Speaker letter t House Hansard index Parliament 41 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: T

Tabuns, P. (NDP, Toronto–Danforth)
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - privatization, 15–16, 82, 161, 163, 2272
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2467–2468
- Alcoholic beverages, sale
  - at private stores, 2455
- Alternative financial services
  - consumer protection, 9299
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 9298–9299
- Asian community, 9593
- Automobile safety inspection program
  - third-party management, 2269–2270
- Automobile safety technology
  - use in other markets, 9390–9391
- Brain cancer
  - Brain Tumour Awareness Month, 10026–10027
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4125–4126
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4005–4008
- Bullying prevention
  - anti-bullying initiatives, 2376
- Cap-and-trade
  - administration and enforcement, 7843
  - consumer rebate, 7563
  - review, 5062, 5629
  - transparency and accountability, 8865–8866
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - cost
    - to homeowners, 7506, 7563
    - to low-income earners, 7847–7848
  - on low-income, rural and northern Ontarians, 9947
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - general remarks, 7442
  - as general revenue source, 7641–7642
  - separation from general account, 7843
  - transparency and accountability, 9359–9360
  - use and oversight, 7848–7850
- Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Waiting Lists), 2016 (Bill 195)
  - first reading, 9132–9133
- Child care by independent providers
  - age and number restrictions, 783, 1603
  - child fatalities, 783
- Child care centres, 9306–9307
- Child care inspectors
  - number and distribution, 1603
  - powers and duties, 778–779, 784
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 575, 776–785
  - third reading, 1603
- Child care reform
  - general remarks, 575, 777, 780–781
- Child care spaces, 779–780, 782, 821–822
- Child care subsidies
  - general remarks, 782–783
  - national program, 1242–1244
  - in Quebec, 1243
  - wait-list, 782–783
- Child care system
  - age and number restrictions, 781–782
  - cost, 779–780, 1243
  - government funding, 178, 779
  - licensing requirements, 777
- Climate change
  - and agriculture industry, 6563
  - effects of, 3521, 6152
  - general remarks, 1273, 3148, 3767
  - government response to, 6692
- Climate change, impact on
  - the economy, 2919–2920, 3144–3146, 6563–6565
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7750, 7842–7851
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8865–8866
  - third reading, 9328–9339, 9521
- Coal-fired electricity generation
  - ban, 3143, 3147, 3150, 6562
  - by primary manufacturers, 3143
  - as source of pollution, 6562–6563
- Corporate tax rates
  - general remarks, 147
- Deaths, in-hospital
  - Dimitra Daskalos wrongful death case, 6744–6745, 7711
- Debt retirement charge (DRC)
  - general remarks, 6528
- Domestic violence victims
  - economic instability, 8069
- Early childhood educators (ECEs)
  - salaries, 783, 821, 1243–1244
- Economic conditions, 779
- Education funding, 1212
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5930
- Electricity generating facilities
  - privatization, 4007
- Electricity transmission
  - project prioritization, 5441, 5443
- Enbridge Line 9 reversal
  - environmental impact, 756, 3520–3521
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 3143–3148, 3150
  - third reading, 6562–6567
- Energy conservation
  - general remarks, 3148, 6213, 9804
  - programs, 3725
- Energy consumption
  - reduction targets, 2920
- Energy contracts, fixed-rate
  - phase out, 5441, 5571
- Energy East Pipeline, 1733
- Energy industry
  - local distribution companies (LDCs), 5443
  - privatization, 4400, 6465–6466, 7279
- Energy infrastructure
  - financing through construction work in progress (CWIP), 5570
- Energy rates
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 6467–6468
  - export subsidy, 9417–9418
  - general remarks, 147, 3144, 3146
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6464–6471, 6473, 6785, 6787
  - third reading, 9115, 9204–9211, 9213, 9401
- Energy supply
  - reliability, 6468
  - surplus power, 6468, 9204
- Fast food menu labelling
  - general remarks, 2823
  - sodium content, 4532
- Federal government
  - immigration policy, 2512
- Film and television production industry
  - tax credit, 4006
    - grandfather policy, 4125–4126
- Floods, 2920, 6564
- Fracking
  - ban, 3108, 3143–3144, 3150
  - environmental concerns, 4224–4225
- Francophones
  - immigration by, 2758
- French-language debates
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Privatisation des biens publics, 1006
- Full-day kindergarten
  - general remarks, 780
- Gas plant cancellations, 827–828
- Gas plant cancellations, cost, 828
- Gas plant cancellations, investigation
  - by justice policy committee
    - continuation, 829
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-present)
    - energy infrastructure, 827
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - coal-fired electricity generation, 6562
- Great Lakes
  - algal blooms, 3516–3518
- Great Lakes conservation
  - exemptions and strategic review, 3522–3523
  - statements by stakeholders, 3523–3524
  - targets, 3522–3523
- Great Lakes conservation, funding
  - municipal downloading, 3517, 3523
- Great Lakes conservation initiatives
  - geographically focused, 3523
- Great Lakes Guardians' Council
  - about, 3522
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 3516–3526, 4876
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - targets, 372, 2920, 6564–6565, 6647–6648, 8866
- Greenhouse gas reduction
  - by industry, 3146
  - in other jurisdictions, 7846
- Grid defection, 6468
- Health care
  - general remarks, 2158
- Highway tolls
  - Highway 407
    - unpaid tolls
      - interest on, 2270
- Housing Services Corp.
  - expenses, 9827
- Hydro One Inc.
