Speaker letter b House Hansard index Parliament 43 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: B

Babikian, A. (PC, Scarborough—Agincourt)
- Appreciation
  - news media
    - National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, 629–630
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1445, 1500, 1504
- Economic conditions
  - inflation rate
    - government response, 1261
- Greek community
  - public education and awareness, cultural
    - Oxi Day, 1449
- Health care funding - by region
  - Scarborough, 2152
- Housing
  - cost of
    - government strategy, 1445
- Housing development
  - government strategy
    - building target, 1527
  - National Housing Strategy
    - funding
      - provincial allocation, 1644
  - population growth projections, 121
- Housing policy
  - government strategy, 1528
- Housing supply
  - population growth projections, 1500
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1760, 1764, 1791, 1814
- Members' statements
  - Love, Scarborough campaign, 2152
  - National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, 629–630
  - Oxi Day, 1449
  - Riding of Scarborough–Agincourt, 81
- 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
- News media
  - National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, 629–630
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 208, 212, 241
- Question period
  - Fiscal and economic policy
    - presented, 1261
  - Housing
    - presented, 495, 1527–1528
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2165
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 121–122
- Transit systems
  - government strategy, 2165
Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia—Lambton)
- Appreciation
  - Lapaine, Mike, 1771–1772
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - third reading, 2095
- Carbon capture and storage
  - general remarks, 1963
  - greenhouse gas emissions, 1963
- Colleges and universities - funding
  - Ontario Research Fund
    - recipients
      - Lambton College, 545
- Diabetes
  - public education and awareness
    - Diabetes Awareness Month, 1206
- Government services
  - digital delivery
    - accessibility of, 1560
- Gun violence
  - government strategy
    - ministerial programming, 774–775
- Labour force
  - government strategy, 676–677
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1764
- Members' statements
  - College funding, 545
  - Diabetes Awareness Month, 1206
  - Gregory A. Hogan Catholic School, 1310–1311
  - Lapaine, Mike, 1771–1772
  - Municipal elections, 809
  - Reconnect Ontario program, 215
- Municipal elections
  - general election (2022)
    - general remarks, 809
- Municipal governments
  - municipal structures, two-tier
    - provincial assessment, facilitators, 2095
- Private members' public business
  - Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2022 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 774–775
- Question period
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 1963
  - Government policies
    - presented, 676–677
  - Government services
    - presented, 1560
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 1156
- School facilities - capital projects
  - new school construction
    - Gregory A. Hogan Catholic School (Sarnia), 1311
- Skilled trades - employment
  - labour shortage
    - government strategy, 1156
  - recruitment and retention
    - women, 1156
      - support programs, 1156
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1286–1287, 1296
- Tourism industry - funding
  - Reconnect Ontario
    - allocation by region, 215
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
- Business - small- and medium-sized
  - government strategy, 1967
- Charities and non-profit organizations - by site
  - Homebound Wellness Centre (Ajax), 1448
- 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
- Curriculum
  - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), 1054
- Curriculum - math
  - content
    - general remarks, 1054
  - school supports, 1054
- Doctors
  - shortage
    - government strategy, 795
- Education
  - EQAO testing and results, 1054
    - funding, 1054
  - strikes
    - amount of, history, 1055
- Education - COVID-19
  - government funding
    - catch-up payments, 1054
  - impact on mental health
    - students, 1053
  - impact on student development, 1053, 1055
- Education funding
  - Grants for Student Needs (GSN), 1054
    - staff, hiring of, 1054
  - program allocation, 1054–1055
- Education - in-school learning
  - government strategy, 1055
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation, 1056
- Education workers - labour dispute
  - union contract, negotiations
    - terms of, 1057
- 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
- Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
  - presiding officers, selection of, 276
    - diversity and representation, 277
- Long-term care - beds
  - infection control
    - isolation rooms, reopening, 384
  - wait lists, 384
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - number, 384–385
  - by region
    - Durham, 386
- Long-term care facilities - operators
  - admission requirements, 384
- Long-term care - facility by site
  - Lakeridge Gardens (Ajax), 402
- Long-term care - facility construction
  - accelerated build pilot program, 385
- 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
    - general remarks, 385
- Manufacturing industry
  - employment
    - government strategy, 553
- Members' statements
  - Ajax Pumpkinville, 929
  - Homebound Wellness Centre, 1448
  - Islamic Society of Ajax, 590–591
  - Post-secondary education and skills training, 22
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Ajax, 17–18
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 16–19
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 383–386, 401–402
- Nurses
  - accreditation
    - internationally trained, amount of, 1129
  - education and training
    - enrollment rates, funding, 1124
  - internationally trained
    - registration process, timeline, 1124
      - economic impact, 1124
  - recruitment and retention
    - programs, funding, 1124
  - shortage, 1123
  - working conditions
    - burnout and stress, 1123
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - education and training
    - tuition supports
      - funding, 22
- Private members' public business
  - Nurses
    - presented, 1123–1125
    - responded to, 1129
- Question period
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 553
  - Medical schools
    - presented, 795
  - Northern Ontario development
    - presented, 29–30
  - Small business
    - presented, 1967
  - Women's employment
    - presented, 879
- Regulations - business
  - reduction
    - general remarks, 1967
- Ring of Fire development
  - general remarks, 29–30
  - Indigenous participation, 30
- Skilled trades
  - government funding
    - Skilled Trades Strategy, 22
- Teachers - additional qualifications
  - government funding
    - math, 1054
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 16–19, 61
- Tributes
  - Dickson, Joe (former member for Ajax–Pickering), 830
- Women
  - programs
    - Investing in Women's Future, 879
Begum, D. (NDP, Scarborough Southwest)
- Agricultural land
  - loss of
    - annual rate, 1918
- Agricultural land - zoning
  - agricultural impact assessments, 1918
