Speaker letter d House Hansard index Parliament 43 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: D

Dixon, J. (PC, Kitchener South—Hespeler)
- Appreciation
  - Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services, 1146
  - Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region, 435
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1497
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 89
- Education
  - government strategy, 1240
  - staff
    - hiring of, 1240
- Education - COVID-19
  - impact on student development, 1239
- Education funding
  - program allocation, 1240
- Electricity rates
  - government strategy, 2059
- Energy conservation
  - government funding
    - programs, 2059
- Energy policy
  - impact on business environment, 1814
- Fuel prices
  - government strategy, 1675
- Government record
  - Liberals (2003-2018)
    - energy policy, 2058–2059
  - PC (2018-present)
    - energy policy, 2059
- Home heating
  - types of, 2059
- Home ownership
  - access to, 1947
- Housing
  - mid-density
    - in other jurisdictions, 978
- Housing - affordable, development of
  - government strategy, 979
- Housing developers
  - accountablities
    - general remarks, 979
- Housing development
  - government strategy, 635
  - municipal role in
    - general remarks, 113
  - population growth projections, 636
- Housing development - densification
  - secondary units, 978–979
    - benefits of, 978, 980
    - in rural Ontario, 980
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - as development incentive, 980
- Housing policy
  - zoning
    - history of, 978
- Housing supply
  - impact on housing costs, 980
- Judicial appointments
  - backlog
    - per diem judges, use of, 1817
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - third reading, 1238–1240
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2022 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1815–1817
- Members' statements
  - Fisher, Aaron, 1667
  - Palfreyman, Eli, 787–788
  - Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services, 1146–1147
  - Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region, 435
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 527–530
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1675
- Mental health and addiction services
  - as preventative measures, 530
- Mental health and addictions services - providers
  - Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services, 1146
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 977–980
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - accountability and oversight, 118
- Natural gas - distributors
  - connections, requests for, 2058
- Natural gas expansion
  - economic impact, 2058
  - phase III
    - public consultation, 2058
- Private members' public business
  - Think Twice Before You Choose Natural Gas Act (Ontario Energy Board Amendment), 2022 (Bill 29)
    - second reading, 2058–2059
- Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33
  - convictions in absentia, 1814
- Question period
  - Cost of living
    - presented, 89
  - Gasoline prices
    - responded to, 1675–1676
  - Housing
    - presented, 635–636
  - Veterinary services
    - presented, 1873
- Schools
  - social support, places of, 1239
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - language and terminology
    - definitions, 1890
  - third reading, 1890
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 113, 118
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 467, 526–531
- Tributes
  - Fisher, Aaron, 1667
  - Palfreyman, Eli, 787–788
- Veterinarians
  - shortage, 1873
- Veterinary services
  - veterinary technicians
    - scope of practice, 1873
Dowie, A. (PC, Windsor—Tecumseh)
- Ambulance services
  - government funding, 988
  - government strategy, 988
  - provincial-municipal consultation, 988
- Appreciation
  - Great Windsor Concert Band, 1367
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1477
- Cost of living
  - government strategy
    - fall economic statement (2022), 1521
- Energy industry
  - general remarks, 682
- Film and television industry
  - festivals
    - Windsor International Film Festival, 1665
  - festivals, funding
    - Windsor International Film Festival, 1665
- Food prices
  - general remarks, 1521
- French-language debates
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 462–464
  - Déclarations des députées et députés
    - Élections municipales, 1065
  - Loi de 2022 pour des maires forts et pour la construction de logements, projet de loi 3
    - troisième lecture, 709
  - Période de questions
    - Affaires francophones, 601, 940
    - La francophonie, 1777
- Hospitals - capacity
  - EMS offload delays
    - government response to, 988
- Hospitals - capital projects by site
  - Windsor-Essex Regional Hospital, 1665
- Housing - affordable
  - government strategy, 91
- Housing development
  - government strategy, 969
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - site plan control
    - exemptions, 969
  - timelines, 1640
- Housing development - densification
