Speaker letter b House Hansard index Parliament 42 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: B

Baber, R. (PC, York Centre)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - second reading, 1856, 1862
- Attack in Pittsburgh (October 2018), 1962
- Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 706–710
- Brownwood Holdings Limited Act, 2018 (Bill Pr3)
  - first reading, 2267
  - second reading, 2871
  - third reading, 2871
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    - legality of use, 883
    - and parliamentary supremacy, 882
- Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
  - second reading, 861
- Cap-and-trade
  - as carbon tax, 861
- Cap-and-trade cancellation
  - fiscal impact, 99, 1862
- City of Toronto
  - infrastructure, 991
- Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 991
- Emergency first responders
  - appreciation for, 270
- Government downsizing
  - as fiscal policy, 706
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - third reading, 2286–2287
- Immigration and refugee policy
  - general remarks, 231, 2094
- Infrastructure - roads and highways
  - Gardiner Expressway, 708
- Judiciary
  - consideration of parliamentary privilege, 882
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - second reading, 1962, 2024, 2067–2068
- Manufacturing industry
  - employment, 1835
- Members' statements
  - Armenian community, 1529
  - Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1281
  - Jewish High Holy Days, 1123
  - King Street transit pilot, 2689–2690
  - Labour dispute, 2981
  - Madonna robotics team, 303
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - York Centre, 270–271
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 270–271
- Municipalities
  - provincial jurisdiction over, 706
- Natural gas
  - conversion to
    - impact on heating costs, 1856
- Natural gas expansion
  - as incentive for development, 1862
  - target communities, 1862
- Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
  - cost, 2287
- Oral questions
  - Immigration and refugee policy
    - presented, 231, 2094
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 1835
  - Municipal elections
    - presented, 406, 882–883
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2518
- Police services - resources
  - re gun violence, 706–707
- Private members' public business
  - Municipal elections
    - responded to, 590
- Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2018 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 2245
- Subways
  - uploading to provincial jurisdiction, 2518
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 98–99
- Toronto City Council
  - record
    - re police services, 706–707
    - re transit, 707–708
- Toronto City Council - election (2018)
  - implementation process
    - operational assistance, 406
- Toronto City Council reform
  - and democracy, 707
  - general remarks, 706
  - jurisdiction, 706
- Toronto city council - wards, redrawing of
  - general remarks, 590
- Toronto City Council - wards, redrawing of
  - alignment with provincial ridings, 707
  - and voter representation, 707
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - King Street pilot project, 707–708
  - streetcars
    - King Street Pilot Project, 2689–2690
  - subway system, 2518
- Transit system expansion by region
  - Scarborough, 708
- Uploading
  - to province
    - subways, 2518
- Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 204, 270–271, 273
- Violent crime
  - increase in, 706
- York University strike
  - reputational impact, 204
  - student impact, 204
Babikian, A. (PC, Scarborough–Agincourt)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - third reading, 2673
- Armenian community
  - appreciation, 1529
- Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 715–718
- Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1398
- Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
  - second reading, 626–627, 866
- Cap-and-trade
  - effect on business environment, 866
- Correctional facilities
  - safety and security, 1383–1384
- Cost of living
  - contributing factors, 2063
- Government orders
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 357–359
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - third reading, 2405
- Gun violence
  - in Scarborough–Agincourt, 1491
- Housing affordability
  - general remarks, 2063
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - second reading, 2063
- Members' statements
  - Anglican Church of St. Paul, L'Amoreaux, 2641
  - Community safety, 1491
  - Cyprus Independence Day, 1387–1388
  - Kurdian, Sirvard, 2212–2213
  - Sri Varasiththi Vinaayagar Hindu Temple Chariot Festival, 478
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Scarborough–Agincourt, 357, 2641
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 357–359
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 357–358
- Minimum wage increase
  - in other jurisdictions, 2024
- Natural gas expansion
  - general remarks, 2673
- Natural gas rates
  - impact of cap-and-trade cancellation, 2673
- Oral questions
  - Correctional services
    - presented, 1383–1384
  - Municipal elections
    - presented, 776
- Petitions
  - Ontario economy, 2213
  - Public safety, 1895, 2055–2056
- Private members' public business
  - Fighting Back Against Handguns Act (Handgun Ammunition Sales), 2018 (Bill 30)
    - second reading, 1513–1514
- Rental housing
  - affordability of, 2063
- Toronto City Council reform
  - public opinion, 715–716, 718
- Toronto City Council - wards, redrawing of
  - alignment with provincial ridings, 716
  - Toronto ward boundary review (2016), 776
  - and voter representation, 716–718
- Toronto city councillors
  - ward redrawing, opinion of, 716
- Transit system expansion by region
  - Scarborough, 716
- Tributes
  - Kurdian, Sirvard, 2212–2213
- Veterans
  - appreciation for, 2098
Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia–Lambton)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - second reading, 1815
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    - inclusion of, 992
    - and judicial review, 992
- Clean technology industry
  - in Sarnia–Lambton, 2800
- Colleges and universities
  - Lambton College, 798
- Curriculum - health and physical education (proposed)
  - consultation process, 59–60
- Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 992
- Electricity generation
  - cogeneration facilities, 2407
  - non-utility generators, 2407, 2800
- Electricity transmission
  - blackouts/brownouts
    - economic impact, 2952–2953
- Farming
  - mycotoxin contamination
    - government assistance, 2261
    - impact on crop viability, 2261
- Government orders
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 797–799
- Green Energy Act, 2009, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A
  - public consultation, 992
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - third reading, 2406–2407, 2799–2800, 2802
- Home heating
  - affordability, 1030
- Hydro One leadership - change in
  - general remarks, 59
- Industry
  - in Sarnia–Lambton, 798
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Protecting Ontario's Power Supply), 2018 (Bill 67)
  - second reading, 2952–2953
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - second reading, 2020
- Natural gas
  - conversion to
    - impact on heating costs, 1815
- Natural gas - access to
  - economic impact, 1815
  - general remarks, 1815
- Natural gas expansion
  - impact on residential customers, 1030
  - target communities, 1031
  - via private sector, 1815
- Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)
  - Public Interest Committee, 2192
- Ontario College of Trades
  - closure of, 2020
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - operations shutdown/start-up
    - timelines for, 2952–2953
- Oral questions
  - Assistance to farmers
    - presented, 2261
  - Energy rates
    - presented, 1030–1031
- Petitions
  - Mental health and addiction services, 1445, 1601–1602
- Private members' public business
  - Tax Fairness for Real Estate Professionals Act, 2018 (Bill 38)
    - second reading, 1694–1696, 1700
- Renewable energy projects
  - employment, 2406
  - public response to, 2799
  - siting, municipal jurisdiction, 2407, 2799–2800
- Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2018 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 2192
- Solar panels
  - on agricultural land, 2800
- Tax Fairness for Real Estate Professionals Act, 2018 (Bill 38)
  - first reading, 1440–1441
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 53, 58–60
- Wind turbine projects
  - public response to, 2406–2407
- Wind turbines
  - in Sarnia–Lambton, 58–59
Barrett, T. (PC, Haldimand–Norfolk)
- Agricultural land
  - alternate uses, environmental preservation and services, 1288–1289, 1293
- Alternate Land Use and Services Program for Agricultural Land Act, 2018 (Bill 28)
  - first reading, 783
- ALUS Canada, 1289
- Business environment
  - general remarks, 2610
