Speaker letter g House Hansard index Parliament 41 Session 2

House speaker index

Letter: G

Gates, W. (NDP, Niagara Falls)
- Affordable housing, supply
  - shortage, 674
- Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1332–1334
- Aggregate resources management
  - environmental protection, 1333
- Alcoholic beverage industry
  - government support, 6981
- Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Bill 96)
  - second reading, 3434
- Automobile insurance
  - rates
    - decrease in, 6857–6858
- Automobile insurance rates
  - reduction, 4500
- Budget speech 2017 (April 27, 2017)
  - responded to, 4284, 4289–4290
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
  - second reading, 1761, 1771
- Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1549, 1554, 1563
- Casinos
  - procurement process
    - in Niagara Falls, 2237
- Child protection workers
  - job-related stress, 5987–5988
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - allocation of funds, 1089
- Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 4951–4953, 4955, 4958, 4962–4963, 5324–5325
- Construction liens
  - prompt payment regime, 4951, 4963
- Crime
  - changes in nature of, 6770
- Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 5198, 5208, 5436
- Dementia and other neurological conditions, 3467
- Development
  - Randwood resort
    - opposition to, 7683
- Driving, distracted
  - general remarks, 3245
- Driving, impaired
  - general remarks, 2450, 3243
- Duma, Dan
  - restriction on access to palliative home care, 1598
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 447–451
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1338–1341
- Electoral boundaries in northern Ontario
  - review and consultation
    - involvement of First Nations people, 1339
- Emergency service providers
  - working conditions, 7275
- Employment creation
  - general remarks, 1775
- Energy affordability
  - for the general public, 92, 390, 665, 1715
  - for seniors, 4360
  - for small business owners, 1716, 3191
- Energy industry
  - rates in a publicly-owned system, 1045–1046
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
  - second reading, 5419, 5427
- Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7465–7468
- Gasoline prices
  - affordability, 6965
  - competitive pricing, 7170
  - contributing factors, 7170
- GO Transit service expansion
  - to Niagara region, 144–145
- Government record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - budget deficit, 3633–3634
    - energy, 6761
    - long-term care, 7413
    - manufacturing industry, 7466–7467
- Government service transfer
  - to municipalities, 3041–3042, 3044
- Great Lakes conservation
  - sewage spills, 6825
- Habitual absenteeism/lateness
  - causes of, 7702–7703
  - single-parent households, 7702
- Highway maintenance in winter
  - agreement with Carillion Canada, 7233
- Highway safety
  - coroner's inquest, 6156–6157
- Home and community care
  - for-profit agencies, 1088
  - standards of care, 1089
- Home care
  - privatization, 5551
- Horse racing industry
  - Fort Erie Race Track, audit of, 7436–7437
  - Woodbine Racetrack, policies, 4202
- Hospital construction
  - by hospital
    - in Niagara Falls, 689–690
- Hydro One Inc.
  - executive salaries, 2393
  - prepayment meters, 6761
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 4284
  - public opinion, 101, 145, 4061, 4289–4290
  - transparency and accountability, 6761
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on electricity rates, 29
- International trade
  - with United States
    - border closures/delays, impact on manufacturing industry, 7466
- International trade agreements
  - Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement of Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
    - impact on industry, 7467
- Lockouts
  - teachers of Niagara Catholic District School Board, 3014
- Long-term care
  - hours of care per patient, 6827
  - spousal separation/reunification, 1300, 1409–1410, 3274, 7159–7160
  - wait times, 7413
- Long-term care beds
  - shortage, 7159–7160
- Long-term care patients
  - minimum hours of care, 3274
- Lyme disease
  - treatment for, cost of, 4361
- Magnetic resonance imagers (MRIs)
  - wait times
    - Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN, 1138–1140, 1146
- Manufacturing industry
  - decline
    - due to Canadian dollar value, 7467
    - due to cost of electricity, 1777
    - due to North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 7466–7467
- Medical assistance in dying (MAID), providers
  - conscience rights, 2829
- Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 2364, 2541, 2829
- Members' statements
  - Dementia, 3467
  - Drinking and driving, 2450
  - First responders, 7275
  - Fort Erie Race Track, 953
  - Gasoline prices, 6965
  - Hydro rates, 29, 1582, 2393
  - Labour dispute, 5977
  - Lions and Lioness Clubs, 3970
  - Long-term care, 6827
  - Lyme disease, 4361
  - Miszk, Julianne, 1307
  - Niagara Falls hospital, 689–690
  - Occupational health and safety, 1972
  - Ovarian cancer, 4995
  - Resort development, 7683
  - Skilled trades, 1922–1923
  - Student assistance, 368–369
  - Teachers' labour dispute, 3014
  - World Teachers' Day, 5568–5569
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 31, 5208
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1339, 2450
- Members/ministers quoting Hansard, 6900–6901
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 449
- Minimum wage increase
  - general remarks, 5419
  - government assistance, 5427
- Ministerial statements
  - Halloween safety
    - responded to, 6090
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 3041–3042, 3044
- Municipal funding
  - general remarks, 3247–3249
- New home warranties
  - dispute resolution, 5845, 5849, 6099–6100, 6898–6899
- New homes sector
  - board appointments, 5848, 6105
  - builder registry, 5849
  - consumer advocate, 5847
  - consumer protection, 6102, 6899
  - deposit protection, 5846
  - public consultation, 6899–6901
  - separation of administrative authorities, 5846
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  - impact on auto industry, 7466
- Occupational health and safety
  - in skilled trades, 1771
  - training, 5198, 5208
- 1049491 Ontario Inc. Act, 2017 (Bill Pr58)
  - first reading, 2297–2298
- Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
  - interest relief, 368
- Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
  - advertisement of on hydro bills, 6909
- Opposition day motions
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 389–391, 1045–1046
  - Hydro rates
    - responded to, 1715–1717, 3190–3191
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 7413
  - Pharmacare
    - responded to, 3987–3988
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 665, 6761
  - Provincial debt
    - responded to, 3632–3634
  - School closures
    - responded to, 2767
- Oral questions
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 4500, 6857–6858
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 5100–5101, 5160–5161
  - Casinos
    - presented, 2237
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 6732
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 5768–5769
  - Government advertising
    - presented, 6909
  - Highway safety
    - presented, 6156–6157
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 4302, 4617, 5233–5234, 7436–7437
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 2444, 2960, 3505–3506, 4360
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 1300, 1409–1410
  - School facilities
    - presented, 7135–7136
  - Water quality
