Subject letter h House Hansard index Parliament 44 Session 1

House subject index

Letter: H

Hamilton
- Board of Health
  - Jones, S., 476
- urban boundary expansion
  - Shaw, 3449
Hate and hate-related activities
- prevention
  - Coe, 3148
  - Smith, L., 3148
Health care
- access
  - barriers to
    - Cerjanec, 685
    - Gates, 682
    - Shamji, 660
  - government strategy
    - Gallagher Murphy, 599, 682
  - northern Ontario
    - Bourgouin, 358, 3012
    - Jones, S., 3012–3013
    - Scott, C., 665–666
  - remote and fly-in communities
    - Gates, 358
  - rural Ontario
    - Gates, 599
    - McKenney, 834
    - Thompson, 832
- Black Health Plan
  - Leardi, 4307
- capital projects
  - Cerjanec, 1353
  - Coe, 688
  - Jones, S., 1353
  - Sarkaria, 787–788
  - Saunderson, 834
- culturally and linguistically appropriate care
  - Cerjanec, 685
- delivery models
  - public vs. private
    - Bell, 814–815
    - Cerjanec, 685–686
    - Fife, 668
    - Gates, 680, 683
    - Kernaghan, 673
    - McCrimmon, 673
    - Pasma, 685
    - Sattler, 683, 965
    - Vaugeois, 738
- duty to provide
  - Jones, S., 547–548
  - Shamji, 547–548
- employer health tax
  - notices of assessment
    - Cooper, 790
- gender-affirming
  - access
    - Wong-Tam, 2362
- general remarks
  - Jones, S., 1350
  - Watt, 1350
- government strategy
  - Bailey, 732
  - Bethlenfalvy, 475
  - Bowman, 52
  - Clark, 989
  - Fairclough, 180
  - Ford, 2739
  - Jones, S., 1148–1150, 3101, 3284, 4207
  - Rakocevic, 1086
  - Schreiner, 1153
  - Scott, L., 675
  - Shamji, 1153
  - Thompson, 784, 832, 834
  - Vaugeois, 741
  - Watt, 180, 1152
  - West, 600
- hallway healthcare. see Hospital services - emergency-capacity and overcrowding
- Indigenous communities
  - Mamakwa, 3085
- medical records
  - access
    - Fraser, 770–771
    - Jones, S., 770–771
- nature as
  - Clark, 62
  - Fairclough, 62
- Northern Health Travel Grant
  - reimbursement rates
    - Vaugeois, 1022
- privatization
  - Cerjanec, 686
  - Sattler, 666–667, 686
- race-based data collection
  - Gélinas, 4307
- referrals
  - Fairclough, 612
  - Lennox, 606, 612
- by region
  - Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
    - Scott, L., 676–677
  - Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
    - Jordan, 751
- reports and recommendations
  - Bell, 724–725
- spending
  - per capita
    - Begum, 576
- statistics
  - Jordan, 748
- structural stressors
  - government response
    - Collard, 3114
    - Stevens, 3118
- uninsured
  - Glover, 612
  - Lennox, 608, 612
Health care facilities - by site
- North Lanark Community Health Centre
  - Jordan, 1155
Health care funding
- Canada Health Transfer (federal)
  - Bethlenfalvy, 784
- economic impact
  - Fife, 669
- general remarks
  - Bell, 336, 814, 3226–3227, 3284
  - Bethlenfalvy, 3409–3410
  - Bourgouin, 358
  - Cerjanec, 686
  - Fraser, 2410
  - Jones, S., 1772, 1774, 3253–3254
  - Jordan, 747–748
  - Leardi, 2155
  - Lennox, 2788, 3844
  - Schreiner, 2447
  - Scott, L., 675
  - Shaw, 2245–2246
  - Smith, Dave, 2458
  - Thompson, 832
  - Watt, 2484
- inflation
  - Bell, 2094, 2335
  - Fairclough, 1772
  - Jones, S., 1772
- one-time vs. ongoing
  - Hsu, 168
- per capita
  - Gretzky, 835
- per person
  - Bell, 959–960
  - Gates, 681
- public vs. private
  - Bell, 814, 3497
  - Gélinas, 1500–1501, 2246
- by region
  - Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
    - Scott, L., 2472
Health care - government funding
- emergency care
  - Jones, S., 709–710
  - Shamji, 709–710
- stakeholder statements
  - Burch, 1204–1205
Health Care is Not for Sale Act (Addressing Unfair Fees Charged to Patients), 2025 (Bill 7)
- first reading
  - Gélinas, 213
Health care - northern Ontario
- central command centre
  - Stiles, 705–706
Health care - primary care
- access
  - Bell, 959
  - Cerjanec, 684
  - Tsao, 1117
  - Watt, 3122, 3408
  - West, 363
  - impact on health care system
    - Gates, 680
  - impact on patient health
    - Fife, 669–670
    - Gélinas, 1500
    - Shamji, 656–657
  - northern Ontario
    - Rae, 666
    - Scott, C., 666