  - secondary units, 969
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - exemptions and discounts, 969
- Housing market
  - speculation taxes
    - vacant homes tax, 969
- Housing supply
  - shortage, 968
- Land use planning
  - municipal council decisions, 710
  - municipal responsibilities
    - lower-tier municipalities, 969
- Long-term care - beds
  - infection control
    - isolation rooms, reopening, 362
- Manufacturing industry
  - government strategy, 1713
- Members' statements
  - Greater Windsor Concert Band, 1367
  - Municipal elections, 1065
  - Ojibway National Urban Park, 788
  - Veterans, 435–436
  - Windsor International Film Festival, 1665
- Members/ministers quoting
  - municipal councillors
    - housing development, 710
  - news media
    - strong mayor system, 709–710
  - reports
    - Canada's Housing Supply Shortages (2022), 90
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 336, 362
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 947, 968–970
  - third reading, 1640
- Municipal councillors
  - legislative tools, 1477
- Municipal elections
  - general election (2022)
    - general remarks, 1065
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - decision making role, 711
  - effect on housing development, 187
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system, administrative authority
  - budgets, 711
  - employment powers, chief administration officers, 711
  - re committees, 711
  - veto power, provincial priorities
    - override of, 712
- Music industry
  - by region
    - Windsor—Tecumseh, 1367
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy, 947
- Nuclear energy industry
  - small modular reactors (SMRs)
    - government strategy, 682
- Ojibway National Urban Park
  - creation of, 849–851
    - stakeholder consultation, 849–850
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 448
- Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)
  - reform, 968–969
- Paramedics and paramedic services
  - patient care models
    - treat-and-refer, 988
- Parks
  - creation of, land transferal
    - by region
      - Windsor West, 788
- Petitions
  - Economic development, 605–606
  - Government's record, 500
  - Home care, 1226–1227
- Private members' public business
  - Ambulance services
    - responded to, 988–989
  - Ojibway National Urban Park
    - presented, 1802–1803
    - responded to, 849–851, 1807
- Property tax
  - regional differences in
    - assessment reform, 969
- Provincial parks
  - Indigenous communities co-management, 850
  - Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve
    - biodiversity, 849
    - ownership, transfer of, 850
- Question period
  - Cost of living
    - presented, 1521
  - Green power generation
    - presented, 682
  - Housing
    - presented, 90–91
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 1713
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 448
- Rental housing - development
  - construction starts, 970
- Skilled trades - employment
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 1713
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1283
  - third reading, 1914
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 187
  - third reading, 709–712
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 461–465, 505, 525
- Veterans
  - commemoration
    - Dieppe raid, 435–436
Downey, Hon. D. (PC, Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte)
- Housing development
  - government strategy
    - building target, 897
- LGBTQ2S+ community
  - drag community
    - violence against
      - government response, 2028
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 893–897
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers Assoc. v His Majesty, 2022, ONSC 6658
  - judgment, Superior Court of Justice (ONSC)
    - government response, 1823
- Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)
  - government funding, 894
  - hearings
    - merit based, 894–895
    - unsuccessful party fines, 895, 897
  - role of, 894
- Question period
  - Court decision
    - responded to, 1823
  - Landlord and Tenant Board
    - responded to, 1263–1264
  - Public safety
    - responded to, 2027–2028
  - Victims of crime
    - responded to, 1457
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - third reading, 725
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 55
Dunlop, Hon. J. (PC, Simcoe North)
- Colleges and universities
  - capital projects
    - medical schools, 441, 795
  - college awards
    - recipients, 2162–2163
  - gender-based violence
    - government response, consultation, 1219
- Curriculum
  - employment readiness, 1064
  - science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
    - promotion, 1065
- Curriculum - math
  - content
    - coding, 1064
- Doctors
  - education and training
    - enrolment spaces, 226, 448, 492
    - medical schools, 393, 492
      - enrolment spaces, 441
      - by region
        Brampton, 393
- Education
  - EQAO testing and results, 1064
    - vs. other jurisdictions, 1064
