan, 2395, 8991
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - as infrastructure investment, 2172, 2395
  - maximum rate, 2395
  - minimum earnings threshold, 2395
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, participation in
  - eligibility, 8991, 8993, 9786–9787
  - by those without workplace plan, 301
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3422–3426
- Opposition day motions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 9511–9512
  - Government contracts
    - responded to, 9274
  - Government's agenda
    - presented, 3013–3016
    - responded to, 3031
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 5854–5855
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 3744–3747, 7586–7588
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 1009–1010, 4388–4389, 5255–5256, 5480–5481, 6502
- Oral questions
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2099–2100, 2649, 2780
  - Child advocate
    - presented, 1533–1534
  - Child care
    - presented, 5111
  - Economic outlook
    - presented, 6261
  - Electoral reform
    - presented, 9641, 9898
  - Employment
    - presented, 7281
  - Executive compensation
    - presented, 3331
  - Fundraising
    - presented, 8290, 8353, 8402, 8494, 8621–8622, 9486
  - GO Transit
    - presented, 6580
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 853–854, 1479–1480, 9702–9703
  - Government advertising
    - presented, 3956–3957, 4016, 4328–4329, 9415–9416, 9581, 9854
  - Government consultants
    - presented, 691–692, 755–756, 807–808
  - Government deficits
    - presented, 9530–9531
  - Government services
    - presented, 5451–5452
  - Government's agenda
    - presented, 1684, 2995–2997
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 3281
  - Infrastructure program funding
    - presented, 2038
  - Job creation
    - presented, 4470, 7756
  - Liberal Party staff
    - presented, 2480
  - Member's conduct
    - presented, 9125
  - Minister's comments
    - presented, 1991–1992
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 228–229, 7612, 7638, 8032
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program
    - presented, 7925–7926
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 13–14
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 534
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 754–755, 1139–1140, 3499–3500, 3755–3756, 3855, 3905, 6100, 6144, 6798
  - Social Assistance Management System
    - presented, 9016–9017
  - Unemployment
    - presented, 196
- Orcas
  - in captivity, 3425–3426
  - possession and breeding
    - prohibition, 3422
- Palliative care
  - government funding, 7665
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015, organizing committee
  - compensation, 5521
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015, security
  - RFP process, 534, 847
- Patient ombudsman
  - general remarks, 845, 937–938, 1861
  - scope of role, 848–849, 938
- Patient transport, non-emergency
  - regulation, 5544–5545
- Pay equity
  - in Ontario history, 8041
- Pension funds
  - as economic driver, 3292
- Pension plans
  - defined benefit plans, 3292–3293
- Persons with developmental disabilities
  - housing programs, 267
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 2613, 3555
  - Autism treatment, 8506, 9134–9135, 9501
  - Concussion, 5120, 6706
  - Correctional facilities, 822
  - Credit unions, 26
  - Curriculum, 9428
  - Diagnostic services, 3736
  - First responders, 2151
  - Government anti-racism programs, 3507
  - Guide and service animals, 8807
  - Health care, 7346–7347, 9961
  - Health care funding, 7236, 7767–7768
  - Hospital funding, 3508, 9369–9370
  - Information technology services, 2489, 5839
  - LGBT conversion therapy, 2718, 2790, 3012, 3237–3238
  - LGBTQ conversion therapy, 2718, 2790, 3012, 3237–3238
  - Lyme disease, 3063, 3970–3971, 4151–4152
  - Missing persons, 479–480, 1279, 1852, 2108, 2203, 2787, 2844, 4899–4900, 5118–5119, 6275, 7297, 7518
  - Ontario Disability Support Program, 6276–6277
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 7990–7991
  - Pain management, 6493
  - Poet laureate, 4101
  - Post-secondary sector employees, 9959–9960
  - Privatization of public assets, 4339, 5065, 5291, 6276
  - Rural schools, 7580
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 8578, 9087, 9316
  - Tenant protection, 5686
  - Workplace safety, 551, 1052
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5492, 5691, 5700
- Political fundraising
  - cabinet ministers' targets, 8290, 8402
  - conflict of interest, 8353
- Political fundraising, reform
  - consultation, 9486, 9641
  - open process, 8494, 8621–8622
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - employee contributions, loss potential, 3303
  - employer contribution, optional, 3293
  - general remarks, 264
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3220–3221, 3292–3295, 3303
- Pooled registered pension plans, administration
  - cost, 3220, 3293
- Post-secondary education
  - affordability, 2723
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
  - workers' compensation
    - for front-line nurses, 7485
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - cost increase, 7965–7966
  - for low-income groups, 7668–7669, 7925–7926
- Private members' public business
  - Affirming Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Act, 2015 (Bill 77)
    - second reading, 3350–3351
  - Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2015 (Bill 124)
    - second reading, 5521–5522
  - Child care
    - responded to, 3992
  - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
    - responded to, 9140–9141
  - Commercial fill
    - responded to, 1803–1804
  - Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 (Bill 177)
    - second reading, 8065–8066
  - Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2016 (Bill 189)
    - second reading, 9375
  - Estate Administration Tax Abolition Act, 2015 (Bill 136)
    - second reading, 6332–6334
  - Estate Administration Tax Fairness Act, 2015 (Bill 120)
    - second reading, 5294–5296
  - Federal-provincial public infrastructure funding
    - responded to, 3977–3978
  - Growing Ontario's Craft Cider Industry Act, 2015 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 6349–6350
  - Housing Services Corporation Accountability Act, 2015 (Bill 74)
    - second reading, 3566–3567
  - Human trafficking
    - responded to, 4439
  - Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2015 (Bill 87)
    - second reading, 3577–3578
  - Missing persons
    - presented, 5525–5526
    - responded to, 5531–5532
  - Ontario Bike Month Act, 2015 (Bill 13)
    - second reading, 355–356
  - Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 39)
    - second reading, 1346–1347
  - Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2015 (Bill 12)
    - second reading, 347–348
  - Protecting Interns and Creating a Learning Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 64)
    - second reading, 2210
  - Rowan's Law Advisory Committee Act, 2016 (Bill 149)
    - second reading, 7247–7249
  - Safe Roundabouts Act, 2015 (Bill 65)
    - second reading, 2667
  - Transparency and Accountability in Government Contracting Act, 2016 (Bill 167)
    - second reading, 7833–7835, 7840
  - Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)
    - second reading, 8486
  - Workplace harassment
    - responded to, 8917
- Privatization
  - as government policy, 3031
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5125–5126, 5134
  - third reading, 6922–6924
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4611, 4619, 4633, 4638
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (Bill 52)
  - second reading, 2970–2974
- Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
  - investigative powers
    - general remarks, 939–940, 1533–1534
    - scope, 850, 1857–1858
  - oversight of additional facilities housing youth, 1858–1860
- Public assets, sale of
  - general remarks, 300, 302, 6601
  - recommendations by advisory council, 3499–3500
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Black History Month, 2326
- Public education campaigns – Education
  - Financial Literacy Month, 6273–6274
- Public education campaigns – Health
  - Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month, 3912–3913
- Public education campaigns – Historical/National
  - Holodomor Memorial Day, 1278
- Public education campaigns – Violence, sexual violence, and harassment
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 1049–1050
- Public education campaigns – Women
  - International Women's Day, 2652
- Public records
  - data storage centre, 2793
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 846–850, 937–943, 951, 959