- access to, by region
  - Scarborough
    - Lennox, 3969
  - Sioux Lookout
    - Mamakwa, 483
- family doctors
  - administrative responsibilities
    - Fife, 669–670
    - Gates, 680
    - Shamji, 657, 2216
  - recruitment and retention
    - Clancy, 596
    - Scott, C., 666
    - Shamji, 596
  - shortage, factors affecting
    - Hsu, 664
    - Shamji, 657, 664, 670
- French-language
  - Collard, 737
- general remarks
  - Scott, C., 665
  - Scott, L., 675
  - Shamji, 659
- government funding
  - Hazell, 31–32
  - Jones, S., 475–476, 2369
  - Scott, L., 675
  - Shamji, 2796
  - call for proposals
    - Jones, S., 476
    - Jordan, 748
- government strategy
  - Anand, 548
  - Blais, 828
  - Cerjanec, 684
  - Clark, 989
  - Coe, 687
  - Darouze, 723
  - Fairclough, 730
  - Fife, 668
  - Fraser, 728
  - Gallagher Murphy, 683
  - Gates, 587
  - Gélinas, 587, 1156–1157
  - Hsu, 719
  - Jones, S., 31–32, 539–541, 1773, 2034, 3405, 3407–3408
  - Jordan, 545, 1154–1155
  - Leardi, 548, 2796
  - McCrimmon, 673
  - McKenney, 664
  - Sattler, 965
  - Scott, L., 676
  - Shamji, 659, 664, 1157–1158
  - Smith, Dave, 4028–4029
  - evaluation metrics
    - Shamji, 3519
  - retention
    - Jordan, 4001
  - stakeholder statements
    - Jordan, 545–546
- interdisciplinary teams
  - Gélinas, 1156, 1500
  - government funding
    - Gélinas, 609–610
  - recruitment and retention
    - Gélinas, 609
- objectives
  - Jones, S., 540
  - Lennox, 604
- patient-physician matching programs
  - Health Care Connect
    - Shamji, 1586
- Philpott, Dr. Jane
  - Jones, S., 540
- Primary Care Action Plan
  - Bethlenfalvy, 783
  - Jordan, 748
  - Leardi, 1004–1005, 2796
  - Scott, C., 665, 667
  - Scott, L., 676
  - Shamji, 826
  - accountability and transparency
    - Jones, S., 540
  - high-priority postal codes, selection
    - Shamji, 659
- referrals to specialist
  - wait-time
    - Sattler, 3561
- rostering
  - Leardi, 1005
  - change over time
    - Fairclough, 731
  - and complex health issues
    - Fife, 671
  - data transparency
    - McKenney, 671
  - vs. derostering
    - Shamji, 3519
  - goals
    - Jones, S., 3285
    - McKenney, 688
    - Shamji, 659
  - statistics
    - Jones, S., 3289
    - Lennox, 2796
- statements from stakeholders
  - Bell, 814
- statistics
  - Bell, 814
  - Shamji, 66
  - Shaw, 751
- teaching clinics
  - Bailey, 735
  - Coe, 687
  - Leardi, 1005
  - Racinsky, 678, 686
  - Scott, L., 676, 678
  - Smith, L., 735
  - government funding
    - Gallagher Murphy, 673–674
  - statements from stakeholders
    - Coe, 687
- team-based
  - Anand, 663
  - Bailey, 596
  - Bell, 814
  - Coe, 687–688
  - Fife, 665, 669
  - Jones, S., 1117
  - Lennox, 603–604
  - McCrimmon, 674
  - Scott, C., 666
  - Scott, L., 676
  - Shamji, 596, 656, 665
  - access
    - Fife, 670
  - access, regional
    - McCrimmon, 673
    - Vaugeois, 1773
  - and allied health care professionals
    - Shamji, 659–660
  - government funding
    - Coe, 687–688
    - Jones, S., 2612
    - McCrimmon, 673
    - Rae, 685
    - Shamji, 665
  - impact evaluation
    - Fairclough, 613
    - Gélinas, 613
- virtual appointments and telehealth
  - fees
    - Shamji, 2339
Health care services
- clinics, service fees
  - OHIP-funded services
    - Gélinas, 1771
    - Jones, S., 1771
    - Shamji, 1774
- fees for OHIP services
  - Shamji, 658
- French-language services
  - government strategy
    - Collard, 736–737, 2612
    - Jones, S., 2612
- OHIP services
  - fees
    - Fraser, 45, 620
Health care services - by region
- Hamilton Centre
  - Shelter Health Network
    - Lennox, 59
  - social determinants of health programs
    - Gélinas, 59
Health care system
- boards of health
  - Hamilton
    - Gélinas, 579–580
    - Jones, S., 476
    - Jordan, 749
    - Leardi, 482
  - responsibilities
    - Gélinas, 580
- and Canada Health Act principles
  - Coe, 687
  - Shamji, 658, 660
  - inclusion
    - Fife, 671
- emergency rooms
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - Cerjanec, 571
    - Lennox, 565–566
  - closures
    - Jones, S., 705
    - Stiles, 705
- government strategy