  - Niagara Reinforcement Project, 6734
  - oversight and investigation, 4465
  - staff, outsourcing, 5570
- Hydro One Inc., executive salaries
  - disclosure, 8248
- Hydro One Inc. oversight
  - by government
    - exemptions, 4007–4008, 4014–4015, 4400–4401
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - consultations, 4719, 4778
  - foreign ownership, 4666
  - general remarks, 3051, 3786–3787, 4259, 4324–4325, 4964, 5249–5250, 6429
  - lawfulness, 3498
  - prospectus, 4986
  - protection of public interests, 4420–4421
  - public opinion, 4986, 5229, 5335–5336
  - transparency and accountability, 6734
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 3669–3670, 4005–4007, 4577, 5442–5443, 5775, 6733, 7336
  - executive salaries, 3161–3162
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - general remarks, 6362
  - for infrastructure development, 4367, 6504
  - to pay electricity debt, 5554
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, review
  - report by Financial Accountability Officer, 6466–6467, 6504
- Hydro One Inc. shares
  - 40% government ownership, 3903–3904
  - 60% private ownership, 3602, 3856–3857
  - total revenue, 6880
- Hydroelectric power
  - privatization, 1006
- Immigrants, employment
  - foreign credential recognition, 2512
- Immigration rates
  - decline in Ontario, 2755–2756
- Income disparity, 161–162
- Independent child care providers (ICPs)
  - oversight, 777–778, 784–785
- Independent child care providers (ICPs), complaints against
  - general remarks, 779
  - government response, 778
  - registry, 783–784
- Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
  - duty to assess energy system, 9211
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 3709–3710
- Intensive behavioural intervention (IBI)
  - age restrictions, 9364
- Intergenerational Day Canada Act, 2015 (Bill 81)
  - first reading, 3007
- Jonathan's Law (Employee Leave of Absence When Child Dies), 2016 (Bill 175)
  - first reading, 7935
- Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
  - as transportation fuel, 3139
- Long-term energy plan (LTEP)
  - approvals, 6464
  - environmental assessments, 9208–9209
  - planning process, 6470
  - public consultation, 6465
  - third-party oversight, 9204–9207
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 2823, 3265
  - third reading, 4355, 4532, 4552–4553
- Medical marijuana
  - smoking regulations
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8395–8396
- Members' statements
  - Anniversary of Rwandan genocide, 3451–3452
  - Autism treatment, 9364
  - Bereavement leave, 7933
  - Child care, 9190
  - Childhood apraxia of speech, 4426
  - Climate change, 1273, 5062, 5629, 6152, 6647–6648, 6948
  - Daskalos, Dimitra, 7711
  - Greenhouse gas emissions, 372–373
  - Intergenerational Day Canada, 3006
  - Mercury poisoning, 9810
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Toronto–Danforth, 161
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 6563–6564, 6566
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6252–6253
- Mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation
  - continued contamination, 9810
- Ministerial statements
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - responded to, 2377–2378
  - Asian Heritage Month
    - responded to, 9593
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
    - responded to, 1277–1278
  - Child care workers
    - responded to, 821–822
  - Earth Day
    - responded to, 3767–3768
  - Take Our Kids to Work Day
    - responded to, 1049
  - Waste Reduction Week
    - responded to, 5838
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8712–8713
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - through private sector partnership, 3710
- Municipal planning
  - inclusionary zoning, 5096
- Municipalities
  - protection from Ontario Municipal Board appeals, 5092–5093
- Natural gas
  - private investment, 4225
  - supply, 3139
- Natural gas rates
  - general remarks, 3139
- Nuclear generating stations
  - cost of construction and refurbishment, 5569–5570
  - radioactive heavy water leakage, 1430–1431
- Nuclear waste
  - burial near Lake Huron, 3768, 4195, 4876
- Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Amendment Act (Anti-Fracking), 2015 (Bill 82)
  - first reading, 3059
- Oil spill in Gogama
  - clean up and compensation, 3519–3520
  - role of CN Rail, 4876
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - child care
    - investigation, 777–778
- Ontario Energy Board
  - board members, 4831, 4886
  - customer interaction and advocacy, 6733
  - intervenors, cost recovery, 5569, 6734
  - project review process, 4935, 6733–6734
  - rate increases, 5443, 9209–9210, 9996–9997
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2512, 2755–2756, 2758
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2157–2158, 2233–2234
  - third reading, 3898–3899
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, comparisons
  - to Canada Pension Plan, 2233–2234
- Ontario Trillium Benefit (OTB)
  - lump sum payments, 162–163
- Opposition day motions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 9513–9514
  - Child care
    - responded to, 1242–1244
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 827–829
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 1005–1006, 4400–4401, 5249–5250, 6504
- Oral questions
  - Air-rail link
    - presented, 1480
  - Child care
    - presented, 178, 9306–9307
  - Climate change
    - presented, 6692, 7442, 7507, 7563, 7641–7642, 9359–9360, 9947
  - Education funding
    - presented, 1212, 2933
  - Energy conservation
    - presented, 3725, 9804
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 9184, 9417–9418, 9754
  - Environmental assessment
    - presented, 1733
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 756–757
  - Executive compensation
    - presented, 8248
  - Fundraising
    - presented, 8291, 8404
  - Health care
    - presented, 6744–6745
  - Hydro One
    - presented, 4465
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 5775, 8852
  - Natural gas extraction
    - presented, 3108
  - Nuclear safety
    - presented, 1430–1431
  - Nuclear waste
    - presented, 4195
  - Ontario Energy Board
    - presented, 4577, 4831, 4886, 4935, 9996–9997
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 381, 3051, 3161–3162, 3498, 3601–3602, 3669–3670, 3786–3787, 3856–3857, 3903–3904, 4014–4015, 4086–4087, 4259, 4324–4325, 4367–4368, 4420–4421, 4666, 4719, 4778, 4986, 5229, 5335–5336, 5399, 5554, 5626, 6213, 6362, 6429, 6528, 6576, 6880, 7279, 7336
  - Privatization of public services
    - presented, 15–16, 82
  - Special education
    - presented, 402
  - Waste disposal
    - presented, 4941
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015, sports facilities
  - construction sites
    - disposal of contaminated soil, 4941
- Petitions
  - Bereavement leave, 9716
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 1599
  - Privatization of public assets, 6442
  - School closures, 2152
- Political fundraising
  - cabinet ministers' targets, 8291
- Power Workers' Union (PWU)
  - ownership of Hydro One shares, 4087
- Private members' public business
  - Brain Tumour Awareness Month Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 211)
    - second reading, 10026–10027
  - Capping Ontario's Debt Act, 2016 (Bill 168)
