Speaker letter b House Hansard index Parliament 43 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: B

Babikian, A. (PC, Scarborough—Agincourt)
- Affordable housing - development of
  - federal government funding, 3760
- Appreciation
  - news media
    - National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, 629–630
- Armenia
  - genocide (1915), 8695
- Asian community
  - Asian Heritage Month, 9253–9254
- Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 5844
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1445, 1500, 1504
- Black community
  - Black History Month, 8050
- Budget speech 2024 (March 26, 2024)
  - responded to, 8339
- Carbon tax
  - cost of housing, impact on, 9510
  - impact of
    - on senior citizens, 5887
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - agri-food, 9262
  - emergency services, 9552
  - long-term care sector, 8363
- Chinese community
  - racism, history of
    - awareness and education, 2297
- Climate change
  - agricultural industry, impact on, 2337
- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
  - third reading, 9506, 9510
- Economic conditions
  - inflation
    - government response, 1261
- GO Transit
  - Scarborough service, 5516
- GO Transit - stations
  - construction
    - station contribution fees, 5183
- Greek community
  - education and awareness
    - Oxi Day, 1449
- Health care - capital projects
  - by region
    - Scarborough, 2792
- Health care funding - by region
  - Scarborough, 2152
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3760
  - third reading, 4719
- Housing development - construction
  - cost of
    - government strategy, 1445
  - population growth projections, 121
  - and population growth projections, 121
- Housing development - provincial building targets
  - general remarks, 1527
- Housing policy
  - government strategy, 1528
- Housing supply - population growth projections
  - general remarks, 1500
- Infrastructure development
  - capital projects
    - government strategy, 2625
  - government strategy, 2561
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1760, 1764, 1791, 1814
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - general remarks, 8363
- Long-term care - funding
  - general remarks, 8515–8516
- Members' statements
  - Anti-racism activities, 2297
  - Armenian genocide anniversary, 4003, 8695
  - Asian Heritage Month, 9253–9254
  - Black History Month, 8050
  - Bridletowne Neighbourhood Centre, 5144
  - GO Transit, 5516
  - Health care, 2792
  - Long-term care, 8515–8516
  - Love, Scarborough campaign, 2152
  - Lunar new year, 7777–7778
  - National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, 629–630
  - Oxi Day, 1449
  - Public transit, 5986
  - Riding of Scarborough–Agincourt, 81
  - Scarborough subway extension, 7193
  - Sri Varasiththi Vinaayagar Hindu Temple of Toronto, 4698
  - Tamil genocide, 9253–9254
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Scarborough–Agincourt, 81
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - third reading, 1644, 1664
- Municipal councillors
  - legislative tools, 1504
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - effect on housing development, 495
- National Housing Strategy (federal)
  - funding
    - provincial allocation, 1644
- New Deal for Toronto Act, 2023 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 6888
- News media
  - National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, 629–630
- Ontario Science Centre
  - general remarks, 6888
- Orthodox Christian community
  - Armenian Orthodox Church, 7810
- Petitions
  - Health care workers, 2554–2555
  - Police funding, 4871
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 208, 212, 241
- Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act, 2024 (Bill 159)
  - second reading, 8544, 8557–8558
- Private members' public business
  - Chinese Heritage Month Act, 2024 (Bill 183)
    - second reading, 9145–9146
  - Orthodox Christian Week Act, 2024 (Bill 167)
    - second reading, 7810
- Public assets
  - centralization, entities
    - economic impact, 2530
- Question period
  - Fiscal and economic policy
    - presented, 1261
  - Housing
    - presented, 495, 1527–1528
  - Immigrants' skills
    - presented, 4704–4705
  - Infrastructure funding
    - presented, 2725
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2165, 7199
  - Red tape reduction
    - presented, 4445–4446
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 4704, 5056
  - Taxation
    - presented, 5887, 8363, 9262, 9552
  - Transit-oriented communities
    - presented, 5706
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 4706–4707
  - Victim services
    - presented, 5320
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2530, 2561, 2572
- Regulations - business
  - reduction
    - as economic policy, 4445–4446
- Skilled trades - employment
  - recruitment and retention
    - immigrant populations, 4704–4705
- Skilled trades - recruitment and retention
  - government strategy, 5056
  - immigrant populations, 4704–4705
- St. Thomas - Central Elgin Boundary Adjustment Act, 2023 (Bill 63)
  - second reading, 2337, 2347
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 121–122
- Tamil genocide
  - commemoration, 9253
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) expansion
  - Sheppard subway, 5986
  - Sheppard subway extension
    - community consultation, 7193
- Transit
  - fare system, integration
    - One Fare program, 7199
  - government strategy, 5183–5184
- Transit infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 4706–4707
- Transit infrastructure development - by region
  - Scarborough, 5183–5184
- Transit systems
  - government strategy, 2165
- Transit-oriented communities
  - and housing supply, 5706
- Transportation for the Future Act, 2023 (Bill 131)
  - second reading, 5183–5185
- Victim services
  - government funding
    - Victim Support Grant, 5320
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 2348
Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia—Lambton)
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - legislative timeline, 5209
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - second reading, 5209
- Agri-food industry
  - northern Ontario, 7235–7236
- Amber Alerts
  - general remarks, 3955
- Animal welfare - reform
  - animal removal
    - by inspectors, 4784
  - statement of account
    - recoverable costs, types of, 4784
- Appreciation
  - Lapaine, Mike, 1771–1772
- Apprenticeships
  - employment tools and supports
    - Sarnia–Lambton Apprentice Job Match tool, 2435–2436
- Bail program reform
  - federal government, role of, 3327–3328
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - third reading, 2095
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3129
- Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 6629, 6640–6644
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2688, 2696–2697
  - third reading, 4118
- Business - small- and medium-sized
  - government strategy, 8929
- Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
  - general remarks, 1963, 2924–2925
  - greenhouse gas emissions, 1963
  - regulatory framework, 4629
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - skilled trades, 8929
- Colleges and universities - funding
  - Ontario Research Fund
    - recipients
      - Lambton College, 545
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 5379
- Coroners
  - construction-related deaths
    - annual review, 7538
  - postmortem examinations
    - collection, retention, and storage of samples, 4784
    - sample collection, retention, and storage, 3923, 4784
    - samples, collection, retention, and storage, 3923
- Critical Minerals Strategy
  - for electric vehicle production, 2696–2697
- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
  - third reading, 9502
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Northern emergency services
    - responded to, 4429
- Diabetes
  - education and awareness
    - Diabetes Awareness Month, 1206
- Economic development
  - government strategy, 5274
- Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 (Bill 157)
  - third reading, 7535–7536, 7538–7539
- Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act, 2024 (Bill 171)
  - third reading, 9290
- Fire safety
  - enforcement
    - administrative monetary penalties, 7535–7536
- Fire Safety Commission
  - appeal process, reform, 3924
- Fire services
  - deputy fire marshals
    - amount of, 3923–3924
  - recovery of costs provisions
    - municipal and provincial, 3923
  - reform, 4784–4785
- Fire services - reform
  - governance structure, 3923–3924
- Firefighters and fire services
  - deputy fire marshals
    - amount of, 3923–3924
  - recovery of costs provisions
    - municipal and provincial, 3923
  - reform, 4784–4785
    - governance structure, 3923–3924
- Government notices of motion
  - Bail reform
    - responded to, 3327–3328
- Government services
  - digital delivery
    - accessibility of, 1560
- Gun violence
  - government strategy
    - ministerial programming, 774–775
- Health care services - delivery
  - mobile clinics
    - by region
      - Sarnia—Lambton, 6357
- Health facilities - by site
  - Pathways Health Centre for Children (Sarnia)
    - government funding, 7091
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - Highway 40 widening (Sarnia–Lambton)
    - public consultation, 6683
- Hospitals - capital projects by site
  - Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital (Petrolia), 9041
- Infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 6641
- Judicial education
  - sexual assault law, intimate partner violence and coercive control, 3937
- Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, 2024 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 7289, 7315, 7327
- Labour force
  - government strategy, 676–677
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
  - third reading, 4615, 4629
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1764
  - third reading, 2924–2925
- Locates
  - dedicated locator model, 6629, 6642
  - jobs, 6644
  - timelines, 6643
- Medical Officers of Health
  - appointments by region
    - Lambton county, 3134
- Members' statements
  - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 4853
  - Children's aid societies, 4124
  - College funding, 545
  - Deputy Chief Julie Craddock, 2660
  - Diabetes Awareness Month, 1206
  - Freemasonry, 8979
  - Govenment investments, 7091
  - Government investments, 9472
  - Gregory A. Hogan Catholic School, 1310–1311
  - Health care funding, 9041
  - Highway improvement, 6683
  - Homelessness and assisted housing, 3606
  - Lambton College Lions women's basketball team, 7778
  - Lambton College women's basketball team, 7545
  - Lambton county medical officer of health, 3134
  - Lapaine, Mike, 1771–1772
  - Mental health and addiction services, 6357
  - Municipal elections, 809
  - Reconnect Ontario program, 215
  - Resignation of member for Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, 5340
  - Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce, 5049
  - Skilled trades, 2435–2436
- Members'/ministers' resignations
  - McNaughton, Monte (Lambton–Kent–Middlesex), 5340
- Mental health and addictions - children and youth
  - behaviours
    - school avoidance, 2493
- Mental health and addictions services - children and youth
  - government strategy, 2493
- Mining industry - Critical Minerals Strategy
  - for electric vehicle production, 2696–2697
- Missing persons - investigative tools
  - Project Lifesaver, 3955–3956
    - statements by stakeholders, 3956
- Missing persons - vulnerable persons
  - government funding
    - Ontario Community Safety and Policing Grant, 3955
- Municipal elections
  - general election (2022), 809
- Municipal governments
  - municipal structures, two-tier
    - provincial assessment, facilitators, 2095
- 911 services
  - government funding
    - Next Generation 911 (NG-911), 4429
  - government strategy, 4429
- Ontario One Call
  - history, 6640–6641
  - role, 6640–6641
- Police officers - employment
  - recruitment and retention, 3941
- Post-secondary education
  - free speech, 8833
- Private members' public business
  - Missing persons
    - presented, 3955–3956
    - responded to, 3960
  - Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2022 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 774–775
- Question period
  - Children's mental health services
    - presented, 2493–2494
  - Employment
    - presented, 5274
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 1963
  - Government policies
    - presented, 676–677
  - Government services
    - presented, 1560
  - Northern agri-food industry
    - presented, 7235–7236
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 1156
  - Taxation
    - presented, 8929
