House speaker index

Letter: V

  • Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming—Cochrane)

    • Agricultural industry
      • impact of climate change, 2337
      • northern Ontario
    • Agricultural land
    • Agricultural land - zoning
      • agricultural impact assessments, 1914
        • statements by stakeholders, 1915
      • residential lots, 3748
    • Agriculture industry
      • fertilizers, emissions from
        • GHG national target, 912
      • financial protection programs
        • legislative consolidation, 3445
      • support programs
        • risk management programs, cap on, 3446
    • Agriculture industry - food processing
      • legislation governing, 3445
    • Agriculture land
      • northern Ontario
        • systematic tile drainage, 3842
    • Agri-food facilities
    • Agri-food industry
      • Feeder Cattle Loan Guarantee Program
    • Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities
    • Animal welfare
      • fines and penalties
        • cost recovery, veterinary services, 3934
    • Animal welfare inspectors
      • education and training, 3934
    • Animal welfare - livestock
    • Animal welfare offences
      • appeal process, 3930
    • Appreciation
      • Modeste, Kevin, 2153
    • Automotive industry - manufacturing
    • Bail program reform
    • Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
      • second reading, 1570
      • third reading, 2065
    • Board of Internal Economy
    • Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
    • Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
      • third reading, 4320
    • Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
    • Committee procedure
    • Correctional facilities - inmates
      • demographics of
        • pretrial detention, 3932
    • COVID-19
      • societal impact, 3444
    • Crime
      • socio-economic factors
    • Dairy industry
      • regulatory environment, 3444
      • temperature regulations
    • Douglas, Tommy
    • Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve Act, 2005, SO 2005, c 30
      • repeal of
        • statements by stakeholders, 2121
    • Farming
      • northern Ontairo, 3243
    • Flooding
      • and home insurance industry, 1685
    • French-language debates
      • Pétitions
    • Government notices of motion
    • Government record
      • PC (2018-present)
    • Greenbelt - development on
    • Health care
    • Health care - primary care
      • access to
        • northern Ontario
          • statements by stakeholders, 3242
      • service coordination, team-based
        • delivery of
          • northern Ontario, 2660
    • Health care services
      • availability of
        • northern Ontairo, 3242
    • Heart disease
    • Heart Valve Disease Awareness Act, 2023 (Bill 66)
    • Highway 11
    • Highway 413
      • agricultural impact, 718
    • Highway maintenance and repair
      • snow clearance, plow operators
        • prohibition against passing, criteria, 3443
      • snow clearance standard, 2145
      • snow clearance standard, hours
    • Highway safety
      • and commercial trucks, 4158
      • Highway 11/17, 3791
    • Highways
      • classification of, 1399
    • Home and community care
      • patients
        • hygiene and personal care, 443
    • Hospitals - services
      • operating rooms, service capacity
    • Housing development
    • Housing development - approvals and permits
      • timelines
        • general remarks, 148
    • Housing development - municipal charges
      • development charges, exemptions and discounts
    • Human trafficking - labour trafficking
      • government response, 3146
    • Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
      • real estate services
        • management of, 2586
    • Judicial education
      • intimate partner violence, 3930
    • Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
    • Land development
    • Land use planning - environmental assessments
      • class environment assessments
        • 30-day review period, ministerial waiver
        • 30-day review period, purpose of, 3843
          • public consultation, 2585
        • consultation process, 2585
      • consultation process, 2584
    • Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
    • Legislative Assembly - facility
      • social significance, 4157
    • Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation
      • accessibility standards, 2824
      • architectural design, 2823
      • assembly relocation process, 2821
      • restoration records
        • FIPPA compliance, exemptions, 4157
    • Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation, project planning process
      • general remarks, 4157
      • oversight and coordination of
        • governance structure, 2822
        • non-partisanship, 4156
    • Legislative buildings
      • role in legislative process, 2821
      • social significance, 2820, 2824
      • visitors experience, 2823
    • Legislative precinct
      • members' office space, availability of, 1935
    • Legislative procedure
      • agenda/schedule, 3441
    • Legislative procedure - bills
      • legislative timelines, 2459
    • Legislative procedure - order and decorum
    • Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
      • presiding officers, selection of, 256–257
        • historically, 256
        • "on the advice of," interpretation of, 256
        • from recognized opposition parties, 256
    • Legislative process
      • omnibus bills, 3443
    • Legislature - staff
      • Legislative Protective Service
        • peace officers, 4157
      • Precinct Properties Branch, director
        • Bajcetic, Jelena, 2821
    • Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
    • Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
    • Manufacturing industry - facility development
      • approvals and permits
    • Members' statements
    • Members'/ministers' conduct
    • Members/ministers quoting
      • committee presentations
        • More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23), 1684
    • Members'/ministers' quoting
