Speaker letter k House Hansard index Parliament 44 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: K

Kanapathi, L. (PC, Markham—Thornhill)
- Bail program - reform
  - government strategy, 3071
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 1535–1536, 1589
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4234
- Business
  - facilitation of
    - government strategy, 808
- Crime
  - general remarks, 1277
- 861282 Ontario Limited Act, 2026 (Bill Pr51)
  - first reading, 4315
- Employment standards
  - enforcement, 4014
  - talent agencies, 4014
- Employment standards - wage theft
  - recovery
    - administrative charges, 4016
- Family law
  - support orders
    - parentage testing, order authority, 2182–2183
- Food banks
  - by site
    - Markham Food Bank, 902
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - as-of-right initiative
    - interprovincial credentials, 1535
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international
  - credential recognition, 1535
  - residency match
    - prioritization, 4015
- Home ownership
  - HST rebates, 3348
- Indigenous communities - economic development
  - revenue-sharing agreements, 2372
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
  - loan program
    - district social services administration boards, 2183
- Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3152, 3181
- Long-term care - administration
  - admissions process
    - reform, 2183
- Members' statements
  - Disaster relief, 2964
  - Housing, 3348
  - Mara Technologies, 2528
  - Markham Food Bank, 902
  - Member for Markham–Thornhill, 375
  - Ontario budget, 3622
  - Police services, 4202–4203
  - Public safety, 1447
  - World Asthma Day, 375–376
- Municipal finances
  - data publication, 3029
- Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 2727, 2754
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3337
- Police services
  - CCTV, 1278
  - community safety grants, 3030
- Primary Care Act, 2025 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 664
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2181–2184, 2186, 2195, 2203, 2211, 2215, 2225–2226
  - third reading, 3029–3030
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 284
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 4014–4016
- Public safety
  - government strategy, 3072
- Question period
  - Bail reform
    - presented, 3071–3072
  - Housing
    - presented, 3258
  - Indigenous economic development
    - presented, 2372
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 808
  - Public safety
    - presented, 1277–1278
- Regulations
  - health sector, 3029–3030
  - reduction, 2181–2184, 2215
    - monetary value, 3029
    - time impact, 2225–2226
- Regulations - business
  - reduction
    - economic impact, 2182, 2186, 4016
- Retirement homes
  - accountability and oversight
    - whistleblower protections, 4015
- Skilled trades
  - Skilled Trades Week, 1964
- Speeding prevention
  - automated speed enforcement, 1536
  - speed bumps and traffic-calming road design, 1536
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 507
- Victims of crime
  - compensation funding, 3152
- Waste diversion - recycling programs
  - extended producer responsibility programs
    - accountability and oversight, 2183
- Weather events
  - Cyclone Ditwah (Sri Lanka, November 2025), 2964
- Workplace safety
  - government strategy, 4014–4015
  - occupational exposure registry, 4014–4015
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - government strategy, 4015
Kernaghan, T. (NDP, London North Centre)
- Affordable housing
  - government strategy, 100
- Affordable housing - non-market
  - government role, 3432
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - government strategy, 3899
- Appreciation
  - Paikin, Steve, 1270
- Arts and culture industry
  - economic impact, 101–102
  - other jurisdictions, 102
  - reports and recommendations
    - London Chamber of Commerce, 101–102
    - Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 101
  - and vacant spaces, 102
- Automotive industry
  - employment
    - government strategy, 2158–2159
  - investment agreements
    - BrightDrop plant, 1514
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2580
  - third reading, 2938–2939
- Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3981, 3988
- Budget 2025/2026
  - general remarks, 2307
  - sewage and wastewater, 839
- Budget 2026/2027
  - education, 3514–3515
  - feedback from stakeholders, 3518
  - general remarks, 3515
- Budget speech 2025 (May 15, 2025),
  - responded to, 1012
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - responded to, 3514–3415, 3517–3418, 3597–3598
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 1443
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4337–4338
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3431–3434, 3550, 3587–3588
- Business - small and medium-sized
  - general remarks, 333
  - reports and recommendations
    - Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 102–103
  - succession planning, 1012
  - taxation, 4007
  - and United States tariffs
    - government strategy, 121
  - urban environments, 1523
- Business structures
  - employee-owned, 333–334
- Buy Ontario Act, 2025 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2528
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
  - party-specific exemptions
    - removal, 99
- Climate change.
  - government strategy, 2308, 2698–2699
- Consumer protection
  - algorithmic pricing, 3859
  - fraud
    - CRA, 376
  - product labelling
    - domestic/international/interprovincial, 322–323
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 982
- Court administration
  - staffing, 529
- Court administration - backlogs
  - impact
    - estate processing, 469
    - family court, 469
    - sexual violence cases, 534
- Court facilities
  - accessibility, 469
- Crime
  - socio-economic factors, 471
- Crime - prevention
  - support programs and services
    - housing, 2308
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 1553–1554
- Education
  - government funding, 1756–1757, 3732
  - government strategy, 2015–2016
- Electric vehicles - charging stations
  - access, 1940