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - third reading, 3885
- Sarnia Police Services
  - Deputy Chief Julie Craddock, 2660
- School facilities - capital projects
  - new school construction
    - Gregory A. Hogan Catholic School (Sarnia), 1311
  - by school board
    - St. Clair Catholic District School Board, 9472
- Skilled trades
  - promotion of, 2435–2436
- Skilled trades - employment
  - labour shortage
    - government strategy, 1156
  - recruitment and retention
    - women, 1156
      - support programs, 1156
- Skilled trades - recruitment and retention
  - women, 1156
    - support programs, 1156
- St. Thomas - Central Elgin Boundary Adjustment Act, 2023 (Bill 63)
  - third reading, 2455
- Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166)
  - third reading, 8833
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1286–1287, 1296
- Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
  - second reading, 3923–3924, 3937, 3941
  - third reading, 4783–4786, 4815
- Tourism industry - funding
  - Reconnect Ontario
    - allocation by region, 215
- Tributes
  - Brandt, Andrew S. (former member of Sarnia), 7109–7110
  - Huget, Robert "Bob" (former member for Sarnia), 2211–2212
- Unhoused persons
  - housing, access
    - Sarnia-Lambton, 3606
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - third reading, 5076–5077
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - relocation
    - impact of, 5274
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 2432
Barnes, P. (PC, Ajax)
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients
  - impact on hospital resources, 384
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities
  - general remarks, 383–384
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities, non-preferred home
  - general remarks, 384–386
  - regulations, scope of, 384
- Appreciation
  - Kailayanathan, Shanjay, 2793
  - police services
    - Durham Regional Police Service, West Division, 8636
  - Wong, Ethan, 7653
  - Wong, Julianna, 7653
- Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3601–3604, 3686, 3695, 3701–3702
  - third reading, 4880–4881
- Black community
  - Black History Month, 2297
  - notable members, 2297
- Black Youth Action Plan
  - general remarks, 7411–7412
- Business - small- and medium-sized
  - government strategy, 1967
- Cancer - prostate cancer, 5145
- Carbon tax
  - economic impact, 8574
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - emergency services, 8323
  - trucking, 7610–7611
- Charities and non-profit organizations - by site
  - Homebound Wellness Centre (Ajax), 1448
- Children and youth in care
  - foster and group homes
    - vetting, 8634
- College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
  - international applicants
    - number of, 1124
  - international credentials
    - recognition of
      - statements by stakeholders, 1124
- Community events - by region
  - Ajax, 929
- Community organizations
  - by region
    - Ajax, 590
- Community services
  - by region
    - Ajax, 4003–4004
- Community services - by region
  - Ajax, 4003–4004
- Construction industry
  - personal protective equipment (PPE) standards
    - size variety, 2966–2967
  - work sites
    - washroom facility access, 2967
- Curriculum
  - Black history, 7093
  - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), 1054
- Curriculum - math
  - content, 1054
  - school supports, 1054
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Provincial schools
    - responded to, 7391–7392
- Doctors
  - shortage
    - government strategy, 795
- Education
  - EQAO testing and results, 1054
    - funding, 1054
  - reports and recommendations, 3701–3702
- Education - COVID-19
  - government funding
    - catch-up payments, 1054
  - impact on mental health
    - students, 1053
  - impact on student development, 1053, 1055
- Education funding
  - funding streams, 3603
  - Grants for Student Needs (GSN), 1054
    - staff, hiring of, 1054
  - program allocation, 1054–1055
- Education - in-school learning
  - government strategy, 1055
- Education policy
  - ministerial authority, 3602–3603
- Education - student outcomes
  - government strategy, 3602
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation, 1056
- Education workers - labour disputes
  - strikes
    - amount of, history, 1055
- Education workers - labour disputes, union contracts and negotiations
  - terms of, 1057
- Employment services
  - training and retraining
    - government funding, 9548
- Entrepreneurship
  - government strategy, 553
- Government orders
  - Appointment of House officers / Committee membership
    - responded to, 276–277
- Health care - primary care
  - access
    - availability of health human resources, 1123
- Health care system - capacity
  - services
    - government strategy, 1123
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
  - government strategy, 383
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1053–1057
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) - hearings
  - wait-time, 3547
- Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
  - presiding officers, selection of, 276
    - diversity and representation, 277
- Long-term care - beds
  - infection control
    - isolation rooms, reopening, 384
  - wait-list, 384
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - number, 384–385
  - by region
    - Durham, 386
- Long-term care facilities - by site
  - Lakeridge Gardens (Ajax), 402
- Long-term care facilities - construction
  - accelerated build pilot program, 385
- Long-term care - operators
  - admission requirements, 384
- Long-term care - reform
  - government funding, 386
- Long-term care - staff
  - recruitment and retention
    - government funding, 385
    - initiatives, 385
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - average hours of care, 385
- Manufacturing industry - employment
  - government strategy, 553
- Members' statements
  - Abilities Centre Acessibility Awards, 2792–2793
  - Ajax Pumpkinville, 929
  - Black History Month, 2297, 7093
  - Community support services, 4003–4004
  - Durham Community Action Group, 4563
  - Durham Youth Services, 5767
  - Homebound Wellness Centre, 1448
  - Homelessness, 3496
  - Islamic Society of Ajax, 590–591
  - Maverick's Donuts, 8977
  - Police, 8636
  - Post-secondary education and skills training, 22
  - Prostrate cancer, 5145–5146
  - Refugee services, 6510
  - The Sashbear Foundation, 9420
  - Special Olympics, 8311
  - Wong, Ethan, 7653
  - Wong, Julianna, 7653
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Ajax, 17–18
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 16–19
- Members/ministers quoting
  - reports
    - School Board Governance, A Focus on Achievement, 3701–3702
- Mental health and addictions
  - education and awareness
    - community organizations, 9420
- Military history
  - by region
    - Ajax, 2845
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 383–386, 401–402
- Nurses
  - accreditation
    - internationally trained, amount of, 1129
  - enrolment rates, funding, 1124
  - internationally trained
    - registration process, timeline, 1124
      - economic impact, 1124
  - shortage, 1123
- Nurses - employment
  - working conditions
    - burnout and stress, 1123
- Nurses - recruitment and retention
  - programs, funding, 1124
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - education and training
    - tuition supports
      - funding, 22
- Private members' public business
  - Honouring Our Veterans Act, 2023 (Bill 65)
    - second reading, 2845
  - Injured Workers Day Act, 2024 (Bill 118)
    - second reading, 9455–9456
  - Nurses
    - presented, 1123–1125
    - responded to, 1129
- Question period
  - Accessibility for seniors and persons with disabilities
    - presented, 2379
  - Anti-racism activities
    - presented, 7411–7412
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 4013–4014
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 553
  - Medical schools
    - presented, 795
  - Northern economy
    - responded to, 9548
  - Northern Ontario development
    - presented, 29–30
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2189
  - Seniors' services
    - presented, 5525–5526
  - Small business
    - presented, 1967
  - Taxation
    - presented, 7610–7611, 8323, 8574–8575, 9638–9639
    - responded to, 9116–9117, 9215
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 3547–3548
  - Veterans
    - presented, 3506–3507
  - Women's employment
    - presented, 879, 2966–2967
- Regulations - business
  - reduction, 1967
- Ring of Fire development
  - general remarks, 29–30
  - Indigenous participation, 30
- School board trustees
  - role of, 3601–3602
  - training and code of conduct, 3602, 4880
    - stakeholder consultation, 3686, 3695
- School boards - directors of education
  - training and performance metrics, 3602, 4880
- School boards - information sharing practices
  - to parents
    - requirements, 3602
- Schools - provincial and demonstration schools
  - government strategy, 7391–7392
- Senior citizens
  - active living centres, 5526
  - community accessibility
    - government strategy, 2379
  - health and well-being, 5525–5526
- Skilled trades
  - government funding
    - Skilled Trades Strategy, 22
- Skilled trades - education and training
  - Skills Development Fund, 9117
- Soldier's Aid Commission
  - government funding, 3507
- Sporting events
  - Special Olympics, 8311
- Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188)
  - second reading, 8634
- Teachers - additional qualifications
  - government funding
    - math, 1054
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 16–19, 61
- Transportation systems
  - government strategy, 2189
- Tributes
  - Dickson, Joe (former member for Ajax–Pickering), 830
  - Godfrey, Charles Morris (former member for Durham West), 2209
- Unhoused persons
  - community support initiatives
    - by region
      - Ajax, 3496
- Women
  - employment, support programs
    - Investing in Women's Futures, 879
- Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190)
  - second reading, 8911–8913
- World War I
  - Canadian contributions
    - black community, 2845
    - Black community, 2845
Begum, D. (NDP, Scarborough Southwest)
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, SO 2005, c 11
  - standards, review of
    - transit, 3408
- Accessibility standards
  - legislated targets
    - Onely Report, recommendations, 3408
- Affordable housing
  - access, 188–189, 7061
  - availability, 1554
  - availability of, 1554
  - general remarks, 1546
- Agricultural land
  - loss of
    - annual rate, 1918
- Agricultural land - zoning
  - agricultural impact assessments, 1918
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients
  - transfer to home and community care, 6553
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities
  - consent, 419–420
    - sharing of personal health information, 420
  - patient refusal
    - billing structure, 420–421
  - statements by stakeholders, 488
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities, non-preferred home
  - public consultation, 575
  - regulations, costs to patient, 365
  - regulations, distance, 365
  - statements from stakeholders, 420, 422
- Ambulance services
  - service availability
    - regional shortages, 390
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - democracy, 1499
  - second reading, 1499, 1546
  - public response, 2120
  - third reading, 2136
- Budget 2022/2023
  - program allocation, 3033–3034
- Budget 2023/2024
  - committee presentations, 4401
  - education, 3278, 4401, 4403
  - general remarks, 4400
  - housing, 4402
  - Indigenous communities, on-reserve, 4281
  - municipal affairs and housing, 3267
  - supportive housing, 4401
- Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
  - responded to, 3267, 3278
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - third reading, 4281, 4400–4403, 4408, 4418
- Business
  - corporate governance, digital administration
    - accessibility, 3513
  - debt load
    - due to COVID-19, 3520
  - washroom facilities access, 2974
- Canadian Mental Health Association
  - government funding, 2626
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - Canadian Red Cross support, 1979
- Communities
  - social needs of, 3977
- Community housing
  - wait-list, 188, 2854
- Condominium Authority Tribunal
  - jurisdiction, 4436–4437
- Conservation authorities
  - creation, history of
    - effect of Hurricane Hazel and flooding, 1554
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - committee process
    - stakeholder consultation, 6551
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - third reading, 6549–6554, 6556
- COVID-19 - essential service workers
  - "essential," definition of and criteria, 1000, 1130, 2976
  - manufacturing industry
    - fatalities, 1131