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities
  - consent
    - general remarks, 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
- Community housing
  - wait-lists, 188
- Conservation authorities
  - creation, history of
    - effect of Hurricane Hazel and flooding, 1554
- COVID-19
  - essential workers
    - "essential," definition of and criteria, 1130
  - essential workers, manufacturing
    - fatalities, 1131
      - Toronto Star investigation, 1130–1131
- COVID-19 - essential service workers
  - definition of, 1000
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 1130–1131
- Doctors
  - practice-ready assessment programs, 219
- Education workers
  - role in schools
    - effect on students, 1110
- 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 dispute
  - union contract, negotiations
    - public response, 1156
- Employment
  - labour shortage, 1311
- Employment - COVID-19
  - essential workers
    - fatalities, 1699
- Food banks
  - usage rates, 1457
  - user demographics, 1458
- Government finances
  - contingency funds
    - allocation, 1111
- Greenbelt - development on
  - general remarks, 1554
- Health care
  - privatization, 51
- Health care - primary care
  - virtual appointments and telehealth
    - access, 1875
- Health care services
  - government strategy, 52
  - wait times, 1387
- Health care system
  - access to
    - general remarks, 337
  - health human resources
    - government strategy, 420–421
  - structural stressors
    - government response, 488
- Health care workers
  - internationally trained
    - credential recognition, 1125
    - credential recognition, approval process
      - practice barriers, 1125
      - statements by stakeholders, 1125
  - pandemic pay
    - eligibility, 1699–1700
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 1387
    - internationally trained
      - credential recognition, 52
    - internationally-trained
      - credential recognition, 219
- Health care workers - COVID-19
  - burnout and stress, 1699
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
  - by region
    - Scarborough, 1251
- Hospitals - funding
  - capital projects
    - general remarks, 1251
- Hospitals - funding by site
  - Scarborough Health Network, 421
- Hospitals - services
  - emergency care
    - wait times, 1387
  - staffing levels, impact of, 1251–1252
- Housing - affordable
  - access to, 188–189
  - availability, 1554
  - general remarks, 1546
- Housing development
  - format diversity, 188
- Immigration
  - application process, timelines, 1311
- Indigenous communities
  - living conditions
    - general remarks, 51
- Indigenous communities - education
  - school facilities, northern Ontario
    - geographic accessibility
      - impact on student health and well-being, 1904–1905
- Indigenous relations - reconcilitation
  - recommendations, 1905
- Jurors and juries
  - diversity and representation, 1800
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1057, 1110–1111, 1113–1114
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 1934–1935
- Legislative precinct
  - members' office space, availability of, 1935
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1740, 1795–1796, 1800
- Long-term care - beds
  - spousal unification
    - wait-list, 1352
- Long-term care - residents
  - living conditions
    - air conditioning, 202–203
    - general remarks, 203
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - general remarks, 575
- Members' statements
  - Cricket clubs, 787
  - Health care, 337
  - Labour shortage, 1311
- Mental health and addictions services
  - wait times, 1715
- Mental health and addictions services - funding
  - annual rate, 1715
- 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
- Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
  - service coverage
    - virtual care services
      - in relation to doctor shortage, 1875
- Opposition day motions
  - Health care workers
    - responded to, 1387
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 2045
  - Anti-vaping initiatives for youth, 1721
  - Automobile insurance, 1789
  - Climate change, 1719
  - Government accountability, 2134
  - Health care, 1720, 1789
  - Labour dispute, 1086, 1163
  - Land use planning, 1326
  - Public transit, 2047
  - Social assistance, 605, 1682
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 198, 202–203
- Private members' public business
  - Fixing Long-Term Care Amendment Act (Till Death Do Us Part), 2022 (Bill 21)
    - second reading, 1352–1353
  - Health care
    - responded to, 1251–1252
  - 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
  - Ambulance services
    - presented, 390
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 1000
  - Food banks
    - presented, 1457–1458
  - Foreign-trained health care workers
    - presented, 219
  - Government policies
    - presented, 2120
  - Health care
    - presented, 1875
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 1156–1157
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 488
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 1715
  - Municipal development
    - presented, 1554
  - Student safety
    - presented, 2164
- Schools
  - violence in
    - student health and safety, 2164
- Sports and recreation
  - facilities, access to
    - cricket clubs, 787
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - third reading, 1904–1905, 1908, 1913
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
  - language and terminology, 189
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 187–191
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 51–53, 468, 479, 507
- Tributes
  - Brown, Jim (former member for Scarborough West), 779–780
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - deeming policy, 1795–1796
Bell, J. (NDP, University—Rosedale)
- Agricultural land
  - conservation of
    - committee presentations, 1539
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients
  - impact on hospital resources, 571
- Anti-Money Laundering in Housing Act, 2022 (Bill 8)
  - first reading, 230
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - committee process, 2037
  - second reading, 1537–1542, 1573
  - public response, 1965, 2108
  - third reading, 2105, 2107–2110
- Budget 2022/2023
  - climate change, 618
  - education, 618
  - general remarks, 618
  - health care, 618
  - municipal affairs and housing, 120
  - social assistance, 620
- Business investment
  - Regional Opportunity Investment Tax Credit, 72
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - rights under
    - general remarks, 1113
- City of Toronto Act, 2006, SO 2006, c 11, Schedule A
  - rental replacement bylaw, 887
- Conservation authorities
  - authority owned land
    - development on, 888
  - mandate, 888
- Democracy
  - general remarks, 2110
- 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
- Education support workers
  - government funding, 618
- Education workers
  - role in schools, 1114
    - effect on students, 1112
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation
    - statements by stakeholders, 1112
- Education workers - compensation
  - annual rate, historically, 1114
  - cost of living
    - statements by stakeholders, 1112
  - and cost of living, 1112
- Education workers - labour dispute
  - union contract, negotiations, 1144–1145
- Elections
  - general election (2022)
    - voter turnout, 119
