Speaker letter g House Hansard index Parliament 41 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: G

Gates, W. (NDP, Niagara Falls)
- Aggregate transportation
  - weight restrictions, 2070
- Agriculture industry
  - general remarks, 2567–2568
  - growth strategy, 2571
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2567–2572
- Agri-food products
  - fruit, 2569
- Albanian community
  - heritage month, 8265–8266
- Alternative financial services
  - relation to poverty and/or precarious work, 8881–8882
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8881–8882
- Automobile companies
  - Ford Motor Co., 881
- Automobile industry
  - employment and decline, 3704, 4124
  - government strategy, 1843
  - government support, 2799
- Automobile industry workers
  - collective agreements, 4126
- Automobile insurance claims, dispute resolution
  - proceedings, court vs. tribunal, 606
- Automobile insurance rates
  - general remarks, 5777
- Automobile safety inspection program
  - government oversight, 4768–4769
- Bees
  - winter mortality, 2570
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1303–1309
- Book publishing industry
  - government support, 8227
- Boys and Girls Club of Niagara Act (Tax Relief), 2016 (Bill Pr45)
  - first reading, 9261
- Bridges
  - Nipigon River Bridge failure, 7285
- Budget 2014
  - program spending, 366
- Budget speech 2014 (July 14, 2014)
  - responded to, 266–267, 269
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4120–4121, 4123–4126, 4176
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4111
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - third reading, 428–430
- Business development
  - general remarks, 564
- Cancer
  - lung cancer, 1329
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - on low-income, rural and northern Ontarians, 8010
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 789
- Child care system
  - cost, 789
- Cider producers
  - government support, 6347–6348
- Climate change
  - effects of, 8229
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 8005–8006, 8009–8012
- Coal-fired electricity generation
  - phase out, 3702
- Construction industry
  - prompt payment legislation, 9537
- Courthouses
  - powers of security personnel, 1624, 1628, 1636
  - security screening, 1582
- Crop production
  - threats to, 2568, 2570
- Currency
  - exchange rates, 560, 562
- Doctor shortage
  - government response, 5849
- Drivers
  - medical suspensions
    - reinstatement delays, 4767–4768
  - passing of cyclists, 4766
- Drivers, use of hand-held devices
  - fines, 2121
  - by youth, 5889
- Driving
  - causing death or serious injury, penalties, 10010–10012
  - of vehicles containing unlawful handguns
    - general remarks, 1564–1565
- Driving, distracted, 4764–4765
- Education funding, 4162
- Employers, suppression of workplace injury claims
  - general remarks, 6081
  - penalties, 6086
- Employment agencies
  - general remarks, 561
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6077, 6081, 6085–6087, 6089
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 3702–3704, 3846
- Energy industry
  - privatization, 3742
- Energy rates
  - affordability, 3703, 4176
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 2799, 4392
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - third reading, 9794
- Fatalities
  - Hoday, Tim, 3763–3764
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 606
- Food packaging industry, 2569, 2572
- Fox, Terry
  - about, 3121
  - charity races, 3122
- Fruit farming
  - grape and tender fruit industry, 5885
- Gasoline prices
  - regulation, 4267
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
  - government shares in, 429, 4111
  - Oshawa plant closure, 3335–3336
  - youth/student employment, 266
- GO Transit
  - in Barrie, Milton and Niagara region, 4120–4121
- GO Transit service expansion
  - general remarks, 3675
  - in Niagara region, all-day service, 67, 199–200, 428, 2729–2730, 2784, 3446, 6004–6005, 7760, 7866–7867
- Government debt, 2731–2732
- Government notice of motions
  - Interim supply
    - responded to, 2729–2731
- Government record
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - minimum wage, 560
- Great Lakes conservation, funding
  - municipal downloading, 3529
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 3529
- Great Lakes shoreline
  - right of public access, 5180–5181, 5186
- Great Lakes Shoreline Right of Passage Act, 2015 (Bill 118)
  - first reading, 5064
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - targets, 8010
- Health care
  - privatization, 7213, 7776–7777
- Health care funding
  - reduction, 7590
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 6519, 7212–7213, 7356
- Highway construction projects
  - Highway 3 expansion, 4446–4447
  - Highway 17
    - Kenora twinning, 9609–9610
- Highway maintenance in winter
  - Auditor General report, 4768, 4811–4812
  - equipment, 6882–6883
- Highway maintenance in winter, contracts
  - contractors
    - penalties for substandard work, 3958–3959
  - fines, 8456–8457
- Highway safety
  - texting zones, 9614
  - unsafe driving causing death or serious injury, 7009–7010
- Highway tolls
  - Highway 407
    - billing, 2121–2122
    - increase, consultation before, 2122
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Contraventions Causing Death or Serious Bodily Harm), 2015 (Bill 154)
  - first reading, 6892–6893
- Horse racing industry
  - government funding, 60
  - race dates, 67, 2571
- Hospital closures
  - Douglas Memorial Hospital, 5849
  - maternity wards, 5850
- Hospital construction
  - by hospital
    - in Niagara Falls, 8431
  - public-private partnerships, 429, 2731, 2800
- Hospital parking fees, 429
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - public opinion, 7590–7591
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 4162–4163, 5477, 8429
- Hydro One Inc. shares
  - 60% private ownership, 4124
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 4157, 4162–4163
- Invasive species
  - economic impact, 3464–3465
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 3464–3465, 3469
- Invasive species management
  - sufficient funding and resources, 3469
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7773, 7776–7777
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - privatization, 269, 429
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - administrative costs, 5850
- Local purchasing, 2322, 2569–2570
- Lockouts
  - employees of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 5453–5454
- Lyme disease
  - impact of climate change, 2568
  - individual cases, 1551–1552
  - testing, 1338
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - third reading, 4535–4536, 4544
- Manufacturing industry
  - employment and job creation, 8227
  - government strategy and investments, 429
  - growth and decline, 882
  - job losses and layoffs, 561
- MaRS Discovery District building
  - Phase 2 development
    - business case and lease rate, 1141–1142
- Members' statements
  - Automotive industry, 3335–3336
  - Buy local, 2322
  - Canadian Motor Speedway, 7989
  - Cherney, Ron, 1739
  - Ede, Don, 7620
  - Events in riding of Niagara Falls, 6947
  - First responders, 3763–3764
  - Fort Erie Race Track, 4894–4895, 5343
  - Gasoline prices, 4267
  - GO Transit, 2784
  - Heartland Forest, 6369
  - Legal aid, 1321
  - Niagara Parks School of Horticulture, 8459
  - Niagara-on-the-Lake fire department, 9023–9024
  - Prompt payment, 9537
  - Riding of Niagara Falls, 202
  - Social assistance funding, 698
  - Tender fruit industry, 5885
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Niagara Falls, 67, 562, 8317–8318
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1329–1330, 6770
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - displaying of fire helmet, 9023
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6303, 6306–6307
- Minimum wage
  - prior notice of changes to, 560