  - third reading, 1856–1862
- Public sector executives
  - salary caps, 847–848, 853–854, 937, 1861–1862, 3331, 5521–5522
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 6279, 6285, 6293–6294
- Public-private partnerships
  - cost, 264, 2495–2496, 2724–2725, 4167
  - general remarks, 2794
  - preliminary review, 7833–7835, 7840
  - risk transfer, 3591–3592
- Research and development
  - collaboration between industry and academia, 265
- Retirement savings
  - affordability, 8989–8991
- Rowan's Law Advisory Committee Act, 2016 (Bill 149)
  - third reading, 9926–9927
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1189
- Sexual abuse victims
  - services for, 1049–1050
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
  - reporting, 8917
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 4915, 4919, 5015–5019, 5028–5029
- Social assistance benefits
  - child support clawbacks, 7669–7670, 7673, 7777
  - community start-up and maintenance benefit (CSUMB), 3567
- Social Assistance Management System (SAMS), implementation
  - cost overruns, 2500, 9016–9017
- Social housing
  - government funding, 3567
- Social services, 2500–2501
- Special education funding
  - general remarks, 2724
- Statements by stakeholders
  - budget 2014, 265, 299–300, 302
  - public asset sale, 300–301
- Strategic lawsuits
  - advisory panel recommendations, 2970
  - defendants, onus of proof, 2970
  - effect on public participation, 2971
  - general remarks, 2970
- Strategic lawsuits, prevention
  - general remarks, 2970, 2972
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5543–5548
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - third reading, 6828–6832
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 502–504, 513
- Student grants
  - less student contribution amount, 7671
- Students
  - mental health care, 6183
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - investigation, 2099–2100, 2780
- Supply Act, 2015 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2792–2795
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 7476–7477, 7485, 7521
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8323–8324, 8329
- Tarion
  - consumer protection, 6922–6924
  - government oversight, 6923–6924
- Teacher strikes
  - back-to-work laws, 4633
- Temporary foreign workers, recruitment
  - fees, 502
- Temporary foreign workers' rights
  - access to immigration process, 502
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 50–54, 151, 155
- Time allocation motions
  - Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
    - responded to, 6678–6680
  - Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
    - responded to, 4299–4301
- Tips and other gratuities
  - general remarks, 504
  - for unionized employees, 348
- Tobacco, flavoured
  - sale, prohibition, 3067
- Transit funding
  - dedicated federal funding, 3977
- Transit system expansion
  - Yonge-University line, 2794–2795
- Transit system expansion, high-speed railways
  - from Toronto to Kitchener to London, 301
- Transparency and Accountability in Government Contracting Act, 2016 (Bill 167)
  - first reading, 7515–7516
- Transplants
  - stem cell transplants
    - disclosure of patient statistics, 9103–9105
- Transportation
  - northern Ontario, 2497
- Transportation infrastructure
  - long-term funding, 2497
  - roundabouts
    - safe use, 2667
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 1906, 1914, 2281–2282, 2288, 2294–2297
- Tributes
  - Gassim, Sadia, 5287
  - Jordan, W. Leo (former member for Lanark–Renfrew), 9245–9246
  - Leadston, Gary (former member for Kitchener–Wilmot), 8786
  - Wettlaufer, Wayne (former member for Kitchener Centre), 7500
- Trillium Trust
  - general remarks, 300, 6604–6605
- Veterans
  - access to long-term care beds, 3577–3578
- Video game industry
  - digital media tax credit, 4056
- Violence against aboriginal women
  - general remarks, 1049
- Violence against women
  - general remarks, 2652
- Voter participation
  - youth ages 16 and 17
    - provisional registration, 5383
- Water quality
  - general remarks, 155
- Women
  - in politics, 5782
- Workers Day of Mourning
  - flags at half-mast, 8486
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - Lalonde, Nick, 503
  - prevention, 8486
- Youth
  - financial literacy, 6274
- Youth employment
  - general remarks, 264
Flynn, Hon. K.D. (LIB, Oakville)
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1392
- Child performers
  - employment standards, 3921–3922
  - protections, 857
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 8006
- Condominium owners
  - consumer protection, 5126–5127
- Construction industry
  - collective agreements, length of open period, 488
  - health and safety, 641–642
  - training standards, 642
- Construction liens
  - expert review, report, 9309–9310
- Construction sites
  - excavation safety, 487
- Co-operative education programs
  - employment standards, 368
- Courthouses
  - security screening, 2014
- Electricity generating facilities
  - security, 2014
- Elliott Lake inquiry
  - report, 1313
- EllisDon Corp.
  - collective agreement, 6574–6575, 6643–6644
  - hiring restrictions, 7058
  - private member's bill, 6696
- Employers, suppression of workplace injury claims
  - penalties, 5707, 9758
- Employment agencies
  - employment standards violations, reporting, 486
  - liability for unpaid wages, 855, 1054
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - first reading, 4730–4731
  - second reading, 5707–5708, 5712
  - third reading, 7190–7191
- Employment, precarious
  - general remarks, 1366
  - interim report on, 6480
- Employment standards
  - employers' self-audit, 1054
  - enforcement tools, 488
  - general remarks, 676, 1054–1055
  - government review, 2250, 4421
  - public awareness, 4469–4470
- Fair Practices Commissioner
  - to investigate complaints against WSIB, 5707–5708
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 736
- Fire services sector
  - dispute resolution system, 5709–5710
- Firefighter training
  - private courses, regulation, 3792–3793
- Firefighters, double-hatter
  - workers' compensation benefits, 7190
- Foreign investment, 484
- Foreign live-in caregivers
  - employment standards, 485
  - recruitment, 485
- Fox, Terry
  - charity races, 3126
- Gender-neutral language
  - on government forms, 5305
- GO Transit service expansion
  - general remarks, 7784
- Goodwill Industries, 8198–8199
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-present)
    - minimum wage, 483
- Hydro One Inc. shares
  - 40% government ownership, 4386–4387
- Immigration
  - general remarks, 2512–2513
- Interns and co-op students
  - payment for work, entitlement, 451, 487–488
  - protection under Employment Standards Act, 400, 8950
  - workplace inspections, 487–488
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7783–7784
- Labour and employment law, review, 7930–7931, 9310
- Labour disputes, 6367
- Lambton gas plant construction
  - health and safety non-compliance, 4989–4990
- Law students
  - unpaid articling, 1434
- Lockouts
  - employees of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 5454
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3077–3078
- Medical marijuana
  - smoking ban
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8387
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 9312
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 2512
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of clothing items
    - scarves, 7634
- Minimum wage
  - advisory panel, 483, 1053
  - consultations with stakeholders, 484
  - effect on poverty, 484
  - increase to $15, 8406
  - prior notice of changes to, 483
- Minimum wage indexed to inflation
  - economic impact, 484
  - general remarks, 483, 1053, 5450–5451
  - impact on businesses, 3277
- Mining industry accidents/fatalities
  - individuals
    - Goulet, Pascal, 281
  - prevention, 9995–9996
  - reports, 3761–3762
  - review, 282, 487
- Ministerial statements
  - Equal Pay Day
    - presented, 3611–3612, 8803–8804
  - Italian Fallen Workers Memorial
    - presented, 9812–9813
  - National Day of Mourning
    - presented, 3865–3866, 8908–8909
  - Protection for workers
    - presented, 818–819
  - Repetitive strain injury
    - presented, 2376–2377
  - Teachers' labour disputes
    - presented, 4475
- Nutrition
  - general remarks, 3077–3078
- Occupational health and safety
  - general remarks, 486–487, 819, 8908–8909, 9965–9967
  - workplace inspections, 1433
- Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)
  - use of WSIB grant, 3049, 3159
- Ontario history
  - Italian Fallen Workers Memorial, 9812–9813
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2512–2513