- Food banks
  - usage rates, 1096
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - education policy, 1111–1112
    - greenbelt, 2105
- Greenbelt
  - conservation of
    - and food security, 1955
- Greenbelt - development on
  - impact
    - 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
- Health care
  - structural stressors
    - government response, 571
- Health care services - delivery
  - virtual care, fees, 1832
- Home ownership
  - taxes
    - in other jurisdictions (British Columbia), 683
- The Hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids)
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - emergency departments
      - impact on surgical procedure wait times, 1315
      - wait times, 1315
  - capacity, occupancy rate, 1315
  - government funding, 32
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog, 32, 814–815
- Hospitals
  - staff shortages
    - Toronto, 618
- Housing
  - cost of
    - relocation due to, 1533
- Housing Affordability Task Force
  - recommendations, 121
  - report (2022)
    - Greenbelt, 2036
    - recommendations, 1540
- Housing - affordable
  - access to, 1539
  - "affordability," definition of, 890, 1339, 1627
  - availability, 127
  - government strategy, 885
  - inclusionary zoning, 888
  - by region
    - Toronto, 1627
- Housing - affordable, development of
  - government strategy, 886, 892, 1534
  - non-market housing
    - government role in, 1534
  - on public lands, 121, 1540
- Housing development
  - format diversity, 120
  - government strategy
    - building target, municipal allocations, 2109
  - inclusionary zoning, 893
    - ministerial approvals, 683
    - use of, 120
  - municipal policy
    - green standards, 1625
- Housing development - densification
  - general remarks, 1632
  - mid-density
    - affordability, 889
      - statements by stakeholders, 889
  - policy development, 1540
  - secondary units, 888
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges
    - general remarks, 889
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - affordability requirements, 890, 1534
    - general remarks, 889
    - impact on affordability, 1630
    - impact on municipalities, 874, 890, 892, 1539, 1541, 1672
    - statements by stakeholders, 890, 1627, 1632
    - transferal of costs, taxes, 1519–1520
- 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
  - government funding, 1542
  - government strategy, 1538, 2108
  - stakeholder consultation, 1539
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1040, 1111–1114
- Land use planning
  - municipal official plans
    - approvals, 121
    - zoning decisions, 1542
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
  - backlogs, 887
- Long-term care - beds
  - wait lists
    - and facility conditions, 571
- Members' statements
  - Government accountability, 1515–1516
  - Labour dispute, 1144–1145
  - Mental health and addiction services, 628
  - Municipal planning, 1954–1955
  - Street Haven, 149–150
- Members/ministers quoting
  - committee submissions
    - More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23), 1625–1626
  - news media
    - conservation authorities, history, 1628
- Mental health and addictions
  - public education and awareness
    - International Overdose Awareness Day, 628
- 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
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 863–865, 885–893
  - third reading, 1602, 1604–1605, 1624–1633
- More Homes Built Faster (Bill 23)
  - impact on municipalities
    - Toronto, 1520
- Municipal bylaws
  - appeal of
    - timelines, 1631
- Municipal by-laws
  - 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
    - general remarks, 2119
  - reform, 120
- Municipal governance - regional chairs
  - appointment of, ministerial authority, 1539, 2036
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - applicable regions, 134
  - council administration, 122
  - effect on housing development, 127
  - government strategy, 1538
  - municipal response, 2108
  - provincial priorities, 1539
  - regional application
    - general remarks, 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
    - general remarks, 119
  - municipal structures, two-tier
    - provincial assessment, facilitators, 2108
- New home construction industry
  - builder accountability
    - penalties and prosecution, 891
  - consumer protection, 221
    - enforcement, 891
- Nextblock Inc. Act, 2022 (Bill Pr6)
  - first reading, 881
  - second reading, 2140
  - third reading, 2140
- 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
- Opposition day motions
  - Housing
    - presented, 1533–1534
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 1096
- Ottawa
  - urban boundary expansion
    - ministerial amendments
      - land ownership, conflict of interest, 1776
- Pediatric hospitals - services
  - capacity and overcrowding, occupancy rate
    - government response, 1315
- Petitions
  - Affordable housing, 603
  - Alzheimer's disease, 1327
  - Climate change, 2045
  - Environmental protection, 882
  - Labour dispute, 686
  - Social assistance, 230, 2133–2134
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 618
- Private members' public business
  - No Time to Waste Act (Plan for Climate Action and Jobs), 2022 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 1512–1513
- 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 - surplus
  - sale of, conditions, 1540
- Question period
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 221
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1776
  - Government policies
    - presented, 2119
  - Health care
    - presented, 1832
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 814–815
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 32
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 1315
  - Housing
    - presented, 682–683, 1004, 1519–1520
  - Municipal development
    - presented, 1672
  - Municipal government
    - presented, 1965
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 794
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 599, 873–874
- Rent control
  - exemptions
    - impact on tenants, 886, 1632
- Rental housing
  - cost of
    - by region
      - Toronto, 885
  - purpose-built, redevelopment of
    - tenant return, 873
  - short term rentals, 891
  - tenant protections, 886
    - general remarks, 1540
    - redevelopment and tenant right to return, 864–865, 887–888, 892
      - statements by stakeholders, 865
    - replacement bylaws, 1626–1627
  - vacancy decontrol, 1632
- Rental housing - development
  - purpose-built
    - family sized, 886
- Rental housing - evictions
  - due to renovations
    - enforcement, 889
- Rental housing - purpose-built
  - benefits to tenants, 864
  - redevelopment of
    - effect on affordability, 888, 893, 1534
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy
    - Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39), 2036–2037
- Social assistance programs
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 1096
  - housing allowances, 794
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 118–122, 127, 134
  - third reading, 699, 706
- Students - post secondary
  - housing, 893
- Supportive housing
  - development of, 1540
  - wait-list, 1004
- Toronto
  - capital project funding (budget 2022)
    - Impact of economic conditions, 890
