House speaker index

Letter: P

Pang, B. (PC, Markham—Unionville)
- Bail program - reform
  - government strategy, 455, 457
- Bail program - verification and supervision
  - offender monitoring, 455
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2578–2579
- Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3987
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport - expansion
  - air travel experience, 4341
  - economic impact, 4341, 4885
  - population growth, 4341
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 1533, 1543, 1594
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4331, 4341–4342
  - third reading, 4885, 4894
- Court administration
  - staffing, 454
- Cybersecurity
  - cybercrime prosecution team, 454
  - government strategy, 454
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Academic testing
    - responded to, 2517
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 1033, 3672–3674
  - Education issues
    - responded to, 3239
  - Special-needs students
    - responded to, 3195
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week Act, 2026 (Bill 106)
  - first reading, 3849
- Education - French-language
  - accessibility, 3731
- Education funding
  - general remarks, 3732
  - government strategy, 1033
- Education funding - special education
  - government funding, 2857, 3195
- Energy generation
  - hydrogen strategy
    - Hydrogen Innovation Fund, 436
- Energy policy
  - government strategy, 555
- Infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 4331, 4341–4342
- Interprovincial trade - barriers
  - impact, 197
- Jinghua Trading (Canada) Ltd. Act, 2026 (Bill Pr45)
  - first reading, 3414
  - second reading, 5031
  - third reading, 5031
- Judicial appointments
  - process, 455–456
- Justice centres
  - facilities, development, 455
- Justice system - reform
  - digital services, 454–455
- Land use planning - Toronto waterfront
  - federal role, 4342
- Members' statements
  - Canada flag lawn signs, 21
  - Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week Act, 4591
  - Education funding, 426
  - Events in Markham–Unionville, 970, 3401, 3965
  - Markville mall Christmas meet-and-greet, 2786
  - Riding of Markham–Unionville, 1761–1762
  - Seasonal events in Markham–Unionville, 2315
- Natural resources
  - government strategy, 556
- Peel region - public service restructuring
  - municipal independence, 2759
- Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 2759
- Persons with developmental disabilities
  - education and awareness
    - Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week, 4571–4572
- Police officers - in schools
  - general remarks, 2857–2858
- Private members' public business
  - Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week Act, 2026 (Bill 106)
    - second reading, 4571–4572, 4576
  - Remembrance Day Observance Act, 2025 (Bill 65)
    - second reading, 2511
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 197
- Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 453–457
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - second reading, 3655, 3729–3733
  - third reading, 4166–4168
- Question period
  - Anti-racism activities
    - presented, 2613
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 2855, 2857–2858
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 436, 555–556
  - Highway construction
    - presented, 4808–4809
  - Northern transportation
    - presented, 4405–4406
  - Nuclear energy
    - presented, 2796–2797
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 3628–3629
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 1649
  - Skills development
    - presented, 3104
- School boards
  - accountability and transparency, 2855
  - chief executive officer model, 3732
  - government strategy, 3729–3731, 4167
- School boards - Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board
  - Italy trip, 1332
- School boards - Thames Valley District School Board
  - spending, 1332
- School boards - trustees
  - accountability, 1636
- School facilities
  - mental health resources, 3733
- School facilities - capital projects
  - government funding, 426
- Schools
  - class sizes, 3732
- Schools - ministerial authority
  - educational material, 3732
  - general remarks, 1332–1333
- Speeding prevention
  - speed bumps and traffic-calming road design, 1533
- Step by Step Investments Inc. Act, 2026 (Bill Pr40)
  - first reading, 3221
  - second reading, 5030
  - third reading, 5030
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1332–1333, 1636
- Tariffs - United States, government strategy
  - general remarks, 3104
- Veterans - commemoration
  - Remembrance Day and Remembrance Week
    - schools, 2511
Parsa, Hon. M. (PC, Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill)
- Autism services
  - general remarks, 3102
  - government funding, 3101
  - service capacity
    - over time, 4744
- Canadian Hearing Services
  - labour disputes, 806–807
- Children and youth in care
  - accountability and oversight, 912, 4404–4405
  - government funding, 1577–1578
  - government strategy, 1333–1335
  - Ready, Set, Go Program
