Speaker letter p House Hansard index Parliament 44 Session 1

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Letter: P

Pang, B. (PC, Markham—Unionville)
- Bail program - reform
  - government strategy, 455, 457
- Bail verification and supervision
  - offender monitoring, 455
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 1533, 1543, 1594
- Court administration
  - staffing, 454
- Cybercrime
  - prosecution team, 454
- Cybersecurity
  - government strategy, 454
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 1033
- Education funding
  - government strategy, 1033
- Energy generation
  - hydrogen strategy
    - Hydrogen Innovation Fund, 436
- Energy policy
  - government strategy, 555
- Interprovincial trade
  - barriers
    - impact, 197
- Judicial appointments
  - process, 455–456
- Justice centres
  - facilities, development of, 455
- Justice system - reform
  - digital services, 454–455
- Members' statements
  - Canada flag lawn signs, 21
  - Education funding, 426
  - Events in Markham–Unionville, 970
  - Riding of Markham–Unionville, 1761–1762
  - Seasonal events in Markham–Unionville, 2315
- Natural resources
  - government strategy, 556
- 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
- Question period
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 436, 555–556
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 1649
- School boards
  - trustees
    - accountability, 1636
- School boards - Brandt Haldimand Norkfold Catholic District School Board
  - trustees
    - Italy trip, 1332
- School boards - Thames Valley District School Board
  - spending, 1332
- School facilities
  - capital projects
    - government funding, 426
- Schools
  - ministerial authority, 1332–1333
- Speeding prevention
  - speed bumps and traffic-calming road design, 1533
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1332–1333, 1636
Parsa, Hon. M. (PC, Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill)
- Canadian Hearing Services
  - labour disputes, 806–807
- Child welfare services
  - government funding, 1577–1578
- Child welfare system
  - government strategy, 1333–1335
- Children and youth in care
  - accountabiliy and oversight, 912
  - rights, 1335
- Children and youth in care - Ready, Set, Go Program
  - ombudsman authority, 1334
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - ministerial authority, 1333–1334
- Cost of living
  - low-income earners
    - government strategy, 2482
- Developmental services
  - government funding, 913–914, 2541–2542
- Intimate partner violence
  - government response, 467
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - ribbons, 903
- Ontario Autism Progam (OAP)
  - government funding, 625–626
- Ontario Autism Program (OAP)
  - government funding, 1575
  - service capacity
    - expansion, 1575–1576, 1580, 2369
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - and Canada Disability Benefit, 156–157
  - doubling, 559
  - and housing costs, 775
- 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
  - Child and family services
    - responded to, 912
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 806–807
  - Ontario Disability Support Program
    - responded to, 156–157, 559
  - Services for the developmentally disabled
    - responded to, 913–914
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 775, 982
  - Social services
    - responded to, 1577–1578
- Social assistance programs
  - housing allowances, 2482
- Social services
  - government funding, 982
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1333–1335
- Taxation
  - tax credits, 2482
Pasma, C. (NDP, Ottawa West—Nepean)
- Affordable housing - access
  - wait-list, 422
- Affordable housing - development
  - historically, 1031
- Alcohol retail expansion
  - container recycling, 2212
- Algonquin College
  - government funding
    - and program reductions, 846
- Budget 2025/2026
  - education, 846–848
  - health care, 846
- Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 56)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1731–1732
- Business - local
  - promotion of, 228
- Committee process
  - and public consultation, 2194
- Consumer protection
  - product labelling, 223–224
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 38
  - skilled tradespeople, 229
- Court administration - reform
  - number of justices required, 2210
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Education funding
    - presented, 1032–1033
- Education
  - government funding, 1629
  - government strategy, 38–39, 2320
- Education - class sizes
  - general remarks, 847
- Education funding
  - allocation vs. inflation, 846
  - funding formula, 850
  - general remarks, 979
  - government strategy, 168
  - non-government revenue, 849
  - student transportation, 848
  - violence prevention, 847–848
- Education funding - special education
  - general remarks, 840, 980
- Education - special education services
  - government funding, 848
- Education workers
  - shortage, 847
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 849
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - time allocation motion,
    - responded to, 1731–1732
- Employment
  - creation and loss, 228
  - rate of, 645
- Employment services - training and retraining
  - developmentally disabled students, 1464
    - government funding, 1702–1703
- Food prices
  - price gouging, 224
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés
    - Régimes de retraite, 1249
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 357
  - 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
  - Pétitions
    - Installations scolaires, 1223–1224
- Government contracts
  - domestic vs. international corporations, 228
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - education policy, 1637
  - time allocation, 1339
- Health care
  - delivery models
    - public vs. private, 685
- Health care system
  - government strategy, 38
- Health information
  - access fees, 671
- Hospitals - by site
  - Queensway Carleton Hospital, 846
- Hospitals - construction and expansion by site
  - Queensway Carlton Hospital
    - government funding, 556
- Hospitals - infrastructure
