Speaker letter b House Hansard index Parliament 44 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: B

Babikian, A. (PC, Scarborough—Agincourt)
- Armenia
  - genocide (1915), 4063
- Members' statements
  - Armenian genocide anniversary, 84, 4063
  - Ecumenical meeting in Istanbul, 2849
  - Events in Scarborough–Agincourt, 766, 2074
- Mental health and addictions services
  - Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs, 497
- Mental health and addictions services - children and youth
  - youth wellness hubs, 496
- Petitions
  - Gender identity, 3775–3776
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 293
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 117
- Question period
  - Anti-racism activities
    - responded to, 2613
  - Mental health and addiction services
    - presented, 496–497
  - Public safety
    - presented, 2374
- Racism and anti-racism
  - education and awareness, 2613
  - government funding
    - Anti-Hate Security and Prevention Grant, 2613
Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia—Lambton)
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2574
- Budget speech 2025 (May 15, 2025),
  - responded to, 1008
- Business - local
  - promotion of
    - Buy Ontario, Buy Canadian Day, 158
- Business - small and medium-sized
  - government strategy, 159
- Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
  - geological carbon storage
    - hard-to-abate industries, 1304–1305
- Economic development
  - by region
    - southwestern Ontario, 2317
  - rural economic development strategy, 1305
- Emergency management
  - infrastructure, critical, 1668
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1668
- Energy generation
  - revitalization, power station
    - Sarnia-Lambton, 425
- Energy industry
  - security
    - Enbridge Line 5, 2059
- Energy policy
  - government strategy, 557–558
- Health care
  - government strategy, 732
- Health care - primary care
  - teaching clinics, 735
  - team-based, 596
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - by region
    - Sarnia—Lambton, 735
- Health information
  - Electronic Health Record
    - patient access, 733–734
  - protection of privacy, 733–734
- Manufacturing industry
  - defence sector, 1515–1516
- Medical Officers of Health
  - class orders by local medical officers
    - Chief Medical Officer approval, 733–735
- Members' statements
  - Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital Foundation, 3349–3350
  - Government investments, 969, 2317, 2787–2788, 3687
  - Lambton Generating Station, 425
  - Pathways Health Centre for Children, 614
  - Top Shelf Canada, 1763
- Mental health and addictions services
  - Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs, 419, 483
- More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 483, 596, 732–736
- Nurse practitioners
  - by region
    - Sarnia—Lambton, 736
  - scope of practice
    - mandatory blood reporting, 733–734
- Nurses
  - recruitment and retention, 735
- Nurses - temporary agencies
  - accountability and oversight
    - fees, disclosure, 732–734
  - hiring
    - cost, 735
- Ontario Health atHome
  - and French Language Services Act, 732
- Pipelines
  - Enbridge Line 5
    - economic benefits, 2060
    - energy security, 2059
- Private members' public business
  - Energy security,
    - presented, 2059–2060
    - responded to, 2063–2064
- Question period
  - Economic development
    - presented, 158–159
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 557–558
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 157
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 1515–1516
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1304–1305, 1307–1308
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 419, 422
- 778624 Ontario Limited Act, 2026 (Bill Pr39)
  - first reading, 3221
- Surveyors
  - government strategy, 1305
- Unhoused persons
  - encampments
    - impact, 423
- Wildland fire management
  - fire inspectors
    - powers
      - Indigenous communities, 1307
  - government funding, 1308
Begum, D. (NDP, Scarborough Southwest)
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2575, 2648–2650, 2652
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 1539–1543
- Buy Ontario Act, 2025 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2631, 2636
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Public transit
    - presented, 3046
- Democracy
  - parliamentary procedure, 3087–3088
- Doctors - education and training
  - residency
    - Ontario high school requirement, 1714–1715
- Electricity supply
  - demand, 1942
- Emergency management
  - ministerial authority, 1672
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1672
- Employment - youth
  - rate of, 1267
- Energy industry
  - privatization, 1942–1944
- Energy policy
  - access to grid, conditional
    - accountability and oversight, 1943
    - data centres, 1942
- Ethiopian community
  - awareness and education
    - Ethiopian Heritage Month, 2889
- Ethiopian Heritage Month Act, 2025 (Bill 38)
  - first reading, 1122
  - third reading, 2889
- Firefighters and fire services
  - appreciation, 1941
- Health care
  - spending
    - per capita, 576
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international
  - credential recognition, 3033
  - residency match
    - prioritization, 3033
- Highways and roads - safety
  - general remarks, 1540
- Hospitals - infrastructure
  - as nation-building, 576
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
    - cancellations, 3033
- Innovation and technology industry
  - data centres
    - resource needs, 1942, 1944
- Israel-Hamas war
  - impact on Palestinian territories, 486
- Land use planning
  - boundary adjustments
    - Barrie—Oro-Medonte—Springwater, 2648–2650
- Legislative procedure
  - committee sittings, 3087–3088
  - house sittings
    - adjournment length, 3087–3088
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Eglinton Crosstown
  - delays, 1906
  - opening date, 2272, 2677
  - procurement policies, 1906
- Members' statements
  - Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, 2603
  - Conflict in Middle East, 486, 1900–1901
  - Corvette, Nyad, 3006
  - Unemployment, 1378
  - Youth employment, 1267
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1539
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - t-shirts, 1382
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1944
- Metrolinx
  - accountability and transparency, 3068
  - performance, 2912–2913
  - public inquiry, 3046
- Motions
  - House sittings,
    - responded to, 3087–3088
- Natural gas distributors
  - connection requests
    - municipal by-laws, 1944
- Opposition day motions
  - Hospital funding,
    - responded to, 575–576
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 325
  - Consumer protection, 2545
  - Endangered species, 2036
  - Health care workers, 1653
  - Injured workers, 1655
  - Social assistance, 2330–2331, 2543–2544, 2868
  - Tuition, 810, 2546
  - Youth mental health, 2918
- Private members' public business
  - Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day Act, 2025 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 2665
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - third reading, 3032–3033
- Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1941–1945
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - public opinion, 1057
- Public sector procurement
  - government strategy, 2631
- Public sector procurement - domestic
  - steel, 2636
- Question period
  - Foreign-trained doctors
    - presented, 1714–1715
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1057
  - Public transit
    - presented, 321, 1906, 2272, 2677, 2912–2913, 3068
- Special economic zones
  - accountability and oversight, 1057
- Speeding prevention
  - automated speed enforcement
    - government strategy, 1539
    - impact, 1540, 1543
    - statements from stakeholders, 1539, 1542
    - statistics, 1540–1541, 1543
    - value for money, 1541
  - speed bumps and traffic-calming road design
    - and EMS vehicles, 1540, 1542
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) expansion - Scarborough subway extension
  - delays, 321
- Tribunals
  - backlogs, 3033
- Tributes
  - Davis, Rev William Charles (Scarborough Centre), 2814–2815
Bell, J. (NDP, University—Rosedale)
- Affordable housing
  - government strategy, 336
- Agriculture industry
  - government strategy, 727
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - promotion of, 909
- Agri-food industry
  - government strategy, 727
- Auditor General of Ontario - reports
  - 2025 Annual Report
    - health care system, 2787
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2647, 2651–2652, 2654, 2656–2657
- Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3805, 3982, 3984, 3986–3988
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
  - expansion
    - cost and responsibility, 4323
    - economic impact, 4199–4200
    - health and safety, 4196–4197
    - noise, 4196–4197
    - Pearson airport expansion, 4198, 4322
    - public response, 4195
    - tourism, Toronto waterfront, 4197–4198
    - traffic impact, 4196
- Budget 2025/2026
  - affordability, 724, 959
  - business and employment, 819–820
    - Protecting Ontario Account, 1081–1082
  - education, 815–816, 960
  - Financial Accountability Office of Ontario, 1142
  - general remarks, 822, 959
  - government strategy, 1142–1144
  - health care, 814–815, 959–960
    - public vs. private, 814, 960
  - municipalities, 961–962
  - post-secondary education, 818–819, 962
  - pre-budget consultations
    - Association of Municipalities of Ontario, 726–727
    - Fix Our Schools, 725–726
    - Ontario Alliance to End Homelessness, 817
    - Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, 727
    - Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, 725, 814
    - Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 727, 820
    - Ontario Medical Association, 724–725
    - Ontario Public Transit Association, 727
    - Unifor, 724
- Budget 2026/2027
  - affordability, 3299, 3496
  - agriculture, 3297
  - autism services, 3298
  - climate change, 3306
  - education, 3299, 3393, 3497–3498
    - per-student funding, 3298, 3518
  - health care, 3299, 3496–3497
    - hospitals, 3298–3299
    - staff, wage parity, 3298
  - housing, 3498
    - affordable, 3300
  - pre-budget consultations, 3297–3299
  - social assistance, 3298
  - statistics, 3305
  - United States tariffs, response
    - Protect Ontario Account Investment Fund, 3299
- Budget speech 2025 (May 15, 2025),
  - responded to, 959–962, 1081–1082, 1087
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - responded to, 3496–3498, 3518, 3522, 3827
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4195–4200, 4319, 4322–4324, 4327–4328, 4331
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3546
- Business
  - government funding
    - conditions, 819
- Business - small and medium-sized
  - government strategy, 336
- Buy Ontario Act, 2025 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2469–2470, 2519–2524, 2527–2528, 2641
- Children and youth
  - vaping, 3298
- Climate change.