  - Gélinas, 611–612
  - Gretzky, 674
  - Jones, S., 3975–3976
  - Leardi, 91
  - Pasma, 38
- priorities
  - Shamji, 574–575
- privatization
  - Gates, 680, 3957
  - Gélinas, 91
- public opinion
  - Gélinas, 579
  - Rakocevic, 1085
- statistics
  - Shamji, 656, 658–659
Health care system - urgent care
- government strategy
  - Gates, 569–570
Health care workers
- appreciation
  - Coe, 687
  - Thanigasalam, 476
- compensation
  - wage parity
    - Kernaghan, 470
- education and training
  - Jones, S., 541–542
  - programs
    - Allsopp, 568
- job loss
  - Gates, 3014, 3956
  - Stevens, 3015
  - Stiles, 2366
  - West, 2910
- labour disputes
  - Gélinas, 2368
  - Jones, S., 2368–2369
- recruitment and retention
  - Lennox, 547
  - Saunderson, 547
- scope of practice, expansion
  - Jones, S., 476
  - Watt, 1794
- shortage
  - Tsao, 1117
- temporary staff agencies
  - Jones, S., 476
- violence against
  - Gélinas, 2244
Health care workers - recruitment and retention
- as-of-right initiative
  - Jordan, 3999–4000
  - Shamji, 1588
  - interprovincial credentials
    - Jones, S., 1441–1443
    - Kanapathi, 1535
    - Khanjin, 1437, 2678–2679
    - Racinsky, 1536–1538
    - Smith, Dave, 4029
  - oversight
    - Fairclough, 1600
- compensation
  - Cerjanec, 685
  - Gélinas, 2369
  - Shamji, 826
- education and training
  - Jones, S., 1442, 2267
  - Jordan, 3999
  - Quinn, 4312–4313
  - Learn and Stay Grant
    - Leardi, 1005
    - Quinn, 3216, 3369
- employment
  - temporary agencies
    - Shamji, 658
- general remarks
  - Bethlenfalvy, 784
  - Coe, 688
  - Jones, S., 476
  - Scott, L., 675–677
  - Smith, L., 738
- government strategy
  - Bell, 959
  - Cerjanec, 835
  - Clark, 988
  - Flack, 2258
  - Jones, S., 1117, 2910–2911
  - Jordan, 748
  - Smith, Dave, 2233
  - Watt, 1014
- labour market, public vs. private sector
  - Gélinas, 1538
- by region
  - Sarnia—Lambton
    - Bailey, 735
- residency positions
  - Leardi, 4082
- statistics
  - Gallagher Murphy, 598
  - Jordan, 748
- underserved regions
  - Jones, S., 1442
  - northern Ontario
    - Leardi, 4313
- working conditions
  - Cerjanec, 684
  - Shamji, 1586, 3519
Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international
- credential recognition
  - Begum, 3033
  - Cerjanec, 684
  - Jones, S., 1441, 2268
  - Jordan, 2216
  - Kanapathi, 1535
- government strategy
  - Leardi, 3969
  - Lennox, 3969
  - Smith, Dave, 4029
- immigration process
  - Stevens, 1352
- other jurisdictions
  - Stiles, 4037
- Practice Ready Ontario program
  - Jordan, 3999
  - Shamji, 1586, 4009
- residency match
  - prioritization
    - Begum, 3033
    - Blais, 3990
    - Burch, 4094
    - Fife, 1596–1597
    - Fraser, 3995
    - Gélinas, 1502, 4054
    - Hsu, 2034
    - Jones, S., 1444, 2267
    - Jordan, 3999, 4001
    - Kanapathi, 4015
    - Leardi, 4057, 4060, 4062
    - Lennox, 1444
    - McMahon, 4057
    - Pierre, 4054
    - Sabawy, 3962
    - Sattler, 4082
    - Shamji, 1444, 1586–1587, 4009
    - West, 3961–3962
- return-of-service program
  - Hsu, 2034
Health Connect Ontario
- Health811 service
  - Jones, S., 477
- wait-list
  - transparency
    - Shamji, 661
Health information
- access fees
  - Pasma, 671
- digital health identifiers
  - Gallagher Murphy, 598–599
  - Jones, S., 477
- Electronic Health Record
  - Jones, S., 477
  - patient access
    - Armstrong, 595
    - Bailey, 733–734
    - Fairclough, 592–593, 595
    - Gallagher Murphy, 598–600
    - Gélinas, 587
    - Jones, S., 477–478
    - Jordan, 749
    - Leardi, 482
    - Vaugeois, 740
    - Vickers, 587
- government strategy
  - McCrimmon, 672
- protection of privacy
  - Anand, 600
  - Bailey, 733–734
  - Collard, 737
  - Fraser, 746
  - Gélinas, 585, 741
  - Jones, S., 478, 484
  - McCrimmon, 673
  - Shamji, 660
  - Vaugeois, 740–741
  - Wai, 484
  - access tracking
    - Vaugeois, 740
  - data brokerage
    - Fraser, 742–743, 745
    - Shaw, 745, 752
    - Smyth, 746
  - de-identification
    - Fraser, 741–743, 995
    - Leardi, 741
    - Vaugeois, 741, 745
  - government liability
    - Shaw, 752