      • letters
        • presiding officers, selection of, 257
      • other members
        • agricultural impact assessments, 1915
    • Mines and mining
      • Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., 2690
      • by region
        • Timiskaming—Cochrane, 2457
    • Mining infrastructure
      • environmental assessment
    • Mining sites
      • closure plans
        • ministerial authority, 2690
        • technical review by qualified professions, 2691–2692
      • development of
    • Ministerial statements
      • Police Week
    • More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
    • More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
    • Municipal by-laws
      • passage of, prescribed number of councillors, 1570, 2065
    • Municipal finances
      • reserve fund
        • development charges reserve fund
          • general remarks, 1665
        • purpose of, 1685
    • Municipal governance
    • 1204755 Ontario Limited Act, 2022 (Bill Pr3)
    • 1753461 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2023 (Bill Pr14)
      • first reading, 2194
      • second reading, 3388
      • third reading, 3388
    • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
      • barriers to access, 3470
    • Ontario English Catholic Teachers Assoc. v His Majesty, 2022, ONSC 6658
      • judgment, Superior Court of Justice (ONSC)
        • government appeal, 3266
    • Opposition day motions
      • Health care
    • Parliamentary privilege
      • waiving of, 872
    • Petitions
      • Land use planning, 3553
      • Probation and parole services, 2498, 2610
    • Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
      • second reading, 245
    • Police officers
      • appreciation for, 4269
    • Police officers - employment
      • hiring process, educational requirements
        • secondary school diploma, 3929
    • Police officers - fatalities
      • Mueller, Eric (Ontario Provincial Police), 4269
    • Police officers - occupational health and safety
      • mental health supports, 3933
      • post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    • Police services
      • crisis interventions
        • mental health and addictions, 3930
      • detachments, access to
        • northern and rural Ontario, 3929
      • recruitment and retention
        • facts affecting, 3929
    • Private members' public business
      • Agri-food industry
      • Farmland and Arable Land Strategy Act, 2023 (Bill 62)
      • Highway construction
      • Making Northern Ontario Highways Safer Act, 2022 (Bill 43)
        • second reading, 2145
      • No Time to Waste Act (Plan for Climate Action and Jobs), 2022 (Bill 14)
        • second reading, 1513
      • Protecting Agricultural Land Act, 2022 (Bill 27)
      • Strengthening Members' Integrity Act, 2023 (Bill 100)
      • Winter highway maintenance
    • Protecting Agricultural Land Act, 2022 (Bill 27)
      • first reading, 942
      • stakeholder response, 1915
    • Public assets
      • centralization, entities
        • general remarks, 3843
    • Public libraries
      • government funding, 2448
    • Public Order Emergency Commission
      • appearance before
        • Premier and Solicitor General, 872
    • Public sector compensation - increase cap
    • Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
    • Question period
      • Government policies
      • Home care
        • presented, 443
      • Land use planning
      • Library services
      • Municipal finances
      • Protection for workers
      • Public Order Emergency Commission
        • presented, 872
      • Township of Armstrong sewage lagoon
        • presented, 641
    • Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
    • Regulatory policy
      • general remarks, 3442
    • Ring of fire development
      • Indigenous consultation and consent, 2459
    • Ring of Fire development
      • road infrastructure, 3241
    • Road safety
    • Rouge National Urban Park
      • government obligations, Parks Canada, 2121
    • Sergeant-at-Arms
      • appointment, removal and suspension, 1932
    • Sewage and wastewater management
      • sewage lagoons
    • Speaker
    • St. Thomas - Central Elgin Boundary Adjustment Act, 2023 (Bill 63)
    • Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
    • Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
    • Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
    • Time allocation motions
      • Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
    • Tributes
      • Allison, Shane, 2145
      • Fox, Gary (former member for Prince Edward—Lennox-South—Hastings), 2218
      • Lei, Victor, 3134
      • Makarchuk, Mitro (former member for Brantford), 585–586
      • McClelland, Carman (former member for Brampton North), 587
      • Miller, Gordon Irvin (former member for Norfolk), 832–833
      • Murdoch, Bill (BruceGreyOwen Sound), 4236
      • Pollock, James (former member for Hastings-Peterborough), 626
      • Pope, Alan William (former member for Cochrane South), 1567–1568
      • Wiseman, Douglas Jack (former member for Lanark–Renfrew), 834
    • Unhoused persons
      • prevalence of
      • by region
    • Unorganized land
      • regulatory environment, 3442
  • Vaugeois, L. (NDP, Thunder Bay—Superior North)

    • Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, SO 2005, c 11
      • compliance with
        • independent reviews and recommendations, 2961
    • Advocate for Older Adults Act, 2023 (Bill 101)
      • first reading, 3676
    • Agricultural land
      • conservation of
      • development on, 1659
    • Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients
      • impact on hospital resources, 404
    • Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities
      • admission process, 404, 570
      • consent
        • assessments, 402
        • transfer to a non-preferred home, 402
    • Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities, non-preferred home
      • public consultation, 404
      • statements from stakeholders, 403
    • Appreciation
      • Suomi Koti of Thunder Bay, 629
    • Autism services