      - Toronto Star investigation, 1130–1131
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 1130–1131
- Doctors
  - practice-ready assessment programs, 219
- Driving - careless/distracted
  - causing injury or death
    - fines and penalties, 6232
- Education funding
  - staffing levels, impact on, 3497
- Education - mental health
  - students, 2626
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation
    - legislative procedure, 1157
    - penalties, financial, 1110
    - statements by stakeholders, 1111, 1113
- Education workers - compensation
  - general remarks, 1110
  - impact on retention, 1057
- Education workers - labour disputes, union contracts and negotiations
  - public response, 1156
- Education workers - role in schools
  - effect on students, 1110
- Employment
  - labour shortage, 1311
- Employment - COVID-19
  - essential workers
    - fatalities, 1699
  - sick days, paid
    - provincial program, termination of, 2980
- Employment standards
  - Canadian work experience
    - employer prohibition to request, 6568, 6572
  - enforcement
    - workplace inspections, number of, 2976
  - layoffs and terminations
    - part-time employees, 2982
    - remote employees, 2977
  - lost wage claims
    - enforcement, 4649
    - investigations, number of, 4649–4650
- Employment Standards Act, 2000, SO, c 41
  - scope of, 2981
- Employment standards - wage theft
  - protections, 6570
- Enhancing Public Transit Accessibility Act, 2023 (Bill 82)
  - first reading, 2863–2864
- Food banks - usage
  - demographics, 1458
  - rates, 1457, 4401, 6066
    - social assistance recipients, 2979
- Food security
  - government strategy, 6066
- GO Transit - stations
  - construction
    - station contribution fees, 5186, 6482
- Government expenditures
  - general remarks, 4401
- Government finances
  - contingency funds
    - allocation, 1111
- Government notices of motion
  - Attacks on Israel
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5395–5396, 5414–5416
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - labour policy, 2976
- Greenbelt
  - boundary adjustments, reversal, 4988
- Greenbelt - boundary adjustments, process
  - accountability and transparency, 5458–5459
  - RCMP investigation, 5458
- Greenbelt - development on
  - general remarks, 1554
  - land availability, 5158
- Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 136)
  - second reading, 5927
- Health care
  - privatization, 51
- Health care - primary care
  - virtual appointments and telehealth
    - access, 1875
- Health care services
  - access, 337
  - government strategy, 52
  - wait-time, 1387
- Health care system
  - health human resources
    - government strategy, 420–421
  - structural stressors
    - government response, 488
- Health care workers - COVID-19
  - burnout and stress, 1699
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - general remarks, 1387
  - government relations, 4408
  - pandemic pay
    - eligibility, 1699–1700
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international, 3532
  - credential recognition, 52, 219, 1125
    - statements by stakeholders, 1125
- Highways and roads safety
  - pedestrians, 4132, 6232
- Home and community care
  - access, 6549–6550
  - vs. health care institutions
    - cost of, 6550
  - privatization, 6550, 6556
- Home and community care - delivery models
  - for-profit, 6553
- Home and community care - reform
  - partnership with municipalities and non-profit providers, 6551
- Home and community care - staff
  - gender-appropriate care, 6550–6551
- Hospital services - emergency
  - wait-time, 1387
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
  - by region
    - Scarborough, 1251
- Hospitals - capital projects
  - general remarks, 1251
- Hospitals - funding by site
  - Scarborough Health Network, 421
- Hospitals - staff
  - staffing levels, impact of, 1251–1252
- Housing development - construction
  - format diversity, 188
- Human trafficking - labour trafficking
  - government response, 3145–3146
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - Canadian experience, 2978
  - discrimination against, 2978–2979
  - foreign credentials, recognition of, 6571
  - general remarks, 2981
  - government strategy, 2978
- Immigration
  - application process, timelines, 1311
- Improving Real Estate Management Act, 2024 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 6391, 6401, 6404
- Indigenous communities - living conditions
  - general remarks, 51
- Indigenous education
  - school facilities, northern Ontario
    - geographic accessibility
      - impact on student health and well-being, 1904–1905
- Indigenous relations - reconciliation
  - recommendations, 1905
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
  - real estate services
    - contracts, oversight, 6391
- Islamophobia
  - government response to, 5416
- Israel
  - attacks on (October 7, 2023), 5414
- Israel-Hamas war
  - impact on Canada, 5415
  - impact on civilian populations, 7055
  - impact on Palestinian territories, 5414–5415
- Jurors and juries
  - diversity and representation, 1800
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1057, 1110–1111, 1113–1114
- Labour relations
  - collective bargaining, 2982
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders (MZOs)
  - conflict of interest, 5927
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
  - Ombudsman investigation and recommendations
    - Administrative Justice Delayed, Fairness Denied (2023), 4061–4062
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) - hearings
  - backlogs
    - impact of, 7137
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 1934–1935
- Legislative precinct
  - members' office space, availability of, 1935
- Less Red Tape, More Common Sense Act, 2023 (Bill 139)
  - third reading, 6220
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3513, 3517, 3520
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1740, 1795–1796, 1800
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Eglinton Crosstown
  - delays, 3905, 5186–5187
  - transparency, 3905
- Linguistic identity
  - International Mother Language Day, 2175–2176
- Long-term care - administration
  - licensing
    - for-profit, 6551, 6553
- Long-term care - residents
  - care plans
    - culturally and linguistically appropriate care, 6550
  - geographic location
    - impact on patient health, 6551
  - living conditions, 203
    - air conditioning, 202–203
  - spousal separation and unification
    - wait-list, 1352
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - general remarks, 575
- Members' statements
  - Autism treatment, 2792
  - Bangladeshi Heritage Month, 2540–2541
  - Centennial College A-Building, 5398
  - Condominium residents, 4436–4437
  - Conflict in Middle East, 7055
  - Cricket clubs, 787
  - Education funding, 3497
  - Greenbelt, 4988
  - Hasan, Iqbal, 3540
  - Health care, 337
  - International Mother Language Day, 2175–2176
  - Labour shortage, 1311
  - Landlord and Tenant Board, 7137
  - Tenant protection, 6264
- Mental health and addictions services
  - wait-time, 1715
- Mental health and addictions services - funding
  - allocation rate, 3980
  - annual rate, 1715
- Metrolinx
  - performance of, 5187
- Military personnel
  - reservists
    - job protected leave, 2977, 2982
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 365, 414, 419–423
  - third reading, 575
- Municipal councillors
  - role of, 189
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - council administration and authority, 190
  - public consultation, 191
- Nurses - recruitment and retention
  - non-practicing, 1125
- Occupational health and safety
  - government funding, 1984
  - workplace violations, 2979
- Ontario Autism Program (OAP)
  - wait-list, 2792
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates, 2979
  - combined with CPP
    - impact on, 4006
  - increase, 4006
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates, increases, 4006
- Ontario Health atHome
  - home and community care, contract procurement
    - for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 6550
  - service providers, 6552
    - employment models, 6551
- Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
  - coverage expansion
    - prescription contraception, 2621
  - prescription contraception, 2621
  - service coverage
    - virtual care services
      - in relation to doctor shortage, 1875
- Ontario Place
  - lease of, redevelopment agreements, 4401
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - strategic plans, components of
    - language and terminology, 3977
- Opposition day motions
  - Health care workers
    - responded to, 1387
  - Mental health services
    - responded to, 2626–2627
- Pediatric hospitals
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - due to staff shortage, 1979
- Peel Region
  - urban boundary expansion
    - land ownership, conflict of interest, 5938
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - recruitment and retention
    - employment models, impact of, 6552
- Petitions
  - Accessibility for persons with disabilities, 3263–3264
  - Adoption disclosure, 2869, 3045
  - Affordable housing, 2809, 4271
  - Alzheimer's disease, 2045, 3512
  - Anti-vaping initiatives for youth, 1721
  - Autism treatment, 4074
  - Automobile insurance, 1789
  - Climate change, 1719
  - Government accountability, 2134
  - Health care, 1720, 1789, 2735, 5332
  - Health care workers, 4230–4231, 4272, 6924–6925
  - Housing, 3556
  - Injured workers, 4072, 6449–6450
  - Labour dispute, 1086, 1163
  - Land use planning, 1326, 2867, 4074
  - Long-term care, 6923–6924
  - Ontario Place, 6068–6069, 6701
  - Public transit, 2047
  - Social assistance, 605, 1682
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 198, 202–203
- Police officers - education and training
  - formal vs. informal, 3978
  - reports and recommendations, stakeholders, 3980
- Police officers - employment
  - shortage
    - due to long-term leave, 3977
- Police officers - occupational health and safety
  - general remarks, 3978
- Police services
  - additional service agreements, 3976
  - government communications
    - language and terminology, 3980
  - government strategy
    - language and terminology, 3978
  - victim support services
    - community partnerships, 3977–3978
- Post-secondary education
  - barriers to
    - tuition, 3979
  - employment services
    - personal information collection, 2979
  - funding, 6220
  - international students
    - employment standards, 2977
- Private members' public business
  - Cleaning Up Corruption Act, 2023 (Bill 148)
    - second reading, 6894–6895
  - Enhancing Public Transit Accessibility Act, 2023 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 3407–3409, 3412
  - Fixing Long-Term Care Amendment Act (Till Death Do Us Part), 2022 (Bill 21)
    - second reading, 1352–1353
  - Health care
    - responded to, 1251–1252
  - Moving Ontarians Safely Act, 2023 (Bill 40)
    - second reading, 6231–6232
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 1125–1126
  - Protecting Agricultural Land Act, 2022 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1918
  - Stay Home If You Are Sick Act, 2022 (Bill 4)
    - second reading, 1699–1700
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1335, 1340
  - third reading, 1979, 1984
- Question period
  - Access to prescription contraceptives
    - presented, 2721
  - Affordable housiing
    - presented, 7061
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 2854
  - Ambulance services
    - presented, 390
  - Assistance to persons with disabilities
    - presented, 4006
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 1000, 4649–4650
  - Fiscal and economic policy
    - presented, 3033–3034
  - Food banks
    - presented, 1457–1458, 6066
  - Foreign-trained health care workers
    - presented, 219
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 5458–5459, 5938–5939
  - Government policies
    - presented, 2120
  - Health care
    - presented, 1875
  - Housing
    - presented, 4263
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 1156–1157
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 5158
  - Landlord and Tenant Board
    - presented, 4061–4062
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 488
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 1715
  - Municipal development
    - presented, 1554
  - Protection for workers
    - presented, 3145–3146
  - Public transit
    - presented, 3255, 3905, 4218–4219, 4920–4921
  - Road safety
    - presented, 4132
  - School facilities
    - presented, 3672
  - Student safety
    - presented, 2164
- Rental housing
  - affordability, 4263
- Rental housing - evictions
  - due to demolition, 7061
- Rental housing - tenant protections
  - impact on tenants, 6264
- Rest stops
  - washroom facilities, 2977
- Road safety
