Speaker letter y House Hansard index Parliament 41 Session 1

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Yakabuski, J. (PC, Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke)
- Aggregate transportation
  - weight restrictions, 2066
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2578–2579, 2764, 2815
- Airports
  - Pembroke and Area Airport, 441–442
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 9035–9036, 9046–9048, 9294–9295
- Automobile insurance
  - committee deputations, 749–750
- Aviation fuel tax
  - effect on jobs, 441
  - general remarks, 441
  - price mitigation programs, 441
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1466–1469
- Blood and blood products
  - from paid donor systems, 1382
- Budget 2014
  - balanced budget, 440–441
  - general remarks, 439, 443–444
  - public consultation, 440–441
- Budget 2015
  - general remarks, 4255–4256
- Budget 2016
  - public consultation
    - committee hearings, 8590
- Budget deficit, 71–72
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6657, 6661–6662, 6665–6666
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6680–6682
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4130–4134, 4176–4177
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8133–8137
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - third reading, 439–444
- Cap-and-trade
  - permits, 3376
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - fuel cost, 8001
- Child care centres, 9190
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 784
- Child care reform, economic impact
  - in rural areas, 3991
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 8000–8001, 8003
- Coal-fired electricity generation
  - ban, 1708–1709, 1711
- Committees
  - role of committee system, 2578, 4706–4707
- Construction industry
  - collective agreements, length of open period, 557
- Credit services, 9046–9047
- Debt retirement charge (DRC)
  - general remarks, 9196–9197
- Discrimination
  - racial, 3009
- Driver fines, collection
  - by municipality, 2117
- Driving, distracted, 2117–2119
- Eastern Power Limited
  - access to below-market natural gas supply, 3545–3546
- Electoral boundaries
  - adjustment, 5995–5996
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5995–5996
- Electric vehicles
  - charging stations, 9252–9253
  - economic impact, 9996
- Electricity price mitigation programs
  - based on household and income size
    - Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP), 3156–3157
- Electricity transmission
  - assessment and planning, 6204
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6237, 6283–6286
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7118
- Employment and unemployment
  - unemployment rate, 557
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 1708–1713, 4235, 4240–4241
- Energy conservation
  - retrofitting for propane or oil furnaces, 7931
- Energy contracts, fixed-rate
  - commissions, 6826
  - consumer protection, 4954–4955, 5272
  - cooling-off period, 5436–5437, 6826–6828
  - phase out, 4953–4954
- Energy industry
  - general remarks, 6629–6632
- Energy rates
  - affordability, 3452, 3720, 3752–3753, 3856, 4362–4363, 5435–5436, 5663, 5771, 6145, 6203, 7437–7438, 7643, 7781–7782
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 1426, 5884
  - general remarks, 6575–6576
  - increase, 696, 1425, 2338, 4321, 5270, 8946, 9007
- Energy rates, additional charges
  - global adjustment charge, 2037–2038, 6202
- Energy Referendum Act, 2015 (Bill 150)
  - first reading, 6702
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6202–6204, 6629–6634, 6869
  - third reading, 9114–9117, 9195–9204
- Fast food menu labelling
  - general remarks, 3067
- Fatalities
  - victims of house fire in Brampton, 5235
  - victims of Madawaska Valley shootings, 7143
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 747–750
- Forest resources management
  - in Algonquin Provincial Park, 586–587
- G20 law
  - regulation 233/10, 1626
- Gas plant cancellations, 824
- Gas plant cancellations, cost, 825
- Gas plant cancellations, email deletion
  - criminal investigation, 1783–1784
  - role of Peter Faist, 824, 826
- Gas plant cancellations, investigation
  - by justice policy committee
    - general remarks, 445
    - committee witnesses, 533, 806–807, 825–826, 2141
    - continuation, 824, 826–827, 837
  - report, 2141–2142
- Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2015 (Bill 59)
  - first reading, 1999
- Gasoline tax revenue
  - for rural municipal infrastructure, 2117, 2120, 3959–3960, 3980–3982
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
  - government shares in, 2335
- Government credit ratings, 45, 2335, 3023
- Government debt, 440, 2334–2335, 4131–4132
- Government orders
  - Order of business