- Education - COVID-19
  - government funding
    - catch-up payments, 1063–1064
    - tutoring support program, 1064
  - impact on student development, 1063
- Education funding
  - support programs, 1064
- Education - in-school learning
  - student health and well-being, 1063
- Education workers
  - women, representation in, 1121
- Education workers - labour dispute
  - union contract, negotiations
    - terms of, compensation, 1118
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - post-secondary institutions and sexual violence and harassment, 1167
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 736
- Health care workers
  - education and training
    - funding, 1675
    - Learn and Stay grant, 1675
- Highway 413
  - government strategy, 741–742
- Indigenous communities - economic development
  - government stategy, 1169
  - revenue sharing agreements, 1169
- Indigenous communities - reconcilliation
  - government strategy, 1169
- Indigenous education
  - post-secondary
    - general remarks, 1169
    - government funding, 1170
    - Indigenous services and supports, 1169–1170
- Indigenous institutes
  - degree programs, funding
    - health care, 638
    - healthcare, 1170
  - general remarks, 1170
- Intellectual Property Ontario
  - creation of, 1783
- Internships and co-ops
  - government funding
    - paid positions, 1266
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1063–1065, 1118, 1121–1122
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - third reading, 1636
- Nurses
  - education and training, 639
    - BEGIN initiative: Bridging Educational Grant in Nursing, 552
    - colleges
      - degree granting authority, 552
    - degree programs, 227, 346, 637
    - funding, 640, 680
    - government strategy, 680
    - Learn and Stay grant, 441, 492, 552, 638
    - tuition supports, funding, 226–227
  - recruitment and retention
    - government strategy, 1262, 1962
- Post-secondary education
  - economic impact, 1166
  - mental health supports, 1174
  - tuition
    - government strategy, 1375
  - work-integrated learning, 1267
- Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
  - sexual misconduct against students
    - on campus vs. off-campus, 1175
    - employee dismissal, 1854
    - general remarks, 1174
    - government strategy, 1166
    - institutional policies, 1168
    - use of non-disclosure agreements, 1166, 1175, 1856
- Post-secondary education - funding
  - research programs
    - health care, 819, 876
- Post-secondary education - sexual violence and harassment
  - government strategy, 1166–1167
    - statements by stakeholders, 1855
  - institutional policies, 1857
    - statements by stakeholders, 1167
  - investigations, 1854
    - victim protections, 1167
  - prevention
    - community response, 1855
    - government strategy, 1853–1854, 1857
    - institutional initiatives, 1857
    - public consultation, 1857
  - reporting of, policies
    - victim protections, 1856
  - student consultations
    - provincial survey, 1857
  - suports and services, 1168
  - terminology
    - "sexual misconduct," 1856
- Question period
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 346, 552
  - Health care
    - responded to, 448, 736, 1675
  - Health care post-secondary education
    - responded to, 392–393, 441, 491–492, 637–638, 819–820
  - Health care workers
    - responded to, 226, 639–640, 680–681, 1262, 1962
  - Intellectual Property Ontario
    - responded to, 1783
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 742
  - Medical schools
    - responded to, 795
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 227
  - Post-secondary education and skills training
    - responded to, 1266–1267
  - Research and innovation
    - responded to, 876–877
  - Sexual violence and harassment
    - responded to, 1219–1220
  - Student achievement
    - responded to, 2162–2163
  - Student assistance
    - responded to, 1375
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - victim demographics, 1166
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - stakeholder consultations, 1167
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - amendments
    - non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), 1856
  - amendments, terminology
    - "sexual misconduct," definition of, 1856
    - "sexual misconduct" vs. "sexual abuse," 1856
  - first reading, 941–942
  - second reading, 1166–1171, 1174–1175, 1183
  - third reading, 1853–1858
- Strikes
  - custodial workers
    - in colleges and universities, 742
- Toronto Metropolitan University
  - Brampton medical school, 1170
  - history of, 1171
  - name change from Ryerson University, 1168–1169, 1854
  - and reconciliation
    - Standing Strong Task Force
      - recommendations, 1854
  - senate expansion, 1171

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2023

House speaker index

Letter: D

Dixon, J. (PC, Kitchener South—Hespeler)

Dowie, A. (PC, Windsor—Tecumseh)

Downey, Hon. D. (PC, Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte)

Dunlop, Hon. J. (PC, Simcoe North)