  - Information and Privacy Commissioner, recommendations
    - Fairclough, 593
    - Fraser, 743–745
    - Gélinas, 585
    - Vaugeois, 740–742
  - Ontario Health
    - Gélinas, 586, 594
    - Vaugeois, 740
  - Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004
    - Fraser, 744
    - Leardi, 745
  - United States corporations
    - Blais, 2928
    - Fife, 2923
Healthcare Staffing Agencies Act, 2025 (Bill 44)
- first reading
  - Gélinas, 1222
Heat Stress Act, 2025 (Bill 36)
- first reading
  - Tabuns, 1061
Heritage properties
- protection
  - reform
    - McGregor, 1844
Highway 11
- closures
  - Bourgouin, 3102–3103
  - Sarkaria, 2028–2029
  - Vanthof, 718–719, 1897, 2028–2029, 2317, 2454–2455, 2610, 3907
- fatalities
  - Bourgouin, 3103
- four-laning
  - Bourgouin, 3967–3968
  - Gélinas, 3967
  - Grewal, 3967
- national significance
  - Grewal, 3968
- 2+1 system
  - Bourgouin, 357
  - Vanthof, 2085–2086, 2455
Highway 407
- tolls, removal of
  - Bethlenfalvy, 783
  - Cerjanec, 148
  - Smith, Dave, 792
Highway 413
- general remarks
  - Darouze, 723
- government strategy
  - Grewal, 773
  - Gualtieri, 773
- progress
  - Rosenberg, 3204
Highway Traffic Act, RSO 1990, c H.8
- offences
  - prosecution
    - Bourgouin, 3175
Highways and roads
- Gardiner expressway
  - strategic rehabilitation plan
    - Bresee, 2975
    - Triantafilopoulos, 2975
- highways 11/17
  - closure
    - Rosenberg, 1621
    - Vanthof, 1621
- HOV lanes
  - restriction, removal
    - Bresee, 3420
- northern Ontario
  - Bourgouin, 834–835, 3590
  - Sarkaria, 1281, 2610
  - Vanthof, 42–43
  - West, 3590
  - infrastructure development
    - Vanthof, 719
  - Ring of Fire development
    - Cooper, 2236
- regional roads
  - Peel region
    - Smith, G., 1957
- tolls
  - Bresee, 1212–1213
  - Coe, 1212–1213
  - Smith, Dave, 4028
  - removal
    - Bethlenfalvy, 3857–3858
- traffic congestion
  - Anand, 320
  - Grewal, 773
  - Gualtieri, 772
  - Pierre, 383–384
  - Rosenberg, 3204
  - Sarkaria, 384
  - economic impact
    - Anand, 320
  - government strategy
    - Clancy, 2929
    - Grewal, 90–91, 320–321
    - Gualtieri, 90
    - Sandhu, 977
    - Sarkaria, 788, 2158
    - Surma, 488
  - statistics
    - Surma, 868
- 2+1 system
  - Bourgouin, 835
Highways and roads - construction
- government funding
  - Bresee, 3419–3420
- standards, harmonization
  - Bresee, 3420
Highways and roads - construction and expansion
- Garden City Skyway twinning
  - domestic procurement
    - Stevens, 2236, 2932–2933
- government strategy
  - Bresee, 4129
  - Gretzky, 264
  - Rosenberg, 264, 3204
  - Sarkaria, 4127
  - Vanthof, 3968
- Highway 3
  - Dowie, 1080
- Highway 11/17
  - Grewal, 3907–3908
  - Rosenberg, 3204
- highway 17/trans-Canada
  - Vanthof, 376
- Highway 69
  - government funding
    - Blais, 3593
    - West, 3591, 3593
- Highway 401
  - expansion, eastern portion
    - Bresee, 4130
  - tunneling
    - Bell, 813–814
    - Bowman, 2253
    - Fairclough, 2310–2311
    - Harris, 1087
    - Hazell, 2272
    - Rakocevic, 1087
    - Sarkaria, 788
- highway 401 tunneling
  - Bowman, 50–51
  - Stiles, 379–380
  - as nation-building project
    - French, 1211
- Highway 413
  - Grewal, 977
  - Sabawy, 4334
  - Sandhu, 977
- municipal standards
  - Sarkaria, 1679–1680
- northern Ontario
  - Rosenberg, 3204
- Webequie supply road
  - partnership agreement
    - Bethlenfalvy, 2444
    - Mamakwa, 2334
Highways and roads - maintenance and repair
- Gardiner Expressway
  - Bresee, 2415, 2795, 4128
  - Grewal, 2030
  - Sarkaria, 1846, 2158, 4127
- government funding
  - Sarkaria, 2610
- local roads boards
  - matching funds
    - Gélinas, 1815
    - Hsu, 1861
    - Sarkaria, 1680
    - Shamji, 1805
    - Smyth, 1867
- winter
  - consumer protection reform
    - Crawford, 2326
- winter snow clearance
  - clearance standards
    - Bourgouin, 1892
    - Vaugeois, 2773–2774
  - government strategy
    - Bresee, 1894, 2773
  - northern Ontario
    - Gélinas, 2776
Highways and roads safety
- and commercial strucks
  - inspection stations
    - Dowie, 1895
    - Smyth, 1893
- and commercial trucks
  - Bourgouin, 1891–1892