    - responded to, 4705–4709
- Government spending
  - general remarks, 109
- Government tenders
  - bidding process, 8451–8452
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 6931, 7308–7310, 7312, 7353
- Highway construction projects
  - Highway 17
    - Renfrew expansion, 1736–1737, 8499
- Highway maintenance in winter
  - government funding, 4133
- Highway safety in winter
  - snow and ice accumulation on vehicles, 1368
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Clearing Vehicles of Snow and Ice), 2014 (Bill 44)
  - first reading, 1323
- Home heating, natural gas
  - phase out, 9421, 9894–9895
- Hydro One Brampton, 4081–4082
- Hydro One Inc., executive salaries
  - general remarks, 5269
- Hydro One Inc. oversight
  - by government
    - exemptions, 4572, 4775, 4882–4883
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 3024, 4015–4016, 4962–4964, 5252–5255, 6500–6501
  - protection of public interests, 4775
  - public opinion, 6501
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 5269–5270
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - for infrastructure development, 3045–3046, 6500
  - to pay electricity debt, 3324, 3549, 3752, 4387–4388
  - revenue loss, 6501
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, review
  - report by Financial Accountability Officer, 6501
  - review by Auditor General, 3602–3603
- Hydro One Inc. services
  - customer service standards, 4660–4661, 4663
  - overbilling, 4461–4462, 4719
- Independent child care providers (ICPs)
  - licensing, 784
- Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
  - role, 9198
  - transmission project procurement, 6429
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 3705
- Invasive species
  - general remarks, 2991
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 2991
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7781–7782
  - third reading, 8590–8591
- Legislative procedure
  - oral questions, 2652
  - time allocation motions, 1382–1383, 1467, 1668–1669, 3691–3692, 4706
- Liberal Party
  - fundraising by Gerry Lougheed, 2478
- Long-term energy plan (LTEP)
  - general remarks, 6632–6633
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3067
  - third reading, 4355–4356
- Maple syrup
  - products, grading system, 3447
- Members' statements
  - Energy policies, 5884
  - Holodomor, 6646
  - Hydro rates, 3452
  - O'Brien, Del, 6437
  - Tragedy in Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke, 5235
  - Wilson, Jack, 765
  - Winter driving, 1368
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 6284, 7130, 8392, 9689, 9970–9971
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - on members' staff, 2100–2101
  - on omnibus bills, 555
  - withdrawn, 442, 1004, 2044, 4132, 4177, 4706, 7984, 8001, 8135
- Meningitis Awareness Day Act, 2015 (Bill 90)
  - first reading, 3730
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 5965, 5984–5985, 6447–6448, 6450
- Minimum wage
  - in other jurisdictions, 557
- Minimum wage indexed to inflation
  - economic impact, 556–557
  - general remarks, 560
- Ministerial statements
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
    - responded to, 3009
- Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2015 (Bill 130)
  - first reading, 6012
- Municipal election held October 27, 2014, 747–748
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8550, 8641–8642
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF), 3987–3988
- Municipal planning, local input
  - consultation process, 4919
- Municipalities
  - revenue generation, 6661–6662
- Natural gas rates
  - general remarks, 4229
  - impact of cap-and-trade system, 9803–9804
- Nurses
  - general remarks, 567
- Offenders
  - on parole, 6344–6345
- Offenders, monitoring of
  - general remarks, 7143–7144, 7385–7386, 7876
  - those on parole, 6038–6309
- Ontario Electricity Support Program
  - low enrolment, 7179–7180
- Ontario Energy Board
  - oversight role, 6869
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - third reading, 4345
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - executive salaries, 3157
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - comparable plans, 2335–2336
  - general remarks, 44–45
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2084, 2173, 2334–2336, 2338, 2345–2346
  - third reading, 3801–3802
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 9006–9007
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - monthly payments, 2335
  - overpayment recovery, 2336
  - as percentage of salary, 2334–2335
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - affordability, 9007
  - on business and labour market competition, 2173–2174
  - job losses, 2084, 9006
  - on low and middle-income earners, 2336
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3691–3692