- Minimum wage indexed to inflation
  - general remarks, 560
- Ministerial statements
  - Global Entrepreneurship Week
    - responded to, 1224
  - Ministry of Transportation
    - responded to, 7293–7294
  - Road safety
    - responded to, 5889
- Ministry of Transportation
  - history, 7293–7294
- Niagara Escarpment
  - environmental protection, 1096–1097
- Nurses
  - layoffs, 4123
- Occupational health and safety
  - contract workers, 562
- Occupational training programs
  - in schools, 561
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - sale of hydroelectric stations, 1319
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - as replacement for CPP enhancement, 2340
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2338–2342, 2392
  - third reading, 3894
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - on low and middle-income earners, 2340
- Opposition day motions
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 8429–8431
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 5849–5850
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 3742–3743, 7589–7591
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4392, 5259, 5477–5478
- Oral questions
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 5777
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 1843
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2371, 2482
  - GO Transit
    - presented, 199–200, 3446, 3675, 6004–6005, 7760
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1141–1142
  - Home care
    - presented, 3860
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 453, 3333, 9584–9585
  - International trade agreement
    - presented, 5671
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 366
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program
    - presented, 8253–8254
  - Pension plans
    - presented, 5453–5454
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 1319
  - Public transit
    - presented, 9308
  - School closures
    - presented, 330, 589–590
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 7285
  - Trucking safety
    - presented, 7126, 7176–7177
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - presented, 3958–3959, 6882–6883, 8456–8457
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 1362
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015, sports facilities
  - Hamilton stadium, 2800
- Pension plans
  - portability, 2340
- Petitions
  - Automotive industry, 2381, 3342
  - Credit unions, 461
  - Forest industry, 1693
  - Health care funding, 6894, 7296, 8912
  - Hospital funding, 7940–7941
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 7938, 8214–8215, 8259, 8302, 8369
  - Privatization of public assets, 2898–2899, 4676, 5239, 5464, 5687, 6708, 6953, 7624, 7768, 8960, 9031, 9195
- Police record checks, non-conviction information
  - exceptional disclosure, 5699
  - impact of disclosure, 5697–5698
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5697–5701
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
  - workers' compensation
    - general remarks, 7725
- Poverty reduction
  - general remarks, 564
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - deductible, 7773, 8253–8254
- Presto fare payment system
  - contracts with GTHA transit systems, 9308
- Private members' public business
  - Albanian Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 145)
    - second reading, 8265–8266
  - Bob Mackie Act, 2014 (Bill 32)
    - second reading, 1096–1097
  - Business Corporations Amendment Act (Meetings of Shareholders and Executive Compensation), 2015 (Bill 128)
    - second reading, 6117–6118
  - Business Corporations Amendment Act (Shareholder Meetings and Executive Compensation), 2015 (Bill 128)
    - second reading, 6117–6118
  - Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2015 (Bill 124)
    - second reading, 5523–5524
  - Federal-provincial public infrastructure funding
    - responded to, 3974–3975
  - Great Lakes Shoreline Right of Passage Act, 2015 (Bill 118)
    - second reading, 5180–5181, 5186–5187
  - Growing Ontario's Craft Cider Industry Act, 2015 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 6347–6348
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 4446–4447, 9609–9610
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Careless Driving), 2016 (Bill 213)
    - second reading, 10010–10012
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Contraventions Causing Death or Serious Bodily Harm), 2015 (Bill 154)
    - second reading, 7008–7010, 7016
  - Life Lease Act, 2016 (Bill 160)
    - second reading, 7407–7409
  - Lung Health Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1329–1330
  - Lyme disease
    - responded to, 1551–1552
  - Manufacturing month
    - responded to, 881–882
  - Prohibiting Driving with Unlawful Handguns Act, 2014 (Bill 24)
    - second reading, 1564–1565
  - Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases Act, 2015 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1338–1339
  - Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 70)
    - second reading, 2663–2664
  - Safe Roundabouts Act, 2015 (Bill 65)
    - second reading, 2669–2670
  - Safe Texting Zones Act, 2016 (Bill 190)
    - second reading, 9614
  - Service clubs
    - responded to, 2214–2215
  - Smoke-Free Schools Act, 2015 (Bill 139)
    - second reading, 6769–6771
  - Terry Fox Day Act, 2015 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 3121–3122
  - Transportation of aggregates
    - responded to, 2069–2070
- Production insurance coverage expansion
  - general remarks, 2568
  - sufficient funding, 2569, 2589
- Property owners
  - granting access to trails, 8320
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5129–5130, 5138–5139, 5149–5150
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4598, 4612–4616
- Public assets, sale of
  - general remarks, 266
- Public sector executives
  - salary caps, 5524
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 6077, 6087, 6089
- Public transportation vehicles
  - manufacturing rules, domestic content, 428
- Public-private partnerships
  - cost, 3742, 4121, 4123–4124
- Racetracks (automobiles)
  - development of Canadian Motor Speedway, 7989
- Racetracks (horses)
  - Fort Erie, 202, 428–429, 453, 2799–2800, 3333, 5343, 8225, 9584–9585
- Regional economic clusters
  - general remarks, 1307–1308
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
  - unused contribution room, 2339
- Retirement planning, 2663
- Retirement security, 2392
- Road safety
  - general remarks, 4766–4767
  - pedestrian crossovers, 4765
- Ryan's Law (Ensuring Asthma Friendly Schools), 2015 (Bill 20)
  - third reading, 3933–3934
- School boards
  - asthma policies, 3933–3934
- School closures by region
  - Niagara region, 269, 330, 430, 589–590, 2730, 2801, 4612–4613
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1579, 1582, 1624–1625, 1628, 1636
- Senior citizens
  - government benefits, 2339
  - health care, 5850
- Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 6967
- Shareholder democracy, 6117
- Skilled trades
  - employment and promotion, 561
- Slots at racetracks program (SARP), 4894–4895
- Social services, 698
- Statements by stakeholders
  - minimum wage, 560
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5868
- Strikes
  - nursing staff at CarePartners, 3860, 5850
  - nursing staff at OPSEU 279, 5850
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 559–564
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - offers of employment to candidates, 2482
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - general remarks, 2371
- Supply Act, 2015 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2799–2801
- Supply Act, 2016 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 8226–8228
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7724–7725
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8242–8243, 8316–8320
