House speaker index

Letter: V

  • Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming–Cochrane)

    • Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
    • Agricultural education
    • Agricultural events
      • International Plowing Match, 248
    • Agriculture industry
    • All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendment), 2016 (Bill 28)
      • second reading, 545
    • Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Bill 96)
      • third reading, 4516
    • Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114)
    • Appreciation
      • Scott, Laurie (HaliburtonKawartha LakesBrock)
        • Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Bill 96), re, 4516
    • Broadband networks, access to
    • Broader public sector organizations
      • executive salaries, 2291
    • Budget 2017
    • Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134)
    • Budget speech 2017 (April 27, 2017)
    • Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
    • Building inspectors
      • directives to, 7118
    • Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
      • second reading, 1862
      • time allocation motion
    • Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
    • Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174)
      • second reading, 6425
    • Cap and trade
    • Cap and trade, economic impact
      • cost effectiveness, 7514
    • Certified crop advisers
      • restrictions on professional activities, 269–270
    • Child and youth mental health care
    • Child care
    • Committee procedure
      • traveling consultation, 7665
      • witnesses, access to, 7510
    • Committee process
      • role of the public, 7664
    • Committees
    • Community projects, crowdfunding of
    • Conservation authorities
      • meetings, public notice of, 4863
    • Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142)
    • Construction liens
    • Consumer protection
    • Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017 (Bill 154)
    • Dairy industry
      • international trade with United States, 7345
    • Debates re answers to oral questions
      • Hydro rates
    • Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
    • Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
    • Electoral boundaries in northern Ontario
      • changes for Wahnapitae First Nation, 1218–1220, 2206–2207
      • study by Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission
        • limited to two ridings [KRR and TJB], 1218, 1222
    • Electricity billing
      • customers facing disconnection, 327
    • Electricity generating facilities
    • Electricity subsidies
      • delivery charge subsidy for rural Ontario
        • eligibility [low-density rural areas only], 458
    • Employment, precarious
      • general remarks, 6224
    • Energy affordability
    • Energy rate increases
      • due to delivery charges, 388
      • effect on business and labour market competition, 1499
    • Energy reliability, 7295
    • Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
    • Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
      • second reading, 5407
    • Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
    • Farm assistance programs
      • Risk Management Program (RMP)
        • spending cap, 585
    • Farm safety
      • injuries due to distraction or fatigue, 3172
    • Federal government
    • Floods, rainwater
    • Food processors
      • negotiations with vegetable growers
    • Foreign investments, land
      • impact on food security, 7335
      • impact on provincial-international relations
    • French-language debates
      • Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
        • Perspectives économiques et revue financière, 6224
      • Loi de 2018 sur l'équité en matière de marchés publics, projet de loi 194
        • deuxième lecture, 7349
      • Pétitions
    • Government orders
      • Climate change
      • Concurrence in supply
    • Government record
      • Liberal (2003-present)
        • privatization of government services, 7348
    • Government services
      • in northern and rural Ontario, 6522–6523
      • privatization, 6523
      • public-private partnerships, 6527
    • Government tenders
      • information technology (IT), vendor of record (VOR) list, 7347
    • Harmonized sales tax (HST)
      • exemptions
        • for electricity bills, 327
    • Health care
    • Health care in northern Ontario
    • Highway closures
      • due to accidents, 1796
    • Highway maintenance in winter
      • general remarks, 7056
    • Highway safety
      • general remarks, 6218
    • Home inspectors, licensing and regulation
    • Hospital beds
      • shortage
        • in northern Ontario, 6159
    • Hospital construction
    • Hospital funding
    • Housing prices
    • Hydro One Inc.