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2346
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3390–3391
- Opposition day motions
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4386–4387
- Oral questions
  - Child protection
    - responded to, 857
  - Collective bargaining
    - responded to, 6574–6575, 6643–6644, 6696, 6741, 7058, 7982, 8355
  - Construction industry
    - responded to, 9309–9310
  - Employment practices
    - responded to, 2250
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 1366, 1433, 3232, 4421, 4469–4470, 6480, 7930–7931, 8950, 9310
  - Fair wage policy
    - responded to, 7177
  - Farm safety
    - responded to, 3054, 8077
  - First responders
    - responded to, 758–759, 1482, 2599–2600, 4090–4091, 5230, 6693–6694, 6945, 7276–7277, 7445, 8359, 8407
  - Goodwill Industries
    - responded to, 8198–8199
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 1313
  - Injured workers
    - responded to, 1937–1938, 6315, 9756–9758
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 2889, 3000–3001, 4468–4469, 4783, 9018–9019
  - Labour disputes
    - responded to, 6367, 6693–6694
  - Labour legislation
    - responded to, 1086–1087
  - Minimum wage
    - responded to, 3276–3277, 5450–5451, 8406
  - Mining safety
    - responded to, 3761–3762, 9995–9996
  - Pay equity
    - responded to, 3607, 5725–5726, 7930, 8795–8796
  - Pension plans
    - responded to, 5454
  - Post-traumatic stress disorder
    - responded to, 5625–5626, 9488–9489
  - Protection for workers
    - responded to, 368–369, 400, 451, 1434
  - Sexual harassment
    - responded to, 1034, 1037–1038
  - Small business
    - responded to, 1478
  - Temporary employment agencies
    - responded to, 855–856
  - Tendering process
    - responded to, 324
  - Workplace safety
    - responded to, 84–85, 281–282, 641–642, 1362, 3792–3793, 4089, 4989–4990, 6104–6105, 9254
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
    - responded to, 2994–2995, 3048–3049, 3159
- Pay equity
  - general remarks, 8795–8796
  - government initiatives, 8796
  - steering committee, 3607, 3611, 5725–5726, 7930, 8803–8804
- Persons with mental illness
  - stigma, 7458
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
  - definition and public awareness, 9488–9489
  - presumptive legislation, excluded professions, 8359
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency service providers
  - presumptive legislation
    - general remarks, 758–759, 1482, 4090–4091, 6694, 6945, 7445, 7456
  - prevention and treatment, 5230, 5625–5626, 7456–7458, 8343, 8407
- Poverty reduction
  - general remarks, 484
- Private members' public business
  - Gender-neutral language
    - responded to, 5305
  - Protecting Victims of Occupational Disease Act, 2015 (Bill 98)
    - second reading, 5310–5311
  - Terry Fox Day Act, 2015 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 3125–3126
  - Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)
    - second reading, 8481–8482
- Protecting Child Performers Act, 2015 (Bill 17)
  - third reading, 3921–3922
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5126–5127
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - first reading, 4474
  - ministerial statement, 4475
  - second reading, 4591–4592, 4596
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 4647
- Public education campaigns – Occupational health and safety
  - National Day of Mourning, 3865–3866, 8908–8909
  - Repetitive Strain Injuries Awareness Day, 2376
- Public education campaigns – Women
  - Equal Pay Day, 3611–3612, 8803–8804
- Public sector workers
  - collective bargaining, 6693–6694
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 5710, 6741, 8355
- Racetracks (horses)
  - contracts with OLG, 7982
- Repetitive strain injury, 2376–2377
- Retirement security, 2346
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - third reading, 2014
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
  - general remarks, 1034, 1037–1038
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8387
- Strikes
  - Ontario Food Terminal workers, 9018–9019
  - United Steelworkers and Crown Holdings
    - appointment of Industrial Inquiry Commission, 3000–3001, 4469, 4783
    - general remarks, 2889
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - first reading, 286
  - second reading, 483–489, 493, 676–677, 1053–1055
  - third reading, 1053–1055
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - first reading, 7393–7394
  - second reading, 7455–7459
  - third reading, 8343
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8335–8336
- Teacher strikes
  - strike termination at Durham, Rainbow and Peel schoolboards, 4591–4592, 4596, 4647
- Temporary foreign workers
  - loss of work visas, 3232
  - recovery of unpaid wages, 368–369
- Temporary foreign workers, recruitment
  - fees, 368, 485
- Temporary foreign workers' rights
  - general remarks, 485, 1053
  - possession of personal documents, 485
  - recovery of unpaid wages, 485
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 142
- Time allocation motions
  - Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
    - presented, 4647
- Waterloo (regional municipality)
  - classification as construction employer, 324
- Women
  - economic empowerment/disempowerment, 3611
- Workers
  - right to report workplace injury, 5707
- Workers' compensation, 818–819
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - indexed to inflation, 9758
  - mandatory coverage for contractors, 1478
  - survivor benefits, calculation, 5708, 6693, 7190–7191
- Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)
  - third reading, 9965–9967
- Workers' right to be informed
  - in chosen language, 488, 1054
  - of employment standards, 486
- Workers' rights
  - awareness campaign, 1433
  - fair wage policy, 7177
  - general remarks, 484, 486, 489, 493, 676–677
- Workers' rights re: wage recovery
  - elimination of $10K cap, 484, 486, 1053–1054
  - employment agencies and, 485–486
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - prevention, 8481–8482, 9756–9757
- Workplace mental health
  - traumatic mental stress and PTSD, 2599–2600, 7457
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - assessment of treating physician's opinions, 6315
  - benefits policy, review, 1937–1938
  - experience rating policy, 1054, 1362
  - unfunded liability, 2995
- Youth/student workers
  - employment standards, 9254
  - occupational health and safety, 84–85, 485, 487, 4089, 6105
Forster, C. (NDP, Welland)
- Accessibility for disabled persons
  - compliance, 4264, 4270
  - enforcement, 1267
  - provincial strategy, 2198
- Affordable housing
  - general remarks, 1324–1325
  - wait-list, 1324–1325
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2468–2470
  - third reading, 4505
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8663–8664
- Appreciation
  - Orrett, Laurie, 1941
  - Whippet Good (racehorse), 7712
- Banking services
  - accessibility by low-income groups, 8663–8664
- Bees
  - mortality insurance, 2470
  - Niagara Beeway, 2470
  - population decline, 2469
- Budget 2015
  - public consultation, 4108
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6618–6619
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4071
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8123–8128
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4059, 4107–4111
- Cap-and-trade
  - for large emitters, 7892
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - transparency and accountability, 7900
- Cheque cashing services
  - government-issued cheques
    - fee limit, 8664
- Child and youth mental health care
  - government funding, 4205–4206
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 686, 898
- Child care reform
  - general remarks, 686
- Child care spaces, 898
- Child care subsidies
  - national program, 898
- Child poverty reduction
  - general remarks, 474
  - strategy and targets, 1358–1359
- Children and youth with mental illness
  - services, 4198–4199
- Children with special needs
  - assessments, 4642
- Class sizes
  - caps, 4088
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7892, 7900
- Condominium buildings, 5332–5333
- Court documents
  - electronic delivery, 5807
- Crop production
  - threats to, 2469
- Debt settlement agencies and agents
  - penalties for non-compliance, 8664
- Developmental services
  - government funding, 4270
- Domestic violence in the workplace
  - notable cases, 8067
- Down syndrome awareness, 8467
- Drivers
  - medical suspensions, 7764
- Economic conditions, 2231
- Election contributions
  - limits, third party, 5737
  - by Working Families Coalition, 5737
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5372–5376
- EllisDon Corp.