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - general remarks, 4613–4615
- Temporary foreign workers, recruitment
  - record keeping, 561
- Temporary foreign workers' rights
  - access to immigration process, 561
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 60, 67
- Time allocation motions
  - Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
    - responded to, 7724–7725
- Tobacco
  - use, 6769–6770
- Tobacco, contraband
  - transport in bulk, 6770
- Tourism industry
  - general remarks, 2570, 2572
- Traffic congestion
  - general remarks, 7294
- Trails
  - use and liability, 8318
- Transit funding
  - dedicated federal funding, 3974–3975
- Transit system expansion
  - Niagara region, 8430–8431
  - reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, 3703–3704
- Trans-Pacific Partnership, economic impact
  - automobile industry, 5671
- Transportation infrastructure
  - roundabouts
    - crossing by pedestrians, 2670
    - safe use, 4767
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2115–2116, 2120–2124
  - third reading, 4763–4769, 4811–4812
- Tributes
  - Clement, John (former member for Niagara Falls), 7272–7273
  - Dietsch, Michael (former member for St. Catharines–Brock), 9696–9697
- Truck safety
  - general remarks, 7126–7127
  - inspections, 7176–7177
- Unions
  - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), 559
- US Steel Canada
  - employees
    - health and medical benefits, 6519
- Utility task vehicles (UTVs)
  - use on ATV trails, 4767
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - general remarks, 8228–8229
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 8228–8229, 8231
  - third reading, 9554–9555, 9574–9575
- Wine industry
  - economic impact, 8227
  - general remarks, 2570
- Workers
  - rate receiving minimum wage, 560
- Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)
  - third reading, 9969
- Workers' rights
  - general remarks, 562–563
  - severance payments, 2663
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - general remarks, 562
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - experience rating policy, 1362
- Youth/student workers
  - occupational health and safety, 561–562
Gélinas, F. (NDP, Nickel Belt)
- Aboriginal burial grounds, 8203
- Aboriginal communities
  - mercury poisoning, 7708–7709
  - water quality, 9639, 9900
- Aboriginal communities, health care
  - general remarks, 7984–7985
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2352–2353, 2571, 2575, 2761–2763, 2765
- Alternative financial services
  - consumer protection, 9051
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 9041, 9045, 9048–9049, 9051
- Appreciation
  - McDonald, Arthur, 9987–9988
- Assistive devices program (ADP)
  - government funding, 4038
- Attawapiskat First Nation
  - mental health services, 9362
- Automobile accident victims
  - medical assessment, 745–746
- Automobile insurance fraud
  - through incorrect cost coding, 747
- Battle of the Hatpins Day Act, 2016 (Bill 164)
  - first reading, 7394
- Bear hunting in spring
  - by non-residents, 9587
- Blood and blood products
  - from paid donor systems, 1181
- Blood donation and collection
  - at for-profit clinics, 1173, 1955–1956
  - voluntary system, 1174–1175, 1957
- Bruno's Alignment Limited Act, 2014 (Bill Pr4)
  - first reading, 459
- Budget 2015
  - general remarks, 4285
- Budget 2016
  - public consultation, 8094–8095
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - third reading, 7208–7210
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4181
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8094–8095, 8098–8099
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4036–4040, 4107
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4285
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 297, 307–308
- Canada Pension Plan enhancement
  - integration with ORPP, 8888, 8974
- Cancer treatment
  - coverage for medication taken at home, 8900–8901
- Cap-and-trade
  - in other jurisdictions, 7955–7956
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - on low-income, rural and northern Ontarians, 7955, 7957
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - transparency and accountability, 7953
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 975–977
- Child care reform
  - public consultation, 975–976
- Children's dental care
  - preventive care, 1847
- Climate change, impact on
  - ecosystem of northern Ontario, 8474–8475
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7953–7955, 7957
  - third reading, 9350–9351, 9428–9431
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - review by Auditor General, 5230–5231
  - services and funding, 5556
- Concussions
  - education and awareness, 7251–7252
- Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
  - case review for involuntary detainees, 7102–7104
  - membership by physicians and nurse practitioners, 5979
  - patient transfer or treatments, 7105–7106
  - power to order patient transfer or treatments, 5979
- Consumer protection
  - for senior citizens, 5862
- Courthouses
  - powers of security personnel, 1643
- Development charges
  - as revenue, 5036
- Developmental services
  - transition from child to adult services, 2839–2840
- Diagnostic imaging
  - mobile PET scanners
    - northern Ontario, 5881
- Doctor recruitment
  - on family health teams, 5844–5845
- Doctors
  - compensation, 5498–5499, 5826, 5844
- Down syndrome awareness, 8470–8471
- Ebola virus disease
  - protection for front-line health workers, 693
- E-cigarettes
  - age restrictions, 2539
  - control and prevention of use, 1442, 4518
  - as smoking cessation tool, 2539–2540
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6171–6172
  - third reading, 6899–6902
- Electoral districts
  - in northern Ontario, 6172, 6899–6902
- Electric power failures, 6393
- Electricity price mitigation
  - for low-income customers, 8501–8502
- Emergency service, hospital
  - government funding, 8724–8725
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6088
- Energy contracts, fixed-rate
  - consumer protection, 5861–5862
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6391–6393, 6395
  - third reading, 9203, 9790
- Energy supply
  - reliability, 6392–6393
- Family Caregiver Day Act, 2015 (Bill 138)
  - first reading, 6325
- Family health teams
  - staffing, 4039, 7208–7209, 8589
- Fast food menu labelling
  - general remarks, 1442, 2533–2536
  - sodium content, 3180, 4514–4516, 4521–4522
- Fentanyl patches
  - abuse and addiction, 7078–7079
  - abuse prevention, 4222
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 527–528
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 745–747
- Financial literacy
  - among youth, 9049
- 422504 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2015 (Bill Pr23)
  - first reading, 4995
- French Language Services in MPP Constituency Offices Act, 2015 (Bill 123)
  - first reading, 5290
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
    - Clubs sociaux, 2216–2217
    - Élèves ayant des besoins particuliers, 8700–8701
    - Loi de 2015 modifiant la Loi sur l'intervenant provincial en faveur des enfants et des jeunes, projet de loi 117
      - deuxième lecture, 5179
    - Loi de 2015 sur le poète officiel de l'Ontario, projet de loi 71
      - deuxième lecture, 2911
    - Loi de 2015 sur l'Université de l'Ontario français, projet de loi 104
      - deuxième lecture, 6539–6541, 6546
    - Traite des personnes, 4441
  - Débat sur le discours du trône, 160
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - La Francophonie, 3115–3116
    - Mois de la sensibilisation au cancer, 3969
    - Saines habitudes de vie, 1442
  - Dépôt des projets de loi
    - Loi de 2015 sur l'Université de l'Ontario français, projet de loi 104
      - première lecture, 4587
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Marchés publics, 9271–9272
    - Privatisation des biens publics, 4396, 5258–5259