    - presented, 6825
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - presented, 7233
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015, sports facilities
  - Hamilton stadium
    - built through P3, 4955
- Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 1088–1089, 1091
- Payday loans and lenders
  - interest rate cap, 1775
- Pedestrians
  - safety of, 3242
- Petitions
  - Accident benefits, 6832
  - Child care, 1077–1078
  - Dental care, 692
  - Employment standards, 7689
  - Hydro rates, 3270–3271
  - Lyme disease, 1541
  - Privatization of public assets, 1540, 1753, 2024
- Police officers
  - responding to mental health crises, 6770–6771
- Police services
  - outsourcing to private organizations, 6305, 6765
- Political contributions
  - ban on corporate and union donations, 448
- Private members' public business
  - Child Abuse Prevention Month Act, 2017 (Bill 170)
    - second reading, 5987–5988
  - Colleges Week
    - responded to, 2036–2037
  - Compassionate Care Act, 2017 (Bill 182)
    - second reading, 7159–7160
  - Fairness in Petroleum Products Pricing Act, 2017 (Bill 183)
    - second reading, 7170
  - Health care
    - presented, 1138–1140
    - responded to, 1146
  - Home Care and Community Services Amendment Act (Dan's Law), 2016 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 1598
  - Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Maple Wine and Mead), 2017 (Bill 184)
    - second reading, 6980–6981
  - Liquor Statute Amendment Act (Sale of Spirits Manufactured for Brand Owners), 2017 (Bill 116)
    - second reading, 4090
  - Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 3274
  - Simcoe Day Act, 2017 (Bill 159)
    - second reading, 5363–5364
  - Student Absenteeism and Protection Act, 2018 (Bill 198)
    - second reading, 7702–7703
  - Transportation planning
    - responded to, 5357
  - Water fluoridation
    - responded to, 699
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 3490
- Professional engineering
  - industrial exception, 1554, 1563
- Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 674
- Prompt Payment Act, 2014 (Bill 69)
  - general discussion, 4958
- Protecting a Woman's Right to Access Abortion Services Act, 2017 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 5642
- Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
  - second reading, 3132, 3136
- Public education campaigns - Children
  - Child Abuse Prevention Month, 5987
- Public education campaigns - Education
  - World Teachers' Day, 5568–5569
- Public education campaigns - Historical/National
  - Simcoe Day, 5363–5364
- Public education campaigns—Education
  - Colleges Week, 2036–2037
- Public transit
  - impact on manufacturing industry, 7465–7466
- Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 59)
  - second reading, 1773–1777
- Racetracks (horse racing)
  - Fort Erie
    - government support, 5233–5234
- Regulations
  - need to safeguard, 5436
- Renewable energy contracts
  - overspending on, 148
- Road safety
  - school and community safety zones
    - automated speed enforcement, 4337–4339
    - lawn signs, 4334
    - time limits on, 4333
- Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
  - second reading, 6305, 6765, 6770–6771
- Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
  - committee process, 4278, 4343
  - second reading, 3241–3251
  - third reading, 4278–4279, 4332–4339, 4343–4344
- Sales, door-to-door
  - ban, 1773–1774
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92)
  - second reading, 2529
- School closures
  - in rural Ontario, 2767
- Schools
  - as community hubs, 7135–7136
- Senior citizens
  - active living programs, 3132
- Skilled trades
  - occupational health and safety, 1922–1923, 1972
- Skilled tradespeople
  - certification, 6901
- Speed limits
  - reduction of in community safety and school zones, 4334–4336
  - reduction of, in community safety and school zones, 3244
- Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 5757–5758, 5844–5853, 6097, 6099–6102, 6105
  - third reading, 6898–6903
- Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
  - second reading, 5551
- Strikes
  - Unifor, General Motors Plant (Ingersoll), 5100–5101, 5160–5161
- Strikes, college faculty
  - general remarks, 5977
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
  - second reading, 4060–4061
- Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89)
  - second reading, 2709–2710, 2719, 2808–2809, 2815
- Tarion
  - fees collected
    - surplus, 5850–5851, 6097
  - oversight, 5847, 6901
- Teacher strikes
  - work-to-rule, 2529
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 92, 101, 107–108, 144–149, 152
- Ticket sales and purchase
  - consumer protection, 5851–5852
  - transparency
    - number of tickets available, 6732, 6902–6903
- Time allocation motions
  - Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
    - responded to, 7465–7468
- Transportation planning
  - Highway 7-Acton bypass, study of, 5357
- Truck safety
  - standards and enforcement, 6157
- Union certification
  - card-based system, 146
- Universities and colleges
  - Niagara College, 2036–2037
- Voter participation
  - youth engagement, 1339–1340
- Waste disposal
  - in Niagara River, 5768–5769
- Water fluoridation
  - access by remote communities, 699
- Wind turbine siting
  - community input, 3490
- Workers
  - pension and benefit security
    - upon corporate restructure or bankruptcy, 146–147
Gélinas, F. (NDP, Nickel Belt)
- Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
  - third reading, 3649, 3653–3655
- All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendment), 2016 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 535, 542
- Ambulance services
  - patient transport, non-hospital, 5682, 7037
- Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3525, 3534
- Australia
  - buget, gender-based, 3679
- Automated speed enforcement systems
  - in community safety and school zones, 2914
  - implementation of, by municipalities, 2915
- Bills/sections
  - title translation
    - Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194), 7343
- Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134)
  - second reading, 4696
- Budget speech 2017 (April 27, 2017)
  - responded to, 3917–3921, 4288–4289
- Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
  - second reading, 4849
  - third reading, 6548–6549
- Building construction, truss and lightweight (TLC)
  - identification, in case of fire, 3476–3477
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1941–1942
- Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1497–1498, 1567
- Cancer treatment drugs
  - coverage for medication taken at home, 5930
  - shortage, 2789–2790
- Cannabis, recreational
  - as gateway to tobacco use, 7072
  - supply and demand
    - in northern Ontario, 6149
- Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174)
  - second reading, 6149
- Chemotherapy drugs
  - shortage, 2740–2741
- Chief Electoral Officer
  - communication with the public
    - not restricted to print media, 2212–2213
- Child and youth mental health care
  - wait lists, 7599
- Collective bargaining, education
  - in French, 2524–2525
  - stakeholder consultation, 2523
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - allocation of funds, 967–969
  - transparency and accountability, 2101
- Community health centres (CHCs)
  - definition of, 5675–5676, 7032
- Community health facilities
  - oversight, 7032
  - regulatory requirements
    - posting of inspection reports/orders, 7034
    - reporting incidents, 7034
- Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 5320