    - Ombudsman authority, 1334
  - rights, 1335
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - ministerial authority, 1333–1334
- Cost of living
  - low-income earners
    - government strategy, 2482
- Crime - prevention. See also Public safety
  - government strategy, Public safety; government strategy, page 3908">3908
- Developmental services
  - government funding, 913–914, 2541–2542, 4600–4601
- Family law
  - victim services
    - government funding, 2864
- Gender-based violence
  - femicide
    - École Polytechnique attack, 2864
  - general remarks, 2864
- Gender-based violence - prevention
  - government funding
    - education and awareness initiatives, in schools, 2864
- Human trafficking
  - prevention
    - government funding, 2864
- Intimate partner violence
  - government response, 467
- Intimate partner violence - victims
  - shelters and transitional housing
    - funding, 2864
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - ribbons, 903
- Ministerial statements
  - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
    - presented, 2864–2865
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
  - budget allocation, 4743–4744, 4805
- Ontario Autism Program (OAP)
  - government funding, 625–626, 1575, 3357, 4543
  - service capacity
    - expansion, 1575–1576, 1580, 2369
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - and Canada Disability Benefit, 156–157
  - and housing costs, 775
  - increase, 559
- Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 467
- Question period
  - Autism services
    - responded to, 2369
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 625–626, 1575–1576, 1580, 3357
  - Child and family services
    - responded to, 912
  - Child protection
    - responded to, 4404–4405
  - Cost of living
    - responded to, 4536
  - Crime prevention
    - responded to, 3908
  - Government spending
    - responded to, 2482
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 806–807, 4600–4601
  - Ontario Disability Support Program
    - responded to, 156–157, 559
  - Public safety
    - responded to, 5044
  - Services for persons with developmental disabilities
    - responded to, 2541–2542
  - Services for the developmentally disabled
    - responded to, 913–914
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 775, 982
  - Social services
    - responded to, 1577–1578, 4743–4744
  - Special education
    - responded to, 4542–4543
  - Special-needs students
    - responded to, 3101–3102
  - Youth services
    - responded to, 4805
- Social assistance programs
  - general remarks, 4536
  - housing allowances, 2482
- Social assistance services
  - government funding, 982
  - staff, 4805
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1333–1335
- Taxation
  - tax credits, 2482
- Youth
  - violence prevention programs
    - Hamilton, 5044
Pasma, C. (NDP, Ottawa West—Nepean)
- Affordable housing
  - access
    - wait-list, 422
  - government strategy, 886
- Affordable housing - development
  - historically, 1031
- Alcohol retail expansion
  - container recycling, 2212
- Algonquin College
  - government funding
    - program reductions, 846
- Appointments to agencies, boards, and commissions
  - conflict of interest, 3987
- Bail program
  - failure to appear, 3180
- Barrie - municipal boundary adjustments
  - property taxes, impact, 2717
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2716–2718
- Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3883, 3927, 3979–3982, 3987
- Budget 2025/2026
  - education, 846–848
  - health care, 846
- Budget 2026/2027
  - affordability, 3279
  - education, 3321–3322, 3493–3496
    - special education, 3324
  - health care
    - hospitals, 3321
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - responded to, 3493–3496
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1731–1732
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 3869–3870
- Business - local
  - promotion, 228
- Committee process
  - consultations, public, 2194
- Conservation authorities
  - consolidation, 2242
- Consumer protection
  - algorithmic pricing, 3858–3859
  - product labelling, 223–224
- Correctional facilities
  - capacity and overcrowding, 3177
- Cost of living
  - affordability, 2238
  - government strategy, 38
  - grocery tax relief, 4841
  - skilled tradespeople, 229
- Court administration - backlogs
  - government strategy, 3176–3177
  - stay of proceedings, 5021
- Court administration - reform
  - number of justices required, 2210
- Crime - prevention. See also Public safety
  - vs. enforcement, Public safety; vs. enforcement, page 5028">5028
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Education funding
    - presented, 1032–1033
- Education
  - Catholic, 4176
  - class sizes, 3322
  - EQAO testing and results
    - factors impacting, 2794
    - release, 2445
  - government strategy, 38–39, 2320, 2908, 4173–4174
    - statements by stakeholders, 4172–4173
- Education - French-language
  - constitutionally protected, 4175
  - learning materials, 4175–4176
- Education funding
  - allocation vs. inflation, 846, 1033