  - Loi de 2014 de lutte contre la fraude et de réduction des taux d'assurance-automobile, projet de loi 15
    - attribution de temps, 747
  - Loi de 2014 de sauvegarde de l'intégrité des soins de santé, projet de loi 21
    - deuxième lecture, 1179–1180
  - Loi de 2014 sur la modernisation des services de garde d'enfants, projet de loi 10
    - attribution de temps, 977
  - Loi de 2015 modifiant des lois relatives à la santé mentale, projet de loi 122
    - deuxième lecture, 5983–5984
  - Loi de 2015 pour des choix plus sains, projet de loi 45
    - troisième lecture, 4519–4520
  - Loi de 2015 pour renforcer la protection des consommateurs et la surveillance du réseau d'électricité, projet de loi 112
    - attribution de temps, 5863
  - Loi de 2015 pour une croissance intelligente de nos collectivités, projet de loi 73
    - deuxième lecture, 5035–5036
  - Loi de 2015 sur la protection du droit à la participation aux affaires publiques, projet de loi 52
    - deuxième lecture, 2632
  - Loi de 2015 sur l'assurance agricole (modifiant la Loi de 1996 sur l'assurance-récolte), projet de loi 40
    - deuxième lecture, 2763–2764
  - Loi de 2015 sur le renforcement et l'amélioration de la gestion publique, projet de loi 85
    - troisième lecture, 6863
  - Loi de 2015 sur le Secrétariat de la nation métisse de l'Ontario, projet de loi 153
    - deuxième lecture, 7203
  - Loi de 2015 sur l'immigration en Ontario, projet de loi 49
    - troisième lecture, 4345
  - Loi de 2016 modifiant des lois concernant les services financiers de rechange, projet de loi 156
    - deuxième lecture, 9049–9050
  - Loi de 2016 modifiant la Loi favorisant un Ontario sans fumée, projet de loi 178
    - deuxième lecture, 8386
    - troisième lecture, 9984
  - Loi de 2016 sur l'atténuation du changement climatique et une économie sobre en carbone, projet de loi 172
    - deuxième lecture, 8019
  - Pétitions
    - Éducation postsecondaire en français, 6274, 6537–6538, 7817, 8369
    - Élèves ayant des besoins particuliers, 8683
    - Financement des hôpitaux, 6331
    - Financement des soins de santé, 7136
    - Privatisation des biens publics, 4901, 5567–5568, 9915
    - Prix de l'essence, 140, 1445, 1950, 4735, 9318
  - Questions orales
    - Élection partielle à Sudbury, 2317–2318
    - L'Université de l'Ontario français, 7388, 7806–7807
    - Services en français, 183, 1590
  - Rapports des comités
    - Comité permanent de la politique sociale, 1439
- French-language universities and colleges
  - creation of l'Université de l'Ontario français, 6546
- Gasoline prices
  - in northern Ontario, 308
  - regulation, 922
- Government orders
  - Concurrence in supply
    - responded to, 7369–7371
  - Order of business
    - responded to, 4802–4804
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 4926–4927
  - third reading, 5652
- Group purchasing organizations (GPOs)
  - oversight, 1176–1177
  - transparency and accountability, 1958
- Health care
  - privatization, 6521, 6861–6862
  - wait times, 1360
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 80, 4036–4037, 4040
  - reducing residency placements, 5845
  - reduction, 6861, 7122
- Health clinics
  - out-of-hospital clinics, 6926
  - private clinics, 916
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 6514, 6520–6521, 6925–6932, 7212, 7306–7307
- Health regulatory colleges
  - appointment of supervisor, 1179
  - reporting requirements, 1179
- Health sector organizations
  - accountability, 3127, 3134
  - disclosure of OHIP billings over $100,000, 3128
  - government oversight, 3127, 6861–6862
  - on sunshine list, 3127
- Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2014 (Bill 47)
  - first reading, 1439–1440
- Highway maintenance in winter
  - general remarks, 1900
- Highways in northern Ontario
  - winter maintenance, 2180–2181, 2184, 7287
- Home care
  - five-day plan, 7122
  - preventative care, 4038
  - privatization, 6861
  - service reductions or terminations, 4750–4751
  - wait times, 6991, 7122
- Horse racing industry
  - decline, 160, 2571
    - impact on farmers, 2352–2353, 2761, 2763
- Hospital funding
  - general remarks, 3723, 4037, 7640, 8623–8624
  - reduction, 7704–7705, 9579
- Hospital funding, by region
  - northern Ontario, 9079
- Hospital maintenance
  - government funding, 9753–9754
- Hospital pharmacies
  - regulation by Ontario College of Pharmacists, 1957
- Human trafficking
  - general remarks, 4441
- Hunting and trapping
  - moose tags, 5800–5801
- Immigrants, employment
  - general remarks, 4345
  - registry of employers and recruiters, 4345
- Immigration
  - in rural and northern Ontario, 2876
- Immunization
  - against human papilloma virus (HPV)
    - participation by men and boys, 8385
  - as preventive and public health strategy, 4454–4455
- Independent child care providers (ICPs)
  - oversight, 976–977
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - third reading, 5799–5801
- Invasive species management
  - sufficient funding and resources, 5799–5801
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7653–7654, 7663
  - third reading, 8588–8590
- Kormos, Peter
  - death anniversary, 3169
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Strike and Lock-Out Information), 2015 (Bill 83)
  - first reading, 3169
- Legislative procedure
  - time allocation motions, 4802–4804, 7725–7726
- Lockouts
  - employees of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 5407
- Long-term care
  - safety of patients and staff, 6926
- Long-term care facilities
  - inspections, 7052
  - understaffing, 6431
- Long-term energy plan (LTEP)
  - planning process, 6391–6392
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 2533–2542, 3175, 3180, 3184, 3187–3188
  - third reading, 4513–4519, 4521–4522, 4531, 4540, 4548
- Medical equipment
  - PET scanner in northeastern Ontario, 6438
- Medical errors
  - chemotherapy underdosing, 1175
- Medical information
  - on health care quality assurance, 6929–6930, 7212
- Medical marijuana
  - regulation, 9938, 9979–9983
  - smoking ban
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8381–8382
- Medical records
  - access and security, 6514, 6520
- Medical tourism, 809
- Members' statements
  - By-election in Sudbury, 2255
  - Camp Eagle Nest, 7865–7866
  - Community Health and Wellbeing Week, 5834
  - Dental care, 1847
  - Developmental services, 2839–2840
  - Diagnostic services, 6438
  - Events in Nickel Belt, 203
  - Gasoline prices, 922
  - High school students, 4728
  - Horse racing industry, 4944–4945
  - Hydro rebates, 8501–8502
  - Jewers, Kylee, 699
  - Myalgic encephalomyelitis, 9259
  - OPP helicopter base, 3965
  - Pension plans, 5407
  - Rail safety, 3283, 3795
  - Riding of Nickel Belt, 6999
  - Search-and-rescue helicopter, 7182–7183, 8256
  - Spring bear hunt, 9587
  - Transportation infrastructure, 8952
  - Winter road maintenance, 7287
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3282, 7390, 9642
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - carnations, 750
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 7122
- Mental health care
  - bed shortage, 9578–9579
  - coordination and management, 4215
  - system reform, 5979–5982
- Mental health patients
  - detention, voluntary and informal, 7106
  - psychiatric assessments, 7102–7103
  - supervision, 6177–6178
- Mental health patients, involuntary detention
  - beyond 6 months, 5978
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 5964–5965, 5977–5983, 5985, 6177–6178, 6299
  - third reading, 7101–7106
- Menu labelling, 3187–3188
- Mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation
  - remediation of Wabigoon River, 9706–9707
- Métis Nation of Ontario Secretariat Act, 2015 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 7203–7204
- Métis people, 7203–7204
- Midwifery and midwives, 696–697
- Ministerial statements
  - Cancer Awareness Month
    - responded to, 3969
  - Health promotion
    - responded to, 3060–3061
  - Healthy living
    - responded to, 1442