    - second reading, 8703–8704
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 2919–2921
  - Consideration of Bill 74
    - responded to, 9827–9828
  - Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 (Bill 177)
    - second reading, 8068–8069
  - Elimination of Ground Current Pollution Act, 2016 (Bill 161)
    - second reading, 7412–7413
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Keep our Roads Safer through the use of Intelligent Drive Technologies), 2016 (Bill 192)
    - second reading, 9390–9391
  - Listening to Ontarians Act (Hydro One and Other Electricity Assets), 2015 (Bill 107)
    - second reading, 4964
  - Natural Gas Superhighway Act, 2016 (Bill 76)
    - second reading, 3138–3139
  - Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Amendment Act (Anti-Fracking), 2015 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 4224–4225, 4231
  - Raise a Glass to Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 2455
  - Smart Grid Cyber Security and Privacy Act, 2015 (Bill 140)
    - second reading, 6774–6776, 6782
  - Transparency and Accountability in Government Contracting Act, 2016 (Bill 167)
    - second reading, 7839
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 8930–8932
- Privatization
  - in the alcoholic beverage industry, 2455
- Production insurance coverage expansion
  - sufficient funding, 2467–2468
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5214
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4624, 4638–4643
- Public assets, sale of
  - general remarks, 381
- Public education campaigns – Anti-discrimination
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 1277
  - Pink Shirt Day, 2377
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Asian Heritage Month, 9593
- Public education campaigns – Education
  - Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day, 821–822
  - Take Our Kids to Work Day, 1049
- Public education campaigns – Environment
  - Earth Day, 3767–3768
  - Waste Reduction Week, 5838
- Public education campaigns – Historical/National
  - Rwandan genocide anniversary, 3451–3452
- Public records
  - destruction, 2272
- Public-private partnerships
  - cost, 7839
- Regulations, 2275
- Renewable energy
  - cost to generate, 6566
  - as government policy, 8931–8932
- Renewable energy projects
  - general remarks, 3146–3148
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Social Policy, 1794, 3453, 4095, 4586, 4841, 5630, 6649, 6807, 6949, 7714, 8156, 9712
- Senior citizens
  - poverty rate, 2157
- Serco
  - power to self-audit, 2270
- Severe weather events, 373, 6563–6564
- Smart grid
  - cyber security, 6775–6776
  - protection of privacy, 6776, 6782
- Smart Grid Cyber Security and Privacy Act, 2015 (Bill 140)
  - first reading, 6440
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5092–5093, 5096
- Smart meters
  - cost-benefit analysis, 5444
  - implementation cost, 6469, 6733–6734
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8395–8396
- Social housing
  - utility purchase through Housing Services Corp., 9827–9828
- Solar farms, 6566–6567
- Special education funding
  - general remarks, 402, 4643
- Speech and language disorders and services
  - childhood apraxia of speech, 4426
- Statements by stakeholders
  - child care reform, 781
  - Ontario Trillium Benefit (OTB), 162
- Stephanie Holdings Ltd. Act, 2016 (Bill Pr33)
  - first reading, 7289
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5207–5208
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 5267–5268, 5440–5444, 5569–5573
  - third reading, 6732–6734
- Strikes
  - United Steelworkers and Crown Holdings
    - general remarks, 2486
- Students
  - mental health care, 1277–1278
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8606, 8612
- Tarion
  - consumer protection, 2270
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 147, 161–163
- Time allocation motions
  - Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
    - responded to, 8865–8866
- Toronto
  - francophone population, 2758
- Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
  - school closures, 2933
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2269–2270, 2272, 2275
- Tributes
  - Frankford, Robert (former member for Scarborough East), 8142
- Union Pearson Express
  - fares, 1480
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7422–7432
  - third reading, 9555–9563, 9566
- Water supply
  - source water protection, 756–757
- Wind turbines near Collingwood airport
  - evaluation by Nav Canada, 8930–8931
- Youth employment
  - unemployment, 1049
- Youth employment programs
  - government funding, 4006
Takhar, H.S. (LIB, Mississauga–Erindale)
- Anti-Sikh riots of 1984
  - as act of genocide, 9834–9835
- Automobile safety technology
  - affordability, 9394
  - collision avoidance systems, 9388
  - post-collision information, 9388–9389
- Business Corporations Amendment Act (Meetings of Shareholders and Executive Compensation), 2015 (Bill 128)
  - first reading, 5681–5682
- Corporate directors
  - nomination and election, reform, 6114
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Keep our Roads Safer through the use of Intelligent Drive Technologies), 2016 (Bill 192)
  - first reading, 8908
- Komagata Maru incident
  - governmental apology, 8925–8926
- Members' statements
  - Edwards, Madeline, 7647
  - Government services, 9645
  - Trillium Health Partners, 8256
  - Vaisakhi, 8628
- Order of Ontario recipients
  - Edwards, Madeline, 7647
- Petitions
  - Government services, 9652–9653
- Private members' public business
  - Business Corporations Amendment Act (Meetings of Shareholders and Executive Compensation), 2015 (Bill 128)
    - second reading, 6114–6116, 6120–6121
  - Business Corporations Amendment Act (Shareholder Meetings and Executive Compensation), 2015 (Bill 128)
    - second reading, 6114–6116, 6120–6121
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2015 (Bill 143)
    - second reading, 7030–7031
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Keep our Roads Safer through the use of Intelligent Drive Technologies), 2016 (Bill 192)
    - second reading, 9387–9389, 9394
  - Immigration policy
    - responded to, 8925–8926
  - Sikh massacre
    - responded to, 9834–9835
- ServiceOntario
  - hours of service, 9645
- Shareholder democracy, 6115, 6121
- Zara H.S.L.C.C Inc. Act, 2015 (Bill Pr25)
  - first reading, 4995
Taylor, M. (NDP, Hamilton Mountain)
- Aboriginal youth
  - mental health care, 9086
- Adoption
  - of children in government care, 6327–6328
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2463
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 9299–9300
- Applied behaviour analysis (ABA)
  - wait times, 6217–6218, 6263, 6884
- Autism services
  - general remarks, 3340, 8672–8673
  - program reform, 9484
- Automobile safety inspection program
  - third-party management, 2110
- Automobile safety technology
  - enforceability, 9392–9393
- Banking services
  - short-term loans
    - availability, 9299
- Brain cancer
  - Brain Tumour Awareness Month, 10028–10029
- Canada Pension Plan
  - history of, 2240
- Cancer treatment centres
  - closure of Lakeview Lodge, Hamilton, Ontario, 1315
- Child and youth mental health care
  - general remarks, 9085–9086
- Child care by independent providers
  - age and number restrictions, 900, 932