- Construction liens
  - prompt payment regime, 5320
- Dental care
  - access to, 5716
- Diabetes management
  - funding
    - of offloading devices, 6515
- Diabetes treatment
  - government funding for, 4442
- Diagnostic imaging
  - PET scanner in northern Ontario, 6463
  - wait times
    - northern Ontario, 5105
- Disaster relief
  - for Gogama oil spill, 788
- Doctor shortage
  - in northern Ontario, 108
- Doctors
  - salary negotiations
    - relations with government, 110
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 446
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1195–1201, 1203–1204, 1337, 1343–1344
  - third reading, 2211–2214
- Electoral boundaries in northern Ontario
  - changes for Wahnapitae First Nation, 1199–1200, 1337, 2211–2212
  - review and consultation
    - involvement of First Nations people, 1195–1196
  - study by Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission, 2213–2214
    - limited to two ridings [KRR and TJB], 1203–1204
- Electoral boundaries in northern Ontario, reform
  - creation of Kiiwetinoong and Mushkegowuk ridings
    - indigenous representation in, 5095
  - creation of Mushkegowuk-James Bay riding
    - indigenous representation in, 5830
    - use of Mushkegowuk name, 5830
  - general remarks, 5830
- Electoral process
  - proportional representation, 1201
- Electoral reform
  - candidates
    - prohibition on acceptance of bribes, 2043–2044
- Electricity billing
  - customers facing disconnection, 810
  - customers in arrears, 811
- Electricity subsidies
  - delivery charge subsidy for rural Ontario
    - eligibility [low-density rural areas only], 639
- Electronic medical records (EMRs)
  - data gathering
    - privatization, 944–945, 1687
- Emergency service, hospital
  - wait times, 2011–2012
- Energy affordability
  - for hospitals, 3048–3049
  - in northern Ontario, 312
  - for seniors, 811
- Energy rate increases
  - caused by privatization of energy industry, 321
  - due to delivery charges, 811
- Energy supply
  - reliability
    - northern Ontario, 6483–6484, 6966
- Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 4406, 4415–4419, 4422
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
  - second reading, 4917
- Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
  - second reading, 7343, 7362–7364
- Family Caregiver Day Act, 2016 (Bill 66)
  - first reading, 1485–1486
- Family caregivers
  - day of recognition, 7035
  - respite care, 968
- Fatalities
  - Rea, Ken and Ray Walter (firefighters), 3476
- Francophones
  - equitable access to health care, 970, 972, 2104, 2172
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
    - Loi de 2016 modifiant la Loi sur les services de soins à domicile et les services communautaires (Loi Dan), projet de loi 54
      - deuxième lecture, 1600
    - Loi de 2016 sur le Mois du patrimoine libanais, projet de loi 60
      - deuxième lecture, 1594
    - Loi de 2017 sur la protection contre la violence familiale et sexuelle, projet de loi 157
      - deuxième lecture, 5350
    - Loi de 2017 sur le ministère de la santé mentale et des dépendances, projet de loi 149
      - deuxième lecture, 5007
    - Loi de 2017 sur le ministère de la Santé mentale et des dépendances, projet de loi 149
      - deuxième lecture, 5001
  - Budget de l'Ontario de 2017, 3917–3918
  - Débat sur le discours du trône, 110–112
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Dallaire, Michel, 4362
    - Éducation postsecondaire en français, 1749
    - Jour des Franco-Ontariens et des Franco-Ontariennes, 197
    - Université de l'Ontario français, 6737–6738
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Immigration francophone, 1313, 6025
    - La Francophonie, 2900–2901
    - Services en français, 1489
  - Dépôt des projets de loi
    - Loi de 2016 sur l'Université de l'Ontario français, projet de loi 18
      - première lecture, 200
    - Loi de 2017 sur les services en français dans les bureaux de circonscription des députés, projet de loi 102
      - première lecture, 2798–2799
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Politiques énergétiques, 1041
    - Privatisation des biens publics, 664
  - Loi de 2016 donnant la priorité aux patients, projet de loi 41
    - deuxième lecture, 970, 972
  - Loi de 2016 modifiant des lois en ce qui concerne les élections, projet de loi 45
    - deuxième lecture, 1201–1202
  - Loi de 2016 sur la promotion du logement abordable, projet de loi 7
    - deuxième lecture, 815
  - Loi de 2017 modifiant des lois en ce qui concerne l'aide médicale à mourir, projet de loi 84
    - deuxième lecture, 2355, 2359–2360
  - Loi de 2017 modifiant la Loi sur la négociation collective dans les conseils scolaires, projet de loi 92
    - deuxième lecture, 2524–2525
  - Loi de 2017 modifiant la Loi sur la sécurité professionnelle et l'assurance contre les accidents du travail (prestations pour état de stress post-traumatique), projet de loi 151
    - deuxième lecture, 5022
  - Loi de 2017 pour des frais d'électricité équitables, projet de loi 132
    - deuxième lecture, 4417
  - Loi de 2017 pour un Ontario plus fort et plus juste (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 177
    - troisième lecture, 7123
  - Loi de 2017 sur la sécurité accrue des zones d'école, projet de loi 65
    - deuxième lecture, 2913–2914, 2916
  - Loi de 2017 sur le renforcement de la protection des consommateurs ontariens, projet de loi 166
    - deuxième lecture, 5758–5759, 6039
  - Loi de 2017 visant à réduire les formalités administratives inutiles, projet de loi 154
    - deuxième lecture, 5179–5180
  - Loi de 2018 sur l'équité en matière de marchés publics, projet de loi 194
    - deuxième lecture, 7343, 7364–7365
  - Loi Rowan de 2018 sur la sécurité en matière de commotions cérébrales, projet de loi 193
    - deuxième lecture, 7216
  - Pétitions
    - Éducation en français, 526
    - Éducation postsecondaire en français, 3879
    - Politiques énergétiques, 4627, 6568, 7534
    - Prévention du tabagisme chez les jeunes, 5819, 6518–6519
    - Privatisation des biens publics, 1492
    - Prix de l'essence, 2903–2904, 4367, 7644
    - Secours aux sinistrés, 1928
    - Services de santé mentale, 5940–5941
    - Soins de longue durée, 1857–1858, 3174–3175, 3517, 5071, 6625, 6875
  - Questions orales
    - L'Université de l'Ontario français, 195–196, 2137
    - Santé et sécurité au travail, 5162–5163
    - Services en français, 241–242, 5973, 7676–7677
- French-language education
  - Université de l'Ontario français, 7123
- Gasoline prices
  - regulation of, provincial, 7172
- Greater Sudbury Utilities (GSU)
  - acquisition of Hydro One customers, 812–813
- Group purchasing organizations
  - in health care, accountability and transparency, 7036
- Health care
  - integration of local services
    - stakeholder consultation, 971
  - privatization, 5676–5677, 7030
  - wait times, 3209
- Health care professionals
  - continuing education, pharmacare, 5680
  - protection of privacy, 3130
  - workplace violence, 6559–6560
- Health clinics
  - private clinics, 2889, 2954–2955, 3007–3008, 3049–3050
- Healthy eating
  - EatRight Ontario, 7578–7579
- Highway safety
  - in northern Ontario, 2862–2863
- HIV/AIDS
  - prevention and treatment, 1967
- Home and community care
  - access to, 967–968
  - exclusion from interprovincial billing agreement, 1601
  - standards of care, 2102
  - wait times, 966, 2100
- Homeless persons
  - in northern Ontario, 3862
- Hospital beds
  - shortage, 6021, 6232
  - shortage/surplus, 3161–3162, 3898–3899, 4014, 4243–4244, 5452–5453, 5504–5505
    - Brampton Civic Hospital, 4495