      • service capacity
        • regional availability
          • northern Ontario, 3196
    • Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
      • in long-term care homes, 4422
    • Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
      • second reading, 1542
    • Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
    • Broadband infrastructure development
      • government funding, 3474
    • Budget 2022/2023
      • climate change, 619
      • Indigenous affairs, 237
    • Budget 2023/2024
      • correctional services
        • post-release supports, 3211
      • housing, 3162
    • Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
    • Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
    • Cabinet ministers
      • mandate letters, release of, 3698
    • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
      • rights under
        • freedom of association
          • collective bargaining, 1105
    • Career colleges
      • private career colleges
        • "private," removal, 3472
    • Conservation authorities
    • Consumption and treatment services
      • clinics, for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 2152
      • methadone clinics
        • for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 1874
      • mobile crisis intervention units, 1874
    • Developmental disabilities, persons with
      • social assistance system
        • legal proceedings, 4392
    • Developmental services - adult
    • Education
      • class sizes
    • Education funding
    • Education funding - special education
      • funding models, 3700
      • general remarks, 3701
    • Education - student outcomes
      • government strategy, 3700
      • performance metrics
        • factors affecting, 3702
    • Education system
    • Education workers
      • mental health, 1062
      • role in schools, 1099
    • Education workers - collective bargaining
      • back-to-work legislation
        • impact on labour rights, 1099
    • Elder abuse
      • prevention
    • Employment standards
      • general remarks, 994
    • Financial Accountability Officer (FAO)
      • reports
        • 2020-2021 Inter-provincial Comparison, 403
        • Expenditure Monitor 2021-2022: Q1, 403
        • Expenditure Monitor 2021-2022: Q4, 403
    • French-language debates
      • Déclarations des députées et députés
      • Loi de 2022 pour favoriser le développement (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 2
        • deuxième lecture, 233
    • Fuel prices
    • Gender-based violence
      • victim support services
        • general remarks, 2715
    • Go Transit
      • accessibility, 3411
    • Government expenditures
      • healthcare, 403
    • Government record
      • health care, 235
      • PC (2018-present)
      • social assistance, 235
    • Government services
      • access to
        • northern Ontario, 237
      • privatization, 1099
    • Health care
      • privatization, 402
    • Health care - northern Ontario
      • access to
        • government strategy, 550
    • Health care - primary care
      • access to
        • northern Ontario, 4164
    • Health care services
      • access to
        • northern Ontario, 3471
        • uninsured patients, 3216
    • Health care workers
      • compensation
        • impact on retention, 639
      • sterilization technicians
      • working conditions
    • Health care workers`
      • recruitment and retention
        • northern and rural Ontario, 2266
    • Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
    • Highway 413
      • agricultural impact, 716
      • environmental impact, 619
    • Highway maintenance and repair
      • northern Ontario
        • general remarks, 716
      • winter road closures
    • Highway safety
    • Home and community care
      • vs. health care institutions
        • standards of care, 404
    • Housing - affordable
      • access to, 174
    • Housing - affordable by region
    • Housing - affordable, development of
      • northern Ontario, 2861
    • Housing development
      • community relations
        • and environmental protection, 167
      • land availability, 1658
    • Housing - development
      • regulatory environment, 3464
    • Housing development - by region
    • Housing development - municipal charges
      • development charges, exemptions and discounts
        • impact on municipalities, 1655
    • Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
      • real estate services
        • contracts, oversight, 2515
    • Intimate partner violence
      • victim support services
        • housing supports, funding, 2726
    • Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
    • Kidney disease
      • treatment services, access to
        • northern Ontario, 3430
        • Northern Ontario Health Grant, 3431
    • Land use planning - environmental assessments
      • class environment assessments
        • 30-day review period, ministerial waiver, 3887
    • Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
    • Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation
      • accessibility standards, 4187
    • Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation, project planning process
      • consultation, inclusionary practices, 4182
    • Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
    • Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
    • Long-term care
      • care environment, 405
    • Long-term care - accountability and oversight
      • facility inspections
    • Long-term care - administration
      • licensing
        • renewal contracts
          • for-profit operators, 395
          • for-profit providers, 403
    • Long-term care - COVID-19
      • fatalities
        • for-profit vs. not-for.profit, 402
    • Long-term care - operators
      • for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 395
    • Long-term care - public vs private
      • general remarks, 235
      • government funding, 403
    • Long-term care - public vs. private
      • general remarks, 2394
    • Long-term care - residents
      • role of essential caregivers, 403