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 868
  - Lung health
    - responded to, 6809–6810
  - Personal support workers
    - responded to, 9593
- Missing persons investigations, non-criminal
  - tools to aid law enforcement, 5531
- Municipal elections
  - reform, 8511
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8511
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - for rural and northern Ontario, 4107
- Municipal infrastructure, maintenance
  - causing damage on Golf Course Road in French River, 8952
- Municipal infrastructure by region
  - in northern Ontario, 4181
- Municipal planning
  - inclusionary zoning, 5036
- Municipal planning, official plans
  - public consultation, 5005–5006
- Nurse practitioners
  - clinics led by, 761–762
  - recruitment and retention, 762, 3761, 7208
- Nurses
  - layoffs, 2931, 3378, 4422
- Oil spill in Gogama
  - clean up and compensation, 6999
  - environment impact and assessment, 3795, 5652, 7864
  - role of CN Rail, 4926
  - safety precautions, 4197
  - water quality testing, 6056
- Ombudsman Amendment Act (Investigation of Health Care Services), 2014 (Bill 19)
  - first reading, 286
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - health care system oversight, 129–130
- Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
  - government funding, 4038
- Ontario Energy Board
  - customer interaction and advocacy, 5862–5863
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2876, 2879
  - third reading, 4345
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - reform, 6914
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - privatization, 297
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2084–2085
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8885, 8965, 8969, 8974
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, comparisons
  - to Canada Pension Plan, 8885
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, participation in
  - eligibility, 8965, 8969
- Opposition day motions
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 5843–5845
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 5259
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal health care
    - presented, 7984–7985
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2143–2144, 2251, 2601, 3160, 3226, 5340–5341
  - Cancer treatment
    - presented, 8900–8901
  - Collective bargaining
    - presented, 8355
  - Diagnostic services
    - presented, 5881
  - Food safety
    - presented, 7864
  - Health care
    - presented, 80, 129–130, 324–325, 809
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 1360, 3723, 3761, 5498–5499, 5826, 7122
  - Heritage conservation
    - presented, 8203
  - Home care
    - presented, 471, 5230–5231, 5556, 6991
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 455
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 7640, 7704–7705, 8623–8624, 9079, 9578–9579, 9753–9754
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 8724–8725
  - Infectious disease control
    - presented, 692–693
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 6431, 7052
  - Mercury poisoning
    - presented, 9706–9707
  - Midwifery
    - presented, 696–697
  - Northern health services
    - presented, 9362
  - Northern Ontario
    - presented, 4197
  - Nurse practitioners
    - presented, 761–762
  - Nurses
    - presented, 2931, 3378, 4422
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program
    - presented, 8030
  - Personal support workers
    - presented, 4260–4261
  - Private clinics
    - presented, 916
  - Rail safety
    - presented, 2934–2935, 6056
  - Teachers' labour disputes
    - presented, 4018
  - Tobacco control
    - presented, 1265–1266
  - Water quality
    - presented, 7708–7709, 9639, 9900
- Organ and tissue donation
  - presumed consent, 3169–3170
- Paramedics and paramedic services
  - protection from infectious diseases, 692–693
- Patient ombudsman
  - scope of role, 326
- Patient transport, non-emergency
  - regulation, 4406, 6851, 6862–6864
- Personal health information
  - accessibility
    - by health care providers, 6928–6929
  - patient use and control, 6928
  - protection of privacy, 7212
- Personal health information, breaches of privacy
  - general remarks, 6927, 7306–7307
  - reporting, 6927–6928
- Personal support workers
  - pay increase, 4038, 4260–4261
  - registry, 9593
  - salaries, 471
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 91–92, 1849–1850
  - Autism treatment, 9031
  - Breastfeeding, 141, 241, 5947
  - Cardiac care, 8862
  - Caregivers, 9816–9817
  - Curriculum, 9913–9914
  - Dental care, 91, 207, 291, 2491, 3063–3064, 3770, 5508, 5686, 8578, 9962
  - Diagnostic services, 27, 208, 289, 702, 1443, 2433, 2847, 3117, 3682, 5066, 5509, 5634, 5840, 6159, 6329, 6375
  - Disaster relief, 7235
  - Employment standards, 8859–8860, 9595–9596
  - Gasoline prices, 26, 206, 238, 290, 410, 461, 1694, 2202, 2328–2329, 2489, 2942, 3117–3118, 3172–3173, 3289, 3454, 3768, 4102, 4206–4207, 4341, 5118, 5292–5293, 5412, 5565, 5789, 5946, 6066, 6226, 6374, 6952, 7295, 7649, 8507, 8958, 9194, 9425, 9865, 10007
  - Health care, 6896
  - Health care funding, 6157, 7005, 7716, 8415–8416, 8632, 8960–8961, 9318, 9652
  - Home care, 28, 240, 411–412, 997, 3118
  - Hospital funding, 3061, 3116, 3291, 3456–3457, 3735, 4100–4101, 4209, 4271, 4382, 4433, 5510, 5568, 5945, 6225, 9315–9316, 10003, 10005
  - Long-term care, 28, 3239, 5509, 7868–7869, 8089
  - Multiple sclerosis, 771–772
  - Newborn health, 6810, 9134
  - Office of the Ombudsman, 925–926, 1444
  - Off-road vehicles, 1373, 2106, 2436, 3237, 3290, 3615–3616, 3770–3771, 3796, 4152, 4675
  - Ontario Disability Support Program, 6376
  - Ontario Northland, 6442
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 6894, 7188–7189, 7396, 7717, 7940, 9263
  - Privatization of public assets, 704, 2845, 2897, 4479–4480, 4950, 4997, 5410, 5635, 5788, 5947, 6224–6225, 6373, 6492, 6811, 7346, 8633, 10006–10007
  - Senior citizens' housing, 139
  - Solar farm, 5291, 7063
  - Special-needs students, 8683
  - Student assistance, 2560, 2898
  - Teachers' labour disputes, 4588
  - Tobacco control, 1224–1225
  - Winter highway maintenance, 7395
- Poet laureate of Ontario
  - recognition of Franco-Ontarian poets, 2911
- Police record checks
  - delays, 5416
- Police record checks, reform
  - review after 5 years, 5426
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5416, 5426
- Political fundraising
  - conflict of interest, 8355
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - employer contribution, optional, 3214, 4490–4491
  - general remarks, 3538–3539
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3214
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3538–3539
  - third reading, 4490–4491
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency service providers
  - presumptive legislation
    - scope, 7726
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - cost increase, 8098–8099
  - general remarks, 8030, 8589
- Preventive health care, 3060–3061
- Primary health care
  - wait times, 4040
- Private members' public business
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 8474–8475
  - Empowering Home Care Patients Act, 2015 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 4750–4751
  - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2016 (Bill 205)
    - second reading, 9821–9822
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 4449
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Off-Road Vehicles), 2015 (Bill 46)
    - second reading, 2224–2225
  - Human trafficking
    - responded to, 4441
  - Improving Mental Health and Addictions Services in Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 95)
    - second reading, 4215
  - Missing persons
    - responded to, 5531
  - Ontario Down Syndrome Day Act, 2016 (Bill 182)
    - second reading, 8470–8471
  - Poet Laureate of Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 2910–2911
