Speaker letter v House Hansard index Parliament 41 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: V

Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming–Cochrane)
- Agricultural education
  - general remarks, 7813–7814
  - programs, 2559
- Agricultural land
  - northern Ontario, 2467, 4927
- Agriculture
  - International Plowing Match, 5236
- Agriculture industry
  - general remarks, 514, 547–548
  - government funding, 8093–8094
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1720, 1828–1834, 2467, 2585, 2587, 2684, 2688, 2694, 2820–2821
  - third reading, 4505–4511, 4563–4567
- Agri-food products
  - quality of, 515
- Alternative financial services
  - relation to poverty and/or precarious work, 8761–8762
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8761–8762, 9047, 9161, 9167–9171
- Automobile insurance benefits
  - reduction, 726
- Aviation fuel tax
  - price mitigation programs, 443
- Bear control
  - government responsibility, 5680
  - in municipalities, 5115
- Beef industry
  - diseases affecting, 4507–4508
  - farmers, 4672
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1413–1415, 1417
- Bridges
  - trestle bridge in Abitibi, Ontario, 921
- Budget 2016
  - public consultation
    - committee hearings, 7942–7944
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6661, 6666
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6725–6727
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8093–8094
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - third reading, 416, 430–431, 443
- Bus transportation in northern Ontario
  - reduction, 6215
  - service changes, 2555–2556
- Canadian history
  - contribution of Sir John A. Macdonald, 2031
- Cap-and-trade
  - offsets, 7945–7946
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - fuel cost, 8219–8220
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - separation from general account, 7906
  - use in greenhouse gas reduction projects, 7944–7945
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 906
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1021–1022
- Child care reform
  - general remarks, 906
  - public consultation, 1022
- Climate change, impact on
  - crop insurance premiums, 1830–1831, 1834
  - ecosystem of northern Ontario, 8476–8477
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7903–7906, 7944–7947
  - third reading, 9327, 9430, 9440, 9443–9444, 9461
- Commercial fill
  - regulation, 1806
- Commissions of inquiry
  - into illegal trade and trafficking, 8278
- Cost of living in northern Ontario, 9168–9170
- Courthouses
  - powers of security personnel, 1630
  - security screening, 1631–1632
- Crop production
  - impact of climate change, 2559
- Door-to-door sales
  - ban, 10019
- E-cigarettes
  - age restrictions, 3199
  - control and prevention of use, 4551
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5351–5352, 5358–5361, 5363
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6173–6174
  - third reading, 6903–6905
- Electoral districts
  - in northern Ontario, 5359–5361, 6174, 6903–6905
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6229, 6282–6283, 6286, 6288–6289
- Employment standards
  - general remarks, 514
  - violations of, 516
- Energy conservation
  - general remarks, 6841
  - initiatives, 6791
- Energy rates
  - affordability, 8801–8802
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 516
  - in northern Ontario, 8218
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6384–6385, 6389–6390, 6791, 6840–6844
  - third reading, 9212, 9216, 9396–9397, 9405, 9407–9409
- Farm assistance programs
  - Risk Management Program (RMP), 4506, 7643–7644
- Farm safety
  - personal stories, 8044
- Farmers
  - appreciation, 5564–5565
  - general remarks, 514
  - input on regulatory changes, 4508–4509
- Farming, 4565
- Fast food menu labelling
  - general remarks, 4551–4552
  - sodium content, 3198
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 726, 736
- Financial literacy
  - among youth, 9161
- Food and beverage processing industry
  - government funding, 8413
- Forest firefighting, 443
- Forest industry in Fort Frances
  - kraft mill
    - winterizing, 1841–1842
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Semaine des aliments locaux, 9958
  - Loi de 2015 pour des choix plus sains, projet de loi 45
    - troisième lecture, 4550–4551
  - Loi de 2015 sur l'assurance agricole (modifiant la Loi de 1996 sur l'assurance-récolte), projet de loi 40
    - deuxième lecture, 1828
  - Pétitions
    - Prix de l'essence, 8913–8914
- Government notice of motions
  - Sir John A. Macdonald
    - responded to, 2031
- Government orders
  - Concurrence in supply
    - responded to, 7322–7324
- Great Lakes
  - nutrient pollution, 4869, 4924
- Great Lakes conservation
  - general remarks, 4862
- Great Lakes conservation, effects on industry
  - impact on farmers, 4923–4925, 5648–5649
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 4862, 4869, 4923–4927
  - third reading, 5648–5649
- Highway accidents/fatalities
  - investigations, 651
- Highway maintenance in winter
  - Auditor General report, 3965–3966
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Off-Road Vehicles), 2015 (Bill 46)
  - first reading, 1369–1370