    • Long-term care - staff
    • Manufacturing - employment
      • Alstom (Thunder Bay)
    • Manufacturing industry - facility development
      • site selection, 2455
    • Members' statements
      • Employment standards, 994
      • Indigenous affairs, 4380
      • Injured workers, 1666, 3792
      • Mental health and addiction services, 2152–2153
      • Suomi Koti, 629
      • Women's services, 2715
    • Members'/ministers' constituencies
      • Thunder BaySuperior North, 234
    • Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 233–236
    • Members/ministers quoting
      • constituent letters
        • More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23), 1656
      • The Meredith Principles, 3219–3220
      • news media
        • housing development, 1657
    • Members'/ministers' quoting
      • Matawa Chiefs Council
      • news media
        • regulatory policy, 3471
    • Members'/ministers' remarks
    • Mental health and addictions
      • social determinants of, 2626
    • Mental health and addictions services
      • community-based supports
    • Mental health and addictions services - funding
      • allocation
        • delivery models, public, 2152
    • Mines and mining
    • Mining industry
      • Indigenous communities
        • government relations, 4380
      • occupational health and safety
        • exposure limits, diesel, 4172
      • regulatory environment, 3473
    • Mining sites
      • development of
        • timelines for, 2765
    • Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
      • mail sorting service
        • private contracting of, 157
    • More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
    • More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
    • More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
    • Nurses
      • shortage, impact of, 2803
    • Nurses - employment
      • compensation
        • public vs. private, 88
        • retention bonus, 640
    • Nurses - temporary agencies
    • Occupational health and safety
    • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
      • assesment process
      • barriers to access, 2928, 3471–3472
      • benefit rates
        • and cost of living, 156
      • housing allowance, board and lodge
    • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
      • vs. cost of living, 3017
      • previous increases and decreases, 235
      • relationship status, recipients, 3017
    • Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)
      • third party appeals, elimination of
        • statements by stakeholders, 1657
    • Ontario Works (OW)
      • benefit rates
        • general remarks, 235
    • Opioid addiction
      • fatalities by region
    • Opposition day motions
      • Health care
      • Mental health services
      • Social assistance
    • Optometry and optometrists
      • OHIP-covered services, seniors
    • Persons with disabilities
      • employment
        • general remarks, 1094
    • Petitions
    • Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
    • Post-secondary education
    • Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
      • sexual misconduct against students
    • Post-secondary education - sexual violence and harassment
      • general remarks, 1229
    • Private members' public business
      • Enhancing Public Transit Accessibility Act, 2023 (Bill 82)
      • Highway construction
      • Making Northern Ontario Highways Safer Act, 2022 (Bill 43)
      • Seniors Month Act, 2023 (Bill 70)
      • Social assistance
    • Public health units
      • northern Ontario
        • amalgamation of units, 549
    • Public sector compensation - increase cap
    • Public sector compensation - increase cap, health care workers
      • general remarks, 235–236
      • impact on retention, 88
      • nurses
        • impact on retention, 2394
    • Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
    • Question period
    • Racial Equity in the Education System Act, 2022 (Bill 16)
      • first reading, 560
    • Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
    • Rental housing
      • tenant protections, 4422
    • Retirement homes
    • School boards
      • expenditures
        • due to COVID-19, 3699
      • reporting requirements
    • Senior citizens
      • advocate for older adults
      • health and well-being
        • general remarks, 2937
      • housing
    • Sexual assault crisis centres
      • government funding, 1229
    • Sexual violence and harassment
    • Social assistance programs
      • benefit rates
        • and cost of living, 3218
        • and food security, 793
        • impact on health and wellness, 2119
      • and cost of living, 1094
    • St. Thomas - Central Elgin Boundary Adjustment Act, 2023 (Bill 63)
    • Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
    • Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
    • Supportive housing
    • Teachers
      • education and training
        • general remarks, 3701
    • Throne speech debate
      • participation, 431
    • Toronto Metropolitan University
      • name change from Ryerson University, 1229
    • Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
    • Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) expansion - Ontario Line
      • transit vehicles
        • content requirements, percentage, 1966
    • Trucking industry
      • certification training
        • and road safety, 2905
    • Unhoused persons
      • support programs and services
    • Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
    • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
      • claims assessment process
        • general remarks, 235
      • compensation claims, 2918, 3218
      • cost-of-living allowance, 1666
      • deeming policy, 1765–1766, 3004, 3220
      • employer premiums
        • general remarks, 1666
      • history of, 235
      • occupational diseases
        • compensation claims, 3792
      • surplus funds
        • employer return, 3472
    • Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
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