- Emergency management
  - extraordinary matters, 1672
  - social services, 1670–1671
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1670–1673
- Employment standards
  - talent agencies, 4005
  - uniforms, required
    - compensation, 4004
- Employment standards - wage theft
  - recovery, 4006
    - statistics, 4011
- Energy generation
  - general remarks, 1876
- Energy industry
  - privatization, 1877, 1935, 2882
- Energy policy
  - access to grid, conditional
    - accountability and oversight, 1876, 2881
  - general remarks, 2881
  - integrated energy plan
    - costing, 2881–2882
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 1815–1816, 1850–1852, 1855, 1857, 1866
  - feedback from stakeholders, 1816, 1852, 2307, 2396
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 2015–2016
  - third reading, 2395–2396
- Film and television industry
  - festivals
    - Forest City Film Festival, 1877
- Food banks
  - demand, 2679
  - statistics, 2679
- Food banks - usage
  - demographics, 981–982
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990
  - role in gas plant scandal, 3315
  - scope changes, 3515
- GO Transit service expansion - by region
  - London, 3431, 3434, 3587–3588
- Government accountability and transparency
  - Freedom of Information regulations, 3597–3598
  - jet purchase, 3859
- Government debt and deficit
  - per capita, 2307
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - democratic process, 1759
  - education policy, 3619
- Health care
  - delivery models
    - public vs. private, 673
- Health care workers
  - compensation
    - wage parity, 470
- Housing.
  - access
    - economic impact, 1815
- Housing market
  - non-resident speculation tax, 2395
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, 81
- Indigenous communities
  - government services, 107
- Innovation and technology industry
  - data centres, 2881
- International trade - tariffs, United States
  - government response, 100
  - government strategy, 765
- Intimate partner violence
  - epidemic declaration, 471
  - statistics, 471
- Judges
  - independence of, 470
- Judicial appointments
  - process, 471
- Justice system
  - government strategy, 470
- Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2025 (Bill 75)
  - consultations, public, 2938
- Labour policy
  - government strategy, 1410
- Land use planning
  - boundary adjustments
    - Barrie—Oro-Medonte—Springwater, 2938–2939
  - municipal-provincial relationship, 3432
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - regulatory reform, 4004
- Landfills
  - Dresden, 4004
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
  - wait-time, 1851
- Legal aid services
  - government funding, 469
- Legislative procedure
  - time allocation, 1131, 2015–2016
- LGBTQ2S+ community
  - Pride Month celebrations
    - government funding, 3971
- Manufacturing industry - employment
  - government strategy, 108
- Medical isotopes
  - general remarks, 2148
- Members' statements
  - 519Pursuit, 4202
  - Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area, 3620
  - Consumer protection, 376
  - Government's record, 2729
  - Kernaghan, Carol, 1341–1342
  - Medical isotopes, 2148
  - Ontario budget, 765
  - Small business, 1445
  - Student assistance, 3155
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 4009
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - jerseys, 1109
- Members/ministers quoting
  - other members
    - criminal justice, 468–469
    - time allocation, 1131
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 3518
- Mental health and addictions services - funding
  - by region
    - London, 1816
- Ministerial statements
  - Small Business Week
    - responded to, 1523
- Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 955
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy, 419
- Non-profit organizations
  - government funding, 100
- Nurse practitioner-led clinics
  - quality of care, 613
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - bilingualism, required, 4006
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - inflation, 2307
  - relationship status, recipients, 2187
- Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
  - regulatory independence, 1877
- Ontario Hydro
  - privatization, 334
- Opposition day motions
  - Consumer protection,
    - responded to, 3859
  - Government contracts,
    - responded to, 1925
  - Taxation,
    - responded to, 332–335
  - Tenant protection,
    - responded to, 2439
- Petitions
  - Affordable housing, 1654
  - Child and family services, 1848–1849
  - Education funding, 3222
  - Health care, 1848, 2423, 3492
  - Health care workers, 3491
  - Ontario Place, 97
  - School governance, 3020
  - Sexual violence and harassment, 4153
  - Social assistance, 2036, 2421, 3296
  - Student assistance, 3107, 3491
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - second reading, 830–831, 839
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2306–2308
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3315
- Police officers
  - roles and responsibilities
    - scope of, 468
- Post-secondary education
  - government funding, 1757, 3616
- Primary Care Act, 2025 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 613, 673
- Private members' public business
  - Hospital parking fees,
    - responded to, 1324–1325
  - Protecting Renters from Unfair Above Guideline Rent Increases Act, 2026 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 3236–3237
  - Remembrance Day Observance Act, 2025 (Bill 65)
    - second reading, 2512–2513
- Procurement
  - Ontario businesses and labour, 1925
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2187
- Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1875–1877, 1935, 1940
  - feedback from stakeholders, 1877
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 2015–2016
  - third reading, 2881–2882
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1131–1132
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 81, 99–103, 107–108, 121
  - statements by stakeholders, 99
- Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 468–472, 529, 534
  - judges, impact on, 470
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3899, 4002–4007, 4012