  - government strategy, 820
- Climate change mitigation
  - greenhouse gas emissions
    - reduction targets, 2336
- Condominiums
  - accountability and oversight, 2522–2523
  - consumer protection, 2523–2524
- Conservation authorities
  - consolidation, 3299
- Consumer protection
  - algorithmic pricing, 3864
  - price gouging, 3496
  - product labelling
    - domestic/international/interprovincial, 727, 819, 908
- Court administration - backlogs
  - and government funding, 534
  - government strategy, 373
  - impact, 533
  - stay of proceedings, 446
- Economic conditions
  - general remarks, 3498
- Economic development
  - government strategy, 724
- Education
  - government funding, 621, 1146
  - school boards
    - government strategy, 2280, 3986
  - special education
    - Heydon Park Secondary School, 2856–2857
- Education funding
  - allocation per student, 493, 821
  - allocation vs. inflation, 815, 960, 2094, 2335
  - general remarks, 3227, 3284, 3767
  - Grants for Student Needs (GSN), 960
- Education funding - special education
  - general remarks, 816, 960, 3497, 3767
  - statements from stakeholders, 816
- Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAQ)
  - board of directors, appointments, 3984
- Education workers
  - shortage, 2335
- Emergency management
  - climate change, 1617
  - weather events, extreme, 1621
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1617, 1621
- Employment
  - creation and loss, 2094
  - general remarks, 2335
  - statistics, 1919
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - consultations, 2647
  - second reading, 1870
  - feedback from stakeholders, 2396, 2530
  - third reading, 2396
- Five Senses Productions Inc. Act, 2025 (Bill Pr10)
  - first reading, 1848
  - second reading, 3002
  - third reading, 3002
- Food banks - usage
  - demographics, 2094
- Food security
  - children and youth, 485
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990
  - scope changes, 3522
- Government accountability and oversight
  - special economic zones, 289
- Government accountability and transparency
  - jet purchase, 3827, 3998
- Government advertising
  - partisan, 2741–2742
- Government contracts
  - public procurement directives
    - Ontario businesses, 2006
- Government debt and deficit
  - debt-to-GDP ratio, 1144–1145
  - general remarks, 2336
- Government finances
  - accountability and transparency, 813, 3827
  - fall economic statement (2025), 2094
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - democratic process, 3718–3719
- Health care
  - delivery models
    - public vs. private, 814–815
  - reports and recommendations, 724–725
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 336, 814, 3226–3227, 3284
  - inflation, 2094, 2335
  - per person, 959–960
  - public vs. private, 814, 3497
- Health care - primary care
  - access, 959
  - statements from stakeholders, 814
  - statistics, 814
  - team-based, 814
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - government strategy, 959
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - Highway 401
    - tunneling, 813–814
- Home and community care - funding
  - remote monitoring, 2471
- Hospital services - emergency
  - capacity and overcrowding, 959
- Hospitals
  - capital projects
    - procurement policies, 1907–1908
  - government funding, 725
- Hospitals - by site
  - capital projects
    - Mississauga Hospital, 1519
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
  - and long-term-care beds, 725
- Housing.
  - government strategy, 2656, 3227
- Housing development - infrastructure
  - government funding, 962
  - government strategy, 961
- Housing supply
  - government strategy, 817–818
  - vs. other jurisdictions, 2335
- HST Relief Implementation Act (Residential Property Rebates), 2026 (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 4389–4393, 4396–4397
- Infrastructure development - funding
  - general remarks, 821
- International trade - tariffs, United States
  - government strategy, 209
  - jobs, impact, 209
- Intimate partner violence
  - government response
    - reports and recommendations, 534
- Judges
  - independence of, 532
- Judicial appointments
  - process
    - statements from stakeholders, 532
- Justice system
  - government funding, 533
- Land use planning
  - boundary adjustments
    - Barrie—Oro-Medonte—Springwater
      - development, impact, 2654
      - municipal taxes, impact, 2657
    - via regulations, 2652
  - Toronto waterfront
    - federal role, 4198, 4319, 4327
    - housing, Port Lands, 4198, 4322–4323, 4328
    - legal mechanisms, 4195
    - special economic zone, 4195
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
  - government strategy, 2396
- Members' statements
  - Food insecurity, 485
  - Freedom of the press, 4136
  - Government accountability, 1963
  - Health care, 2786–2787
  - Labour dispute, 1106
  - Remote Care Monitoring program, 2471
  - Services for persons with disabilities, 3400
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 2094
- Municipal infrastructure
  - infrastructure deficit
    - and property taxes, 726
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy, 419, 3498
- Niagara Region
  - observation wheel, 3284
- 1000401924 Ontario Inc. Act, 2026 (Bill Pr21)
  - first reading, 2035
  - second reading, 3389
  - third reading, 3389
- 1000401927 Ontario Inc. Act, 2026 (Bill Pr22)
  - first reading, 2034
  - second reading, 3389
  - third reading, 3389
- Ontario Place - lease of, redevelopment agreements
  - Therme, 813
- Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
  - grant to loan ratio, 3298
- Opposition day motions
  - Consumer protection,
    - responded to, 3864
  - Government contracts,
    - responded to, 1919–1920
  - Taxation,
    - responded to, 336–337
  - Tenant protection,
    - responded to, 2429
- Peel region
  - public services
    - downloading to municipalities
      - citizens' bills, impact, 1961, 2727
      - impact, 2728
- Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1961, 2727–2728
- Persons with developmental disabilities
  - government strategy, 3400
- Persons with disabilities
  - services for
    - labour disputes, 1106
- Petitions
  - Addiction services, 437
  - Affordable housing, 1915, 2275
  - Collective bargaining, 4316
  - Cycling infrastructure, 810
  - Education funding, 215, 1717, 1848, 2035, 2331, 3223, 3296
  - Government accountability, 2422
  - Social assistance, 3979
  - Tenant protection, 985–986
- Pharmacists and pharmacies
  - MedsCheck program
    - billing, 813
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - committee, 1142
  - second reading, 812–822
  - legislative procedure
    - time allocation, 1142
  - third reading, 1142–1144
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2332, 2335–2337
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3297–3300, 3305–3306, 3393
- Post-secondary education
  - demand, 818
  - tuition, fees, 1637
- Post-secondary education - funding
  - general remarks, 818
  - program closures, 818–819
    - and labour market, 818–819
- Poverty
  - government strategy, 820
- Private members' public business
  - Tenant protection,
    - presented, 4355–4356
    - responded to, 4361
  - Vehicle procurement,
    - responded to, 2005–2006
- Procurement
  - Ontario businesses and labour, 1920
- Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1887
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 289, 297
- Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 373, 446, 532–534
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3998, 4002, 4006
- Public sector procurement
  - procurement restriction policy
    - United States businesses, 727
- Public sector procurement - domestic
  - domestic, definition of, 2470
  - energy sector, 2527
  - enforcement, 2519–2520
  - government strategy, 1519, 1908, 2212
  - public consultation, 2522
  - public-private partnerships (P3s), 2469
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - second reading, 3716–3721
- Question period
  - Economic development
    - presented, 908–909
  - Education funding
    - presented, 2856–2857, 3767
  - Government advertising
    - presented, 2741–2742
  - Government contracts
    - presented, 1907–1908
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 208–209
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 3164, 3284
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 1519
  - School boards
    - presented, 493, 620–621
  - Youth unemployment
    - presented, 1392
- Regional governance
  - chairs, election vs. appointment, 3986–3987
- Rent control
  - government strategy, 961
  - other jurisdictions, 961
- Rent Stabilization Act, 2025 (Bill 51)
  - first reading, 1291–1292
- Rental housing
  - cost, 817
  - cost, by region
    - Toronto, 961
  - government strategy, 818, 2396
  - rent control, 2429
  - rent increases, 961
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - third reading, 1197–1198
- School boards
  - chief executive officer model, 3721
  - government funding
    - CPP, 3720
  - government strategy, 3716–3719
- School boards - funding by board
  - Toronto District School Board, 493, 815–816
    - budget deficit, 960
- School facilities
  - conditions in, 3497
- School facilities - maintenance and repair
  - backlog, 725–726, 960
- Schools
  - attendance, 3720
  - government funding, 3716
  - property
    - acquiring and divesting, 2280, 3721
- Schools - government funding
  - supplies, 3720
- Skills Development Fund
  - application approval process, 820–821
  - beneficiaries
    - Keel Digital Solutions Inc, 2332
- Social Asset Measurements Inc. Act, 2025 (Bill Pr5)
  - first reading, 1292
  - second reading, 3002
  - third reading, 3002
- Social services
  - government funding, 724
- Special economic zones
  - allocation
    - accountability and oversight, 297
  - and duty to consult, 724
- Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 723–727
- Supply Act, 2026 (Bill 95)
  - second reading, 3226–3227
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1636–1637
  - stakeholder feedback, 2335
  - third reading, 2280–2281
- Taxation
  - reduction
    - impact, 336
- Teachers
  - recruitment and retention, 3720–3721
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 522
- Toronto Catholic District School Board
  - financial report (Deloitte)
    - release of, 621
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) expansion - Ontario Line