  - funding formula, 850
  - general remarks, 979, 1629, 2240–2241, 2246–2247, 2445, 4676
  - government strategy, 168
  - mandatory staff benefits, 2241, 3495
  - non-government revenue, 849
  - student mental health, 2344, 3322, 4676
  - student transportation, 848
  - violence prevention, 847–848, 2240
- Education funding - special education
  - government funding, 840, 848, 980, 2240, 2794, 3494–3495, 3696, 4924
- Education - special education
  - government strategy, 4172
  - supports, 3646
- Education workers
  - shortage, 847
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 849
- Elections
  - donation limit, 2241
- Emergency management
  - ministerial authority, 2714
  - power outages, 2712–2713
  - seniors, 2713–2714
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1731–1732
  - third reading, 2712–2714
- Employment
  - creation and loss, 228
  - government strategy, 2445
  - rates, 645
- Employment services - training and retraining
  - developmentally disabled students, 1464
    - government funding, 1702–1703
- Employment - youth
  - rates, 2238
- Fighting Extreme Heat in Schools Act, 2026 (Bill 123)
  - first reading, 4811
- Food banks - usage
  - demographics
    - full-time workers, 2239
- Food prices
  - price gouging, 224
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés
    - Régimes de retraite, 1249
  - Budget de l'Ontario de 2026 (26 mars 2026), 3495
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 357
  - Déclarations des députées et députés
    - Coopérative Ami Jeunesse, 3686
  - Loi de 2025 sur le plan pour protéger l’Ontario (mesures
    - budgétaires) (no 2), projet de loi 68
      - deuxième lecture, 2241
  - Loi de 2025 sur le plan pour protéger l’Ontario (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 24
    - deuxième lecture, 848, 850
  - Loi de 2025 sur le soutien aux enfants, aux élèves et aux étudiants, projet de loi 33
    - deuxième lecture, 1630–1631
  - Loi de 2026 donnant la priorité à la réussite des élèves, projet de loi 101
    - deuxième lecture, 3640, 3643, 3645
    - troisième lecture, 4175
  - Pétitions
    - Installations scolaires, 1223–1224
    - Subventions destinées à l’éducation, 2980
- Government accountability and transparency
  - jet purchase, 3927
- Government notices of motion
  - Military honours,
    - responded to, 3249
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - education policy, 1637
  - time allocation, 1339, 2712
- Health care
  - delivery models
    - public vs. private, 685
- Health care administration
  - government strategy, 38
- Health information
  - access fees, 671
- Home and community care
  - accountability and oversight, 3483
  - cost, 3323
- Home and community care - funding
  - general remarks, 2239–2240, 2445
- Home and community care - workers
  - recruitment and retention
    - compensation, role of, 2239–2240
- Hospitals - by site
  - Queensway Carleton Hospital, 846
    - expansion, 2239, 2445, 3321
- Hospitals - construction and expansion - by site
  - Queensway Carlton Hospital
    - government funding, 556
- Hospitals - infrastructure
  - government strategy, 573–574
- Housing Affordability Task Force
  - recommendations, 885
- Housing development
  - construction starts, 885
  - government strategy, 875, 2239
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - required studies, limitation of, 889
  - site plan control, 886
- Iamgold Corporation
  - legal liability
    - Superior Corporate Services Ltd., royalty dispute, 2210
- Interprovincial trade
  - government strategy, 198–199
  - mutual recognition of goods and services
    - as deregulation, 199, 227, 229–230
- Interprovincial trade - barriers
  - impact, 199
- Justice system
  - government strategy, 5025
- Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3175–3180
- Labour policy
  - interprovincial mobility
    - impact, 228
    - recruitment and retention, 230
- Landlords
  - roles and responsibilities
    - emergency power generators, 886, 892–893
- Legislative procedure
  - consultations, public, 2211–2212
  - time allocation, 1731–1732
- Members' statements
  - Affordable housing, 2259
  - Good Neighbour Awards, 796, 4916
  - Post-secondary education, 1702–1703
  - Student assistance, 3208
  - Tenant protection, 309, 4398
  - Total Communication Environment, 2730–2731
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 198
- Mental health and addictions services
  - and housing, 646
- Mental health and addictions services - funding
  - general remarks, 645–646
- Mental health and addictions services - Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs
  - impact, 647
- Municipal Accountability Act, 2026 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 925
  - third reading, 4770–4772, 4785
- Municipal councillors
  - harassment and abuse, 923–925, 4770–4771
- Municipal councillors - removal
  - unanimous council vote, 4771
- Municipal governance
  - accountability, 4771–4772
- Municipal governance - integrity commissioners
  - cost management, investigations, 4771
- Municipalities - amalgamation
  - history, 2717
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy
    - cost, 888
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - and housing costs, 645
- Ontario Works (OW)
  - benefit rates
    - cost of living, 645
- Opposition day motions
  - Consumer protection,
    - responded to, 223–224, 3858–3859
  - Hospital funding,
    - responded to, 573–574
  - Student assistance,
    - responded to, 3380–3381
  - Tenant protection,
    - responded to, 2432–2433
- Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 45)
  - committee, 2755, 2765, 2769
  - second reading, 2755, 2765, 2769
- Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
  - inflation, 1249
- Personal information
  - Ministry of Red Tape Reduction, disclosure authority
    - Information and Privacy Commissioner response, 2210–2211
- Petitions
  - Access to menstrual products, 2745
  - Affordable housing, 4217
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 1461
  - Collective bargaining, 4315
  - Consent education, 2487–2488
  - Cost of living, 916
  - Curriculum, 3416
  - Education funding, 562–563, 1461, 1717, 1977, 2746, 3169, 3415, 4317
  - Endangered species, 1224
  - Foreign-trained doctors, 1978
  - Government accountability, 2545–2546, 4317–4318
  - Health care, 1719
  - Health care workers, 3916
  - Homelessness, 2544
  - Post-secondary education, 1460, 1778, 2422, 3979
  - Post-secondary funding, 3914–3915
  - Repeal of government legislation, 1718
  - Retirement homes, 3702
  - School safety, 163
  - Social assistance, 916, 1225, 1717–1718, 3978, 4316–4317
  - Student assistance, 3362
  - Tenant protection, 1979
  - Water quality, 2488–2489, 4218–4219
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - second reading, 839, 846–850
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2) (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2238–2242, 2246–2247, 2344
  - third reading, 2445–2446
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - committee process, 3869
  - second reading, 3279, 3321–3324
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 3869–3870
- Post-secondary education
  - ancillary fees, 1735
  - ministerial authority, 1636
- Post-secondary education - funding
  - job losses, 2238
- Primary Care Act, 2025 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 670–671, 685
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable housing,
    - responded to, 1031
  - Fair Prices and Tax-Free Groceries Act, 2026 (Bill 113)
    - second reading, 4841
  - Pension plans,
    - responded to, 1249
  - Protecting Seniors’ Rights in Care Homes Act, 2026 (Bill 23)
    - second reading, 3741–3743, 3747–3748
- Procurement - domestic
  - vs. international corporations, 228
- Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 (Bill 17)
  - second reading, 875, 885–886, 888–889, 892–893
  - news media on, 885
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2194, 2208–2212, 2223
  - scope, 2208–2209
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 355
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 198–199, 227–230
- Protecting Ontario’s Streets and Communities Act, 2026 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 5021, 5024–5027
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 4058
- Protecting Seniors’ Rights in Care Homes Act, 2026 (Bill 23)
  - first reading, 716
- Public safety. See also Crime - prevention
  - support services, Crime - prevention; support services, page 3182">3182
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - committee process, 3870
  - consultations, 4246–4247
  - second reading, 3638–3643, 3645–3647
  - legal immunity, 4170, 4177
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 3869–3870
  - third reading, 4170–4179, 4181, 4246–4247, 4258–4259
- Question period
  - Academic testing
    - presented, 2793–2794
  - Anti-racism activities
    - presented, 3211–3212
  - Education
    - presented, 1456, 2320
  - Education funding
    - presented, 979–980, 2908–2909, 3287–3288, 3559, 3696, 4676, 4924
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1113, 2083–2084
  - Government investments
    - presented, 769
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 556
  - Home care
    - presented, 3483
  - School boards
    - presented, 4311
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 3099
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 2415–2416
- Regional governance - chairs
  - election vs. appointment, 3980–3981
- Rental housing
  - above-guideline rent increase (AGI), 885–886, 2415–2416
  - cost
    - by region, 885–886
      - Ottawa, 2238–2239
  - government strategy, 2433
- Rental housing - evictions
  - due to renovations, 646
- Rental housing - tenant protections
  - general remarks, 309, 2260
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2025 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1992
- Retirement homes
  - service price increases, 3741–3742
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 422, 643–647
  - Trespass to Property Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.21, changes, 643
- School boards
  - audits, 847
  - budget deficits, 847