  - child fatalities, 900–901
- Child care inspectors
  - number and distribution, 859
  - powers and duties, 901, 930
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 685, 900–902, 904, 930, 935–936
  - third reading, 1607–1609
- Child care reform
  - general remarks, 902
  - public consultation, 933, 935
- Child care spaces, 900, 932
- Child care subsidies
  - national program, 902, 933
- Child care system
  - cost, 902
  - government funding, 1607–1608
- Child care workers, 1608
- Child custody
  - grandparent access rights, 6552–6553
- Child performers
  - employment standards, 890–891
- Child protection, 9020–9021
- Child Protection Information Network (CPIN)
  - cost, 7224
  - implementation delay, 4431
- Children and youth in care
  - general remarks, 4431, 6327–6328
- Children and youth with mental illness
  - services, 1788, 1968
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - care of aboriginal children, 7081–7082
  - checking of Child Abuse Register, 6993, 7054, 7080
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7751
- Community gardens, 3074
- Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
  - power to order patient transfer or treatments, 6246–6247
- Corporate bankruptcies
  - protection of pension funds, 9385–9386
- Courthouses
  - security screening, 1574, 1578
- Deaf-blind persons
  - public awareness, 9863
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Children's services
    - presented, 1968–1969
- Developmental services
  - report by select committee, 388
- Disclosure of Information Relating to the Protection of Children Act, 2015 (Bill 146)
  - first reading, 6584–6585
- Down syndrome awareness, 9920–9921
- Drivers
  - medical suspensions, 2110
    - reinstatement delays, 2265–2266
  - passing of cyclists, 2262
- Drivers, impaired by drugs
  - testing, 2110, 2262
- Drivers, use of hand-held devices
  - fines, 1917, 2112
- E-cigarettes
  - age restrictions, 3074
- Employee protection
  - when acting under duty to report, 6761
- Employment agencies
  - general remarks, 676
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - third reading, 9397, 9406, 9791–9794
- Facilities housing marine mammals
  - establishing of animal welfare committees, 3397
- Fast food menu labelling
  - general remarks, 3073–3076
  - sodium content, 3075–3076, 3078
- Fatalities
  - Marsh, Elijah, 2232
- Government orders
  - Order of business
    - responded to, 4804
- Government spending
  - reduction, 3025
- Great Lakes conservation, funding
  - municipal downloading, 3525
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 3525
- Harold Coles Inc. Act, 2016 (Bill Pr46)
  - first reading, 9647
- Highway safety
  - texting zones, 9616
- Highway tolls
  - Highway 407
    - billing, 2262
- Hospital funding
  - reduction, 7762
- Hospital parking fees, 85–86, 383
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - for infrastructure development, 4399
- Immigrant services
  - settlement programs, 2861
- Immigration
  - to fill skills shortage, 2860–2861
- Independent child care providers (ICPs)
  - oversight, 641, 900, 904, 933, 936
  - registry, 904
- Independent child care providers (ICPs), complaints against
  - government response, 685, 900–901, 930
- Intensive behavioural intervention (IBI)
  - age restrictions, 8357, 8452–8453, 8566–8567, 8797–8798, 8853–8854, 9185–9186, 9420–9421, 9506–9507, 9528–9529, 9809–9810, 9852, 9994–9995
  - wait-list, 6209–6210, 6217–6218, 6263, 8296, 8366–8367, 9357–9358
- Legislative procedure
  - time allocation motions, 1384, 4804
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3073–3076, 3078, 3176
- Marine mammals in captivity
  - report by Dr. David Rosen, 3397
- Medical marijuana
  - smoking regulations
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8192
- Members' statements
  - Autism treatment, 6217–6218, 8296, 9809–9810
  - Coldest Night of the Year, 7449
  - Hamilton Celebrity Softball Classic, 9492
  - Keddy, Jay, 7231
  - Kidney disease, 2714
  - Newport, Adrienne, 5114
  - Ontario Disability Support Program, 4472
  - Privatization of public assets, 4427
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 388
  - Shootings in Ottawa, 593
  - Sports in Hamilton, 1540–1541
  - Steel industry, 6646–6647
  - Youth services, 3056–3057
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Hamilton Mountain, 146
- Mental health patients, involuntary detention
  - beyond 6 months, 6245
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6245–6247, 6249
- Minimum wage indexed to inflation
  - general remarks, 676
- Ministerial statements
  - Adoption Awareness Month
    - responded to, 6327–6328
  - Child Abuse Prevention Month
    - responded to, 5632–5633
  - Children and Youth in Care Day
    - responded to, 4431
  - Children's Mental Health Week
    - responded to, 9085–9086
  - Deafblind Awareness Month
    - responded to, 9863
  - National Disability Employment Awareness Month
    - responded to, 5786–5787
  - Soldiers' Aid Commission
    - responded to, 6328
  - World Autism Awareness Day
    - responded to, 3340, 8366–8367
- Municipal elections
  - political donations, 8715, 8717
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8714–8715, 8717, 8719
- Municipal elections, third-party advertisers/advertising
  - spending limits, 8715
- Nutrition
  - impact of low-wage employment, 3075
  - related illnesses, 3074
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - child care
    - investigation, 685, 901
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP)
  - work-related benefit, 4472
- Ontario Down Syndrome Day Act, 2016 (Bill 182)
  - third reading, 9920–9921
- Ontario Energy Board
  - oversight role, 9792
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2860–2863
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - general remarks, 2242
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2239–2242
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - monthly payments, 2242
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3390, 3395–3400, 3408
- Opposition day motions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 9506–9507
  - Electoral reform
    - responded to, 8824
  - Government's agenda
    - responded to, 3025
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4399
- Oral questions
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 6209–6210, 6263, 6884, 8357, 8452–8453, 8567, 8672–8673, 8797–8798, 8853–8854, 9123, 9185–9186, 9357–9358, 9419–9420, 9484, 9528–9529, 9852, 9994–9995
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2413–2414, 2711–2712, 2890
  - Child care
    - presented, 641, 859
  - Child protection
    - presented, 7224, 9020–9021
  - Children's aid societies
    - presented, 6993, 7054
  - Children's services
    - presented, 1788
  - Health care
    - presented, 1315
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 85, 383, 7762
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 3104
  - Social Assistance Management System
    - presented, 3279–3280, 3329, 5879–5880, 6942
  - Special education
    - presented, 7509
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 8201
- Orcas
  - about, 3396
  - in captivity, 3408
- Parental recognition
  - for same-sex co-parents, 7257–7258
- Payday loans and lenders
  - interest rate caps, 9300
  - use by low-income groups, 9300
- Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
  - monthly payments, 2242
- Pension plans
  - employer pension plans, security, 2241
- Persons with disabilities
  - employment access, 5786–5787
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 1372
  - Autism treatment, 6757–6758, 7452, 8300, 8464, 8508, 8576, 8808, 8861, 9086–9087, 9498, 9651, 9864–9865
  - Correctional facilities, 480, 549–550, 924, 1156, 1371, 1601, 2107, 2490
  - Employment standards, 9653–9654
  - First responders, 2719
  - Health care funding, 6759, 7869, 8212
  - Hopsital parking fees, 3290–3291
  - Hospital parking fees, 1600, 2150, 2259, 3290–3291, 3388
  - Long-term care, 6492–6493, 7061–7062
  - Office of the Ombudsman, 2846
  - Ontario Disability Support Program, 3013, 4381–4382, 4434, 4478–4479
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 8213
  - Privatization of public assets, 3171, 3289, 3386–3387, 4788, 9962
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 9960
  - Social assistance, 2941
  - Student assistance, 3062
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - as banking product, 3435
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3294–3295, 3307, 3435
- Pregnancy loss and infant death
  - grief support, 6556
  - research and program development, 6555–6556
- Preventive health care, 3073
- Private members' public business
  - Brain Tumour Awareness Month Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 211)
    - second reading, 10028–10029
  - Children's Law Reform Amendment Act (Relationship with Grandparents), 2015 (Bill 142)
    - second reading, 6552–6553
  - Cy and Ruby's Act (Parental Recognition), 2015 (Bill 137)
    - second reading, 7257–7258
  - Disclosure of Information Relating to the Protection of Children Act, 2015 (Bill 146)
    - second reading, 6760–6762, 6767
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Keep our Roads Safer through the use of Intelligent Drive Technologies), 2016 (Bill 192)
    - second reading, 9392–9393
  - Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2015 (Bill 130)
    - second reading, 6339–6340
  - Ontario Down Syndrome Day Act, 2016 (Bill 182)
    - second reading, 8468–8469
  - Pension plans
    - responded to, 9384–9386
  - Post-stroke recovery services
    - responded to, 3360–3361
  - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness, Research and Care Act, 2015 (Bill 141)
    - second reading, 6555–6556
  - Protecting Child Performers Act, 2015 (Bill 17)
    - second reading, 890–891
  - Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 117)
    - second reading, 5173–5174, 5179–5180
  - Safe Texting Zones Act, 2016 (Bill 190)
    - second reading, 9616
  - Water fluoridation
    - responded to, 1558–1559
- Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2015 (Bill 12)
  - third reading, 7071–7072
- Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
  - investigative powers
    - over children's aid societies, 5632
    - scope, 7081, 7083
  - notification of child death or serious injury, 5173–5174, 7080
- Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 117)
  - first reading, 4995
  - third reading, 7080–7082
- Provincial and demonstration schools
  - closure, 8201
  - enrolment, 8225
- Public education campaigns – Children and families
  - Adoption Awareness Month, 6327
  - Child Abuse Prevention Month, 5632–5633
  - Children and Youth in Care Day, 4431
- Public education campaigns – Disability
  - Deafblind Awareness Month, 9863
  - National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 5786–5787
  - World Autism Awareness Day, 3340, 8366–8367
- Public education campaigns – Health
  - Kidney Month, 2714
- Public education campaigns – Mental health
  - Children's Mental Health Week, 9085–9086
- Public sector workers, protection from reprisal
  - staff of non-public bodies acting under duty to report, 6761–6762
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
  - unused contribution room, 2240
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Estimates, 1542, 6751
- Retirement planning, 2240
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1383–1384
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1574, 1578
- Senior citizens
  - poverty rate, 2240
- Shootings in Ottawa
  - remarks and condolences, 593
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8190, 8192–8193, 8391
- Smoking
  - adverse effects, 3076
- Smoking cessation
  - use of e-cigarettes, 3076, 3078
- Social assistance benefits
  - for work-related expenses, 3104
- Social Assistance Management System (SAMS)
  - frontline staff, 3279–3280
  - malfunction, 3329, 5879–5880
  - report by Auditor General, 6942
- Special education funding
  - reduction, 7509
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5863–5866, 6039, 6046
- Stroke rehabilitation
  - accessibility, 3360–3361
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 676
- Students
  - exclusion from school, 7509
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - government accountability, 2422
  - Liberal affiliates under investigation, 2890
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - general remarks, 2711–2712
- Supply Act, 2016 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 8224–8226
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 7467
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8609–8610
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 146
- Time allocation motions
  - Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
    - responded to, 1383–1384
- Tips and other gratuities
  - impact of transaction fees, 7071–7072
- Tobacco control
  - general remarks, 3073
- Transitional housing
  - government funding, 3056–3057
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 1909–1910, 1916–1917, 2109–2110, 2112, 2262, 2265–2266
- US Steel Canada
  - employees
    - transition funding, 6646–6647
  - pension plan solvency, 2241–2242, 3307, 9384–9385
- Veterans
  - financial assistance, 6328
- Violence against women
  - general remarks, 6039–6040
- Water fluoridation
  - health benefits, 1558
- Wild animals in captivity, 3397–3398
- Zoos and aquariums
  - roadside zoos, 3397–3398
Thibeault, Hon. G. (LIB, Sudbury)
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2584, 2815–2816
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8757–8758
- Appreciation
  - Charette-Poulin, Marie (former senator), 3794
- Autism services
  - government funding, 9507–9508
- Bear encounters, 5055
- Bridges
  - Nipigon River Bridge failure, 7616–7617
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6623
- Cap-and-trade
  - general remarks, 6723–6724
- Carding
  - data use in police record checks, 5492
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - third reading, 9432–9436, 9464
- Concurrence in supply debate (March 2015)
  - participation, 2507–2509
- Correctional centres
  - detainment of transgender people, 2420
- Crime prevention
  - government funding, 5939
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 6723–6724
- Eating disorders
  - public education and awareness, 9372–9374
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2016 (Bill 189)
  - first reading, 8858–8859
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5379
- Electoral districts
  - in northern Ontario, 5379
- Electricity price mitigation
  - for northern industrial consumers, 3674