  - temporary, 6012–6013
  - unfunded beds
    - Peterborough Regional Health Centre, 5659–5660
- Hospital funding
  - below inflation rate, 109, 3918, 4769
  - underfunding, 7232
- Hospital maintenance
  - urgent need hospitals, disclosure, 109
- Hospital services
  - capacity and overcrowding, 6232, 7230–7231
    - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 7520–7521
    - Queensway Carlton Hospital, 7316
- Hospital workers
  - job losses, 2517–2518
- Hospitals
  - occupancy rates, 7231
    - The Hospital for Sick Children, 7431–7432, 7474–7475
  - overcrowding, 3660
  - private-public partnerships, 6959
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 4406, 4416–4417, 6484
  - public opinion, 812
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on electricity rates, 4419
- Immunization
  - non-medical exemptions, 3125–3126
  - reporting to public health units, 3126
  - school programs, 4464, 4642–4643
  - school programs, exemptions, 4642–4643
- Independent health facilities
  - as community health centres, 5676, 7032
  - government funding, 5677
  - regulatory requirements, 5677
  - renamed "community health facilities," 7034
- Indigenous communities, health care
  - equitable access, 2172
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Strike and Lock-Out Information), 2017 (Bill 118)
  - first reading, 3265
- Leaves of absence
  - sick leave, 4917
  - for survivors of domestic or sexual violence [paid leave], 916
- Legislative procedure
  - quorum, 2456, 2913
- Licence plates
  - peeling of lamination, 2914
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - appointment of supervisors, 2172
  - contracts, for-profit agencies, 2103
  - as replacement for CCACs, 969, 974–975
  - transparency and accountability, 970
- Local health integration networks (LHINs), expansion of mandate
  - general remarks, 970–971, 2102–2103
- Local services boards (LSBs)
  - transparency, 2001
- Long-term care
  - hours of care per patient, 6120, 7380–7381
  - patient choice of home, 973
  - patient placements, distance from home, 7399
  - spousal reunification, 7193, 7398
  - spousal separation/reunification, 1309
- Long-term care beds
  - redevelopment, 5872–5873
- Long-term care facilities
  - boards of directors
    - responsibility and accountability, 7035
  - redevelopment
    - Cassellholme, 7035
- Long-term care facilities, regulation of
  - inspection and enforcement
    - right to counsel, staff, 7035
- Long-term care facilities, restraints and confinement
  - vs secure units, requirements, 5678
  - staff-to-patient ratio, 5678–5679
- Long-term care homes
  - closures
    - Toronto, 5872
- Long-term care, minimum standard of care, 6184–6185, 7035
  - staffing levels, 5679
- Long-term care patients
  - abuse or neglect, 945–946
  - murder of patients in London and Woodstock, 1179
  - safety, 1179
- Lougheed, Gerry
  - appointment to Greater Sudbury Police Services Board, 1299
- Lung disease
  - cost to health care, 7072
- Lung health
  - government initiatives, 7072
- Lung Health Act, 2017 (Bill 71)
  - third reading, 7072
- Magnetic resonance imagers (MRIs)
  - wait times
    - in northern Ontario, 1144
- Meat, wild/game
  - uninspected, serving of
    - by indigenous organizations, 7037
- Medical assistance in dying (MAID)
  - access to
    - in rural and northern communities, 2358, 3751–3752
  - coroner oversight, 2353–2354, 3748
  - death certificate designation, 3748
  - in other jurisdictions, 2354–2355, 3747–3748
  - protection of survivor rights and benefits, 2354
  - transfer of patients, 2357
  - workplace insurance claims, 2354
- Medical assistance in dying (MAID), providers
  - conscience rights, 3750
    - care coordination services, 3754
  - health care facilities
    - freedom of information requests, 3749–3750
  - immunity from civil liability, 2354
  - protection of privacy, 2354
  - registered nurses, 3749, 3753
- Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 2318, 2353–2362, 2367–2368, 2533–2534
  - third reading, 3746–3756
- Medical devices
  - air chambers, coverage for children under age 12, 7034–7035
- Medical laboratories, outpatient
  - privatization of, 4465–4467
- Medical laboratory services
  - reorganization, 3127–3128
- Medical radiation and imaging
  - definition of, 5682
  - diagnostic medical sonography
    - performed by nurses, 7035
- Medical radiation and imaging technologists, 5682
- Members' statements
  - Anniversary of NDP in Nickel Belt/Sudbury East, 4893
  - Bridge rehabilitation, 2018
  - Community Health and Wellbeing Week, 415–416
  - Diabetes treatment, 6515
  - Disaster relief, 642–643
  - Franco-Ontarian Day, 197
  - Gagnon, Jean, 4619–4620
  - Government services, 7326
  - Highway signs, 3513
  - Hospital funding, 2517–2518
  - Hospital services, 6021
  - Kivi Park, 3061
  - Labour dispute, 6563–6564
  - Lively District Secondary School, 5339
  - Long-term care, 1309
  - Myalgic encephalomyelitis, 4201–4202
  - Pharmacare, 7529
  - Power outages, 6966
  - Rural schools, 954
  - School closures, 524
  - Shared services organizations, 1923–1924
  - World MS Day, 4734–4735
- Members'/ministers' appreciation
  - Hoskins, Eric (St. Paul's), 7364
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Nickel Belt, 5339
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 6029
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 916
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of carnations, 454
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - pins, 7528
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 410
- Mental health and addictions
  - Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, creation of, 5001, 5007
- Mental health and addictions services
  - government funding, 7599
- Mental health care
  - government funding, 5681–5682
- Mental health units
  - overcrowding, 5660
- Mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation
  - continued contamination, 1742
  - funding for assessment, 190
  - remediation of Wabigoon River, 128–129, 1742
- Mineral exploration
  - online staking, implementation of, 3654–3655
- Minimum wage
  - increase to $15, 2387–2388
- Ministerial statements
  - Treaties recognition
    - responded to, 1489–1490
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - directive powers
    - regulatory colleges, 3130–3131
- Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Act, 2017 (Bill 149)
  - first reading, 4829
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2001, 2781, 2971–2973, 2975, 2979
- Municipalities
  - revenue tools/generation, 2979
- Navigating the Journey to Wellness: The Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan for All Ontarians (Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions)
  - recommendations, implementation of, 5000
- NDP
  - 50th anniversary in Nickel Belt, 4893
- Nurse Practitioner Week Act, 2016 (Bill 63)
  - first reading, 1485
  - third reading, 2091–2092
- Nurse practitioners
  - appreciation week, 2091–2092
  - prescriptions, coverage by ODBP, 3127
  - salary increase, 1479
  - scope of practice, 1479
- Occupational health and safety
  - accreditation process for businesses, 1942
- Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
  - auditing of municipal councils, 2971–2972
- OHIP+
  - coverage interruptions/drugs not covered, 7529
- OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program
  - coverage to age 25, 4141
- Oil spill in Gogama, Ontario
  - clean up by CN Rail, 519–520, 642–643, 1198, 3874, 4151
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT)
  - classification and scope of practice for trades, 1941
- Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
  - Ontario drug benefit formulary
    - authorized prescribers, 5682, 7035
- Ontario Electricity Support Program
  - funding for low-income groups, 811
- Ontario Place
  - sale of lands, 1567
- Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 312, 321
  - third reading, 810–813
- Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit, 4696
- Opioid abuse
  - overdose deaths
    - as public health emergency, 4538–4539
- Opposition day motions
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 6483–6485
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 4225–4226
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 6232–6233
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 7398–7400
  - Mental health services
    - responded to, 7599
  - Pharmacare
    - responded to, 3984–3985
  - School closures
    - responded to, 2768–2769
- Oral questions
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 1299, 1305, 1349–1350, 4824
  - Cancer treatment
    - presented, 2740–2741, 2789–2790, 5930
  - Dental care
    - presented, 5716
  - Diagnostic services
    - presented, 6463
  - Disaster relief
    - presented, 74–75, 519–520, 788, 3874
  - Electronic health information
    - presented, 944–945, 1687
  - Health care
    - presented, 2011–2012, 2889, 2954–2955, 3007–3008, 3049–3050
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 890, 2184–2185, 3209
  - Healthy eating
    - presented, 7578–7579
  - HIV/AIDS strategy
    - presented, 1967
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 24, 3161–3162, 3660, 3898–3899, 4014, 4243–4244, 4495, 4769, 5105, 5504–5505, 5659–5660, 6959, 7231–7232, 7431–7432, 7474–7475
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 5452–5453, 6012–6013, 6996, 7230–7231, 7316, 7520–7521
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 639, 2446, 3048–3049
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 6316–6317, 6781
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 945–946, 5872–5873, 6120, 7193, 7380–7381
  - Mercury poisoning
    - presented, 128–129, 190, 1742
  - Minimum wage
    - presented, 2387–2388
  - Nurse practitioners
    - presented, 1479
  - Nursing home deaths
    - presented, 1179
  - Opioid abuse
    - presented, 4538–4539
  - Personal support workers
    - presented, 410–411
  - Pharmacare
    - presented, 3765–3766, 4124, 4295–4296, 4442, 7432–7433
  - Prescription drug abuse
    - presented, 296
  - School closures
    - presented, 1620–1621
  - School funding
    - presented, 3822–3823
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 6559–6560
- Ornge
  - mismanagement, 4225–4226
- Palliative care
  - access to, 2356–2357, 7161
  - as alternative to medical assistance in dying, 2318
  - at home, 7161
  - services, 7161
- Parental recognition
  - for same-sex co-parents, 535
- Parks
  - Kivi Park
    - built in memory of John and Susanna Kivi, 3061
- Patient ombudsman
  - reporting requirements, 5681, 7037
- Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 966–975
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 2100–2104
  - third reading, 2171–2173
- Payments to health care professionals/organizations
  - definition of, 7036
- Payments to health care professionals/organizations, disclosure of
  - general remarks, 5679–5680
  - public database, 7036
    - compassionate programs, 7036–7037
- Personal health information
  - accessibility
    - by Health Quality Ontario (HQO), 5680–5681
  - protection of privacy, 972, 2103–2104, 2171, 4466
- Personal support workers
  - hours of work, decrease, 410–411
  - pay increase implementation, 110
  - working conditions, 967, 2101
- Peter Kormos Memorial Act (Trillium Gift of Life Network Amendment), 2017 (Bill 117)
  - first reading, 3265
- Petitions
  - Accident benefits, 7395–7396
  - Anti-smoking initiatives for youth, 4834, 5110, 5242, 5397, 5941, 6091–6092, 6324, 6473–6474, 7532
  - Anti-smoking intiatives for youth, 6401–6402, 6787
  - Cancer treatment, 6276–6277
  - Child care, 1190, 3019, 3626, 3880, 4306, 6093, 6872–6873, 6922
  - Dental care, 900, 1363, 2024, 3312, 6092, 6322
  - Disaster relief, 32–33, 202, 305, 470–471, 528, 599, 802–803, 957–958, 1030, 1628, 3903–3904, 4137, 4738, 4898–4899, 6137, 7250–7251
  - Employment standards, 471, 1422–1423, 2454, 3108, 3905–3906
  - Energy policies, 956, 2074, 3671, 5622, 5891, 6744
  - Gasoline prices, 84, 1031, 1424, 2755, 3314–3315, 4254–4255, 4309, 5069, 5342, 6520, 6566, 6626, 6690–6691, 6742–6743, 6789, 7007, 7113–7114, 7150, 7248, 7329, 7533, 7597
  - Government services, 7328, 7642
  - Health care funding, 469
  - Hospital funding, 203–204, 422, 901–902, 1855–1856, 3904, 7203, 7251
  - Long-term acre, 5889
  - Long-term care, 83, 1031, 1491, 1700, 1927, 2198–2199, 2302, 2304, 2623–2624, 2800, 2902, 3421–3422, 3469–3470, 3671–3672, 3779, 3881, 3980, 4307, 4691, 5111–5113, 5170, 5242, 5621, 5672, 5817–5818, 5939, 6027, 6091, 6136, 6169, 6275–6276, 6323–6325, 6400, 6565–6566, 6742, 6833, 6874, 6924, 7067–7068, 7112, 7204, 7249–7250, 7330, 7397, 7535, 7596, 7642
  - Lung disease, 3878
  - Lung health, 3064–3065
  - Mental health services, 4898, 4998
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 1587, 2968–2969, 4365, 5112
  - Organ donation, 5243–5244, 6568
  - Pharmacare, 6028, 6472
  - Primary health care, 2622
  - Privatization of public assets, 82, 302, 599, 805, 1697, 1929, 3313, 3515, 4135
  - School closures, 2246, 2351–2352, 2682, 2757, 4785
  - Shingles vaccine, 1586, 1627, 2452–2453
  - Speed limits, 1699
  - Veterans, 1258–1259, 4209
  - Winter highway maintenance, 4944, 6171, 6228, 6323–6324, 6567, 7065
- Pill presses, for counterfeit opioid production
  - ban, 5132
- Police officers
  - responding to mental health crises, 6707
- Police services
  - outsourcing to private organizations, 6768
- Polling stations
  - at reasonable distances in northern Ontario, 1196
- Prescription drug abuse
  - reporting of deaths from opioid overdose, 296
- Prescription drugs
  - cost for seniors, 109
  - preferred provider networks, 5746, 7037
  - universal access to, 3765–3766, 3985, 4124, 4295–4296
  - universal coverage, 7432–7433
- Primary health care
  - interprofessional primary care teams
    - government funding, 2358–2359
  - wait times, 108–109
- Privacy of patients
  - and hospital overcrowding, 6232
- Private hospitals
  - oversight, 7033–7034
  - redefined as community health facilities, 7032–7033
- Private members' public business
  - Compassionate Care Act, 2017 (Bill 182)
    - second reading, 7161
  - Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 (Bill 26)
    - second reading, 916
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 3686–3687
  - End Age Discrimination Against Stroke Recovery Patients Act, 2016 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 475–476
  - Fairness in Petroleum Products Pricing Act, 2017 (Bill 183)
    - second reading, 7172
  - Firefighters
    - responded to, 5127
  - Free My Rye Act (Liquor Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 50)
    - second reading, 2869
  - Health care
    - responded to, 906–907, 1144
  - Home Care and Community Services Amendment Act (Dan's Law), 2016 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 1601
  - Illegal Pill Press Act, 2017 (Bill 126)
    - second reading, 5132
  - Improving Post-Stroke Recovery for All Act, 2016 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 475–476
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 5014
  - Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Act, 2017 (Bill 149)
    - second reading, 5000–5001, 5007
