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Baha'i community
Bangladeshi community
- about
- in East York (Toronto)
- heritage month
- history in Canada
- notable members
- in Ontario
Bangladeshi Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 44)
- first reading
- second reading, 917–925
- referred to Standing Committee on General Government, 925
- third reading, 2086–2087
- Royal assent, 2240
Banking services
Bankruptcy laws.
see US Steel Canada
Basic income
Basic income pilot project.
see Poverty reduction
BDS Movement.
see Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
Bear control
- actions by government
- in urban areas, police access to tranqulizer guns
Beechwood Cemetery Company Act, 2017 (Bill Pr72)
- first reading
- second reading, 7126
- third reading, 7126
- Royal assent, 7140
Bees
Behavioural economics
Bengali community
Bills referred to committee
- Private members' public bills
- Affordable Electricity Act, 2018 (Bill 197), 7298
- Albanian Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 36), 717
- Asbestos Use Prohibition Act, 2017 (Bill 88), 2419
- Auditor General Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 67), 1826–1827
- Bangladeshi Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 44), 925
- Child Abuse Prevention Month Act, 2017 (Bill 170), 6006
- Children's Law Reform Amendment Act (Relationship with Grandparents), 2016 (Bill 34), 1386
- Compassionate Care Act, 2017 (Bill 182), 7173
- Domestic and Sexual Violence Protection Act, 2017 (Bill 157), 5367
- Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 (Bill 26), 925
- End Age Discrimination Against Stroke Recovery Patients Act, 2016 (Bill 9), 494
- Enhancing Shareholder Rights Act, 2017 (Bill 101), 2880
- Fairness in Consumer Reporting Act, 2017 (Bill 167), 5800
- Flood Avoidance, Insurance and Recovery Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 179), 6591
- Garrett's Legacy Act (Requirements for Movable Soccer Goals), 2017 (Bill 180), 6988
- Hazel McCallion Day Act, 2016 (Bill 16), 274
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (School Bus Camera Systems), 2017 (Bill 94), 2419
- Hindu Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 56), 1386
- Home Care and Community Services Amendment Act (Dan's Law), 2016 (Bill 54), 1609
- Honouring our Veterans Act, 2017 (Bill 100), 5598
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 164), 6007
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act (Genetic Characteristics), 2016 (Bill 30), 1386
- Illegal Pill Press Act, 2017 (Bill 126), 5135
- Improving Post-Stroke Recovery for All Act, 2016 (Bill 9), 494
- Insurance Amendment Act (Life Settlements), 2017 (Bill 162), 5800
- Jonathan's Law (Employee Leave of Absence When Child Dies), 2016 (Bill 31), 2267
- Katelynn's Principle Act (Decisions Affecting Children), 2016 (Bill 57), 1826
- Kickstarting Public Participation Act, 2017 (Bill 77), 3293–3294
- Korean Heritage Month Act, 2017 (Bill 123), 4105
- Lawren Harris Day Act, 2017 (Bill 128), 4331
- Lebanese Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 60), 1609
- Life Leases Act, 2017 (Bill 155), 5598
- Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Maple Wine and Mead), 2017 (Bill 184), 6983
- Liquor Statute Amendment Act (Sale of Spirits Manufactured for Brand Owners), 2017 (Bill 116), 4104–4105
- Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 110), 3293
- Lung Health Act, 2016 (Bill 71), 1827
- Magna Carta Day Act, 2017 (Bill 97), 2645
- Mandatory Sexual Assault Law Training for Judicial Officers Act, 2017 (Bill 120), 6347
- Ministry of Community and Social Services Amendment Act (Social Assistance Research Commission), 2016 (Bill 6), 495
- Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Act, 2017 (Bill 149), 5023–5024
- Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act (Councillor Pregnancy and Parental Leave), 2016 (Bill 46), 1154
- Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day Act, 2016 (Bill 79), 2267
- Nick's Law (Opioid Abuse Awareness), 2017 (Bill 161), 5599
- Ontario Craft Beer Week Act, 2017 (Bill 107), 3089
- Organic Products Act, 2017 (Bill 153), 6592
- Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie), 2018 (Bill 186), 7716
- Protecting Rewards Points Act (Consumer Protection Amendment), 2016 (Bill 47), 1154
- Protecting Vulnerable Persons in Supportive Living Accommodation Act, 2017 (Bill 135), 4573
- Putting Voters First (Election Amendment) Act, 2016 (Bill 75), 2049
- Putting Your Best Foot Forward Act, 2017 (Bill 168), 5801
- Rea and Walter Act (Truss and Lightweight Construction Identification), 2017 (Bill 105), 3494–3495
- Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017 (Bill 173), 6591–6592
- Registered Professional Planners Act, 2017 (Bill 122), 4331
- Reliable Elevators Act, 2017 (Bill 109), 3695
- Safe Texting Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 19), 2880
- Saving the Girl Next Door Act, 2016 (Bill 17), 717
- Simcoe Day Act, 2017 (Bill 159), 5366–5367
- Stop the Calls Act, 2017 (Bill 137), 4810
- Student Absenteeism and Protection Act, 2018 (Bill 198), 7716
- Supporting Agricultural Experts in their Field Act, 2016 (Bill 4), 274
- Tax Fairness for Realtors Act, 2017 (Bill 104), 3088–3089
- Ticket Speculation Amendment Act (Purchase and Sale Requirements), 2016 (Bill 22), 494
- Time to Care Act (Long-Term Care Homes Amendment, Minimum Standard of Daily Care), 2017 (Bill 33), 6192
- Trans Day of Remembrance Act, 2017 (Bill 74), 6812–6813
- Transparency in Gas Pricing Act, 2017 (Bill 146), 5135–5136
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (PTSD Benefits), 2017 (Bill 151), 5024
- WSIB Coverage for Workers in Residential Care Facilities and Group Homes Act, 2017 (Bill 145), 6191
Bills/sections
- title translation
- Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
Birth certificates.