- Carbon pricing - federal carbon tax
  - Saskatchewan legal challenge, participation in, 640
- Electricity consumption
  - smart meters, 1562
- Electricity rates
  - delivery charge, 1562
  - increase in, 1562
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1560–1564, 1760
- Home heating
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 1561, 1564
- Hydro One
  - general remarks, 1563
- Hydro One leadership
  - CEO compensation, 1562
- Members' statements
  - Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show, 1282
  - Norwest, Henry, 2050
  - Simcoe Christmas Panorama River of Lights, 2578–2579
  - Simcoe, John Graves, 238
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Haldimand–Norfolk, 2578–2579
- Oral questions
  - Taxation
    - presented, 640
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - presented, 2575
- Petitions
  - Animal protection, 2782, 2822
  - Baitfish industry, 2870–2871, 2894
  - Curriculum, 1532
- Private members' public business
  - Alternate Land Use and Services Program for Agricultural Land Act, 2018 (Bill 28)
    - second reading, 1287–1289, 1293
- Renewable energy contracts
  - cost of, 1560
  - feed-in-tariff (FIT), 1561
- Renewable energy contracts - cancellation
  - general remarks, 1561
- Renewable energy projects
  - siting, 1564
  - siting, municipal jurisdiction, 1562
- Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 2610
- Road maintenance in winter
  - Ontario 511 website, 2575
- Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2018 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 2371–2372, 2384, 2394–2395
- Service animals
  - general remarks, 2384
- Solar energy
  - general remarks, 1561
- Students - sexual abuse of
  - definition, changes to, 2394–2395
  - false accusations, 2394
- Teachers
  - math proficiency evaluation, 2371–2372
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 60
- Tributes
  - Norwest, Henry, 2050
  - Simcoe, John Graves, 238
- Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 277
Begum, D. (NDP, Scarborough Southwest)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - second reading, 1859, 1862
- Automobile insurance rates
  - based on postal codes, 1729
- Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 700
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    - re Toronto City Council reform, 841
- Child care
  - availability, 1231
  - government funding
    - for low-income families, 1028–1029
    - for private operators, 1028–1029
  - regulations governing, 2924
- Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Not-for-Profit Corporations), 2018 (Bill 45)
  - first reading, 1644–1645
- Child care funding
  - to non-profit vs. for-profit agencies, 1231
- Climate change mitigation
  - government strategy, 90
- Curriculum - health and physical education (2015), repeal of
  - public response to, 1123
- Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 975
- Government contracts
  - cancellation of
    - impact on business environment, 975
- Government downsizing
  - municipal level, consultation, 572
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - general remarks, 684
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - third reading, 2278
- Gun violence
  - causes of, 1493
  - in Toronto, 1493
- Hospital funding by site
  - Scarborough Health Network, 2690
  - Scarborough Rouge Hospital, 1892–1893
- Indigenous communities
  - access to potable water, 1862
- Indigenous relations
  - government strategy, 90
- Long-term care
  - government strategy, 2160
- Long-term-care beds
  - shortage, 336
  - wait-lists, geographic distribution, 2160
- Long-term-care facilities
  - living conditions, 336
  - Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry, 336
- Members' statements
  - Child care, 2924
  - Community safety, 1493
  - Curriculum, 1123
  - Government's record, 683–684
  - Hospital funding, 1892–1893
  - Municipal elections, 841
  - Riding of Scarborough Southwest, 89–90
  - Scarborough Health Network, 2690
  - Seniors, 2578
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Scarborough Southwest, 90
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 2278
- Mental health care funding
  - general remarks, 638
- Mental health care services
  - housing services, 638
  - wait times, 638, 760
- Natural gas expansion
  - target communities, 1859, 1862
- Opposition day motions
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 2160
- Oral questions
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 1729
  - Child care
    - presented, 1028–1029, 1231
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 336
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 638
  - Municipal elections
    - presented, 572
- Petitions
  - Employment standards, 1338, 1498, 2323–2324
  - Indigenous affairs, 687–688
  - Municipal elections, 420, 747, 936, 1008
- Private members' public business
  - Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Not-for-Profit Corporations), 2018 (Bill 45)
    - second reading, 2119–2120, 2125
  - Mental health and addiction services
    - responded to, 759
  - Organic Products Act, 2018 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 2753–2754
- Senior citizens
  - education programs, 2578
- Statements by stakeholders
  - re health and physical education curriculum, 248–249
- Supportive housing
  - wait times, 638
- Toronto City Council - wards, redrawing of
  - and voter representation, 700
- Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 248–249
- White Pines Wind Project - cancellation
  - impact on business environment, 975
Bell, J. (NDP, University–Rosedale)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - second reading, 1819
  - third reading, 2826–2829, 2831
- Auditor General
  - appointment, suspension, and termination of, 2589
  - independence, 2589
  - role of, 2589
- Autism services - children
  - access to, 2387
- Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 611–612
- Bicycle safety
  - cyclist fatalities, 136
  - Ontario Municipal Commuter Cycling Program, cancellation of, 136
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    - re Toronto City Council reform, 882, 888–889
- Cancer treatment - take-home medication
  - government-funded programs, 2482–2483
  - universal coverage, 2483
- Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
  - second reading, 543–547
- Cap-and-trade cancellation
  - fiscal impact, 544–545
- Chief Electoral Officer
  - appointment, suspension, and termination of, 2588–2589
- Climate change
  - extreme weather due to, 544
  - general remarks, 221, 1642, 2826
- Climate change mitigation
  - government strategy, 545, 547
- Colleges and universities
  - sessional instructors, duties of, 208
  - sessional instructors, employment model, 208
- Curriculum - health and physical education (2015), repeal of
  - public response to, 2379, 2385
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 2494–2495
- Education - post-secondary
  - employment model, 208
- Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 962
- Electoral process
  - in other jurisdictions, 2589
- Employment
  - precarious, 544, 2016
- Employment - annual leave days
  - sick days, 2145
- Employment standards reform (2018)
  - general remarks, 2145–2146
- Energy rates
  - affordability of, 1819, 2826
- Environmental Registry
  - posting of government bills
    - natural gas expansion, 1819
- GO stations
  - siting of, 2588
- GO Transit
  - electrification, 2208
  - fare adjustment, 1640
- Government downsizing
  - municipal level, consultation, 472
    - freedom-of-information request, 999
  - municipal level, scope of, 611
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - third reading, 2225
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account (GGRA)
  - use for school repairs, 544–545
- Home heating
  - affordability, 1819
- Housing affordability
  - "affordable," definition of, 2587
  - general remarks, 2494–2495, 2587
  - rent control, 2494–2495, 2587
  - rental rates, 372–373
- Housing affordability by region
  - University–Rosedale, 543
- Infrastructure - transit
  - government funding
    - general remarks, 2516
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - second reading, 2015–2016
- Members' statements
  - Bicycle safety, 136
  - Climate change, 1642
  - Employment standards, 2145–2146
  - Injured workers, 1280
  - Municipal elections, 888–889
  - Public transit, 2690–2691
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - University–Rosedale, 543
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 543–545
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 543
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 882
- Metrolinx
  - oversight of, 2560, 2588
  - transparency, 2588
- Minimum wage increase (2019)
  - cancellation, 2016
  - general remarks, 547
- Ministry of Transportation
  - budget, 2560, 2587
- Municipal and regional governments
  - wards, number of
    - alignment with provincial ridings, 611–612