  - public-private partnership (P3), 4199
- Transit development
  - authority of Minister of Transportation, 3546
- Transit infrastructure development
  - procurement policies
    - domestic vs. international, 727, 820
- Unhoused persons
  - encampments
    - government response, 816–817, 961
  - government funding, allocation, 2337
  - government strategy, 726–727, 816, 961, 1197–1198
  - incarceration
    - cost vs. housing, 817, 961
  - research and statistics, 726, 816–817
- Unhoused persons - support programs and services
  - government funding, 726–727
  - supportive housing, 2336
  - transitional housing, 817
Bethlenfalvy, Hon. P. (PC, Pickering—Uxbridge)
- Alcohol producers
  - taxation, 2614
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
  - government strategy, 2093
- Border security
  - government strategy, 784
- Budget 2025/2026
  - general remarks, 779
  - government strategy, 804
- Budget 2026/2027
  - affordability, 3268
  - Building Ontario Fund, 3267, 3272
  - business investment
    - innovation and technology, 3267
  - defence sector, 3268
  - education
    - skilled trades, 3272
  - energy
    - nuclear projects, 3267
  - general remarks, 3264–3269, 3840, 3905, 3970–3971
  - innovation and technology, 3272
  - Intellectual Property Ontario, 3267
  - justice sector, 3269, 3273
  - police services
    - education and training, 3269
  - skilled trades, 3267
  - small business tax reduction, 3266
  - taxation
    - Harmonized Sales Tax rebate on home purchases, 3268, 3273
    - small business corporate income tax, 3266, 3272
  - transportation
    - highway construction and expansion, 3268
    - transit development, 3268
  - United States tariffs, response
    - Ontario Together Trade Fund, 3266
    - Protect Ontario Account Investment Fund, 3265, 3271
- Budget speech 2025 (May 15, 2025),
  - presented, 778–785
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - presented, 3264–3269
- Business
  - government funding
    - Protecting Ontario Account, 2444
    - Venture Ontario, 781
- Business investment
  - government strategy, 779
- Business - small and medium-sized
  - taxation
    - small business tax rate, 3857, 4208
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 2414, 2444, 2679, 2854, 3839–3840, 3857–3858, 4147–4148
- Economic conditions
  - government strategy, 257, 3163–3164
  - by region
    - Windsor, 2326–2327
- Economic development
  - general remarks, 3265
  - government strategy, 779–780, 1451, 1907, 2373–2374, 3904, 4142
- Employment
  - creation and loss, 1513, 4141
  - government strategy, 264
- Employment standards - wage theft
  - government strategy, 1386
- Firefighters and fire services
  - appreciation, 4308
- French-language debates
  - Budget de l'Ontario de 2025 (15 mai 2025), 779, 785
  - Budget de l'Ontario de 2026 (26 mars 2026), 3264
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Perspectives économiques et revue financière, 2091–2092
- Fuel prices - taxation
  - rate reduction, 3160
  - rate reduction, extension, 783, 3857
- Government advertising
  - as economic policy, 906
  - partisan, 800
- Government debt and deficit
  - debt-to-GDP ratio, 4208
  - general remarks, 2443–2444, 4306–4307
- Government finances
  - fall economic statement (2025), 2091–2094
    - release of, 1458
  - general remarks, 783, 2609, 3271
  - government strategy, 909
  - provincial credit rating, 783, 1458, 2443
- Health care
  - government strategy, 475
- Health care funding
  - Canada Health Transfer (federal), 784
  - general remarks, 3409–3410
- Health care - primary care
  - Primary Care Action Plan, 783
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - general remarks, 784
- Highway 407
  - tolls, removal of, 783
- Highways and roads
  - tolls
    - removal, 3857–3858
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - Webequie supply road
    - partnership agreement, 2444
- Home and community care - funding
  - general remarks, 2093
- Home ownership
  - HST rebates, 2093, 3857
- HST Relief Implementation Act (Residential Property Rebates), 2026 (Bill 114)
  - first reading, 4215
  - second reading, 4289–4291
- Infrastructure development
  - capital projects, 782–783
- Infrastructure development - funding
  - general remarks, 2444, 4208
- International trade - tariffs, United States
  - government response, 779, 2444, 3264
  - government strategy, 209
  - reactions
    - budget measures, 804
  - relief programs, 780, 2092
    - Trade-Impacted Communities Fund, 780
- Interprovincial trade
  - facilitation, 781, 3266
- Land use planning
  - approvals and permits
    - timelines, 781
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - regulatory reform
    - federal role, 781–782
- Manufacturing industry - employment
  - government strategy, 2608
  - job creation/loss, 2609
- Manufacturing industry - funding
  - Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit, 780–781
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 4073
- Mining industry.
  - government strategy, 2093, 3266
- Mining industry - Indigenous communities
  - participation in
    - Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program, 782
    - Indigenous Participation Fund, 782
- Mining industry - processing
  - Critical Minerals Processing Fund, 782, 2444
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - presented, 2091–2094
- MPP Pension and Compensation Act, 2025 (Bill 34)
  - first reading, 1060–1061
- Nuclear energy industry
  - government strategy, 2092–2093
- Nuclear generation facilities - small modular reactors (SMRs)
  - Darlington nuclear site, 782, 2444
    - Williams Treaties First Nations, 782
- Opposition day motions
  - Consumer protection,
    - responded to, 3856–3858
- Ottawa
  - government funding, 4305–4306
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - first reading, 785
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - first reading, 2091
  - ministerial statement, 2091–2094
  - third reading, 2443–2445
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - first reading, 3269–3270
  - second reading, 3271–3273
- Police services
  - government strategy, 1280
  - helicopters, 784
- Question period
  - Automotive industry
    - responded to, 257
  - Beverage alcohol sales
    - responded to, 2614
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 2414–2415, 3764
  - Crime prevention
    - responded to, 3908
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 1386
  - Employment supports
    - responded to, 1646
  - Freedom of information
    - responded to, 3972, 4073, 4308, 4407
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 27, 1389, 1451, 1513, 1770, 1906–1907, 2025–2026, 2028, 2268, 2373–2374, 2475, 2610–2611, 2854, 4140–4142
  - Government advertising
    - responded to, 800–801, 906
  - Government jet
    - responded to, 3839–3841, 3904–3905, 3970–3971, 4146–4147, 4207–4209, 4303–4307, 4310
  - Government spending
    - responded to, 801–803
  - Government's agenda
    - responded to, 3163–3164
  - Government's record
    - responded to, 914, 2679, 3160–3161
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 3409–3410
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 264–265
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - responded to, 209, 2608
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 804, 909–910, 3164–3165
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 266, 1458
  - Pension plans
    - responded to, 387–388
  - Provincial debt
    - responded to, 2861
  - Student assistance
    - responded to, 3098
  - Tobacco control
    - responded to, 1279–1280
  - Unemployment
    - responded to, 2609
  - Windsor economy
    - responded to, 2326–2327
- Ring of Fire development
  - general remarks, 4304
- Skilled trades
  - government strategy, 2610–2611
- Skills Development Fund
  - general remarks, 783
  - role of, 2028
- Social assistance programs
  - general remarks, 3858
- Surgical procedures
  - wait-time, 784
- Taxation
  - government strategy, 1389
  - rebates
    - cheques, 3857
  - reduction, 914, 2444
- Tobacco industry
  - illicit sales
    - government response, 1279–1280
- Transit
  - fare system, integration
    - One Fare program, 3858
Blais, S. (LIB, Orléans)
- Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
  - registry, 1478
- Barrie - municipal boundary adjustments
  - general remarks, 2567–2568
  - impact on property taxes, 2571
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2567–2571
- Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3882–3883, 3886, 3927–3929, 3985–3986
  - third reading, 4351–4354, 4362–4365, 4368–4369, 4372, 4377–4378, 4384–4385
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
  - expansion
    - data and research, 4237
    - weather conditions, 4233
- Budget 2025/2026
  - education, 828, 996
  - general remarks, 831
  - health care, 828, 996
  - housing, 996
  - post-secondary education, 828–829
  - taxation, 996
- Budget 2026/2027
  - agriculture, 3605
  - government strategy, 3598
  - taxation, 3597
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - responded to, 3597–3598, 3600, 3605
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 1505, 1527–1529, 1533–1535, 1541
  - time allocation, 1728–1729
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1728–1731
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4233–4234, 4237, 4349
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3453–3454, 3584–3585, 3587–3588, 3593
- Buy Ontario Act, 2025 (Bill 72)
  - regulatory implementation, 2928
  - third reading, 2927–2929
- Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
  - natural vs. geologic, 1315
  - research funding, 1314–1315
- Children and youth
  - online privacy
    - education and awareness, 2834
    - in other jurisdictions, 2834
    - protection from harm, 2529, 2833, 2892–2893
- Christian Heritage Month Act, 2025 (Bill 83)
  - first reading, 2682
- Christopher's Law (Sex Offender Registry) Amendment Act (Information Disclosure), 2025 (Bill 74)
  - first reading, 2377
- Consumer protection
  - loyalty reward points, 2223–2224, 2414
    - time-based expiration, 2224–2226, 2338, 2855–2856
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 2338
- Court administration
  - allocation of funds, 397
- Crime - government response
  - general remarks, 2341
- Crime - prevention
  - government strategy, 3144
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Education funding
    - presented, 4245