- Hispanic community, 876–877
- Home heating retrofits
  - Enbridge and Union Gas, 8219
  - government funding, 7904
- Hospital funding, by region
  - Temiskaming Shores, 1686
- Hunting and trapping
  - moose tags, 4022
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 5466–5467
- Hydro One Inc. shares
  - total revenue, 6106
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 4171
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4301
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 4310–4312, 4314
  - third reading, 5793–5794
- Invasive species inspectors
  - number of, 4311–4312, 5794
  - powers of, 5793–5794
- Invasive species management, landowners
  - compensation, 5794
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7682–7683
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7942–7944
- Legislative procedure
  - time allocation motions, 710, 1022, 5813–5814
- Local food
  - education, 5757–5758
  - general remarks, 9958–9959
- Long-term energy plan (LTEP)
  - planning process, 6385
  - third-party oversight, 6842
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3198–3199, 3201
  - third reading, 4539, 4549–4553
- Medical errors
  - chemotherapy underdosing, 1258–1259
- Members' statements
  - Abitibi Trestle Bridge, 921
  - Bear control, 5115, 5680
  - Beef Farmers of Ontario, 4672
  - Earlton Farm Show, 8207
  - Energy contract, 457–458
  - Events in New Liskeard, 1596
  - Grain Farmers of Ontario, 3057
  - Hydro rates, 6106, 8801–8802
  - International Plowing Match, 5236
  - Mining fatality, 4583–4584
  - Mining industry, 2653
  - Moose tags, 4022
  - New Liskeard Bikers Reunion, 10000–10001
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 2555–2556, 7132–7133
  - Ontario Trillium Foundation, 9313
  - Spread the Word to End the Word, 7765–7766
  - Winter highway maintenance, 3965–3966
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 9221
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 2522, 2956–2957, 6020, 8044, 10018–10019
- Mental health care
  - general remarks, 6461–6462
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6449–6450, 6461–6462
- Menu labelling, 3198
- Microbeads
  - manufacture prohibited, 2904–2905
- Minimum wage
  - five-year review, 515
- Minimum wage indexed to inflation
  - economic impact, 514–515
- Mining industry accidents/fatalities
  - individuals
    - Dallaire-Vincent, Alexie, 4583–4584
- Ministerial statements
  - Agriculture industry
    - responded to, 1278
  - Canadian Agricultural Literacy Week
    - responded to, 7813–7814
  - Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
    - responded to, 8044
  - Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week
    - responded to, 2559
  - Food and beverage industry
    - responded to, 8413
  - Local Food Week
    - responded to, 9958–9959
  - Ontario Agriculture Week
    - responded to, 547–548, 5564–5565
- Ministry of Labour
  - employment standards branch, 515
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8642, 8651–8654
- Municipal planning
  - in rural Ontario, 5029–5030
- Natural gas
  - accessibility in rural Ontario, 2238
- Neonicotinoid use
  - reduction, 1831, 1834
    - impact on farmers, 3057, 4507–4510
- New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station, 2587
- Occupational health and safety
  - workplace inspections, 515
- Occupational training programs
  - in schools, 516
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - child care
    - investigation, 1021
- Ontario Energy Board
  - oversight role, 6841
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2522, 2740, 2864
- Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF)
  - decrease, 431, 2581
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - refurbishment staff, 7132–7133, 7178–7179
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2238
  - third reading, 3811–3812, 3835, 3891–3892
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8988
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9091
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, administration
  - management at arm's length, 3892
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - affordability, 8988
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3403, 3412–3413, 3421
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA)
  - government oversight, 3421
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
  - capital grants, suspension, 9313
- Opposition day motions
  - Electoral reform
    - responded to, 8823
  - Government contracts
    - responded to, 9284–9285
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4402, 5466–5467
- Oral questions
  - Assistance to farmers
    - presented, 7643–7644
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2253, 2604
  - Energy contracts
    - presented, 1487
  - Fundraising
    - presented, 8292–8293
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 1686
  - International trade agreement
    - presented, 5624
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 6367
  - Northern health services
    - presented, 9312
  - Northern transportation services
    - presented, 6215
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
    - presented, 7178–7179
  - Paper mill