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 3679
  - Putting Voters First (Election Amendment) Act, 2016 (Bill 75)
    - second reading, 2043–2044
  - Rea and Walter Act (Truss and Lightweight Construction Identification), 2017 (Bill 105)
    - second reading, 3476–3477
  - Safe Texting Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 19)
    - second reading, 2862–2863
  - Time to Care Act (Long-Term Care Homes Amendment, Minimum Standard of Daily Care), 2017 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 6184–6185, 6190–6191
- Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
  - second reading, 3124–3133, 3322
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4463–4468
  - third reading, 4642–4644
- Public education campaigns - Culture
  - Franco-Ontarian Day, 197
- Public education campaigns - Health
  - Community Health and Wellbeing Week, 415–416
  - International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, 4201–4202
  - World MS Day, 4734–4735
- Public health care
  - impact on population health, 973
- Public health units
  - funding, 5680
- Public procurement, reciprocal access
  - regulations limiting
    - impact on NAFTA renegotiations, 7363
- Racism and anti-racism
  - race-based data collection, collection and use, 3525, 3534
- Rare diseases
  - coverage for high-cost drugs, 906–907
- Renewable energy contracts
  - overspending on, 4415–4416
- Rent control
  - impact on supply, 3857
  - units built after 1991, inclusion of, 3789–3790
- Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124)
  - second reading, 3789–3790, 3857, 3862, 3908, 3912
- Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae First Nation), 2016 (Bill 73)
  - first reading, 1750
- Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 152)
  - second reading, 5095
  - third reading, 5829–5831
- Retirement homes
  - governance, 5678
  - restraints and confinement, use of, 5678, 7031
- Road safety
  - school crossing zones, 2915–2916
- Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 (Bill 193)
  - second reading, 7216
- Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
  - second reading, 6707, 6768
- Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
  - second reading, 2914–2917
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92)
  - second reading, 2461–2462, 2523–2525, 2527
- School closures
  - in northern Ontario
    - impact on French immersion students, 3822–3829
    - Rainbow District School Board, 524, 954, 4288
  - in rural Ontario, 2462, 2527, 2769
- Schools in rural Ontario
  - government funding, 3822–3823
    - funding model, 1620–1621
- Senior citizens
  - active living programs, 3124–3125
- ServiceOntario
  - in northern and rural communities, 7326
- Sexual abuse of patients
  - licence suspension or revocation, 3129
  - patient supports, 3129–3130
  - study by taskforce, 4467
  - zero-tolerance policy, 4643–4644
- Shared service organizations
  - transparency and accountability, 1923–1924
- Speaking Out About Workplace Violence and Workplace Harassment Act, 2017 (Bill 192)
  - first reading, 7108
- Speed limits
  - reduction of, in community safety and school zones, 2914
- Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
  - second reading, 5675–5684, 5746
  - third reading, 7030–7037
- Strikes
  - Sudbury Counselling Centre, 6316–6317, 6563–6564, 6781
- Stroke rehabilitation
  - for people age 20 to 64, 475–476
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
  - second reading, 4141, 4146, 4151, 4155–4156
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - allegations of offer of employment/political office to Glenn Thibeault, 1305, 1349–1350
  - charges laid against Pat Sorbara, 4225, 4824
- Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89)
  - second reading, 2692
- Surgical procedures
  - corneal cross-link surgery
    - government funding, 2184–2185
  - wait times
    - online data, 890
- Temporary help agencies
  - workers' rights, protection of, 3686–3687
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 108–110, 112
- Time allocation motions
  - Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
    - responded to, 1941–1942
  - Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
    - responded to, 2100–2104
  - Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
    - responded to, 4463–4468
- Time to Care Act (Long-Term Care Homes Amendment, Minimum Standard of Daily Care), 2016 (Bill 33)
  - first reading, 591–592
- Tributes
  - Gagon, Jean, 4619–4620
- Université de l'Ontario français Act, 2016 (Bill 18)
  - first reading, 200
- Voter participation
  - youth engagement, 1343–1344
- Watershed conservation
  - research permits, 6548–6549
- World War II
  - service of indigenous soldier Charles Henry Byce
    - commemoration, 1196–1197
Gravelle, Hon. M. (LIB, Thunder Bay–Superior North)
- Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1158–1163, 1321–1322, 1327, 1331
- Aggregate resources management, consultation
  - stakeholder consultation, 1321
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 562–563
- Film and television production industry
  - funding in northern Ontario
    - through Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, 1302–1303
- Health care
  - transparency, 5548
- Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI)
  - program participation
    - extended to smaller consumers, 316
- Mining claims
  - electronic mining lands administration system, 1159–1160, 1322, 1327
- Mining industry
  - economic impact, 1161–1162
  - government funding, 1066
  - government support, 1072–1073
  - mineral development strategy, 1159
- Ministerial statements
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 1072–1073
- Municipal planning, inclusionary zoning
  - general remarks, 1001
- Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 316
- Oral questions
  - Mining industry
    - responded to, 1066
  - Northern Ontario film industry
    - responded to, 1302–1303
  - Ring of Fire
    - responded to, 1060–1061
- Payments to health care professionals/organizations
  - definition of, 5548
- Payments to health care professionals/organizations, disclosure of
  - general remarks, 5548
- Political fundraising events
  - attendance by members and political candidates, ban, 562
- Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1001
- Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 744
- Ring of Fire development
  - consultation with indigenous communities, 1331
  - stakeholder consultation, 1060–1061
- Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
  - second reading, 5548–5549
Gretzky, L. (NDP, Windsor West)
- Aggregate resources
  - transport of, 1453
- Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1450, 1453, 1456–1457
- Aggregate resources management, consultation
  - with indigenous community, 1450, 1457
- Appreciation
  - Awuku, Mark, 6785
  - Cargill, Darren, 6785
- Autism treatment
  - services, for adolescents, 4196–4197
- Automated speed enforcement systems
  - in construction zones, 3234
  - fining of vehicle owner, 3235
- Automobile industry
  - general remarks, 5443–5444
- Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
  - second reading, 5247–5250
  - third reading, 6928, 6935, 6937–6939, 6941, 7046
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
  - second reading, 1679, 1861, 1866–1867
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1942–1943
- Canadian Club Brand Heritage Centre
  - sale of contracted spirts on site, 4086–4087
- Cannabis
  - transportation of, 6445
- Cannabis, regulation of
  - stakeholder consultations, 6446
- Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6445–6446
- Child and youth mental health care
  - wait lists, 7133–7134, 7611
- Child care
  - affordability of
    - social and economic impact on families, 373–374
- Child protection system
  - government funding, 2807
  - Katelynn's Principle, 1810–1811
- Collective bargaining, education
  - general remarks, 2480–2482
- Committee procedure
  - time allocation, 6667
  - witnesses, access to, 6445–6446
- Community Living Ontario
  - government funding, 4202
- Conservation authorities
  - government funding, 5248, 6937
- Conservation authorities, reform
  - cost to municipalities, 6937, 6941
- Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 4879–4880, 5484–5487, 5492
- Construction liens
  - prompt payment regime, 5486–5487
- Deaf or hearing impaired persons
  - services
    - Canadian Hearing Society, 2797
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Housing policy
    - presented, 6294–6295
- Developmental services
  - government funding, 6667
  - Passport program, funding
    - wait lists, 4247
- Diabetes management
  - school-age children, 1583
- Disaster relief
  - for flood victims in Windsor area, 4822, 5248
  - Windsor–Essex, 4894
- Driver licences
  - reinstatement after medical suspension
    - wait times, 264
- Duma, Dan
  - restriction on access to palliative home care, 1595–1596
- Early childhood educators
  - salary and benefits, 1065–1066, 1075–1076
- Economic conditions, 3635–3636
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 570
- Empowering Home Care Patients Act, 2016 (Bill 35)
  - first reading, 592
- Energy affordability
  - for the general public, 28–29, 2063, 6916
  - for low-income groups, 2235
  - for small business owners, 2062–2063
- Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 4376–4377, 4395, 4414
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4431–4433
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
  - second reading, 5443–5444
- Firefighter training, cold and swift water
  - private, regulation of, 5124
- Firefighters
  - appreciation, 590
- First Nations police services
  - general remarks, 6849
- Floods
  - damage caused by
    - in Windsor area, 6937
- Food banks
  - usage rates, 5564–6665
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Duma, Dan, 1022
  - Loi de 2016 protégeant les élèves, projet de loi 37
    - deuxième lecture, 756
- Government record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - health care, 7611
    - long-term care, 7412
- Group homes, unlicensed
  - fire code compliance, 6124–6125, 6294–6295
  - living conditions, 6860, 6911–6912
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - exemptions
    - for electricity bills, 354–355
- Health care
  - wait times, 2389–2390
- Hindu community
  - heritage month, 2090–2091
- Hindu Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 56)
  - third reading, 2090–2091
- Home and community care
  - as alternative to hospitalization, 975
  - exclusion from interprovincial billing agreement, 961, 1079–1080, 1595–1596
- Home Care and Community Services Amendment Act (Dan's Law), 2016 (Bill 54)
  - first reading, 1024–1025
- Home inspectors, licensing and regulation
  - general remarks, 1653
- Homeless persons, support services
  - government funding
    - Windsor, 5286
- Housing prices
  - affordability, in Windsor, 3792–3793
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 5893–5895
  - public opinion, 657, 4376, 4395, 4432
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on electricity rates, 378–379
  - lost revenues, 1082, 1702
- Immunization
  - non-medical exemptions, 3356
- Islamophobia, 2402–2403
- Judges
  - sexual assault law training, 6335–6336
- Judicial system
  - handling of sexual assault cases, 6334–6335
- Labour disputes
  - Canadian Hearing Society, 3509–3510, 3773–3774, 3828
- Land use planning
  - official plans, consideration for climate change, 6937
- Leaves of absence
  - unpaid leave
    - auto sector, 7269, 7638–7639
- Legislative procedure
  - motions
    - time allocation, 6445, 6666
- Licence plates
  - peeling of lamination, 3235
- Lockouts
  - staff of Nipissing and Parry Sound Children's Aid Society, 2807–2808
- Medical assistance in dying (MAID)
  - coroner oversight, 2587–2588
  - funding, 2589
  - protection of survivor rights and benefits, 2587
  - stakeholder consultation, 2588, 2591
  - support for families and providers, 2725, 4180
  - workplace insurance claims, 2588
- Medical assistance in dying (MAID), providers
  - immunity from civil liability, 2587
  - protection of privacy, 2588
- Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 2587–2589, 2591, 2725
  - third reading, 4180
- Members' statements
  - Awuku, Mark and Darren Cargill, 6785
  - Canadian Hearing Society, 3828
  - Canadian Hearing Society workers, 2797
  - Community Living Ontario, 4202
  - DeVos, Betsy, 5515
  - Diabetes, 1583
  - Duma, Dan, 1022
  - Dunn, Ron, 2138
  - Employment standards, 7638–7639
  - Energy policies, 6916
  - Firefighters, 590
  - Flooding in Windsor and Essex county, 4894
  - Hydro rates, 28–29, 1853
  - Labour dispute, 1255, 5612–5613, 6085
  - Law enforcement, 1071
  - McCurdy, Howard, 7325
  - Occupational health and safety, 1971
  - Polish community, 3512–3513
  - Public services, 2517
  - School industry, 414
  - Sterling Fuels, 3372
  - Windsor mental health services, 6319
  - Windsor Spitfires, 4620
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Windsor West, 4620
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1811
- Mental health care
  - access to, 2588
  - beds, Hôtel-Dieu Grace (Windsor), 7609
- Ministerial statements
  - Child care
    - responded to, 373–374
  - Child care workers
    - responded to, 1075–1076
  - Computer Science Education Week
    - responded to, 2196–2197
  - International Women's Day
    - responded to, 7687
  - National Teen Driver Safety Week
    - responded to, 801–802
  - Social workers
    - responded to, 7687–7688
  - World Teachers' Day
    - responded to, 648
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - directive powers
    - regulatory colleges, 3357–3358
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2502–2503, 2979–2982
- Municipal councils
  - meetings
    - remote participation, 2980
    - remote voting, 2982
- Occupational health and safety
  - accreditation process for businesses, 1861, 1942–1943
  - inspections/proactive field visits, 1866–1867
  - Sterling Fuels, 3372
- Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
  - auditing of municipal councils, 2981
- Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve
  - development project, 6928, 6938–6939
- Ontario College of Teachers, disciplinary committee
  - disclosure of information to the accused, 1437–1439
  - notice of hearings, 754–755
  - registrar, fluency in English and French, 756
- Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
  - Canadian residents new/returning to Ontario
    - immediate coverage for end-of-life care, 1022
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - to be replaced by Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, 5247
  - reform, 6937
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), appeal process
  - cost of, 6939
- Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 221–222
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 354–355
- Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
  - impact on long-term energy costs, 4414
- Opposition day motions
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 378–379, 1042
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 5893–5895
  - Hydro rates