- Public health
  - government funding, 709
- Public sector procurement - domestic
  - government strategy, 100, 1514–1515
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - second reading, 3616, 3618–3619, 3725, 3732
  - third reading, 4259–4261, 4263–4264, 4268
- Question period
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 1514–1515, 2158–2159
  - Education issues
    - presented, 3768–3769
  - Government's record
    - presented, 2679
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 708–709
  - Housing
    - presented, 2975
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 322–323
  - Pride funding
    - presented, 3971
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 981–982
- Rent control
  - exemptions, 2306
- Rental housing
  - government strategy, 2016, 2395–2396
  - rent control, 1671, 1673
  - vacancy decontrol, 333, 1855, 1857
- Rental housing - tenant protections
  - general remarks, 2308
  - security of tenure, 1850–1851
    - seniors, 1851
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 27)
  - third reading, 2698–2699
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 419
- School boards
  - Italy trip, 1759, 2015
  - ministerial authority, 1755–1756
  - Thames Valley District School Board, 3768
    - government funding, 3618
- Schools
  - violence in, 3769
- Sexual assault
  - justice system
    - government strategy, 469
- Speeding prevention
  - automated speed enforcement, 1443
- Steel industry
  - Canadian content requirements, 70
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1755–1757, 1759–1760
  - stakeholder statements, 1756–1757
  - time allocation, 2016
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 2015–2016
- Supportive housing
  - value for money, 2395
- Taxation
  - reduction
    - impact, 335
    - lower- and middle-income households, 334–335
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 66, 70, 519, 525
- Time allocation motions
  - Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60),
    - responded to, 2015–2016
  - Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025 (Bill 40),
    - responded to, 2015–2016
  - Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5),
    - responded to, 1131–1132
  - Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33),
    - responded to, 2015–2016
- Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
  - trustee Italy trip
    - governance review process, 1759
- Transit development
  - authority of Minister of Transportation, 3546
- Transit-oriented communities
  - government strategy, 3547
- Transportation
  - government strategy, 831, 2259
- Tributes
  - Brady, Bill, 2306
  - Hastings, John (Etobicoke North), 2829
  - Kernaghan, Carol, 1341–1342
- Unhoused persons
  - prevention, 2975
  - prosecution of, 468
  - shelters
    - Ark Aid (London), 3432–3433
- Unions
  - collective agreements
    - open periods, 4003
- Water treatment infrastructure
  - sewage and wastewater
    - government funding, 839
- Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1410
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - benefits
    - six-year lock-in period, 4003
  - reform, 4005–4006
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - coverage
  - part-time and contract workers, 4003
Kerzner, Hon. M.S. (PC, York Centre)
- Animal welfare inspectors
  - complaint process, 2227
- Automobile thefts
  - government response, 845
  - prevention
    - VIN inspection and verification, 160
- Bail program
  - security deposit, 2860
- Bail program - reform
  - federal government role, 2860
  - government strategy, 2961, 3486–3487
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - third reading, 2947–2948
- Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3880–3883
- Border security
  - Operation Deterrence, 2089
- Budget 2025/2026
  - police services, 845
- Budget 2026/2027
  - justice sector
    - bail program, 3275
    - correctional facilities, 3275
    - Operation Deterrence, 3274–3275
  - police services
    - education and training, 3275–3276
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3543–3547, 3575, 3593
- Correctional facilities
  - capacity and overcrowding, 3692
  - capital projects, 2860, 3694–3695, 3842
  - erroneous releases, 3765–3768, 3841–3844, 3906–3907, 3912, 3969–3970, 3976, 4074–4075, 4210
- Crime - government response
  - general remarks, 2089, 3696–3698, 3910
- Crime - prevention
  - government strategy, 92, 371–373
- Drugs - illegal
  - use in public places
    - law enforcement powers, 399–400
    - penalties, 399
- Electricity generation
  - by region
    - Lennox and Addington, 1937–1938
- Electricity supply
  - demand, 1937
- Emergency management
  - climate change, 1664
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1664
- Energy generation
  - renewables
    - government strategy, 3330
- Energy policy
  - access to grid, conditional
    - data centres, 1940
- Fire safety
  - lithium ion batteries, 2862–2863
- Firearms
  - illegal
    - buyback program, 3410–3411
- Firefighters and fire services
  - government funding
    - Fire Protection Grant, 776
- French-language debates
  - Loi de 2025 pour des municipalités plus sûres, projet de loi 6
    - deuxième lecture, 398–399
  - Loi de 2025 pour protéger l’Ontario en construisant plus rapidement et plus efficacement, projet de loi 17
    - deuxième lecture, 881–882
  - Loi de 2025 pour protéger l’Ontario en favorisant le libre-échange au Canada, projet de loi 2
    - troisième lecture, 1101
  - Loi de 2025 pour protéger l’Ontario en réduisant les formalités administratives, projet de loi 46
    - deuxième lecture, 2227–2228
  - Loi de 2025 pour protéger l’Ontario en rendant les rues plus sûres et les collectivités plus fortes, projet de loi 10
    - deuxième lecture, 371
  - Loi de 2025 sur la modification des limites territoriales entre Barrie, Oro-Medonte et Springwater, projet de loi 76
    - troisième lecture, 2948
  - Loi de 2025 visant à maintenir les criminels derrière les barreaux, projet de loi 75
    - deuxième lecture, 2956
  - Loi de 2026 pour la construction de logements et
    - l’amélioration de l’infrastructure de transport,
      - projet de loi 98
        