    - presented, 1841–1842
  - Pesticides
    - presented, 5165
- Orcas
  - in captivity, 3412
- Parking spaces for disabled persons
  - wrongful use, 9156–9157
- Patient transport, non-emergency
  - conditions in northern Ontario, 9312
- Payday loans and lenders
  - use by low-income groups, 9167
- Pesticides
  - ban, impact on farmers, 1831–1833
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 3387
  - Forest industry, 2106, 2152, 2201, 2615, 2656–2657
  - Gasoline prices, 3870, 4999–5000, 7395–7396
  - Health care funding, 7648
  - Missing persons, 481
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 3680, 3734–3735, 3796–3797, 3918, 4025, 4272, 6893–6894, 6952, 7008, 7061, 7137, 7868, 7992, 8046, 9030, 9089, 9135–9136, 9263–9264, 9317, 9372, 9816
  - Post-traumatic stress disorder, 8737
  - Privatization of public assets, 5347
  - Speed limits, 9193–9194, 9426–9427
- Poets laureate, municipal, 2914
- Police record checks
  - as barrier to volunteerism/employment, 6820
  - delays, 6820
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5696–5697, 5764
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5956–5957
  - third reading, 6820
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - general remarks, 4492
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - third reading, 4492
- Private members' public business
  - Agriculture and food literacy
    - responded to, 5757–5758
  - Capping Ontario's Debt Act, 2016 (Bill 168)
    - second reading, 8706–8707
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 8476–8477
  - Commercial fill
    - responded to, 1806
  - Commission of Inquiry into Accessible Parking in Municipalities Act, 2016 (Bill 187)
    - second reading, 9156–9157
  - Commission of Inquiry into Illegal Trade and Trafficking of People, Drugs, Money, Tobacco and Weapons Act, 2016 (Bill 162)
    - second reading, 8277–8278
  - Disclosure of Information Relating to the Protection of Children Act, 2015 (Bill 146)
    - second reading, 6766–6767
  - Door-to-Door Sales Prohibition Act, 2016 (Bill 193)
    - second reading, 10018–10019
  - Elimination of Ground Current Pollution Act, 2016 (Bill 161)
    - second reading, 7414–7415
  - Growing Ontario's Craft Cider Industry Act, 2015 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 6352
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 9611
  - Highway Incident Management Act, 2014 (Bill 30)
    - second reading, 651–652
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Careless Driving), 2016 (Bill 213)
    - second reading, 10013
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Contraventions Causing Death or Serious Bodily Harm), 2015 (Bill 154)
    - second reading, 7015
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Off-Road Vehicles), 2015 (Bill 46)
    - second reading, 2219–2221, 2227
  - Hispanic Heritage Month Act, 2015 (Bill 28)
    - second reading, 876–877
  - Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016 (Bill 165)
    - second reading, 7831
  - Microbead Elimination and Monitoring Act, 2015 (Bill 75)
    - second reading, 2904–2905
  - Poet Laureate of Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 2914
  - Respecting Private Property Act, 2014 (Bill 36)
    - second reading, 1812–1813
  - Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2015 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 3133–3134
  - Utility Task and All-Terrain Vehicles Act, 2015 (Bill 58)
    - second reading, 2447–2448
  - Water fluoridation
    - responded to, 1561
- Production insurance
  - amendments to legislation, 2694
  - costs, 1829–1830
  - dedicated fund, 4567
- Production insurance coverage expansion
  - general remarks, 1278, 1720
  - statements by stakeholders, 2820–2821
  - sufficient funding, 2467, 2581, 2585, 2688, 4506, 4564–4565
- Property owners
  - granting access to trails, 8306–8307, 8316
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5133–5134
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4648–4649
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (Bill 52)
  - second reading, 1974, 2946–2947, 2956–2958, 2960, 2968
  - third reading, 6019–6021
- Public assets, sale of
  - general remarks, 430
- Public education campaigns – Agriculture
  - Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, 8044
  - Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week, 2559, 7813–7814
  - Local Food Week, 9958–9959
  - Ontario Agriculture Week, 547–548, 5564–5565
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 960
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1168–1169
- Public sector workers, protection from reprisal
  - staff of non-public bodies acting under duty to report, 6767
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 6288–6289
- Recreation facilities and hubs
  - swimming pools in Kirkland Lake, 1169
- Regional economic clusters
  - agricultural cluster, 1415
  - general remarks, 1413–1414
- Regulations for small and medium-sized businesses
  - annual reports on, 1413
- Renewable energy
  - as government policy, 2960
- Renewable energy projects
  - solar farm, Temiskaming Shores, 457–458, 1487, 2238, 2958, 2968
- Ring of Fire development funding
  - by federal government, 430