- Emergency service providers
  - appreciation, 7479–7480
- Employers, suppression of workplace injury claims
  - penalties, 6091
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6033, 6091
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 4307
- Energy contracts, fixed-rate
  - consumer protection, 5602
- Fast food menu labelling
  - implementation and consultation, 3193
- Fire services sector
  - dispute resolution system, 6033
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
    - Language non sexiste, 5300
    - Langue non sexiste, 5300
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Charette-Poulin, Marie, 3794
    - Éducation en français, 7059
- French-language education
  - general remarks, 7059
- Gender-neutral language
  - on government forms, 5300–5301, 5306
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 4861
- Greater Sudbury
  - municipal infrastructure
    - Maley Drive extension, 2601
- Highway construction
  - northern Ontario, 5672
- Human trafficking
  - government response, 6640–6641
- Hunting and trapping
  - moose season, 3160–3161
- Immigrants, employment
  - foreign credential recognition, 2748
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3192–3193
- Members' statements
  - 2nd Battalion, Irish Regiment of Canada, 4022
  - Anniversary of shootings in Ottawa, 5884–5885
  - Charette-Poulin, Marie, 3794
  - Coldest Night of the Year, 7451
  - Dokis, Grant, 9766
  - French-language education, 7059
  - Griffin, Rich, 4728
  - Israeli Independence Day, 9423
  - Jewish Heritage Month, 9589
  - MacDonald, Joe, 4992–4993
  - Maison Vale Hospice, 9131–9132
  - Movember, 6153
  - Violence against aboriginal women, 4839
  - World AIDS Day, 6891–6892
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Sudbury, 2508–2509
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 2507–2509
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3193
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6302
- Mineral exploration
  - exploration and training programs, 9947–9948
- Mining industry
  - general remarks, 4835
  - gold mining, 5340
  - investment in, 2096
  - site rehabilitation, 7128–7129
- Mining industry accidents/fatalities
  - prevention, 9995
  - reports, 3761–3762
  - at Stobie mine (Sudbury), 9995
- Missing and murdered aboriginal women
  - commemoration, 4839
- Municipal infrastructure by region
  - in northern Ontario, 5671–5672
- Ontario Geological Survey, The, 9079–9080
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2748
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - third reading, 3811
- Opposition day motions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 9507–9509
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 5256–5257
- Oral questions
  - Bear control
    - presented, 5055
  - Community safety
    - presented, 5939
  - Correctional services
    - presented, 2419–2420
  - Human trafficking
    - presented, 6640–6641
  - Hunting and fishing
    - presented, 3160–3161
  - Infrastructure funding
    - presented, 2601
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 2096, 4835, 5339–5340, 6213–6214, 7128–7129, 8899–8900, 9947–9948
  - Mining safety
    - presented, 3761–3762, 9995
  - Northern economy
    - presented, 3674
  - Northern highway improvement
    - presented, 5671–5672
  - Northern transportation
    - presented, 7616–7617
  - Ontario Geological Survey
    - presented, 9079–9080
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 4664–4665
  - Public safety
    - presented, 4015
  - Rail safety
    - presented, 2931–2932
  - Ring of Fire
    - presented, 2998–2999
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015
  - torch relay, 4464–4465
- Patient transport, non-emergency
  - regulation, 6851
- Petitions
  - Blood donation, 10005
- Police record checks
  - as barrier to volunteerism/employment, 5703
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5702–5703
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
  - workers' compensation
    - general remarks, 7479
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency service providers
  - prevention and treatment, 7479
- Precision Pipe Manufacturing Inc. Act, 2015 (Bill Pr31)
  - first reading, 6013
- Private members' public business
  - Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2016 (Bill 189)
    - second reading, 9372–9374, 9379–9380
  - Gender-neutral language
    - presented, 5300–5301
    - responded to, 5306
- Production insurance coverage expansion
  - general remarks, 2584
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4595
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Jewish Heritage Month, 9589
- Public education campaigns – Health
  - World AIDS Day, 6891–6892
- Railway safety
  - transport of dangerous goods, 2932
- Ring of Fire
  - investment by Noront Resources Ltd., 2998–2999
- Search and rescue services
  - helicopter moved from Sudbury to Orillia, 4015
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5010
- Smoking
  - as unhealthy practice, 3192–3193
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - third reading, 6851
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 5601–5602, 5604
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 7479–7480
- Teacher strikes
  - advice by Education Relations Commission, 4594–4595
- Train derailment in Gogama
  - general remarks, 2931
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - third reading, 3648
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - general remarks, 7606
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7606–7607
Thompson, L.M. (PC, Huron–Bruce)
- Agricultural education
  - for youth, 3312
- Agriculture industry
  - education and training, 1541, 2571
  - employment creation, 4894
  - general remarks, 2566–2567
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2566–2567, 2570–2571, 2581
- Appreciation
  - Gillies, James (former MP for Don Valley), 7865
- Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited Act, 2015 (Bill Pr28)
  - first reading, 5289
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6671–6673
- Budget speech 2014 (July 14, 2014)
  - responded to, 266, 270
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 297–298
- Cap-and-trade
  - administration and enforcement, 7748
  - fraud, 7743–7744
  - general remarks, 6422–6423, 6722–6723, 7747–7748
  - offsets, 7749–7750
  - in other jurisdictions, 6561–6562, 7745
  - review, 8456
  - transparency and accountability, 8796–8797
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - on business climate, 5402, 7746–7747
  - cost, 3373–3374, 3544–3545, 6691–6692
    - of living, 3440, 3604, 3724–3725, 7741
  - energy costs, 7641–7642
  - on job loss, 3748
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - as general revenue source, 7742, 7749
  - transparency and accountability, 8600–8601
- Carbon tax, 2917–2918, 3156
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 789–790
- Child care system
  - age and number restrictions, 3994
- Climate change
  - and agriculture industry, 9022
- Climate change, impact on
  - the economy, 9359
  - ecosystem of northern Ontario, 8473–8474
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7698, 7741–7751, 7850
  - third reading, 9242, 9318–9329
- Coal-fired electricity generation
  - ban, 1706–1707, 6422
  - phase out, 6422