        deuxième lecture, 3544–3545
  - Loi de 2026 sur le plan pour protéger l’Ontario (mesures
    - budgétaires), projet de loi 97
      - deuxième lecture, 3276
- Home ownership
  - general remarks, 882, 3544–3545
- Housing.
  - affordability
    - government strategy, 884
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - municipal standards, 882
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges
    - reduction, 3547
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts, 882
    - long-term care homes, 883
- Infrastructure development - funding
  - general remarks, 882
- Innovation and technology industry
  - data centres
    - economic impact, 1938
- Intimate partner violence
  - epidemic, declaration of, 374
- Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 (Bill 75)
  - first reading, 2486
  - second reading, 2953–2956, 2961–2962, 3135, 3139
- Land use planning
  - boundary adjustments
    - Barrie—Oro-Medonte—Springwater, 2947–2948
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3875
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 882
- Mental health and addictions
  - government strategy, 3280
- More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 596
- Municipal finances
  - municipal-provincial partnerships, 399
- Nurse practitioners
  - scope of practice
    - mandatory blood reporting, 596
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - second reading, 844–845
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2237
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3274–3276, 3279–3280, 3306, 3314, 3330
  - third reading, 4050
- Police officers
  - appreciation for, 399–400
  - education and training, 3262
- Police officers - recruitment and retention
  - temporary
    - from other jurisdictions, 372–373
- Police services
  - CCTV
    - goverment funding, 1278
  - community safety grants, 2228
  - general remarks, 3262
  - government funding, 1278
- Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 (Bill 17)
  - second reading, 881–885
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2227–2229
- Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1937–1938, 1940, 1947–1948
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 342, 354
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 1101–1103
- Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 371–374
- Public safety
  - government strategy, 398, 400, 2954–2956
- Public safety officers
  - Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers' Survivors Scholarship Fund, 2962
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - third reading, 4181, 4189, 4263
- Question period
  - Bail reform
    - responded to, 2860, 3486–3487
  - Correctional facilities
    - responded to, 1054, 3692, 3694–3695
  - Fire safety
    - responded to, 2862–2863
  - Firearms control
    - responded to, 3410–3411
  - Firefighters
    - responded to, 775–776
  - Police services
    - responded to, 3262
  - Public safety
    - responded to, 92, 160, 1278, 2089, 3696–3698, 3765–3768, 3841–3844, 3906–3907, 3910, 3912, 3969–3970, 3976, 4074–4075, 4210
- Regulations
  - reduction, 354
    - monetary value, 2227
- Regulations - business
  - reduction, 342
- Renewable energy
  - contracts, 1938
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1260
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 398–402
- Sex offenders
  - registry
    - child sex traffickers, 371
- Sexual violence and harassment - offenders
  - information sharing, 2227–2228
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - expansion
  - Sheppard subway, 3279
- Veterans
  - security guard licensing, 2228
- Water treatment infrastructure
  - municipal service corporations, 883
Khanjin, Hon. A. (PC, Barrie—Innisfil)
- Automotive industry
  - general remarks, 1436
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - first reading, 1399
  - second reading, 1435–1438, 1443–1444
  - forestry industry
    - statements from stakeholders, 1786
  - third reading, 1781–1787
- Business
  - permits, 1714
- Business investment
  - government strategy, 2178
- Business - small and medium-sized
  - reports and recommendations
    - Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 1782
- Employment
  - government strategy, 1782
- Forestry industry
  - regulation reduction, 1437, 1786
