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Yakabuski, J. (PC, Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke)
Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Bill 96)
Appreciation
athletes of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, 31
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)
Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
Cap and trade
costs, disclosed on natural gas bills, 2060
Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142)
Construction liens
prompt payment regime, 5479
Disaster relief
affected by flooding of Bonnechere River system, 3899–3900
for flood victims
Renfrew– Nipissing– Pembroke, 5881
Domestic violence offenders
conditional release, 243
monitoring, 243
Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
Elections/by-elections
use of vote counting equipment, 1286
Electoral reform
candidates
prohibition on acceptance of bribes, 2044–2045
Electric power failures
northeast blackout of 2003, 215–216
Elevators
out-of-service, impact on seniors and persons with disabilities, 3691
Energy affordability
Energy contracts
Energy production
oversupply, sale to other jurisdictions, 220
Energy rate increases
due to global adjustment charge, 41
effect on business and labour market competition, 42–43
review by Auditor General, 656
Energy rates, additional charges
global adjustment charge
retroactive payment to Northland Power, 1175
Energy reliability
Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
Forest industry
endangered species regulations, 7525
Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2017 (Bill 93)
Gasoline tax revenue
Government advertising
Government consultants
Government notice of motions
Government record
Liberal (1985-1990)
international trade, 7370
Liberal (2003-present)
Highway construction projects
expansion of Highway 417, 4500
Highway 17
Holodomor commemoration, 1696
Home inspectors, licensing and regulation
Housing supply
Hydro One Inc. privatization
repurchase by government, 3186
Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
actuarial loss of $80 million, 1009 , 1175
Land use planning, reform
Leaves of absence
for survivors of domestic or sexual violence [paid leave], 5346
Legislative procedure
Lobbying
mandatory waiting period, extension of, 4220
Long-term care homes
Loyalty reward points
prevention of expiration, 1136
Magnetic resonance imagers (MRIs)
Manufacturing industry
decline
due to cost of electricity, 7371
due to economic conditions, 7370
plant closures
Medical assistance in dying (MAID), providers
Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
Medical laboratories, outpatient
Members' statements
Algonquin College, 5515–5516
Bishop, Melissa, 31
Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley, 6163–6164
Disaster relief, 5881
Hike for Hospice, 4685
Museums, 7482
Nuclear industry, 643
Propane industry, 414
Village of Cobden, 2796
Walk for homelessness, 2569
Waste recovery facility, 6084–6085
Members'/ministers' constituencies
Members'/ministers' remarks
Mental health care
Millar Wajer Holdings Inc. Act, 2017 (Bill Pr67)
Minimum wage
Minimum wage increase
general remarks, 7131
implementation period, 6263
Minimum wage increase, economic impact
Ministerial statements
Holodomor
Hydro rates
National Holodomor Awareness Week
Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2016 (Bill 21)
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
directive powers
regulatory colleges, 3357
Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
Municipal councils
meetings
remote participation, 2975
Museums
New home warranties
Nuclear energy
role in energy system, 643
Occupational health and safety
employer-mandated unsafe footwear
Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP)
Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit, 4697
Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
Opposition day motions
Energy policies
Government accountability
Hydro rates
Pharmacare
Privatization of public assets
Oral questions
By-election in Sudbury
Disaster relief
Energy policies
Forest industry
Government's record
Highway improvement
Hydro rates
Hydro rebates
Long-term care
Mental health services
Minimum wage
Personal support workers
Small business
Victims of crime
WSIB hearing aid program
Personal support workers
Petitions
Dental care, 1490 , 1975 , 2754 , 3017
Hydro rates, 803 , 1129 , 1361 , 1697 , 2197–2198 , 2350–2351 , 3018
Injured workers, 6689
Long-term care, 5890
School bus safety, 6472 , 7250
Water fluoridation, 3174
Police officers
complaints filed against, 7546
responding to mental health crises, 7547
suspension without pay, 6706
Police services
public consultation, 6707
Police services boards
Political fundraising
cabint ministers' quotas, 1987
Private members' public business
Domestic and Sexual Violence Protection Act, 2017 (Bill 157)
Employment standards
Fairness in Minimum Wage Act, 2017 (Bill 172)
Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2017 (Bill 93)
Health care
Ontario budget
Ontario Craft Beer Week Act, 2017 (Bill 107)
Protecting Rewards Points Act (Consumer Protection Amendment), 2016 (Bill 47)
Putting Voters First (Election Amendment) Act, 2016 (Bill 75)
Putting Your Best Foot Forward Act, 2017 (Bill 168)
Reliable Elevators Act, 2017 (Bill 109)
Tax Fairness for Realtors Act, 2017 (Bill 104)
Propane
Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
second reading, 3356–3357
time allocation motion
Public education campaigns - Agriculture
Ontario Agriculture Week, 5574
Public education campaigns—Historical/National
Holomodor Awareness Week, 6741
Public education campaigns—Professional associations and occupations
Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 59)
Real estate agents