  - hiring restrictions, 6574, 6643–6644, 7057–7058, 7115
  - private member's bill, 5737, 6696
- Employers, suppression of workplace injury claims
  - general remarks, 6071–6072
  - penalties, 6072
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6032–6033, 6068–6078, 6092–6093, 6228, 6237, 6241–6242
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7112–7116
- Employment, precarious
  - general remarks, 6075–6076
- Employment standards
  - enforcement tools, 677
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 4307
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6834–6835, 6837, 6843
- Fair Practices Commissioner
  - to investigate complaints against WSIB, 6070–6071
- Fast food menu labelling
  - sodium content, 1767
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 628
- Fire services sector
  - dispute resolution system, 6069–6070
- Firefighters, double-hatter
  - workers' compensation benefits, 6241
- Fracking
  - environmental concerns, 3136–3137
- French-language services
  - designated areas, 6543–6544
- Goodwill Industries, 7392
- Government policy statements
  - made outside the House, 3551
- Government spending
  - general remarks, 2230
- Health care services
  - in Welland, 1149
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 6518, 7312–7313
- Highway construction
  - general remarks, 4449
- Home care
  - privatization, 4747
  - service reductions or terminations, 4748
- Home renovation
  - tax credit, cancellation, 8127–8128
- Hospital closures
  - in Niagara region, 8075–8076
- Hospital construction
  - public-private partnerships, 4108–4109
- Hospital funding
  - general remarks, 4071
  - reduction, 8123–8124
- Hospital pharmacies
  - regulation by Ontario College of Pharmacists, 1352
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 4108
- Immigrants, employment
  - rate of employment, 2850
- Immunization
  - education and awareness, 4452
  - registry, 4452–4453
- Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
  - duty to assess energy system, 6834–6835
- International students
  - health care coverage, 2858
- Land use planning
  - agriculture, biodiversity and cottage lots, 8733–8734
- Leaves of absence
  - for survivors of domestic or sexual violence, 8067–8068
- Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
  - use in other provinces, 3137
- Local food
  - education, 5752–5753
- Lockouts
  - employees of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 7980–7981
- Long-term care beds
  - new, 868
  - shortage, 8124
- Long-term care facilities
  - private operation, 760
- Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2015 (Bill 87)
  - first reading, 3386
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1767
- Manufacturing industry
  - growth and decline, 6482–6483
- Marineland
  - in tourism industry, 3425
- Medical errors
  - chemotherapy underdosing, 3130
- Medical marijuana
  - cost, 8176–8178
  - smoking regulations
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8174
- Medical records
  - access and security, 6518
- Members' statements
  - Accessibility for the disabled, 2198
  - CarePartners, 3234
  - Driver licences, 7764
  - Environmental protection, 8733–8734
  - Goodwill Industries, 7392
  - Government accountability, 3551
  - Health care, 1149
  - Injured workers, 4785
  - Labour dispute, 3677, 5288, 6322–6323
  - Labour disputes, 4201, 4332–4333, 4838
  - Leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Communities awards, 2555
  - Orrett, Laurie, 1941
  - Pruyn, John and Sarah, 5943
  - Smith, Rosie, 184–185
  - Social assistance, 644–645
  - Welland NDP, 7058–7059
  - Whippet Good, 7712
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1366, 6624
- Mental health care
  - accessibility, 4216, 6448–6449
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6181, 6185–6186, 6194, 6300–6304, 6446, 6448–6449, 6455
- Ministerial statements
  - Children's Mental Health Week
    - responded to, 4205–4206
  - Community Living Day
    - responded to, 4270
  - Growth planning
    - responded to, 2843–2844
  - National Day of Mourning
    - responded to, 3867–3868
  - National Housing Day
    - responded to, 1324–1325
  - Social workers
    - responded to, 2612–2613
- Municipal elections
  - campaign period, duration, 8543
- Municipal elections, candidates
  - audit, 8546
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8531, 8542–8546
- Municipal elections, ranked ballot system
  - general remarks, 2441, 8543
- Municipal elections, third-party advertisers/advertising
  - registration, 8544
- Municipal planning
  - inclusionary zoning, 1344–1345, 2844
- Natural gas
  - environmental impact, 3136
- Nurses
  - layoffs, 4108, 8124
  - occupational health and safety, 6194, 6228, 6300
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP)
  - general remarks, 2228, 2239
- Ontario Energy Board
  - oversight role, 6837
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2850–2851, 2858
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - reform, 2843–2844
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - comparable plans, 2229
  - general remarks, 2230, 2232
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2227–2232, 2239
  - third reading, 3892–3893, 3895
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8886
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, comparisons
  - to other types of pension plans, 8886
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - buyback, 2229
  - minimum earnings threshold, 2228
  - overpayment recovery, 2239
  - by spouses, 2229
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, participation in
  - eligibility, 3892–3893
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3425
- Opposition day motions
  - Electoral reform
    - responded to, 8816
- Oral questions
  - Accessibility for the disabled
    - presented, 1267, 4264
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2709–2710
  - Child poverty
    - presented, 474, 1358–1359
  - Children's mental health services
    - presented, 4198–4199
  - Collective bargaining
    - presented, 6574, 6643–6644, 6696, 6740–6741, 7057–7058, 7980–7981
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 8075–8076
  - Injured workers
    - presented, 6315
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 3757, 5284–5285
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 760
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 6482–6483
  - Municipalities
    - presented, 326–327
  - Pay equity
    - presented, 7929–7930
  - Poverty
    - presented, 1680, 6532
  - Social Assistance Management System
    - presented, 1731
  - Teachers' labour disputes
    - presented, 4088
- Pay equity
  - general remarks, 7929–7930
- Payday loans and lenders
  - unlicensed lenders, 8664
- Pension funds
  - as economic driver, 3304–3305
- Pension plans
  - defined contribution plans, 2229
- Personal health information
  - accessibility
    - by health care providers, 7312–7313
- Petitions
  - Credit unions, 2614
  - Dental care, 6065
  - Health care funding, 7517
  - Hospital funding, 4732–4733, 4789, 4949, 5067–5068, 8088, 8463
  - Lyme disease, 2003
  - Mental health and addiction services, 5172
  - Missing persons, 5733
  - Natural gas rates, 2434–2435
  - Office of the Ombudsman, 3919
  - Privatization of public assets, 4432, 4478, 7715, 8161–8162
  - Severance payments, 2845
  - Veterans, 6443, 7062–7063
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5763, 5768
- Polling stations
  - at reasonable distances, 5372–5373
  - voting hours, extension, 2440
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3299, 3303–3307
- Pooled registered pension plans, administration
  - cost, 3306–3307
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
  - workers' compensation
    - for front-line nurses, 7485–7487
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency service providers
  - presumptive legislation
    - retroactivity, 7488
  - prevention and treatment, 7487
- Poverty, 6532
- Poverty reduction
  - strategy, 1680
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - cost increase, 8124–8125
- Private members' public business
  - Agriculture and food literacy
    - responded to, 5752–5753
  - Commission of Inquiry into Illegal Trade and Trafficking of People, Drugs, Money, Tobacco and Weapons Act, 2016 (Bill 162)
    - second reading, 8280–8281
  - Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 (Bill 177)
    - second reading, 8067–8068
  - Empowering Home Care Patients Act, 2015 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 4747–4748
  - Ending Predatory Electricity Retailing Act, 2016 (Bill 111)
    - second reading, 4957
  - Great Lakes Shoreline Right of Passage Act, 2015 (Bill 118)
    - second reading, 5183
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 4449
  - Improving Mental Health and Addictions Services in Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 95)
    - second reading, 4216
  - Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2015 (Bill 87)
    - second reading, 3572–3574, 3579–3580
  - Luckock, Rae and Agnes Macphail
    - responded to, 8271
  - Municipal Elections Amendment Act (Voting Hours Extension), 2015 (Bill 68)
    - second reading, 2440–2441
  - Natural Gas Superhighway Act, 2016 (Bill 76)
    - second reading, 3136–3137
  - Ontario Down Syndrome Day Act, 2016 (Bill 182)
    - second reading, 8467
  - Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 39)
    - second reading, 1344–1345
  - Post-stroke recovery services
    - responded to, 3362–3363
  - Protecting Passenger Safety Act, 2015 (Bill 53)
    - second reading, 3563
  - Protecting Victims of Occupational Disease Act, 2015 (Bill 98)
    - second reading, 5310
  - Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 117)
    - second reading, 5176
  - Special Interest Groups Election Advertising Transparency Act, 2015 (Bill 96)
    - second reading, 5737
  - Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2015 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 3130
  - Université de l'Ontario français Act, 2015 (Bill 104)
    - second reading, 6543–6544
  - Vaccinations
    - responded to, 4452–4453
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5082–5083, 5318, 5321–5324, 5327, 5330
- Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2015 (Bill 12)
  - third reading, 7069–7070
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4642
- Psychiatric facilities
  - staffing complement, 6181
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - National Housing Day, 1324–1325
- Public education campaigns – Disability
  - Community Living Day, 4270
- Public education campaigns – Mental health
  - Children's Mental Health Week, 4205–4206
- Public education campaigns – Occupational health and safety
  - Injured Workers' Day, 4785
  - National Day of Mourning, 3867–3868
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 845
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 6032–6033, 6069, 6073–6075, 6237, 6740–6741, 7112–7114
- Rehabilitation services
  - government funding, 3362–3363
- Rent control
  - exemptions, 1345
  - vacancy decontrol, 1345
- Rental housing
  - construction and conversion/demolition, 1345
- Retirement planning, 2228
- Retirement savings
  - affordability, 3299, 3303–3305
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1352
- Senior citizens
  - living costs/living in poverty, 8125–8126
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8174–8178
- Social assistance benefits
  - overpayments, 644–645
- Social Assistance Management System (SAMS)
  - technical support, 1731–1732
- Social workers
  - appreciation, 2612–2613
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5806–5807
- Strikes
  - nursing staff at CarePartners, 3234, 3677, 3757, 4332–4333, 4838, 5284–5285, 5288, 6093, 6322–6323
  - United Steelworkers and Crown Holdings
    - general remarks, 4333
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 677
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - Liberal affiliates under investigation, 2709–2710
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 7485–7488, 7521–7522
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8241–8242, 8445, 8596, 8656
- Taxicabs, unlicensed
  - safety concerns, 3563
- Teacher strikes
  - general remarks, 4201, 4332
- Time allocation motions
  - Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
    - responded to, 7112–7116
- Tips and other gratuities
  - impact of transaction fees, 7069–7070
  - for unionized employees, 7069, 7115–7116
- Tobacco, contraband
  - general remarks, 8280–8281
- Trails
  - significance to rural and northern Ontario, 8445
  - use and maintenance, 8241–8242, 8596, 8656
- Transfer payments
  - to municipalities, 326–327
- Tributes
  - Sheehan, Frank (former member for Lincoln), 8559–8560
- Vehicles
  - use of natural gas, 3137
- Veterans
  - access to long-term care beds, 3572–3574, 3579
- Voter participation
  - barriers and decline, 8544–8545
- Voters
  - citizenship and residency, 5373
  - senior citizens without photo ID, 5373
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - general remarks, 7599, 8023
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7599, 7730, 8023, 8026
- Water heaters, door-to-door sale
  - consumer protection, 4957
- Women parliamentarians
  - Agnes Macphail and Rae Luckock, 8271
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - loss of earnings benefits
    - occupational diseases diagnosed after retirement, 5310
  - survivor benefits, calculation, 6072–6073
- Workers' rights re: wage recovery
  - elimination of $10K cap, 677
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - commemoration, 3867–3868
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - assessment of treating physician's opinions, 6315
Fraser, J. (LIB, Ottawa South)
- Aboriginal-provincial relations
  - general remarks, 9531
- Agriculture industry
  - general remarks, 2573, 2576
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2573, 2576
- Appreciation
  - Ottawa Redblacks, 6583
- Autism services
  - children 5+ years, 8568
  - government funding, 9517
- Birthing centres, 2938–2939
- Blood donation and collection, prohibition on payment
  - general remarks, 1181–1182
- Broader public sector organizations
  - transparency, 945
- Budget 2016
  - general remarks, 7674
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8122
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4042–4043, 4045
- Bullying prevention
  - awards, 6434
- Cardiac care
  - St. Mary's General Hospital (Kitchener), 9977
- Child performers
  - general remarks, 3928
- Climate change
  - general remarks, 5341, 9342–9343
- Climate change, impact on
  - ecosystem of northern Ontario, 8475
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 8002, 8020–8021
  - third reading, 9342–9343, 9345, 9520–9521
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - government funding, 1245
- Concurrence in supply debate (March 2015)
  - participation, 2509
- Concussions
  - advisory committee, 9927–9928
  - education and awareness, 5834
- Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
  - membership by physicians and nurse practitioners, 5964, 6460
  - power to order patient transfer or treatments, 5963–5964
- Construction industry
  - collective agreements, length of open period, 554
- Critical incidents in health care
  - disclosure, 6513, 6515
  - sharing of information with patients, 6513, 7360
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Home care
    - responded to, 1245–1246
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 9977
- Drivers
  - medical suspensions, 2177
- Drivers, use of hand-held devices
  - penalties, 2175
- Driving, distracted, 2177
- Eating disorders
  - public education and awareness, 9378
- E-cigarettes
  - age restrictions, 3191
  - control and prevention of use, 1753
- Economic development
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 1211
- Economic growth, 8122
- Elder abuse
  - duty of health care providers to report, 7244
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5364, 5367
- Electronic health records (EHRs)
  - sharing, 6513
- Employment agencies
  - fees, 553
  - liability for unpaid wages, 552–553
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6283
- Employment creation, 555
- Employment standards
  - employers' self-audit, 554
- Energy contracts, fixed-rate
  - consumer protection, 5587
  - phase out, 5587
- Energy East Pipeline, 4887
- Fast food menu labelling
  - general remarks, 1754
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
    - Loi de 2015 sur la protection de la sécurité des passagers, projet de loi 53
      - deuxième lecture, 3557–3559
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Centre de naissance et de bien-être d'Ottawa, 2939
    - Commotions cérébrales, 7231
    - Don d'organes, 7392
    - Éducation en français, 7515
    - Jour de l'indépendance du Liban, 1321–1322
    - Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa, 6583
    - Semaine de la bonté, 2103
    - Soins continus Bruyère, 2428–2429
    - Therien, Emile et Beth, 4471–4472
    - Tournée du Trophée de la Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA, 3285
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Privatisation des biens publics, 4391
  - Loi de 2015 pour favoriser l'essor de l'Ontario (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 91
    - deuxième lecture, 4042
  - Loi de 2016 sur la protection des renseignements sur la santé, projet de loi 119
    - deuxième lecture, 6512–6514
  - Pétitions
    - Aidants naturels, 8506–8507
  - Questions orales
    - Affaires autochtones, 4831–4832
    - Changement climatique, 6315–6316
    - La francophonie, 3280
    - Prévention de l'intimidation, 6434
    - Services en français, 762
- Government accountability
  - general remarks, 845
- Government record
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - budget deficit, 67
- Health care sector
  - executive salaries, 964
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 6512–6515, 7311, 7353, 7356–7357, 7360
- Health sector organizations
  - government oversight, 3129
  - on sunshine list, 3129
- Healthy eating
  - fruit and vegetable consumption, 6061
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - for infrastructure development, 4391
- Immigrants, employment
  - foreign credential recognition, 2409
- Immigration
  - general remarks, 2409
- Immigration policy
  - general remarks, 2409
- Integrity Commissioner
  - expanded role, 944–945
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 3473–3474
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7674
- Light rail transit (LRT)
  - Ottawa, 1592–1593
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1753–1754, 3191, 3205