see Certificates of birth, marriage and death
Birth registration
Black community
- appreciation
- in Ontario history
Blackouts.
see Electric power failures
Bladder cancer
Blood donation and collection
- awareness
- general remarks
- Sikh Blood Donation Campaign
Book publishers
- Biblioasis in Windsor, Ontario
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
- as exercise of freedom of expression
- as vehicle of anti-Semitism
Brain injuries.
see Persons with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
Braiseryy Chicken Ltd. Act, 2017 (Bill Pr61)
- first reading
- second reading, 4762
- third reading, 4762
- Royal assent, 4778
Breast cancer
- awareness and prevention
- treatment, access to
Bridges
- Gordie Howe bridge
- Highway 401 and Highway 137
- Nipigon River Bridge
- assessment before opening
- results of testing after failure
Broadband networks, access to
Broader public sector organizations
Brownouts.
see Electric power failures
Bruce Power
- Top Innovative Prize Award
Budget 2017
- balanced
- Baker, 4029–4030, 4039, 4175
- Brown, 3817–3818, 4283, 4720–4721
- Coteau, 4281
- Fedeli, 4040–4041, 4477–4478, 4698–4699, 4724, 4746–4747
- Kiwala, 4614
- Matthews, 3925
- Naqvi, 4152–4153
- Sandals, 3960, 4614
- Smith, 4039
- Sousa, 3895–3896, 4479–4480, 4720–4721, 4724
- Wynne, 3817–3818, 4720
- Zimmer, 4284
- balanced budget
- Fedeli, 1349, 1915, 3030, 5766, 6260, 6281
- Sousa, 1349, 1915, 5766
- Wynne, 6996
- city of Toronto, response to
- gender-based
- general remarks
- DiNovo, 3875
- Pettapiece, 4254
- Qaadri, 3895–3896
- Sandals, 6212, 7560
- Sousa, 3705–3706, 4011
- Walker, 7560–7561
- Wynne, 3890–3891
- Yurek, 3705–3706
- pre-budget consultations
- public consultation
- release date
- review by Auditor General/Financial Accountability Officer
Budget 2018
- balanced budget
- Baker, 6430, 6537
- Delaney, 6441
- Fedeli, 6529–6530, 7670–7671
- Hunter, 6592
- Miller, N., 6441–6442
- Sousa, 7670–7671
- Walker, 6440–6442
- consumer protection
- date of delivery
- economic policies
- education
- health care
- youth employment and education
Budget deficit.