- Natural gas
  - supply, 2827
- Natural gas expansion
  - environmental impact, 1819, 2826
  - general remarks, 2829
  - as incentive for development, 2826
  - oversight by Ontario Energy Board (OEB), 2827
  - public consultation
    - via Environmental Registry, 1819
  - target communities, 2826
- Natural gas expansion - cost of
  - infrastructure development, disclosure, 2827–2828
  - rate protection program
    - invoices, 2826–2827
    - regulatory charge
      - amount, 2827
      - evaluation of ratepayer benefit, 2828
      - general remarks, 2827
      - overrun protection, 2827
      - ratepayer notification, 2828, 2831
      - use of, 2826
- Natural gas expansion - project approval
  - authority to approve, 2827, 2831
  - return on investment
    - for public, 2827
- Natural gas rates
  - affordability over time, 2827
- Opposition day motions
  - Cancer treatment
    - responded to, 2482–2483
- Oral questions
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 372–373
  - Municipal elections
    - presented, 999
  - Public consultation
    - presented, 472
  - Public transit
    - presented, 882, 1279, 1640, 2207–2208, 2516, 2773, 2883
  - School facilities
    - presented, 174–175
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 2312–2313
- Pay equity
  - and employment status, 2016
- Petitions
  - Climate change, 1897
  - Employment standards, 305, 1445, 1647, 2150, 2431–2432
  - Municipal elections, 418, 586, 818, 1008–1009
  - Public transit, 2984–2985
  - Toronto Transit Commission, 2645, 2822
- Policy development
  - public consultation, 472
- Political fundraising
  - donations
    - attestation requirement, 2589
- Private members' public business
  - Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Not-for-Profit Corporations), 2018 (Bill 45)
    - second reading, 2124
  - GO Transit
    - responded to, 1297–1298
  - Protecting Vulnerable Road Users Act, 2018 (Bill 37)
    - second reading, 1902
- Protecting Vulnerable Road Users Act, 2018 (Bill 62)
  - first reading, 2473
- Renewable energy
  - cost of, 2225
- Rental housing
  - affordability, 372–373
  - affordability of, 2313, 2494–2495
  - evictions, 2313, 2494
  - supply, 2494, 2587
  - tenant protections, 2494–2495, 2587
  - vacancy rates, 2313, 2494
- Rental housing - development
  - general remarks, 2587
  - inclusionary zoning, 2495
- Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 2559–2560, 2587–2589, 2591
- Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2018 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 2379, 2384–2387
- School facilities - maintenance and repair
  - cost of, 174
  - funding, 175
  - funding source, 544–545, 2385
  - general remarks, 2379
- Schools
  - class sizes, 2379, 2385, 2387
- Small business
  - operating costs, 546
- Statements by stakeholders
  - re education, 2385
  - re employment standards reform, 2145
  - re natural gas expansion, 2826
  - re pharmacare, 2482
- Subways
  - uploading to provincial jurisdiction, 1279
- Taxation
  - personal tax rate
    - high-income surtaxes, 2591
- Teachers
  - additional qualifications, math, 2385
  - math proficiency evaluation, 2385
- Toronto City Council
  - decision-making process, 882
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - subway
    - privatization, 2773
- Transit
  - government funding, 2690
- Transit system expansion
  - consultation, 2588
  - funding, 1298, 2560, 2588
- Transit system expansion by region
  - Mississauga LRT, 2207, 2516
- Transit systems
  - capacity and overcrowding, 543–544
  - government strategy, 2587–2588
- Transportation - Greater Toronto Area
  - commute times, economic impact, 2560
- Union Pearson Express
  - fare adjustment, 1640
- Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 208, 221
- White Pines Wind Project
  - environmental impact, 221
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - claims assessment process
    - re physician opinions, 1280
  - employer premiums, reduction in, 1280
Berns-McGown, R. (NDP, Beaches–East York)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - second reading, 1806
  - third reading, 2659, 2835, 2838, 2843
- Bangladeshi community
  - International Mother Language Day monument, 2538
- Basic Income Pilot cancellation
  - general remarks, 2815
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    - re Toronto City Council reform, 842
      - public response to, 976–977
- Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
  - second reading, 494
- Carding
  - and racialized persons, 319–320, 753–754
- Child poverty
  - government strategy, 1030
- Climate change
  - extreme weather due to, 494
- Culture and cultural identity
  - general remarks, 2538
  - role of language, 2538
- Curriculum - health and physical education (2015), repeal of
  - student safety and well-being, 320, 1687
- Curriculum - Truth and Reconciliation
  - writing workshops, cancellation of, 319
- Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 977–978
- Employment standards reform (2018)
  - impact on employment, 2024
- French-language debates
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Services en français, 2710
- Government downsizing
  - municipal level, consultation, 578
- Government notice of motions
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 319–322
- Housing
  - as a human right, 1302
- Indigenous communities
  - access to energy, 1806
  - language education, 2538
  - living conditions
    - Bearskin Lake, 2838
- Legislative drafting
  - specificity in, 2659
- Legislative process
  - debate
    - general remarks, 2835
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - second reading, 2024
- Members' statements
  - Curriculum, 1687
  - Injured workers, 1186
  - Municipal elections, 842
  - Remembrance Day, 2146
  - Riding of Beaches–East York, 137–138
  - Secord Elementary School, 2689
  - Social assistance, 641
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Beaches–East York, 2689
  - Beaches—East York, 137
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 319–322
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 320–321
- Minimum wage increase
  - effect on employment, 2024
- Minimum wage increase (2019)
  - general remarks, 1789
- Ministerial statements
  - Poverty
    - responded to, 1600
- Natural gas expansion
  - general remarks, 2835
  - program reach, 2838
  - target communities, 2659, 2843
- Opioid abuse
  - death and hospitalizations due to, 332
- Oral questions
  - Addiction services
    - presented, 332
  - Child poverty
    - presented, 1030
  - Minimum wage
    - presented, 1789
  - Municipal government
    - presented, 578
  - Poverty
    - presented, 2418–2419
  - Senior poverty
    - presented, 2815
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 2047, 2574
- Petitions
  - Animal protection, 1194–1195
  - Celiac disease, 2526–2527
  - Eating disorders, 2947
  - Employment standards, 2431
  - Injured workers, 1192, 2644
  - Municipal elections, 419, 483, 584, 746, 819, 936
  - School facilities, 2214
  - Social assistance, 2150
- Police services oversight
  - reform
    - postponement of, 320
- Poverty
  - general remarks, 2419
  - prevalence of, 2418
  - reports (2018)
    - Poverty Hurts Children and Families (Ontario Campaign 2000), 2418
  - senior citizens, 2815
- Poverty reduction
  - government strategy, 2419
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 1302
  - Carding
    - responded to, 753–754
  - Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2018 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 2905
  - International language studies
    - responded to, 2538
  - Mental health and addiction services
    - responded to, 759–760
- Racism
  - systemic nature of, 320–321
- Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
  - government strategy, 319
- Refugees - resettlement
  - funding for
    - from province, 320
- Rent control
  - exemptions, 2815
- Rental housing
  - affordability, 1302
- Safe consumption sites
  - general remarks, 332
- Senior citizens
  - poverty, 2815
- Social assistance programs
  - financial benefit, changes in, 641, 2047
- Social assistance reform
  - impact on individuals with acute illness, 2574
- Statements by stakeholders
  - re s.33: notwithstanding clause (Charter), 978
  - re Toronto City Council reform, 978
- Tributes
  - Fallon, Reese, 319
  - Scott, Reid, 2729
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - compensation claims, 1186
Bethlenfalvy, Hon. P. (PC, Pickering–Uxbridge)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - third reading, 2499–2500
- Appreciation
  - O'Connor, Gerri Lynn, 1717
  - Picotte, Myrna, 1717
- Auditor General
  - general remarks, 177–178
- Broader public sector - hiring freeze
  - exemptions, 19
  - as fiscal strategy, 19
- Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 1310–1311
- Carbon pricing - federal carbon tax
  - legal challenge to, 2500
- Farmers
  - natural gas access, impact of, 2499
- Government debt
  - debt-to-GDP ratio, 1306