  - Government jet
    - presented, 3950–3951
  - Impaired drivers
    - presented, 3670–3671
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 3194–3195
- Democracy
  - time allocation, 1728
- Driving - impaired
  - prevention, 902, 3154, 3486
  - statistics, 3153
- Economic conditions
  - general remarks, 828, 2338
  - productivity, 1947
- Economic development
  - government strategy, 2928–2929
- Education
  - government funding, 3723
  - technology, use, 3561, 3600
- Education funding - special education
  - general remarks, 3482
  - supports and services, 3194–3195
- Education - special needs
  - government strategy, 3071
- Emergency management
  - government strategy
    - analysis and review, 1985
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1728–1731
- Employment
  - general remarks, 2927
  - government strategy, 829, 1422
  - youth
    - government strategy, 1422
- Employment standards
  - talent agencies, 3990
  - uniforms, required
    - compensation, 3990
- Employment - youth
  - government strategy, 2338
  - rate of, 2172
  - wage subsidies, 2338, 2341
    - federal programs, 2172
    - small and medium-sized businesses, 2172
- Energy conservation
  - government strategy, 866
- Energy policy
  - access to grid, conditional
    - accountability and oversight, 1946
  - subsidization, 1940, 1945–1947
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés
    - Loi de 2025 sur le Mois de la sécurité et de la protection de la vie privée des enfants en ligne, projet de loi 66
      - deuxième lecture, 2833–2834
    - Loi de 2026 sur le legs de Robbie (hommage à nos chers donneurs d’organes et de tissus), projet de loi 3
      - deuxième lecture, 4240
  - Débat sur la motion d’adjournement
    - Avion du gouvernement, 3950
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 47
  - Déclarations des députées et députés
    - Le Mouvement d’implication francophone d’Orléans, 1703
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Aide financière pour les étudiants, 3712
    - Emploi des jeunes, 2172
    - Financement des hôpitaux, 573
  - Loi de 2025 sur le plan pour protéger l’Ontario (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 24
    - deuxième lecture, 828–829
  - Loi de 2025 sur les soins primaires, projet de loi 13
    - troisième lecture, 1158
  - Loi de 2026 pour la construction de logements et
    - l’amélioration de l’infrastructure de transport,
      - projet de loi 98
        
        deuxième lecture, 3590
  - Loi de 2026 pour protéger les travailleurs et la résilience économique de l’Ontario, projet de loi 105
    - deuxième lecture, 3997
  - Période de questions
    - Programmes d’enseignement à l’enfance en difficulté, 3482
- Government accountability and transparency
  - Freedom of Information regulations, 3399
  - jet purchase, 3905–3906, 3927, 3963
- Government debt and deficit
  - general remarks, 830
  - interest on debt, 829
  - per capita, 829
- Government finances
  - provincial credit rating, 829
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - municipal-provincial relations, 2568
- Health care - primary care
  - government strategy, 828
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international
  - residency match
    - prioritization, 3990
- Health information
  - protection of privacy
    - United States corporations, 2928
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - Highway 69
    - government funding, 3593
- Highways and roads - safety
  - data transparency, 1528
  - Highway 174, 3348
  - regulations
    - fines and penalties, 1533–1534
- Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. Act, 2026 (Bill Pr9)
  - first reading, 2377
  - second reading, 3390
  - third reading, 3390
- Home ownership
  - HST rebates, 3587
- Housing.
  - affordability
    - by region, Orléans, 864
- Housing developers
  - general remarks, 864
  - role in communities, 864–865
- Housing development
  - format diversity, 864
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - city councils, 863
  - municipal standards, green, 866
  - timelines, 866
- Housing development - densification
  - general remarks, 2568–2570
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges
    - role of, 865
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - impact, 865
- Housing supply - population growth projections
  - senior citizens, 2567
- Interprovincial trade
  - migration
    - labour mobility
      - construction, 1179
  - regulations
    - occupational health and safety, impact, 1178
- Judges
  - independence of, 261, 463, 474
- Judicial appointments
  - Attorney General, role in, 456
  - other jurisdictions, 471
- Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3144, 3151, 3153–3154
- Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2025 (Bill 66)
  - first reading, 1716–1717
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - regulatory reform, 3990–3991
- Landfills
  - expansion, regulations, 3998
- Legislative procedure
  - public consultation, 996–997
  - time allocation, 1728, 1730–1731
- Members' statements
  - City of Ottawa, 20
  - Highway improvement, 3348
  - Impaired driving, 902
  - Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month, 2529
  - Le Mouvement d’implication francophone d’Orléans, 1703
  - National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan, 4299
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1948, 3906
- Mental health and addictions
  - factors affecting, 416
  - gambling, 3255
  - men, 3255
- More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (Bill 11)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 996–997
- Motions
  - House sittings,
    - responded to, 1365
- Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 926–930, 932–934, 936
  - legislative timeline, 4480
  - stakeholder consultations, 1393–1394
  - statements from stakeholders, 927–928
- Municipal councillors
  - code of conduct, standard, 928
  - criminal background checks, 928–929
  - harassment and abuse, 926–927
  - removal
    - council vote, 929–930, 1393
    - independent judiciary, 930, 933–934, 936
- Municipal governance.
  - strong mayor powers, 3886
    - Ottawa, 3929
- Natural resources
  - government strategy, 1315
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy, 419
- Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
  - hearing procedures, 1946
- Ontario Place - lease of, redevelopment agreements
  - transparency and accountability, 30
- Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
  - grant to loan ratio, 3255, 3712
- Opposition day motions
  - Government contracts,
    - responded to, 1918–1919
  - Hospital funding,
    - responded to, 573
  - Student assistance,
    - responded to, 3712–3173
  - Taxation,
    - responded to, 331–332
  - Youth employment,
    - responded to, 2172
- Ottawa
  - municipal finances
    - provincial contribution, 20
- Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 2761
- Petitions
  - Student assistance, 3222, 4217
  - Water quality, 4216
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - second reading, 827–831
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 996–997
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2309, 2337–2338, 2340–2341
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3315–3316, 3399
- Population
  - growth projections
    - and services, 829, 864
- Post-secondary education - funding
  - economic impact, 976
  - research programs, 976
- Primary Care Act, 2025 (Bill 13)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 996–997
  - third reading, 1158–1159
- Private members' public business
  - Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2025 (Bill 66)
    - second reading, 2833–2834, 2838
  - Robbie’s Legacy Act (Honouring Beloved Organ and Tissue Donors), 2026 (Bill 3)
    - second reading, 4240
- Procurement
  - alcohol
    - American
      - selling to benefit food banks, 3066
  - Ontario businesses and labour, 1918–1919
  - US companies, ban, 1918–1919
- Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 (Bill 17)
  - second reading, 863–866, 879
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2223–2227
- Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1940, 1945–1949
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - consultation, 1130–1131
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1130–1131
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 1174–1176, 1178–1179
- Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 456, 463, 471, 474
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 996–997
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3963, 3989–3992, 3998
- Public sector procurement
  - procurement restriction policy, 2928
- Public sector procurement - domestic
  - general remarks, 2927
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - second reading, 3678, 3683–3684, 3722–3726
- Question period
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 2414, 2855–2856
  - Education funding
    - presented, 4214
  - Food banks
    - presented, 3066
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 30, 1115–1116, 1386–1387, 1715–1716, 2031, 2267–2268
  - Government jet
    - presented, 3905–3906
  - Government's record
    - presented, 914, 3255
  - Impaired drivers
    - presented, 3486
  - Justice system
    - presented, 261
  - Post-secondary education
    - presented, 976
  - Special education
    - presented, 3482
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 3071
  - Taxation
    - presented, 319–320
  - Technology in schools
    - presented, 3561
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 560
- Regional governance
  - chairs, election vs. appointment, 3928, 3985
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy,
    - Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
      - report bill as amended, 1393–1394
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1314–1316, 1985
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 410, 414–416, 418–420, 423
  - recommendations, third party, 416
- School boards
  - government strategy, 3722–3724
- School boards - Toronto
  - multiple boards, 3678
- School facilities
  - custodial staff layoffs, 4214
- Schools
  - attendance, 3683, 3723–3724
  - screens, students' access to, 3723–3724
- Skills Development Fund
  - accountability and transparency, 2268
  - application approval process
    - conflict of interest, 1386–1387, 1422–1423, 2267–2268
