Letter: O

• Oosterhoff, Hon. S. (PC, Niagara West)

  • Affordable Energy Act, 2024 (Bill 214)
    • second reading, 9978–9981, 9983–9984, 10035–10036
  • Affordable housing
    • non-profit organizations, 2858
  • Agricultural land
    • climate change, impact of, 9502
  • Agricultural land - development on
    • general remarks, 1731
  • Agriculture industry
    • financial protection programs
      • legislative consolidation, 3422
  • Agriculture industry - food processing
    • government strategy, 2666
  • Agri-food industry
    • government strategy
      • regulatory reform, 2637
  • Appointments to agencies, boards, and commissions
    • regulatory reform, 4466
  • Archives of Ontario
    • third-party vendors, filming fee
      • removal, 8391
  • Auditor General of Ontario
    • oversight, repeal of
      • Office of the Children’s Lawyer, 4466
  • Automotive industry
    • education and awareness, 3540
  • Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
    • second reading, 1485
  • Broadband infrastructure development
    • government strategy, 4468–4469
    • northern and rural Ontario, 1832–1833
    • rural Ontario, 1832–1833
  • Budget 2023/2024
    • agriculture, 4291
    • general remarks, 3065
    • health care
      • health care workers, 4293
    • health care workers, 4293
    • infrastructure development, 4291
    • public consultation, 4292
    • skilled trades, 4309
    • supportive housing, 4292
    • veterinarians, 4294
  • Budget 2024/2025
    • general remarks, 7998–7999
  • Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
    • third reading, 9095
  • Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
    • third reading, 4290–4294, 4297–4298, 4309
  • Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
    • third reading, 4083, 4092, 4094–4098
  • Business
    • corporate governance, virtual proceedings, 4466
  • Business - Main Street Recovery Plan, 1726, 2635
  • Business - small- and medium-sized
    • regulatory environment, 3419
  • Business - taxation
    • small and medium-sized
      • government strategy, 1994
  • Cadets
    • general remarks, 2525
    • Murray Whetung Community Service Award, 2525
  • Cannabis retail
    • retail operator license, transferal of
      • regulatory reform, 4465
  • Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
    • general remarks, 1749
    • government strategy, 2638
  • Carbon tax
    • cost of living, impact on, 7724
    • home heating, exemptions
      • eligible heating methods, 7488
  • Carbon tax - impact by industry
    • tourism and hospitality, 9587–9588
  • Charles III (King)
    • coronation of, 4054–4055
  • Colleges and universities - boards of governors
    • size reduction, 8390
  • Condominiums
    • board governance
      • virtual proceedings, 3421, 3447
  • Construction industry
    • work sites
      • workplace injury investigation, 8974
  • Correctional services
    • community reintegration supports, 4757
    • community reintegration tables, membership
      • religious and spiritual leaders
        • statements by stakeholders, 4753–4754
    • religious and spiritual supports, access
      • impact of, 4753, 4757
        • statements by stakeholders, 4753–4754
  • Cost of living
    • government strategy, 1995, 8188
  • Critical Minerals Strategy
    • economic impact, 4095
  • Curriculum
    • employment readiness, 3091
    • financial literacy, 3091
    • language
      • reading screening program, 3091
  • Cutting Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 (Bill 227)
    • second reading, 10582–10587
  • Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
    • second reading, 8389–8394
    • third reading, 9498–9503
  • Democracy
    • general remarks, 3417
  • Dental care
    • government funding, 2406
  • Drugs - illegal
    • decriminalization, 4468
  • Education funding
    • general remarks, 3089
  • Energy conservation
    • efficiency programs
      • energy costs, impact on, 9983
      • expansion, 9981
  • Energy generation
    • hydrogen strategy, 9980, 11164–11165
  • Energy policy
    • government strategy, 9979, 10178, 11164
    • investments in Ontario, impact on, 9979
  • Energy rates
    • affordability, 9798
    • government strategy, 10340
  • Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 (Bill 157)
    • third reading, 7530–7531
  • French-language debates
    • Loi de 2024 sur la gestion des ressources et la sécurité, projet de loi 228
      • deuxième lecture, 10675
    • Loi de 2024 sur le désengorgement du réseau routier et le gain de temps, projet de loi 212
      • deuxième lecture, 9961
  • Fuel prices - taxation
    • rate reduction, extension
      • northern Ontario, 1428
  • GO Transit - service expansion
    • Niagara, 550
  • GO Transit - service expansion - by region
    • Niagara, 550
  • Government expenditures
    • accountability and transparency, 2443
  • Government record - PC (2018-present)
    • economic policy, 4293
    • infrastructure policy, 3845
    • regulatory policy, 3418
    • regulatory reform, 1725–1727, 2632, 2634–2636, 3418
  • Government services
    • digital delivery, 3422
  • Government services - business services
    • permits and licences
      • service standards, 8391
  • Hazel McCallion Act (Peel Dissolution), 2023 (Bill 112)
    • second reading, 4515, 4537, 4540
    • third reading, 4826–4827
  • Health care funding
    • general remarks, 3042
  • Health care funding - by region
    • Niagara, 1962
  • Health care - primary care
    • government funding
      • by region