  - general remarks, 1181, 2310
  - interest on, 1309
- Government expenditures
  - in British Columbia, 1306
  - general remarks, 1309
  - Planning for Prosperity consultations, 840, 1001–1002, 1226–1227, 1307, 1994
  - public service consultations, 2260
  - in Quebec, 1307
- Government finances
  - accountability and transparency, 130, 178, 1181
  - fiscal policies, 1225, 2309, 2349
  - general remarks, 2142–2143
- Government finances - line-by-line review
  - disclosure, 1181
  - general remarks, 298, 412
  - mandate, 236, 298, 412, 1181, 1326
  - methodology, 1307
  - role of Auditor General, 178
  - selection of auditors, 130
- Government notice of motions
  - Select Committee on Financial Transparency
    - time allocation motion
      - amendment
        responded to, 1305–1310
  - Standing orders
    - time allocation motion
      - presented, 1712
      - responded to, 1713–1718
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2018)
    - finances, 298
    - fiscal policies, 1306, 1308
  - PC (2018-present)
    - fiscal policy, 131
    - general remarks, 1716
- Independent Financial Commission of Inquiry
  - general remarks, 412
  - report
    - findings, 1309
- Infrastructure development
  - economic impact, 2500
- Labour relations
  - public sector
    - bargaining mandate approval, 2736
- Legislative procedure
  - debate
    - commenting on government bills prior to introduction, 2309
- Managing Transformation: A Modernization Action Plan for Ontario (2018)
  - findings, 1227
  - recommendations
    - general remarks, 1326, 1328
    - government response to, 1225–1226, 1326
    - re public assets, sale/lease of, 1226, 1329
- Managing Transformation: A Modernization Action Plan for Ontario (2018)
  - findings, 1177, 1306, 1308
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Pickering–Uxbridge, 1715, 1717
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 1713–1718
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1714–1716
- Members/ministers quoting
  - Frost, Leslie, 1718
  - other members
    - natural gas expansion, 2499–2500
- Natural gas - access to
  - general remarks, 2499
- Natural gas expansion
  - economic impact, 2500
  - as economic policy, 2500
  - program reach, 2499
- Natural gas expansion - cost of
  - rate protection program
    - regulatory charge
      - general remarks, 2499
- Natural gas rates
  - impact of cap-and-trade cancellation, 2500
- Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
  - accounting treatment, 1309
  - report by Auditor General
    - The Fair Hydro Plan: Concerns about Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Value for Money, 1308
- Oral questions
  - Environmental protection
    - responded to, 2309
  - Government accounability
    - responded to, 1181
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 1027, 1177, 1227, 2142–2143, 2260, 2736
  - Government accounting practices
    - responded to, 2884
  - Government advertising
    - responded to, 2882
  - Government fiscal policies
    - responded to, 1325, 2349, 2883
  - Government spending
    - responded to, 131, 840, 1001–1002
  - Government spending and accounting practices
    - responded to, 129–130, 177–178, 236, 297–298, 412
  - Government's agenda
    - responded to, 1994
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3002–3003
  - Ontario public service
    - responded to, 19
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 1225–1227, 1326, 1328–1329
  - Public services
    - responded to, 2309–2310
- Parliamentary Budget Officer
  - Fiscal Sustainability Report (2018), 1329
- Private members' public business
  - PTSD Awareness Day Act, 2018 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 597–598
- Public accounts 2017-2018
  - review by Auditor General, 1308
- Select Committee on Financial Transparency
  - general remarks, 1177
- Sharpe, Samuel Simpson, 1717
- Time allocation motions
  - Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
    - presented, 1310–1311
  - Select Committee on Financial Transparency
    - amendment
      - responded to, 1305–1310
  - Standing orders
    - presented, 1712
    - responded to, 1713–1718
- Transfer payments
  - accountability and transparency, 1308
- Treasury Board Secretariat
  - paperless initiative, 2143
- Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 208–209
- Veterans
  - mental health care, 1717
- York University strike
  - labour market impact, 208
Bisson, G. (NDP, Timmins)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - second reading, 1865–1868
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1872–1875
  - third reading, 2665–2669, 2847
- Acid rain
  - in Sudbury, 1778
- Algoma Steel
  - restructuring (1992), 2667, 2669
- An Act to require the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to discharge the responsibilities under subsection 15(1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act
  - first reading, 783
- Appreciation
  - McMurtry, Roy, 1582
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - ratio reviews, 385
- Apprenticeships
  - journeyperson-to-apprentice ratio, 2067, 2076–2077
- Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 689, 721
  - time allocation motion
    - amendment
      - presented, 726–727
    - responded to, 725–726
- Biomass fuel
  - electricity generation, 1776, 2286
- Budget 2018-2019
  - deficit, 1199–1201
- Budget deficit
  - government strategy, 1202–1203
- Business closures
  - loss of employment due to
    - government response to, historically, 2621
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    - and democracy, 1014
    - future use of, 850, 924, 987
    - government use of, 924–925, 939, 980, 2531
    - historical use, 1014
    - inclusion of, 1582
    - and parliamentary supremacy, 1014
    - re Toronto City Council reform
      - political community, response of, 851
- Cannabis
  - second-hand exposure to, 1394
- Cannabis consumption
  - health effects, 1393
- Cannabis consumption - location restrictions
  - alignment with tobacco regulations, 1367, 1394
- Cannabis consumption - youth
  - health effects, 1393
  - prevention, 1393–1394
- Cannabis - legalization
  - federal jurisdiction, 1392–1393
- Cannabis - regulatory framework
  - Bill 36, introduction timeline, 1397, 1408, 1419–1421
- Cannabis retail
  - in Indigenous communities, 1367
  - private market model, 1367, 1395
  - public-ownership model
    - general remarks, 1367, 1395
- Cannabis retail - unlicensed dispensaries
  - penalties
    - licensing ineligibility, 1395
- Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1367, 1392–1395, 1397, 1408
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1419–1421
- Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
  - second reading, 554–555, 670–671, 850–852, 860
  - time allocation motion
    - amendment
      - presented, 1374
    - responded to, 1374
- Cap-and-trade
  - as carbon tax, 670, 850
  - revenue for green programs, 287
- Cap-and-trade cancellation
  - general remarks, 1050
  - legal challenges to, 850
  - public consultation, 1374
- Carbon market
  - Ontario, competitiveness of, 1777
- Carbon pricing - other jurisdictions
  - China, 1742
- City of Toronto et al. v Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONSC 5151
  - re Toronto City Council reform
    - constitutionality of, 987, 1014–1015
- Climate change
  - extreme weather due to
    - in northern Ontario, 852
  - and flooding
    - in northern Ontario, 671
- Climate change mitigation
  - government strategy, 1777–1778
  - in other jurisdictions, 1777–1778
- Collective agreements
  - general remarks, 2078, 2128
- Committee process
  - historically, 1571, 1872–1875
  - witnesses, access to, 1872, 2130
  - witnesses, preparation time, 1873
- Constituency offices
  - vandalism of
    - Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 1874
- Counting Zebra Mussels Act, 2018 (Bill 17)
  - first reading, 644
- Curriculum - cannabis
  - teaching approach, 1393–1394
- Democracy
  - general remarks, 721
- Economy
  - changing nature of, 2621
- Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 979–980, 987
  - time allocation motion
    - amendment
      - presented, 1013–1015
    - responded to, 1012–1013
- eHealth
  - cost of, 1340
- Electricity rates
  - general remarks, 1867
  - impact of privatization, 1746
- Electricity supply
  - and demand, 1776
  - surplus, 55
- Electricity system
  - capacity, 1776
- Employment
  - precarious, 2079
- Employment - annual leave days
  - documentation supporting, 2129
- Employment standards
  - economic impact, 2080
  - general remarks, 2129
  - in other jurisdictions, 2079
  - reform, historically, 2128–2129
- Employment standards reform (2018)
  - impact on employment, 2130
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 22
  - general remarks, 2079
  - personal emergency days, 2059
- Fairness in Petroleum Products Pricing Act, 2018 (Bill 7)
  - first reading, 480–481
- Farmers
  - natural gas, access to, 2665, 2669