  - Protecting Victims of Occupational Disease Act, 2015 (Bill 98)
    - second reading, 5313–5314
  - Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 117)
    - second reading, 5179
  - Rare diseases
    - responded to, 7820
  - Rowan's Law Advisory Committee Act, 2016 (Bill 149)
    - second reading, 7250–7251
  - Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 4221–4222
  - Service clubs
    - responded to, 2216
  - Special-needs students
    - responded to, 8700
  - Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2015 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 3127–3128, 3134
  - Université de l'Ontario français Act, 2015 (Bill 104)
    - second reading, 6539–6541, 6546
  - Vaccinations
    - responded to, 4454–4455
  - Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)
    - second reading, 8482–8483
- Production insurance coverage expansion
  - sufficient funding, 2571
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5083, 5150–5151, 5607
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (Bill 52)
  - second reading, 2631–2632
- Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
  - notification of child death or serious injury, 5179
- Psychiatric facilities
  - staffing complement, 6177–6178
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Franco-Ontarian Day, 5275–5276
- Public education campaigns – Health
  - Cancer Awareness Month, 3969
  - Community Health and Wellbeing Week, 5834
  - Lung Month, 6809
  - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Awareness Day, 9259
- Racetracks (horses)
  - Sudbury Downs, 455, 2763, 2765, 4944–4945
- Radon
  - as cause of lung cancer, 8384–8385
- Rare diseases
  - select committee review, 7820
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Social Policy, 1439
- Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae First Nation), 2016 (Bill 206)
  - first reading, 9646
- Road maintenance
  - in northern Ontario, 527–528, 2300
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1173–1179, 1181
  - third reading, 1955–1958
- Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015 (Bill 33)
  - third reading, 7078–7079
- Search and rescue services
  - helicopter moved from Sudbury to Orillia, 3965, 4197, 5531, 6999, 7182–7183, 8256, 8589–8590
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1643
- 790186 Ontario Inc. Act, 2016 (Bill Pr42)
  - first reading, 8410
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5001–5002, 5005–5006, 5034, 5036
  - third reading, 6914, 6979
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 38)
  - first reading, 1220–1221
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8379–8386, 8388
  - third reading, 9938, 9979–9984
- Smoking
  - on hospital grounds, 8384
- Smoking cessation
  - treatment programs, 8382
- Snowmobilers
  - use and care of trails, 8595
- Speaker's Book Award, 2911
- Statements by stakeholders
  - child care reform, 976–977
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 4406, 5865–5866, 5869–5870
  - third reading, 6851, 6860–6864
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5861–5863
- Strikes
  - use of replacement workers, 3169
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - appointment of candidates, 2144, 2600–2601
  - Liberal affiliates under investigation, 2251
  - offers of employment to candidates, 3160
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - general remarks, 3226
- Summer camps
  - encroachment of logging operations, 7865–7866
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7725–7726
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 7377–7378, 8595, 8657
- Teacher strikes
  - general remarks, 4018
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 96, 142, 160
- Time allocation motions
  - Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
    - responded to, 4285
  - Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
    - responded to, 975–977
  - Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
    - responded to, 6171–6172
  - Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
    - responded to, 745–747
  - Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
    - responded to, 3538–3539
  - Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
    - responded to, 5861–5863
  - Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
    - responded to, 7725–7726
- Time to Care Act (Long-Term Care Homes Amendment, Minimum Standard of Daily Care), 2016 (Bill 188)
  - first reading, 8858
- Tobacco, contraband
  - general remarks, 4540
  - statistics, 8383
- Tobacco control
  - impact on small and medium-sized businesses, 8380–8381, 8388
  - sale to youth, 3175
- Tobacco, flavoured
  - as gateway to cigarette use, 3180
  - menthol, 1442, 8384
  - sale, prohibition, 3969
  - sale to youth, prohibition, 1265–1266, 2536–2539, 4517
- Tobacco products, illegal sale
  - loss of tax revenue, 8383–8384
- Train derailment in Gogama
  - government response, 3283
  - reparations, 2934–2935
- Transmission lines
  - Mattagami First Nation, 9350–9351
- Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2015 (Bill 78)
  - first reading, 2842
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 1653, 1900, 2181–2182, 2184, 2300
- Trillium Gift of Life Network Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 84)
  - first reading, 3169–3170
- Université de l'Ontario français Act, 2015 (Bill 104)
  - first reading, 4587
- Utility task vehicles (UTVs)
  - use on ATV trails, 1653
  - use on highways, 2224–2225
- Waste diversion
  - in rural and northern Ontario, 8025
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - implementation, 7732–7733
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7732–7733, 8025
  - third reading, 9565–9566
- Wildlife management
  - double-breasted cormorants, 9821–9822
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - loss of earnings benefits
    - occupational diseases diagnosed after retirement, 5313–5314
Gravelle, Hon. M. (LIB, Thunder Bay–Superior North)
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2762
- Alternative financial services
  - consumer protection, 9036
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 9036
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6668–6670
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4126–4128, 4131
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - use in greenhouse gas reduction projects, 7899
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7689, 7998
- Connecting Links Program
  - general remarks, 4128, 6669
- Economic development
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 1211, 3859, 4131
- Electoral boundaries
  - adjustment, 6161
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 6160–6162
- Electricity price mitigation
  - for northern industrial consumers, 3674–3675, 4127
- Electricity price mitigation programs
  - for industrial and commercial consumers, 5110–5111, 6154–6155
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6282, 6295
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 7109
- Energy conservation
  - energy and water reporting and benchmarking, 6626
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6626–6629
- Forest industry
  - access roads, 4127
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 7305–7308
- Highway construction
  - northern Ontario, 5672
- Highways in northern Ontario
  - new construction, 1431
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 1879, 4309
- Long-term energy plan (LTEP)
  - planning process, 6626
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3180
- Medical information
  - quality of care information protection laws
    - review, 7306
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - jerseys, 6872
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6188–6189
- Mineral exploration
  - consultation with aboriginal communities, 5558
  - corporate investment, 3858