- Opposition day motions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 9517
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - responded to, 2624
  - Electoral reform
    - responded to, 8823–8824
  - Government contracts
    - responded to, 9269–9271
  - Government's agenda
    - responded to, 3023–3025
  - Power plants
    - presented, 824–827
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 1004–1005, 4387–4388, 5252–5255, 5475–5477, 6500–6502
- Oral questions
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 3447
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2192, 2247, 2478, 2601–2602, 2712–2713, 2773–2774, 2829
  - Electric vehicle charging stations
    - presented, 9252–9253
  - Energy conservation
    - presented, 7931
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 1425–1426, 2037–2038, 3376, 6429, 6882, 6990–6991, 7437–7438, 9411–9412, 9421, 9803–9804, 9894–9895, 9996
  - Energy rates
    - presented, 1835–1836
  - Forest industry
    - presented, 586–587
  - Fundraising
    - presented, 8451–8452
  - Gasoline tax
    - presented, 3959–3960
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1783–1784, 9179
  - Highway construction
    - presented, 1736–1737
  - Highway improvement
    - presented, 8499
  - Hydro One
    - presented, 4461–4462, 4660–4661, 4663, 4719
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 696, 3156–3157, 3720, 3752–3753, 3856, 4255–4256, 4321–4322, 4362–4363, 5771, 6145, 6575–6576, 7179–7180, 7643, 8729, 8946
  - Nuclear energy
    - presented, 6941
  - Power plant
    - presented, 3545–3547
  - Power plants
    - presented, 445, 533, 806–807, 2141–2142
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 3045–3046, 3324, 3549, 3602–3603, 3665–3666, 4015–4016, 4081–4082, 4192–4193, 4572, 4774–4775, 4882–4883, 5451
  - Renewable energy
    - presented, 8354–8355
  - Smart meters
    - presented, 1989, 4932–4933
  - Violence against women
    - presented, 7385–7386
  - Wind turbines
    - presented, 6209, 7339, 8249
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015
  - comparison with similar events, 439
- Payday loan borrowers
  - credit counselling, 9295
- Personal health information, breaches of privacy
  - general remarks, 7309
- Persons with mental illness
  - stigma, 6447–6448
- Petitions
  - Automotive dealers, 8577
  - Health care funding, 6442, 7137, 7346, 8368, 9031–9032, 9961
  - Hydro rates, 92, 3062, 5120, 6014
  - Off-road vehicles, 3508, 3797–3798, 4383
  - Ontario Disability Support Program, 5239
  - Privatization of public assets, 6492
  - Sepcial-needs students, 8370
  - Special-needs students, 8370
  - Taxation, 6016
- Police record checks
  - exemptions, 5955
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5954–5956
- Political fundraising
  - cabinet ministers' targets, 8355
  - conflict of interest, 8451–8452, 9270–9271, 9411–9412
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3299, 3430–3431
- Power Workers' Union (PWU)
  - ownership of Hydro One shares, 4131, 4192–4193
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - deductible, 8135
  - for low-income groups, 8591
- Private members' public business
  - Child care
    - responded to, 3991
  - Elimination of Ground Current Pollution Act, 2016 (Bill 161)
    - second reading, 7414
  - Ending Predatory Electricity Retailing Act, 2016 (Bill 111)
    - second reading, 4953–4955
  - Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2015 (Bill 59)
    - second reading, 3980–3982, 3987–3988
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (School Bus Camera System), 2014 (Bill 50)
    - second reading, 2075–2076
  - Listening to Ontarians Act (Hydro One and Other Electricity Assets), 2015 (Bill 107)
    - second reading, 4962–4964
  - Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2015 (Bill 130)
    - second reading, 6338–6339, 6344–6345
  - Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Amendment Act (Anti-Fracking), 2015 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 4228–4229
  - Saving the Girl Next Door Act, 2016 (Bill 158)
    - second reading, 7402
  - Transportation of aggregates
    - responded to, 2066–2067
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 8933–8934
- Probation and parole officers
  - understaffing, 7143–7144
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5130
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4594–4595, 4611, 4620
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (Bill 52)
  - second reading, 2632
- Public education campaigns – Anti-discrimination
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 3009
- Public education campaigns – Historical/National
  - Holodomor Memorial Day, 6646
- Public sector workers
  - compensation, 440
- Referenda