- Firefighters
  - appreciation for, 22
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
    - Cartes Santé, 1501–1502
    - Loi de 2018 sur l'équité fiscale pour les professionnels de l'immobilier, projet de loi 38
      - deuxième lecture, 1697
  - Attribution de temps
    - Loi de 2018 modifiant des lois en ce qui concerne le cannabis, projet de loi 36, 1421
    - Loi de 2018 visant à rétablir la confiance, la transparence et la responsabilité, projet de loi 57, 2620–2621
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 33–34, 165
  - Dépôt des projets de loi
    - Loi de 2018 sur le recensement des moules zébrées, projet de loi 17
      - première lecture, 644
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Services en français, 2712–2713
  - Motions
    - House sittings (carried), 2866
  - Questions orales
    - Services en français, 2636–2637
- Gas plant cancellations
  - committee hearings, 1196, 1340
  - committee review, 1050
  - cost of, 1196
- Gasoline prices
  - changes in, 642, 1488
  - in northern Ontario, 1487
  - regulation of, 642, 1487–1488, 1643
- General Motors - Oshawa plant closure
  - due to environmental policy, 2621
  - due to global restructuring, 2621
  - government response, 2621, 2669
- Government contracts - limited liability provisions
  - effect on business environment, 65
  - impact on business environment, 283–286
- Government downsizing
  - municipal level, consultation, 725–726, 732, 926
- Government finances
  - accountability and transparency, 1174
- Government notice of motions
  - Select Committee on Financial Transparency
    - amendment
      - presented, 1173–1175, 1195–1203
    - responded to, 1173
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 1339–1342
  - Standing orders
    - amendment
      - responded to, 2789–2791
    - responded to, 920–931
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 1718–1719
    - time allocation motion (on the amendments to the main motion)
      - responded to, 1571–1574
- Government orders
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 425–428
  - Standing orders
    - amendment (lost)
      - responded to, 1050–1052
    - amendment to the amendment (lost)
      - responded to, 1159–1163
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2018)
    - employment, 2668
    - fiscal policies, 1174, 1195–1196, 1340
    - privatization, 925
  - NDP (1990-1995)
    - employment, 2667–2668
    - fiscal policies, 1201
    - government debt, 922
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - fiscal policies, 1195
    - legislative process, 286, 1012–1014
    - municipal amalgamation, 426
    - transportation, 928
  - PC (2018-present)
    - general remarks, 1395
    - legislative process, 1051, 1333–1334, 1397, 1420, 1872, 2961
- Green economy
  - business environment, 2621
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1742, 1746, 1765–1766
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1775–1778
  - third reading, 2286
- Greenbelt
  - development on, 582
- Greenhouse gas emissions - reduction
  - means of achieving, 671, 860
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account (GGRA)
  - use for green programs, 554–555
- Health care
  - privatization, 1202–1203
- Health care costs
  - in public vs. private systems, 35
- Home heating
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 2847
- Hospital funding
  - formula, 1202
- Hospital funding by site
  - Timmins and District Hospital
    - deficit, 34
- Hydro One leadership - change in
  - cost
    - responsibility for, 282, 285
- Hydro One leadership - compensation reform
  - limited liability provision, 282–283
- Immigration and refugee policy
  - due process, 425–426
  - general remarks, 1719
- Independent Financial Commission of Inquiry
  - cost of, 1200
  - report
    - findings, 1174
- Indigenous communities
  - living conditions, 34
- Indigenous communities - health care
  - nursing stations vs. hospitals, 147
- Infrastructure development
  - Integrated Bilateral Agreement
    - allocation, 2667
- International Plowing Match 2018, 1006–1007
- Judicial officers
  - election vs. appointment, 1015
- Judiciary
  - as balance on legislative powers, 979–980
  - policy development, role in, 987, 1014
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Protecting Ontario's Power Supply), 2018 (Bill 67)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 2961–2967
  - third reading, 2994–2995
- Legislative drafting
  - Charter analysis, 2531–2532
  - consultation during, 2666
- Legislative procedure
  - closure motions, 281
  - debate
    - imputing motive, 162, 691–692, 694, 1014
    - imputing of motive, 888
    - member time limits, 1874
    - role of, 281–282
  - historically, 922–923
  - House agenda, 922, 1162
  - House schedules
    - evening sittings, 921, 926–927
    - opposition days, 927
  - points of order
    - same question rule
      - presented, 938–940
    - sub judice
      - presented, 938
  - private members' public business
    - time allotment, 1160
  - question period, 475
  - recorded votes, 2532
  - referring to member not present, 150
  - throne speech, disclosure of, 8
- Legislative process
  - committees
    - Committee of the Whole House, 925–926, 1873, 2966
    - general remarks, 2966
    - traveling, 1872–1875, 2962
    - use of, 286, 721, 726, 923–924, 929–930, 1012–1013, 1420, 1571, 1872–1873, 2962, 2966
  - debate
    - time threshold, 2848–2849
  - dilatory motions, 922–923
  - filibustering, 922, 930, 1874–1875, 2966–2967
  - general remarks, 921, 929–930, 1050, 1420–1421, 1572–1574, 2965
  - government bills
    - debate timeline, 2962–2963
  - historically, 925–926, 1161–1162, 1571, 1872–1874, 2965–2966
  - House schedules
    - adjournment, 1006–1007
    - changes to, notice, 1189, 1197–1198, 1333–1334, 1339
    - evening sittings, 2579
  - independence of members, 921, 1572–1573, 1873–1874
  - independent members' participation, 2790–2791
  - information dissemination, 1873
  - motions without notice
    - paper copy, 62
  - opposition days, role of, 927
  - parliamentary branches, 2962
  - parliamentary calendar
    - changes to, 2865–2866
  - public participation in, 1012, 1051, 1872–1873
  - reasoned amendments, 925
  - routine motions, 2865–2866
  - time allocation, 281–282, 285–286, 725, 1342, 1374, 1777, 1872–1873, 1875, 2076, 2620, 2962, 2965–2967
  - transparency, 1051–1052
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - revenue, 1395
  - sale restrictions, adherence to, 1394
- Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2018 (Bill 51)
  - legislative timeline, 2330
- Long-term-care beds
  - new, 2330
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - second reading, 2059–2060, 2067
  - time allocation motion
    - amendment
      - responded to, 2128–2130
    - responded to, 2075–2081
- Medical emergencies abroad, 1202–1203
- Members' statements
  - Battochio, Lou, 2210–2211
  - Firefighting in northern Ontario, 22
  - Gasoline prices, 642, 1643
  - Greenbelt, 582
  - Supports for seniors, 137
- Members'/ministers' apologies to other members, 2576
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - prior to election, 928
  - remarks by member from Timmins, 475, 477
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1202, 1393, 1718, 2077
- Members/ministers quoting
  - other members
    - government finances, 1199
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 428, 726, 852, 860, 922, 1397
- Minimum wage
  - general remarks, 2080
- Minimum wage increase
  - economic impact, 2080, 2130
  - public consultation, 929–930
- Minimum wage increase (2019)
  - cancellation, 2130
- Motions
  - House sittings (carried), 2865–2867
- Municipal and regional governments
  - autonomy of, 1163
- Natural gas
  - conversion to
    - impact on heating costs, 1866–1867, 1873
- Natural gas - access to
  - general remarks, 1866
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 2665–2666
- Natural gas expansion
  - general remarks, 1872
  - program criteria
    - eligibility, 1867
  - program reach, 2665–2667, 2669, 2847
  - target communities, 1865, 1867, 1873, 2665
  - via private sector, 2666
- Natural gas expansion - cost of
  - funding source, 1865, 1867–1868, 2666–2667
  - rate protection program
    - regulatory charge
      - amount, 1867
      - application, 1868
- Natural gas expansion - project approval
  - return on investment
    - for distributors, 1865, 1867, 2665–2666
- Natural Gas Grant Program (NGGP)
  - cancellation, 1867, 2665
  - funding, 1865–1867
  - general remarks, 1866–1867
  - program reach, 1867
- Officers of the Legislature
  - appointment and termination, 2590–2591, 2622
  - independence of, 2622
- OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program
  - second-payer model, 35
- Ontario College of Trades
  - membership fees, 2076
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - operations shutdown/start-up
    - timelines for, 2963