  - beneficiaries
    - Grand Bizarre Inc, 2031
  - role of, 2337–2338, 2340
- Special economic zones
  - accountability and oversight, 1116
  - Dresden, 1115
  - government accountability and oversight, 1131
- Speed prevention
  - automated speed enforcement
    - government strategy, 1728–1730
- Speeding prevention
  - automated speed enforcement, 1529
    - community safety zones, 1505
    - statistics, 1527–1528
    - value for money, 1528, 1541
  - collisions statistics, 1528
  - speed bumps and traffic-calming road design, 1532
    - and EMS vehicles, 1534
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1759
- Taxation
  - reduction, 319–320, 828, 2338
    - lower- and middle-income households, 332, 914, 3313
- Taxation Amendment Act (Promoting Leisure Activities for Youth), 2025 (Bill 20)
  - first reading, 628
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 46–48, 55, 361, 507
- Time allocation motions
  - Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56),
    - responded to, 1728–1731
  - Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25),
    - responded to, 1728–1731
  - More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (Bill 11),
    - responded to, 996–997
  - Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24),
    - responded to, 996–997
  - Primary Care Act, 2025 (Bill 13),
    - responded to, 996–997
  - Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5),
    - responded to, 1130–1131
  - Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10),
    - responded to, 996–997
  - Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30),
    - responded to, 1728–1731
- Transit
  - fare system affordability, 3453
- Transit - by region
  - Ottawa
    - LRT uploading, 560
- 2163694 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2025 (Bill Pr18)
  - first reading, 1717
- Unhoused persons
  - encampments
    - alternatives, availability, 415
    - government response, 418
  - government funding, allocation, 423
  - government strategy, 410
  - research and statistics, 415
  - shelters
    - government strategy, 416
- Unhoused persons - support programs and services
  - government funding, 415
- Uploading Highways 174 and 17 Act, 2025 (Bill 48)
  - first reading, 1290–1291
- Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1421–1423, 1430, 1478
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1728–1731
Bouma, W. (PC, Brantford—Brant)
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - appreciation for, 148–149
- Bail program reform
  - government strategy, 3175
- Budget 2026/2027
  - taxation
    - Harmonized Sales Tax rebate on home purchases, 3345
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4199, 4225
- Cadets
  - appreciation for, 19
- Firefighters and fire services
  - government funding
    - Fire Protection Grant, 776
- Indigenous communities
  - partnership agreements, 2730
- Indigenous communities - mining industry
  - duty to consult, 277, 279
  - economy, impact on, 280
- Indigenous relations
  - government strategy, 280
  - treaties, 1052
- Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3175
- Members' statements
  - Barry Callebaut chocolate factory, 2260
  - Brant Community Healthcare System, 1107
  - Cadets, 19, 3688
  - Dutch liberation anniversary, 615
  - Ferrero Canada, 148–149, 1835
  - Greijdanus, Lambertha Dirkje, 3155
  - Marten Falls First Nation, 2730
  - Six Nations Chiefs lacrosse team, 1704
  - Water and sewage infrastructure, 3900
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 183
- Military history
  - Dutch liberation anniversary, 615
- Mining industry.
  - opening mines
    - approvals and processing time, 277
- Peel region
  - public services
    - investments in
      - funding infrastructure, 2758
- Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 2723, 2728, 2758, 2761
- Petitions
  - Taxation, 163
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3323, 3345
- Private members' public business
  - Mandatory Blood Testing Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 84)
    - second reading, 3460–3461
  - Robbie’s Legacy Act (Honouring Beloved Organ and Tissue Donors), 2026 (Bill 3)
    - second reading, 4242–4243
  - Veterans,
    - responded to, 1820–1821
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 275–280
- Question period
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 3972, 4212–4213
  - Firefighters
    - presented, 775–776
  - First Nations consultation
    - responded to, 1052, 1058
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 1051, 1057–1058
  - Red tape reduction
    - presented, 2160
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 402, 642, 646
- Special economic zones
  - and duty to consult, 1051–1052, 1057–1058
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 168–169, 183
- Unhoused persons
  - government strategy, 646
- Unhoused persons - support programs and services
  - government funding, 642
- Veterans
  - appreciation, 1820–1821
- Water management
  - municipal
    - government strategy, 2723
Bourgouin, G. (NDP, Mushkegowuk—James Bay)
- Airports
  - northern and First Nations communities, 4231
- Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3934
  - third reading, 4367–4368, 4378–4379
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
  - expansion
    - northern communities, 4230–4231
  - flight capacity used, 4130, 4233–4234
- Budget 2025/2026
  - fire services, 843
- Budget 2026/2027
  - firefighting, 3605–3606
  - forestry industry, 3338–3339
  - transportation
    - Highway 11/17, safety, 3339, 3341
    - Ministry of Transportation, scope of responsibility, 3341
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - responded to, 3605–3606
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4230–4231, 4233–4234
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3588–3591
- Business
  - bankruptcy
    - workers, impact on, 1421
- Chad's Law (Enforcing Safer Passing), 2025 (Bill 79)
  - first reading, 2543
- Construction industry
  - government strategy, 4233
- Crown land - forests
  - resource removal under non-forestry permits, 2187–2191
    - duty to consult, different industries, 2189–2190
    - government strategy, 2191–2192, 2195
- Employment
  - francophone, 1191
- Energy generation
  - biomass, 3338–3339
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 1865
- Fire fighers, wildland
  - equipment, 1244–1245
  - recruitment and retention, 1242–1245
- Food prices
  - price gouging, 434
- Forestry industry
  - government strategy, 1168
  - sustainability, 3339
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés
    - Infrastructure des transports en commun, 3944–3945
    - Loi de 2025 sur la sécurité des routes 11 et 17 du Nord, projet de loi 49
      - deuxième lecture, 1892, 1897–1898
  - Attribution de temps
    - Loi de 2025 sur la modernisation de la gestion des situations d'urgence, projet de loi 25, 1727–1728
    - Loi de 2025 visant à bâtir une économie plus concurrentielle, projet de loi 56, 1727–1728
    - Loi de 2025 visant à œuvrer pour les travailleurs, sept, projet de loi 30, 1727–1728
  - Débat sur la motion d’adjournement
    - Entretien hivernal des routes, 3461–3462
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 184–187, 356–358
  - Déclarations des députées et députés
    - Entretien hivernal des routes, 2667
    - Lutte contre les incendies de forêt, 3400–3401
    - Sécurité du transport routier, 2316
    - Sécurité routière, 21, 1963–1964
    - Services de santé dans le Nord, 3005
    - Services gouvernementaux, 615
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Financement des hôpitaux, 573
    - Marchés publics, 1924
  - Loi de 2025 pour plus de soins commodes, projet de loi 11
    - deuxième lecture, 588, 599–601
  - Loi de 2025 pour protéger l’Ontario en libérant son économie, projet de loi 5
    - deuxième lecture, 352
  - Loi de 2025 pour protéger l’Ontario en réduisant les formalités administratives, projet de loi 46
    - deuxième lecture, 2187–2191
  - Loi de 2025 sur la gestion des ressources et la sécurité, projet de loi 27
    - troisième lecture, 1243–1246, 2687–2688
  - Loi de 2025 sur la modernisation de la gestion des situations d’urgence, projet de loi 25
    - deuxième lecture, 1566
  - Loi de 2025 sur le plan pour protéger l’Ontario (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 24
    - deuxième lecture, 850
  - Loi de 2026 donnant la priorité à la réussite des élèves, projet de loi 101
    - deuxième lecture, 3655
  - Loi de 2026 pour la construction de logements et
    - l’amélioration de l’infrastructure de transport,
      - projet de loi 98
        
        deuxième lecture, 3589–3591
  - Loi de 2026 pour une meilleure gouvernance régionale, projet de loi 100
    - troisième lecture, 4378–4381
  - Loi de 2026 sur la construction de l’aéroport Billy Bishop, projet de loi 110
    - deuxième lecture, 4231
  - Loi de 2026 sur le plan pour protéger l’Ontario (mesures
    - budgétaires), projet de loi 97
      - deuxième lecture, 3338, 3342
  - Période de questions
    - Entretien hivernal des routes, 3407
    - Industrie forestière, 1842–1843
    - Lutte contre les incendies de forêt, 3846
    - Protection du consommateur, 435
    - Sécurité routière, 1281
    - Services de santé dans le Nord, 3013, 4313
  - Pétitions
    - Entretien hivernal des routes, 1913–1914, 3916–3917
- Health care
  - access
    - northern Ontario, 358, 3012
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 358
- Highway 11
  - closures, 3102–3103
  - fatalities, 3103
  - four-laning, 3967–3968
  - 2+1 system, 357
- Highway Traffic Act, RSO 1990, c H.8
  - offences
    - prosecution, 3175
- Highways and roads
  - northern Ontario, 834–835, 3590
  - 2+1 system, 835
- Highways and roads - maintenance and repair
  - winter snow clearance
    - clearance standards, 1892
- Highways and roads safety
  - and commercial trucks, 1891–1892
- Highways and roads - safety
  - general remarks, 357
  - Highway 11/17, 31, 1281, 2610, 3556
  - northern Ontario, 21, 31
- Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3134, 3175
- Labour policy
  - replacement workers, 4091
- Members' statements
  - Assistance to flood victims, 3965
  - Forest firefighting, 1107
  - Forestry industry, 1379
  - Government services, 615
  - Highway safety, 21
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 4234
- Mills
  - Ear Falls sawmill, closure, 3339
- Mining industry.