  - government strategy, 573–574
- Housing
  - affordability
    - government strategy, 886
- Housing Affordability Task Force
  - recommendations, 885
- Housing development
  - construction starts, 885
  - government strategy, 875
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - municipal standards, 886
  - required studies, limitation of, 889
- Iamgold Corporation
  - legal liability
    - Superior Corporate Services Ltd., royalty dispute, 2210
- Interprovincial trade
  - barriers
    - impact, 199
  - government strategy, 198–199
  - mutual recognition of goods and services
    - as deregulation, 199, 227, 229–230
- Labour policy
  - interprovincial mobility
    - impact, 228
    - interprovincial recruitment and retention, 230
- Landlords
  - roles and responsibilities
    - emergency power generators, 886, 892–893
- Legislative procedure
  - public consultation, 2211–2212
  - time allocation, 1731–1732
- Members' statements
  - Affordable housing, 2259
  - Good Neighbour Awards, 796
  - Post-secondary education, 1702–1703
  - Tenant protection, 309
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 198
- Mental health and addictions services
  - government funding, 645–646
  - Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs
    - impact, 647
  - and housing, 646
- Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 925
- Municipal councillors
  - harassment and abuse, 923–925
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy
    - cost of, 888
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - and housing costs, 645
- Ontario Works (OW)
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 645
- Opposition day motions
  - Consumer protection,
    - responded to, 223–224
  - Hospital funding,
    - responded to, 573–574
- Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
  - inflation, 1249
- Personal information
  - Ministry of Red Tape Reduction, disclosure authority
    - Information and Privacy Commissioner response, 2210–2211
- Petitions
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 1461
  - Cost of living, 916
  - Education funding, 562–563, 1461, 1717, 1977
  - Endangered species, 1224
  - Foreign-trained doctors, 1978
  - Health care, 1719
  - Post-secondary education, 1460, 1778
  - Repeal of government legislation, 1718
  - School safety, 163
  - Social assistance, 916, 1225, 1717–1718
  - Tenant protection, 1979
- 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
- Post-secondary education
  - ancillary fees, 1735
  - ministerial authority, 1636
- Primary Care Act, 2025 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 670–671, 685
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable housing,
    - responded to, 1031
  - Pension plans,
    - responded to, 1249
- 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 Seniors’ Rights in Care Homes Act, 2025 (Bill 23)
  - first reading, 716
- Question period
  - Education
    - presented, 1456, 2320
  - Education funding
    - presented, 979–980
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 1113, 2083–2084
  - Government investments
    - presented, 769
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 556
- Rental housing
  - cost
    - regionally, 885–886
  - government strategy, 2433
  - rent increases
    - above-guideline, 885–886, 2415–2416
- 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
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 422, 643–647
  - Trespass to Property act, changes to, 643
- School board trustees
  - role of, 1456
  - supervisors, 1456
    - compensation, 2083–2084
- School boards
  - audit into, 847
  - budget deficits, 847
  - French Catholic, 848
  - ministerial authority, 1113, 1630–1631, 1633
  - student trustees, 2320
  - supervisors, 1631–1633, 1636, 2209, 2316
  - trustees, 1630
- School boards - funding
  - by board
    - Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, 847
- School facilities
  - government funding, 769
  - naming
    - ministerial oversight, 2209
- School facilities - capital projects
  - new school construction, 849
  - required signage, 2209
- School facilities - maintenance and repair
  - government strategy, 39
- Schools
  - mental health resources, 39, 1629
  - ministerial authority, 1338–1340
  - resource officers, 1633
- Schools - provincial and demonstration schools
  - government funding, 848–849
- Special economic zones
  - environmental protection, 355
- Speed prevention
  - automated speed enforcement
    - government strategy, 1731–1732
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1337–1340, 1629–1634, 1636–1637, 1734–1735
  - stakeholder feedback, 2320
  - third reading, 2276–2277
- Supportive housing
  - cost vs. incarceration, 645
  - government funding, 645
  - value for money, 645
  - wait-list, 644–645
- Teachers
  - 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
  - Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25),
    - responded to, 1731–1732
  - Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30),
    - responded to, 1731–1732
- Unhoused persons
  - encampments
    - alternatives, availability, 422, 644
    - government response, 646
  - government strategy, 646–647
  - incarceration, 643–644
  - prosecution of
    - financial penalties, 644, 647
  - service needs, 644
- 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
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
- Construction industry
  - employment equity, 1404–1405
  - government strategy, 2080
- Economic conditions
  - government strategy, 431
- Emergency service providers
  - government funding, 1384
- Employment
  - government strategy, 1383, 1392, 2033
  - job creation and loss
    - youth, 621–622
- Employment - youth
  - government strategy, 2475
  - skilled labour, 2476
- Hospitals
  - government strategy, 2479–2480
- Housing development
  - government strategy, 28
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, 81
    - cancellations, 2325, 2416
- International trade - tariffs, United States
  - government response, 1115
- Labour force
  - government strategy, 82
- Labour policy
  - government strategy, 1402–1405, 1410, 2490–2493
  - interprovincial mobility, 77–79