  - as source of pollution, 3845
- Coal-fired generating stations
  - conversion of power plants, 1705
- Commercial fill
  - disposal, 1805–1806
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - review by Auditor General, 5284
- Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
  - power to order patient transfer or treatments, 6255
- Cyclists
  - negligence and unpredictability, 2286–2287
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 6722–6723
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 8600–8601
- Drivers
  - medical reporting on, 2286
- Eating disorders
  - public education and awareness, 9376–9377
- Economic forecasting
  - dissolution of Ontario Economic Forecast Council, 6673
- Electoral boundaries
  - adjustment, 6906
  - match to federal ridings, 6906
  - number of urban vs. rural, 6906
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - third reading, 6905–6907
- Emergency equipment
  - defibrillators, 5783
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6228–6229, 6285–6286, 6418
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 1704–1708, 3845
  - third reading, 6422–6423, 6560–6562
- Energy rates
  - affordability, 3604–3605
  - general remarks, 270
- Energy rates, additional charges
  - global adjustment charge, 1995
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6403, 6629, 6866–6867, 6871
- Family health teams
  - government funding, 1271
- Farm assistance programs
  - Risk Management Program (RMP), 2567
- Firefighters, double-hatter
  - workers' compensation benefits, 6418
- Fishing
  - commercial and sport, 3094
- Gas plant cancellations, email deletion
  - role of Peter Faist, 838
- Gas plant cancellations, investigation
  - by justice policy committee
    - continuation, 838–839
- Government advertising
  - partisan ads
    - made with public funds, 9897–9898
  - third-party advertising
    - general remarks, 6907
- Government policy statements
  - made outside the House, 2146
- Great Lakes
  - water quality, 3095, 3513
- Great Lakes conservation
  - general remarks, 4857–4858
  - in Lake Huron, 2427
  - municipal autonomy, 5639
  - statements by stakeholders, 5639–5640
- Great Lakes conservation, effects on industry
  - impact on property owners, 3512, 5639
  - as impediment to development, 3514
- Great Lakes conservation, funding
  - municipal downloading, 3514, 4862
- Great Lakes conservation initiatives
  - domestic and international agreements, 3095–3097, 3514, 5641
  - general remarks, 3093–3094, 3096
  - geographically focused, 3511–3512, 5639
  - municipal autonomy, 2431, 3513–3514
- Great Lakes Guardians' Council
  - about, 2431, 3511–3512
  - membership, 5640
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 3091–3097, 3510–3514, 3516, 4857–4858, 4861–4862
  - third reading, 5638–5641
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - credits
    - bought from California, 9304
    - supply and demand, 9757
  - general remarks, 184
  - targets, 7744–7745
- Greenhouse gas reduction
  - by industry, 2918–2919
- Health care in rural Ontario
  - government funding, 2321
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 7307, 7311
- Highways in rural Ontario
  - winter maintenance, 2281
- Home heating, natural gas
  - phase out, 9586
- Home inspectors
  - regulation and licensing
    - by administrative authority, 7832
- Honours and awards
  - Minister's Award for Environmental Excellence, 3005–3006, 3091–3092
- Horse racing industry
  - decline, 70
- Hospital construction
  - by hospital
    - Markdale Hospital, 298
- Hospital expansion
  - by hospital
    - Saugeen Memorial Hospital, 6010–6011
- Hydro One Inc. oversight
  - by Ombudsman, 3671
- Invasive species types
  - phragmites, 2427, 3095
  - zebra mussels, 3096
- Legislative procedure
  - answers to written questions, 6149–6150
- Local food
  - education, 5751–5752, 5758
- Local purchasing, 2570
- Long combination vehicles (LCVs)
  - damage to local roadways, 2285–2286
  - extension to B-train double trailers, 2285–2286
- Long-term energy plan (LTEP)
  - third-party oversight, 6866–6867
- Lung diseases
  - general remarks, 1331
- Lung health, 3312, 3314
- Lyme disease
  - individual cases, 1339–1340, 1555
  - provincial strategy, 4200
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 2540–2541, 3311–3312, 3314
- Maple syrup
  - industry, 8155
- Medical information
  - quality of care information protection laws
    - review, 7307
- Members' statements
  - 4-H, 3110
  - Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, 7343–7344
  - Advancing Women Conference, 5408
  - Agri-food industry, 1541, 4894
  - Alice Munro Writers and Readers Festival, 763
  - Amaranth transformer station, 1490
  - Belgrave Fowl Supper, 592
  - Chantry Chinook Classic Salmon Derby, 202
  - Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians, 6217
  - Dairy bredding awards, 2146
  - Dairy breeding awards, 2146
  - Dream Big, 3336
  - East, Heather, 7713
  - Echologics, 5942
  - Endangered species, 4426
  - Events in Huron–Bruce, 9953–9954
  - Events in November, 6151
  - Family health teams, 1271
  - Gillies, James, 7865
  - Goderich to Guelph Rail Trail, 3862
  - Government's record, 1995
  - Greene, Murray, 1322
  - Greenhouse gas emissions, 184
  - Hispanic Heritage Month, 5629–5630
  - Huron county economic development, 7934
  - Huron Manufacturing Association Awards of Excellence, 1437
  - Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation, 2427
  - Lyme disease, 4200
  - Majestic Women's Institute, 1596
  - Maple syrup, 8155
  - Marketing competition, 3966
  - Mental health services, 9023
  - Merker, Steve, 8362
  - Minister's Award for Environmental Excellence, 3005–3006
  - Minister's comments, 3793
  - Municipal land transfer tax, 6889
  - Ontario Environment Industry Association, 5783
  - Ontario Legislature Internship Programme, 1044
  - Ontario Small Urban Municipalities conference, 9190
  - Pesticides, 4727
  - Portugese History and Heritage Month, 9766
  - Portuguese History and Heritage Month, 9766
  - Privatization of public assets, 6699
  - Provincial curling championship, 2487
  - Renewable energy, 3677
  - Road safety, 5061–5062
  - Rural health services, 2321
  - Seaforth Lions Club, 21
  - Small business, 6534–6535
  - Southampton Hospital, 6010–6011
  - Special-needs students, 8574
  - Volunteers in Huron–Bruce, 7621
  - Women's House, 5287–5288
- Members'/ministers' anniversaries
  - Elliott, Christine (Whitby–Oshawa), 3166
  - MacLeod, Lisa (Nepean–Carleton), 3166
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Huron–Bruce, 142
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 5061–5062
- Mental health care
  - education and awareness of, 6446
- Mental health patients, involuntary detention
  - transfer and treatment options, 6254
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6253–6255, 6446
- Microbeads
  - in imported products, 2902
- Ministerial statements
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 547
  - Earth Day
    - responded to, 3766–3767
  - Great Lakes protection
    - responded to, 2430
  - Ontario Agriculture Week
    - responded to, 5563–5564
  - Waste Reduction Week
    - responded to, 5837–5838
- Municipal elections
  - campaign period, duration, 8778
- Municipal elections, candidates
  - filing of expenses, 8778
  - resignation from municipal jobs, 8552–8553