  - on privatization of public assets, 1005
  - on ranked ballot system, 8550
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
  - unused contribution room, 2334
- Renewable energy
  - cost to generate, 1710
  - procurement, 8354
- Renewable energy projects
  - contracts, 9411–9412
  - procurement, 9200–9202
- Retirement savings
  - affordability, 3430–3431
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1381–1382
- Salaries
  - general remarks, 557
- School buses
  - stop-arm camera images
    - use as evidence, 2075–2076
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1625–1629
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1667–1670
  - third reading, 2014–2015
- Sedentary lifestyle, 3067
- Senior citizens
  - poverty rate, 2338
- Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 7142–7144
  - third reading, 7875–7876
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 4919, 5096, 5388
  - third reading, 6873
- Smart meters
  - efficacy of, 4932–4933
  - implementation cost, 1989
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8168, 8373, 8392, 8395
- Smoking
  - adverse effects, 8373
- Snowmobilers
  - trail access, 8656–8658
- Statements by stakeholders
  - budget 2014, 440
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5040, 5662–5664, 6039, 6042
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 5268–5273, 5435–5438, 5440
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5810–5813
  - third reading, 6825–6828
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 556–558, 560, 567
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 706–709
- Student grants
  - for families earning less than $50K, 8135–8136
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - government accountability, 2601–2602, 2624, 2713
  - Liberal affiliates under investigation, 2192, 2773–2774
  - offers of employment to candidates, 2247, 2624
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - questioning by police, 2829
- Supply Act, 2015 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2802–2803
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7719–7720
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8609, 8655–8658
  - third reading, 9727–9728
- Teacher strikes
  - general remarks, 4594–4595
  - strike termination at Durham, Rainbow and Peel schoolboards, 4611
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 43–46, 71–72, 105, 109
- Time allocation motions
  - Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
    - responded to, 1466–1469
  - Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
    - responded to, 6680–6682
  - Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
    - responded to, 7118
  - Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
    - responded to, 747–750
  - Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
    - responded to, 3691–3692
  - Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
    - responded to, 5954–5956
  - Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
    - responded to, 1381–1382
  - Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
    - responded to, 1667–1670
  - Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
    - responded to, 5810–5813
  - Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
    - responded to, 706–709
  - Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
    - responded to, 7719–7720
- Tobacco products, illegal sale
  - general remarks, 3067
- Towing industry
  - general remarks, 748–749
- Trail access easements
  - general remarks, 8655–8656
- Trails
  - significance to rural and northern Ontario, 8655
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2117–2120, 2299–2300, 2302
- Tributes
  - Quilty, Leonard Joseph (former member for Renfrew South), 9747–9749
- Union certification
  - card-based, 558, 560
- Unions
  - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), 558
- Waste diversion
  - rates and targets, 7270
  - reform, 9691
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7270, 7496
  - third reading, 9687–9691
- Wind turbine siting
  - on Great Lakes, 8249
  - local decision-making, 8933–8934
- Wind turbines
  - energy production, 6209
- Wind turbines, offshore
  - cancellation of Trillium Power Wind 1 project, 9179
  - development, 7339
- Workers
  - rate receiving minimum wage, 557
- Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)
  - third reading, 9970–9971
Yurek, J. (PC, Elgin–Middlesex–London)
- Addiction treatment services
  - government funding
    - reduction, 6054
- Agricultural labourers
  - minimum wage, 555
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2591–2593
- Alcoholic beverage manufacturers
  - on-site sale of beverages from other manufacturers, 2454
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8774, 9050
- Amputation due to foot ulcer