  - third reading, 4535
- Medical errors
  - chemotherapy underdosing, 1182–1184
- Medical information
  - quality of care information protection laws
    - review, 6513
- Medical marijuana
  - regulation, 9929–9930
  - smoking regulations
    - enforcement, 9930–9931
- Medical records
  - privacy breaches
    - reporting to Information and Privacy Commissioner, 6512
- Members' statements
  - Ahlul-Bayt Islamic Education Centre, 8575
  - Bruyère Continuing Care, 2428–2429
  - Carleton University, 2200
  - City of Ottawa, 764
  - Concussion, 5834
  - Constituency office staff, 6535
  - Cultural diversity, 923
  - Eye examinations, 5063
  - FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy Tour, 3285
  - Football, 374
  - Half Your Plate initiative, 6061
  - Hospice care, 3553, 9024–9025
  - Keeping, Max, 5560–5561
  - Kindness Week, 2103
  - Korbee, Leon, 8363
  - Lebanese Independence Day, 1321–1322
  - Member's grandchild, 4672–4673
  - Organ donation, 7392
  - Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre, 2938–2939
  - Ottawa Lebanese Festival, 236
  - Ottawa Redblacks, 6583
  - Ramadan, 21
  - Refugees, 8460
  - Royal Ottawa Inspiration Awards, 7866
  - Smith, Linda, 6370
  - Tannis Food Distributors, 476–477
  - Therien, Emile and Beth, 4471–4472
  - University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 9314
  - Warsame, Abdirizak and Paul Howard, 1740–1741
  - World Lebanese Cultural Union, 8629–8630
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2841, 2964, 2978, 4674
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 943–944
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4672, 9378
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - pins, 8893–8894
    - ribbons, 1584
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 68, 9275
- Members'/ministers' salaries, 959
- Men's health
  - awareness, 8055
- Mental health patients, involuntary detention
  - certificates of continuation, 5964
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 5963–5966, 5985, 6178, 6185, 6458, 6460
- Minimum wage
  - advisory panel, 552
- Minimum wage indexed to inflation
  - economic impact, 552
  - general remarks, 505, 552
- Municipal elections
  - campaign period, duration, 8534
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8533–8534, 8536–8537, 8546, 8653
- Municipal infrastructure by region
  - in northern Ontario, 1211
- Municipal planning
  - public notice and consultation process, 5021–5022
- Muslim community
  - racial discrimination of, 923
- Offences under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004
  - fines levied upon conviction, 6513
  - limitation period for prosecutions, 6512–6513
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - as replacement for CPP enhancement, 2389
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2389–2391
  - third reading, 3821, 3883
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3321, 3399
- Opposition day motions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 9517
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - responded to, 2622–2624
  - Government contracts
    - responded to, 9274–9275
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 8433
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 7593–7594
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4391
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal affairs
    - presented, 4831–4832, 9531
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 6433–6434
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 8568
  - Climate change
    - presented, 5341–5342, 6316
  - First responders
    - presented, 6693
  - Injured workers
    - presented, 9756
  - Northern Ontario development
    - presented, 1210–1211
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 7336–7337, 7858–7859, 8851
  - Pipeline
    - presented, 4886–4887
  - Public transit
    - presented, 1592–1593
  - Rail safety
    - presented, 2706–2707
  - Ring of Fire
    - presented, 1317–1318
  - Wetlands conservation
    - presented, 6055
  - Youth employment
    - presented, 1146
- Organ and tissue donation
  - donor registration, 7392
- Ottawa Redblacks, 374
- Ottawa School Day Nursery Inc. Act, 2015 (Bill Pr14)
  - first reading, 1742
- Palliative care
  - terminal care/end-of-life planning, 3553
- Patient ombudsman
  - general remarks, 942, 944, 964
- Petitions
  - Caregivers, 8506–8507
  - Concussion, 4998, 5292, 7063–7064
  - Credit unions, 4734
  - Environmental protection, 4899
  - Lung health, 8463
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, 207
  - Water fluoridation, 5840, 5892, 6066–6067, 6373
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - as low-cost option to ORPP, 3429
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3429
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency service providers
  - presumptive legislation
    - general remarks, 6693
- Poverty reduction
  - general remarks, 109, 555
- Private members' public business
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 8475
  - Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2016 (Bill 189)
    - second reading, 9378
  - Empowering Home Care Patients Act, 2015 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 4750
  - Men's Health Awareness Week Act, 2016 (Bill 170)
    - second reading, 8055
  - Ontario Bike Month Act, 2015 (Bill 13)
    - second reading, 357–358
  - Ontario Down Syndrome Day Act, 2016 (Bill 182)
    - second reading, 8469
  - Protecting Passenger Safety Act, 2015 (Bill 53)
    - second reading, 3557–3559, 3564
  - Protection of Vulnerable Seniors in the Community Act, 2015 (Bill 148)
    - second reading, 7243–7244
  - Rare diseases
    - responded to, 7823–7824
  - Rowan's Law Advisory Committee Act, 2016 (Bill 149)
    - second reading, 7247
  - Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2015 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 3128–3129
- Protecting Child Performers Act, 2015 (Bill 17)
  - third reading, 3928–3929
- Protecting Passenger Safety Act, 2015 (Bill 53)
  - first reading, 1741–1742
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4623, 4641
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (Bill 52)
  - second reading, 2960, 2964
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - Kindness Week, 2103
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 845, 942–946, 959, 964
- Public-private partnerships
  - benefits of, 4045
- Railway safety
  - general remarks, 2707
- Reports
  - Report and Recommendations to the Minister of Labour, January 2014 (2014 Minimum Wage Advisory Panel), 552
- Residential schools
  - public education and awareness, 4831–4832
- Resignation of members
  - to force a by-election, 2623
- Ring of Fire development
  - general remarks, 1317–1318
- Rowan's Law Advisory Committee Act, 2016 (Bill 149)
  - third reading, 9927–9928
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1180–1185
- Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015 (Bill 33)
  - third reading, 7075
- Saint Paul University Act, 2014 (Bill Pr8)
  - first reading, 817
- Scarborough–Guildwood by-election 2013
  - appointment of candidates, 2623
- School facilities
  - community use, 4641
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1448–1449
- Senior citizens, programs
  - community participation grant, 4042
- Shootings in Ottawa
  - remarks and condolences, 764
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5021–5022
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8388–8389
  - third reading, 9929–9931
- Sporting events
  - FIFA Women's World Cup 2015, 3285
- Strategic lawsuits
  - effect on public participation, 2960
- Strategic lawsuits, examples
  - involving elected officials, 2960
- Strategic lawsuits, prevention
  - general remarks, 2960
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 5587, 5590
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 505, 551–555
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - election of Glenn Thibeault, 2622–2623
  - offers of employment to candidates, 2623
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - general remarks, 2622
  - investigation, 2624
- Supply Act, 2016 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 8226
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8324
- Taxicabs, unlicensed
  - penalties, 3557–3558
  - safety concerns, 3558–3559
- Temporary foreign workers, recruitment
  - fees, 552–553
  - record keeping, 553
- Temporary foreign workers' rights
  - possession of personal documents, 552–553
  - recovery of unpaid wages, 553
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 67, 109
- Tobacco control
  - exemptions, menthol cigarettes, 4535
- Train derailment in Gogama
  - general remarks, 2706
- Transfer payments
  - reduction to Ontario, 67
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 1653, 2175–2177, 2287
- Tributes
  - Jordan, W. Leo (former member for Lanark–Renfrew), 9246–9247
  - Keeping, Max, 5560–5561
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  - general remarks, 4831
- Vision care
  - eye examinations, 5063
- Voter participation
  - suppression, 5364
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - general remarks, 8346
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 8346
  - third reading, 9568–9570
- Workers' right to be informed
  - of employment standards, 553