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8551–8553, 8555
- Municipal elections, ranked ballot system
  - general remarks, 8552–8553
- Municipal elections, third-party advertisers/advertising
  - registration, 8778
- Municipal land transfer tax
  - general remarks, 6672
- Neonicotinoid use
  - reduction, 1528, 1707
    - impact on farmers, 8028
    - research, 6262–6263, 8204
  - regulations, 4727
  - in treated seeds, 8028
- Nutrition
  - education, 2540–2541
- Nutrition for children
  - general remarks, 3331–3332
- Ontario Legislature Internship Program (OLIP), 1044
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - statements by stakeholders, 3885–3886
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2391–2394
  - third reading, 3884–3888
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - as general revenue, 2394
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - affordability, 3884–3885
  - on business and labour market competition, 298
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3254
- Opposition day motions
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 3747–3749
- Oral questions
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2482–2483, 2889–2890
  - Climate change
    - presented, 7641, 8725–8726, 8796–8797, 9022, 9304, 9359, 9757
  - Drive Clean
    - presented, 8358
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 3373–3374, 3440–3441, 3544–3545, 3604–3605, 3724–3725, 5402, 6691–6692, 9586
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 8456
  - Government advertising
    - presented, 9897–9898
  - Government's record
    - presented, 5284
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 3961–3962, 4262
  - Pesticides
    - presented, 1528, 4423–4424, 6262–6263, 8028, 8204
  - Poverty
    - presented, 1088–1089
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 8668
  - Taxation
    - presented, 3156
  - Waste diversion
    - presented, 7335–7336
  - Wind turbines
    - presented, 5113, 5778
- Pedestrian safety, 2286
- Pesticides
  - ban, impact on farmers, 4423–4424, 5564
- Petitions
  - Agri-food industry, 4789
  - Alcohol sales, 4734–4735
  - Apraxia, 9262–9263, 9318, 9369
  - Health care, 2151–2152, 2488, 3117, 3769, 4948, 5409
  - Health care funding, 7296–7297, 7714, 9263, 9265
  - Hospital funding, 1796
  - Hunting, 6015
  - Hydro rates, 8576, 9500–9501
  - Hyperbaric therapy, 6652–6653, 6895
  - Lyme disease, 205–206, 290, 1326, 1796–1797, 2899, 3682
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 601, 1795, 2378, 3795–3796, 5292, 6651, 6896, 7295, 7624, 7716–7717, 7816
  - Ontario farmers, 5065
  - Pesticides, 3868, 3970, 4732
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 5291
  - Special-needs students, 8369
  - Taxation, 3870, 6224, 6893
  - Wind turbines, 998, 1326, 1545, 1797, 2152–2153, 2561, 2896, 3509, 3681, 3972, 5291–5292
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5415–5416, 5426
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - statements by stakeholders, 3434
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3432–3434, 3436
- Pooled registered pension plans, administration
  - cost, 3436
- Private members' public business
  - Agriculture and food literacy
    - presented, 5751–5752
  - Child care
    - responded to, 3994–3995
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 2917–2918, 8473–8474
  - Commercial fill
    - responded to, 1805–1806
  - Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2016 (Bill 189)
    - second reading, 9376–9377
  - Financial literacy
    - responded to, 4740
  - Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016 (Bill 165)
    - second reading, 7832
  - Luckock, Rae and Agnes Macphail
    - responded to, 8270–8271
  - Lung Health Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1330–1331
  - Lyme disease
    - responded to, 1554–1555
  - Microbead Elimination and Monitoring Act, 2015 (Bill 75)
    - second reading, 2901–2902
  - Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases Act, 2015 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1339–1340
  - Tree planting
    - responded to, 5914–5915
- Provincial and demonstration schools
  - enrolment, 8574, 8668
- Public education campaigns – Agriculture
  - Ontario Agriculture Week, 5563–5564
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Hispanic Heritage Month, 5629–5630
  - Portuguese History and Heritage Month, 9766
- Public education campaigns – Environment
  - Earth Day, 3766–3767
  - Waste Reduction Week, 5837–5838
- Public education campaigns – Health
  - Lung Health Month, 6151
  - Lyme Disease Awareness Month, 4200
- Public education campaigns – Women
  - Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians, 6217
- Racetracks (horses)
  - Clinton Raceway, 6672
- Recycling fees
  - for tires, 7335–7336
- Referenda
  - on ranked ballot system, 8777
- Reports
  - Looking for Leadership, The Costs of Climate Inaction, July 2014 (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 184
- Restorative care
  - closure at Chesley hospital, 4262
  - government funding, 3961–3962
- Road safety
  - general remarks, 5061–5062
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1458–1459, 1574
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 4820
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8173, 8378, 8387
- Social assistance benefits
  - general remarks, 1088–1089
- Speaker's Book Award, 7713
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5865–5869
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - Liberal affiliates under investigation, 2482
  - offers of employment to candidates, 2889
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 70–71, 142–143
- Tobacco
  - taxation, 6673
- Tobacco, contraband
  - general remarks, 8378
- Transformer stations
  - effect on animal and human health, 1490
- Transportation
  - rural Ontario, 2281
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2281, 2285–2288
- Tree planting programs
  - Ontario Green Legacy program, 5915
  - province-wide initiative, 5915
- Vehicles
  - emissions tests, 8358
- Voting
  - accessibility, 6907
- Waste diversion
  - market driven, 7365–7366
  - rates and targets, 7365, 7735
  - reform, 9690–9691
- Waste Diversion Ontario, 7367–7368
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - general remarks, 7363–7364
- Waste diversion programs
  - Blue Box program, 7367
  - existing programs, phase out, 7366–7367
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7362–7368, 7419–7422, 7431, 7492, 7497, 7599, 7603, 7727, 7735–7736
  - third reading, 9477, 9545–9555, 9686, 9690–9691
- Wind turbine siting
  - general remarks, 2581, 3094
  - on Great Lakes, 5639–5640
- Wind turbines
  - cost, 6562
  - development, 1705–1706
  - general remarks, 2571
  - projects, 3677
  - public safety concerns, 5778
- Wind turbines and the environment
  - environmental impact, 4426, 5113
- Women
  - Advancing Women Conference, 5408
- Women parliamentarians
  - Agnes Macphail and Rae Luckock, 8270–8271
- Youth
  - financial literacy, 4740
- Youth organizations
  - 4-H Ontario, anniversary, 3110

House speaker index

Letter: T

Tabuns, P. (NDP, Toronto–Danforth)

Takhar, H.S. (LIB, Mississauga–Erindale)

Taylor, M. (NDP, Hamilton Mountain)

Thibeault, Hon. G. (LIB, Sudbury)

Thompson, L.M. (PC, Huron–Bruce)