  - pedestrians, 4132
- School facilities - maintenance and repair
  - backlog, 3672
- Schools - violence in
  - student health and safety, 2164
- Social assistance programs
  - benefit rates, combined with CPP
    - impact on, 2979
- Social assistance programs - recipients
  - personal information
    - collection of, 2979
- Sports and recreation
  - facilities, access
    - cricket clubs, 787
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - third reading, 1904–1905, 1908, 1913
- Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
  - second reading, 3976–3980
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
  - language and terminology, 189
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 187–191
  - language and terminology, 189
- Temporary foreign workers
  - passports and work permits, retention of
    - fines and penalties, 2974, 2982
      - statements by stakeholders, 2975
    - impact on workers, 2974–2975
  - social assistance programs
    - access, 2980
  - working conditions, 2975
  - workplace inspections, unannounced, 2976
  - workplace violations
    - barriers to reporting, 2975–2977, 2983
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 51–53, 468, 479, 507
- Toronto
  - public transportation
    - history of, 6480–6481
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - accessibility, 3407–3408
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - subway
  - passenger fatalities
    - Magalhae, Gabriel, 3377
- Transit
  - accessibility, 3408–3409, 3412
  - government strategy, 5185
  - regional integration, 5188
- Transit infrastructure development - by region
  - Scarborough, 3255
- Transit infrastructure development by region
  - Scarborough, 3255
- Transit infrastructure development - by region
  - Scarborough, 4218–4219, 5187
- Transit workers
  - collective bargaining rights, 5185
  - working conditions, 6482
- Transportation for the Future Act, 2023 (Bill 131)
  - second reading, 5183–5189
  - third reading, 6480–6484, 6489
- Tributes
  - Brown, Jim (former member for Scarborough West), 779–780
  - Hasan, Iqbal, 3540
- Unhoused persons
  - weather conditions, impact of, 2980
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - second reading, 2973–2983
  - scheduling and agendas, 2974
- Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 (Bill 149)
  - second reading, 6567–6572
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - deeming policy, 1795–1796, 4027
  - presumptive coverage, firefighters
    - cancers, 2978
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - third reading, 3532, 4027, 4042
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- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - committee process
    - amendments, consideration of, 6833–6835
  - witness submissions, 6831–6832
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - third reading, 6682, 6829–6838
- Affordable housing
  - access, 1539, 4859
  - access to, 8982
  - "affordable," definition of, 890, 1339, 1627, 4665, 6832–6835, 6837
    - implementation timeline, 7357
    - ministerial authority, 6835
      - statements by stakeholders, 6832
    - statements by stakeholders, 6831–6832
  - "attainable," definition of
    - implementation timelines, 7357
  - availability, 127
    - impact on business environment, 9497
    - by income, 8374
  - availability of, 127, 6614
  - definition of, 4665
  - government strategy, 885
  - inclusionary zoning, 888
  - tenant/owner selection
    - municipal oversight, 6833–6834
- Affordable housing - by region
  - Toronto, 1627
- Affordable housing - development of
  - federal government funding
    - access to, 7923, 7972–7973, 8057
  - government strategy, 886, 892, 1534
  - non-market housing
    - government role in, 1534
    - in other jurisdictions, 9496
  - on public lands, 121, 1540
  - by region
    - Toronto
      - inclusionary zoning, 5941–5942
- Agricultural land
  - cost of
    - role of speculation, 4767
- Agricultural land - conservation
  - committee presentations, 1539
  - general remarks, 4667, 9493
- Agricultural land - development on
  - general remarks, 8316
  - land availability, 5060
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - Grow Ontario Strategy
    - Riddell
      - government funding
        
        allocation formula, by region, 3913
    - funding allocation formula, by region, 3913
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients
  - impact on hospital resources, 571
- Anti-Money Laundering in Housing Act, 2022 (Bill 8)
  - first reading, 230
- Autism services
  - support program
    - funding, 2847–2848
- Automobile thefts
  - rate of, 8103
- Automotive industry, sales of automobiles, 6349
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - committee process, 2037
  - second reading, 1537–1542, 1573
  - public response, 1965, 2108
  - third reading, 2105, 2107–2110
- Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
  - stakeholder consultation, 4911–4912
  - third reading, 4910–4912
- Budget 2022/2023
  - climate change, 618
  - education, 618
  - general remarks, 618
  - health care, 618
  - municipal affairs and housing, 120
- Budget 2023/2024
  - education, 3179, 4376
  - environment, 3367
  - health care, 3177–3178
  - housing, 3178, 3180, 4371
  - mental health and addictions, 3178
  - program spending
    - vs. inflation, 3177
  - rental housing, 3290
  - supportive housing, 3129
  - transportation, 3178
- Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
  - responded to, 3285, 3290, 3295, 3364, 3367
- Budget speech 2024 (March 26, 2024)
  - responded to, 8090–8091, 8099–8104
- Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
  - second reading, 8170
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3129, 3177–3180, 3182
  - third reading, 4371, 4376
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2708
- Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program
  - federal-provincial cooperation, 8411
- Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CWELCC)
  - child care operators
    - financial impact, 7137
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - rights under, 1113
- Charities and non-profit organizations
  - donations
    - regulations, 6347
- Child care
  - access to, 8101
- Child care - staff
  - compensation
    - impact on retention, 6578–6579
- Children and youth in care
  - preventative measures, 8633
- City of Toronto Act, 2006, SO 2006, c 11, s A.
  - rental replacement bylaw, 887
- Climate change
  - extreme weather due to, 1512–1513, 2283
  - as public health issue, 1513
- Colleges and universities
  - board of governors
    - term limits, 6346–6348
- Community housing
  - government funding, 8740
- Condominium Authority Ontario (CAO)
  - tenant protection, 2669
- Condominium Authority Tribunal
  - reform
    - jurisdiction, expansion, 2700
- Condominium corporations
  - roles and responsibilities
    - emergency power generators, 2283
- Condominiums
  - accountability and oversight, 2699–2700
    - report and recommendations, 2375
  - consumer protection, 2699–2700, 2704, 3421
- Conservation authorities
  - authority owned land
    - development on, 888
  - mandate and oversight, 888
- Credit unions and caisses populaires, regulations, 6347
- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
  - committee process
    - amendments, consideration of, 9490–9493
  - second reading, 8367–8377, 8379, 8411–8412
  - stakeholder response, 8374, 9495
  - third reading, 9468–9469, 9489–9498
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Public transit
    - presented, 7868–7869
- Democracy
  - general remarks, 2110
- Doctors
  - administrative responsibilities, 6349
    - stakeholder statements, 6349
- Doctors - family doctors
  - access, by region
    - Toronto, 7226, 7662
  - access to, 8170
  - shortage, 6348–6349
- Doctors - primary care
  - shortage, 6350
- Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve
  - development on
    - land ownership, conflict of interest, 2036
- Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve Act, 2005, SO 2005, c 30
  - repeal of, 1538
- Education funding
  - general remarks, 1112–1113
  - staffing levels, impact on, 8704
- Education - special education services
  - students, access, 3096
- Education support workers
  - government funding, 618
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation
    - statements by stakeholders, 1112
- Education workers - compensation
  - annual rate, historically, 1114
  - cost of living, 1112
    - statements by stakeholders, 1112
- Education workers - labour disputes, union contracts and negotiations
  - general remarks, 1144–1145
- Education workers - role in schools
  - effect on students, 1112
  - general remarks, 1114
- Elections
  - general election (2022)
    - voter turnout, 119
- Electric vehicles - charging stations
  - in new build homes, 8370
- Employment standards
  - Canadian work experience
    - employer prohibition to request, 6579
  - gig workers
    - wage protections, 7717
    - working conditions, 6581, 6585
- Employment standards - wage theft
  - protections, 6579
- Engineering
  - Professional Engineers Ontario
    - regulations, 6348
- Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 (Bill 157)
  - third reading, 7538, 7543
- Environmental Protection Amendment Act (Microfibre Filters for Washing Machines), 2023 (Bill 83)
  - first reading, 2912
- Financial services sector
  - commodity futures
    - regulations, 6347
  - regulations, 6347–6348
- Food banks - usage
  - rates, 1096
- Get It Done Act, 2024 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 7446–7447, 7453–7457
  - third reading, 8771, 8776, 8781, 8784, 8787–8788
- GO Transit - stations
  - Mimico redevelopment
    - cancellation, 7538
    - Vandyk Properties, contract cancellation, 7553
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - education policy, 1111–1112
  - energy policy, 8346
  - environmental policy, 1513
  - greenbelt, 2105
  - legislative agenda, 4541
  - public consultation, 4821
  - rental policy, 3811
- Greenbelt
  - conservation of
    - and food security, 1955
- Greenbelt - development on
  - impact of
    - statements by stakeholders, 2108
  - land availability, 1537
  - land ownership, conflict of interest, 1519, 1540, 1573, 1602
  - land swap
    - information sharing, transparency, 1775
  - public response, 1540
- Greenhouse gas emissions - reduction
  - government strategy
    - reduction targets, 7546
- Hazel McCallion Act (Peel Dissolution), 2023 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 4529–4533, 4537, 4541, 4546, 4550
  - third reading, 4744, 4747, 4818–4822, 4829, 4833, 4836
- Health care
  - culturally and linguistically appropriate care
    - access to, 7662
  - home care, 6350
  - privatization, 6350
  - structural stressors
    - government response, 571
- Health care - gender-affirming
  - access
    - impact on patient health and wellness, 7464
- Health care - primary care
  - service fees, 7099–7100
- Health care services
  - public vs. private
    - in other jurisdictions, 2349
- Health care services - delivery
  - virtual
    - fees, 1832
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - amendments, consideration of, 4387, 4662–4669
  - second reading, 3566–3575
  - third reading, 4641–4642, 4661–4671
- Heritage properties
  - places of worship
    - regulations, 6347–6348
- Highway 413
  - impact on traffic congestion, 7457
  - land ownership, conflict of interest, 7454
- Highway tolls
  - removal of, 7456
- Home and community care
  - access to, 8101
- Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)
  - pre-construction sale agreements
    - price adjustment penalties, 4641
- Home ownership
  - access, 4662
  - first-time homebuyers, 8368
  - taxes
    - in other jurisdictions (British Columbia), 683
- The Hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids)
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - emergency departments
      - impact on surgical procedure wait-time, 1315
      - wait-time, 1315
  - capacity, occupancy rate, 1315
  - government funding, 32
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog, 32, 814–815, 2247
- Hospitals
  - staff shortages
    - Toronto, 618
- Housing
  - access, 6829
- Housing Affordability Task Force
  - recommendations, 121, 1540
  - report (2022)
    - greenbelt, 2036
- Housing - affordable
  - government strategy, 7866–7867
- Housing developers
  - approvals and permits, timelines, 4664
    - expiry of, 8370–8371, 9494
- Housing development
  - low-density
    - transportation methods, impact on, 9493
  - mass timber construction, 8370
  - provincial fees, freeze, 7453
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - standardized pre-approved designs, 8372
  - timelines
    - application fees, refund of, 4663–4664, 8371
- Housing development - construction