see also Government debt
- review by Financial Accountability Officer
- Bailey, 3933
- Fedeli, 1410–1411, 1420–1421, 1474–1475, 1754–1755, 1757–1758, 1936–1937, 4747–4748, 4823–4824
- Jones, 173
- Sandals, 1411
- Sousa, 459–460, 4823–4824
Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134)
- first reading
- second reading, 4692–4708
- Baker, 4692–4697, 4704
- Ballard, 4696–4697
- Clark, 4704
- Fedeli, 4697–4704
- Gélinas, 4696
- MacLeod, 4696
- Tabuns, 4707–4708
- Vanthof, 4705–4707
- Yakabuski, 4697
- division (carried), 4731
- time allocation motion, 4739–4749
- presented
- responded to
- division (carried), 4776–4777
- third reading
Budget speech 2017 (April 27, 2017)
- presented
- responded to
- Bailey, 3932–3933
- Baker, 3919–3926, 3928, 3932, 3937, 3941–3942, 4000–4001, 4174–4175, 4289
- Ballard, 4003, 4283, 4285
- Barrett, 3937
- Bradley, 4001–4002
- Brown, 4285–4288
- Clark, 4427–4428
- Coe, 4283–4284
- Colle, 4428
- Coteau, 4281–4283
- Del Duca, 4170–4171
- Fedeli, 4175–4176
- Fife, 3929–3934, 3941
- Flynn, 4002–4003
- Forster, 3928, 3933, 3943–3944, 3999–4000, 4002
- Fraser, 4426–4427
- Gates, 4284, 4289–4290
- Gélinas, 3917–3921, 4288–4289
- Hillier, 3920, 3926–3929, 3942, 4175
- Horwath, 4166–4170
- Hunter, 4173
- Jaczek, 4425
- MacCharles, 3935–3936
- MacLeod, 4428–4429
- Mantha, 4001
- Matthews, 3925
- McDonell, 4001
- McGarry, 3934–3935, 3938
- Miller, N., 3938–3942
- Miller, P., 3929, 3937
- Oosterhoff, 4284–4285
- Pettapiece, 3924, 3937–3938
- Potts, 3933, 4003–4004
- Qaadri, 4171–4172
- Rinaldi, 4172–4173, 4175
- Sandals, 3920
- Taylor, 3920, 3924–3925, 4428
- Vanthof, 3942, 4174, 4290–4291
- Walker, 3913–3917, 3925, 3928–3929, 4173–4174
- Yakabuski, 4289
- Zimmer, 4004, 4284
- division (carried), 4446–4447
Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
- first reading
- second reading, 4835–4870, 4971–4982, 5136–5151, 5244–5270
- Armstrong, 4853, 5268–5270
- Arnott, 5136
- Bailey, 4971–4972
- Baker, 5252–5253
- Ballard, 5270
- Barrett, 4863
- Berardinetti, 5145–5146, 5150, 5267
- Bradley, 4857–4858, 4867, 4972, 5246, 5250–5253
- Clark, 5249, 5253
- Coe, 5146, 5149, 5265–5267
- Delaney, 5137
- Des Rosiers, 4853–4854
- Dong, 5146–5147
- Fedeli, 5269–5270
- Forster, 4857, 4864–4866, 4868, 4972, 5252, 5255, 5261–5262
- Gélinas, 4849
- Gretzky, 5247–5250
- Hardeman, 4973–4982, 5137–5138, 5246
- Harris, 5262–5264
- Hatfield, 5136–5145, 5147, 5149–5150, 5245–5246, 5249, 5256, 5258–5259, 5261
- Hillier, 5244–5245, 5247
- Mantha, 5270
- Martow, 4972–4973
- Mauro, 4835–4839
- McGarry, 4839–4846, 4849, 4863
- McMahon, 5147–5148
- McNaughton, 4845, 4857
- Milczyn, 5261
- Miller, N., 4846–4850
- Miller, P., 4862–4863, 4867–4868
- Moridi, 5269
- Munro, 5255–5256
- Naidoo-Harris, 5270
- Naqvi, 4854–4858
- Natyshak, 5247, 5256–5259, 5266–5267
- Oosterhoff, 4844–4845, 4849–4850, 4867
- Pettapiece, 4853
- Potts, 5148–5149, 5151
- Rinaldi, 4845, 4852–4853, 4868–4870, 4971, 4973, 5249, 5255, 5259
- Sattler, 4845, 4850–4852, 4854
- Smith, 5267
- Tabuns, 5146, 5267
- Thompson, 5252, 5259–5260, 5262
- Vanthof, 4863–4864
- Vernile, 4868
- Walker, 4858–4862, 4864, 5137, 5150
- Wilson, 5258, 5261
- Yakabuski, 5253–5256
- Zimmer, 5250, 5258
- division (carried), 5287–5288
- third reading, 6539–6550, 6713–6724, 6875–6891, 6925–6941, 7039–7047
- Armstrong, 6722–6723, 7042
- Bradley, 6885–6889, 6927–6928
- Clark, 6884
- Coe, 6548
- Dickson, 6928
- DiNovo, 6931, 6936, 6940
- Fedeli, 6723, 6931, 6936
- Forster, 6884, 6888, 6925–6927, 6929
- French, 7044–7046
- Gélinas, 6548–6549
- Gretzky, 6928, 6935, 6937–6939, 6941, 7046
- Hardeman, 6713–6722, 6724, 7043
- Hatfield, 6875–6885
- Hillier, 6889–6891
- Hoggarth, 6888–6889
- Jones, 6549
- MacLaren, 6929–6932
- MacLeod, 7045–7046
- Mauro, 6539–6542, 6931–6932, 6939–6940, 7042–7043, 7045