  - chief executive officer model, 3639, 4179
  - French-language, 848
  - government strategy, 2276–2277
  - information sharing practices
    - with parents, 3642, 3645, 4176
  - ministerial authority, 1113, 1630–1631, 1633, 1753–1756, 1758–1760, 1798, 3641
  - supervisors, 1456, 1631–1633, 1636, 2209, 2241, 2316, 3493, 3639–3640, 3642
    - compensation, 2083–2084
- School boards - government funding
  - by board
    - Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, 847
    - Toronto Catholic District School Board, 3287–3288
- School boards - trustees
  - collective bargaining, 3642, 4176
  - role, 1456
  - student trustees, 2320
- School buses
  - government funding, 2240, 3495
- School facilities
  - government funding, 769
  - maintenance and repairs
    - backlog, 3641
  - mental health resources, 39, 1629
  - naming
    - ministerial oversight, 2209
  - school resource officers, 1633
  - systemic racism, 3211–3212
  - transportation, 4178
  - violence in, 3495
- School facilities - capital projects
  - new school construction, 849, 3496
  - required signage, 2209
- School facilities - maintenance and repair
  - backlog, 2240, 3495
  - general remarks, 3322
  - government strategy, 39
  - water quality
    - lead levels, 2246
- Schools
  - attendance, 3646, 4177–4178
  - climate surveys, 4178
- Schools - ministerial authority
  - educational material, 3646, 4178
  - general remarks, 1338–1340
  - property, acquiring and divesting, 4178–4179
- Schools - provincial and demonstration schools
  - government funding, 848–849
- Special economic zones
  - environmental protection, 355
- Speeding prevention - automated speed enforcement
  - government strategy, 1731–1732
- Students
  - absenteeism, 4178
- Students - special needs
  - classroom exclusions, 3099
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1337–1340, 1629–1634, 1636–1637, 1734–1735
  - statements by stakeholders, 2320
  - third reading, 2276–2277
- Supportive housing
  - cost vs. incarceration, 645
- Teachers
  - education and training
    - ministerial authority, 3642–3643
  - employment creation and loss, 3559, 4311, 4924
  - shortage, 847
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 36–40, 168, 178–179
- Time allocation motions
  - Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56),
    - responded to, 1731–1732
  - Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98),
    - responded to, 3869–3870
  - Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25),
    - responded to, 1731–1732
  - Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97),
    - responded to, 3869–3870
  - Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101),
    - responded to, 3869–3870
  - Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30),
    - responded to, 1731–1732
- Tributes
  - Clark, Peter, 3176
  - Grandmaître, Bernard C. (Ottawa East), 2824–2825
  - Hauch, Rev. Dr. Gary, 5025
- Unhoused persons
  - government strategy, 646–647
  - vs. housed, cost, 3179–3180
  - incarceration, 643–644
  - projections, 2239
  - prosecution
    - financial penalties, 644, 647
- Unhoused persons - encampments
  - alternatives, availability, 422, 644
  - government response, 646
- Unhoused persons - support programs and services
  - demand, 644
- Unhoused persons - support programs and services, housing
  - government funding, 645
  - value for money, 645
  - wait-list, 644–645
- Veterans - commemoration
  - military honours review board
    - Victoria Cross, 3249
- Weather events
  - Ottawa West—Napean, 2712–2713
- Wildland fire management
  - government strategy, 1992
- Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1463–1464, 1483
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1731–1732
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - benefits and coverage
  - child care workers, 4058, 4083
Piccini, Hon. D. (PC, Northumberland—Peterborough South)
- Apprenticeships
  - government strategy, 1403–1404
  - registration rates, increase, 1650
- Auditor General of Ontario - reports
  - Skills Development Fund, 1391
- Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
  - construction sites, 1402–1404, 2491
- Brampton
  - infrastructure development, 1838
- Budget 2026/2027
  - infrastructure, 3526
- Budget speech 2026 (March 26, 2026),
  - responded to, 3526
- Construction industry
  - employment equity, 1404–1405
  - government strategy, 2080
- Economic conditions
  - government strategy, 431
- Economic development
  - government strategy, 3898
- Emergency service providers
  - government funding, 1384
- Employment
  - creation and loss
    - youth, 621–622
  - government strategy, 1383, 1392, 2033, 2909, 2911, 4476
- Employment standards
  - minimum wage, 3898
  - talent agencies, 3895
  - uniforms, required
    - compensation, 3894
- Employment standards - wage theft
  - recovery
    - administrative charges, 3894–3895
- Employment - youth
  - government strategy, 2475, 4488–4489
  - skilled labour, 2476
  - summer jobs program, 4488
- Hospitality industry
  - education and awareness
    - Hospital Workers Appreciation Day, 2895
- Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day Act, 2025 (Bill 67)
  - third reading, 2895
- Hospitals
  - government strategy, 2479–2480
- Housing development
  - government strategy, 28
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, 81
    - application cancellation, 2325, 2416
- Labour policy
  - government strategy, 82, 1402–1405, 1410, 2490–2493
  - interprovincial mobility, 77–79
    - and colleges, 81–82
    - and skilled labour shortage, 77–78
- Manufacturing industry - employment
  - Titan Tool and Die, 4980
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2026, 2081–2082, 2533
- Nuclear energy industry
  - skilled trades employment, 2671
- Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)
  - fraud prevention, 1403
  - work permit allocation, 1710–1711
- Opposition day motions
  - Youth employment,
    - responded to, 4488–4492
- Post-secondary education - funding
  - funding streams
    - Skills Development Fund, 2030
- Private members' public business
  - Trail permits,
    - responded to, 1747
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 77–79, 81–82
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3893–3899, 4086
- Question period
  - College funding
    - responded to, 1648
  - Cost of living
    - responded to, 2270
  - Employment
    - responded to, 2538
  - Employment supports
    - responded to, 24, 32–33
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 1382–1387, 1389, 1391, 1450–1455, 1457, 1459, 1511–1512, 1515, 1517, 1571–1576, 1642–1647, 1649–1651, 1706–1709, 1711–1713, 1715, 1767–1770, 1837–1840, 1902–1905, 1908–1909, 1912, 1966–1970, 1972–1973, 2026–2028, 2030–2033, 2079–2085, 2151–2153, 2156–2157, 2263–2266, 2268, 2319, 2321–2323, 2327–2328, 2365–2368, 2408–2409, 2411, 2418–2419, 2475–2479, 2481–2482, 2533–2535, 2606–2608, 2670–2673, 2680, 2734–2737, 2791, 2904–2909, 2911, 2966–2975, 3007–3010, 3063–3064
  - Government spending
    - responded to, 2479–2480
  - Government's record
    - responded to, 1115
  - Housing
    - responded to, 28
  - Immigrants' skills
    - responded to, 1710–1711, 2325, 2416
  - Injured workers
    - responded to, 2483–2484
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 557, 623
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 622–623, 978, 1278–1279, 1911
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - responded to, 4980
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 431, 1518–1519
  - Protection for workers
    - responded to, 3258
  - Skilled trades
    - responded to, 1649–1650
  - Skills development
    - responded to, 492–493
  - Unemployment
    - responded to, 3356
  - Workplace safety
    - responded to, 1053
  - Youth unemployment
    - responded to, 621–622, 1392, 4476
- Skilled trades
  - general remarks, 2083
  - government strategy, 1649, 2324, 2481, 4490–4492
  - labour shortage, 1383
- Skilled trades - education and training
  - statistics, 1385, 1511
  - training facilities, 1403, 1405
- Skilled trades - recruitment and retention
  - youth, 1411
- Skills Development Fund
  - accountability and transparency, 2367, 2408, 2476, 2534–2535, 2538, 2791, 2907, 2970, 3064
  - general remarks, 2151, 2535, 2680, 2736, 2791
  - impact, 2477, 2533, 2538, 3007, 3009
  - role of, 1382, 1384, 1386–1387, 1839–1840
- Skills Development Fund - application approval process
  - Auditor General's recommendations, 1905, 2027–2028
  - conflict of interest, 1573–1575, 1643–1644, 1646–1647
  - general remarks, 1517, 1642–1643, 1843, 2026, 2153, 2263, 2265, 2319, 2321, 2368, 2736, 2791, 3007
- Skills Development Fund - beneficiaries
  - AI sector, 2157, 2904–2905
  - Bayshore Ltd, 1707
  - Dentacloud, 2670–2671
  - emergency services providers, 1384–1385, 1387
  - follow-up and tracking, 1967
  - general remarks, 32–33, 78–79, 492–493, 1389, 1450–1455, 1457, 1459, 1511, 1515, 1518–1519, 1571–1575, 1578, 1642–1644, 1768–1769, 1837–1838, 2026, 2084–2085, 2270, 2367, 2419, 2734–2737
  - Grand Bizarre Inc, 1967–1969
  - healthcare sector, 2911
  - hospitality sector, 2031, 2080, 2153
  - infrastructure development, 2151–2153, 2264–2266, 2319, 2321–2322, 2327, 2365–2366, 2734–2735
  - job placements, 1902–1903, 2907–2908
  - Keel Digital Solutions
    - police investigation, 2966
  - Knowledgehook, 3008, 3010
  - nuclear industry, 2606–2607
  - second-round funding, 1965
  - union training, 2418, 2476–2477, 2482, 2533, 2607, 3008
- Sports and recreation
  - off-road vehicles (ORVs)
    - one-permit system, 1747
- Tariffs - United States, government strategy
  - general remarks, 1115
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 511, 522
- Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30)
  - first reading, 984
  - second reading, 1402–1405, 1410–1411
  - third reading, 2490–2493
- Workplace health and safety
  - defibrillators, 1053, 3897
  - general remarks, 1278
  - personal protective equipment (PPE)
    - standards, 3897
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - government strategy, 2484
  - labour disputes
    - Ontario Compensation Employees Union, 623
  - staff
    - compensation, 978
    - labour dispute, 1278