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG) - collective bargaining (2018)
  - strike notice
    - effective date, 2963–2965
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - appointment of commissioner, 2866, 2961–2962
- Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
  - continuation of, 1341, 1867
  - impact on electricity rates, 1867
- Opposition day motions
  - French-language services
    - responded to, 2713
- Opposition parties
  - participation in legislative process, 2790–2791
  - role of, 286
  - support for government policies, 1018, 1574
  - support for government policy, 1341
- Oral questions
  - Gasoline prices
    - presented, 1487–1488
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 475
  - Greenhouse gas emissions
    - presented, 377–378
  - Municipal elections
    - presented, 732
- Ornge air ambulance service
  - cost of, 1340
- Pharmacare
  - fiscal impact, 1574
- Points of privilege
  - Disclosure of throne speech
    - presented, 8
  - performance of parliamentary duties
    - responded to, 1641
- Police services
  - independence of operations, 2962
- Policy development
  - public consultation, 732
- Premier's Office
  - vehicle request, 2964
- Private members' public business
  - Accessible Parking and Towing Industry Review Committee Act, 2018 (Bill 39)
    - second reading, 1907–1908
  - Brunt and Kendall Act (Ensuring Safe Firefighter and Trainee Rescue Training), 2018 (Bill 10)
    - second reading, 2118
  - Charter Rights Transparency Act, 2018 (Bill 49)
    - second reading, 2531–2532
  - Fairness in Petroleum Products Pricing Act, 2018 (Bill 7)
    - second reading, 901–903, 906–907
  - Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2018 (Bill 51)
    - second reading, 2329–2330
  - Skilled trades
    - responded to, 385–386
  - Tax Fairness for Real Estate Professionals Act, 2018 (Bill 38)
    - second reading, 1696–1697
  - Terrorist Activities Sanctions Act, 2018 (Bill 46)
    - second reading, 2338
  - Veterans
    - responded to, 908–909
- Progressive Conservative (PC) Party
  - dilatory motions, historically, 923
- Protecting Waterways from Zebra Mussels Act, 2018 (Bill 29)
  - first reading, 784
- Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
  - advocacy role, 2622
- Public services
  - general remarks, 1394–1395
- Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
  - government strategy, 34, 99
- Refugees
  - general remarks, 165
- Renewable energy contracts
  - cost of, 1765, 1776
  - feed-in-tariff (FIT), 1746
- Renewable energy contracts - cancellation
  - fiscal impact, responsibility for, 142
  - no litigation provision, 35, 55
- Renewable energy projects
  - issue/renewal of approval requirements, 1746
  - by private sector, 55
  - siting, municipal jurisdiction, 1776–1777
- Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 2590–2591
  - time allocation motion
    - amendment
      - responded to, 2620–2622
- Securities law
  - role of, 284
- Select Committee on Financial Transparency
  - disclosure of documents, 2078
  - official opposition members, participation, 1198
  - scope, 1173–1174, 1198–1199, 1340–1341
  - witness selection, 1173–1174, 1197, 1340
- Senior citizens
  - Lifeline services
    - tax deductions for, 137
- Skilled trades
  - occupational health and safety, 385–386
- Social assistance recipients
  - and employment, 2080
- Speakers' rulings quoted
  - Speaker Milliken (House of Commons), 8
- Standing Orders
  - amendment of
    - general remarks, 921, 924–925, 928–929, 1159–1160, 1573
    - involvement of opposition parties, 921, 924, 928, 1050
    - review at committee, 1050–1051, 1160, 1574
  - general remarks, 1051
  - review at committee, 2790–2791
- Standing Orders by order
  - S.O. 23(g): matters out of order in debate, matters sub judice, 938
  - S.O. 23(h): matters out of order in debate, allegations against member, 477, 531
  - S.O. 23(i): matters out of order in debate, imputes false or unavowed motives, 477, 888
  - S.O. 23(k): matters out of order in debate, abusive or insulting language, 531
  - S.O. 43(a): opposition day debates, time limits, 927
  - S.O. 47(b): time allocation motions, vote and 10 minute bell, 929
  - S.O. 52: government motions, may not renew motion, etc., once decided, 938–939
  - S.O. 98(e): private members' public business, suspension, 928
- Status of Zebra Mussels Act, 2018 (Bill 18)
  - first reading, 644
- Taxation
  - deductions
    - for Lifeline services, 137
  - income tax, 1201
- Terrorism
  - general remarks, 2338
  - recruitment prevention, 2338
- Terrorists
  - prosecution of
    - jurisdiction over, 2338
- Terrorists - return to Ontario
  - service restrictions
    - constitutionality of, 2338
    - conviction requirement, 2338
    - impact on public health, 2338
- Throne speech
  - use of French language, 33–34
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 33–36, 52–53, 55, 65, 99, 111, 142–143, 147, 165
- Time allocation motions
  - Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
    - responded to, 1872–1875
  - Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
    - amendment
      - presented, 726–727
    - responded to, 725–726
  - Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 36)
    - responded to, 1419–1421
  - Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
    - amendment
      - presented, 1374
    - responded to, 1374
  - Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
    - amendment
      - presented, 1013–1015
    - responded to, 1012–1013
  - Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
    - responded to, 1775–1778
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Protecting Ontario's Power Supply), 2018 (Bill 67)
    - responded to, 2961–2967
  - Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
    - amendment
      - responded to, 2128–2130
    - responded to, 2075–2081
  - Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57)
    - amendment
      - responded to, 2620–2622
  - Select Committee on Financial Transparency
    - responded to, 1339–1342
  - Standing orders
    - responded to, 1718–1719
  - Standing orders (on the amendments to the main motion)
    - responded to, 1571–1574
  - Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
    - responded to, 281–287
- Toronto City Council - election (2018)
  - procedural uncertainty, 927
- Toronto City Council reform
  - and democracy, 426–427, 726
  - impact on land-use planning, 689
  - jurisdiction, 689, 725, 927
- Tributes
  - Battochio, Lou, 2210–2211
- Union membership
  - decrease in, 2059, 2078, 2128–2129
- Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
  - public consultation, 286–287
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 281–287
- Veterans
  - services for
    - government funding, 2330
- Waterways Analysis Act, 2018 (Bill 20)
  - first reading, 684–685
- Waterways Examination Act, 2018 (Bill 27)
  - first reading, 745–746
- White Pines Wind Project - cancellation
  - cost
    - responsibility for, 283, 285
  - impact on business environment, 283
  - no litigation provision, 283–285
- Wildfires in northern Ontario
  - containment strategies, 22
- Zebra Mussel Analysis Act, 2018 (Bill 14)
  - first reading, 642–643
- Zebra Mussel Assessment Act, 2018 (Bill 23)
  - first reading, 743–744
- Zebra Mussel Count Act, 2018 (Bill 15)
  - first reading, 643
- Zebra Mussel Evaluation Act, 2018 (Bill 16)
  - first reading, 643–644
- Zebra Mussel Examination Act, 2018 (Bill 26)
  - first reading, 744–745
- Zebra Mussel Report Act, 2018 (Bill 25)
  - first reading, 744
- Zebra Mussel Scan Act, 2018 (Bill 22)
  - first reading, 743
- Zebra Mussel Study Act, 2018 (Bill 21)
  - first reading, 685
- Zebra Mussel Survey Act, 2018 (Bill 19)
  - first reading, 645
Bouma, W. (PC, Brantford–Brant)
- Addictions services funding, 38
- Agri-food industry
  - government strategy, 2682
- Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 689
- Building construction, truss and lightweight (TLC)
  - identification, in case of fire, 1508
- Cannabis consumption - location restrictions
  - alignment with tobacco regulations, 1369–1370
  - via municipal bylaw, 1370
- Cannabis consumption - youth
  - general remarks, 1369
- Cannabis - regulatory framework
  - general remarks, 1370–1371
  - goals of, 1350
  - taxation and revenue sharing, 1370–1371
- Cannabis retail
  - in Indigenous communities, 1371
  - private market model, 1369
- Cannabis retail - licensing
  - oversight by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), 1369–1370
  - quantity caps
    - on licensed producers, 1369
    - per operator, 1369
- Cannabis retail - Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS)
  - as exclusive online retailer, 1371
- Cannabis retail - physical stores
  - municipal opt-out
    - deadline, 1370
- Cannabis retail - unlicensed dispensaries
  - penalties
    - financial, 1370
    - licensing ineligibility, 1370
- Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1350, 1368–1371
- Cannabis users
  - stigmatization, 1369