- Workers' rights re: wage recovery
  - elimination of $10K cap, 505, 552–553
  - two-year time limit, 553
- Youth employment
  - general remarks, 1146
- Youth/student workers
  - occupational health and safety, 505, 552–553
French, J.K. (NDP, Oshawa)
- Accessible parking permits
  - municipal by-laws, 9153–9154
- Affordable housing
  - general remarks, 5010
  - state of, 5389–5391
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1827, 2459–2464, 2770
  - third reading, 4566–4567
- Alternative financial services
  - to fill service gap for low-income groups, 8754, 9170–9171
  - relation to poverty and/or precarious work, 8755–8756, 9173
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8753–8756, 8758, 9164, 9170–9171, 9173
- Anti-Sikh riots of 1984
  - as act of genocide, 9835–9836
- Arts education
  - youth programs, 1792–1793
- Automobile industry
  - government strategy, 3165
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1420
- Budget 2016
  - general remarks, 8096–8097
  - public consultation, 8095–8096
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4072–4076
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8095–8099, 8136
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - third reading, 427–428
- Canada Pension Plan enhancement
  - general remarks, 9755–9756
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
  - prevention, 6273
- Carding
  - arbitrary nature, 5904–5905
  - effect on police-community relations, 5904–5905
  - as racial profiling, 5904–5905
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 899
- Child care subsidies
  - national program, 899, 1233
- Child care system
  - cost, 1233
- Children and youth in care
  - protection after age 16, 2675–2677, 5209–5210
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - third reading, 9242
- Corporate bankruptcies
  - protection of pension funds, 9380–9382
- Correctional centre staff
  - staffing levels, 8211
- Correctional centres
  - mental health services, 6642, 8211
- Correctional centres, conditions in
  - general remarks, 5344, 6641–6642
  - unsafe conditions, 7124, 7222
- Correctional officers
  - appreciation, 4200
  - hiring/staffing, 9029
- Courthouses
  - security screening, 1580–1581
- Crime prevention
  - general remarks, 6222–6223
- Disaster relief for ice storm victims
  - funding and interim payments, 6743
- Drivers
  - "slow down, move over" laws, 2263
- Drivers, use of hand-held devices
  - penalties, 2263
- Eating disorders
  - public education and awareness, 9377–9378
- E-cigarettes
  - control and prevention of use, 4559–4560
- Economic conditions, 2158, 2166
- Education funding, 3382, 4634–4635, 9951
- Electoral boundaries
  - number of urban vs. rural, 5362
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5357–5358, 5362, 5929
- Electoral reform
  - recall of sitting member, 5189
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 5711, 6416–6417, 6419
  - third reading, 7193–7195
    - amendments, 7194–7195
- Employment and unemployment
  - unemployment rate, 8097
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6380, 6390–6391
  - third reading, 9202
- Facilities housing marine mammals
  - animal care, 4682
- Fast food menu labelling
  - sodium content, 4557–4558
- Fatalities
  - victims of tractor-trailer collision on Highway 401 in Durham, 5549–5550
- Fentanyl patches
  - abuse prevention, 7076–7077
- Firefighter training
  - private courses, regulation, 2199, 3792–3793
- Firefighters, double-hatter
  - workers' compensation benefits, 6416
- Francophones
  - immigration by, 2854
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Services en français, 3729
- French-language services
  - designated areas, 3729
- Gender-neutral language
  - on birth certificates, 7260
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
  - Ingersoll plant, 2168
  - Oshawa plant closure, 3165, 3168, 4020, 9536, 9999–10000
- Government debt, 2165
- Great Lakes conservation
  - targets, 5652
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - third reading, 5652
- Health care services, 1351
- Hispanic community, 875
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 4073–4075
  - public opinion, 5473–5474
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 6054–6055, 6104
- Immigration
  - recommendations from expert roundtable, 2851
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 1925
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 1889, 4317–4318
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7662
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - third reading, 4557–4561
- Manufacturing industry
  - government strategy and investments, 884
  - growth and decline, 6365–6366
- Marine mammals in captivity
  - report by Dr. David Rosen, 3687–3689, 4683–4684
- Members' statements
  - Arts education, 1792–1793
  - Automotive industry, 3168, 9999–10000
  - Coldest Night of the Year, 7449
  - Correctional facilities, 5344
  - Correctional facility employees, 4200
  - Events in Oshawa, 332–333
  - Feed the Need Durham, 644
  - Firefighters, 2199
  - Freeman, Jim, 8409
  - French-language services, 3729
  - General Motors in Oshawa, 9536
  - Health care funding, 6437
  - Hydro One, 7810
  - Manufacturing jobs, 5833
  - McCloskey, Bev, 1218
  - Minimum wage, 8951–8952
  - Organ and tissue donation, 8733
  - Pilkey, Viola, 456–457
  - Privatization of public assets, 6889–6890
  - Skilled trades, 2715
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2146, 5565
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 148–150
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4559, 5904, 5913, 9497
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 8755
- Minimum wage
  - increase to $15, 8951–8952
- Ministerial statements
  - Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week
    - responded to, 6273
  - Correctional services
    - responded to, 8210–8211
  - Correctional services staff
    - responded to, 9028–9029
  - Crime Prevention Week
    - responded to, 6222–6223
  - First Responders Day
    - responded to, 8957–8958
  - National Peace Officers' Memorial Run
    - responded to, 5684–5685
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
    - responded to, 1946–1947
  - Police Week
    - responded to, 4337–4338, 9497–9498
  - Probation and parole officers
    - responded to, 9028–9029
  - Probation Officers' Week
    - responded to, 4099
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
  - budget, 2461
- Missing and murdered aboriginal women
  - public inquiry, 670
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8522–8523, 8553–8554, 8778–8779
- Nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington, 6481
- Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
  - annual report for 2014, 2160
- Ontario history
  - Sir Adam Beck, 4072–4073
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2851–2854
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - comparable plans, 2163, 8887, 9783–9784
  - delay, 7339–7340, 8888, 8961–8962
  - general remarks, 2159–2160, 2167, 3812–3821, 8890–8891
  - public consultation, 2161, 8861, 8888–8889
  - as replacement for CPP enhancement, 2162
  - statements by stakeholders, 9782–9784
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2158–2169, 2231, 2384, 2387, 2393, 2399
  - third reading, 3812–3822
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8886–8892, 8961–8965, 8973, 9005
  - third reading, 9781–9785
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, administration
  - management at arm's length, 2165
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, comparisons
  - to Canada Pension Plan, 2159, 2164, 8097–8098, 8887, 8889, 8892, 8965, 9783
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - as infrastructure investment, 2164–2165, 2384
  - minimum earnings threshold, 2164, 8889–8890, 9785
  - as percentage of salary, 2161
  - separation from general revenue, 2168
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - affordability, 9781–9782
  - on business and labour market competition, 2166
  - on low and middle-income earners, 2164
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, participation in
  - eligibility, 2163, 8097, 8890–8892, 8965, 8973, 9782–9783
  - enrolment, 1936, 1947, 2163–2164
  - by those with comparable plan, 8890, 8962–8963
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 4681–4685
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3686–3689
- Opposition day motions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 9516–9517
  - Child care
    - responded to, 1233
  - Government contracts
    - responded to, 9280–9281
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4390–4391, 5473–5474
- Oral questions
  - Animal protection
    - presented, 8036, 8149
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 3165, 4020
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2369
  - Correctional facilities
    - presented, 7124, 7222
  - Correctional services
    - presented, 6641–6642
  - Disaster relief
    - presented, 6743
  - Education
    - presented, 3382
  - Education funding
    - presented, 9951
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 3231–3232
  - Infrastructure program funding
    - presented, 6267
  - International trade agreement
    - presented, 5940
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 5830, 6147–6148, 6365–6366, 7512
  - Nuclear safety
    - presented, 6481