- Road safety
  - advisory committee, 651–652
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1255, 1258–1259
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1629–1633
- Seeds, neonicotinoid-treated
  - regulation on sale and use, 5165
- Skilled trades
  - employment and promotion, 516
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5013–5014, 5029–5030, 5032
- Snowmobilers
  - trail access, 8306–8307
- Soil conservation
  - drainage control, 516
- Solar farms, 6726
- Strategic lawsuits
  - cease and desist letters, 2946–2947
  - effect on public participation, 2946, 2957–2958
  - general remarks, 1974
- Strategic lawsuits, examples
  - in the forest industry, 2956, 6020–6021
  - involving private individuals, 2957, 6020
- Strategic lawsuits, prevention
  - general remarks, 2958
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5198, 5543
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5813–5815
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 514–516, 518
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 709–711
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - Liberal affiliates under investigation, 2254
- Supply Act, 2016 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 8218–8220
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8303–8307, 8311, 8315–8316, 8337–8338
  - third reading, 9733–9735
- Teacher strikes
  - strike termination at Durham, Rainbow and Peel schoolboards, 4648–4649
- Telecommunications
  - in northern Ontario, 416
- Time allocation motions
  - Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
    - responded to, 6725–6727
  - Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
    - responded to, 1021–1022
  - Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
    - responded to, 6173–6174
  - Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
    - responded to, 4301
  - Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
    - responded to, 7942–7944
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
    - responded to, 9091
  - Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
    - responded to, 5956–5957
  - Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
    - responded to, 4648–4649
  - Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
    - responded to, 1168–1169
  - Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
    - responded to, 5813–5815
  - Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
    - responded to, 709–711
- Tobacco control
  - exemptions, menthol cigarettes, 3199
- Traffic congestion
  - reduction of, 651–652
- Trail access easements
  - general remarks, 8304–8305, 9733–9734
  - transferability, 8311
- Transfer payments
  - power dam special payment, 431
- Transit systems
  - northern Ontario, 6367
- Trans-Pacific Partnership, economic impact
  - supply management system, 5565, 5624
- Transportation
  - northern Ontario, 1414
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - third reading, 3636
- Tributes
  - Brown, Keith (former member for Peterborough), 9067–9068
  - McCague, George (former member for Dufferin–Simcoe), 3370–3371
  - Sheppard, Howard Nicholas (former member for Northumberland), 7168
- Utility task vehicles (UTVs)
  - use on highways, 2219–2221, 2227, 2448, 3636
- Voters lists
  - accuracy and updating, 5359–5360
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7422
- Water fluoridation
  - general remarks, 1561
- Workers' rights
  - general remarks, 515
- Workers' rights re: wage recovery
  - general remarks, 516
Vernile, D. (LIB, Kitchener Centre)
- Aboriginal peoples
  - government programs and services, 8794
- Agriculture industry
  - employment creation, 4936
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1396–1397
- Budget 2015
  - general remarks, 4115
- Budget 2016
  - general remarks, 7783
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4113, 4115
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8132
- Business development
  - general remarks, 1396–1397
- Cap-and-trade
  - general remarks, 9418
- Child poverty reduction
  - strategy and targets, 4888–4889
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7995–7996
- Concurrence in supply debate (March 2015)
  - participation, 2510
- Condominium law
  - reform, 5216–5217
- Condominium owners
  - consumer protection, 4724
- Consumer protection
  - general remarks, 1147
- Developmental services
  - government funding, 3004
  - task force on housing, 401
- Down syndrome awareness, 9921–9922
- Drivers, impaired by drugs
  - fatalities, 2278
- Driving, distracted, 3641–3642
- Driving, impaired
  - prevention technology, 6999
- École Polytechnique massacre
  - 25th anniversary, 1847–1848
- Economic development
  - in southwestern Ontario, 14
- Electoral boundaries
  - adjustment, 5377–5378
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5377–5378
- Electricity price mitigation programs
  - based on household and income size
    - Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP), 3107
- Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
  - on-site intermittent centre, 4580
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6237–6238
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6472–6473
  - third reading, 9225