  - Smyth, 1893
  - Vaugeois, 1896
  - inspection stations
    - Cerjanec, 1897
    - Vaugeois, 1896
Highways and roads - safety
- data transparency
  - Blais, 1528
- general remarks
  - Begum, 1540
  - Bourgouin, 357
  - Bresee, 3421
  - Fraser, 1530
  - Khanjin, 1437
  - Vaugeois, 426
  - Vickers, 1108
- government strategy
  - French, 2674
  - Sarkaria, 3102–3103, 4540
  - Vanthof, 43
- Highway 11/17
  - Bourgouin, 31, 1281, 2610, 3556
  - Bresee, 3425
  - Grewal, 3907
Highways and roads safety
- Highway 11/17
  - Hazell, 2772
Highways and roads - safety
- Highway 11/17
  - Mamakwa, 3555
  - Sarkaria, 31, 3556
  - Vanthof, 3556
Highways and roads safety
- Highway 11/17
  - Vaugeois, 2774
Highways and roads - safety
- Highway 11/17
  - Vaugeois, 3424
- Highway 69
  - Gélinas, 4232–4233
  - Sarkaria, 3562–3563
  - West, 3562–3563, 4233
- Highway 174
  - Blais, 3348
- inspection stations
  - Sarkaria, 2085
  - Vaugeois, 2085
- northern Ontario
  - Bourgouin, 21, 31
  - Gretzky, 3593
Highways and roads safety
- northern Ontario
  - Mamakwa, 1894
Highways and roads - safety
- northern Ontario
  - Sarkaria, 31
Highways and roads safety
- northern Ontario
  - Smyth, 1893
Highways and roads - safety
- northern Ontario
  - West, 3592–3593
Highways and roads safety
- northern Ontario
  - driver fatalities
    - Vaugeois, 2774
  - government strategy
    - Bresee, 1893–1894
    - Dowie, 1895
  - two-plus-one lanes
    - Cerjanec, 1896–1897
    - Vanthof, 1897
Highways and roads - safety
- regulations
  - fines and penalties
    - Blais, 1533–1534
    - Fife, 1533
    - Grewal, 2611
- rural and northern Ontario
  - Scott, C., 1182
  - Shaw, 1182
- speeding prevention. see Speeding prevention
- Trans-Canada Highway
  - northern Ontario
    - Vanthof, 718
- trucks and trucking
  - Peel region
    - French, 2752
Highways and roads - traffic congestion
- government strategy
  - Bresee, 3419
Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. Act, 2026 (Bill Pr9)
- first reading
  - Blais, 2377
- second reading
  - Blais, 3390
- third reading
  - Blais, 3390
- Royal assent, 3682
Home and community care
- accountability and oversight
  - Jones, S., 3483–3484
  - Pasma, 3483
- cost
  - Pasma, 3323
- government strategy
  - Gélinas, 42
- maximum allowance
  - Tabuns, 211
Home and community care - funding
- general remarks
  - Bethlenfalvy, 2093
  - Pasma, 2239–2240, 2445
  - Smith, Dave, 2233
- remote monitoring
  - Bell, 2471
Home and community care - workers
- compensation
  - for travel
    - Gélinas, 581
  - wage parity
    - Brady, 2342
- recruitment and retention
  - Gélinas, 581
  - compensation, role of
    - Pasma, 2239–2240
- shortage
  - impact on patient-staff continuity
    - Gélinas, 582
Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)
- pre-construction sales agreements
  - complaint process
    - French, 2991–2992
  - use of non-diclosure agreements
    - French, 2992
    - Rakocevic, 2994
Home heating
- affordability
  - Stevens, 2848
Home ownership
- general remarks
  - Kerzner, 882, 3544–3545
- HST rebates. see also Budget 2026/2027—taxation—Harmonized Sales Tax rebate on home purchases
  - Anand, 2333
  - Bethlenfalvy, 2093, 3857
  - Blais, 3587
  - Cerjanec, 2332–2333, 2596
  - Flack, 2259, 3695
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3587
  - Kanapathi, 3348
  - Shamji, 1808, 1810, 2339
  - Smith, Dave, 2233–2234, 2459
  - Smith, G., 3911, 4539
  - Smith, L., 1810, 2309
- provincial land transfer tax
  - Shamji, 1807
- statistics
  - McKenney, 852
Homelessness Ends with Housing Act, 2025 (Bill 28)
- first reading
  - Clancy, 915
- second reading, 1545–1553, 1581–1582
Homes Ontario. see New Democratic Party (NDP)—housing policy
Honey Harbour Community Church Inc. Act, 2025 (Bill Pr33)
- second reading
  - Saunderson, 3004
- third reading
  - Saunderson, 3004
- Royal assent, 3076
Hospital services
- cost per stay
  - Fairclough, 730
- department closures
  - Shaw, 751
Hospital services - emergency
- availability
  - Shaw, 751
- capacity and overcrowding
  - Bell, 959
  - Gates, 679–680, 839
