Speaker letter v House Hansard index Parliament 43 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: V

Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming—Cochrane)
- Agricultural industry
  - impact of climate change, 2337
  - northern Ontario
    - crop suitability, 2337, 2777
- Agricultural land
  - conservation of, 912
    - committee presentations, 1684
    - effect on food security, 1260
    - general remarks, 2336
    - government strategy, 1376
    - impact on food security, 1513, 1686
    - statements by stakeholders, 1830
  - conversion to non-agricultural uses, 1830, 2335, 2457
    - public response, 1830
  - development on, 1664–1665, 1686, 1731
    - land availability, 1684
  - loss of
    - annual rate, 1915, 2776–2777
  - ownership models, 2777
  - productivity per acre, 1915
  - protection of, 1916
  - residental lots, 4478
- 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
  - biosecurity, 2648
- Agri-food industry
  - Feeder Cattle Loan Guarantee Program
    - exemptions, 2648–2649
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities
  - consent
    - general remarks, 579–580
- Animal welfare
  - fines and penalties
    - cost recovery, veterinary services, 3934
- Animal welfare inspectors
  - education and training, 3934
- Animal welfare - livestock
  - general remarks, 3931–3932
  - inspectors, authority of, 3930
- Animal welfare offences
  - appeal process, 3930
- Appreciation
  - Modeste, Kevin, 2153
- Automotive industry - manufacturing
  - decline and recovery, 2335–2336
- Bail program reform
  - general remarks, 3341–3342
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1570
  - third reading, 2065
- Board of Internal Economy
  - authority of, 1930, 1933
  - composition of, 1934
- Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
  - responded to, 3241–3243, 3266, 3281
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - third reading, 4320
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2659, 2688–2692
  - third reading, 4141
- Committee procedure
  - membership
    - selection process, 264–265
- Correctional facilities - inmates
  - demographics of
    - pretrial detention, 3932
- COVID-19
  - societal impact, 3444
- Crime
  - socio-economic factors
    - and policing of, 3929, 3934
- Dairy industry
  - regulatory environment, 3444
  - temperature regulations
    - milk, 3444
- Douglas, Tommy
  - general remarks, 2456, 2458
- 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
    - Détachement de la PPO, 2316, 3621
- Government notices of motion
  - Appointment of House officers / Committee membership
    - responded to, 256–257, 264–265
  - Bail reform
    - amendment
      - responded to, 3340–3342
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - Greenbelt, 1687
- Greenbelt - development on
  - general remarks, 1260–1261
  - land swap, 1686
- Health care
  - access to, 3535–3536
- 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
  - public education and awareness, 3535–3536
- Heart Valve Disease Awareness Act, 2023 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 3535–3536
- Highway 11
  - closures, 3424
- 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 11/17
      - operating contracts, 1399–1400
- 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
    - funding, 2396
- Housing development
  - land availability, 1684–1685, 2336
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - timelines
    - general remarks, 148
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - transferal of costs, taxes, 1665, 1685
- 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)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1164–1165
- Land development
  - zoning, 1919
    - general remarks, 1915
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - class environment assessments
    - 30-day review period, ministerial waiver
      - parameters, 3790–3791, 3844
    - 30-day review period, purpose of, 3843
      - public consultation, 2585
    - consultation process, 2585
  - consultation process, 2584
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 1930–1935
- 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
  - allegations against member, 2804–2805
- 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)
  - second reading, 3441–3448, 3470, 3492, 3513
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1731
  - third reading, 2648–2649
- Manufacturing industry - facility development
  - approvals and permits
    - process, 2335, 2457
- Members' statements
  - Highway improvement, 3424
  - Highway safety, 3791, 4158, 4321–4322
  - Lei, Victor, 3134
  - Modeste, Kevin, 2153
  - Northern health services, 2660
  - Township of Armstrong sewage lagoon, 282, 1366, 1704
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - conflict of interest
    - appearance of, 4204–4205
- 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
    - Adams Mine Landfill, 3841–3842
- Mining sites
  - closure plans
    - ministerial authority, 2690
    - technical review by qualified professions, 2691–2692
  - development of
    - timelines for, 2688, 2691
- Ministerial statements
  - Police Week
    - responded to, 4269
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - third reading, 579–580
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - third reading, 1664–1665, 1684–1687
- 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
  - reform, 1686
- 1204755 Ontario Limited Act, 2022 (Bill Pr3)
  - first reading, 823–824
  - second reading, 2139
  - third reading, 2139
- 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
    - responded to, 2396
- 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)
    - impact on, 3929
- 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
    - responded to, 912–913
  - Farmland and Arable Land Strategy Act, 2023 (Bill 62)
    - second reading, 2776–2778
  - Highway construction
    - responded to, 718–719
  - 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)