- Federal-provincial relations
  - fiscal arrangements, 1268
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 617
- Forest firefighting, 3791
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Franco-fête, 9811
- GO Transit
  - layover facility in Kitchener, 6438
- Government accountability
  - general remarks, 797
- Highways in northern Ontario
  - new construction, 1431
- Hospital pharmacies
  - regulation by Ontario College of Pharmacists, 1185
- Immigrants
  - community participation, 8410
- Immigration rates
  - in other provinces, 2862–2863
- Immunization
  - as preventive and public health strategy, 4450–4452, 4457
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 3713
- International trade with China
  - trade mission, 914–915
- Jobs and Prosperity Fund
  - new funding streams, 8293
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7783
- Legal aid clinics/services, 3168–3169
- LGBTQ youth/students
  - mental health care, 9705
- Light rail transit (LRT)
  - Kitchener-Waterloo, 2487
- Long-term care
  - general remarks, 759
- Long-term care facilities
  - general remarks, 120, 6431–6432
- Long-term care facilities, redevelopment
  - advisory group, 3448
  - general remarks, 3448
- Manufacturing industry
  - employment and job creation, 6107–6108, 7512
- Maple syrup
  - products, grading system, 3328
- Marine mammals in captivity
  - standard of care, 3400
- Medical marijuana
  - smoking regulations
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8179
- Members' statements
  - Adoption, 5630
  - Automated vehicles, 5834–5835
  - Big Music Fest, 137
  - Bread and Roses Co-op Homes, 5458–5459
  - Christkindl Market, 1995
  - Community Support Connections, 1273
  - Cultural diversity, 8907
  - Domestic violence, 2323–2324
  - Earth Day, 4148
  - Events in Kitchener Centre, 543
  - Family skating event, 2256
  - Focus for Ethnic Women, 8410
  - GO Transit, 6438
  - High-speed rail, 7391–7392
  - International Women's Day, 2786
  - Italian Heritage Month, 4945
  - Kitchener city council, 817
  - Kitchener Public Library, 4727–4728
  - Kitchener Rangers, 8574
  - KW Habilitation, 7183
  - Manufacturing jobs, 6107–6108
  - Mother's Day, 4200–4201
  - Opening Minds through Art, 8459–8460
  - Organ and tissue donation, 3863
  - Papal awards, 1794
  - Pearson, Tanner, 458
  - Rapid transit, 2487
  - Refugees, 5114, 7932–7933
  - Remembrance Day, 1093
  - Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre, 3058
  - Sandvine Inc., 8085
  - School tours, 9644–9645
  - Show Choir Canada Championships, 3678–3679
  - Sober Steering, 6999
  - Star Wars Day, 4023
  - Student assistance, 7990
  - Violence against women, 1847–1848
  - Waterloo Region Community Legal Services, 3168–3169
  - Waterloo Regional Police Service, 283
  - We Day, 1541
  - World Cup, 202–203
- Members'/ministers' birthdays
  - McMahon, Eleanor (Burlington), 9642
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Kitchener Centre, 2256, 7783
- Members'/ministers' expenses
  - online accessibility, 1073
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 28–32
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 509–510, 4200–4201
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6452
- Municipal elections, candidates
  - filing of expenses, 8634
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8545, 8633–8634, 8654
- Municipal infrastructure, construction
  - as employment generator, 3713
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - general remarks, 120
- Municipal planning
  - accessibility for seniors, 5337–5338
- Muslim community
  - domestic violence within, 2323–2324
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 8252
- Ontario Down Syndrome Day Act, 2016 (Bill 182)
  - third reading, 9921–9922
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2862
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - reform, 5014
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - portability, 8968, 8979
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - third reading, 3882
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8967–8968, 8978–8979, 8982–8983
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, administration
  - management at arm's length, 8968
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, participation in
  - by those with comparable plan, 8983
  - by those without workplace plan, 8967–8968
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3400–3401
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal programs and services
    - presented, 8794
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 3328, 4936
  - Child poverty
    - presented, 4888–4889
  - Climate change
    - presented, 9418
  - Condominium legislation
    - presented, 4724
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 1147
  - Correctional facilities
    - presented, 4580
  - Economic development
    - presented, 14, 8293
  - Federal-provincial fiscal policies
    - presented, 1268
  - Fertility services
    - presented, 9308–9309
  - Forest firefighting
    - presented, 3791
  - Forest management
    - presented, 6798–6799
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 5727, 7705
  - Human trafficking
    - presented, 7338