  - Stiles, 4534
- care models, programs
  - Jones, S., 1353
  - Lennox, 3968
  - Scott, L., 677
- government strategy
  - Jones, S., 4534
  - Scott, C., 667
- wait-time
  - Cerjanec, 1352
  - Gates, 681
  - Gélinas, 2244
  - Jones, S., 3624
  - Shaw, 751
  - Stiles, 3404, 4207, 4534
  - Watt, 2484
Hospitality industry
- education and awareness
  - Hospital Workers Appreciation Day
    - Hardeman, 2893–2894
    - McMahon, 2894–2895
    - Piccini, 2895
    - Vanthof, 2894
Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day Act, 2025 (Bill 67)
- first reading
  - Hardeman, 1777
- second reading, 2659–2666, 2681–2682
- referred to Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy, 2681–2682
- third reading, 2893–2895
  - Hardeman, 2893–2894
  - McMahon, 2894–2895
  - Piccini, 2895
  - Vanthof, 2894
- Royal assent, 3076
Hospitals
- agency nurses, use of
  - cost
    - Gates, 680
- capital projects
  - Flack, 2258
  - Jones, S., 3353, 3487, 3698, 4473, 4535
  - Smith, Dave, 2233
  - Tsao, 2453
  - procurement policies
    - Bell, 1907–1908
- government funding
  - Bell, 725
  - Fraser, 2249
  - Jones, S., 1775, 2480, 3014–3015, 3159, 3260, 3770
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 3831
  - Leardi, 2798, 3968
  - Lennox, 3101
  - Watt, 2798, 3122, 3831
- government strategy
  - Jones, S., 2484
  - Piccini, 2479–2480
  - Watt, 3601
- parking fees
  - Burch, 386, 548–549, 1045, 1116–1117, 3200
  - Gates, 2604–2605
  - Jones, S., 386, 1117
  - hospital staff
    - Gates, 4085
- staff loss
  - Armstrong, 3770–3771
  - Burch, 2676, 3200, 3253
  - Gélinas, 2244, 2472–2473, 2613
  - Jones, S., 2613, 3405
  - McKenney, 3254
  - Sattler, 3405
  - Shaw, 2739, 3253
  - Stevens, 3156
  - Stiles, 3405
  - Watt, 3829
  - West, 2613–2614
Hospitals - budgets
- deficits
  - Fairclough, 1772
  - Fraser, 2247
  - Gélinas, 2244
  - Shaw, 751
- government strategy
  - Burch, 3200
  - Jones, S., 2614, 4142
  - Leardi, 2676–2677
  - Lennox, 4142
  - Watt, 2798
Hospitals - by region
- Niagara Health
  - urgent care centres
    - Burch, 706
    - Gates, 1152
    - Jones, S., 706
    - Stevens, 706
Hospitals - by site
- capital projects
  - Mississauga Hospital
    - Bell, 1519
    - Jones, S., 1519
  - Stevenson Memorial Hospital
    - Saunderson, 2669
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
  - integrated treatment centre
    - Darouze, 3523
- Douglas Memorial Hospital
  - urgent care centre closure
    - Gates, 703, 706
- Douglas Memorial hospital (Fort Erie)
  - hours
    - Gates, 679, 681, 837, 2306, 2450, 3319, 3340–3341, 3874
- Haliburton Highlands Heath Services (HHHS) - Minden
  - emergency room closure
    - Glover, 702
- Health Sciences North
  - Gélinas, 572
  - expansion
    - Gélinas, 2244
- Joseph Brant Hospital
  - Pierre, 2261
  - mental health unit
    - Pierre, 765
- Kingston Hospital
  - Bowman, 3526
  - Hsu, 3409–3410
  - Jones, S., 3259
  - Jordan, 4001
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - Hsu, 3259–3260
- Michael Garron Hospital
  - Bowman, 1008
  - Jones, S., 3412–3413, 3623
  - Leardi, 4059
  - McMahon, 572, 842, 3412, 4058–4059, 4221
- Niagara-on-the-Lake
  - closure
    - Gates, 837
- North York General Hospital
  - expansion
    - Tsao, 2454
- Queensway Carleton Hospital
  - Pasma, 846
  - expansion
    - Pasma, 2239, 2445, 3321
    - Watt, 3829
- Sault Ste. Marie
  - Group Health Centre
    - Gélinas, 1181
    - Scott, C., 1181–1182
- Welland Hospital
  - Burch, 572–573, 1044, 3200
  - capital funding
    - Burch, 1775
  - maintenance and repair
    - Burch, 1964
Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
- data publication
  - Lennox, 3698
  - Stiles, 3160
- EMS offload delays
  - Gallagher Murphy, 682
  - Gates, 681–682
- general remarks
  - Burch, 3201
  - Gates, 2450, 3487
  - Glover, 3831
  - Lennox, 3100–3101, 3698
  - Sattler, 3560
  - Stiles, 3352–3353, 3623–3624, 4034, 4207, 4534
  - Watt, 3408, 3831
- government strategy
  - Jones, S., 435–436, 3352–3353, 3560–3561
  - Lennox, 3968
  - Stiles, 3404–3405, 4472–4473
  - Watt, 435
- and long-term-care beds