- 2103890 Ontario Limited Act, 2022 (Bill Pr11)
  - first reading, 1324
- Unhoused persons
  - Covid-19
    - hotels, use of, 885
  - encampments, 885
  - by region
    - Toronto, 885
  - shelters
    - conditions in, 885
  - support services
    - government funding, 122
Bethlenfalvy, Hon. P. (PC, Pickering—Uxbridge)
- Auto insurance - rates
  - government strategy, 1007, 1867–1868
  - reform, 1867
- Automotive industry
  - investments
    - economic impact, 72
- Automotive industry - employment
  - employment creation, 71–72
- Bradford Bypass
  - economic impact, 608
  - impact on commute times, 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
- Business investment
  - Regional Opportunity Investment Tax Credit, 607
- Clean energy industry
  - investment in
    - electric vehicles, 80
- Conservation authorities
  - mandate
    - flood mitigation, 919
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 73, 89, 293, 1302–1303, 1457, 1946, 1948–1949, 2031–2032
  - inflation
    - government response, 817
- Economic conditions
  - government strategy
    - support programs, 1521
  - inflation, 1947
  - inflation rate
    - government response, 1261
    - government strategy, 224
- Economic development
  - government strategy, 71–72, 1215
- Employment creation
  - government strategy
    - Community Jobs Initiative, 72
- Film and television industry
  - tax credits, 1948–1949
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Perspectives économiques et revue financière, 1269–1271
  - 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
- Fuel prices
  - rate reduction
    - rates, 607
  - supply chain, 1676
- Fuel prices - taxation
  - rate reduction
    - general remarks, 294, 1521, 2030–2031
- Government finances
  - fall economic statement (2022), 1457
  - provincial-federal transfers, 1947
  - review of
    - Auditor General, 1321
- Health care workers
  - recruitment and retention
    - government funding, 608
- Highway 413
  - economic impact, 608
- Highway construction and expansion
  - government funding, 74
- Home and community care
  - government funding, 608
- Home ownership
  - foreign investors
    - federal regulations, 1005
- Housing development
  - construction starts, 920
  - government strategy, 918
  - intergovernmental cooperation, 918
  - provincial-municipal partnerships, 918
- Housing market
  - speculation taxes
    - non-resident speculation tax, increase, 918
    - Non-Resident Speculation Tax, increase, 1005
    - vacant homes tax, 918
  - vacant home tax, 683
- Housing supply
  - government strategy, 607, 917–919
- Licence plates
  - validation stickers
    - annual renewal fees
      - refund and elimination, 607
- Long-term care - residents
  - government strategy, 80
- Low-Income Workers Tax Credit (LIFT)
  - eligibility, 73
  - expansion, 607
- Mines and mining
  - Critical Minerals Strategy, 71
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - presented, 1269–1272
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 917–920
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 1948
- Ontario Disability support Program (ODSP)
  - earning exemption, 1946
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - benefit rates
    - and rate of inflation, 1458
  - benefit rates, increase, 89
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG)
  - economic impact, 1869
  - money laundering
    - government response, 1869
- Pension plans
  - target benefit plans
    - framework development, 1949
- 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
- Question period
  - Automobile insurance
    - responded to, 1007, 1867–1868
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 817–818
  - Cost of living
    - responded to, 89–90, 1521, 2030–2032
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 1320
  - Fiscal and economic policy
    - responded to, 156, 293–294, 1261
  - Food banks
    - responded to, 1457–1458
  - Gasoline prices
    - responded to, 1676
  - Government fiscal policies
    - responded to, 224, 1321
  - Government investments
    - responded to, 939–940
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 1215
  - Hospital services
    - responded to, 1315
  - Housing
    - responded to, 683, 1005
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 223
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
    - responded to, 1869
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 89
- Regulatory environment - business
  - government strategy, 1303
- Renewable energy
  - clean energy credit registry, 1947
- Ring of fire development
  - economic impact, 606
  - electric battery production
    - role in, 71
  - 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 strategy, 607–608
- Skills training
  - government strategy, 1302, 1946
- Strong mayor system
  - effect on housing development, 607
- Transportation infrastructure
  - government funding, 608
Blais, S. (LIB, Orléans)
- Agricultural land
  - availability of
    - and food prices, 1556
- Ambulance services
  - offload services
    - waiting times, 865
  - shortages, 612
  - wait times
    - impact on patient health, 612
- Ambulance services - funding
  - by region
    - Ottawa, 1319
- Ambulance services - offload services
  - delays, 612
    - government strategy, 612–613
- Appreciation
  - Dapo Agoro Foundation, 437
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1481, 1486–1488
- Businesses
  - credit card payments
    - transaction fees, 818
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - wait times, 1319
- Climate change
  - extreme weather events due to
    - derecho (Ottawa 2022), 289
    - government response
      - relief funding, 289
- Democracy
  - principles
    - general remarks, 1488
    - majority rule, 1486
- French-language debates
  - Loi de 2022 pour favoriser le développement (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 2
    - troisième lecture, 612
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - directives and policies, 1486
- Grocery stores
  - supply chain management
    - food prices, increase, 817
- Health care
  - structural stressors
    - government response, 612
- Hospitals - services
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - wait times, 1319
- Housing development
  - format diversity
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 122–123
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - rate of issuance by region, 1487
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - impact on municipalities, 1481, 1487
    - transferal of costs, taxes, 1486
- Land use planning
  - municipal official plans
    - approvals, 123
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 706, 1487
- Members' statements
  - Dapo Agoro Foundation for Peace, 437
  - Orléans football clubs, 1548
  - Paramedic services, 865
- Municipal councillors
  - harassment and abuse
    - removal process, 123–124
  - legislative tools, 1488
- Municipal elections
  - candidates
    - provincial parties support for, 764
- Municipal governance
  - council administration and authority
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 705
- 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
- Ottawa
  - urban boundary expansion
    - ministerial amendments, 1556
- Paramedics and paramedic services
  - regional shortages, 865
- Petitions
  - Road safety, 1466