personal real estate corporations, 3072
Regulatory burdens
Renewable energy contracts
Renewable energy projects
right of municipalities to refuse, 219
Rent control
Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124)
second reading, 3786 , 3790
time allocation motion
Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
Sales, door-to-door
School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92)
Speed limits
reduction of, in community safety and school zones, 2279
Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166)
second reading, 6100
time allocation motion
Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
Students
Sudbury by-election 2015
allegations of offer of employment/political office to Glenn Thibeault, 1688
Temporary help agencies
workers' rights, protection of, 3683
Throne speech debate
Ticket sales and purchase
Time allocation motions
Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124)
Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166)
Ukrainian community
125th anniversary of immigration to Canada, 2178
Universities and colleges
Victim services
Voter participation
Waste diversion
Wind turbine projects
suspension of Windstream Energy project
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
hearing aid program, 4770
Yurek, J. (PC, Elgin–Middlesex–London)
Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
Aggregate sites
public opposition to, 1447
Appreciation
Breast cancer
awareness and prevention, 523
Budget 2017
Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
Cardiac care
Cardiac Fitness Institute, closure of, 7190–7191
Child and youth mental health care
emergency services and hospitalization, 7498
government funding, 7498
hospitalizations, increase in, 7601
wait lists, 7601
wait times, 7575
Child and youth mental health care
Children with disabilities
Chiropractors and chiropractic medicine
chiropractors as health service providers, 2170
Committee process
Community care access centres (CCACs)
Community centres
Community health facilities
regulatory requirements
posting of inspection reports/orders, 6952
Consumer protection
Debates re answers to oral questions
Diagnostic services
Fish and wildlife management
Pharmacare
Dental care
Diabetes
Diabetes treatment
offloading devices
availability through Assistive Devices Program, 1412–1413
wound care
review by expert panel, 1413
Diagnostic imaging
Diseases
Doctors
Domestic violence
campaigns against
Shine the Light on Woman Abuse, 953
Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
Electricity price mitigation
Emergency service, hospital
Energy affordability
in rural Ontario, 1859
for small business owners, 1019
Energy rates, additional charges
global adjustment charge, 2614
Eye tattoos/jewelry
Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
Federal government
taxation policy, small business, 5237
transfer payments
Fishing management zones
Flu immunization
Francophones
French-language debates
Government orders
Government record
Liberal (2003-present)
NDP (1990-1995)
Health care
Health care funding
Health care professionals
Health care reform
Health Quality Ontario (HQO)
disclosure exemption, 7026
Home and community care
new government agency
relationship with SEIU, 6207
Hospital beds
Hospital closures
Welland County General Hospital, 4728
Hospital construction
Hospital services
Hospitals
occupancy rates
The Hospital for Sick Children, 7476
Human trafficking
government response, 7232
Hunting and angling
Aylmer District Stakeholder Committee, 7691
licences
special purpose account
special purpose fund
tag availability, 7692
Immunization
Infants
congenital heart disease (CHD), 2393
Legislative procedure
government bills
quorum, 3727
Local health integration networks (LHINs)
appointment of board members, 936
recommendations by Association of Ontario Health Centres, 930
as replacement for CCACs, 928 , 932
transparency and accountability, 931
Local health integration networks (LHINs), expansion of mandate
Long-term care
government funding, 6231
recommendations by Ontario Long Term Care Association, 930
Lung health
Medical assistance in dying (MAID), conscience rights
Medical assistance in dying (MAID), providers
Medical assistance in dying (MAID), referrals
effective referrals, 4553
Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
Medical emergencies
Medical laboratory services
Medical radiation and imaging
regulatory requirements, enforcement of
Medicine professional corporations
Members' statements
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 3214–3215
Anniversary of Polish Constitution, 3971
Baseball championships, 5463
Breast cancer, 523 , 5397
Colorectal cancer, 2961–2962
Community Health and Wellbeing Week, 299
Congenital heart disease, 2393
Daffodil Days, 3776
Dentist Day, 3830
Diabetes, 6162–6163 , 6216–6217
Doctors' Day, 3901
Flu immunization, 588–589
Kennington, D.J., 2517
Kidney disease, 2894
Lupus Awareness Month, 732
Malnutrition, 2619–2620
Men's Cancer Health Awareness Month, 366–367
Movember, 6129
Myalgic encephalomyelitis, 4203–4204
Organ and tissue donation, 3373
Osteoporosis, 1854
Palliative care, 4252
Parkinson's disease, 3418
Pharmacists, 3167–3168
Public consultation, 5816
Pulmonary hypertension, 1623
Shine the Light on Woman Abuse Campaign, 6271–6272
STEAM Centre, 2677
Steelway Building Systems, 246
Veterans Memorial Garden, 6022
Violence against women, 953
World Alzheimer's Day, 197
World Diabetes Day, 1414
World MS Day, 4732–4733
World Suicide Prevention Day, 28 , 4829
Members'/ministers' constituencies
Elgin– Middlesex– London, 5463
Members'/ministers' remarks
Mental health and addictions
Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, creation of, 5004
Mental health and addictions services
government funding, allocation, 7601
