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Dairy cows
Dairy industry
- international trade with United States
Deaf or hearing impaired persons
- services
- access to
- Canadian Hearing Society
Debates re answers to oral questions
- Agri-food industry
- Correctional facilities
- Diagnostic services
- Electric vehicles
- Energy policies
- Environmental protection
- Fish and wildlife management
- Genetic discrimination
- GO Transit
- Government advertising
- Government spending
- Home care
- Horse racing industry
- Hospital funding
- Housing policy
- Human trafficking
- Hydro rates
- Labour dispute
- Long-term care
- Lyme disease
- Mental health services
- Natural gas wells
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Opioid abuse
- Pharmacare
- Road safety
- Rondeau Provincial Park
- School facilities
- School safety
- Skills training
- Workers' compensation
Debt settlement agencies and agents
Deferred votes
- Government bills
- Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
- All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendment), 2016 (Bill 28)
- third reading (carried), 1922
- Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Bill 96)
- Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114)
- Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134)
- second reading (carried), 4731
- Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
- second reading (carried), 2015
- third reading (carried), 2239–2240
- Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
- second reading (carried), 1921–1922
- third reading (carried), 2618
- Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174)
- second reading (carried), 6562
- third reading (carried), 7058–7059
- Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142)
- second reading (carried), 5512–5513
- third reading (carried), 6864
- Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017 (Bill 154)
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
- second reading (carried), 1530–1531
- third reading (carried), 2239
- Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
- second reading (carried), 4544
- third reading (carried), 4731–4732
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
- second reading (carried), 5719–5720
- third reading (carried), 6513
- Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
- second reading (carried), 7584
- Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
- Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
- second reading (carried), 464
- third reading (carried), 847
- Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
- second reading (carried), 1123–1124
- third reading (carried), 2190
- Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
- Protecting a Woman's Right to Access Abortion Services Act, 2017 (Bill 163)
- second reading (carried), 5667–5668
- third reading (carried), 5931
- Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
- second reading (carried), 3370–3371
- third reading (carried), 4682
- Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
- second reading (carried), 1020
- third reading (carried), 1481
- Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 59)
- second reading (carried), 1970
- third reading (carried), 3511–3512
- Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124)
- second reading (carried), 4076
- third reading (carried), 4545
- Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 152)
- Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 (Bill 193)
- second reading (carried), 7239
- third reading (carried), 7585–7586
- Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
- second reading (carried), 6864–6865
- third reading (carried), 7681
- Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92)
- Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166)
- Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
- second reading (carried), 5975–5976
- third reading (carried), 7059
- Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 177)
- second reading (carried), 6783–6784
- third reading (carried), 7140
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
- second reading (carried), 4360
- third reading (carried), 4501–4502
- Supply Act, 2017 (Bill 111)
- second reading (carried), 3213
- Supply Act, 2018 (Bill 196)
- second reading (carried), 7585
- third reading (carried), 7585
- Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89)
- second reading (carried), 2848
- Government motions
- Government notice of motion
- Number 1 – Time allocation (carried), 413–414
- Number 5 – Time allocation (carried), 1969–1970
- Number 6 – Time allocation (carried), 2137–2138
- Number 7 – Time allocation (carried), 2617–2618
- Number 9 – Time allocation (carried), 4021–4022
- Number 10 – Time allocation (carried), 4303
- Number 29 – Time allocation (carried), 4501
- Number 30 – Time allocation (carried), 4501
- Number 31 – Time allocation (carried), 4617–4618
- Number 32 – Time allocation (carried), 4618
- Number 33 – Time allocation (carried), 4681–4682
- Number 34 – Time allocation (carried), 4776–4777
- Number 38 – Time allocation (carried), 6270
- Number 39 – Time allocation (carried), 6318–6319
- Number 42 – Time allocation (carried), 6513–6514
- Number 43 – Time allocation (carried), 6736
- Number 62 – Time allocation (carried), 7528
- Number 63 – Time allocation (carried), 7584–7585
- Government order
- Number 1 – Throne speech debate (carried), 196–197
- Number 20 – 2017 Ontario budget (carried), 4447
- Number 20 – Amendment to 2017 Ontario budget (lost), 4446–4447
- Number 21 – Time allocation (carried), 4021–4022
- Number 24 – Time allocation (carried), 6270
- Number 34 – Time allocation (carried), 6513–6514
- Numbers 4 to 5 and 7 to 12 – Concurrence in supply (carried), 3058–3059
- Numbers 25 to 33 – Concurrence in supply (carried), 7239–7240
- Time allocation motions
- Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114) (carried), 4618
- Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134) (carried), 4776–4777
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70) (carried), 1969–1970
- Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174) (carried), 6513–6514
- Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132) (carried), 4501
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148) (carried), 6318–6319
- Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194) (carried), 7528
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68) (carried), 4617–4618
- Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13) (carried), 413–414
- Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41) (carried), 2137–2138
- Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87) (carried), 4501
- Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124) (carried), 4021–4022
- Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175) (carried), 7584–7585
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92) (carried), 2617–2618
- Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166) (carried), 6270
- Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 177) (carried), 6736
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127) (carried), 4303
- Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89) (carried), 4681–4682
Delegated Administrative Authorities Accountability and Transparency Act, 2016 (Bill 58)
Deller, Deborah.