  - cost of
    - relocation due to, 1533, 3812
  - format diversity, 120
  - inclusionary zoning, 893, 4666–4667
    - ministerial approvals, 683
    - municipal planning, 3428
    - use of, 120
  - municipal policy
    - green standards, 1625
  - regulatory environment, 4532
- Housing development - densification
  - additional residential units, 8372, 9494
  - density requirements, municipalities, 4666
  - general remarks, 1632
  - government strategy, 5060
  - high-density vs. low-density
    - cost of, 3544, 8376
  - low-density, 3544
  - mid-density
    - affordability, 889
      - statements by stakeholders, 889
  - policy development, 1540
  - secondary units, 888
- Housing development - government funding
  - Building Faster Fund
    - eligibility, 6771–6772
- Housing development - in other jurisdictions
  - British Columbia, 7446–7447
- Housing development - infrastructure
  - federal government funding
    - access to, 8481, 8862
  - government funding, 8376
  - servicing costs
    - high-density vs. low-density developments, 9493
  - sewage and wastewater, allocation withdrawal
    - development timelines, 8370–8371
- Housing development - major transit station areas
  - parking minimums, removal of
    - accessibility requirements, 8370, 9494
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, 889
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts, 889, 4546
    - affordability requirements, 890, 1534, 6830–6831, 6835
    - impact of
      - statements by stakeholders, 8371
    - impact on affordability, 1630, 6833
    - impact on development, 8371
    - impact on housing services, 9490
    - impact on municipalities, 874, 890, 892, 1539, 1541, 1672, 2854, 3178–3179, 3317, 6834
    - not-for-profit housing, 8376–8377
    - reversal, 9494
    - statements by stakeholders, 890, 1627, 1632
    - transferal of costs, taxes, 1519–1520, 2489, 4665
- Housing development - provincial building targets
  - municipal allocations, 2109
- Housing market
  - interest rates
    - impact on affordability, 885–886
  - speculation taxes
    - non-resident speculation tax, increase, 887
    - in other jurisdictions, 887
    - vacant homes tax
      - benefits of, 887
      - in other jurisdictions, 887
- Housing policy
  - general remarks, 4670, 8315
  - government funding, 1542
  - government strategy, 1538, 2108, 4669
  - inclusionary zoning
    - fourplexes, 7455
    - implementation timelines, 6682
  - in other jurisdictions
    - British Columbia, 8368–8369, 9498
  - stakeholder consultation, 1539, 8375–8376
  - upzoning, 9491–9492
    - fourplexes, 7922, 9468
- Housing supply
  - impact on housing costs, 6830
  - land speculation, 8227
- Independent health facilities
  - for profit vs. not-for-profit, 2349–2351
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
  - real estate services
    - management of, 2576, 2578
- Intimate partner violence
  - shelters and supportive housing
    - operational funding, 6436
- Islamophobia
  - prevalence of, 9576
- Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, 2024 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 7289–7293
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1040, 1111–1114
- Land use planning
  - environmental protections, 4667
  - intensification, 7456
  - provincial land and development facilitator
    - creation of, 4664
  - responsibilities, upper-tier municipalities
    - transferal to lower-tier municipalities, 8372, 9494–9495
- Land use planning - environmental assessments, class environment assessments
  - 30-day review period, ministerial waiver, 2576
  - 30-day review period, purpose of, 2577
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders (MZOs)
  - long-term care construction, 6061
  - regulations, 8371
- Land use planning - municipal official plans
  - approvals, 121
  - employment zones
    - and housing development, 4665–4666
  - zoning decisions, 1542
- Land use planning - provincial policy statement
  - minimum density requirements, 8373–8374, 9492
  - settlement area boundaries, expansion
    - appeals process, 8373, 9493
    - low-density developments, 9468–9469
    - process, 8373, 8376, 9492–9493
    - statements by stakeholders, 8374
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
  - general remarks, 6349–6350
  - governance and transparency, 8561
  - Ombudsman investigation and recommendations
    - Administrative Justice Delayed, Fairness Denied (2023), 4662
  - statements by stakeholders, 4261
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) - hearings
  - backlogs, 887, 8561
  - delivery of, 4127
  - hearings, delivery of, 4127
  - wait-time
    - landlords vs. tenants, 3502
- Landlords
  - roles and responsibilities
    - emergency power generators, 2283
- Legal aid services
  - access to, 7543
- Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation
  - energy-efficient technologies, 2833
- Legislative procedure
  - parliamentary calendar
    - summer adjournment, changes, 9647–9648
- Less Red Tape, More Common Sense Act, 2023 (Bill 139)
  - third reading, 6346–6350
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3421
- Long-term care - accountability and oversight
  - general remarks, 8100
- Long-term care - beds
  - wait-list
    - and facility conditions, 571
- Lower Fares, Better Service on the Union Pearson Express Act, 2024 (Bill 202)
  - first reading, 9380
- Members' statements
  - Anti-racism activities, 9576
  - Autism treatment, 2847–2848
  - Barrick Gold Corp., 4469
  - Child care, 7137
  - Climate change, 7546
  - Coldest Night of the Year, 2236
  - Doctor shortage, 7226
  - Education funding, 8567
  - Government accountability, 1515–1516
  - Labour dispute, 1144–1145
  - Mental health and addiction services, 628
  - Municipal planning, 1954–1955
  - Ontario Place, 3902
  - Public transit, 3368
  - Street Haven, 149–150
  - Tenant protection, 8474, 9109
- Members/ministers quoting
  - committee submissions
    - More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23), 1625–1626
  - news media
    - conservation authorities, history, 1628
  - teachers unions
    - violence in schools, 4911
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 3812
- Mental health and addictions
  - education and awareness
    - International Overdose Awareness Day, 628
- Mines and mining
  - Indigenous communities
    - consultation with, 2708
- Mining industry - Indigenous consultation and consent, 2708
- Mining sites
  - Canadian companies' international sites
    - accountabilities, 4469
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - third reading, 571
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - committee presentations, 1604–1605, 1626–1628
  - committee process
    - amendments, consideration of, 1628–1630
  - committee submissions, 1625–1628
  - second reading, 863–865, 885–893
  - impact on municipalities
    - Toronto, 1520
  - third reading, 1602, 1604–1605, 1624–1633
- Motions
  - House and committee sittings
    - responded to, 9647–9649
- Mount Pleasant Public Cemeteries Act, 2023 (Bill 113)
  - first reading, 4484
- Municipal by-laws
  - appeal of
    - timelines, 1631
  - passage of, prescribed number of councillors, 1955, 2036
- Municipal finances
  - reserve fund
    - development charges reserve fund
      - by region
        
        Toronto, 1631
- Municipal governance
  - council administration and authority, 1515–1516
  - legislative reform, 2119
  - reform, 120
- Municipal governance - regional chairs
  - appointment of, ministerial authority, 1539, 2036
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - applicable regions, 134
  - applicable regions, expansion, 4829
  - council administration, 122
  - effect on housing development, 127
  - government strategy, 1538
  - municipal response, 2108
  - provincial priorities, 1539
  - regional application, 2036
  - stakeholder response, 2037
  - statements by stakeholders, 119
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system, administrative authority
  - budgets, city council override, 119
  - employment powers, 119, 699
  - veto power, provincial priorities, 119
- Municipal governments
  - council administration, 119
  - municipal structures, two-tier
    - provincial assessment, facilitators, 2108
- Municipal restructuring
  - in other jurisdictions, 4747
- Municipal restructuring - Peel Region
  - impact on Brampton, 4530–4531
  - impact on Caledon, 4530–4531
  - public consultation, 4529–4530, 4549, 4818, 4833
  - services, impact on, 4537, 4820
  - statements by stakeholders, 4819–4820
- Municipal restructuring - Peel Region, reversal
  - economic impact
    - accountability and transparency, 9490–9491
- National Housing Strategy (federal)
  - building and renovation targets
    - and access to funding, 8862
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy, 4671
- New Democratic Party of Ontario (NDP)
  - housing policy, 4671
- New home construction industry
  - builder accountability
    - penalties and prosecution, 891
  - consumer protection, 2909
  - consumer protections, 221, 2909
    - enforcement, 891
- Nextblock Inc. Act, 2022 (Bill Pr6)
  - first reading, 881
  - second reading, 2140
  - third reading, 2140
- Niagara Escarpment
  - planning and development
    - permits, 6347
- Nurse practitioner-led clinics
  - general remarks, 6350
  - as substitute for primary care clinics, 6350
- Nurses
  - working conditions, 2351
- Occupational health and safety
  - government funding, 6580
- Ontario Building Code
  - enforcement, 8370, 8379
  - reform, 8370
  - single-exit stairs
    - stakeholder consultation, 8373
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - statements by stakeholders, 1096
- Ontario Human Rights Commission
  - air conditioning, statement on, 599
- Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)
  - adjudicators, powers of, 891
  - hearings
    - unsuccessful party fines, 891, 1631
  - third party appeals, elimination of, 8369–8370, 9493
    - exemptions, 9469, 9491, 9498
- Ontario Place
  - lease of, international investment, 3902
- Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
  - access to
    - low-income students, 7696
  - grant to loan conversion, 7701
- Opioid addictions
  - overdoses and fatalities, by region
    - Toronto, 9550
- Opposition day motions
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 8650–8652
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 3095–3096
  - Government advertising
    - responded to, 7943
  - Health care
    - responded to, 7747
  - Housing
    - presented, 1533–1534
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 1096
  - Tenant protection
    - responded to, 3811–3812
- Ottawa
  - urban boundary expansion
    - ministerial amendments
      - land ownership, conflict of interest, 1776
- Parks
  - Parks of the St. Lawrence
    - easements, 6348
- Pediatric hospitals - services
  - capacity and overcrowding, occupancy rate
    - government response, 1315
- Petitions
  - Accessibility for persons with disabilities, 3262, 7155
  - Affordable housing, 603
  - Alzheimer's disease, 1327
  - Child care, 9488
  - Climate change, 2045
  - Education funding, 3079, 4485–4486, 4661, 7367, 8994
  - Environmental protection, 882
  - Health care, 7790–7791
  - Labour dispute, 686
  - Land use planning, 2383
  - Post-secondary education, 8992–8993
  - Social assistance, 230, 2133–2134, 9381
  - Tenant protection, 8993, 9058
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 618
- Post-secondary education
  - cost of, 6347
  - housing for students, 893
    - affordability, 8372
    - tenant protections, 8372
  - housing for students, development of
    - Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, exemption from, 8372
- Post-secondary education - mental health and addictions
  - supports and services
    - post graduation, 7692
- Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act, 2024 (Bill 159)
  - second reading, 8535, 8541, 8550
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable Energy Act, 2024 (Bill 172)
    - second reading, 8346–8347
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 2699–2700
    - responded to, 2704
  - Enhancing Public Transit Accessibility Act, 2023 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 3410
  - Fewer Backlogs and Less Partisan Tribunals Act, 2024 (Bill 179)
    - second reading, 8561
  - Gender Affirming Health Care Advisory Committee Act, 2024 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 7464
  - Keeping People Housed Act, 2024 (Bill 170)
    - second reading, 8226–8227
  - No Time to Waste Act (Plan for Climate Action and Jobs), 2022 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 1512–1513
  - Protecting Human Rights in an Emergency Act (Emergency Power Generators), 2023 (Bill 47)
    - second reading, 2283
  - Relief for Renters Act, 2024 (Bill 163)