  - prevention/public education, 8950
- Appreciation
  - Pan/Para Pan American 2015 Games athletes, 5343
  - Special Olympics Ontario athletes, 9711
- Asthma
  - fatalities, 3929–3930
- Automobile accident victims
  - medical assessment, 606
- Automobile insurance
  - committee deputations, 776
- Automobile insurance claims
  - private mediation, 606
- Automobile insurance companies
  - for high-risk drivers, 604
  - managers, designation as health professionals, 604
- Automobile insurance rates
  - free market pricing, 605
  - rate-setting system, 605–606
  - reduction, 604
- Bear control
  - in municipalities, 4830
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1415–1416
- Bible Baptist Temple (St. Thomas) Act (Tax Relief), 2014 (Bill Pr5)
  - first reading, 766
- Budget 2014
  - balanced budget, 73
- Budget deficit, 72, 75
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6614–6615
- Budget speech 2014 (July 14, 2014)
  - responded to, 260–261
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4114–4115
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8117
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4110–4111
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7901–7903, 7905
  - third reading, 9464–9468
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - government funding, 5335
  - transparency and accountability, 7123–7124
- Community Living Ontario, 5162–5163
- Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
  - membership by physicians and nurse practitioners, 5968–5969, 6177, 7099
  - power to order patient transfer or treatments, 5968, 6175
  - statements by stakeholders, 7098–7100
- Correctional centres
  - intermittent centres
    - to relieve overcrowding, 538–539
- Craft brewers, 1416
- Crown land
  - damage to land or property, 8313
- Debt retirement charge (DRC)
  - general remarks, 260
- Development charges
  - effect on home affordability, 5033
- Diabetes care, 6648
- Doctor recruitment
  - on family health teams, 2145, 2934, 3104
- Doctor shortage
  - government response, 5848–5849
- Doctors
  - billing, 8244
  - compensation, 5056, 5848, 6365
- Drivers
  - medical suspensions, 1898
- Economic conditions, 559
- Electoral boundaries
  - adjustment, 5380–5381
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5352, 5366, 5380–5384
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6172–6173
- Electoral reform
  - recall of sitting member, 5382
- Electronic health records (EHRs)
  - privacy protection, 6981
- Emergency service, hospital
  - bed shortage and wait times, 5848
- Emergency service providers
  - response to mental health crises, 5967–5968
- Employment and unemployment
  - employment rate, 1198
  - in southwestern Ontario, 1839
- Energy rates
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 559
  - general remarks, 1836, 2806
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - third reading, 9217–9221
- Estate administration tax
  - regulatory changes, 3279, 5296–5297
- Family dispute resolution, 6704
- Fatalities
  - MacPherson, Dave, 1145, 1216
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 603–607, 735–736
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 776
- Financial literacy
  - in school curriculum, 9050
- Fisheries management zones (FMZs)
  - administration, 4864
- Forest resources management
  - general remarks, 3732
- French schools
  - overcrowding, 4629
- French-language debates
  - Loi de 2015 sur la protection de l'année scolaire, projet de loi 103
    - deuxième lecture, 4629
- Government advertising
  - third-party advertising
    - general remarks, 72, 5382, 5384
- Government credit ratings, 73–74
- Government debt, 73, 2805
- Government record
  - NDP (1990–1995)
    - budget, 1012
    - labour relations, 1012
- Government revenue, 73, 1198
- Government spending
  - general remarks, 74
- Great Lakes
  - algal blooms, 4867
- Great Lakes conservation, effects on industry
  - impact on property owners, 4865
  - as impediment to development, 4869
- Great Lakes conservation, funding
  - sufficient funding, 4867
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 4863–4865, 4867–4869
- Group homes, unlicensed
  - living conditions, 1145, 1215–1216
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 5822–5823, 9582, 9638
  - reducing residency placements, 5848
  - reduction, 5497–5498, 5847–5848, 7502–7503, 7589, 8117
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 6932–6934, 6979–6985, 7210–7213
  - third reading, 9097–9099
- Highway safety
  - on Glanworth overpass, 4198
- Horse racing industry
  - decline
    - impact on farmers, 2593
- Hospital funding, by hospital
  - St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, 2838
- Hunting and trapping
  - fees, 1481, 1681–1682, 2592–2593
- Hydro One Inc.