      • prepayment meters, 6856
      • purchase of Avista Corporation, 7295
      • repurchase by government, 7182
    • Hydro One Inc. privatization
    • Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
    • Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
      • for infrastructure development, 4290
    • Hydro One Inc. shares
      • 40% government ownership, 6524
      • percentage private ownership, 328, 7182
    • International trade agreements
      • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement of Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
        • impact on industry, 7349
      • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    • Legislative procedure
    • Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
    • Local health integration networks (LHINs)
      • as replacement for CCACs, 966
    • Local services boards (LSBs)
    • Long-term care
    • Long-term care beds
    • Long-term care facilities
      • redevelopment
        • general remarks, 6793
    • Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
    • Members' statements
    • Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3172
    • Mental health care
    • Mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation
    • Minimum wage increase
      • general remarks, 6523
      • government assistance, 5407
    • Mining claims
      • electronic mining lands administration system, 1453–1454
    • Ministerial statements
      • Agri-food industry
      • Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
      • Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month
      • Economic outlook and fiscal review
      • International Plowing Match
      • International trade
      • Ontario Agriculture Week
    • Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
    • Nanjing Massacre
      • commemoration, 6005
    • Natural gas billing
    • NDP Party election platform
    • Neonicotinoids
    • New home warranties
    • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
      • renegotiation, 7147
    • Northlander rail service
    • Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
      • power to audit public contractors, 1817
    • OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program
    • Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers (OPVG)
    • Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
    • Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit, 4744–4745
    • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
    • Opposition day motions
    • Oral questions
    • Organic agri-food industry
    • Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
      • second reading, 966
    • Payday loans and lenders
      • interest rate cap, 1886
    • PC Party election platform
      • People's Guarantee
    • Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
      • monthly payments, 7119
    • Pension plans, funding
      • solvency rate, 7119
    • Petitions
    • Political fundraising
      • cabint ministers' quotas, 285
      • conflict of interest, 552–553
    • Political fundraising events
      • attendance by members and political candidates, ban
        • exemption for community events, 555
    • Political fundraising reform
      • debate on a bill that is incomplete, 281
    • Polling stations
      • at reasonable distances in northern Ontario, 1219–1220
    • Prescription drugs
      • universal access to, 4013
    • Private members' public business
      • Affordable Electricity Act, 2018 (Bill 197)
      • Albanian Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 36)
        • second reading, 714
      • Auditor General Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 67)
        • second reading, 1817
      • Flood Avoidance, Insurance and Recovery Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 179)
      • Hospital funding
      • Kickstarting Public Participation Act, 2017 (Bill 77)
      • Life Leases Act, 2017 (Bill 155)
        • second reading, 5580
      • Long-term care
      • Mental health services
      • Nanjing Massacre
      • Northern health services
      • Northern Ontario
      • Organic Products Act, 2017 (Bill 153)
      • PANDAS/PANS
      • Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie), 2018 (Bill 186)
      • Putting Voters First (Election Amendment) Act, 2016 (Bill 75)
        • second reading, 2046
      • Supporting Agricultural Experts in their Field Act, 2016 (Bill 4)
      • Transparency in Gas Pricing Act, 2017 (Bill 146)
    • Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
      • second reading, 768
      • time allocation motion
    • Protectionist policies
    • Provincial infrastructure
      • general remarks, 6522
    • Public assets
    • Public education campaigns - Agriculture
      • Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month, 2753–2754
      • Canadian Agriculture Safety Week, 3172
      • Ontario Agriculture Week, 648
    • Public procurement, reciprocal access
    • Public sector employees
      • on sunshine list, 3610
    • Public transportation
      • in northern Ontario, 6867
    • Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 59)
    • Ranger Survey Systems Canada Inc. Act, 2016 (Bill Pr55)
    • Regulations
    • Regulatory burdens
      • agri-food industry, 5189
    • Renewable energy contracts
      • cancellation of, 7295
      • feed-in tariff (2009), 7346
    • Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 152)
      • second reading, 5094
    • Residential buildings
      • rainwater tanks, 6572
    • Ring of Fire development
    • Road maintenance
    • Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
      • second reading, 2934
    • Sales, door-to-door
    • Schools in rural Ontario
    • Speaker's rulings
      • Points of order
        • Debate on matters sub judice
    • Speed limits
      • reduction of, in community safety and school zones, 2934
    • Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166)
    • Strikes, college faculty
    • Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 177)
    • Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
    • Sudbury by-election 2015
      • allegations of offer of employment/political office to Glenn Thibeault, 1354–1355
    • Supply Act, 2017 (Bill 111)
    • Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89)
    • Teacher misconduct
      • protection from wrongful accusations, 768
    • Throne speech debate
    • Time allocation motions
      • Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114)
      • Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134)
      • Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
      • Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
      • Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
      • Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
      • Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
    • Transportation