  - policy development
    - Indigenous consultation, 347
- Mining industry - Indigenous communities
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 2190
- Northern Highway 11 and 17 Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 49)
  - first reading, 1291
- Petitions
  - Forestry industry, 1849
  - Health care workers, 3915
  - Highway safety, 2683–2684
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - second reading, 834–835, 843
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3338–3339, 3341
  - third reading, 4041
- Private members' public business
  - Northern Highway 11 and 17 Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 49)
    - second reading, 1891–1892
  - Trail permits,
    - responded to, 1744–1745
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2187–2192, 2195
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - consultations
    - with Indigenous communities, 346–348
  - second reading, 345–348
  - statements from stakeholders, 346
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 1168, 1186, 1191
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 4091, 4095
- Question period
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 434–435
  - Highway safety
    - presented, 31, 1281, 2610, 3102–3103, 3556, 3967–3968
  - Northern health services
    - presented, 3012
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1239–1246
- Ring of Fire development
  - environmental assessments, comprehensive, 170
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 170
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 642
- Special economic zones
  - and duty to consult, 345, 347
- Sports and recreation
  - off-road vehicles (ORVs)
    - one-permit system
      - economic impact, 1744–1745
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 170, 174, 357–358
- Transportation
  - by region
    - northern Ontario, 3588, 3591
- Unhoused persons
  - encampments
    - alternatives, availability, 642
- Unions
  - collective agreements
    - open periods, 4095
- Wildland fire management
  - collaborative responsibility
    - equipment costs, 1240
    - municipalities, 1245–1246
  - government funding, 1107
- Wildland fires
  - impact of, 1241–1242
- Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1421
- Youth
  - northern Ontario
    - migration, 1186
Bowman, S. (LIB, Don Valley West)
- Alcohol producers
  - United States, 3010
- Alcohol retail expansion
  - general remarks, 3228
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  - ivestments in, 2401
  - usage
    - guidelines, 2402
- Auditor General of Ontario - reports
  - 2025 Annual Report
    - debt burden reduction, 2456, 2861
  - Skills Development Fund, 1646–1647
- Autism services
  - service capacity
    - wait-time, 3501
- Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3806, 3809
  - third reading, 4277–4278, 4286–4287
- Bicycles - bike lanes
  - removal, 831
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
  - expansion, 4134
    - data and research, 4235
    - economic impact, 4236
    - Pearson airport expansion, 4235–4236
    - public response, 4234–4235
    - tourism, Toronto waterfront, 4236
- Budget 2025/2026
  - alcohol sales, 1000
  - business and employment, 823, 999, 1002–1003
  - comments on
    - Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, 823, 1003
    - Fraser Institute, 824
    - Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 830
  - contingency funding, 2252
  - education, 967
  - energy rebates, 2252
  - general remarks, 825, 966, 999
  - government strategy, 1144–1146
  - health care, 967
  - highways and roads, 999
  - housing, 1002
  - infrastructure, 1002
  - justice, 1000
  - post-secondary education, 824, 999–1000
  - pre-budget consultations, 966–967
  - program spending
    - vs. inflation, 823, 999, 1003, 2252
    - per capita, 824
  - social services, 1000
    - financial assistance, 1004
  - taxation, 1004
- Budget 2026/2027
  - affordability, 3308–3309
  - government advertising, 3505
  - government strategy, 3502–3504, 3506
  - health care
    - and aging population, 3504–3505
    - hospitals, 3526
  - justice sector, 4049
  - oil price fluctuations, 3506
  - statistics, 3308, 3310, 3316
  - taxation, 4043
    - small business corporate income tax, 3315, 3502
  - Toronto waterfront
    - Ontario Science Center, vs. existing building, 3309, 3502
- Budget speech 2025 (May 15, 2025),
  - responded to, 966–968, 998–1004, 1008
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - responded to, 3501–3506, 3522–3523, 3526
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 1588, 1594, 1598
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4134, 4234–4238
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 3877–3878
- Business
  - government funding
    - Protecting Ontario Account, 823
- Business investment
  - government strategy, 967
- Business - small and medium-sized
  - closures, 328
  - tariffs, impact on, 50
  - taxation, 1524, 2455
    - small business tax rate, 328–329
  - and United States tariffs
    - government strategy, 115
- Buy Ontario Act, 2025 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2598–2602, 2623
  - third reading, 2933–2934
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
  - exceptions, 1170
  - party-specific exemptions
    - removal, 109–110
    - and supply-managed industries, 113–114
- Conservation authorities
  - consolidation, 3310, 3877
- Construction industry
  - job creation/loss, 968
- Consumer protection
  - algorithmic pricing, 3862–3863
- Correctional facilities
  - erroneous releases, 3697
- Cost of living
  - affordability, 967, 3227
- Crime
  - general remarks, 3228
- Crime - government response
  - general remarks, 3400, 3696
- Cutting Taxes on Small Businesses Act, 2025 (Bill 12)
  - first reading, 389
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 2515
- Economic conditions
  - general remarks, 822, 968, 998, 2456, 3862, 4042
- Economic development
  - government strategy, 3287, 3308, 3522
- Education funding - special education
  - support teachers, 823
- Elections
  - fixed dates, 2455
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1674
- Employment
  - advertisements
    - fraudulent, prevention, 1472
  - creation and loss, 155, 1594, 2166, 2251, 3356
  - general remarks, 2599
  - government strategy, 2601
  - rate of, 155, 328, 967, 2251, 3355
  - rates, 1469–1470
    - government strategy, 50
  - statistics, 823, 1920–1921, 2609
- Employment - youth
  - government strategy, 2167, 2253, 2609
  - rate of, 2166
  - statements from stakeholders, 2167, 2253
  - wage subsidies, 2166, 2455, 2599, 3505
    - small and medium-sized businesses, 2166, 3502
- Energy generation
  - clean energy
    - percentage, 1941, 1945
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 1686
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990
  - scope changes, 3306–3308, 3504, 3877–3878, 4043–4044
    - Information and Privacy Commissioner response, 3308, 3877–3878
    - vs. other jurisdictions, 3308
- Gender-based violence
  - community services, 2866
  - femicide
    - École Polytechnique attack, 2866
  - government strategy
    - survivor leadership, 2866–2867
  - statistics, 2866
- Government accountability and oversight
  - legal immunity, 1172
- Government accountability and transparency
  - Freedom of Information regulations, 3307–3308, 3972, 4406–4407
  - general remarks, 4237
  - jet purchase, 3877, 3971, 4042
- Government advertising
  - cost, 3227
- Government debt and deficit
  - debt burden reduction
    - Auditor General reporting, 2252
  - debt-to-GDP ratio, 824, 1001, 2252
  - general remarks, 824, 830, 998, 1001, 3228, 4043, 4050–4051, 4237
  - vs. previous governments, 1001–1002
  - projections
    - Financial Accountability Office, 2252
- Government expenditures
  - allocation, 824
  - allocation policies, 1000–1001
- Government finances
  - accountability and transparency, 2254, 2455–2456
  - employee compensation, 3228, 3288
  - fall economic statement (2024)
    - vs. budget document, 909
  - fall economic statement (2025), 2094–2095
  - general remarks, 3212, 3310
  - government strategy, 2252–2253, 3502–3504
  - gross domestic product (GDP), 967
  - provincial credit rating, 824–825, 1001, 2861
  - spending per person, 998
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - accountability and oversight, 1172
- Health care
  - government strategy, 52
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - Highway 401
    - tunneling, 2253
  - highway 401 tunneling, 50–51
- Hospitals - by site
  - Kingston Hospital, 3526
  - Michael Garron Hospital, 1008
- Housing development
  - construction starts
    - projections, 2251
- Housing Equity and Rental Transparency Act, 2025 (Bill 64)
  - first reading, 1716
- Housing supply
  - government strategy
    - building target, 2252, 3228
- Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
  - "economic growth" as part of mandate, 1936–1937
- Innovation and technology industry
  - investments, 1004
- International trade
  - risks and benefits, 1174
- International trade - tariffs, United States
  - government response, 823, 998, 2167
  - government strategy, 50
- Interprovincial trade
  - alcohol sales, impact, 1174
  - barriers
    - impact, 112, 118
  - direct-to-consumer alcohol sales, 110
  - direct-to-consumer sales
    - LCBO, impact, 1175
  - economy, impact, 1170–1171
  - government strategy, 108
  - labour
    - deemed certification, 1172, 1174
  - Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), 1170
  - migration
    - cost of living, impact, 1175
    - housing, impact, 1171
    - labour mobility, 1173
  - mutual recognition of goods and services
    - as deregulation, 111
  - regulations
    - occupational health and safety, impact, 1174–1175
  - risks and benefits, 1171–1172
- Labour policy
  - interprovincial mobility, 110
    - and unions, 117
- Land use planning
  - Toronto waterfront
    - federal role, 4238
    - housing, Port Lands, 4238
    - Little Norway Park, 4235
- Legislative procedure
  - parliamentary calendar, 997
  - public consultation, 997
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Eglinton Crosstown
  - delays, 83
  - opening date, 1686
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - public, 1175
- Manufacturing industry
  - government strategy
    - procurement, 830
- Manufacturing industry - employment
  - job creation/loss, 968
  - statistics, 824
- Members' statements
  - Community safety, 3400
  - Eglinton Crosstown LRT, 83
  - Fire in Don Valley West, 2667
  - Ontario Science Centre, 969
  - Tenant protection, 1834
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 2094–2095
  - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
    - responded to, 2866–2867
  - Small Business Week
    - responded to, 1523–1524
- More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (Bill 11)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 997
- Municipal governance.