  - Bell, 725
- by site
  - Queensway Carleton Hospital
    - Watt, 435
Hospitals - construction and expansion - by site
- Queensway Carlton Hospital
  - government funding
    - Jones, S., 556
    - Pasma, 556
Hospitals - funding
- government strategy
  - Gélinas, 1501
- other jurisdictions
  - Fairclough, 730, 2479
Hospitals - funding by site
- Welland Hospital
  - Burch, 386
  - Jones, S., 386
Hospitals - infrastructure
- government funding
  - Fife, 710
  - Jones, S., 710, 769
- government strategy
  - Allsopp, 567–569
  - Burch, 573
  - Cerjanec, 571–572
  - Leardi, 577–578
  - Mamakwa, 573
  - McKenney, 576
  - Pasma, 573–574
  - Stevens, 576
  - Watt, 566–567
  - West, 577
- as nation-building
  - Begum, 576
  - Fairclough, 565
  - Fife, 577, 711
  - Gilmour, 570
  - Glover, 570–571
  - Jones, S., 552
  - Shamji, 574
  - Stiles, 552, 563–565, 578
  - Watt, 566–567
Hospitals - staff
- per capita
  - Gates, 681
Housing. see also Rental housing
- access
  - economic impact
    - Fife, 2413
    - Kernaghan, 1815
    - McKenney, 852
  - government strategy
    - Gates, 1862
    - Saunderson, 1862
- affordability
  - Cerjanec, 890
  - Flack, 757, 764
  - Schreiner, 880, 2447
  - Shamji, 2299, 2355
  - Smith, L., 1811
  - government strategy
    - Flack, 765
    - Kerzner, 884
    - Pasma, 886
    - Shamji, 2339
    - Smith, L., 884
    - Stevens, 884–885
  - and provincial emigration
    - Shamji, 1803, 2356
  - by region, Niagara
    - Burch, 858
  - by region, Orléans
    - Blais, 864
- core housing need
  - statistics
    - McKenney, 1691
- cost
  - Glover, 3447
  - statistics
    - Schreiner, 2740
- cost, change over time
  - vs. income
    - McKenney, 852
- government funding
  - Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund
    - Amherstburg
      - Leardi, 3062
  - municipalities
    - Hsu, 385
  - vulnerable populations
    - Clancy, 775
- government strategy
  - Bell, 2656, 3227
  - Cerjanec, 889, 2017–2018
  - Flack, 210–211, 1457, 2541
  - Glover, 2650
  - Gualtieri, 1711–1712
  - McKenney, 1028–1029, 2374, 2441, 3321
  - Pasma, 2239
  - Racinsky, 210, 2656
  - Rae, 2437–2438
  - Schreiner, 2946–2947
  - Shamji, 1029
  - Smith, G., 1711–1712
  - Stevens, 2440
  - West, 2440
- infrastructure development
  - Flack, 1971
  - Leardi, 1975
  - McCarthy, 1975
  - Sandhu, 1971
  - Shamji, 2298–2299
- modular and factory built
  - Flack, 385
  - Hsu, 385
- municipal partnerships
  - Flack, 211
  - Racinsky, 211
- non-market housing
  - Watt, 2430
- statistics
  - Lennox, 2417–2418
  - McKenney, 851
  - Housing Assessment Research Tools
    - McKenney, 852
- vulnerable groups
  - Wong-Tam, 1227–1228
Housing - accessible
- availability
  - Vaugeois, 1203
Housing Affordability Task Force
- recommendations
  - McKenney, 401, 851, 854
  - Pasma, 885
  - as-of-right zoning
    - McKenney, 851
Housing - affordable
- government strategy
  - Armstrong, 2964–2965
  - Flack, 776–777, 1713–1714
  - McKenney, 4075
  - Schreiner, 1713
  - Smith, G., 4076
  - Tsao, 776–777
Housing - by region
- Ajax
  - Cerjanec, 890
- Beaches—East York
  - McMahon, 879
- Gogama
  - Gélinas, 872–874
  - public housing, surplus
    - Gélinas, 40–41, 1464
  - unoccupied publicly owned housing
    - Gélinas, 872–875, 1506, 2354–2355
    - West, 874–875
- Niagara
  - Gates, 2540
Housing developers
- general remarks
  - Blais, 864
- role in communities
  - Blais, 864–865
Housing development
- accountability and oversight
  - Cerjanec, 1020
- building targets, municipalities
  - Burch, 856
- completion timelines
  - Pierre, 888
- construction starts
  - Fife, 27
  - Flack, 27, 2081
  - McKenney, 89, 3320
  - Pasma, 885
  - Schreiner, 3328, 3833
  - Shamji, 3519
  - Watt, 3123
  - projections
    - Bowman, 2251
    - Shamji, 827, 860, 2776–2777
  - statistics
    - Burch, 856
    - Shamji, 1072
- costs
  - Flack, 1713
- factors affecting
  - Cerjanec, 890
  - Rae, 2352
- federal funding
  - Housing Accelerator Fund
    - McKenney, 852
- format diversity
  - Blais, 864
  - Schreiner, 3331
- government funding
  - Fife, 27–28
  - Stiles, 488