    - and colleges, 81–82
    - and skilled labour shortage, 77–78
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2026, 2081–2082, 2533
- Nuclear energy industry
  - skilled trades employment, 2671
- Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP)
  - fraud prevention, 1403
  - work permit allocation, 1710–1711
- 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
- Question period
  - College funding
    - responded to, 1648
  - Cost of living
    - responded to, 2270
  - 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
  - Government's record
    - responded to, 1115
  - Housing
    - responded to, 28
  - Immigrants' skills
    - responded to, 1710–1711, 2325
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 557, 623
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 622–623, 978, 1278–1279, 1911
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 431, 1518–1519
  - Skilled trades
    - responded to, 1649–1650
  - Skills development
    - responded to, 492–493
  - Workplace safety
    - responded to, 1053
  - Youth unemployment
    - responded to, 621–622, 1392
- Skilled trades
  - general remarks, 2083
  - government strategy, 1649, 2324, 2481
  - labour shortage, 1383
  - training facilities, 1403, 1405
  - youth, 1411
- Skilled trades - education and training
  - statistics, 1385, 1511
- Skills Development Fund
  - accountability and transparency, 2367, 2408, 2476, 2534–2535, 2538
  - application approval process, 1517, 1642–1643, 1843, 2026, 2153, 2263, 2265, 2319, 2321, 2368
    - Auditor General's recommendations, 1905, 2027–2028
    - conflict of interest, 1573–1575, 1643–1644, 1646–1647
  - beneficiaries, 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
    - AI sector, 2157
    - Bayshore Ltd, 1707
    - Dentacloud, 2670–2671
    - emergency services providers, 1384–1385, 1387
    - follow-up and tracking, 1967
    - Grand Bizarre Inc, 1967–1969
    - hospitality sector, 2031, 2080, 2153
    - infrastructure development, 2151–2153, 2264–2266, 2319, 2321–2322, 2327, 2365–2366
    - job placements, 1902–1903
    - nuclear industry, 2606–2607
    - second-round funding, 1965
    - union training, 2418, 2476–2477, 2482, 2533, 2607
  - general remarks, 2151, 2535
  - impact, 2477, 2533, 2538
  - role of, 1382, 1384, 1386–1387, 1839–1840
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 511, 522
- Workerplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - labour disputes
    - Ontario Compensation Employees Union, 623
- Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30)
  - first reading, 984
  - second reading, 1402–1405, 1410–1411
- Workplace safety
  - defibrillators, 1053
  - general remarks, 1278
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - government strategy, 2484
  - staff
    - compensation, 978
    - labour dispute, 1278
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - coverage
  - workers over 65, 2483
Pierre, N. (PC, Burlington)
- Andrew Zawadowski Medicine Professional Corporation Act, 2025 (Bill Pr6)
  - first reading, 1357
- Automobile thefts
  - government response, 537
- 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
- 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
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 1866
- Gender-based violence
  - education and awareness, 2125
  - government strategy
    - funding, 2125
  - support services
    - government funding, 2125
- Gender-based violence - prevention
  - government strategy, 2125
    - evaluation process, 2125
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings,
    - amendment to the amendment,
      - responded to, 2124–2126
- Highways and roads
  - traffic congestion
    - government strategy, 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
- Intimate partner violence
  - endemic declaration, 2124–2125
- Judicial education
  - sexual assault law, intimate partner violence and coercive control, 2126
- Justice centres
  - vs. courtrooms, 374
- Labour policy
  - leave, job-seeking, 1467
- Members' statements
  - Canada flag lawn signs, 148
  - The Great Pumpkin Trail, 1704
  - Hospital funding, 765
  - Joseph Brant Hospital, 2261
  - Solve for Tomorrow, 903
- Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 950
- Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (Bill 24)
  - second reading, 820
- Post-secondary education
  - athletes, appreciation, 1373
- Private members' public business
  - Ontario University Athletics Week Act, 2025 (Bill 22)
    - second reading, 1373
- 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
- Question period
  - 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
  - Veterans
    - presented, 1910–1911
- Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 637
- 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
  - programs
    - Jumpstart, 1118
- Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 (Bill 33)
  - second reading, 1801–1802
  - third reading, 2288–2290
- Unhoused persons
  - encampments, 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
- Emergency management
  - declaration of, 1621
  - government strategy, 1561–1562
  - grants
    - Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG), 1562–1563
  - municipalities, 1621
  - preparedness, 1563
- Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025 (Bill 25)
  - second reading, 1561–1564, 1618, 1621
- Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 1813, 1861–1862
- Members' statements
  - Health care, 82
  - Riding of Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, 1763–1764
  - School facilities, 2316
- 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
- Provincial Parks
  - economic impact, 1494
- School facilities
  - capital projects, 2316
- Sur-Leen Farms Limited Act, 2025 (Bill Pr23)
  - first reading, 1777
Pirie, Hon. G. (PC, Timmins)
- Economic development
  - by region
    - rural and northern Ontario, 1116
- International trade - tariffs, United States
  - government response
    - northern Ontario, 1116
- Question period
  - Northern economy
    - responded to, 1116

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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)