Speaker letter a House Hansard index Parliament 43 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: A

Anand, D. (PC, Mississauga—Malton)
- Appreciation
  - Gujurati Seniors Samaj of Mississauga, 81
  - Maharaj, Pramukh Swami (guru of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha), 2114–2115
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1488–1492
- Budget 2022/2023
  - employment, 239
  - health care, 241
- Business - taxation
  - small and medium-sized
    - small business tax rate, 1337–1338
- Community events
  - by region
    - Mississauga, 927
- Construction industry
  - labour shortage
    - government strategy, 698, 1490
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 1131
- Education workers - labour dispute
  - government-union relations, 1031
- Elections
  - general election (2022)
    - as public consultation, 1490
- Employment
  - labour shortage
    - general remarks, 1340
    - government strategy, 239–240, 1337
  - worker-to-retiree ratio
    - and immigration, 1489
- Employment - COVID-19
  - sick days, paid
    - provincial program, 1700–1701
- Employment services
  - retraining programs
    - Better Jobs Ontario, 1338
  - target populations
    - criminal record, 1338
- Employment standards
  - portable benefits, 1700–1701
    - portable benefits advisory panel, 1338
- Health care
  - capital projects
    - culturally appropriate, 435
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 241
- Health care workers
  - internationally trained
    - credential recognition, approval process
      - practice barriers, 1125
- Highway 413
  - impact on traffic congestion, 718
- Housing - affordable, development of
  - government strategy, 1492
- Housing development
  - government funding
    - provincial vs. federal, 1637
  - National Housing Strategy
    - funding
      - provincial allocation, 967
  - skilled tradepeople, recrutiment, 1634–1635
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - timelines
    - increase of, 968
- Housing development - densification
  - secondary units, 972
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - rates
    - increase, 968, 977
- Housing supply
  - impact on housing costs, 963
  - population growth projections, 1489
- Immigration
  - economic impact, 1127
  - impact on labour shortage, 1336–1337, 1490
  - Ontario nomination immigration program
    - additional nominations, 239
    - expanding skilled trades workforce, 1337
    - reform, 239–240
- Immigration policy
  - foreign credentials
    - recognition of, 1127
- Infrastructure - highways and roads
  - traffic congestion
    - general remarks, 793
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1031
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1752–1756
- Members' statements
  - Gujurati Seniors Samaj of Mississauga, 80–81
  - Guru Pramukh Swami Maharaj, 2114–2115
  - illumi Mississauga, 927
  - Ruparell, Deepak, 672
  - Volunteers, 1449
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - statements by stakeholders, 1633
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 963, 967–968, 972, 977, 980
  - third reading, 1633–1637
- Municipal councillors
  - legislative tools, 1490
- Municipal governance - regional chairs
  - appointment of, ministerial authority, 1491
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - council administration and authority, 699
  - provincial priorities
    - housing development, 700
  - statements by stakeholders, 699
- Municipal governments
  - municipal structures, two-tier
    - provincial assessment, applicable regions, 1490
- New home construction industry
  - builder accountability
    - penalties and prosecution, 1636
- Nurses
  - education and training
    - enrollment rates, funding, 1127
  - internationally trained
    - credential recognition, 1127
- Occupational health and safety
  - education and training
    - funding, 1131
  - government strategy, 241, 1131
  - workplace inspectors
    - number of, 1131
- Ontario Disability support Program (ODSP)
  - earning exemption, 1338–1339
- Petitions
  - Government's record, 353–354
  - Health care funding, 95–96
  - Health care workers, 232
  - Housing, 605, 1623
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 238–241, 253
- Police services
  - by region
    - Peel, 1218
- Population
  - growth projections
    - immigration, 697
    - regional, 697
- Post-secondary education
  - equity-seeking groups
    - government strategy, 1285
- Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
  - sexual misconduct against students
    - government strategy, 1284
    - use of non-disclosure agreements, 1285
- Post-secondary education - sexual violence and harassment
  - incidence rates, 1284
  - investigations
    - victim protections, 1285–1286
- Pre-apprenticeship programs
  - Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP), 239–240, 1636
- Private members' public business
  - Highway construction
    - responded to, 718
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 1126–1127
  - Stay Home If You Are Sick Act, 2022 (Bill 4)
    - second reading, 1700–1701
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1309, 1336–1340, 1404, 1408
- Question period
  - Community safety
    - presented, 1218
  - Education
    - presented, 93
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 793
- Regulations - business
  - reduction
    - as economic policy, 1752–1753
- Skilled trades
  - government funding, 1131
  - recrutiment initiatives
    - youths, 1634, 1636
- Skills training
  - government funding, 239
  - government strategy, 239–240
    - Ontario Workers' Plan, 239
  - Skills Development Fund, 240, 1338, 1635
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - stakeholder consultations, 1285–1286
  - stakeholder response, 1284, 1286
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1197, 1283–1287
  - third reading, 1890
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 134
  - third reading, 696–701
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 59–60, 427, 431, 435, 465, 479–480, 512–513, 516
- Toronto Metropolitan University
  - reform, 1284–1285
- Tributes
  - Ruparell, Deepak, 672
- Volunteers
  - appreciation for, 1449
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - reform, 1754
Andrew, J. (NDP, Toronto—St. Paul's)
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities, non-preferred home, 557
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1575, 1585
  - municipal response, 2067
  - third reading, 2067–2075, 2092, 2096, 2099
- Business - COVID-19, financial assistance
  - small and medium-sized, 1842
- Children and youth
  - community organizations
    - government funding, 943
    - by region
      - Toronto–St. Paul's, 943
- Children's protection system
  - government funding, 943
- Climate change
  - impact of, 1607
- Coroner's inquests
  - Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam Inquest
    - jury recommendations, 2026, 2042
- Cost of living - by region
  - Toronto–St. Paul's, 2068
- COVID-19 - vaccines
  - geographic allocation
    - Auditor General's annual report (2022), 2069
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Supportive housing
    - presented, 913–914
- Democracy
  - general remarks, 2067
- Developmental services - adult
  - sector capacity, 914
  - supportive housing
    - wait-lists, 877, 913
- Doctors
  - shortage
    - impact on health care system, 2071
- Economic conditions
  - inflation rate
    - impact on health and well being, 224
- Education funding
  - allocation
    - FAO report: Ministry of Education: Spending Plan Review, 1557
  - non-government revenue
    - fundraising, 1558
- Education policy
  - legislative process, 1105
- Education workers
  - role in schools, 1100
    - effect on students, 1101
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 1050
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation, 1075
    - impact on labour rights, 1101–1102
- Education workers - compensation
  - and cost of living, 1100
- Elections
  - general election (2022)
    - voter turnout, 2068
- Family law
  - community-based services
    - funding, 1850
  - professionals, continuing education
    - intimate partner violence, 1850
      - statements by stakeholders, 1851
- Flood management
  - greenspace conservation
    - Auditor General's annual report (2022), 2069
- Food prices
  - cost of, 224
- Gender-based violence
  - community services
    - funding, 1782
  - fatalities, 1782, 2026, 2042
  - Indigenous women
    - missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
      - investigations (Winnipeg), 2042
  - prevention
    - funding, 2026
    - intersectional, 2042
  - protests in Iran, 1065
- Government notices of motion
  - Appointment of House officers / Committee membership
    - responded to, 265–268
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - municipal policy, 2072
- Greenbelt - development on
  - general remarks, 1606
  - housing, 2096
- Gun violence
  - impact on communities, 771
  - as public health concern
    - government response, 771
- Health care workers
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 1385
  - shortage
    - impact of, 1385
- Health facilities
  - geographical accessibility
    - impact on patient health and well-being, 2071
- Health facilties - by site
  - Balomoral Medical Arts Facility, 2070–2071
- Housing
  - access to
    - government strategy, 2073
- Housing - affordable
  - access to, 695
    - equity-seeking groups, 1575
    - policy development, 125
  - "affordable residential unit," definition of
    - criteria, 1373
  - government strategy, 142
- Housing - affordable, development of
  - format density, types of, 2068
  - general remarks, 2074
  - government strategy, 2067
- Housing development
  - land availability, 2074
- Housing policy
  - government strategy
    - statments by stakeholders, 2070, 2072
- Intimate partner violence
  - barriers to leaving, 1786
    - housing, 1787
  - impact of
    - statements by stakeholders, 1851
  - victim support services
    - community support services
      - operational funding, 1786
      - staffing levels, 1786
- Jurors and juries
  - compensation, 1801
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1050, 1100–1102, 1104–1105
- Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
  - presiding officers, selection of
    - diversity and representation, 265–266
    - party representation, 267
- Legislative process
  - public consultation, 2073
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1732, 1795–1796, 1801, 1842
- Light Rail Transit (LRT)
  - public-private partnerships (P3)
    - project delays, 1963–1964
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Eglinton Crosstown
  - public-private partnerships (P3)
    - project delays, 1964
      - local businesses, impact on, 1964
- Long-term care
  - sexuality and gender appropriate care, 1352
  - spousal unification, 1352
- Members' statements
  - Cost of living, 149
  - Environmental protection, 1606–1607
  - Green, Evelyn, 671
  - Riding of Toronto–St. Paul's, 22–23
  - Road safety, 1954
  - Violence against women, 1065–1066
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Toronto–St. Paul's, 22
- Members/ministers quoting
  - letters
    - Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39), 2067, 2069
  - other members
    - sexual violence and harassment in post-secondary education, 1288
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2071
- Ministerial statements
  - Child abuse prevention
    - responded to, 943
  - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
    - responded to, 2042
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month
    - responded to, 1786–1787
- Municipal by-laws
  - passage of, prescribed number of councillors, 2067
    - impact on representation, 1616, 2069
- Municipal governance - policy development
  - accountability and transparency
    - consultation, 2068
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - provincial priorities, 700
  - statements by stakeholders, 2069
- Opposition day motions
  - Health care workers
    - responded to, 1385
- Pediactric healthcare
  - government funding, 1336
- Petitions
  - Access to health care, 1532–1533
  - Affordable housing, 945
  - Climate change, 1719–1720
  - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, 825, 1325–1326
  - Employment standards, 233
  - Gender-based violence, 2044
  - Health care, 945, 1720–1721
  - Labour dispute, 686–687
  - Land use planning, 163–164, 231, 1621
  - Skills training, 825–826
  - Social assistance, 943–945, 2046
  - Tenant protection, 944
- Post-secondary education
  - cost of, 1287
- Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
  - sexual misconduct against students
    - use of non-disclosure agreements, 1288
- Post-secondary education - sexual violence and harassment
  - general remarks, 1287
  - incidence rates, 1288
- Private members' public business
  - Domestic violence
    - responded to, 1850–1851
  - Fixing Long-Term Care Amendment Act (Till Death Do Us Part), 2022 (Bill 21)
    - second reading, 1352
  - Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2022 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 770–771
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1335–1336, 1343
  - third reading, 1978–1979, 1983
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - health care workers, 34
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 1373
  - Education funding
    - presented, 1557–1558
  - Gender-based violence
    - presented, 1782, 2026
  - Government fiscal policies
    - presented, 224
  - Health care workers
    - presented, 34
  - Home care
    - presented, 557
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 1075–1076
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 557
  - Municipal government
    - presented, 1616
  - Public transit
    - presented, 1963–1964
  - Supportive housing
    - presented, 877
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 743
- Rent control
  - and housing supply, 130
- Rental housing
  - government strategy, 1585
  - rent increases
    - above-guideline, 743
  - tenant protections
    - replacement bylaws, 1373, 2073
      - statements by stakeholders, 2068–2069
- Road safety
  - fatalities
    - cyclists, 1954
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - government funding, 1288–1289
  - government strategy, 1289
  - offenders
    - counselling, 1287, 1289
  - prevention
    - education, consent, 1290
  - services and supports
    - government funding, 1286
    - in hospitals, availability of, 1343
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - scope of, 1288
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1286–1290
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 125, 130, 142, 147
  - third reading, 695, 700
- Supportive housing
  - access to, 2069
  - development and construction, 914
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 61, 63
- Tributes
  - Green, Evelyn, 671
  - Munro, Lily Oddie (former member for Hamilton Centre), 837
  - Saini, Kartik, 1954
- Unhoused persons
  - encampents
    - municipal response, 2068
Armstrong, T.J. (NDP, London—Fanshawe)
- Appreciation
  - Wright Clinic, 1066
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1445, 1538, 1541, 1543
  - statements by stakeholders, 1543
  - third reading, 2110, 2112
- Cost of living
  - general remarks, 1310
- Dental care
  - community clinics
    - access to, low-income individuals, 1066
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation, 1110
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - legal proceedings, 1445, 1790
- Greenbelt - development on
  - general remarks, 1445
- Health care - primary care
  - access to
    - impact on patient health, 588
- Hospitals - services
  - emergency care
    - wait times, 1267
- Housing
  - as social determinant of health, 126
- Housing - affordable
  - by region
    - London, 23
- Housing - affordable, development of
  - government strategy, 670
- Housing development
  - format diversity, 117
  - provincial-municipal partnerships
    - and consultation processes, 1658
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - impact on municipalities, 1541
- Immigration
  - Ontario nomination immigration program
    - reform, 240
- Judicial appointments
  - backlog
    - per diem judges, use of, 1769–1770, 1790
- Jurors and juries
  - questionnaires
    - electronic, 1790
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1044, 1110, 1192–1193
- Legal aid services
  - government funding, 1791
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1767–1770, 1790–1792, 1811, 1817
- London Health Sciences Centre
  - regional epilepsy program
    - closure due to staffing, 252
- Members' statements
  - Affordable housing, 23
  - Assisted housing, 1665–1666
  - Health care, 588
  - The Wright Clinic, 1066
- Mental health and addictions
  - and housing, 126
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 864, 920
  - third reading, 1658
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - public consultation, 124
- Occupational health and safety
  - injuries and fatalities
    - employer registry for, 1767
- Petitions
  - Labour dispute, 1083, 1162
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 237, 240, 252
- Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
  - sexual misconduct against students
    - on campus vs. off-campus, 1175
- Post-secondary education - sexual violence and harassment
  - institutional policies, standards
    - consistency, 1862
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1310, 1363
- Question period
  - Emergency services
    - presented, 1267
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1175
  - third reading, 1862
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 117, 124, 126
  - third reading, 669–670
- Supportive housing
  - adults with developmental disabilities, 1363
  - development and construction, 1665
  - development of, 1538
  - government strategy, 2112
  - wait-lists, 1665
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 55
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - relocation, 1790
Arnott, T. (PC, Wellington—Halton Hills)
- Election of Speaker, 1–2

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2023

House speaker index

Letter: A

Anand, D. (PC, Mississauga—Malton)

Andrew, J. (NDP, Toronto—St. Paul's)

Armstrong, T.J. (NDP, London—Fanshawe)

Arnott, T. (PC, Wellington—Halton Hills)