    - responded to, 1702–1704
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 7411–7412
  - Mental health services
    - responded to, 7610–7611
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 657
  - Provincial debt
    - responded to, 3637–3638
  - School closures
    - responded to, 2764–2766
- Oral questions
  - Academic testing
    - presented, 1017–1018
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 6960–6961
  - Assistance to flood victims
    - presented, 4822
  - Child care workers
    - presented, 1065–1066
  - Children's mental health services
    - presented, 7133–7134
  - College students
    - presented, 6778
  - Education funding
    - presented, 72–73, 951
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 7269
  - Group homes
    - presented, 6860, 6911–6912
  - Health care
    - presented, 2389–2390
  - Homelessness
    - presented, 5286
  - Housing policy
    - presented, 6124–6125
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 2062–2063, 2235, 2514
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 3509–3510, 3772–3773
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 7582–7583
  - Poverty
    - presented, 5564–5565
  - School closures
    - presented, 1851
  - School transportation
    - presented, 193–194
  - Services for the developmentally disabled
    - presented, 4196–4197, 4247
- Parental leave
  - extension for municipal councillors, 2502, 2979–2980
- Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 961, 974–975, 1079–1082, 1093
- Pay equity
  - government initiatives
    - funding for, 3679
- Payday loans and lenders
  - ban, 1667
- Persons with developmental disabilities
  - funding for services, 4261–4262
- Petitions
  - Child care, 1076, 1698, 1856, 2572
  - Employment standards, 7397
  - Home care, 1586, 2396
  - Hospital funding, 803, 1803, 3219
  - Hydro rates, 250–251
  - School closures, 2147, 2574
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 3583, 4256, 4366, 4628, 4690
  - Water fluoridation, 3833–3834, 5470
- Police officers
  - with disabilities, employment rights, 6852
  - responding to mental health crises, 6319
- Police services
  - outsourcing to private organizations, 6849, 6852
- Political fundraising reform
  - public consultation, 570
- Prescription drugs
  - transportation of, 6445
  - universal access to, 4260–4261
- Private members' public business
  - Anti-racism activities
    - responded to, 2402–2403
  - Driver licences
    - responded to, 263–264
  - Firefighters
    - responded to, 5124
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (School Bus Camera Systems), 2017 (Bill 94)
    - second reading, 2408
  - Home Care and Community Services Amendment Act (Dan's Law), 2016 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 1594–1596, 1601
  - Katelynn's Principle Act (Decisions Affecting Children), 2016 (Bill 57)
    - second reading, 1810–1811
  - Lebanese Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 60)
    - second reading, 1593
  - Liquor Statute Amendment Act (Sale of Spirits Manufactured for Brand Owners), 2017 (Bill 116)
    - second reading, 4086–4087
  - Mandatory Sexual Assault Law Training for Judicial Officers Act, 2017 (Bill 120)
    - second reading, 6334–6336
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 3679
- Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 819
- Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
  - second reading, 3355–3358
- Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 750–761, 775–776
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 881–884
  - third reading, 1436–1439
- Public education campaigns - Education
  - World Teachers' Day, 648
- Public education campaigns - Health
  - Diabetes Awareness Month, 1583
- Public education campaigns—Culture
  - Lebanese Heritage Month, 1593
- Public education campaigns—Education
  - Computer Science Education Week, 2196–2197
- Public education campaigns—Professional associations and occupations
  - Social Work Week, 7687
- Public education campaigns—Public safety
  - National Teen Driver Safety Week, 801–802
- Public education campaigns—Women
  - International Women's Day, 7687
- Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 59)
  - second reading, 1652–1653, 1667
  - third reading, 3391
- Rent control
  - vacancy decontrol, 3791–3792
- Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124)
  - second reading, 3791–3795, 3798–3799, 3843–3844
- Road safety
  - school zones, 3234–3235
  - teen drivers, 801–802
- Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
  - second reading, 6849–6850, 6852
- Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
  - committee process, 4276
  - second reading, 3233–3238
  - third reading, 4266, 4276
- Sales, door-to-door
  - consumer protection, 1653
- School board budgets
  - funding reduction, 758
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92)
  - second reading, 2479–2484, 2492
- School bus drivers
  - shortage, 193–194, 414
- School buses
  - safety, 3236
  - stop-arm camera images
    - use as evidence, 2408
- School closures
  - community input, 759, 781
  - lack of funding, 2764–2765
  - Windsor area, 1851
- School facilities
  - repair backlog, 72–73, 648, 776
- School safety
  - for both students and teachers, 751
- Senior citizens
  - mental health funding, 7582–7583
- Sewage and water services
  - insurance, 6937–6938
- Sexual abuse by teachers
  - 1996 report by Justice Robins, 752
  - 2012 report by Justice LeSage
    - recommendations, 753
  - teacher certification
    - revocation, 750
- Sexual abuse of patients
  - patient supports, 3356
- Sexual assault
  - capacity to consent, 6335
- Skilled trades
  - occupational health and safety, 1971
- Social housing
  - funding for maintenance and repairs, Toronto, 3843
  - maintenance and repair, 819
  - wait lists, 6960–6961
- Social workers
  - government funding, 7687–7688
- Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
  - second reading, 5860
- Strikes
  - education support staff, Unifor 2458, 1255
- Strikes, college faculty
  - general remarks, 5612–5613, 6085
  - student reimbursement, 6778
- Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 177)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6666–6667
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4260–4262
- Student evaluation
  - standardized tests
    - technical issues [literacy test - OSSLT], 951
- Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89)
  - second reading, 2806–2809
- Teacher misconduct
  - disciplinary process
    - transparency, 752–753
  - online disclosure, 755, 1438–1439
- Time allocation motions
  - Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
    - responded to, 1942–1943
  - Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174)
    - responded to, 6445–6446
  - Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
    - responded to, 4431–4433
  - Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
    - responded to, 354–355
  - Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
    - responded to, 881–884
  - Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 177)
    - responded to, 6666–6667
  - Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
    - responded to, 4260–4262
- Tributes
  - Carton, Gordon (former member for Armourdale), 5918–5919
  - McCurdy, Howard, 7325
- United States
  - visits by politicians
    - DeVos Betsey (Secretary of Education), 5515

House speaker index

Letter: G

Gates, W. (NDP, Niagara Falls)

Gélinas, F. (NDP, Nickel Belt)

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

Gretzky, L. (NDP, Windsor West)