        • Niagara Region, 7201
  • Health care system
    • health human resources
      • government strategy, 2305
  • Health care workers - recruitment and retention, international
    • government strategy, 8391
  • Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
    • second reading, 3574
  • Highways and roads - construction and expansion
    • Garden City Skyway twinning, 8351
    • general remarks, 9095
  • Home heating
    • heat pumps, 7263
  • Hospitals - capital projects
    • general remarks, 2166–2167
  • Hospitals - capital projects by region
    • Niagara, 1703, 2166
  • Housing developers
    • approvals and permits, timelines
      • expiry of, 8393
  • Housing development
    • connection costs, 9980–9981
  • Housing development - approvals and permits
    • reduction, 9500–9502
    • timelines, 9499–9500
  • Housing development - by region
    • Niagara West, 8393
  • Housing development - construction
    • government strategy
      • building target, 1686–1687
    • regulatory environment
      • impact on timelines, 8393
    • starts, 3819–3820
  • Housing development - infrastructure
    • sewage and wastewater, 8393
  • Housing development - municipal charges
    • development charges, exemptions and discounts
      • affordable residential units, 2858
  • Housing market
    • prices
      • over time, 9498–9499
  • Housing policy
    • government strategy, 2593, 3820
  • Housing supply
    • general remarks, 3819
    • impact on housing costs, 9499, 9502
  • Housing supply - population growth projections
    • general remarks, 3821
  • Indigenous communities
    • government services
      • fees, removal of, 8391
  • Indigenous soldiers
    • service during world wars, 2524–2525
  • Infrastructure development
    • by region
      • Niagara, 4265
      • Niagara West, 3846
    • regional projects, 3845
  • Judicial appointments
    • backlog
      • per diem judges, use of, 2637
  • Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, 2024 (Bill 165)
    • second reading, 7253, 7263, 7275
  • Land use planning - environmental assessments
    • regulatory reform, 3847
  • Land use planning - environmental assessments, class environment assessments
    • 30-day review period, 3847
  • Legions
    • Remembrance Day tributes, 1255
  • Legislative procedure - bills
    • omnibus bills, 3418
  • Less Red Tape, More Common Sense Act, 2023 (Bill 139)
    • third reading, 6346, 6351
  • Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
    • second reading, 3416–3422, 3447, 3470
    • third reading, 4463–4469
  • Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
    • second reading, 1724–1728, 1731–1732, 1749, 1751, 1791, 1842–1843
    • third reading, 2630–2638, 2922
  • Manufacturing industry
    • exchange rate, impact on, 4298
  • Manufacturing industry - investments
    • by region
      • Niagara, 7232
  • Members' statements
    • 2023 Ontario budget, 3065
    • Automotive industry, 3540
    • Community service awards, 8792
    • Coronation of King Charles III, 4054–4055
    • Government investments, 4988–4989, 7404, 9254–9255
    • Government's agenda, 281
    • Health care funding, 1703
    • Highway improvement, 8351
    • Housing, 2593
    • Niagara Week, 4471
    • Ontario budget, 7998–7999
    • Remembrance Day, 1255
  • Members'/ministers' constituencies
    • Niagara West, 281
  • Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1891
  • Members'/ministers' remarks
    • withdrawn, 3089
  • Mental health and addictions services
    • government strategy, 3254
  • Mining industry - Critical Minerals Strategy
    • economic impact, 4095
  • Mining industry - Indigenous communities
    • Indigenous consultation and consent, 4097
  • Mining industry - occupational health and safety
    • regulatory reform, 4467
  • Mining sites - development
    • financial assurance, phased, 4097
  • Mining sites - rehabilitation, 4095
  • Modernizing Ontario for People and Businesses Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 18, s. 11
    • principles, 3419, 4464
  • More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
    • third reading, 1686–1687, 1695
  • Natural gas
    • use of, 7275
  • Niagara Parks Commission
    • routine land easements
      • regulatory reform, 4466
  • Niagara region
    • regional development, 9254–9255
  • Niagara Region
    • capital projects, 4265
    • municipal-provincial consultation, 4471
    • regional development, 7404
  • Nuclear energy industry
    • government strategy, 292
  • Nuclear generation facilities - small modular reactors (SMRs)
    • general remarks, 292
  • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - earning exemption
    • general remarks, 1994
  • Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
    • pilot and demonstration projects, 3421, 4465
    • pipeline relocation and reconstruction
      • leave to construct approvals, 8390
  • Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
    • governance structure, reform, 3420–3421, 4464–4465
  • Opposition day motions
    • Education funding
      • responded to, 3088–3092
    • Government advertising
      • responded to, 7939–7941
    • Tenant protection
      • responded to, 3819–3821
  • Pension plans
    • administration
      • digital communications, 4465–4466
  • Petitions
    • Health care, 3321, 3385, 3555, 3808
    • Taxation, 3916
  • Police services
    • government funding, 4800
  • Population
    • growth projections, 3820
  • Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
    • sexual misconduct against students, 1892