    - second reading, 7865–7867
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1339
- Protecting Renters from Illegal Evictions Act, 2022 (Bill 58)
  - first reading, 2171–2172
- Public assets
  - conversion to affordable housing, 6836
- Public assets - surplus
  - conversion to housing
    - affordable, 2576
  - sale of, agreements
    - transparency, 2576
  - sale of, conditions, 1540
- Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 2833
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 2854, 4859, 5941–5942, 6614, 7357, 7839, 7922–7923, 7972–7973, 8057, 8740, 8862, 8982–8983
  - Condominium legislation
    - presented, 2668–2669
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 221, 2375, 2909
  - Education funding
    - presented, 8704
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1776, 5882, 6061
  - Government policies
    - presented, 2119
  - Health care
    - presented, 1832, 2247, 7099–7100, 7662
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 814–815
  - Homelessness
    - presented, 3913
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 32
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 1315
  - Housing
    - presented, 682–683, 1004, 1519–1520, 4767, 6999, 8315–8316, 8481
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 5060
  - Landlord and tenant board
    - presented, 4127
  - Landlord and Tenant Board
    - presented, 4261
  - Mental health and addiction services
    - presented, 9550
  - Municipal development
    - presented, 1672, 3316–3317
  - Municipal finances
    - presented, 2489
  - Municipal funding
    - presented, 6771–6772
  - Municipal government
    - presented, 1965
  - Municipal planning
    - presented, 3428, 3544
  - Public transit
    - presented, 7553, 8928
  - Shelter services
    - presented, 4574, 6436
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 794
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 599, 873–874, 3501–3502, 3796–3797, 4167, 4331, 4387, 6999, 7611, 8189, 8522, 9174
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2575–2578, 2580, 2582
- Rent control
  - exemptions
    - impact on tenants, 886, 1632
  - general remarks, 3812, 4668, 6838
  - and housing supply, 3812, 7867
- Rental housing
  - access
    - shelter residents, 4574
  - affordability, 7866
  - air conditioning
    - billing policy, 4668
    - temperature guidelines, 4668
  - cost of, 3796–3797, 3811, 4662, 4667
    - by region
      - Toronto, 885, 6830
    - regionally, 8226
  - purpose-built
    - preservation of, 9490
  - short term rentals, 891
  - tenant protection, 4670
  - vacancy decontrol, 1632
- Rental housing - affordable
  - development of
    - government strategy, 8226–8227
- Rental housing - development
  - purpose-built
    - family sized, 886
- Rental housing - evictions
  - due to
    - conversion to short-term rental, 6999, 9174
  - due to demolition, 6836, 9495
  - due to renovations, 4387, 4665
    - enforcement, 889
  - general remarks, 8983
  - illegal evictions
    - fines and penalties, 4641–4642
    - fines and penalties, enforcement, 4668–4669, 7611, 9174
- Rental housing - purpose-built
  - affordable units, 4666
  - benefits to tenants, 864
  - redevelopment of
    - effect on affordability, 888, 893, 1534
    - tenant displacement, 3501
    - tenant return, 873, 4642
- Rental housing - short-term
  - impact on housing affordability, 6999
- Rental housing - tenant protections
  - and affordability, 6836
  - enforcement, 8367–8368
  - general remarks, 886, 1540, 8316, 8375, 9495, 9498
  - non-resident landlords
    - taxes, responsibility for, 9109
  - redevelopment and tenant right to return, 864–865, 887–888, 892, 9494
    - statements by stakeholders, 865
  - Rental Housing Enforcement Unit, 9496
  - rent-increases, above-guideline, 8189, 8474
  - replacement bylaws, 1626–1627, 4167, 4663
  - unit conditions, 6838
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy
    - Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39), 2036–2037
- Retirement homes
  - resident eviction and transition, 9649
- Retirement homes - by site
  - Chartwell Heritage Glen Retirement, closure
    - resident eviction and transition, 8412
- Ring of Fire development
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 3182
- School boards - funding
  - by board
    - Toronto District School Board
      - impact of, 8567
  - layoffs, impact of, 4910
  - student supports, impact on, 3096
- School facilities
  - capacity
    - and population growth projections, 4911
  - excess properties, sell of
    - process, 4910–4911
- Schools - violence in
  - statements by stakeholders, 4911
- Shelters and transitional housing
  - access, 6829
- Social assistance programs
  - housing allowances, 794
- Social assistance programs - benefit rates
  - and cost of living, 1096
- Social companies
  - regulations, 6347
- St. Thomas - Central Elgin Boundary Adjustment Act, 2023 (Bill 63)
  - second reading, 2336
- Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 7692, 7696, 7701
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 118–122, 127, 134
  - third reading, 699, 706
- Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188)
  - second reading, 8626, 8633
- Supportive housing
  - development of, by region
    - Toronto, 6836
  - development of, by site
    - Willowdale, Toronto, 5942
  - government strategy, 4670
  - wait-list, 1004
- Supportive housing - development
  - general remarks, 1540
  - by site
    - Willowdale, Toronto, 8369
- Surgical procedures
  - backlog, remediation
    - patient health, impact, 3285
  - operating rooms, service capacity
    - impact of staff shortages, 2247
  - operations, capacity
    - impact of staff shortages, 2397
    - staff shortage, impact, 2397
- Toronto
  - capital project funding (budget 2022)
    - Impact of economic conditions, 890
  - housing policy
    - inclusionary zoning, 6835–6836, 9492
  - manufacturing and businesses
    - municipal-based assistance, 8369
- Toronto District School Board
  - strategy and planning, 4910
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - accessibility, 3410
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) expansion - Ontario Line
  - and housing development
    - affordable, 7839
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - services
  - reductions, 3368
- Transit
  - fare system, integration
    - GO Transit and TTC, 3295
- 2103890 Ontario Limited Act, 2023 (Bill Pr11)
  - first reading, 1324
  - second reading, 2473
  - third reading, 2474
- Unhoused persons
  - Coldest Night of the Year, 2236
  - Covid-19
    - hotels, use of, 885
  - emergency rooms as shelter, 6829
  - encampments, 885
  - government funding, 122
  - government strategy, 8103, 8367, 8862, 9496
  - by region
    - Toronto, 885
  - shelters
    - conditions in, 885
- Union Pearson Express
  - One Fare program
    - eligibility, 8929
- Waterloo, Region of
  - land use planning, 9495
- Winchester Design Build Inc. Act, 2024 (Bill Pr35)
  - first reading, 6013
  - second reading, 8733
  - third reading, 8733
- Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190)
  - second reading, 9021–9025
- Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 (Bill 149)
  - second reading, 6354, 6567, 6574, 6578–6583, 6585, 6591
  - third reading, 7717
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - part-time workers, women, 6582
  - presumptive coverage, fire rangers
    - inclusion, 7717
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 2349–2352, 2397–2398
Bethlenfalvy, Hon. P. (PC, Pickering—Uxbridge)
- Affordable housing - development of
  - federal government funding
    - access to, 8002–8003
- Alcohol retail - expansion
  - early implementation agreement
    - cost of, 9581–9582
    - economic impact, 9587, 9589
  - general remarks, 7787
- Auto insurance - rates
  - government strategy, 1007, 1867–1868
  - reform, 1867
- Automobile thefts
  - government response, 8011
- Automotive industry - employment
  - employment creation, 71–72
- Automotive industry - investments
  - economic impact, 72
- Bradford Bypass
  - commute times, impact on, 608
  - economic impact, 608
- Budget 2022/2023
  - cost of living, 607
  - education, 79, 1320
  - health care, 608, 1315
  - home and community care, 608
  - infrastructure, 73–74
  - northern and rural Ontario, 608
  - skilled trades, 607–608
  - social assistance, 73
  - transportation, 608
- Budget 2023/2024
  - allocation of funds, 3190–3191
  - automotive, 4312
  - business, 4312
  - businesses, 4312
  - debt and deficit, 4311
  - education, 4313
  - health care, 3071, 4314
    - pediatric, 4312–4313
  - infrastructure development, 4312, 4314–4315
  - manufacturing, 4312
  - mines and mining industry
    - Ring of Fire, 4311
  - mining industry
    - Ring of Fire, 4311
  - skilled trades, 4312
  - unhoused persons, 4313
- Budget 2024/2025
  - cost of living, 8925
  - general remarks, 9073, 9638
  - health care, 8002–8003, 9582
  - housing development, 8003
  - program allocation, 9074
- Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
  - presented, 3047–3053
- Budget speech 2024 (March 26, 2024)
  - presented, 7981–7987
- Budgets
  - federal (2023/2024)
    - intergovernmental collaboration, 3502
- Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
  - first reading, 7987
  - second reading, 8127–8130
  - third reading, 9073–9075
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - first reading, 3053
  - second reading, 3055–3057
  - third reading, 4311–4315
- Building a Strong Ontario Together Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 146)
  - first reading, 6004
  - second reading, 6017–6020
  - third reading, 6702–6705
- Business investment
  - Regional Opportunity Investment Tax Credit, 72, 607
- Business - small- and medium-sized
  - corporate tax rate
    - phase-out range, 3056
- Business - taxation
  - small and medium-sized
    - reduction, 9548
- Carbon tax
  - cost of living, impact on, 6270, 8427
  - economic impact, 5882, 6515
  - general remarks, 3504, 7305, 7607
  - government response to, 6270
  - impact of, 6690–6691
- Clean energy industry
  - investment in
    - electric vehicles, 80
- Colleges and universities
  - government funding, 8005
- Conservation authorities
  - mandate and oversight
    - flood mitigation, 919
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 73, 89, 293, 1271, 1302–1303, 1457, 1946, 2031–2032, 3614, 4442, 6515–6516, 6695, 8002, 9050
  - inflation
    - government response, 817
  - support programs, 3056, 4765–4766
- Economic conditions
  - general remarks, 3056–3057
  - government strategy, 3504, 5153
    - support programs, 1521
  - inflation, 1947
    - government response, 1261
    - government strategy, 224
- Economic conditions - downturn
  - inflation, 1270
- Economic development
  - government strategy, 71–72, 1215
- Education - secondary
  - dual credit programs, 1271
- Electric vehicles
  - government strategy, 6006
- Employment
  - creation/loss, 9073
  - government strategy, 1270
    - Community Jobs Initiative, 72
- Employment services
  - training and retraining
    - Skills Development Fund, 1271, 3056
- Film and television industry
  - tax credits, 1946
- French-language debates
  - Budget de l'Ontario de 2024 (26 mars 2024), 7981, 7987
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Perspectives économiques et revue financière, 1269–1271, 6005–6007
  - Loi de 2022 pour favoriser le développement (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 2
    - deuxième lecture, 71–72, 74
    - troisième lecture, 606–609
  - Loi de 2022 sur la progression du plan pour bâtir (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 36
    - deuxième lecture, 1301–1303
    - troisième lecture, 1945–1947
  - Loi de 2022 visant à accélérer la construction de plus de logements, projet de loi 23
    - deuxième lecture, 917–918
  - Loi de 2023 visant à bâtir un Ontario fort ensemble
    - (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 146
      - troisième lecture, 6702–6703
  - Loi de 2023 visant à bâtir un Ontario fort ensemble (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 146
    - deuxième lecture, 6017–6020
  - Loi de 2023 visant à bâtir un Ontario fort (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 85
    - deuxième lecture, 3055–3057
    - troisième lecture, 4311–4313
  - Loi de 2024 visant à bâtir un Ontario meilleur (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 180
    - deuxième lecture, 8127, 8129
    - troisième lecture, 9073, 9075
  - Période de questions
    - Conseillers gouvernementaux, 3500
- Fuel prices
  - rate reduction
    - rates, 607
  - supply chain, 1676
- Fuel prices - taxation
  - rate reduction, 294, 1521, 2030–2031
  - rate reduction, extension, 5882, 6007, 7786, 8427, 8574, 9050, 9121
- Geopolitical policy