  - oversight and investigation, 6851
- Hydro One Inc. services
  - service delivery, 1013
- Invasive species
  - classification and identification, 1881–1882
  - eradication process, 1883
  - prevention and funding, 1881–1882, 1884, 1887
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 1880–1891, 3460, 3468–3469, 3474
  - third reading, 5794–5796
- Invasive species inspectors
  - access to land, 1880–1881
  - powers of, 1884
- Invasive species legislation
  - non-compliance penalties, 1883
- Invasive species management
  - cross-border and inteprovincial partnerships, 1889
  - general remarks, 3474
- Invasive species management, landowners
  - compensation, 1884, 1886–1887, 3460, 5795–5796
- Invasive species types
  - Asian carp, 1885–1886, 1890
  - phragmites, 1886, 5795
  - sea lamprey, 1885
- Licence plates
  - obscuring by rear-mounted racks, 9145
- Long-term care
  - government funding, 5848
- Manufacturing industry
  - job losses and layoffs, 261, 555
- Medical laboratories
  - government funding
    - reduction, 6475
- Medical marijuana
  - smoking regulations
    - enforcement, 8185, 9935
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8185
- Medical records
  - privacy breaches
    - patient notification, 9098
- Members' statements
  - Asthma, 4993
  - Baptism of Poland, 9130
  - Bradish, Tom, 2714–2715
  - Canadian Plowing Championships, 332
  - Cancer care, 8408
  - Colorectal cancer, 8082–8083
  - Community Health and Wellbeing Week, 5781
  - Diabetes, 6648
  - Epilepsy, 8256–8257
  - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, 5062
  - Heeman's, 8458
  - Hemophilia, 8627–8628
  - Hospital services, 2838
  - Kierzkowski, Alexandre Ėdouard, 9909
  - Lung disease, 6486
  - Michie, Gordie, 5343
  - Monteith, Ken, 3234
  - Multiple sclerosis, 6010, 9643–9644
  - Myalgic encephalomyelitis, 9259–9260
  - Nurses, 9190–9191
  - Palliative care, 9080–9081
  - Parkinson's Awareness Month, 8500–8501
  - Pharmacists, 7864–7865
  - Polish Constitution Day, 9024
  - Polish Independence Day, 6322
  - Pope John Paul II, 8206, 9536
  - Random Act of Kindness Day, 2428
  - Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Spring Games, 9711
  - St. Thomas Tomcats, 922–923
  - Toth, Mike, 4583
  - Violence Against Women Services Elgin County, 991
  - Wildlife Conservation Day, 1793
  - Wind turbines, 8856
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Elgin–Middlesex–London, 5966–5967
- Members'/ministers' expenses
  - general remarks, 1855–1856
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 9933–9934
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 8079, 8118, 8152, 8849
- Mental health care
  - general remarks, 7859
  - government funding, 5848, 7337, 8079
  - system reform, 6983
- Mental health patients
  - psychiatric assessments, 7099–7100
- Mental health patients, involuntary detention
  - certificates of continuation, 5968–5969, 6175
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 5966–5970, 5977, 6177
  - third reading, 7097–7101
- Mining industry
  - general remarks, 768–769
- Ministerial statements
  - Family Dispute Resolution Week
    - responded to, 6704
  - Forest industry
    - responded to, 3732
  - Lung health
    - responded to, 6808–6809
  - Mining industry
    - responded to, 768–769
  - Probation Officers' Week
    - responded to, 4098
  - Take Our Kids to Work Day
    - responded to, 1049
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - Special Purpose Account
    - annual report, 225–226, 1481, 2592, 3672–3673
    - review and use, 2806
- Multiple sclerosis disease and patients
  - access to employment and treatment, 6010
- Municipal planning
  - advisory committee, 5033
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2859
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - comparable plans, 8964
  - general remarks, 74
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - third reading, 3826, 3831–3836