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 3107
  - Immigrants
    - presented, 2253
  - Infrastructure program funding
    - presented, 3758
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 759, 3448
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 2834
  - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund
    - presented, 8252
  - Northern transportation
    - presented, 1431
  - Nurses
    - presented, 2423
  - Pension plans
    - presented, 1840
  - Public transit
    - presented, 9021
  - Senior citizens
    - presented, 5337–5338
  - Services for the developmentally disabled
    - presented, 400–401, 3004, 7175
  - Sexual harassment
    - presented, 1037
  - Sexual violence and harassment
    - presented, 4091, 6057, 6530–6531
  - Special-needs children
    - presented, 2197
  - Trade development
    - presented, 914–915
  - Youth employment
    - presented, 2482
  - Youth services
    - presented, 9705
- Organ and tissue donation
  - donor registration, 3863
- Patient ombudsman
  - general remarks, 1073
- Persons with developmental disabilities
  - employment in sheltered workshops, 7175
- Petitions
  - Adoption disclosure, 7518–7519
  - Coal-fired generating stations, 1797–1798, 2002, 2056
  - Credit unions, 1601–1602
  - Curriculum, 9865
  - Distracted driving, 2202
  - Government anti-racism programs, 9817, 9914–9915
  - Hispanic Heritage Month, 601–602, 702
  - Legal aid, 1280, 1496, 2657, 3735, 3770
  - Lung disease, 5293
  - Lung health, 5240–5241, 6538, 7008, 7769, 7992–7993
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, 206, 336, 5347, 6225–6226
  - Sexual violence and harassment, 8091, 8161, 8300–8301, 8368, 8463–8464, 8579, 8682, 9195, 10006
  - Water fluoridation, 2260, 3118–3119, 4102
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - general remarks, 3483–3484
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3483–3484
- Poverty reduction
  - general remarks, 120–121
- Private members' public business
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (School Bus Camera System), 2014 (Bill 50)
    - second reading, 2074–2075
  - Poet Laureate of Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 2913–2914
  - Radon Awareness and Prevention Act, 2014 (Bill 11)
    - second reading, 342–343
  - Vaccinations
    - presented, 4450–4452
    - responded to, 4457
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5213–5214, 5216–5217
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - We Day, 1541
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Italian Heritage Month, 4945
- Public education campaigns – Environment
  - Earth Day, 4148
- Public education campaigns – Violence, sexual violence, and harassment
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 4091
- Public education campaigns – Women
  - International Women's Day, 2786
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 797, 1073–1074
- Public sector executives
  - salary caps, 1073
- Radon
  - about, 342–343
- Refugees
  - acceptance and community support, 5114
  - dedicated health clinic, 3058
- Remembrance Day
  - remarks on, 1093
- Reports by committees
  - Select Committee on Sexual Violence and Harassment, 4995, 7233
- Retirement security, 3882, 8967–8968, 8979, 8982–8983
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1185
- School buses
  - stop-arm camera images
    - use as evidence, 2075
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
  - employer responsibility to address, 7873
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - general remarks, 6530–6531
- Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 7140–7141
  - third reading, 7873–7874
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5014
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8178–8179
- Sporting events
  - FIFA Men's World Cup 2014, 202–203
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 509–510
- Student grants
  - for families earning less than $50K, 7990
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8309–8310, 8334, 8598
- Temporary foreign workers' rights
  - general remarks, 509
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 28–32, 120–121
- Trails
  - public consultation, 8598
  - use and liability, 8309
- Transit funding
  - general remarks, 4113
- Transit system expansion, high-speed railways
  - from Toronto to Windsor, 7391–7392
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2278
  - third reading, 3641–3642
- Tributes
  - Leadston, Gary (former member for Kitchener–Wilmot), 8786–8787
  - Wettlaufer, Wayne (former member for Kitchener Centre), 7500–7501
- Universities and colleges, sexual violence on campus
  - standalone policy, 7873
- Vehicles
  - self-driving, 5834–5835
- Victims of sexual and domestic violence, and sexual abuse
  - ending of tenancy
    - notice period, 7873
- In vitro fertilization (IVF)
  - government funding, 5727, 9308–9309
- Voter participation
  - impact of ranked ballot systems, 8545
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 8229–8230
- Youth employment programs
  - work experience programs, 2482

House speaker index

Letter: V

Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming–Cochrane)

Vernile, D. (LIB, Kitchener Centre)