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 612–613
- Question period
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 817–818
  - Disaster relief
    - presented, 288–289
  - Health care
    - presented, 1319
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 1556
- Sports teams
  - regional
    - Orléans, 1548
- Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders Act, 2022 (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)
  - second reading, 104–105, 121–125
  - third reading, 705–707, 764
- Tributes
  - Makarchuk, Mitro (former member for Brantford), 583–584
  - McClelland, Carman (former member for Brampton North), 587–588
Bouma, W. (PC, Brantford—Brant)
- 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
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1537–1538, 1541–1543, 1577–1579
- Cadets
  - appreciation for, 1311
- Economic conditions - recession
  - government strategy, 1346
- Economic development
  - by region
    - Brantford–Brant, 1613
- Education workers - labour dispute
  - union contract, negotiations
    - compensation, 1060
    - terms of, compensation, 1102
- Entrepreneurship - funding
  - by region
    - Brantford–Brant, 1613
- First Nations police services
  - government funding, 1772
- Government record
  - NDP (1990-1995)
    - education policy, 1114
- Housing development
  - annual rate, 1579
  - construction starts, 695
- Housing supply
  - population growth projections, 1537–1538
- Indigenous communities
  - veterans
    - Six Nations Remembrance Day, 810
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1060, 1062, 1102, 1114, 1116
- Lake Erie
  - government programs
    - Lake Erie Agriculture Demonstrating Sustainability (LEADS), 908
- Land use planning
  - municipal official plans
    - zoning decisions, 1541, 1543
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1767
- Members' statements
  - Agri-food industry, 1865
  - Cadets, 1311
  - First Nations police services, 1772
  - Reconnect Ontario program, 216
  - Six Nations remembrance ceremony, 810
  - Sports and recreation funding, 545–546
- Members/ministers quoting
  - speeches
    - So God made a farmer (Paul Harvey), 913
- Mines and mining
  - public education and awareness, 1320
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 863
- Petitions
  - Agri-food industry, 749–750
- Private members' public business
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 907–909
    - responded to, 913
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1346, 1422–1423, 1425–1427
- Question period
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 1778
  - Economic development
    - presented, 1613
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 1319–1320
  - Ring of Fire
    - presented, 556
- Rental housing - development
  - purpose-built, 1543
- Ring of Fire development
  - government funding
    - federal-provincial coordination, 556
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 556
- Six Nations Police Service
  - government funding, 1772
- Sports and recreation
  - funding
    - Ontario Trillium Foundation
      - Brant Curling Club, 545–546
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - third reading, 695–696
- Tourism industry - funding
  - Reconnect Ontario
    - allocation by region, 216
- Tributes
  - Makarchuk, Mitro (former member for Brantford), 584–585
Bourgouin, G. (NDP, Mushkegowuk—James Bay)
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities
  - consent
    - transfer to a non-preferred home, 385
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities, non-preferred home
  - regulations, distance, 385
- Attawapiskat First Nation
  - state of emergency, 1812
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - third reading, 2077, 2109
- Community events
  - by region
    - Mushkegowuk-Baie James, 81
    - Mushkegowuk–James Bay, 1819
- Democracy
  - general remarks, 2109
- Doctors
  - recruitment and retention
    - funding, northern Ontario, 1459
- Education workers - labour dispute
  - union contract, negotiations
    - bargaining process, 1041
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés
    - Entretien hivernal des routes, 1396–1397
    - Loi de 2022 visant à accroître la sécurité des voies publiques dans le nord de l’Ontario, projet de loi 43, 2145
      - deuxième lecture, 2141–2142
  - Déclarations des députées et députés
    - Circonscription de Mushkegowuk–Baie James, 81
    - Événements à Mushkegowuk–Baie James, 1819
    - Services de santé dans le Nord, 629
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Services en français, 2042–2043
  - Jour de l’opposition
    - Travailleurs de la santé, 1384–1385
  - Loi de 2022 pour des maires forts et pour la construction de logements, projet de loi 3
    - troisième lecture, 760
  - Loi de 2022 pour plus de lits et de meilleurs soins, projet de loi 7
    - deuxième lecture, 408–410
  - Loi de 2022 sur la progression du plan pour bâtir (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 36
    - deuxième lecture, 1358
  - Loi de 2022 visant à accélérer la construction de plus de logements, projet de loi 23
    - deuxième lecture, 905
  - Loi de 2022 visant à améliorer la gouvernance municipale, projet de loi 39
    - troisième lecture, 2098–2099
  - Loi de 2022 visant à réduire les formalités administratives pour un Ontario plus fort, projet de loi 46
    - deuxième lecture, 1814–1815
  - Période de questions
    - Conflit de travail, 1154–1155
    - Services de santé dans le Nord, 933–934
    - Services en français, 798–799
    - Soins de longue durée, 489
  - Pétitions
    - Gestion des appâts, 400–401
    - Prix de l’essence, 1837
    - Soins de santé, 1530–1531
- Health care - northern Ontario
  - Northern Health Travel Grant
    - amount
      - in relation to cost of living, 288
- Health care - primary care
  - nursing stations
    - staff shortage
      - Kashechewan, 629
- Highway maintenance and repair
  - snow clearance
    - clearance standards, 2140
    - clearance standards, criteria, 2141
  - winter road closures
    - notification of, 1876
- Highway safety
  - northern Ontario, 2140
- Hospitals - staff
  - nurse practitioners
    - funding for, 391
- Housing - affordable
  - access to, 927
- Indigenous communities
  - housing
    - availability of, 1604
- Indigenous communities - health
  - medical professionals, shortage
    - nurses, 549
- Kasechewan First Nation
  - health care system
    - nurses
      - shortage, 549
- Kashechewan First Nation
  - relocation of, 1812
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1041
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1812–1815
- Making Northern Ontario Highways Safer Act, 2022 (Bill 43)
  - first reading, 1561
- Members' statements
  - Events in Mushkegowuk–James Bay, 1819
  - Housing, 927
  - Northern health services, 629
  - Riding of Mushkegowuk–James Bay, 81
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 385, 421
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - third reading, 1604, 1641
- Notre-Dame Hospital
  - doctors, shortage, 1459
- Opposition day motions
  - Health care workers
    - responded to, 1385
- Petitions
  - Bait management, 295
  - Health care, 1621–1622
  - Social assistance, 1085
- Private members' public business
  - Making Northern Ontario Highways Safer Act, 2022 (Bill 43)
    - second reading, 2140–2142