    - second reading, 1914–1916, 1919
  - Strengthening Members' Integrity Act, 2023 (Bill 100)
    - second reading, 4204–4205
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - responded to, 1399–1400
- 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
  - health care workers
    - impact on retention, 3242–3243
- Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 2819–2824
  - third reading, 4156–4158
- Question period
  - Government policies
    - presented, 2121
  - Home care
    - presented, 443
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 1260–1261, 1376, 1830, 3748
  - Library services
    - presented, 2447–2448
  - Municipal finances
    - presented, 4328
  - Protection for workers
    - presented, 3146
  - Public Order Emergency Commission
    - presented, 872
  - Township of Armstrong sewage lagoon
    - presented, 641
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2583–2586
  - third reading, 3790–3791, 3841–3844
- Regulatory policy
  - general remarks, 3442
- Ring of fire development
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 2459
- Ring of Fire development
  - road infrastructure, 3241
- Road safety
  - northern Ontario, 3241–3243
    - driver fatalities, 2145
- Rouge National Urban Park
  - government obligations, Parks Canada, 2121
- Sergeant-at-Arms
  - appointment, removal and suspension, 1932
- Sewage and wastewater management
  - sewage lagoons
    - consultation process, 3842–3843
    - by region
      - Timiskaming-Cochrane
        approval process, 641, 2584
      - Timiskaming–Cochrane, 282, 1366, 1704
- Speaker
  - election of, 1929–1930
- St. Thomas - Central Elgin Boundary Adjustment Act, 2023 (Bill 63)
  - second reading, 2334–2337
  - legislative process, 2335
  - scheduling and agendas, 2334–2337
  - third reading, 2456–2459
- Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
  - second reading, 3927–3934
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
  - scope of, 148–149
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 147–149
- Time allocation motions
  - Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
    - responded to, 1164–1165
- 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 (Bruce–Grey–Owen 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
      - Timiskaming–Cochrane, 3932–3933
  - by region
    - Cochrane, 2458
- 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
    - impact on food security, 1659, 1664
  - 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)
  - second reading, 3695, 3698–3702
- 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)
  - second reading, 3162, 3210–3211
  - third reading, 4346, 4352–4355, 4361
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2688, 2694–2695, 2712, 2756, 2763–2765
  - Indigenous communities response, 3472–3473
- 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
  - mandate, 1658–1659
    - flood mitigation, 1555–1556
  - role in development process
    - authority and jurisdiction, 924
- 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
  - supportive housing
    - access to, 3139–3140
    - wait-times, 3140
- Education
  - class sizes
    - impact on students, 3699, 3701
- Education funding
  - allocation, 3700
  - general remarks, 3699
- Education funding - special education
  - funding models, 3700
  - general remarks, 3701
- Education - student outcomes
  - government strategy, 3700
  - performance metrics
    - factors affecting, 3702
- Education system
  - standardization, 3700–3701
- 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
    - community organizations, funding, 2670–2671
    - general remarks, 4422
- 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
    - Affaires francophones, 3244–3245
  - Loi de 2022 pour favoriser le développement (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 2
    - deuxième lecture, 233
- Fuel prices
  - affordability
    - northern Ontario, 1675–1676
- 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)
    - directives and policies, 1655
    - environmental policy, 619
    - senior citizens, 2936–2937
  - 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
    - compensation, 2379
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 403–404
- Health care workers`
  - recruitment and retention
    - northern and rural Ontario, 2266
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3625, 3630, 3632
- Highway 413
  - agricultural impact, 716
  - environmental impact, 619
- Highway maintenance and repair
  - northern Ontario
    - general remarks, 716
  - winter road closures
    - impact of, 2143
- Highway safety
  - northern Ontario, 236, 2144
- Home and community care
  - vs. health care institutions
    - standards of care, 404
- Housing - affordable
  - access to, 174
- Housing - affordable by region
  - Sudbury, 3625
- 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
  - Thunder Bay, 1664, 2295
- 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)
  - second reading, 1062, 1099, 1105
- 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)
  - role of, 3640
- 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)
  - second reading, 3464, 3471–3475
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1765–1769
  - third reading, 2918, 2928
- Long-term care
  - care environment, 405
- Long-term care - accountability and oversight
  - facility inspections
    - general remarks, 403, 405
- 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
  - shortage, 402–403, 570
- Manufacturing - employment
  - Alstom (Thunder Bay)
    - procurement contracts
      - funding, 1966–1967
- 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 Bay—Superior 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
    - Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71), 3472–3473
  - news media
    - regulatory policy, 3471
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1657
- Mental health and addictions
  - social determinants of, 2626