Mental health care
Minimum wage increase, economic impact
Ministerial statements
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
administration, 7475–7476
directive powers
health information, privacy breach, 4359
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
fish and wildlife special purpose account, 7676
special purpose account for fish and wildlife
expenditures, 583 , 7692
transparency in spending, 616–617 , 1122–1123 , 1861 , 7512–7513 , 7691–7693 , 7699
use for employee benefits, 7692–7693 , 7699
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018 (Bill 204)
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, 5003–5004
Nurse practitioners
prescriptions, coverage by ODBP, 3118
Nurses
Nutrition
OHIP+
OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program
coverage to age 25
vs. other prescription drug programs, 3996–3967
drug formulary, 7026
Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)
history of, 3984
Ontario drug benefit formulary
authorized prescribers, 5692
Opioid abuse
Opposition day motions
Hospital funding
Mental health services
Pharmacare
School closures
Oral questions
Cardiac care
Children's mental health
Dental care
Diabetes treatment
Diagnostic services
Energy policies
Fish and wildlife management
Government's record
Health care
Health care funding
Home care
Hospice and palliative care
Hospital funding
Hospital services
Human trafficking
Hydro rates
Local health integration networks
Long-term care
Medical assistance in dying
Mental health services
Ontario budget
Opioid abuse
Pharmacare
Prescription drug abuse
Protection of privacy
Taxation
Wind turbines
Organ and tissue donation
Palliative care
as alternative to medical assistance in dying, 2316
awareness, 4252
general remarks, 6952
Palliative care beds
Paramedics
community paramedicine pilot projects, 7028
regulation of, 5690
scope of practice, 5690
Paramedics and paramedic services
as health service providers, 2170
Patient ombudsman
as independent officer, 2169
oversight of Local Health Integration Networks, 932 , 984
reporting requirements, 5690
Patients
alternate level of care (ALC) designation, 6552
Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
Payments to health care professionals/organizations
Payments to health care professionals/organizations, disclosure of
general remarks, 7029
public database
Personal health information
accessibility, 6952
by Health Quality Ontario (HQO), 5690 , 7026
protection of privacy, 929
Petitions
Anti-smoking initiatives for youth, 4784
Cancer treatment, 5673–5674
Children's immunization program, 2149
Dental care, 526
Energy contracts, 1855
Family Responsibility Office, 1856–1857 , 7485
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, 7596
Fishing and hunting regulations, 7532–7533
Gravel pit, 7486–7487
Highway improvement, 7486 , 7533
Hunting and fishing revenues, 7534 , 7688
Long-term care, 3718
Primary health care, 2682–2683
School closures, 4136–4137 , 6400
Taxation, 5170 , 5620
Pharmacists
as health service providers, 2170
Prescription drug abuse
reporting of deaths from opioid overdose, 406–407
Prescription drugs
funding
for cancer medications, oral, 3984
government spending on, 7001–7002
preferred provider networks, 7027
Prescription drugs, funding
evaluation process, 7025
Orkambi (cystic fibrosis treatment), 7025
Private members' public business
Health care
Hospital funding
Lung Health Act, 2016 (Bill 71)
Mental health services
Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Act, 2017 (Bill 149)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018 (Bill 204)
PANDAS/PANS
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Freedom of Conscience in Health Care), 2017 (Bill 129)
Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
Public education campaigns - Health
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 5387
Community Health and Wellbeing Week, 299
Daffodil Month, 3776
Dentist Day, 3830
Lupus Awareness Month, 732
Men's Cancer Health Awareness Month, 366–367
National Kidney Month, 2894
Osteoporosis Month, 1854
Parkinson's Awareness Month, 3418
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month, 1623
World Alzheimer's Day, 197
World Diabetes Day, 1414
World MS Day, 4732–4733
Public education campaigns - Historical/National
Polish Constitution 226th anniversary, 3971
Public education campaigns - Mental health
World Suicide Prevention Day, 28 , 4830
Public education campaigns - Professional associations and occupations
Public education campaigns—Disability
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 6830–6831
Public education campaigns—Health
Public education campaigns—Violence, sexual violence and harassment
Public health units
merging of, Oxford and Elgin counties, 6953
Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 59)
Rare diseases
Recreational water facilities
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Freedom of Conscience in Health Care), 2017 (Bill 129)
Regulations
Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92)
School closures
Schools in rural Ontario
Senior citizens
active living programs, 3120
Sexual abuse of patients
licence suspension or revocation, 3118–3119
patient supports, 3121
regulatory college oversight, 3122
zero-tolerance policy, 4642–4643
Stem cell treatment
Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
Suicide prevention
Surgical procedures
corneal cross-link surgery
selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR)
wait times, 787–788 , 838
Tributes
Ferris, John (former member for London South), 1238–1239
Watershed conservation
public consultation, 5816
Wildlife conservation
in southwestern Ontario
maintenance of private land, 7692
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