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1417–1418
  - third reading, 1953
- Question period
  - Highway safety
    - presented, 1528
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 391, 1459
  - Northern Health Travel Grant
    - presented, 288
  - Nurses
    - presented, 549
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - presented, 1876
- Supportive housing
  - availability of, 1641
- Trucking industry
  - driver training
    - winter conditions, northern Ontario, 1528
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - reform, 1813
Bowman, S. (LIB, Don Valley West)
- Agricultural land
  - conservation of, 911
  - deveopment on, 1918
- Agricultural land - zoning
  - agricultural impact assessments, 1918
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities, non-preferred home, 491
- Auditor General of Ontario
  - reports
    - Review of the Pre-Election 2022 Multi-Year Fiscal Plan, 617
- Budget 2022/2023
  - consultation, 617
  - education, 617
  - transportation, 617
- Building Better Business Outcomes Act, 2022 (Bill 50)
  - first reading, 1785
- Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CWELCC)
  - child care operators
    - application period, 83
- Coroner's inquests
  - Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam Inquest
    - jury recommendations, 2044
- École Polytechnique
  - shooting (December 6, 1989), 2043
- Economic conditions
  - general remarks, 616
- Education
  - extracurricular activities
    - access to, 1103
- Education policy
  - legislative process, 1105
- Education workers
  - role in schools
    - effect on students, 1103
- Electricity supply
  - government strategy, 617
- Expenditure estimates
  - review of
    - selection process, Ministry of Finance, 1321
- Farming
  - impact of climate change, 911
- Financial Accountability Officer (FAO)
  - reports
    - Expenditure Monitor 2021-2022: Q4, 616–617
- Financial services sector
  - Capital Market Modernization Taskforce
    - recommendations, 1345
- French-language debates
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 465
  - Déclarations des députées et députés
    - Garde d'enfants, 82–83
- Gender-based violence
  - impact on equity-seeking groups, 2043
  - Indigenous women
    - missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
      - investigations (Winnipeg), 2044
  - prevention
    - intersectional, 2043
- Government expenditures
  - planned vs. actual, 616–617
- Government finances
  - tax revenue generation, 1346
  - transparency and accountability, 1345
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - education policy
      - funding, 1103
    - employment policy, 1067
- Health care
  - government funding, 1345
- Health care system
  - capacity and overcrowding, 1780
- Health facilities
  - health clinics
    - led by nurse practitioners
      - general remarks, 1779
- Highway 413
  - agricultural impact, 617
  - impact on commute times, 617
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog
      - funding, 1320
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1103, 1105
- Members' statements
  - Child care, 83
  - Employment standards, 1067
  - Municipal planning, 1517
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 465–467
- Members/ministers quoting
  - news media
    - Highway 413, 617
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 1272–1273
  - National Day of Remembrance and Action on
    - Violence Against Women
      - responded to, 2043–2044
- More Homes Built Faster (Bill 23)
  - public response, 1517
  - statements by stakeholders, 2029
- Nurses
  - recruitment and retention
    - government funding, 1346
  - temporary agencies wage premiums, 223
- Ontario Disability support Program (ODSP)
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 1346
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 616–618
- Private members' public business
  - Agri-food industry
    - responded to, 911
  - Protecting Agricultural Land Act, 2022 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1918
  - Think Twice Before You Choose Natural Gas Act (Ontario Energy Board Amendment), 2022 (Bill 29)
    - second reading, 2061
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1345–1346
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - health care workers
    - nurses, 222
- Question period
  - Government fiscal policies
    - presented, 1320–1321
  - Health care
    - presented, 1779–1780
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 2029
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 491
  - Nurses
    - presented, 222–223
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 465–468
- Tributes
  - Henderson, Jim (former member for Etobicoke–Humber), 828
Brady, B.A. (Independent, Haldimand—Norfolk)
- Agricultural land
  - conservation, 157
- Bridges
  - maintenance and repair
    - Argyle Street Bridge (Caledonia)
      - construction delay, 596–597, 2123, 2146
- Colleges and universities - COVID-19
  - vaccination mandates, 590
- Community events
  - by region
    - Haldimand–Norfolk, 1821
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 2146
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation, 1146
- Government notices of motion
  - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second
    - responded to, 807–808
  - New members of provincial Parliament
    - responded to, 651–653
- Gun control
  - gun buyback program (federal), 1781
- Health care system
  - health human resources
    - government strategy, 1078
- Hospitals - services
  - emergency care, temporary service reduction
    - due to staff shortages, 1078
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1109
- Members' statements
  - COVID-19 response, 590
  - Labour dispute, 1146
  - Migrant workers, 151
  - Simcoe Christmas Panorama River of Lights, 1821
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Haldimand–Norfolk, 652
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 651–653
- Petitions
  - Optometry services, 2173
- Question period
  - Firearms control
    - presented, 1781
  - Health care workers
    - presented, 1078
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 157
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 596–597, 2123
- Tributes
  - Elizabeth II (queen), 807–808
  - Miller, Gordon Irvin (former member for Norfolk), 833
Bresee, R. (PC, Hastings—Lennox and Addington)
- Automotive industry
  - government strategy, 32
  - investment agreements
    - economic impact, 33
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - government funding, 1077
- Forest industry
  - Christmas trees
    - economic impact, 2153
- Government orders
  - Appointment of House officers / Committee membership
    - responded to, 277–280
- Housing developers
  - general remarks, 1549
- Housing development - by region
  - Hastings–Lennox and Addington, 1549
- Members' statements
  - Christmas tree industry, 2153
  - Events in Hastings–Lennox and Addington, 630
  - Municipal elections, 928
  - Riding of Hastings–Lennox and Addington, 82
  - Seniors' housing, 1548–1549
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Hastings–Lennox and Addington, 82
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 277–280
- Municipal elections
  - general election (2022)
    - general remarks, 928
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - council administration, 122
  - general remarks, 113