see Clerk of the Assembly
Dementia
Dementia and other neurological conditions
Dementia treatment
Dental care
- access to
- Healthy Smiles Ontario
- Jaczek, 7432
- government funding
Dependent contractors
Desmond, Viola
- first woman on Canadian banknote
Detachments.
see Police stations
Development
Development charges
- effect on affordability of homes
- exemption for secondary suites
Developmental services
- government funding
- Passport program, funding
Diabetes
Diabetes care
Diabetes management
- funding
- Miller, P., 7061
- of offloading devices
- general remarks
- school-age children
Diabetes treatment
- government funding for
- offloading devices
- availability through Assistive Devices Program
- wound care
Diagnostic imaging
- PET scanner in northern Ontario
- PET/CT scanners
- access to
- funding
- Windsor Regional Hospital
- wait times
Digital media industry
Disabled persons.
see Persons with disabilities
Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians program.
see under Sewage and water services
Disaster relief
- see also Emergency management
- affected by flooding of Bonnechere River system
- Disaster Relief for Ontarians Program
- for flood victims
- Chatham-Kent
- Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke
- for flood victims in Ottawa area
- for flood victims in township of Minden Mills
- for flood victims in Windsor area
- Gretzky, 4822, 5248
- Hatfield, 518, 690, 4936–4937, 5103, 5139
- Mauro, 4822, 4936–4937, 5103
- Natyshak, 4822
- Wynne, 518
- for Gogama oil spill
- government programs for
- Windsor–Essex
- Windsor–Tecumseh
Disclosure of Information Relating to the Protection of Children Act, 2016 (Bill 51)
Discrimination.
see also Hate crime; Racism and anti-racism
- hate speech
- Stan Wadlow Park, Toronto, Ontario
- Islamophobia, prevention
- against Muslim community
Discrimination based on genetic information.
see Ontario Human Rights Code amendments
Diseases.
see also Rare diseases
Divisions (recorded vote)
- Government bills
- Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
- All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendment), 2016 (Bill 28)
- third reading (carried), 1922
- Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Bill 96)
- Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114)
- Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134)
- second reading (carried), 4731
- third reading, 4811
- Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
- second reading (carried), 2015
- third reading (carried), 2239–2240
- Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
- second reading (carried), 1921–1922
- third reading (carried), 2618
- Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174)
- second reading (carried), 6562
- third reading (carried), 7058–7059
- Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Labour Dispute Resolution Act, 2017 (Bill 178)
- Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142)
- second reading (carried), 5512–5513
- third reading (carried), 6864
- Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017 (Bill 154)
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
- second reading (carried), 1530–1531
- third reading (carried), 2239
- Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
- second reading (carried), 4544
- third reading (carried), 4731–4732
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
- first reading (carried), 4782
- second reading (carried), 5719–5720
- third reading (carried), 6513
- Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
- second reading (carried), 7584
- Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
- Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
- second reading (carried), 464
- third reading (carried), 847
- Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
- second reading (carried), 1123–1124
- third reading (carried), 2190
- Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
- Protecting a Woman's Right to Access Abortion Services Act, 2017 (Bill 163)
- second reading (carried), 5667–5668
- third reading (carried), 5931
- Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
- second reading (carried), 3370–3371
- third reading (carried), 4682
- Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
- second reading (carried), 1020
- third reading (carried), 1481
- Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 59)
- second reading (carried), 1970
- third reading (carried), 3511–3512
- Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124)
- second reading (carried), 4076
- third reading (carried), 4545
- Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 152)
- Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 (Bill 193)
- second reading (carried), 7239
- third reading (carried), 7585–7586
- Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
- second reading (carried), 6864–6865
- third reading (carried), 7681
- Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92)
- Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166)
- Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
- second reading (carried), 5975–5976
- third reading (carried), 7059
- Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 177)
- second reading (carried), 6783–6784
- third reading (carried), 7140
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
- second reading (carried), 4360
- third reading (carried), 4501–4502
- Supply Act, 2017 (Bill 111)
- second reading (carried), 3213
- Supply Act, 2018 (Bill 196)
- second reading (carried), 7585
- third reading (carried), 7585
- Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89)
- second reading (carried), 2848
- Government motions
- Government notice of motion
- Number 1 – Time allocation (carried), 413–414
- Number 5 – Time allocation (carried), 1969–1970
- Number 6 – Time allocation (carried), 2137–2138
- Number 7 – Time allocation (carried), 2617–2618
- Number 9 – Time allocation (carried), 4021–4022
- Number 10 – Time allocation (carried), 4303
- Number 11 – House sittings (carried), 4364
- Number 17 – House sittings (carried), 4549
- Number 22 – House sittings (carried), 4688
- Number 29 – Time allocation (carried), 4501
- Number 30 – Time allocation (carried), 4501
- Number 31 – Time allocation (carried), 4617–4618
- Number 32 – Time allocation (carried), 4618
- Number 33 – Time allocation (carried), 4681–4682
- Number 34 – Time allocation (carried), 4776–4777
- Number 38 – Time allocation (carried), 6270
- Number 39 – Time allocation (carried), 6318–6319
- Number 42 – Time allocation (carried), 6513–6514
- Number 43 – Time allocation (carried), 6736
- Number 62 – Time allocation (carried), 7528
- Number 63 – Time allocation (carried), 7584–7585
- Government order
- Number 1 – Throne speech debate (carried), 196–197
- Number 20 – 2017 Ontario budget (carried), 4447
- Number 20 – Amendment to 2017 Ontario budget (lost), 4446–4447
- Number 21 – Time allocation (carried), 4021–4022
- Number 24 – Time allocation (carried), 6270
- Number 34 – Time allocation (carried), 6513–6514
- Numbers 4 to 5 and 7 to 12 – Concurrence in supply (carried), 3058–3059
- Numbers 25 to 33 – Concurrence in supply (carried), 7239–7240
- Opposition day motions
- Number 1 – Energy contracts (lost), 5086
- Number 1 – Energy policies (lost), 391
- Number 1 – Long-term care (lost), 7414
- Number 1 – School closures (lost), 2772–2773
- Number 2 – Government accountability (lost), 5906–5907
- Number 2 – Hydro rates (lost), 3192
- Number 2 – Privatization of public assets (lost), 666
- Number 3 – Energy policies (lost), 1046–1047
- Number 3 – Hospital funding (carried), 6243
- Number 3 – Provincial debt (lost), 3642–3643
- Number 4 – Energy policies (lost), 6474–6490
- Number 4 – Hydro rates (lost), 1700–1719
- Number 5 – Government accountability (lost), 4226–4227
- Number 5 – Privatization of public assets (lost), 6745–6762
- Private members' motions
- Number 36 – Support for Israel (carried), 2048–2049
- Number 37 – Anti-racism activities (carried), 2418–2419
- Number 38 – Highway tolls (carried), 2267
- Number 45 – Wind turbines (lost), 3495
- Number 46 – Sikh massacre (carried), 3495
- Number 62 – Long-term care (carried), 5024
- Private members' public bills
- Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Not-for-Profit Corporations), 2017 (Bill 98)
- second reading (lost), 2646
- Domestic and Sexual Violence Protection Act, 2017 (Bill 157)
- second reading (carried), 5367
- End the Public Funding of Partisan Government Advertising Act, 2017 (Bill 112)
- second reading (lost), 3294
- Fairness in Minimum Wage Act, 2017 (Bill 172)
- Fairness in Petroleum Products Pricing Act, 2017 (Bill 183)
- second reading (lost), 7173
- Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2017 (Bill 93)
- second reading (lost), 3089
- Ministry of Community and Social Services Amendment Act (Social Assistance Research Commission), 2016 (Bill 6)
- second reading (carried), 495
- Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Act, 2017 (Bill 149)
- second reading (carried), 5023
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018 (Bill 204)
- second reading (lost), 7716