- Curriculum - health and physical education (2015), repeal of
  - public response to, 2390
- Driver licences
  - fee freeze, 835–836
- Driving - drug-impaired
  - general remarks, 1369
- Early childhood educators (ECEs)
  - guilty of sexual abuse
    - revocation of certificate of registration, 2388
- Education - elementary/secondary
  - curriculum reform, consultation, 2389
  - math scores, 2179
- Electricity generation/transmission
  - municipal jurisdiction, 1766
- Electricity rates
  - reduction, 38
- Electricity supply
  - surplus, 1766
- Employment
  - creation, 39
- Food packaging
  - health labels, 2855–2856
- Food-processing industry
  - Maple Leaf Foods
    - government funding, 2681–2682
- General Motors - Oshawa plant closure
  - general remarks, 2586
- Government debt
  - general remarks, 2586
  - reduction, 38
- Government downsizing
  - as fiscal policy, 689
- Government finances
  - accountability and transparency, 133
- Government orders
  - Standing orders
    - amendment to the amendment (lost)
      - responded to, 1142–1145
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - general remarks, 1143
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1542–1543, 1766
- Health care
  - general remarks, 2160–2161
  - government strategy, 2161–2163
- Hospital beds
  - government funding
    - surge capacity, 2161
  - occupied by long-term-care patients, 38
- Hospital funding
  - general remarks, 2161
- Housing affordability by region
  - Brantford–Brant, 38
- Independent Financial Commission of Inquiry
  - mandate, 38
  - report
    - disclosure, 133
- Legislative procedure
  - ministerial statements, responses by independent members, 1144
- Long-term-care beds
  - funding applications, 2162
  - new, 38, 2161, 2163
  - new, geographic allocation, 2162
- Long-term-care facilities
  - for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 2162
  - licensing
    - application analysis, 2162
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - second reading, 1972
- Math skills, 2388
- Members' statements
  - Christmas Baskets, 2819–2820
  - Grand River Champion of Champions Powwow, 302
  - Laurier Brantford YMCA, 2471–2472
  - Lights at Glenhyrst, 2925
  - Nixon, Robert "Bob," 180
  - Woodland Cultural Centre, 1186–1187
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Brantford–Brant, 2819–2820, 2925
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 38–39
- Members/ministers quoting
  - politicians
    - legislative process, 1145
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1144
- Mental health care funding
  - general remarks, 38, 40
- Minimum wage increase
  - in other jurisdictions, 1972
- Natural gas - access to
  - general remarks, 2314
- Occupational health and safety
  - cannabis and, 1369
- OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program
  - second-payer model, 40
- Opposition day motions
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 2160–2163
- Oral questions
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 2681–2682
  - Food packaging
    - presented, 2855–2856
  - Government spending and accounting practices
    - presented, 133
  - International trade
    - presented, 1488
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 577
  - Natural gas
    - presented, 2314
  - Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards
    - presented, 1121
  - Service fees
    - presented, 835–836
  - Taxation
    - presented, 2346
  - Wildlife management
    - presented, 1996–1997
- Petitions
  - Electricity supply, 2927
  - Fish and wildlife management, 2580
  - Royal Canadian Legion halls, 344
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency service providers
  - general remarks, 593–594
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  - awareness day, 577
  - general remarks, 577
  - WSIB presumption
    - first responders, 577
- Private members' public business
  - Brunt and Kendall Act (Ensuring Safe Firefighter and Trainee Rescue Training), 2018 (Bill 10)
    - second reading, 2117–2118
  - PTSD Awareness Day Act, 2018 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 593–594, 598
  - Rea and Walter Act (Truss and Lightweight Construction Identification), 2018 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 1508
- PTSD Awareness Day Act, 2018 (Bill 9)
  - first reading, 481
- Public education campaigns - community development
  - National Coaches Week, 1121
- Public education campaigns - health
  - PTSD Awareness Day, 577
- Public education campaigns - Mental health
  - PTSD Awareness Day Act, 598
- Renewable energy projects
  - siting, municipal jurisdiction, 1542–1543
- Residential schools
  - public awareness, 1186–1187
- Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 2586, 2610–2611
- Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2018 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 2179, 2387–2391
- Schools
  - closures, moratorium, 2179
- Service animals - in schools
  - policies governing, 2388–2389
- Sports
  - Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards, 1121
- Standing Orders
  - amendment of
    - general remarks, 1143–1144
    - historically, 1145
- Standing Orders (federal)
  - proposed amendments, 1144–1145
- Statements by stakeholders
  - re cannabis regulatory framework, 1371
- Students
  - bullying, 2390
- Students - sexual abuse of
  - definition, changes to, 2388
- Taxation - low-income individuals and families tax credit
  - general remarks, 2346
- Teachers
  - math proficiency evaluation, 2179, 2388
- Teachers - guilty of sexual abuse
  - revocation of certificate of registration, 2388
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 38–41
- Trade with United States
  - Michigan, 1997
- Tributes
  - Nixon, Robert "Bob" (former member for Brant—Haldimand), 180
- United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) - impact on industry
  - agriculture industry, 1488
- Wildlife management
  - wolf transfer, 1996–1997
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - PTSD presumption, 577
Bourgouin, G. (NDP, Mushkegowuk–James Bay)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - second reading, 1666
  - third reading, 2668, 2845–2847
- Administration of justice
  - equity of access, 296
- Attawapiskat First Nation
  - expansion of, 459
  - state of emergency
    - due to illicit drugs and alcohol, 459
- Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
  - second reading, 669, 873, 875, 877
- Climate change
  - effect on ice roads, 875
  - and flooding
    - in northern Ontario, 669, 875
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - School facilities
    - presented, 1060–1061
- First Nations police services
  - funding, 296
- Flooding
  - in Kashechewan First Nation, 875, 1823
- Francophone community
  - general remarks, 2513
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
    - Cartes Santé, 1500–1501
    - Loi de 2018 ripostant aux armes de poing (ventes de munitions pour armes de poing), projet de loi 30
      - deuxième lecture, 1513
  - Attribution de temps
    - Loi de 2018 abrogeant la Loi sur l'énergie verte, projet de loi 34, 1823–1824
  - Débat sur la motion d'ajournement
    - Installations scolaires, 1061
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 108, 123
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Circonscription de Mushkegowuk–Baie James, 138
    - CKGN FM, 1687–1688
    - Le drapeau franco-ontarien, 1123
    - Potvin, Blandine, 641
    - Services en français, 2740–2741, 2980
  - Government orders
    - Politiques du gouvernement, 457–459
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Services en français, 2701
  - Loi de 2018 abrogeant la Loi sur l'énergie verte, projet de loi 34
    - deuxième lecture, 1555–1556, 1771
    - troisième lecture, 2404–2405
  - Loi de 2018 annulant le programme de plafonnement et d'échange, projet de loi 4
    - deuxième lecture, 666–667, 873, 875–876
  - Loi de 2018 modifiant la Loi sur les relations de travail (protection de l'approvisionnement de l'Ontario en électricité), projet de loi 67
    - deuxième lecture, 2953
  - Loi de 2018 portant sur les priorités urgentes, projet de loi 2
    - deuxième lecture, 204–205
  - Loi de 2018 pour des écoles sûres et axées sur le soutien, projet de loi 48
    - deuxième lecture, 2367
  - Loi de 2018 sur l'accès au gaz naturel, projet de loi 32
    - troisième lecture, 2508, 2668, 2722, 2845–2846
  - Loi de 2018 visant à rétablir la confiance, la transparence et la responsabilité, projet de loi 57
    - troisième lecture, 2918–2919
  - Pétitions
    - Services en français, 2946
  - Questions orales
    - Affaires francophones, 2345–2346, 2411–2412, 2513
    - Services en français, 1727, 2569, 2682, 2771
- Government orders
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 458–459
- Green Energy Act, 2009, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A
  - repeal of
    - effect on electricity rates, 1824
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1823–1824
- Home heating
  - affordability, 2846–2847
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 873, 2845–2846
- Indigenous communities
  - living conditions, 458–459
- Indigenous relations
  - government strategy, 123
- Kashechewan First Nation
  - flooding in, 875, 1823
  - school conditions, 1060–1061
- La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins
  - funding cancellation, 2513
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - third reading, 2444–2445
- Members' statements
  - Riding of Mushkegowuk–James Bay, 138
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Mushkegowuk—James Bay, 138
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 457–459
- Natural gas - access to
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 2845
- Natural gas expansion
  - target communities, 1666
- Natural gas expansion - cost of
  - infrastructure development, 1666, 2845
- Natural gas expansion - project approval
  - return on investment
    - for distributors, 1666, 2668, 2845–2846
- Natural Gas Grant Program (NGGP)
  - cancellation, 2845
  - general remarks, 2845
- Oral questions
  - Community safety
    - presented, 296
  - Francophone affairs
    - presented, 2513
  - Northern transportation
    - presented, 778–779
  - School facilities
    - presented, 886
  - Water quality
    - presented, 3005
- Rail service
  - Ontario Northland passenger rail service, 459
- School facilities
  - condition of
    - in Kashechewan First Nation, 886, 1060–1061, 1823
- Skilled trades
  - classification process, 2444
  - compulsory trades, 2444
  - deregulation in other jurisdictions, 2444
- Strikes
  - back-to-work legislation
    - impact on bargaining process, 458
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 122–123
- Time allocation motions
  - Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
    - responded to, 1823–1824
- Transportation services
  - in northern Ontario
    - airports, 779
    - bus services, changes to, 459, 778–779
    - passenger rail cancellation, 779
Burch, J. (NDP, Niagara Centre)
- Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
  - second reading, 1472, 1475, 1673–1674, 1814–1815
- Automotive industry
  - government strategy, 2738
- Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 690–692
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    - future use of, 967
    - government use of, 969
    - re Toronto City Council reform, 838
      - legal community, response of, 969
    - rights subject to, 967
    - threshold for use, 969–970
- Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
  - second reading, 666, 869–872
- Cap-and-trade
  - as carbon tax, 869
- Cap-and-trade cancellation
  - consultation, 870
  - fiscal impact, 870
  - legal challenges to, cost to government, 869–870
- Climate change mitigation
  - government strategy, 666, 871–872, 1673–1674, 2297
- Cost of living
  - affordability of, 2420
- Curriculum - health and physical education (2015), repeal of
  - public response to, 2391
  - student safety and well-being, 2391
- Education funding
  - formula, 2391
  - Parents Reaching Out Grants, 2391
- Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 967–971
- Electricity rates
  - impact of privatization, 2297
- Employment - annual leave days
  - documentation supporting, 2007
  - sick days, 2007
- Energy rates
  - and energy sector privatization, 1673, 1814
- Environmental Registry
  - posting of government bills
    - natural gas expansion, 1472
- GO Transit expansion by region
  - Niagara, 337, 1294–1295
- Government downsizing
  - municipal level, consultation, 970, 1116
  - municipal level, scope of, 967–968, 1001, 1116
- Government record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - energy policy, 2297
  - PC (2018-present)
    - education, 2392
    - general remarks, 2391
- Green Energy Act, 2009, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A
  - repeal of, 1673
- Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
  - third reading, 2282, 2297
- Green Ontario Program (GreenON) cancellation
  - retrofit rebates
    - effect on delivery agents, 666
- Hospital services
  - program closures
    - West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, 1924, 1991
- Hydro One privatization
  - impact on energy rates, 1673
- Legislation
  - drafting re regulations, 690
- Legislative process
  - government bills
    - omnibus bills, 2391
  - public gallery, clearing of, 970
- Living wage
  - general remarks, 2420, 2594
  - vs. minimum wage, 2021
  - by region
    - Niagara, 2420
- Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, S.O. 2007, c. 8
  - definition of "veteran," 2328
- Long-term-care beds
  - veterans' priority access beds
    - definition of "veteran," 2328
    - eligibility, 2328–2329
    - supply, 2328
- Long-term-care funding
  - for mental health teams, 2211
- Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47)
  - second reading, 2007, 2021, 2060
- Members' statements
  - Canal Days, 180
  - Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre, 1235
  - Long-term care, 2211
  - Niagara region, 1688
  - Ontario Disability Support Program, 641
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Niagara Centre, 267–268
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 267–268
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 692, 838, 971
- Minimum wage
  - vs. living wage, 2021
- Minimum wage increase
  - economic impact, 2420
- Ministerial statements
  - Local Government Week
    - responded to, 1600–1601
- Municipal and regional governments
  - complaints against, 473–474, 967–968
- Natural gas expansion
  - environmental impact, 1814
  - public consultation
    - via Environmental Registry, 1472
- Natural gas expansion - cost of
  - infrastructure development, 1472
- Natural gas expansion - project approval
  - return on investment
    - for distributors, 1472
- Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
  - recommendations by Auditor General, 1430
- Niagara region
  - regional government
    - complaints against, 967–968
    - councillor selection, 691, 967–968
    - transparency, 1688
- Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)
  - governance structure, 2392
- Oral questions
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 2738
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 3003
  - GO Transit
    - presented, 337
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 1792
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 1924–1925, 1991
  - Minimum wage
    - presented, 2420
  - Municipal elections
    - presented, 473–474, 838
  - Municipal government
    - presented, 1001, 1116
  - Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
    - presented, 1430
- Pay equity
  - and employment status, 2060
- Petitions
  - Curriculum, 2429
  - Employment standards, 2269–2270, 2325
  - Pharmacare, 1287
  - Social assistance, 2214
- Private members' public business
  - GO Transit
    - presented, 1293–1295
    - responded to, 1299
  - Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2018 (Bill 51)
    - second reading, 2328–2329
- Refugees - resettlement
  - funding for
    - jurisdiction, 267–268
- Regional/district chairs
  - election cancellation (2018)
    - general remarks, 473, 968
    - regions affected, 690
- Rehabilitation centres
  - government funding
    - Hotel Dieu Shaver, 1792
- Rehabilitation centres - funding by site
  - Hotel Dieu Shaver, 1235
- Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 2594
- Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2018 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 2391–2394
- School facilities - maintenance and repair
  - funding source, 2392
- Social assistance programs
  - earning exemption, changes in, 641
  - financial benefit, changes in, 641
- Statements by stakeholders
  - re education, 2391
  - re s.33: notwithstanding clause (Charter), 969–970
  - re Toronto City Council reform, 969
- Teachers
  - math proficiency evaluation, 2391–2392
- Teachers - guilty of sexual abuse
  - revocation of certificate of registration, 2391
- Toronto City Council
  - decision-making process, 971
- Toronto City Council - election (2018)
  - advanced polling, 968
  - city clerk, responsibilities of, 968
  - procedural uncertainty, 968
- Toronto City Council reform
  - legal challenge to
    - cost of, 970
- Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 267–268, 270, 277
- Veterans
  - services for
    - jurisdiction, 2328

House speaker index

Letter: B

Baber, R. (PC, York Centre)

Babikian, A. (PC, Scarborough–Agincourt)

Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia–Lambton)

Barrett, T. (PC, Haldimand–Norfolk)

Begum, D. (NDP, Scarborough Southwest)

Bell, J. (NDP, University–Rosedale)

Berns-McGown, R. (NDP, Beaches–East York)

Bethlenfalvy, Hon. P. (PC, Pickering–Uxbridge)

Bisson, G. (NDP, Timmins)

Bouma, W. (PC, Brantford–Brant)

Bourgouin, G. (NDP, Mushkegowuk–James Bay)

Burch, J. (NDP, Niagara Centre)