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8964–8965
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - affordability, 8964
  - on business and labour market competition, 74–75, 260, 3831–3834, 8964–8965
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3244, 3258
- Opposition day motions
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 5847–5849
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 7589
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 1012–1013
- Oral questions
  - Addiction services
    - presented, 6054
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 370–371
  - Asthma
    - presented, 15, 640–641
  - Bear control
    - presented, 4830
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2418–2419, 2542–2543, 2779–2780, 2888, 5277
  - Correctional services
    - presented, 538–539
  - Diabetes
    - presented, 8950
  - Doctor shortage
    - presented, 2145, 2934
  - Fish and wildlife management
    - presented, 225–226, 1481, 1681–1682, 3672–3673
  - Fundraising
    - presented, 8289–8290
  - Health care
    - presented, 6365, 6885–6886
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 3103–3104, 5056, 5497–5498, 5822–5823, 6637, 7502–7503, 8244, 8792–8793, 8849–8850, 9582, 9638
  - Highway safety
    - presented, 4198
  - Home care
    - presented, 5335, 7123–7124
  - Job creation
    - presented, 1839
  - Laboratory services
    - presented, 6477
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 1145, 1215–1216, 7337, 7859, 8079
  - Municipalities
    - presented, 1787–1788
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program
    - presented, 7704
  - Pay equity
    - presented, 5162–5163
  - Pharmacists
    - presented, 5398–5399
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 8670
  - Taxation
    - presented, 3279
  - Wind turbines
    - presented, 382–383, 8152
- Orcas
  - possession and breeding
    - penalties, 3245
- Palliative care
  - awareness, 9080–9081
- Personal health information
  - accessibility
    - by health care providers, 6984
  - patient use and control, 6984
- Personal health information, breaches of privacy
  - general remarks, 6980–6982
  - reporting, 7210–7212
- Persons with mental illness
  - housing, 5969
- Pesticides
  - ban, impact on farmers, 2593
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 8736
  - Asthma, 647–648, 771–772, 1444, 1693, 3768, 3916
  - Correctional facilities, 2490
  - Family Responsibility Office, 4846, 7867
  - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, 600, 649
  - Fishing and hunting regulations, 3239
  - Health care funding, 6157–6158, 7062, 8960
  - Hunting, 2788
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 26, 239
  - Privatization of public assets, 6587
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 6159
  - Water fluoridation, 2559–2560
- Pharmacists
  - scope of practice, 5398–5399, 7865
- Political fundraising
  - conflict of interest, 8289–8290
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness, Research and Care Act, 2015 (Bill 141)
  - third reading, 7091–7093
- Pregnancy loss and infant death
  - awareness day, 7091
  - grief support, 7091–7092
  - research and program development, 7091
- Prescription drugs
  - emergency access, 8117
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - deductible, 7704
- Private members' public business
  - Commission of Inquiry into Accessible Parking in Municipalities Act, 2016 (Bill 187)
    - second reading, 9158
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Number Plates and Carrying Racks), 2016 (Bill 191)
    - second reading, 9145–9146
  - Raise a Glass to Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 2454–2455
  - Rare diseases
    - responded to, 7821–7822
  - Ryan's Law (Ensuring Asthma Friendly Schools), 2015 (Bill 20)
    - second reading, 658–660, 665–666
- Probation and parole officers
  - appreciation, 4098
- Production insurance
  - dedicated fund, 2592
- Property rights