  - development strategy, 2431, 2834
  - exploration and training programs, 9947–9948
  - government funding and support, 8899–8900
- Mining Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 155)
  - first reading, 6949–6950
- Mining industry
  - claims, online system, 6154
  - economic impact, 988, 6214
  - electricity costs, 851–852, 6211–6212
  - general remarks, 767–768, 4835
  - gold mining, 5340
  - investment in, 813, 2096–2097, 6214
  - permitting process, 6211
  - site rehabilitation, 7129
- Ministerial statements
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 767–768, 2430–2431, 6154–6155
- Municipal elections, candidates
  - filing of expenses, 8548
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8547–8548
- Municipal elections, ranked ballot system
  - general remarks, 8547–8548
- Municipal infrastructure by region
  - in northern Ontario, 1211, 4127, 5672
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 586, 5941, 7053–7054, 8252
- Occupational training programs
  - grants and other funding, 234
- Ontario Geological Survey, The, 9079–9080
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2744
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - business lines, publicly-owned, 3055–3056, 3503, 6367–6368
  - refurbishment staff, 7178–7179
- Ontera
  - sale to Bell Aliant Inc., 133, 5400–5401
- Oral questions
  - Bus transportation
    - responded to, 3503
  - Hydro rates
    - responded to, 851–852
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 6367–6368
  - Mineral exploration and production
    - responded to, 5558
  - Mining industry
    - responded to, 325–326, 328–329, 813, 988, 2096–2097, 2421–2422, 2834, 3858, 4835, 5110–5111, 5339–5340, 6211–6212, 6214, 7129, 7807–7808, 7983, 8899–8900, 9947–9948
  - Northern economy
    - responded to, 3674–3675, 3859–3860
  - Northern highway improvement
    - responded to, 5672
  - Northern Ontario development
    - responded to, 586, 1211, 5941, 7053–7054
  - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund
    - responded to, 8252
  - Northern transportation
    - responded to, 1431, 7617
  - Northern transportation services
    - responded to, 6215
  - Ontario Geological Survey
    - responded to, 9079–9080
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
    - responded to, 133, 3055–3056, 5400–5401, 7178–7179
  - Ring of Fire
    - responded to, 752–753, 1317–1318, 1432, 2651–2652, 2998–2999, 6311–6315, 6318, 6997, 7178, 7861–7862
  - Skills development
    - responded to, 234
- Personal health information, breaches of privacy
  - fines and prosecution, 7305–7306
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3431
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5613
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4598
- Ring of Fire
  - community access corridor study, 2651–2652
  - infrastructure development and funding, 7808, 7861–7862
  - investment by Noront Resources Ltd., 2998–2999, 6318
  - transportation infrastructure, 2431–2432
- Ring of Fire development
  - consultation with Aboriginal communities, 1432, 6311–6312, 6997
  - delay, 7178
  - general remarks, 752–753, 4127–4128, 6314–6315, 7983
- Ring of Fire development corporation
  - deadline to establish, 325, 329
- Ring of Fire development funding
  - by federal government, 328, 1318
  - by provincial government, 3859–3860
- Road maintenance
  - general remarks, 6669–6670
- Soil conservation
  - drainage control, 2762
- Supply Act, 2016 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 8215
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8599
- Teacher strikes
  - back-to-work laws, 4598
- Time allocation motions
  - Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
    - presented, 6160–6162
  - Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
    - presented, 7109
- Tobacco, flavoured
  - as gateway to cigarette use, 3180
- Trails
  - public consultation, 8599
- Transit funding
  - for Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), 4127
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - general remarks, 7547–7548
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7546–7548
Gretzky, L. (NDP, Windsor West)
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2771
- Alternative financial services
  - fee regulation, 9043
  - relation to poverty and/or precarious work, 9044–9046
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 9042–9046
- Alzheimer's disease
  - treatment through art therapy, 2321–2322
- Autism services
  - government funding, 6718
- Automobile companies
  - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, 7514
  - Ford Motor Co., 763–764
- Automobile industry
  - employment and decline, 8426
  - government strategy, 3436–3437
- Automobile safety inspection program
  - government oversight, 4760
  - third-party management, 1904
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1421
- Bicycle safety
  - general remarks, 1903, 4761–4762, 6368
  - truck side guards, 3650
- Budget 2016
  - public consultation
    - committee hearings, 8425
- Budget speech 2014 (July 14, 2014)
  - responded to, 270
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4185
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8132, 8137
- Cardiac care
  - in Windsor, 270
- Child care reform
  - general remarks, 8132
- Child care system
  - $15-a-day program, 5724–5725
  - government funding, 8571
- Class sizes
  - caps, 4140–4141, 4780–4781, 4833, 4888, 4937
  - increase, 3671, 3720
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - government funding, 1245
- Condominium managers
  - licensing, 5606
- Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
  - membership by physicians and nurse practitioners, 6445
  - power to order patient transfer or treatments, 6445
- Conversion therapy
  - ban, 3288
- Correctional centres, conditions in
  - overcrowding, 1483–1484
- Courthouses
  - accommodations for creed or disability, 1622
  - security screening, 1622–1624
- Cyclists
  - infractions
    - lighting requirements non-compliance, 1903–1904
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Home care
    - presented, 1245
- Developmental services
  - transition from child to adult services, 8408
- Domestic violence in the workplace
  - notable cases, 7146
- Driver fines, collection
  - general remarks, 3650–3651
- Drivers, impaired by drugs
  - penalties, 1902–1903
- Drivers, use of hand-held devices
  - penalties, 1902
- Driving, distracted, 3644
- Ebola virus disease
  - protection for front-line health workers, 821
- E-cigarettes
  - age restrictions, 3190, 3317
- Economic conditions, 9042–9043
- Education funding, 2999–3000, 3603–3604, 3721, 3788–3789, 3907, 4141, 4266, 4326–4327, 4466–4467, 4575–4576, 4605, 4608–4609, 4612, 4663–4664, 4721, 6002–6003, 6052–6053, 6717, 7440–7441, 8426–8427
- Elder abuse
  - duty of health care providers to report, 7243
- Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
  - crowded conditions, 1845
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6233, 6243–6244, 6418
- Empowering Home Care Patients Act, 2015 (Bill 92)
  - first reading, 3864
- Fast food menu labelling
  - sodium content, 3190, 3192, 4542–4543
- Fentanyl patches
  - abuse and addiction, 4219–4220
- G20 summit
  - civil rights violations, 1621
- Government policy statements
  - made outside the House, 3552
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 5039
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 7311
- Healthy eating
  - general remarks, 3192
- Highway construction projects
  - Highway 3 expansion, 4761
  - Highway 17
    - Kenora twinning, 9607–9608
- Highway tolls
  - Highway 407
    - increase, consultation before, 1904–1905
- Home care
  - service reductions or terminations, 4743–4745, 4751
- Home care funding
  - in Windsor, 1145, 1245, 1537–1538, 1682
- Hospital construction
  - by hospital
    - new Windsor-Essex hospital, 198
- Hospital funding
  - reduction, 7567
- Housing Services Corp.