  - employment, 1469–1470, 1472
- News media
  - role of, 193
- Ontario Place - lease of, redevelopment agreements
  - transparency and accountability, 28, 82
- Ontario Science Centre
  - relocation, Ontario Place
    - Auditor General's recommendations, 2253, 3227
    - public response, 969
- Opposition day motions
  - Consumer protection,
    - responded to, 3862–3863
  - Government contracts,
    - responded to, 1920–1923
  - Taxation,
    - responded to, 328–329
  - Youth employment,
    - presented, 2166–2168
- Personal information
  - Ministry of Red Tape Reduction, disclosure authority
    - Information and Privacy Commissioner response, 2208
- Petitions
  - Education funding, 3850
  - Environmental protection, 1224
  - Health care workers, 3851
  - Ontario Science Centre, 499, 2618
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - second reading, 822–825, 830–831
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 997
  - third reading, 1144–1146
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2251–2254, 2257, 2312
  - third reading, 2455–2456
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - committee process, 3877, 4042
  - second reading, 3306–3310, 3315–3316
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 3877–3878
  - third reading, 4042–4044, 4050–4051
- Post-secondary education
  - demand, 824
- Primary Care Act, 2025 (Bill 13)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 997
- Private members' public business
  - Ontario Artificial Intelligence, Talent and Innovation Strategy Act, 2025 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 2401–2402
  - Protecting Renters from Unfair Above Guideline Rent Increases Act, 2026 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 3235–3236
- Procurement
  - government strategy, 1922–1923
  - US companies, ban, 1921
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2207
- Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1935–1937, 1941, 1945
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - consultation, Indigenous, 1137
  - second reading, 287
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1137–1138
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 82, 108–118, 193
  - employment protections, 113
  - impact
    - evaluation strategy, 111
  - implementation
    - process, 112–113, 117
  - legal challenges, process, 113
  - stakeholder consultations, 116
  - third reading, 1169–1174, 1178
- Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 997
- Protecting Ontario’s Food Independence Act, 2026 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 4113
- Public sector procurement
  - government strategy, 2598
  - procurement restriction policy
    - cost to organizations, 2600
    - enforcement, 2600–2601
    - scope, 2602
- Public sector procurement - domestic
  - Building Ontario Business Initiative (BOBI), 2625
  - Franco-Ontarian, 2602
  - free trade, 2598–2600
  - government strategy, 111–112, 1004, 2601
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 3877–3878
  - third reading, 4253–4255, 4258–4259, 4263, 4268
- Question period
  - Food banks
    - presented, 3010
  - Freedom of information
    - presented, 3971–3972, 4406–4407
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 28, 1388–1389, 1646–1647, 2027–2028, 2373, 2418, 2538–2539, 2906–2907, 3288
  - Job creation
    - presented, 155, 556–557
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 909, 3212, 3286–3287
  - Provincial debt
    - presented, 2861
  - Public safety
    - presented, 3696–3697
  - Taxation
    - presented, 318
  - Unemployment
    - presented, 2609, 3355–3356
- Rental housing
  - rent banking, 1004
- School facilities
  - heating and cooling, 1674
- School facilities - maintenance and repair
  - backlog, 1921–1922
- Skills Development Fund
  - accountability and transparency, 2028, 2167, 2373, 4042, 4050
  - allocation, 2455, 3228, 3505
  - application approval process, 1647, 2027–2028, 2167
    - conflict of interest, 1388–1389, 1468, 1471–1473
  - beneficiaries
    - Connex Telecommunications, 2906–2907
    - Keel Digital Solutions Inc, 2538–2539
  - value for money, 2253
- Small- and medium-sized businesses
  - business confidence, 1470
  - taxation, 1471–1472
- Special economic zones
  - accountability and oversight, 1002
  - allocation
    - accountability and oversight, 287
- Statutory holidays
  - mall closure requirements
    - Family Day, 3310
- Supply Act, 2026 (Bill 95)
  - second reading, 3227–3229
- Taxation
  - rebates
    - cheques, 3228, 3309
  - reduction, 318, 999, 2253
    - lower- and middle-income households, 328, 2455
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 49–51
- Time allocation motions
  - Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98),
    - responded to, 3877–3878
  - More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (Bill 11),
    - responded to, 997
  - Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24),
    - responded to, 997
  - Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97),
    - responded to, 3877–3878
  - Primary Care Act, 2025 (Bill 13),
    - responded to, 997
  - Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5),
    - responded to, 1137–1138
  - Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10),
    - responded to, 997
  - Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101),
    - responded to, 3877–3878
- Toronto
  - official plan
    - Midtown in Focus, provincial amendments, 3309
- 2163694 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2025 (Bill Pr18)
  - second reading, 3003
  - third reading, 3003
- 2708634 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2025 (Bill Pr15)
  - first reading, 1521
  - second reading, 3003
  - third reading, 3003
- Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1469–1473, 1477
Brady, B.A. (Independent, Haldimand—Norfolk)
- Agricultural land
  - conversion to non-agricultural uses, 2539
- Agriculture industry
  - government strategy, 2539–2540
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - government funding, 2343
- Appreciation
  - Paikin, Steve, 1271
- Bridges
  - maintenance and repair
    - Argyle Street Bridge (Caledonia), 2342, 2344–2345, 3974
- Budget 2026/2027
  - affordability, 3347
  - agriculture, 3347
  - pre-budget consultations, 3347
  - projected deficit, 3347
  - taxation
    - Harmonized Sales Tax rebate on home purchases, 3347
    - small business corporate income tax, 3347
- Business - small and medium-sized
  - taxation, 2342
- Drugs - illegal
  - online sales, 1280
- Education
  - government funding, 1754
  - government strategy, 2032, 2344
- Firearms
  - illegal
    - buyback program, 3410
- Government finances
  - fall economic statement (2025), 2095
- Home and community care - workers
  - compensation
    - wage parity, 2342
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders (MZOs)
  - by site
    - Nanticoke Industrial Park, 210
- Landfills
  - Dresden
    - Whitestone Fields, 712
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - by site
    - Dover Cliffs (Port Dover), 2342
    - Edgewater Cliffs (Dunnville), 2342
- Members' statements
  - Agri-food industry, 703–704, 3402
  - Canada's Kindest Community Contest, 202
  - Cancer screening, 1509
  - Hagersville 150, 1268–1269
  - Police record checks, 2531
  - Six Pack hockey tournament, 3966
  - Youth mental health, 2023
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Haldimand—Norfolk, 202, 2343–2344
- Members/ministers quoting
  - constituent letters
    - post-secondary ancillary fees, 1754–1755
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 2095
  - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
    - responded to, 2803
- Ministerial Zoning Orders
  - public consultation, 712–713
- Municipal councillors
  - removal
    - independent judiciary, 1397
- Nanticoke industrial park
  - employment zone
    - and housing development, 1518, 2343
- Nurse practitioner-led clinics
  - general remarks, 2342–2343
  - OHIP coverage, 3347
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - asset limits, 2803
- Petitions
  - Education funding, 3776
  - Health care, 563, 1125, 3777
  - Highway safety, 4079
  - Land use planning, 811
  - Medical assistance in dying, 562
  - Municipal restructuring, 2544
  - Road safety, 1400
  - Social assistance, 4080
  - Taxation, 438
  - Transportation infrastructure, 811, 1653
  - Water quality, 1123–1124
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2341–2345
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3346–3347
- Police services
  - vulnerable sector checks, 2531
- Post-secondary education
  - ancillary fees, 1754–1755
  - ministerial authority, 1755–1756
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - Reports by committees
    - Standing Committee on the Interior, 1288–1289
- Question period
  - Agriculture and food processing industries
    - presented, 2539–2540
  - Education
    - presented, 2032
  - Firearms control
    - presented, 3410
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 712–713
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 210
  - Steel industry
    - presented, 1517–1518
  - Tobacco control
    - presented, 1279–1280
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 3974
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy,
    - Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
      - report bill as amended, 1396–1397
  - Standing Committee on the Interior,
    - Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5),, 1288–1289
- School boards
  - ministerial authority, 1755
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1754–1756
  - stakeholder statements, 1754–1755
- Tobacco industry
  - illicit sales
    - government response, 1279, 2343
- Veterans - commemoration
  - Remembrance Day, 2079
Bresee, R. (PC, Hastings—Lennox and Addington)
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
  - expansion, 4134
    - economic impact, 4128
  - general remarks, 4128
- Budget 2026/2027
  - autism services, 3327
  - transportation
    - GO transit, 3485–3486
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4127–4130, 4134–4135
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3419–3422, 3425–3426, 3591
- Court administration - reform
  - general remarks, 2111–2112
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Impaired drivers
    - responded to, 3671
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 1254
- Doctors - primary care
  - recruitment and retention, 4075
- Gender-based violence
  - culture, 2112
  - education and awareness, 2112
- Gender-based violence - prevention
  - government strategy
    - evaluation process, 2112
- GO Transit - service expansion
  - general remarks, 4129
  - government strategy, 3421
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings,
    - amendment to the amendment,
      - responded to, 2110–2112
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - transportation and transit policy, 2773
- Highways and roads
  - Gardiner expressway
    - strategic rehabilitation plan, 2975
  - HOV lanes
    - restriction, removal, 3420
  - tolls, 1212–1213
- Highways and roads - construction
  - government funding, 3419–3420
  - standards, harmonization, 3420
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - government strategy, 4129
  - Highway 401
    - expansion, eastern portion, 4130
- Highways and roads - maintenance and repair
  - Gardiner Expressway, 2415, 2795, 4128
  - winter snow clearance
    - government strategy, 1894, 2773
- Highways and roads - safety
  - general remarks, 3421
  - Highway 11/17, 3425
- Highways and roads safety
  - northern Ontario
    - government strategy, 1893–1894
- Highways and roads - traffic congestion
  - government strategy, 3419
- Intimate partner violence
  - culture, 2110–2111
  - endemic declaration, 2110
  - government report, writing and publication, 2110
  - government response
    - standing committee on justice, study on, 2111
- Intimate partner violence - victims
  - services, 2111
- Land use planning
  - Toronto waterfront
    - Little Norway Park, 4135
- LGBTQ2S+ community
  - discrimination against
    - protections for, 2361
  - Trans Day of Remembrance, 2361–2362
  - transgender people
    - general remarks, 2361
- Marriage solemnization
  - officiants
    - choice of, 1626–1627
- Members' statements
  - Dearborn, Jay, 3093
  - Hayes, Peter, 1639–1640
  - Holiday events in Hastings–Lennox and Addington, 2147
  - Holiday messages, 2903
  - Member for Hastings–Lennox and Addington, 797
  - Municipal elections, 4137
  - Ontario Veterans Award for Community Service Excellence, 2407
  - Volunteers, 3553
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 797
- Northlander train service
  - restoration, 3420
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3327
- Primary care.
  - government strategy, 4075
- Private members' public business
  - Marriage Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 31)
    - second reading, 1626–1627
  - Northern Highway 11 and 17 Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 49)
    - second reading, 1893–1894
  - Protecting Seniors’ Rights in Care Homes Act, 2026 (Bill 23)
    - second reading, 3744–3746
  - Public safety officers’ survivor scholarship fund,
    - presented, 2895–2897
    - responded to, 2900
  - Supporting Mobility, Affordability and Reliable Transportation in Ontario Act, 2025 (Bill 70)
    - second reading, 2773
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2186, 2214–2215, 2222–2223
- Public safety officers
  - appreciation, 2896
  - Constable Joe Macdonald Public Safety Officers' Survivors Scholarship Fund
    - expansion, 2897
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - third reading, 4171
- Question period
  - GO Transit
    - responded to, 3485
  - Health care
    - presented, 4075
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 2415
  - Highway tolls
    - responded to, 1212–1213
  - Northern transportation
    - responded to, 3356–3357, 4405–4406
  - Post-secondary education and skills training
    - presented, 1580–1581
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 3772
  - Small business
    - presented, 2483
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - responded to, 2795, 2975
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - responded to, 3407
- Rail service
  - Ontario Northland passenger rail service, 3356, 4405–4406
    - rideshare pilot supporting, 3357, 4406
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - expansion
  - general remarks, 4129–4130
- Transit
  - fare system, integration
    - One Fare program, 3420
- Transportation
  - by region
    - northern Ontario, 3591
- Waste diversion - recycling programs
  - government strategy, 2214–2215
Burch, J. (NDP, Niagara Centre)
- Affordable housing
  - inclusionary zoning, 856
- Barrie - municipal boundary adjustments
  - impact on property taxes, 2557
  - Joint Land Needs Analysis and Study (Hemson Consulting), 2558, 2560
  - legal representation, conflict of interest, 2557–2558
  - mayoral authority, 2563–2564
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - authority of Minister of Municipal and Housing, 2555, 2557
  - second reading, 2555–2558, 2563–2564
  - public consultation, 2555–2556
- Budget 2025/2026
  - general remarks, 1043
  - health care
    - hospitals, 1044
  - infrastructure
    - water treatment, 1044
- Budget speech 2025 (May 15, 2025),
  - responded to, 1043–1045
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3426–3429
- Dementia and other neurocognitive conditions
  - impact on hospitals, 3201
- Developmental services
  - wait-lists, 2528–2529
- Elections
  - advance polling, 2312
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 1861
  - third reading, 2391–2392
- French-language services
  - independent commission, 4095
- Health care - government funding
  - stakeholder statements, 1204–1205
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international
  - residency match
    - prioritization, 4094
- Hospitals
  - parking fees, 386, 548–549, 1045, 1116–1117, 3200
  - staff loss, 2676, 3200, 3253
- Hospitals - budgets
  - government strategy, 3200
- Hospitals - by region
  - Niagara Health
    - urgent care centres, 706
- Hospitals - by site
  - Welland Hospital, 572–573, 1044, 3200
    - capital funding, 1775
    - maintenance and repair, 1964
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
  - general remarks, 3201
- Hospitals - funding by site
  - Welland Hospital, 386
- Hospitals - infrastructure
  - government strategy, 573
- Housing.
  - affordability
    - by region, Niagara, 858
- Housing development
  - building targets, municipalities, 856
  - construction starts
    - statistics, 856
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - municipal standards, green, 859, 872
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges
    - role of, 859
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - farmers and stormwater infrastructure, 884
    - impact, 857
- Housing market
  - speculation, 856
- Labour policy
  - interprovincial mobility
    - and colleges, 81
- Land use planning
  - municipal-provincial relationship, 3426–3428
- Long-term care facilities - by site
  - Welland Hospital, closure, 3200
- Members' statements
  - Health care, 82–83, 1568
  - Health care funding, 1204–1205
  - Hospital parking fees, 548–549
  - Hospital services, 1964
  - Merrittville Speedway, 3401
  - Public safety, 2359
  - Services for persons with developmental disabilities, 2528–2529
  - Welland Jackfish baseball team, 4063
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4093–4094
- Members/ministers quoting
  - news media
    - housing, 856
- Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
  - background and history, 919–920
    - previous iterations, 922
  - second reading, 699–700, 918–923, 925–926
  - Integrity Commissioner, recommendations, 920–921, 1395
  - stakeholder consultations, 926
    - recommendations, 1394
  - statements from stakeholders, 918, 1395
    - Women of Ontario Say No, 919
- Municipal councillors
  - code of conduct, standard, 921
  - removal, 921, 925
    - council vote, 700, 919, 921–922, 1394
    - criteria, 921
    - independent judiciary, 921–922, 926
    - recoupment of investigation costs, 922
- Municipal governance.
  - integrity commissioners
    - board of, 923
    - cost, 700
    - training, 921
- Municipalities - amalgamation
  - history, 2559
  - impact on services, 2559–2560
- Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
  - grant to loan ratio
    - statements from stakeholders, 3199
- Opposition day motions
  - Hospital funding,
    - responded to, 572–573
- Peel region
  - general remarks, 1995–1996
  - restructuring
    - history, 1996–2001
- Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1995–2001
- Petitions
  - Emergency services, 3701
  - Hospital services, 2164
  - Municipal government, 3703
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2312, 2337, 2343
- Private members' public business
  - Hospital parking fees,
    - presented, 1319–1321
    - responded to, 1326
- Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 (Bill 17)
  - second reading, 855–859, 872, 884
  - news media on, 856
  - statements from stakeholders
    - Association of Municipalities of Ontario, 857
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 81
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3963, 4062, 4093–4095
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - second reading, 3682–3683, 3755–3758
- Question period
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 706, 1775
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 2676, 3253
  - Hospital parking fees
    - presented, 386, 1116–1117
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 386
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy,
    - Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
      - report bill as amended, 1394–1395
- School boards
  - government strategy, 3683
- Sexual violence and harassment - offenders
  - government strategy, 2359
- Supply Act, 2026 (Bill 95)
  - second reading, 3198–3201
- Taxation
  - by region, Niagara, 3198
- Unhoused persons
  - by region
    - Niagara, 857, 2392, 3198–3199
- Unions
  - collective agreements
    - open periods, 4062, 4094–4095
- Water treatment infrastructure
  - municipal service corporations
    - public ownership, 1861
  - as public utility, 2391
  - by region
    - Peel, 2391
  - sewage and wastewater
    - by region, Niagara, 857–858
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - coverage
  - residential care workers, 4094

Last updated Wednesday, May 13, 2026

House speaker index

Letter: B

Babikian, A. (PC, Scarborough—Agincourt)

Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia—Lambton)

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)