- Mental health and addictions services
  - community-based supports
    - funding, 1873
- Mental health and addictions services - funding
  - allocation
    - delivery models, public, 2152
- Mines and mining
  - Indigenous consultation and consent
    - general remarks, 2688, 2694–2695, 2756, 2763–2764
  - recruitment and retention, 2712
- 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)
  - second reading, 402–406, 424
  - third reading, 570
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - stakeholder consultation, 1658
  - statements by stakeholders, 1656–1657
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 924
  - third reading, 1655–1659, 1664
- Nurses
  - shortage, impact of, 2803
- Nurses - employment
  - compensation
    - public vs. private, 88
    - retention bonus, 640
- Nurses - temporary agencies
  - hiring of, 2394
- Occupational health and safety
  - enforcement, 3219
  - injured workers, 1768
  - injuries and fatalities, 240
    - employer registry for, 1768
  - young workers, 3218–3219
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - assesment process
    - regulations, 3017
  - barriers to access, 2928, 3471–3472
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 156
  - housing allowance, board and lodge
    - reform, 3018
- 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
    - Thunder Bay, 1873
- Opposition day motions
  - Health care
    - responded to, 2394–2395
  - Mental health services
    - responded to, 2626
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 1094
- Optometry and optometrists
  - OHIP-covered services, seniors
    - eye-exams, 3071
- Persons with disabilities
  - employment
    - general remarks, 1094
- Petitions
  - Chronic pain treatment, 2914
  - Missing persons, 3202
  - Social assistance, 1085, 2045, 2134, 2383–2384, 3383, 4337–4338
  - Trespass notices, 3679
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 80, 233–237, 240, 250, 252
  - third reading, 619
- Post-secondary education
  - tuition, 1767
- Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
  - sexual misconduct against students
    - workplace, nature of, 1202, 1227
- Post-secondary education - sexual violence and harassment
  - general remarks, 1229
- Private members' public business
  - Enhancing Public Transit Accessibility Act, 2023 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 3410–3411
  - Highway construction
    - responded to, 716–717
  - Making Northern Ontario Highways Safer Act, 2022 (Bill 43)
    - second reading, 2143–2144
  - Seniors Month Act, 2023 (Bill 70)
    - second reading, 2936–2937
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 3017–3018
- Public health units
  - northern Ontario
    - amalgamation of units, 549
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - impact of, 3217–3218
- 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)
  - third reading, 4182, 4187, 4191, 4194
- Question period
  - Accessibility for persons with disabilities
    - presented, 2961–2962
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 2861
  - Assisted housing
    - presented, 3139–3140, 4392
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 3196
  - Doctor shortage
    - presented, 4164
  - Elder abuse
    - presented, 2670–2671
  - Gasoline prices
    - presented, 1675–1676
  - Gender-based violence
    - presented, 2726
  - Government contract
    - presented, 1966–1967
  - Health care workers
    - presented, 639–640, 2379–2380
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 1555–1556
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 395, 487, 3673
  - Mental health and addiction services
    - presented, 1873–1874
  - Northern health services
    - presented, 549–550, 3430–3431
  - Nurses
    - presented, 88, 2803–2804
  - Optometry services
    - presented, 3071
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 156–157, 793, 2119
  - Social services
    - presented, 878–879
  - Winter highway safety
    - presented, 2905
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 4172
- Racial Equity in the Education System Act, 2022 (Bill 16)
  - first reading, 560
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2515, 2533
  - third reading, 3887
- Rental housing
  - tenant protections, 4422
- Retirement homes
  - for-profit vs. not-for.profit, 4421–4422
  - visitors
    - trespass orders, 3673, 4422
- School boards
  - expenditures
    - due to COVID-19, 3699
  - reporting requirements
    - to parents, 3699
- Senior citizens
  - advocate for older adults
    - creation of office, 4421–4422
      - statements by stakeholders, 4427
  - health and well-being
    - general remarks, 2937
  - housing
    - accessibility, 4421–4422
- Sexual assault crisis centres
  - government funding, 1229
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - against Indigenous Peoples
    - court cases, 1202, 1228
  - power dynamics involved in, 1202–1203, 1227–1229
  - prevention
    - education, consent, 1230
- 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)
  - second reading, 2295
  - third reading, 2454–2455
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1202–1203, 1227–1230
  - third reading, 1862
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 167, 174
- Supportive housing
  - wait-times, 4392
- 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)
  - accessibility, 3410–3411
- 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
    - funding
      - by region
        Thunderbay, 878–879
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - second reading, 2993, 3004, 3216–3220, 3223
- 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
      - Dryden mill, 2993
  - surplus funds
    - employer return, 3472
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 2266–2267, 2464

Last updated Monday, June 05, 2023

House speaker index

Letter: V

Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming—Cochrane)

Vaugeois, L. (NDP, Thunder Bay—Superior North)