  - trespassing prevention/compensation
    - education and awareness, 8314
    - fines, 8313
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4628–4629
- Provincial and demonstration schools
  - closure, 8670
- Public education campaigns – Children and families
  - Family Dispute Resolution Week, 6704
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - Random Act of Kindess Day, 2428
- Public education campaigns – Education
  - Take Our Kids to Work Day, 1049
- Public education campaigns – Environment
  - Wildlife Conservation Day, 1793
- Public education campaigns – Health
  - Community Health and Wellbeing Week, 5781
  - Daffodil Month, 8408
  - Diabetes Awareness Month, 6648
  - Epilepsy Awareness Month, 8256–8257
  - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day, 5062
  - Lung Month, 6486, 6808–6809
  - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, 9643–9644
  - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Awareness Day, 9259–9260
  - National Colorectal Cancer Month, 8082–8083
  - Parkinson's Awareness Month, 8501–8502
  - Pharmacist Awareness Month, 7864–7865
- Public education campaigns – Professional associations and occupations
  - Probation Officers' Week, 4098
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - third reading, 1855–1856
- Rare diseases
  - treatment funding, 7821–7822
- Referenda
  - on privatization of public assets, 1013
- Ryan's Law (Ensuring Asthma Friendly Schools), 2015 (Bill 20)
  - first reading, 334
  - third reading, 3929–3931
- School boards
  - asthma policies, 15, 640–641, 658–660, 666, 3929–3931, 4993
- Schools
  - anti-bullying legislation, compliance, 370–371
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1449
- Senior citizens
  - health care, 5848
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5031–5035
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8183–8190, 8192
  - third reading, 9933–9935
- Solar farms, 5031
- Statements by stakeholders
  - school boards, asthma policies, 659–660
- Stocks/bonds
  - Ontario Savings Bonds, 74
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - third reading, 6851–6852
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 5576, 5603–5604
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 555, 559
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - Liberal affiliates under investigation, 2418–2419, 2779
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - general remarks, 2542
  - against Gerry Lougheed, 5277
  - investigation, 2780
  - questioning by police, 2888
- Supply Act, 2015 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2805–2806
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8312–8316
- Surgical procedures
  - wait times
    - orthopaedic surgery, 5848
    - transplants, 8793, 8849–8850
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 72–75
- Time allocation motions
  - Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
    - responded to, 6172–6173
  - Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
    - responded to, 776
- Tobacco, contraband
  - general remarks, 8187
  - sale to youth, 9934
- Trail access easements
  - forced or voluntary agreements, 8314
  - transferability, 8313
- Transfer payments
  - to municipalities, 1787–1788
- Tributes
  - Kierzkowski, Alexandre Ėdouard, 9909
  - Monteith, Ken (former warden for Elgin County), 3234
  - Pope John Paul II, 9536
- Vision care
  - eye examinations, 6648
- Voter participation
  - youth ages 16 and 17
    - provisional registration, 5352, 5381–5382
- Wetlands conservation, 7902
- Wildlife management
  - moose population, 1481
- Wildlife protection
  - from illegal killing, 1793
- Wind turbine siting
  - community input/opposition, 8152
  - local decision-making, 8856
  - local support, 382–383
- Youth
  - exposure to the workplace, 1049

House speaker index

Letter: Y

Yakabuski, J. (PC, Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke)

Yurek, J. (PC, Elgin–Middlesex–London)