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
  - general remarks, 1829
- Petitions
  - Government's record, 401
  - Infrastructure funding, 95
- Post-secondary education - funding
  - research programs
    - health care, 876
- Question period
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 32–33
  - Broadband infrastructure
    - presented, 1076–1077
  - Ontario Trillium Foundation
    - presented, 1829
  - Research and innovation
    - presented, 876
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - third reading, 1902
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 113, 122
- Tributes
  - Pollock, James (former member for Hastings-Peterborough), 627
- Ukraine
  - invasion (2022)
    - public response, 630
Burch, J. (NDP, Niagara Centre)
- Agricultural land
  - conservation of
    - impact on food security, 1686
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1446–1447, 1469–1477
  - third reading, 2105–2107, 2109–2110
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - s. 33: notwithstanding clause
  - use of, 1203
- Committee procedure
  - consideration of bills
    - restrictions on, 1446
- Community housing
  - wait-lists, 900
- Conservation authorities
  - authority owned land
    - development on, 901
  - environemental impact, 901
  - role in development process
    - authority and jusisdiction, 901, 1691–1692
      - statements by stakeholders, 1693
- Democracy
  - principles
    - majority rule, 1476
- Doctors
  - regional shortages
    - primary care, 495
- Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve
  - development on
    - land ownership, conflict of interest, 1474
- Education workers - collective bargaining
  - back-to-work legislation
    - notwithstanding clause, 1153
- Education workers - compensation
  - cost of living
    - statements by stakeholders, 1051
  - and cost of living, 1153
- Education workers - labour dispute
  - union contract, negotiations
    - bargaining process, 1106
- Environmental policy
  - biodiversity offsetting
    - effect of, 1477
- Food banks
  - services
    - by region
      - Niagara Centre, 1703
- Government record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - municipal affairs policy
      - municipal amalgamation, 1471
  - PC (2018-present)
    - directives and policies, 2107
      - general remarks, 1469
    - greenbelt, 2106
    - municipal affairs policy, 1469, 2107
- Greenbelt
  - conservation of
    - and food security, 1695
  - land purchases, timeline, 1826
- Greenbelt - development on
  - conflict of interest
    - information sharing, transparency, 2025
  - environmental impact, 1315
  - general remarks, 1694
  - housing, 1693
  - land ownership, conflict of interest, 1825–1826, 2107, 2157
  - land swap, 1475, 1692–1693
    - information sharing, transparency, 1826, 1872
- Health care - primary care
  - referrals to specialist
    - wait times, 494
- Home prices
  - by region
    - Niagara, 900
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
  - by region
    - Niagara, 35
- Hospitals - services
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog
      - funding, 342
- Housing Affordability Task Force
  - recommendations
    - greenbelt, 1475–1476
    - statements by stakeholders, 1473
  - report
    - land availability, 1691
- Housing - affordable
  - access to, 695
  - "affordability," definition of, 899
  - recommendations
    - inclusionary zoning, 900
  - in relation to income, 1474
- Housing - affordable, development of
  - brownfield remediation, 901
  - funding, 689
  - non-market housing
    - government role in, 903
- Housing developers
  - account abilities
    - general remarks, 1474
    - land speculation, 1473
  - accountablities
    - land banking, 901–902
  - land ownership and land speculation
    - conflict of interest, 1316, 1959
      - information sharing, transparency, 1959
- Housing development
  - construction starts, projected, 1473
  - government strategy
    - progress reporting, 696
    - statements by stakeholders, 111–112
  - inclusionary zoning, 109
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - timelines
    - applicants, 1474
    - application fees, refund of, 901
- Housing development - by region
  - St. Catherines, 1695
- Housing development - densification
  - secondary units, 900
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - affordability requirements, 899
    - impact on municipalities, 1694
- Housing market
  - prices
    - rate of increase, 110
- Housing supply
  - impact on housing costs, 899, 903
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1051, 1106
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders
  - conflicts of interest
    - Auditor General's annual report (2021), 2158
    - Stouffville, 2025
- Lobbyists
  - former reporting public officers
    - conflict of interest, 1959
    - cooling-off period, 1872
- Long-term care - residents
  - living conditions
    - air conditioning, 81–82
- Markham
  - urban boundary expansion
    - ministerial amendments
      - land ownership, conflict of interest, 2026
- Members' statements
  - Holy Trinity Anglican Church breakfast program, 1703
  - Housing, 483
  - Labour dispute, 1203
  - Long-term care, 81–82
- Members/ministers quoting
  - city council motions
    - municipal governance, 110–111
  - committee presentations
    - municipal governance, strong mayor system, 691–694
  - letters
    - Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39), 2106–2107
  - municipal councillors (Matlow, Josh)
    - municipal governance, 1470
  - news media
    - greenbelt, land ownership, 1475
    - municipality structures, review
      - Waterloo, 1471
    - real estate market, 1474
    - rental housing, 110
    - strong mayor system, 106, 690, 693–694, 1470
  - other members
    - greenbelt, 1475
  - reports
    - Municipal Amalgamation in Ontario (Fraser Institute), 1472
    - Ontario Ombudsman
      - Inside Job (2019), 108–109
  - Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
    - Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, repeal of, 1475
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1520
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - committee presentations, 1691
  - committee process
    - witnesses, selection of, 1691
  - committee submissions, 1692
  - stakeholder consultation, 1695
  - statements by stakeholders, 901, 1692–1693
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 893, 899–903
  - third reading, 1686, 1691–1695
- More Homes Built Faster (Bill 23)
  - committee process, 1446
    - public consultation, 1447, 1469, 1472
  - committee witnesses, 1472
  - municipal councils response, 2109
    - motions (Markham), 2125
  - statements by stakeholders, 1453, 1472–1473
- Municipal Act, 2001, SO 2001, c. 25
  - municipal organization and administration
    - council, 107
- Municipal by-laws
  - passage of, prescribed number of councillors, 1711
- Municipal councillors
  - head of council
    - administrative authority
      - formal vs. informal, 107, 690
- Municipal elections
  - reform of
    - general remarks, 691
- Municipal governance
  - charter cities
    - by region
      - Chicago, 690, 1470
  - mayoral authority
    - strong vs. weak mayor system, 107
  - relationship with province, 113
  - staff
    - chief administration officers, 108–109
- Municipal governance - policy development