  - budgetary considerations, 4312
- Government debt and deficit
  - annual deficit
    - amount, 3055
  - debt-to-GDP ratio, 4314
    - projection, 3055
  - government strategy, 1271
- Government expenditures
  - general remarks, 2440
- Government finances
  - fall economic statement (2022), 1457
  - fall economic statement (2023), 6005–6008
  - government strategy, 2373–2374, 6005–6008
  - predictions, budget surpluses, 3055
  - provincial credit rating, 9638
  - provincial-federal transfers, 1947
  - review of
    - Auditor General, 1321
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - budgets, 3070
- Greenhouse gas emissions - reduction
  - government strategy, 6691–6692
- Health care
  - government strategy, 6007
- Health care funding
  - Canada Health Transfer (federal), 3057
  - federal government transfer, 2441
  - general remarks, 3057, 9074
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - government funding, 608
- Highway 413
  - economic impact, 608
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - general remarks, 9074
  - government funding, 74
- Home and community care - funding
  - general remarks, 608
- Home ownership
  - foreign investors
    - federal regulations, 1005
- Horse racing industry
  - Woodbine Entertainment group
    - anti-competitive activities, 4447–4448
- Housing development - construction
  - government strategy, 918
  - intergovernmental cooperation, 918
  - municipal-provincial partnerships, 918
  - starts, 920
- Housing development - government funding
  - Building Faster Fund, 8003
- Housing development - infrastructure
  - government funding
    - funding streams, 9075
- Housing market
  - speculation taxes
    - non-resident speculation tax, increase, 918
    - Non-Resident Speculation Tax, increase, 1005
    - vacant homes tax, 683, 918
- Housing supply
  - government strategy, 607, 917–919
- Infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 6006
- Infrastructure development - Ontario Infrastructure Bank
  - government strategy, 6006
- Invest Ontario
  - government funding, 9073
- Licence plates
  - validation stickers
    - annual renewal fees
      - refund and elimination, 607
- Long-term care - residents
  - government strategy, 80
- Low-income Individuals and Families (LIFT) Tax Credit
  - eligibility, 73
  - expansion, 607
- Manufacturing industry
  - government strategy, 1270
- Manufacturing industry - funding
  - Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit, 3056, 3072
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2543
- Mining industry
  - government strategy, 6006
- Mining industry - Critical Minerals Strategy
  - general remarks, 71
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - presented, 1269–1272, 6005–6007
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 917–920
- New Deal for Toronto Act, 2023 (Bill 154)
  - first reading, 6617–6618
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - earning exemption, 1271, 1946
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - inflation, 1458
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates, increase
  - general remarks, 89
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates, increases
  - general remarks, 89
- Ontario Infrastructure Bank
  - general remarks, 6018
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG)
  - annual revenue
    - investments, 4922
  - economic impact, 1869
  - money laundering
    - prevention strategy, 1869
- Pension plans
  - government strategy, 6007
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - first reading, 8
  - second reading, 71–74, 79–80
  - third reading, 606–609
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - first reading, 1269
  - ministerial statement, 1269–1272
  - second reading, 1301–1303
  - scope of, 1301–1302
  - third reading, 1945–1947
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - retroactive compensation, 7721
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 8002–8003
  - Automobile insurance
    - responded to, 1007, 1867–1868, 4329, 8011
  - Beverage alcohol sales
    - responded to, 7787
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 817–818, 9050, 9121–9122, 9172
  - Cost of living
    - responded to, 89–90, 1521, 2030–2032, 3504, 4442, 6695
  - Economic development
    - responded to, 3071
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 1320
  - Federal budget
    - responded to, 3502
  - Fiscal and economic policy
    - responded to, 156, 293–294, 1261, 2373–2374, 4765–4766, 5153, 5521
  - Food banks
    - responded to, 1457–1458
  - Gasoline prices
    - responded to, 1676
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 2440, 6518, 8925–8926, 9217
  - Government consultants
    - responded to, 3500
  - Government fiscal policies
    - responded to, 224, 1321
  - Government investments
    - responded to, 939–940
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 1215
  - Government spending
    - responded to, 7302, 9581–9582, 9587, 9589, 9638
  - Health care
    - responded to, 7721–7722
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 2441–2442
  - Horse racing industry
    - responded to, 4447–4448
  - Hospital services
    - responded to, 1315
  - Housing
    - responded to, 683, 1005
  - Municipal finances
    - responded to, 2543
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 223
  - Office of the Premier
    - responded to, 8644
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 3070–3071, 3190–3191, 8002–8004, 8007
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
    - responded to, 1869, 4922
  - Small business
    - responded to, 9548
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 89, 3614
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 5882, 6270–6271, 6515–6516, 6690–6691, 7305, 7417, 7607, 7786–7787, 7832–7833, 8117, 8427, 8574–8575
  - University and college funding
    - responded to, 8005
- Regulations - business
  - government strategy, 1303
- Renewable energy
  - clean energy credit registry, 1270, 1947
- Rental housing - development
  - new projects
    - federal and provincial HST, 6007
- Ring of Fire development
  - economic impact, 606
  - electric battery production
    - role in, 71
  - government strategy, 3056
  - infrastructure development, 71, 606
- Senior citizens
  - government supports, 79–80
  - income support programs
    - Guaranteed Annual Income System, 2032
  - Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit, 74, 608
- Skilled trades
  - government funding, 9073
  - government strategy, 607–608
- Skilled trades - education and training
  - government strategy, 1302, 1946
- Strong mayor system
  - effect on housing development, 607
- Transportation infrastructure
  - government funding, 608
  - government strategy, 1270
Blais, S. (LIB, Orléans)
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - second reading, 5292–5296
- Affordable housing
  - government strategy, 3583–3584
- Agricultural land
  - availability of
    - and food prices, 1556
- Agriculture industry - temporary foreign workers
  - protections for, 3000
- Alcohol retail - expansion
  - early implementation agreement
    - cost of, 9539, 9587
- Ambulance services
  - offload services
    - wait-time, 865
  - by region
    - Ottawa, 1319
  - shortage, 612
  - wait-time
    - impact on patient health, 612
- Ambulance services - offload services
  - wait-time, 865
- Ambulance services - offload services, delays, 612
  - government strategy, 612–613
- Appreciation
  - Dapo Agoro Foundation, 437
- Automotive industry - manufacturing
  - decline and recovery, 5295
- Bail hearings
  - judicial officers, presiding
    - pilot project, 3379
- Bail program
  - reports and recommendations
    - committee, 3379
- Bail program - offenders
  - recidivism
    - firearms and intimate partner offences, 3349
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1481, 1486–1488
- Bridges
  - inter-provincial bridges, Ontario/Quebec
    - Kettle Island corridor , 2237
- Budget 2023/2024
  - cost of living, 3162–3163
  - regional allocation
    - Ottawa, 3161
  - supportive housing, 4411
- Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
  - second reading, 8204–8207
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3161–3164
  - third reading, 4406, 4411–4413
- Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 6656
- Business
  - credit card payments
    - transaction fees, 818
- Carbon tax
  - economic impact - food prices, 5727
  - home heating, exemptions, 6050
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - wait-time, 1319
- Climate change
  - extreme weather due to
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 6049
- Condominium corporations
  - roles and responsibilities
    - emergency power generators, 2281
- Construction industry
  - work sites
    - washroom facility access, 3002
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 5617–5620
- Cost of living
  - affordability, 3586
  - general remarks, 6049, 6181
  - government strategy, 3037, 5726, 6394–6395
- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 8412
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Cost of living
    - presented, 6394–6395
  - Government appointments
    - presented, 7643
- Democracy
  - principles, 1488
    - majority rule, 1486
- Doctors - family doctors
  - access, 2188
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 2188
  - shortage, 4412
- Employment standards - sick days
  - general remarks, 3000
- Extreme weather events
  - relief funding
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 4412–4413
- Flood management
  - government strategy, 4131
- Food prices
  - price gouging, 5726–5727
- Food retail and distribution
  - supply chain management
    - food prices, increase, 817
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés
    - Loi de 2023 visant à mettre fin au harcèlement et aux abus commis par les dirigeants locaux, projet de loi 5
      - deuxième lecture, 4596–4597
    - Loi de 2024 modifiant la Loi sur les impôts (promotion des activités de loisir pour les jeunes), projet de loi 178
      - deuxième lecture, 9247
  - Avis de motions émanant du gouvernement
    - Réforme legislative, 7963
  - Loi de 2022 pour favoriser le développement (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 2
    - troisième lecture, 612
  - Loi de 2023 modifiant des lois en ce qui concerne l’aménagement du territoire,
    - projet de loi 150
      - deuxième lecture, 6313
  - Loi de 2023 visant à bâtir un Ontario fort (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 85
    - deuxième lecture, 3161–3162
    - troisième lecture, 4412
  - Motions
    - Séances de la Chambre et des comités, 9653–9654
  - Période de questions
    - Coût de la vie, 6175
    - Services en français, 3037
- Government expenditures
  - allocation of, 6244
- Government notices of motion
  - Attacks on Israel
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5420
  - Bail reform
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 3349–3350
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 7963
- Government orders
  - Taxation
    - presented, 6181–6182
- Government record - Liberal (2003-2018)
  - general remarks, 4413
- Government record - Liberals (2003-2018)
  - general remarks, 4413
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - directives and policies, 1486
- Health care
  - structural stressors
    - government response, 612
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3583–3584, 3586–3587
- Highways and roads - maintenance and repair
  - Highway 174/17
    - government strategy, 8482
  - jurisdiction
    - Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway, 6867–6868
    - Highway 174, 7066, 8481–8582
    - Highway 174/17, 6867–6868
- Highways and roads safety
  - fines and penalties
    - eligible vehicle types, 6234
  - municipal-provincial partnership, 6656
  - Vision Zero strategy, 6233
- Home and community care
  - care environment, 5617
  - service availability
    - impact on quality of life, 5617–5618
- Home and community care - delivery models
  - not-for-profit vs. for-profit, 5620
- Home and community care - reform
  - administrative centralization, 5619
- Home heating
  - affordability programs
    - HST exemption, 6050–6051, 6175, 6182
- Honouring Our Veterans Act, 2023 (Bill 65)
  - third reading, 5666–5667
- Hospital services
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - wait-time, 1319
- Hospitals - funding
  - emergency rooms, 4445
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - rate of issuance by region, 1487
- Housing development - construction
  - format diversity
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 122–123
  - general remarks, 5293
  - government strategy
    - progress reporting, 5295
  - suburban areas, 3587
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges
    - use of, 4413
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - impact on municipalities, 1481, 1487
    - transferal of costs, taxes, 1486
- Housing market
  - prices, 5292, 5294
- Human trafficking - victims
  - coerced debts
    - impact of, 2356
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - foreign credentials, recognition of, 3002
- Independent health facilities
  - ministerial oversight, 2273
- Israel
  - attacks on (October 7, 2023), 5420
- Judicial appointments - Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee
  - membership appointments
    - lobbyist, 7609–7610, 7643
- Land use planning - by region
  - Ottawa, 6321–6322
- Land use planning - municipal official plans
  - approvals, 123
  - by region
    - Ottawa, 706, 1487
  - urban boundary expansion, reversal
    - accountability and transparency, 5656
- Landlords
  - roles and responsibilities
    - emergency power generators, 2281
- Legislative procedure
  - parliamentary calendar
    - summer adjournment, changes, 9654
- Less Red Tape, More Common Sense Act, 2023 (Bill 139)
  - third reading, 6244, 6251
- Members' statements
  - Cost of living, 7719–7720
  - Dapo Agoro Foundation for Peace, 437
  - Explosion in Orléans, 2793
  - Global Community Alliance gala, 7093
  - Government spending, 9539
  - Municipal planning, 4989–4990
  - Organ and tissue donation, 3369–3370
  - Orléans football clubs, 1548
  - Paramedic services, 865
  - Road safety, 3607–3608
  - Sports and recreation funding, 8474–8475
  - Transportation infrastrucutre, 2237–2238
  - Tweddle, Thomas Allen (Al), 4437
  - Violence in schools, 5932
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - reporting of, 5295
- Military history
  - by region
    - Orleans, 5667
- Military personnel
  - reservists
    - job protected leave, 2999, 3001
    - Ottawa flood (2019), 2999
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - impact on municipalities, 4412
- Motions
  - House and committee sittings
    - responded to, 9654
- Municipal councillors
  - harassment and abuse
    - penalties, 4596–4597
    - removal process, 123–124
      - legislative reform, 3000, 4597, 4601
  - legislative tools, 1488
- Municipal elections
  - candidates
    - provincial parties support for, 764
- Municipal finances
  - municipal-provincial partnerships, 6866–6867
- Municipal governance
  - council administration and authority
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 705
- Municipal governance - boundary reform
  - Ottawa, expansion, 4989–4990
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - municipal response, 1487
  - public consultation, 124, 707
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system, administrative authority
  - general remarks, 105, 124
  - veto power, provincial priorities, 121
- Municipal infrastructure
  - infrastructure deficit
    - by region, 1481
- New Deal for Toronto Act, 2023 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 6861–6862, 6865–6868
- Ontario Place
  - lease of, redevelopment agreements, 4406
- Organ and tissue donation
  - education and awareness, 3369–3370
- Ottawa
  - derecho 2022, 2281
  - municipal finances
    - provincial contribution, 2491, 5294
  - Orléans explosion, 2793
  - provincial regional office
    - appointees, conflict of interest, 8985–8986
  - regional development, 6861–6862, 6867, 7066
  - urban boundary expansion
    - conflict of interest, 5218, 5293–5294
    - ministerial amendments, 1556
- Paramedics and paramedic services
  - regional shortages, 865, 4976–4977
- Petitions
  - Homelessness, 4177
  - Road safety, 1466
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 612–613
- Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 150)
  - second reading, 6300–6301, 6310, 6314–6315, 6318–6322, 6342
- Private members' motions
  - Taxation
    - amendment
      - presented, 6050–6051
    - presented, 6181–6182
    - responded to, 6049–6050
- Private members' public business
  - Moving Ontarians Safely Act, 2023 (Bill 40)
    - second reading, 6233–6234
  - Protecting Human Rights in an Emergency Act (Emergency Power Generators), 2023 (Bill 47)
    - second reading, 2281
  - Protection from Coerced Debts Incurred in relation to Human Trafficking Act, 2023 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 2356
  - Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
    - second reading, 4596–4597, 4601
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 5726–5727
  - Taxation Amendment Act (Promoting Leisure Activities for Youth), 2024 (Bill 178)
    - second reading, 9246–9248, 9252
- Question period
  - Ambulance services
    - presented, 4976–4977
  - Bail reform
    - presented, 3379–3380
  - City of Ottawa
    - presented, 8985–8986
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 817–818
  - Cost of living
    - presented, 6175
  - Disaster relief
    - presented, 288–289, 4131
  - Fiscal and economic policy
    - presented, 3037
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 5656, 9216–9217
  - Government appointments
    - presented, 7609–7610
  - Government spending
    - presented, 9587
  - Health care
    - presented, 1319, 2188–2189, 4445
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 1556
  - Municipal finances
    - presented, 2491
  - Municipal planning
    - presented, 5218–5219, 7066
  - Seniors' housing
    - presented, 7726–7727
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 8481–8482
- Retirement homes
  - fee increase, by site
    - Promenade Seniors’ Suites & Retirement Residence (Orléans), 7726–7727
- Schools - violence in
  - government response, 5932
- Skilled trades - recruitment and retention
  - women, 3000
- Sports and recreation - children and youth
  - access to, low-income individuals, 9247
  - general remarks, 9246–9247
  - tax credits, 9247–9248
- Sports and recreation facilities
  - government funding, 8474
- Sports teams
  - regional
    - Orléans, 1548
- Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
  - first reading, 36
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
  - amendments
    - consideration of
      - scope, 706–707
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - amendments
    - consideration of
      - scope, 706–707
  - second reading, 104–105, 121–125
  - third reading, 705–707, 764
- Supportive housing - funding
  - regional allocation, 4411
- Taxation Amendment Act (Promoting Leisure Activities for Youth), 2024 (Bill 178)
  - first reading, 7840
- Temporary foreign workers
  - passports and work permits, retention of
    - fines and penalties, 2999–3000
- Transit - by region
  - Ottawa
    - service reduction, 6868
- Transit funding
  - by region
    - Ottawa, 6050
- Tributes
  - Fox, Gary (former member for Prince Edward—Lennox-South—Hastings), 2218–2219
  - Makarchuk, Mitro (former member for Brantford), 583–584
  - McClelland, Carman (former member for Brampton North), 587–588
  - Murdoch, Bill (Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound), 4237
  - Roberts, Marietta L.D. (former member for Elgin), 2217
- Uploading Highways 174 and 17 Act, 2023 (Bill 68)
  - first reading, 2311–2312
- Veterans - commemoration
  - Remembrance Day and Remembrance Week
    - events, 5667
- Weather events
  - derecho (Ottawa 2022), 289
    - relief funding, 6049, 6867
  - government response
    - relief funding, 289
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - second reading, 2999–3002
  - third reading, 5040
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - presumptive coverage, firefighters
    - cancers, 3001
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 2272–2274
Bouma, W. (PC, Brantford—Brant)
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - third reading, 6682
- Agricultural land
  - loss of
    - daily rate, 5912–5913
- Agricultural land - conservation
  - general remarks, 6326
- Agriculture industry
  - fertilizers, emissions from
    - GHG national target, 908
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - government funding
    - Fertilizer Accelerating Solutions and Technology Challenge, 908
    - support programs, 908
      - Risk Management Program (RMP), 908
  - government strategy, 1778, 1865
  - policy development, 907
    - federal-provincial coordination, 907
    - and food security, 907
    - statements by stakeholders, 907–908
  - supply chain disruptions
    - ginseng farmers, 2252
- Agri-food industry
  - government strategy, 4224
  - Grow Ontario Strategy
    - progress, 7144–7145
  - support programs, 5774–5775
- Antisemitism
  - in Canada, 5430
- Appreciation
  - Duchene, Krista, 3134
  - Staats, Logan, 3539–3540
- Apprenticeships
  - training programs, secondary students, 2984, 2987
- Automotive industry - investments
  - international investment agreements
    - Volkswagen, 2985
- Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 5874
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1537–1538, 1541–1543, 1577–1579
- Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3604
- Budget 2023/2024
  - general remarks, 3211–3212
  - social assistance, 3155
  - social assistance programs, 3205
  - veterinarians, 4320
- Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
  - responded to, 3367
- Budgets
  - federal (2023/2024)
    - intergovernmental collaboration, 3502
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3155, 3205, 3207, 3211–3212
  - third reading, 4317–4320, 4341–4342
- Building a Strong Ontario Together Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 146)
  - third reading, 6710, 6722, 6725–6726, 6728–6729, 6732, 6735, 6738–6742
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2659, 2694, 2708, 2744, 2746–2747, 2750, 2754, 2758–2759, 2769
  - third reading, 4114, 4140–4141, 4146
- Business investment
  - government strategy, 4649
- Cadets
  - appreciation for, 1311
  - general remarks, 4158
  - by region
    - Brantford–Brant, 8918
- Carbon tax
  - cost of, 5813
    - per household, 6361
  - cost of living, impact on, 5937–5938, 6060
  - economic impact, 5996, 6173, 6880–6881, 8358
    - small businesses, 8528
  - home heating, exemptions
    - eligible heating methods, 6360, 6437
  - impact of, 7103, 9478
  - inflation, impact on, 6001
  - northern and Indigenous communities, impact on, 6516–6517, 6610, 6874, 7410, 8007–8008
    - legal challenge, Chiefs of Ontario, 6913–6915
  - northern and rural Ontario, impact on, 5882–5883, 6775, 7062–7063
  - pan-provincial response, 6060
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - agri-food, 5775, 6442–6443
  - emergency services, 6773–6774, 8062–8063
  - natural resources, 5941, 5996, 6692
    - mining, 6276
- Colleges and universities
  - employment readiness, 5460–5461
- Construction industry
  - work sites
    - washroom facility access, 2984–2985
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 5644–5645
- Correctional services
  - community reintegration tables, membership
    - religious and spiritual leaders, 4755–4756
  - religious and spiritual supports, access
    - impact of, 4755–4756
      - statements by stakeholders, 4755
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 4442
  - interest rates, impact of, 5652
- Court administration
  - general remarks, 3422
- Dementia and other neurocognitive conditions
  - general remarks, 5254
- Dogs
  - hunting skills, training and trialing facilities
    - licensing, 4606
- Economic conditions - recession
  - government strategy, 1346
- Economic development
  - housing availability, role of, 5465
  - by region
    - Brantford–Brant, 1613
- Economic development - northern Ontario
  - government strategy, 4996
  - by region
    - Greenstone, 5345
- Education workers - labour disputes, union contracts and negotiations
  - compensation, 1060
  - terms of, compensation, 1102
- Electric vehicles - manufacturing
  - investments in, 7061–7062
- Electricity supply
  - government strategy, 2185
- Electricity system
  - surplus, battery storage
    - Oneida Energy Storage Project, 2185
- Employment
  - creation/loss, 2985
  - labour shortage, 2983
- Employment standards
  - layoffs and terminations
    - remote employees, 2986
- Energy generation
  - general remarks, 8983
- Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 (Bill 157)
  - second reading, 7047–7048
  - third reading, 7538–7539, 7543
- Entrepreneurship - funding
  - by region
    - Brantford–Brant, 1613
- Firefighters and fire services
  - occupational health and safety, 2604, 2985
    - statements by stakeholders,

House speaker index

Letter: B

Babikian, A. (PC, Scarborough—Agincourt)

Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia—Lambton)

Barnes, P. (PC, Ajax)

Begum, D. (NDP, Scarborough Southwest)

Bell, J. (NDP, University—Rosedale)

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

Blais, S. (LIB, Orléans)

Bouma, W. (PC, Brantford—Brant)