- McGarry, 6543–6545, 6549–6550, 6935–6936, 6940–6941
- Miller, N., 6932–6937
- Naqvi, 6545–6548
- Natyshak, 7043
- Nicholls, 6928, 6932
- Rinaldi, 6549, 6723, 6884, 7046–7047
- Romano, 6940
- Tabuns, 6723–6724
- Thompson, 7039–7044
- Wilson, 6888
- Wong, 6883–6884
- division (carried), 7059–7060
- Royal assent, 7060
Building construction
Building construction, truss and lightweight (TLC)
- Pettapiece, 3479–3480
- identification, in case of fire
- identification, in case of fires. see also Fatalities, Rea, Ken and Ray Walter (firefighters)
Building inspectors
- directives to
- entry into private dwellings
Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
- first reading
- second reading, 1669–1680, 1753–1772, 1827–1836, 1858–1877, 1977
- Armstrong, 1678
- Baker, 1672–1678, 1761, 1830, 1834, 1866, 1871
- Cho, 1834
- Coe, 1831–1833, 1835
- Damerla, 1678, 1828–1829
- Del Duca, 1868–1871
- DiNovo, 1834–1835
- Fedeli, 1679–1680, 1753–1762
- Fife, 1762–1772
- Fraser, 1876
- French, 1863–1867, 1877
- Gates, 1761, 1771
- Gretzky, 1679, 1861, 1866–1867
- Hardeman, 1678–1679
- Jones, 1770–1771
- MacLaren, 1871
- Martins, 1867–1868, 1872
- Martow, 1830–1831
- Matthews, 1867
- McGarry, 1669
- McNaughton, 1866
- Miller, N., 1872, 1876–1877
- Moridi, 1827–1828, 1831
- Munro, 1830
- Pettapiece, 1862
- Potts, 1770
- Sandals, 1861–1862
- Sattler, 1762, 1833–1834, 1871, 1876
- Smith, 1761–1762
- Sousa, 1669–1672, 1679
- Tabuns, 1830, 1835–1836
- Vanthof, 1862
- Vernile, 1771
- Walker, 1872–1877
- Yurek, 1858–1863
- division (carried), 2015
- time allocation motion, 1930–1943
- third reading, 2217–2225
- division (carried), 1969–1970
- Royal assent, 2240
Building safety
Bullying prevention
- anti-bullying initiatives
- cyberbullying
- Sea of Pink campaign
Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
- first reading
- second reading, 574–575, 619–629, 1493–1508, 1541–1570, 1877–1878
- Armstrong, 1545
- Bailey, 1545–1546, 1550, 1559
- Ballard, 1568–1570
- Bradley, 1568
- Campbell, 1550, 1564
- Clark, 1507
- Del Duca, 1555–1558, 1560
- Delaney, 1554–1555
- Duguid, 574–575, 619, 1507
- Flynn, 1541–1542
- French, 1507–1508
- Gates, 1549, 1554, 1563
- Gélinas, 1497–1498, 1567
- Hillier, 1561–1563
- Jones, 624, 1554, 1559–1560
- Leal, 623–624
- Martins, 619–624, 1498, 1545, 1549–1550, 1559, 1563–1564
- Martow, 1564
- Mauro, 1542–1544, 1546
- McDonell, 623
- McNaughton, 624–629, 1494–1497, 1499
- Milczyn, 1544, 1554
- Natyshak, 1499–1508
- Nicholls, 1544–1545, 1548–1549
- Sattler, 1564–1568
- Singh, 1551–1555
- Smith, 1546–1547, 1550–1551
- Tabuns, 623
- Vanthof, 1499, 1559
- Vernile, 1570
- Walker, 1498–1499
- Wong, 1508
- Yakabuski, 1567
- Zimmer, 1567
- division (carried), 1921–1922
- third reading, 2597–2605
- Royal assent, 3001–3002
Business co-operatives
Business development
- government funding
- support programs
Business environment
- general remarks
- operation costs
Business, global competition
- electronic filing, impact on
- general remarks
- impact of United States economic policies
Business Growth Initiative
Business support programs.
see Business development—support programs
Businesses
- environmental compliance approvals
- regulatory requirements
- Duguid, 1181
- McNaughton, 1180–1181
- bulk sales
- commercial arbitration, reform
- international standards
- re consumer protection
- re transactions with government
- reduction and streamlining
- Duguid, 574–575, 1507
- Flynn, 1541–1542
- Leal, 623–624
- Martins, 1498, 1563
- Milczyn, 1544
- Nicholls, 1548–1549
- Oosterhoff, 3652
- Sattler, 1564–1565
- Smith, 1546–1547
- Wilson, 1498
- redundancy (federal-provincial overlap)
- technology transfer
Businesses, small and medium-sized
- corporate income tax rate
- electronic filing
- government initiatives