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - benefits and coverage
  - loss of earnings, 3896
  - residential care workers, 3258, 3896–3897
  - workers over 65, 2483, 3896
Pierre, N. (PC, Burlington)
- Andrew Zawadowski Medicine Professional Corporation Act, 2025 (Bill Pr6)
  - first reading, 1357
  - second reading, 3002
  - third reading, 3002
- Automobile thefts
  - government response, 537
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2653
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
  - tripartite agreement, 4343
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport - expansion
  - consultations, 4343–4344
  - economic impact, 4343
  - general remarks, 4340
  - northern communities, 4344
  - population growth, 4345
- Bridges
  - Drury Lane Pedestrian Bridge, 2964
- Budget 2026/2027
  - taxation
    - small business corporate income tax, 3469
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4340, 4343–4345
- Business - small and medium-sized
  - government strategy, 713
- Children and youth
  - programs and services
    - funding, 1845
- Children and youth in care
  - government strategy, 1801–1802, 2288–2290
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 2998–2999
- Emergency management
  - government strategy, 1564–1565
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1564–1565
- Employment services - training and retraining
  - skills development, 1178
- Fertility services
  - government funding, 2731
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 1866
- Gender-based violence
  - community services
    - funding, 2586–2587
  - education and awareness, 2125
  - government funding, 2125
    - support services, 2125
- Gender-based violence - prevention
  - government strategy, 2125
    - evaluation process, 2125
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings,
    - amendment to the amendment,
      - responded to, 2124–2126
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international
  - residency match
    - prioritization, 4054
- Highways and roads - traffic congestion
  - general remarks, 383–384
- Hospitals - by site
  - Joseph Brant Hospital, 2261
    - mental health unit, 765
- Housing development
  - completion timelines, 888
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - required studies, limitation of, 889
- Housing development - construction
  - consumer protection, 2990
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges
    - accountability and transparency, 2990–2991
- Housing - taxation
  - HST rebates
    - jobs, 4297
- HST Relief Implementation Act (Residential Property Rebates), 2026 (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 4297, 4426
- Intimate partner violence
  - endemic declaration, 2124–2125
- Intimate partner violence - perpetrators
  - restraining orders
    - process, 3538
- Judicial education
  - sexual assault law, intimate partner violence and coercive control, 2126
- Justice centres
  - vs. courtrooms, 374
- KCI Property Investment Inc. Act, 2026 (Bill Pr27)
  - first reading, 3221
  - second reading, 5029
  - third reading, 5029
- Labour policy
  - leave, job-seeking, 1467
- Members' statements
  - Bloomland in Oz, 3207
  - Canada flag lawn signs, 148
  - Daffodil Month, 3687
  - Fertility services, 2731
  - The Great Pumpkin Trail, 1704
  - Hospital funding, 765
  - Joseph Brant Hospital, 2261
  - Primary care, 4300–4301
  - Public safety, 4859
  - Solve for Tomorrow, 903
  - Transportation infrastructure, 2964
- Municipal Accountability Act, 2026 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 950
- Peel region - public service restructuring
  - general remarks, 2750
- Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 2727, 2750
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - second reading, 820
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3397, 3469
- Post-secondary education
  - athletes, appreciation, 1373
- Private members' public business
  - Development charges,
    - presented, 2989–2991
    - responded to, 2995
  - Gender-based violence,
    - responded to, 2586–2587
  - Ontario University Athletics Week Act, 2025 (Bill 22)
    - second reading, 1373
  - Public safety officers’ survivor scholarship fund,
    - responded to, 2897–2898
  - Restraining orders,
    - responded to, 3537–3538
- Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 (Bill 17)
  - second reading, 888–889
- Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 2212
- Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1940
- Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 346–347
- Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 1178
- Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, 2025 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 374, 537
- Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, 2026 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 4001, 4054
- Public safety officers
  - appreciation, 2897–2898
  - Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers' Survivors Scholarship Fund
    - eligibility
      - expansion, 2898