      • employment policies, 1292
  • Post-secondary education - mental health and addictions
    • student mental health policies, 8828
  • Presto fare payment system
    • use of credit cards
      • program expansion, 1784
  • Private members' public business
    • Growing Agritourism Act, 2024 (Bill 186)
      • second reading, 8901
    • Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2024 (Bill 31)
      • second reading, 2524–2525
    • Religious and spiritual services in correctional facilities
      • presented, 4753–4754
    • Taxation
      • responded to, 7705
  • Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
    • second reading, 1423, 1428–1429
    • third reading, 1993–1996, 2004
  • Public assets - centralized management
    • transferal to Ministry of Infrastructure, 3847
  • Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
    • second reading, 2841
  • Question period
    • Affordable housing
      • presented, 2858
      • responded to, 9219–9220
    • Agri-food industry
      • presented, 2666
    • Broadband infrastructure
      • presented, 1832–1833
    • Electricity supply
      • responded to, 9798
    • Energy policies
      • responded to, 10177–10178, 11164–11165
    • Energy rates
      • responded to, 10340
    • Fiscal and economic policy
      • presented, 2443
    • GO Transit
      • presented, 550
    • Health care
      • presented, 7200–7201
    • Health care funding
      • responded to, 3042
    • Health care workers
      • responded to, 1962
    • Hospital services
      • responded to, 2305
    • Infrastructure funding
      • presented, 2166–2167
    • Manufacturing sector
      • presented, 7232–7233
    • Mental health and addiction services
      • presented, 3254–3255
    • Nuclear energy
      • presented, 292
    • Public transit
      • presented, 1784
    • Red tape reduction
      • responded to, 4265
    • Skilled trades
      • presented, 444
    • Small business
      • responded to, 4480–4481
    • Taxation
      • presented, 7488, 7724, 7919, 8188, 8573, 9637–9638
      • responded to, 9587–9588, 11060–11061
    • Tourism
      • presented, 1526
  • Recycling programs
    • regulatory reform, 4467
  • Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 (Bill 212)
    • second reading, 9952, 10014–10015
  • Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
    • second reading, 2582–2583, 2586
    • third reading, 3836, 3843, 3845–3847
  • Regional development
    • rural Ontario, 1993
  • Regulations - business
    • reduction
      • as economic policy, 4481
      • monetary value, 4464
  • Rental housing - evictions
    • illegal
      • fines and penalties, 3820
  • Rental housing - tenant protections
    • general remarks, 9503
    • government strategy, 3820
  • Resource Management and Safety Act, 2024 (Bill 228)
    • second reading, 10670–10675
  • Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 197)
    • second reading, 9695, 9702–9703, 9706, 9714–9715
  • School facilities - capital projects
    • government funding, 3091
  • Senior citizens - income support programs
    • Guaranteed Annual Income System, 1428
  • Sexual violence and harassment - prevention
    • education, consent, 1895
  • Skilled trades
    • regulations, reduction, 8391
  • Skilled trades - education and training
    • Skills Development Fund, 1994
  • Skilled trades - employment
    • recruitment and retention
      • government strategy, 444
  • Skilled trades - recruitment and retention
    • government strategy, 444
  • Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166)
    • third reading, 8828
  • Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
    • second reading, 1292
    • third reading, 1891–1895
  • Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
    • stakeholder consultation, 4813
    • third reading, 4800, 4813
  • Students - special needs
    • co-op programs, 3091
  • Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188)
    • second reading, 8610, 8621
  • Supportive housing - funding
    • by region
      • Niagara, 4292, 9219
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 504–505, 526, 536
  • Tourism industry
    • government strategy, 1526
    • regulations
      • reduction, 8392
  • Tourism industry - agri-tourism
    • by region
      • Niagara West, 8901
  • Transportation
    • regulations
      • reduction, 8392
  • Transportation policy
    • regulatory reform
      • digital services, highway corridor management, 2633
      • reduced load periods, 2634, 2637
  • Tributes
    • Hansen, Ronald (former member for Lincoln), 624–625
  • Unhoused persons
    • government strategy, 3255
  • Utilities
    • non-compliance fines
      • transfer to ratepayers, ban, 3421, 4465
  • Veterans - commemoration
    • Remembrance Day, 1255
  • Veterinarians Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3
    • reform, 1731
  • Volunteers - awards
    • by region
      • Niagara West, 8792
  • Waster diversion - recycling programs
    • producer responsibilities
      • regulations, reductions, 8390–8391
  • Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190)
    • second reading, 8974
  • Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 (Bill 149)
    • third reading, 7752–7757
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, SO 1997, c 16, s A
    • terminology
      • reform, 3421, 4465
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
    • government strategy, 1732
  • Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
    • second reading, 2406, 2414