  - expenses, 3569
- Immigrants, employment
  - foreign credential recognition, 2874
- Intensive behavioural intervention (IBI)
  - wait-list, 9509–9510
- Legislative precinct
  - openness and accessibility, 634–635
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3188–3192, 3317
  - third reading, 4360, 4540–4543, 4545
- Manufacturing industry
  - job losses and layoffs, 270
- Medical marijuana
  - smoking ban
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8378
  - smoking regulations
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8173, 8373, 8378
- Members' statements
  - Alzheimer's disease, 2321–2322
  - Autism treatment, 8408
  - Automotive industry, 763–764, 7514, 9588
  - Bicycle safety, 6368
  - Bluesfest Windsor, 235
  - Bowl for Kids Sake, 2785
  - Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex County Branch, 1994
  - Education funding, 4266
  - Government accountability, 3552
  - History of law in Windsor and Essex county, 7231–7232
  - John McGivney Children's Centre, 1595–1596
  - John McGivney Children's Centre School, 3764–3765
  - Mikhael, Maya, 5406, 8084
  - Nurses, 9189
  - Ojibway Prairie Complex, 5884
  - Pakistan Day, 3284
  - Special-needs students, 8501
  - Windsor International Film Festival, 1437–1438
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 118–120
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 8373
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2042
- Mental health care
  - quality of care, 6447
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6444–6445, 6447, 6452, 6460
- Ministerial statements
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
    - responded to, 6372–6373
  - Crime Prevention Week
    - responded to, 996
  - Ebola virus
    - responded to, 821
  - Education Week
    - responded to, 8957
  - International Day of Pink
    - responded to, 3288, 8504–8505
  - Student safety
    - responded to, 9650–9651
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8549–8550, 8642–8645, 8647, 8651, 8779–8780, 8782
- Municipal elections, third-party advertisers/advertising
  - regulation, 8644–8645
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - general remarks, 4185
- Nature conservation
  - Ojibway Prairie Complex, 5884, 8597
- Nurses
  - layoffs, 8426
- Offenders
  - alternative sentencing for drug-related crimes, 996
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2871–2872, 2874
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - portability, 2398
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2396–2400, 2404
  - third reading, 3802
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 9001
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - maximum rate, 2397
  - minimum earnings threshold, 2397
- Opposition day motions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 9509–9510
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 8425–8427
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4395
  - Teachers' collective bargaining
    - responded to, 6716–6718
- Oral questions
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2831–2832
  - Child care
    - presented, 5724–5725, 8571
  - Class size
    - presented, 4780–4781, 4833, 4888, 4937
  - Community care access centres
    - presented, 1682
  - Correctional facilities
    - presented, 811, 1041, 1483–1484, 1845
  - Education funding
    - presented, 2999–3000, 3603–3604, 3671–3672, 3720–3721, 3788–3789, 4326–4327, 6002–6003, 7440–7441, 7706–7707
  - Home care
    - presented, 1145, 1537–1538
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 198, 7567
  - Legislative precinct security
    - presented, 634–635
  - Public transit
    - presented, 403–404
  - School closures
    - presented, 3444, 7805
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 8151, 8250, 8671
  - Teachers
    - presented, 4988, 5054–5055, 5107–5108
  - Teachers' collective bargaining
    - presented, 5163, 5232–5233, 5401, 5828–5829, 5877–5878, 5936–5937, 6052–6053, 6146
  - Teachers' labour disputes
    - presented, 3907, 4140–4141, 4369, 4466–4467, 4575–4576, 4663–4664, 4721
  - Water quality
    - presented, 2042–2043
- Parental recognition
  - for same-sex co-parents, 8504–8505
- Payday loan borrowers
  - multiple loans/agreements, 9043
- Pension funds
  - as economic driver, 2397
  - security, 3438, 9001
- Pension plans
  - employer pension plans, security, 2404
  - private pensions, 2396
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 27
  - Automotive industry, 2380, 2720
  - Child care, 8301
  - Credit unions, 461
  - Environmental protection, 5788
  - Health care funding, 7296, 7519, 7623
  - Home care, 3869
  - Hospital funding, 9192–9193
  - Hospital services, 2788, 3172, 3556
  - Long-term care, 1948–1949
  - Poet laureate, 6652
  - Post-secondary sector employees, 10005
  - Privatization of public assets, 5508, 5634–5635
  - Probation and parole services, 2897–2898
  - Rural schools, 7578
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 8414
  - Special-needs children, 3734, 3769, 4208, 4272–4273
  - Special-needs students, 8160, 8368, 9596–9597, 10004
- Police record checks
  - prejudicial impact on individuals, 5431
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5431
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - employee contributions, loss potential, 3482
  - employer contribution, optional, 3437
  - predictability, 3437–3439
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3436–3439, 3482
- Pooled registered pension plans, administration
  - cost, 3437–3438
- Private members' public business
  - Empowering Home Care Patients Act, 2015 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 4743–4745, 4751
  - Financial literacy
    - responded to, 4738–4739
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 9607–9608
  - Housing Services Corporation Accountability Act, 2015 (Bill 74)
    - second reading, 3568–3569
  - Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2015 (Bill 87)
    - second reading, 3576
  - Protection of Vulnerable Seniors in the Community Act, 2015 (Bill 148)
    - second reading, 7242–7243
  - Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 4218–4220
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 8694–8696
    - responded to, 8701
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5605–5606, 5608
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4599–4610, 4612, 4615–4616
- Provincial and demonstration schools
  - admissions and application process, 8694–8696
  - closure, 7805, 8250, 8501, 8671, 8957
  - enrolment, 8151, 8701
  - government funding, 7706–7707
- Public education campaigns – Anti-discrimination
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 6372–6373
  - International Day of Pink, 3288, 8504–8505
- Public education campaigns – Education
  - Education Week, 8957
- Public education campaigns – Public safety
  - Crime Prevention Week, 996
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 1074
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 6233, 6244
- Regional economic clusters
  - automotive cluster, 1421
- Retirement planning, 2404
- Retirement security, 2397
- Road safety
  - general remarks, 4763
  - pedestrian crossovers, 4760–4761
- School closures by region
  - Essex region, 6717
  - Niagara region, 6717
- School facilities
  - community use, 3444
- Schools
  - consolidation, 4395
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1621–1623, 1625
  - third reading, 2019
- Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 7146–7147
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8172–8173, 8373, 8378–8379
- South West Detention Centre, 811
- Special education funding
  - general remarks, 6717–6718
- Special needs schools
  - for preschoolers, 1595
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5039
- Students
  - enrolment levels, 4609–4610, 6718
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - questioning by police, 2831–2832
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 7536–7539, 7541
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8328, 8333–8334, 8596–8600
- Surgical procedures
  - dental, O.R. availability, 8426
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - contract for 2014/2015, 4988, 5054–5055, 5107–5108, 5163, 5232–5233, 5401, 5828–5829, 5878, 6146
  - general remarks, 4369
  - report by Auditor General, 6716
- Teacher misconduct
  - resulting in certificate suspension/revocation, 9650–9651
- Teacher strikes
  - advice by Education Relations Commission, 4615–4616
  - general remarks, 4369
  - strike termination at Durham, Rainbow and Peel schoolboards, 3671–3672, 4601–4603
  - work-to-rule, 6052
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 118–120, 122
- Trails
  - classification, 8597
- Transit system expansion, high-speed railways
  - from Toronto to Windsor, 403–404
- Trans-Pacific Partnership, economic impact
  - automobile industry, 9588
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 1901–1906, 2302–2303
  - third reading, 3644, 3648–3651, 4760–4763
- Tributes
  - Fawcett, Joan (former member for Northumberland), 9010
- Veterans
  - access to long-term care beds, 3576
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - role of municipalities, 7270
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7270, 7496, 7736
  - third reading, 9691
- Water supply
  - source water protection, 2042–2043
- Windsor Jail
  - overcrowding, 1041
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - survivor benefits, calculation, 6418
- Youth
  - financial literacy, 4738–4739

House speaker index

Letter: G

Gates, W. (NDP, Niagara Falls)

Gélinas, F. (NDP, Nickel Belt)

Gravelle, Hon. M. (LIB, Thunder Bay–Superior North)

Gretzky, L. (NDP, Windsor West)