  - accountability and transparency
    - consultation, 2105–2106
- Municipal governance - regional chairs
  - appointment of, ministerial authority, 1447, 1452–1453, 1521
    - statements by stakeholders, 1710–1711
  - reform (2018), 1470
  - selection process, 1476
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - effect on housing development, 109
  - general remarks, 1469–1470
  - in other jurisdictions
    - United States, 107
  - public consultation, 112, 689, 707
  - statements by stakeholders, 111–112
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system, administrative authority
  - budgets, 108, 692
  - employment powers, 109, 692
    - registered professional planners, 712
  - employment powers, chief administration officers, 693
  - general remarks, 690
  - scope of, 1470
  - use of, 671
  - veto power, provincial priorities, 109, 113
- Municipal governments
  - council administration
    - general remarks, 696
  - municipal structures, review
    - public consultation, 1471
- Municipalities
  - amalgamation
    - general remarks, 1471
- Natural gas wells
  - gas leaks
    - by region
      - Chatham-Kent–Leamington, 287
- Niagara region
  - regional government
    - Ontario Ombudsman report
      - Inside Job (2019), 69
    - transparency and accountability, 692
- Ontario Home Builders' Association
  - government relationship with, 1959
- Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)
  - services, 113
- Petitions
  - Hospital services, 294, 882
  - Nurses, 1465–1466
- Protecting Vulnerable Persons in Supportive Living Accommodation Act, 2022 (Bill 38)
  - first reading, 1324
- Question period
  - Explosions in Chatham-Kent–Leamington
    - presented, 287
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1520, 1825–1826, 1872, 1959, 2025–2026, 2157–2158
  - Government policies
    - presented, 2125
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 342
  - Health care workers
    - presented, 494–495
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 35
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 1153
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 1315–1316
  - Municipal development
    - presented, 1710–1711
  - Municipal government
    - presented, 1452–1453
  - Supportive housing
    - presented, 820
- Real estate market
  - financialization of housing, 1474
  - investors
    - rate of, 1474
- Rent control
  - exemptions, 112
- Rental housing
  - cost of, 900, 1474
    - general remarks, 483
    - impact on economy
      - statements by stakeholders, 900
    - by region
      - Niagara, 899
- Rental housing - evictions
  - due to renovations
    - impact on social assistance recipients, 900
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
  - committee presentations, 670
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 105–113
  - third reading, 670–671, 688–696, 707, 712
- Supportive housing
  - living conditions, 820
- Toronto City Council downsizing
  - general remarks, 106
Byers, R. (PC, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound)
- Automobile insurance reform
  - government strategy, 76
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1488
- Board of Internal Economy
  - authority of, 1934
- Budget 2022/2023
  - infrastructure, 1310
- Business investment
  - Regional Opportunity Investment Tax Credit, 76
- Community events
  - by region
    - Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, 786, 1666
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 75–76
- Economic conditions
  - factors affecting, 1306
  - government strategy, 1305
- Economic development
  - by region
    - rural and northern Ontario, 154–155
- Employment services
  - target populations
    - criminal record, 2123–2124
- Film and television industry
  - tax credits, 1305
- Fuel prices - taxation
  - rate reduction, extension, 1305
- Galleries and museums
  - by site
    - Billy Bishop Museum, 928
- Government expenditures
  - spending authority, 1304–1305
- Government finances
  - government strategy, 1359
- Government finances - debt and deficit
  - annual deficit
    - predictions (2022-2023), 1305
- Health care
  - government funding
    - fall economic statement, 1358
- Health care - primary care
  - Community health centres, 431–432
- Housing - affordable
  - government strategy, 76
- Housing development
  - construction starts, 114
  - municipal-provincial relationship, 1488
  - National Housing Strategy
    - funding
      - provincial allocation, 948
- Housing supply
  - rural Ontario, 963
- Hunting and angling
  - safety measures, 820
- Hunting and angling - licensing
  - revenue generation from, 821
- Infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 1954
- Invasive species
  - government strategy, 1374
  - wild pigs, 1374
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 1934
- Members' statements
  - Billy Bishop Museum ceremony, 928–929
  - Events in Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, 786–787, 1666
  - Macphail, Agnes, 2153
  - Riding of Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, 82
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, 82, 429
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 428–430
- Members'/ministers' salaries
  - compensation freeze, 1304
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 948, 955, 963
- Ontario Disability support Program (ODSP)
  - additional benefits, 535
  - benefit rates, increases
    - and rate of inflation, 1952
  - earning exemption, 1953
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - additional benefits, 471
- Pension plans
  - target benefit plans
    - framework development, 1304
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 74–77
- Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
  - sexual misconduct against students
    - government strategy, 1913
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1303–1305, 1309–1310, 1358–1359, 1414, 1431, 1434
  - third reading, 1947–1949, 1952–1954, 1978, 1983, 2001, 2011
- Question period
  - Economic development
    - presented, 154–155
  - Hunting and fishing
    - presented, 820–821
  - Invasive species
    - presented, 1374
  - Skills training
    - presented, 2123–2124
- Regulations - business
  - document disclosure, 1304
- Renewable energy
  - clean energy credit registry, 1304
- Senior citizens
  - income support programs
    - Guaranteed Annual Income System, increase, 1304, 1953
  - Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit, 75
  - Ontario Seniors' Home Safety Tax Credit, 75
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1197
  - third reading, 1862–1863, 1905, 1908, 1913
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 113–114, 131
- Taxation
  - tax credits, 75–76
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 428–432, 471–472, 535
- Tributes
  - Macphail, Agnes, 2153
- Unhoused persons
  - government strategy, 430–431
- Women in politics
  - Macphail, Agnes, 2153

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2023

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)

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

Bowman, S. (LIB, Don Valley West)

Brady, B.A. (Independent, Haldimand—Norfolk)

Bresee, R. (PC, Hastings—Lennox and Addington)

Burch, J. (NDP, Niagara Centre)

Byers, R. (PC, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound)