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Rabies re-emergence
- oral vaccination programs for wildlife
Racetracks (horse racing)
Racism and anti-racism.
see also Anti-Racism Strategic Plan; Discrimination
- anti-racism impact assessment framework
- general remarks
- Armstrong, 3526
- Bisson, 3452
- Coteau, 3445–3446, 3534, 4601–4602, 4759–4760
- Fife, 3549
- MacLeod, 3452, 3518–3520
- Potts, 7387
- Singh, 3803–3804, 3807–3708
- government programs
- Kitchener–Waterloo
- media, role of
- public meetings and discussions
- race-based data collection, and use
- race-based data collection, collection and use
- racism allegations, York Region District School Board
- in schools
- systemic
- in video games
Racism and anti-racism, anti-black racism
Racism and anti-racism, anti-indigenous racism
Racism and anti-racism, anti-Semitism
Racism and anti-racism, Islamophobia
Railways
Ranger Survey Systems Canada Inc. Act, 2016 (Bill Pr55)
- first reading
- second reading, 2225
- third reading, 2225
- Royal assent, 2240
Rape of Nanking.
see Nanjing Massacre
Rare diseases
- advisory committee
- awareness
- coverage for high-cost drugs
- misdiagnosis
- PANDAS/PANS
- Jaczek, 7479
- advisory council
- awareness
- misdiagnosis
- research funding
- working group
Rea and Walter Act (Truss and Lightweight Construction Identification), 2017 (Bill 105)
- first reading
- second reading, 3472–3480
- referred to Standing Committee on General Government, 3494–3495
Real estate agents
- code of ethics
- incorporation
- multiple representation
- Colle, 6098
- Dhillon, 6032, 6096
- Fedeli, 5942
- French, 6033
- Jones, 5954
- MacCharles, 5645
- McDonell, 5755
- Natyshak, 6096
- Romano, 5955–5956
- Zimmer, 6034
- personal real estate corporations
- Armstrong, 3071
- Fedeli, 3070
- Fife, 3068–3070
- Harris, 3073
- Miller, P., 3072–3073
- Rinaldi, 3072
- Smith, 3067–3068
- Walker, 3073
- Yakabuski, 3072
Real estate industry
- changes to
- consumer protection
- review of
Real estate transactions
Real Rent Control Act, 2017 (Bill 144)
Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
- government initiatives
- student initiatives
Recreational water facilities
Recycling.
see also Waste diversion
- single-use plastic beverage containers
Recycling fees
Red light cameras
Red tape.
see also Regulatory burdens
Red Tape Challenge
Red Tape Commission, 1996.
see Regulations—need to safeguard
Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017 (Bill 173)
- first reading
- second reading, 6576–6584
- referred to Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly, 6591–6592
Refugees.
see Settlement agencies for refugees
- health service clinics
- Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre
Regional councils.
see Municipal councils
Registered professional planners
- definition and title protection
- Coe, 4326
- DiNovo, 4326–4327
- Dong, 4327–4328
- Jones, 4330
- Martins, 4330–4331
- McMeekin, 4329–4330
- Milczyn, 4324–4326, 4331
- Tabuns, 4329
- Walker, 4328
Registered Professional Planners Act, 2017 (Bill 122)
- first reading
- second reading, 4324–4331
- referred to Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, 4331
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Freedom of Conscience in Health Care), 2017 (Bill 129)
Regulated medical devices
Regulations
- agriculture industry, use of neonicotinoids
- agri-food industry
- deferred drafting of
- economic impact
- enforcement
- evaluation of
- Armstrong, 5430
- Bradley, 5202–5203
- Flynn, 5201–5202
- Fraser, 5314, 5432
- Martins, 6047
- Miller, N., 5378
- Potts, 5379
- Rinaldi, 5429
- Vanthof, 5370
- government business advisory and support services
- impact on business development
- need to safeguard
- as policy
Regulations, harmonization
- general remarks
- impact on small businesses
- supply management
Regulations, reform.
see Government administrative reform
Regulatory burdens.
see also Red tape
- agri-food industry
- alcoholic beverage industry
- chemical industry
- economic impact of
- McNaughton, 6054, 6057
- in other jurisdictions
- general remarks
- in health services
- impact on small businesses
- impact on technological innovation
- manufacturing industry
- statements in news media
Regulatory burdens, one-for-one rule
Regulatory burdens, reduction of
- accountability for
- consultation process. see also Red Tape Challenge
- general remarks
- impact on small businesses
- in other provincial jurisdictions
- as policy
Regulatory compliance
Rehabilitation services, physiotherapy
- access for rural and northern Ontario
- outpatient access
Reliable Elevators Act, 2017 (Bill 109)
- first reading
- second reading, 3687–3695
- referred to Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, 3695
Religious holiday observance
- Yom Kippur, during Ontario Culture Days
Remembrance Week Act, 2016 (Bill 55)
- first reading
- second reading, 1295
- third reading, 1295
- Royal assent, 1323
Renewable energy
- cost to generate
- general remarks
- generation, impact on energy rates
- government funding
- as government policy
- overproduction cost
- public ownership and development
Renewable energy contracts
- cancellation of
- effect on energy rates
- feed-in tariff (2009)
- general remarks
- overspending on
- Barrett, 324
- Brown, 18–19, 375–376, 404–405, 784, 886, 5155–5156, 6475
- Fedeli, 89, 389, 3188, 7116–7117
- Gates, 148
- Gélinas, 4415–4416
- Nicholls, 92–93
- Pettapiece, 4419–4420
- Smith, 388, 3181–3182, 7220
- Thibeault, 5155–5156
- Walker, 4418, 6019, 6035
- Yakabuski, 136, 349, 386, 3185–3186
- renegotiation to reduce costs
Renewable energy industry
Renewable energy projects
- Bala Falls dam and power plant, safety of
- large renewable procurement (LRP II)
- right of municipalities to refuse
Rent control
- Milczyn, 4888
- exemptions
- exemptions, units built after 1991
- general remarks
- history of
- impact on supply
- reform
- units built after 1991, inclusion of
- Ballard, 4073
- Bradley, 3786
- Des Rosiers, 3781–3783, 3951, 4524
- Gélinas, 3789–3790
- Hardeman, 3839, 3844
- Hatfield, 3847
- MacLeod, 3790–3791
- Natyshak, 3785
- Potts, 4073
- Sattler, 3859
- Wong, 3797–3798
- vacancy decontrol
Rent increases
- impact on senior citizens
- units built after 1991
- Ballard, 3411–3412, 3458–3459, 3504, 3609–3610, 3871–3872
- Horwath, 3410–3411, 3458–3459
- Jaczek, 3364–3365
- Martins, 3871–3872
- Naqvi, 3659
- Singh, 3659
- Tabuns, 3364–3365, 3411–3412, 3504, 3609
- Wynne, 3410–3412, 3659
Rent Protection for All Tenants Act, 2017 (Bill 106)
Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (Bill 124)
- first reading
- second reading, 3780–3800, 3834–3853, 3855–3864, 3906–3912, 4053
- Ballard, 3843, 3851, 3863–3864, 3906–3907, 3909
- Bisson, 3858
- Bradley, 3786, 3862
- Clark, 3785
- Coe, 3858
- Des Rosiers, 3780–3786, 3790, 3794, 3799, 3852, 3858, 3861
- Dong, 3795–3796, 3799–3800
- Fedeli, 3843
- Fife, 3842–3843, 3852
- French, 3911
- Gélinas, 3789–3790, 3857, 3862, 3908, 3912
- Gretzky, 3791–3795, 3798–3799, 3843–3844
- Hardeman, 3834–3842, 3844
- Hatfield, 3844–3853
- Hillier, 3909–3912
- Hoggarth, 3796–3797
- Leal, 3797
- MacLeod, 3786–3791
- Martow, 3798
- Mauro, 3911–3912
- McNaughton, 3912
- Miller, N., 3851–3852
- Munro, 3794
- Natyshak, 3785, 3794–3795
- Oosterhoff, 3855–3857, 3859
- Pettapiece, 3909
- Potts, 3795, 3908
- Sattler, 3859–3863
- Singh, 3790
- Walker, 3861–3862, 3907–3908
- Wilson, 3799
- Wong, 3797–3798
- Yakabuski, 3786, 3790
- division (carried), 4076
- time allocation motion, 3945–3955, 3995–3999
- presented
- responded to
- division (carried), 4021–4022
- third reading, 4523–4532
- Royal assent, 4705
Rental housing
- affordability
- affordable units, cap on
- construction
- government funding for
- since 1991
- eviction due to unpaid rent
- increase in
- maintenance and repair, inspection and enforcement
- purpose-built
- rent-geared-to-income assistance
- rents, increase in
- second-hand smoke in
- shortage
- standard lease
Rent-to-own services
Reports by committees
- Standing Committee on Estimates, 1583–1584, 1624–1625, 2897, 4895, 5934, 6321–6322, 6364
- Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 1416, 2193, 3620, 4450, 4829, 6364, 7063
- Standing Committee on General Government, 1796–1797, 2141, 2519, 2963–2964, 4204, 4506, 4687, 5671, 5883–5884
- Standing Committee on Government Agencies, 369, 591, 798, 1023, 1255, 1485, 1695, 1925, 2141, 2296, 2519, 2749–2750, 2963, 3170, 3373, 3575, 3776, 3972, 4204, 4450, 4686–4687, 4829, 4895, 5240, 5671, 6868, 7063, 7200, 7390
- Standing Committee on Justice Policy, 798, 2897, 4363, 4687, 5979, 7005, 7640
- Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly, 78, 2019, 2346–2347, 4548, 4943, 6517
- Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- Hardeman, 733, 2020, 2068, 2243, 2963, 3669, 4505–4506, 4621, 6918, 7107–7108, 7277–7278
- Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, 1309, 1749, 1973, 2019–2020, 2068, 2193, 2570, 3216, 4024, 4506, 4735, 5291, 6130, 6273, 6918, 7107
- Standing Committee on Social Policy, 1309–1310, 2141, 2750, 4024, 4450, 6273, 6688, 7484
Reports tabled
- Auditor General of Ontario
- 2016 annual report, 1969
- 2017 annual report, 6915
- audited financial statements
- Special Reports
- Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan, 5655
- Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
- 2017 Environmental Protection Report, 5867
- Greenhouse Gas Progress Report 2016, 1692
- Financial Accountability Officer of Ontario
- An Assessment of the Financial Risks of the Nuclear Refurbishment Plan, 6455
- Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Assessing Ontario's Medium-term Prospects, 1345–1346
- Economic and Fiscal Outlook, Fall 2017 Update, 6992
- Long-Term Budget Outlook, fall 2017, 5762
- Ontario Health Sector: Expense Trends and Medium-Term Outlook Analysis, 2282
- Ontario Service Fees in 2017-18, 7574
- Integrity Commissioner of Ontario
- review of expense claims for cabinet ministers and opposition leaders
- for the period April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017, 5668
- review of expense claims for cabinet ministers and opposition leaders up to September 2016, 1416
- Office of the Integrity Commissioner
- Re: The Honourable David Orazietti, 941
- Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
- 2016 Report to the Legislature, 2282
- Ombudsman of Ontario
- 2015–16 annual report, 1309
Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae First Nation), 2016 (Bill 73)
Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 152)
- first reading
- second reading, 5037–5046, 5087–5096, 5211–5222, 5367
- Baker, 5045
- Berardinetti, 5220–5221
- Bisson, 5211–5220, 5222
- Campbell, 5044–5045
- Clark, 5221
- Delaney, 5221–5222
- Fedeli, 5045, 5090–5091
- Fife, 5221
- Gélinas, 5095
- Hillier, 5087–5090
- Miller, N., 5091–5096
- Naqvi, 5037–5041, 5045–5046
- Oosterhoff, 5095
- Romano, 5044
- Vanthof, 5094
- Zimmer, 5041–5044, 5094–5095
- third reading, 5820–5844
- Royal assent, 5946
Research and development
- artificial intelligence
- government funding
- Duguid, 5925
- technology sector
- in northern Ontario
- Ontario Research Fund
- technology sector
- government funding and support
Research in mathematical sciences
- Field Institute, University of Toronto
Residential buildings
Residential services for children and youth
- inspections
- licensing and compliance
Respect for Municipalities Act (City of Toronto), 2016 (Bill 61)
Respecting Municipal Authority Over Landfilling Sites Act, 2018 (Bill 201)
Restaurant industry.
see Hospitality industry
Restoring Planning Powers to Municipalities Act, 2016 (Bill 25)
Retirement homes
- see also Long-term care facilities
- differentiated from long-term care facilities
- fire safety measures
- governance
- restraints and confinement, use of
Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA)
Retirement homes, unlicensed
Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017 (Bill 133)
Right to Care Act (Children 16 Years of Age and Older), 2016 (Bill 32)
Ring of Fire development
- consultation with indigenous communities
- delays
- Brown, 1060
- Coe, 4106–4107
- Fife, 3941
- French, 1331
- Mantha, 412–413, 1332, 2846, 3165, 3967, 4245
- Mauro, 2676, 3967–3968
- McDonell, 4109
- McNaughton, 1497
- Miller, N., 1060–1061, 1330, 1332, 2675–2676, 3599–3600, 3942, 4099, 4108–4109
- Romano, 4618, 5804, 6120, 6906, 7136
- Vanthof, 3942
- Walker, 4112–4113
- Wynne, 4245, 4618
- Zimmer, 5393
- federal government funding
- general remarks
- government funding
- stakeholder consultation
Road maintenance
- in northern Ontario
- in Northern Ontario
- privatization
Road safety
- cyclists and pedestrians
- under municipal jurisdiction
- radar speed signs
- school and community safety zones
- Armstrong, 3557
- Colle, 4686
- Flynn, 3558–3559
- Mantha, 3555–3556
- Wong, 3557
- automated speed enforcement
- Anderson, 4339
- Barrett, 4662
- Del Duca, 1580, 3898, 4658
- Delaney, 4122–4123
- Fedeli, 4586–4587
- Fraser, 4669
- Gates, 4337–4339
- Harris, 3898, 4122–4123, 4272–4273
- Martow, 4265–4266, 4657, 4662
- McNaughton, 4654–4656
- Natyshak, 4483
- Nicholls, 4050–4051, 4266–4267, 4484
- Oosterhoff, 4340–4341
- Pettapiece, 4483
- Vernile, 3556–3557, 4051–4052, 4266
- Walker, 4659–4661, 4663
- definition of
- lawn signs
- time limits on
- school crossing zones
- school zones
- teen drivers
- traffic calming strategies
Rohingya Muslims
Rohingya refugees
Rondeau Provincial Park
- private cottage lots, lease extension for
Rouge National Urban Park
Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 (Bill 193)
Roy Wilson Real Estate Inc. Act, 2017 (Bill Pr62)
- first reading
- second reading, 4763
- third reading, 4763
- Royal assent, 4778
Royal Canadian Navy
Rules of legal parentage.
see Parental recognition
Rural Ontario