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
    - presented, 7339–7340, 9755–9756
  - Pension plans
    - presented, 277–278, 861, 1147, 1935–1936
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 6054–6055, 6104
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 3792–3793
- Orcas
  - Kiska
    - care and living conditions, 4682
  - possession and breeding
    - prohibition, 3687, 4681
    - for research purposes (prohibition), 3687, 4682
- Parental recognition
  - for same-sex co-parents, 7259–7260
- Peace officers
  - memorial run, 5684–5685
- Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
  - monthly payments, 2160
- Pension plans
  - defined contribution plans, 2162
  - employer pension plans, security, 2159–2160
  - as a public service, 428
- Permanent partial disability (PPD)
  - clawback protection for OAS recipients, 6134–6135
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 206–207, 335, 411
  - Animal protection, 9500, 9774
  - Autism treatment, 8505, 9370
  - Automotive industry, 2379, 2847–2848
  - Employment standards, 2717–2718, 9264
  - First responders, 2257–2258, 2490
  - Health care, 7648–7649
  - Missing persons, 482, 601, 5409–5410
  - Physiotherapy services, 6374
  - Post-traumatic stress disorder, 8631, 9030, 9867
  - Privatization of public assets, 4674, 4999, 5346, 5566, 6375, 7869
  - Workplace safety, 8736
- Pitbull terriers
  - in dogfighting ring, Tilbury, Ontario
    - protection, 8036, 8149
- Police and policing
  - appreciation, 9497–9498
  - responding to mental health crises, 4338
- Police record checks
  - prejudicial impact on individuals, 5427–5429
  - statistics recording, 6817
- Police record checks, cost
  - prohibitive cost, 6818
- Police record checks, non-conviction information
  - exceptional disclosure, 6818
  - impact of disclosure, 5959, 6816–6817
  - research by non-profit organizations, 5429–5430
- Police record checks, non-criminal information
  - mental health interactions, 5429, 5959–5960, 6817
- Police record checks, reform
  - statements by stakeholders, 6816–6817
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5427–5432
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5958–5961
  - third reading, 6815–6819
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - as banking product, 427, 1947, 2162, 2165, 3215
  - comparisons, 1147, 3217–3218, 4487
  - employer contribution, optional, 3219, 3434
  - general remarks, 278, 861
  - predictability, 4485
  - statements by stakeholders, 3216, 4487–4488
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3213–3220, 3434–3435
  - third reading, 4485–4488
- Pooled registered pension plans, administration
  - cost, 3217
  - general remarks, 4485–4486
- Pork industry
  - porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, 1827
- Post-secondary students
  - debt, 2161
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
  - presumptive legislation, excluded professions, 8957–8958
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency service providers
  - presumptive legislation
    - general remarks, 4338
    - scope, 7723–7724
  - prevention and treatment, 7468
- Private members' public business
  - Commission of Inquiry into Accessible Parking in Municipalities Act, 2016 (Bill 187)
    - second reading, 9153–9154
  - Cy and Ruby's Act (Parental Recognition), 2015 (Bill 137)
    - second reading, 7259–7260
  - Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2016 (Bill 189)
    - second reading, 9377–9378
  - Election Amendment Act (MPPs' Recall), 2015 (Bill 89)
    - second reading, 5188–5189
  - Gender-neutral language
    - responded to, 5304–5305
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (School Bus Camera System), 2014 (Bill 50)
    - second reading, 2076
  - Hispanic Heritage Month Act, 2015 (Bill 28)
    - second reading, 875
  - Housing Services Corporation Accountability Act, 2015 (Bill 74)
    - second reading, 3570
  - Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2015 (Bill 87)
    - second reading, 3579
  - Manufacturing month
    - responded to, 883–884
  - Municipal Amendment Act (Election of Chair of York Region), 2016 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1818–1819
  - Pension plans
    - presented, 9380–9382
    - responded to, 9387
  - Police carding practices
    - responded to, 5904–5905
  - Protecting Passenger Safety Act, 2015 (Bill 53)
    - second reading, 3561–3562
  - Protecting Victims of Occupational Disease Act, 2015 (Bill 98)
    - second reading, 5306–5308, 5314
  - Radon Awareness and Prevention Act, 2014 (Bill 11)
    - second reading, 340–341
  - Right to Care Act (Children 16 Years of Age and Older), 2015 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 2675–2677
  - Sikh massacre
    - responded to, 9835–9836
  - Tree planting
    - responded to, 5913–5914
  - Violence against aboriginal women
    - responded to, 670
  - Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)
    - second reading, 8484–8485
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015 (Bill 133)
    - second reading, 6134–6135
- Probation and parole officers
  - understaffing, 4099
- Production insurance coverage expansion
  - sufficient funding, 2460, 4566
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5613
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4634–4638
- Protecting Victims of Occupational Disease Act, 2015 (Bill 98)
  - first reading, 4202–4203
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - Be a Donor Month, 8733
- Public education campaigns – Health
  - First Responders Day, 8957–8958
- Public education campaigns – Professional associations and occupations
  - Police Week, 4337–4338, 9497–9498
  - Probation Officers' Week, 4099
- Public education campaigns – Public safety
  - Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, 6273
  - Crime Prevention Week, 6222–6223
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 6416
- Radon
  - measurement by homeowners, 341
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
  - unused contribution room, 2159
- Retirement planning, 2231, 2393, 8891
- Retirement savings
  - affordability, 3213
- Retirement security, 2387, 4485–4486, 8887, 8891, 8963–8964, 9005
- Ryan's Law (Ensuring Asthma Friendly Schools), 2015 (Bill 20)
  - third reading, 3935–3936
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1351
- Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015 (Bill 33)
  - third reading, 7075–7077
- School buses
  - safety, 2076
  - yellow colour, 2263
- School facilities
  - community use, 5211
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1580–1582
- Senior citizens
  - poverty rate, 2158
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5010, 5389–5392
- Social Assistance Management System (SAMS)
  - gender identity on records, 5304–5305
- South West Detention Centre, 3689
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5206–5212
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 5572, 5576–5577, 5580–5581
- Stroke rehabilitation
  - accessibility, 6437
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - offers of employment to candidates, 2369
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 7468
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7722–7724
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8307
- Taxicabs, unlicensed
  - penalties, 3561
  - safety concerns, 3561–3562
- Teacher strikes
  - strike termination at Durham, Rainbow and Peel schoolboards, 4636–4637
- Teachers
  - professional development and training, 3936
- Temporary foreign workers
  - loss of work visas, 3231–3232
- Temporary foreign workers' rights
  - general remarks, 2852
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 148–150, 152
- Time allocation motions
  - Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
    - responded to, 3686–3689
  - Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
    - responded to, 5958–5961
  - Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
    - responded to, 7722–7724
- Tobacco control
  - exemptions, menthol cigarettes, 4559
- Trans-Pacific Partnership
  - disclosure, 6147–6148
- Trans-Pacific Partnership, economic impact
  - automobile industry, 5830, 5833, 5940
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2263
- Tributes
  - Ashe, George Lyle (former member for Durham West), 7918–7919
  - O'Neil, Hugh (former member for Quinte), 7329–7330
  - Pilkey, Clifford (former member for Oshawa), 9941–9942
- Veterans
  - access to long-term care beds, 3579
- Waste diversion
  - rates and targets, 7735
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7489–7493, 7735
  - third reading, 9690
- Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
  - flaws in building construction, 6267
- Women
  - in engineering and skilled trades, 2715
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - loss of earnings benefits
    - occupational diseases diagnosed after retirement, 5307–5308, 6417
  - survivor benefits, calculation, 6417
- Workers Day of Mourning
  - flags at half-mast, 8484–8485
- York (regional municipality)
  - election of chair, 1818–1819
- Youth employment
  - general remarks, 2231

House speaker index

Letter: F

Fedeli, V. (PC, Nipissing)

Fife, C. (NDP, Kitchener–Waterloo)

Flynn, Hon. K.D. (LIB, Oakville)

Forster, C. (NDP, Welland)

Fraser, J. (LIB, Ottawa South)

French, J.K. (NDP, Oshawa)