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - as-of-right initiative
    - interprovincial credentials, 1437, 2678–2679
- Highways and roads - safety
  - general remarks, 1437
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - regulatory reform, 3891–3892
    - public tribunal hearing requests, 3892
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
  - wait-time
    - feedback from stakeholders, 2180
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1716
- Mining industry.
  - approvals and permits process
    - government strategy, 2181
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - bilingualism, required, 3893
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - and Canada Disability Benefit, 2160, 2178–2179
  - increase, 2187
- Parks
  - alcohol consumption, 2179
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - third reading, 4024
- Policy development
  - Indigenous communities
    - duty to consult, 1785
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - first reading, 1290
  - second reading, 2177–2181, 2185–2187
  - third reading, 3021–3023
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - first reading, 3849
  - second reading, 3889–3893, 3898–3899
- Question period
  - Health care
    - responded to, 2678–2679
  - Red tape reduction
    - responded to, 1351–1352, 1714, 2160, 2540, 3016, 4210–4211
- Regulations
  - health sector, 2178
  - per capita
    - other jurisdictions, 2178
  - reduction, 1351–1352, 2181, 2540, 3016, 3022, 3889–3990
- Regulations - business
  - centralization, 3890–3891
  - government strategy, 2178, 4210–4211
  - licenses and permits, 1437–1438
    - online tracking, 1438, 1785, 3890–3891
  - permit-by-rule model, 1785
  - reduction, 1435–1436, 1782–1784
    - economic impact, 1783–1784, 2160, 2177–2178
    - impact reporting, 2186
  - review of, 1785–1786, 3891
  - standards of related services
    - government-side deadlines, 1785
    - reporting requirements, 3893
- Rental housing
  - regulatory reform, 2180
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1307
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 419
- Snowmobiles and snowmobiling
  - economic impact, 3023
  - trail grooming, 3022–3023
- Speeding prevention
  - automated speed enforcement, 1443
- Strong mayor system
  - expansion, 2179
  - impact, 3022
- Tributes
  - Francis, Derek, 1435
- Waste diversion - recycling programs
  - extended producer responsibility programs
    - accountability and oversight, 2185–2186
- Water quality - drinking water
  - source protection plans
    - amendment process, 1786
- Water treatment infrastructure
  - sewage and wastewater
    - on-farm housing developments, 3892
  - water-taking permits, 3892–3893
- Workplace safety
  - propane tank purging, 2179, 3022
Kusendova-Bashta, Hon. N. (PC, Mississauga Centre)
- Budget 2026/2027
  - health care, 3342, 3346
  - taxation
    - Harmonized Sales Tax rebate on home purchases, 3835
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - responded to, 3831, 3834–3835
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3447
- Hospitals
  - government funding, 3831
- Indigenous communities - economic development
  - revenue-sharing agreements, 2336
- Long-term care
  - general remarks, 3835
- Long-term care - accountability and oversight
  - general remarks, 154–155
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - general remarks, 2345
  - government funding
    - capital funding program, 2345–2346
    - construction funding subsidy, 2345
- Long-term care - staff
  - education and training, 2346
  - government funding, 2346
  - recruitment and retention, 3562, 3845–3846
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - average hours of care, 2346
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - pins, 2315
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2336–2337, 2345–2346
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3341–3342, 3346, 3393
- Question period
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 154–155, 3562, 3845–3846
- Unhoused persons
  - government funding, allocation, 2337

Last updated Wednesday, May 13, 2026

House speaker index

Letter: K

Kanapathi, L. (PC, Markham—Thornhill)

Kernaghan, T. (NDP, London North Centre)

Kerzner, Hon. M.S. (PC, York Centre)

Khanjin, Hon. A. (PC, Barrie—Innisfil)

Kusendova-Bashta, Hon. N. (PC, Mississauga Centre)