      • bus service
        • northern Ontario, 4744
      • northern Ontario, 6521–6522
      • passenger rail service
    • Transportation infrastructure
      • northern Ontario, 5094
    • Tributes
      • Black, Ken (former member, Muskoka—Georgian Bay), 4008–4009
      • Bolan, Michael George (former member, Nipissing), 4488–4489
      • Havrot, Edward (former member, Tmiskaming), 5224
    • Wildlife protection
      • moose population, 1187
    • Wireless services
  • Vernile, Hon. D. (LIB, Kitchener Centre)

    • Agriculture industry
    • Algonquins of Ontario land claim
      • agreement with Ontario and federal government, 891
    • Arts and culture
      • Celebrate Ontario grants, 7637
    • Automated speed enforcement systems
    • Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
      • second reading, 4868
    • Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
      • second reading, 1771
    • Bullying prevention
    • Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
      • second reading, 1570
    • Businesses, small and medium-sized
    • Cap and trade auction
    • Cardiac care
      • St. Mary's General Hospital (Kitchener)
        • government funding, 416
    • Child care
      • 100,000 licensed spaces for zero to 4 age group, 86
    • Clean technology
      • research and development, 1122
    • Climate change
      • government strategy, 6617
    • Coal-fired electricity generation
      • plant closures, 3612
    • Community safety zones
      • definition of, 2921
    • Concussion prevention and management
    • Craft distillers
      • commission rate [from LCBO], 1771
    • Debates re answers to oral questions
    • Development charges
      • exemption for secondary suites, 675
    • Driver licences
      • medical suspension, 262
      • reinstatement after medical suspension
        • wait times, 262
    • Economic growth, 3031–3032
    • Education funding
      • rural schools, 1789
    • Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
    • Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
    • Electricity price mitigation
      • general remarks, 5970
    • Employment and unemployment
    • Employment standards
    • Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
    • Financial literacy
      • programs
        • government funding, 3167
    • Fuel market
    • GO Transit service expansion
    • GO Transit stations
    • Government data
      • Open Government Partnership, 2012
    • Government orders
    • Harmonized sales tax (HST)
      • rebate on provincial share (8%)
        • for electricity bills, 85
    • Highway safety
    • Hospital service expansion
    • Immunization
    • International trade
      • diversification, 5876
      • impact on small and medium-sized businesses, 5877
      • trade missions, 683
    • International trade agreements
      • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 2291–2292
    • Leaves of absence
      • for survivors of domestic or sexual violence, 6858–6859
      • for survivors of domestic or sexual violence [paid leave], 5345–5346
    • Legislative procedure
      • debates
        • speech should relate to matter being discussed, 2930
    • Living wage
    • Members' statements
    • Members'/ministers' constituencies
    • Members'/ministers' correction of record, 5979
    • Members'/ministers' remarks
    • Minimum wage increase, economic impact
      • on small business, 5415
    • Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
      • second reading, 2001
    • Municipal governments
    • Municipal infrastructure
    • Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act (Councillor Pregnancy and Parental Leave), 2016 (Bill 46)
      • first reading, 898
    • Nutrition for children
      • breakfast programs, 4362
    • Ontario history
      • German population, 689
    • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
      • general remarks, 2671
      • impact on long-term energy costs, 5970
    • Oral questions
    • Parental leave
    • Payments to health care professionals/organizations, disclosure of
      • general remarks, 5546
    • Petitions
    • Police officers
      • suspension without pay, 6699
    • Political contributions
      • ban on corporate and union donations, 426
      • maximum allowable donations, reduction, 551
    • Political fundraising
      • per-vote allowance, 426
    • Post-traumatic stress disorder
      • leadership summit, 1018
    • Private members' public business
      • Domestic and Sexual Violence Protection Act, 2017 (Bill 157)
      • Driver licences
        • responded to, 262
      • Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act (Councillor Pregnancy and Parental Leave), 2016 (Bill 46)
      • Safe Texting Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 19)
      • Transportation planning
    • Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
    • Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
    • Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
      • second reading, 759
    • Public education campaigns - Community development
      • Say Hi Day, 198
    • Public education campaigns - Health
    • Public education campaigns - Historical/National
      • German Remembrance Day, 1624
    • Public education campaigns—Anti-discrimination
    • Public libraries
    • Racism and anti-racism, Islamophobia, 3666–3667
    • Refugees
      • health service clinics
        • Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre, 849
    • Renewable energy
    • Research and development
      • technology sector
    • Road safety
    • Rohingya Muslims
      • persecution of, 5933
    • Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 (Bill 193)
    • Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
    • Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
    • Settlement agencies for refugees
      • government funding, 73
    • Sexual abuse of patients
      • general remarks, 3328
    • Sexual violence and harassment
      • in the workplace, 6858
    • Social housing
      • as municipal responsibility, 671, 818
    • Speed limits
    • Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
    • Stringer, Rowan
    • Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
      • second reading, 4165
    • Theatre
      • Canadian Music Theatre Project, 2959
    • Throne speech debate
    • Transfer payments
      • Transfer Payment Administration Modernization, 1353
    • Transit system expansion
      • high-speed rail routes to Kitchener, 4685–4686
      • transit hub in downtown Kitchener, 77
    • Transit systems
    • Transportation planning
    • Tributes
    • Vehicles, self-driving
    • Voter participation
    • Voters
      • provisional registration for youth age 16 and 17, 1207
    • Waste diversion
    • Water extraction
      • system review, 725
    • Water fluoridation
      • municipal responsibility/jurisdiction, 700
    • Youth employment