- Protecting Rewards Points Act (Consumer Protection Amendment), 2016 (Bill 47)
- Putting Voters First (Election Amendment) Act, 2016 (Bill 75)
- first reading (carried), 1797
- Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Freedom of Conscience in Health Care), 2017 (Bill 129)
- second reading (lost), 4573
- Stopping Electricity Disconnections in the Winter Act, 2017 (Bill 91)
- Time to Care Act (Long-Term Care Homes Amendment, Minimum Standard of Daily Care), 2017 (Bill 33)
- Transparency in Gas Pricing Act, 2017 (Bill 146)
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (PTSD Benefits), 2017 (Bill 151)
- second reading (carried), 5024
- Time allocation motions
- Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114) (carried), 4618
- Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134) (carried), 4776–4777
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70) (carried), 1969–1970
- Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174) (carried), 6513–6514
- Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132) (carried), 4501
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148) (carried), 6318–6319
- Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194) (carried), 7528
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68) (carried), 4617–4618
- Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13) (carried), 413–414
- Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41) (carried), 2137–2138
- Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87) (carried), 4501
- Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124) (carried), 4021–4022
- Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175) (carried), 7584–7585
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 92) (carried), 2617–2618
- Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166) (carried), 6270
- Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 177) (carried), 6736
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127) (carried), 4303
- Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89) (carried), 4681–4682
Doctor shortage.
see also Primary health care
Doctors
- billing
- compensation
- Brown, 20
- Hatfield, 987
- Hoskins, 20
- medical reporting requirements
- salary negotiations
- relations with government
- use of arbitration
- shortage
Domestic and Sexual Violence Protection Act, 2017 (Bill 157)
- first reading
- second reading, 5343–5351
- referred to Standing Committee on Social Policy, 5367
Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 (Bill 26)
- first reading
- second reading, 910–917
- referred to Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly, 925
Domestic violence
- campaigns against
- Shine the Light on Woman Abuse
- prevention and victim services
- government funding
- programs
Domestic violence offenders
- conditional release
- monitoring
Domestic violence prevention and treatment
- Abrigo Centre
- Family Court Support Worker Program
- Partner Assault Response (PAR) program
Domestic violence victims.
see also Leaves of absence
- funding for supports
- insurance claims, exemptions
Door-to-door sales
Door-to-Door Sales Prohibition Act, 2016 (Bill 14)
"Downloading".
see Government service transfer
Dr. Marchand Optometry Professional Corporation Act, 2017 (Bill Pr70)
- first reading
- second reading, 7125
- third reading, 7126
- Royal assent, 7140
Drinking water.
see Water fluoridation
Drive Clean program.
see Vehicle emissions tests
Driver examination centres
Driver licences
- medical suspension
- reinstatement after medical suspension
- in rural Ontario
- veteran designation
Drivers
- medical suspension due to mental illness
- reinstatement after medical suspensions
Driving, distracted
- general remarks
- penalties
- use of hand-held devices
Driving, distracted/careless
- evidentiary burden
- general remarks
- penalties
- penalties, judicial discretion
- presence in court
Driving, drug-impaired.
see also Driving, distracted/careless; Driving, impaired—commercial vehicle, definition of
- general remarks
- impact of cannabis legalization
- and medicinal cannabis
- penalty exemptions
- roadside testing and enforcement
- new/commercial drivers
- objective measures
- Del Duca, 6421, 7020
- Natyshak, 7015
- Walker, 6418
- oral fluid screening
- restricted use of
- penalties
- public awareness
- roadside testing and enforcement
- through second-hand exposure
Driving, impaired
- commercial vehicle, definition of
- general remarks
- penalties
- for drug versus alcohol impairment
Driving, impaired by drugs
Drones, use of
Duma, Dan
- restriction on access to palliative home care
Durham College