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - second reading, 3684, 3734, 3753
- Question period
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 2417
  - Housing
    - presented, 4539
  - Small business
    - presented, 713
  - Sports and recreation facilities
    - responded to, 1118
  - Sports and recreation funding
    - responded to, 1845
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 383–384, 1845–1846, 2795
  - Veterans
    - presented, 1910–1911
  - Women's employment
    - presented, 4869–4870
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 637
- School facilities
  - violence in, 2998–2999
- Schools - government funding
  - supplies, 3684
- Sexual violence and harassment - children and youth
  - education and awareness
    - Erin's Law, 2125–2126
- Sexual violence and harassment - offenders
  - name changes, 2125
- Skilled trades
  - general remarks, 820
- Sports and recreation - children and youth
  - access, low-income individuals
    - government funding, 1118
    - Jumpstart, 1118
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1801–1802
  - third reading, 2288–2290
- Teachers - French-language
  - education and training, 3734
- Unhoused persons - encampments
  - general remarks, 637
- Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1467, 1474
Pinsonneault, S. (PC, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex)
- Agriculture industry
  - temporary foreign workers
    - housing development, 1861–1862
- Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 (Bill 76)
  - second reading, 2648, 2652
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport - expansion
  - economic impact, 4226, 4820
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4226
  - third reading, 4820–4821
- Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3571
  - third reading, 4622
- Buy Ontario Act, 2025 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2627, 2636
- Emergency management
  - declaration of emergency, 1621
  - government funding
    - Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG), 1562–1563, 2708
  - government strategy, 1561–1562, 2707–2708
  - municipalities, 1621
  - Ontario Corps, 2707–2708
  - preparedness, 1563
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1561–1564, 1618, 1621
  - third reading, 2707–2708
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 1813, 1861–1862
- Highways and roads - traffic congestion
  - government strategy, 4820–4821
- Housing development
  - greenfield vs. existing infrastructure, 2652
- Land use planning - boundary adjustments
  - Barrie—Oro-Medonte—Springwater
    - negotiations, 2648
- Marriage solemnization
  - officiants, 1626
- Members' statements
  - Community Over Cancer gala, 4733
  - Government investments, 3092
  - Health care, 82, 2788
  - Heart and Stroke Foundation, 3552
  - Hospital funding, 4136
  - Riding of Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, 1763–1764
  - School facilities, 2316
- Petitions
  - Ontario economy, 3851
- Pipelines
  - Enbridge Line 5
    - energy security, 2062–2063
- Private members' public business
  - Energy security,
    - responded to, 2062–2063
  - Marriage Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 31)
    - second reading, 1626
  - Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 26)
    - second reading, 1494
  - Vehicle procurement,
    - responded to, 2008
- Procurement - domestic
  - fairness and transparency, 2627
  - vehicles, 2008
- Provincial Parks
  - economic impact, 1494
- Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Bill 101)
  - second reading, 3656
- Question period
  - Forest industry
    - presented, 4675–4676
- School facilities - capital projects
  - general remarks, 2316
- Sur-Leen Farms Limited Act, 2025 (Bill Pr23)
  - first reading, 1777
  - second reading, 3003
  - third reading, 3004
Pirie, Hon. G. (PC, Timmins)
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
  - Ornge base, 4228
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport - expansion
  - economic impact, 4228–4230
  - northern communities, 4229
- Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 (Bill 110)
  - second reading, 4228–4230
- Economic development
  - by region
    - rural and northern Ontario, 1116, 4145–4146
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - general remarks, 3944
- Private members' public business
  - Transportation infrastructure,
    - responded to, 3944
- Question period
  - Northern economy
    - responded to, 1116
  - Northern Ontario development
    - responded to, 4145–4146
- Rail service
  - Ontario Northlander passenger rail service, 4228
- Tariffs - United States, government strategy
  - general remarks
    - northern Ontario, 1116

Last updated Monday, October 26, 2026

House speaker index

Letter: P

Pang, B. (PC, Markham—Unionville)

Parsa, Hon. M. (PC, Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill)

Pasma, C. (NDP, Ottawa West—Nepean)

Piccini, Hon. D. (PC, Northumberland—Peterborough South)

Pierre, N. (PC, Burlington)

Pinsonneault, S. (PC, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex)

Pirie, Hon. G. (PC, Timmins)