  - Surma, 488
- government strategy
  - Cerjanec, 891
  - Flack, 89, 710, 756, 1577–1578, 1676, 1678–1679, 3359, 3417–3419, 3844, 4212, 4478
  - Gilmour, 124–125
  - McKenney, 852
  - McMahon, 4225
  - Pasma, 875
  - Piccini, 28
  - Rae, 3696
  - Saunderson, 642–643, 1861, 3844
  - Scott, C., 806
  - Shamji, 860, 1072, 1203–1204, 1809, 3436
  - Shaw, 3448–3449
  - Smith, Dave, 710
  - Smith, L., 806, 2739, 3444–3446
  - Smyth, 1203
  - Tabuns, 124
  - Tsao, 3814–3815
- greenfield vs. existing infrastructure
  - Pinsonneault, 2652
  - Racinsky, 2655, 2657
  - Vickers, 2657
- infrastructure
  - Saunderson, 1960–1961
- priorities
  - McKenney, 1550
- purchases after construction
  - Cerjanec, 892
- rural Ontario
  - Smith, G., 2357
- sustainable building standards
  - Collard, 3444
  - McMahon, 3429, 3441–3442, 3444, 3448
  - Schreiner, 3542
  - Shamji, 3437
  - Tabuns, 3548–3549
  - Vaugeois, 3581
Housing development - approvals and permits
- archaeological assessments
  - backlog
    - McGregor, 1843
- city councils
  - Blais, 863
  - Cerjanec, 889–890
- general remarks
  - Smith, G., 758
- ministerial authority over requirements
  - and changes in government administration
    - McMahon, 877–878
- minor variances
  - Flack, 1677
  - Rae, 2353
  - Saunderson, 1858
  - Shamji, 860
  - Smith, G., 2358
  - Smith, L., 1811–1812
  - committees of adjustments, exemption
    - Flack, 756
- municipal standards
  - Cerjanec, 890, 893
  - Flack, 1281–1282, 1677–1678
  - Kerzner, 882
  - Pasma, 886
  - Rae, 2353–2354
  - Saunderson, 1859–1860
  - Smith, L., 1812
  - accessibility
    - Vaugeois, 887–889
    - West, 888
  - municipal authority
    - Flack, 756
    - McKenney, 853
    - McMahon, 877–878
    - Saunderson, 762
- municipal standards, green
  - Blais, 866
  - Burch, 859, 872
  - Fairclough, 2351
  - McKenney, 853
  - McMahon, 859, 877–880, 1074–1075, 1281–1282, 1853, 1934
  - Schreiner, 880
  - Smyth, 1869–1870
  - Surma, 872
  - Vaugeois, 879
  - economic impact
    - McMahon, 1853–1856, 1869
  - stormwater management
    - Hsu, 1855
    - McMahon, 1853–1855
- new materials and products
  - Flack, 756, 764
  - McMahon, 877
  - Racinsky, 764
  - Saunderson, 761
- provincial green standards
  - Schreiner, 2394
- reduction
  - Smith, L., 1811, 3359
- required studies, limitation of
  - Flack, 756
  - McMahon, 877
  - Pasma, 889
  - Pierre, 889
  - Saunderson, 763
  - Smith, G., 760
- site plan control
  - exemptions
    - Shamji, 861
- site plan control, exemptions
  - schools
    - Cerjanec, 891
- timelines
  - Blais, 866
  - Cerjanec, 891
  - Coe, 866
  - Gélinas, 876
Housing development - by region
- Peel region
  - Saunderson, 1958–1959
Housing development - construction
- cost
  - Flack, 1676–1677
- inclusionary zoning
  - Vaugeois, 887
- interest rates
  - impact of
    - Shamji, 1804
- methods
  - modular housing
    - Shamji, 827
  - panelized
    - McMahon, 877
- mid-density
  - Schreiner, 2393–2394
- timelines
  - Dowie, 892
Housing development - densification
- general remarks
  - Blais, 2568–2570
  - Fife, 3434, 3448
  - Schreiner, 3541, 3546
  - Smith, L., 3448
- mid-density
  - Fife, 3584
  - Gilmour, 3578
  - McKenney, 1692, 3582
  - Sattler, 3584
  - Wong-Tam, 3576, 3578
Housing development - government funding
- unhoused persons
  - Collard, 772
  - Flack, 772
Housing development - infrastructure
- government funding
  - Bell, 962
  - Cerjanec, 890
  - Flack, 757
  - McCarthy, 3016–3017, 3485, 4544
  - Sandhu, 3263
  - Saunderson, 761
  - Smith, G., 3279
  - Surma, 870
  - Thompson, 832
- government strategy
  - Bell, 961
  - Flack, 756–757
- municipal role
  - Saunderson, 763
- water treatment. see Water treatment infrastructure
- Waterloo region
  - Fife, 3016
Housing development - municipal charges
- development charges
  - Flack, 756
  - Saunderson, 762
  - Smith, G., 759
  - accountability and transparency
    - Cooper, 2994
    - Pierre, 2990–2991
    - Rae, 2353, 2993
    - Rakocevic, 2994
    - Riddell, 2995
    - Saunderson, 762–763, 1858
    - Watt, 2993
  - allocation
    - Flack, 1677
    - Smith, L., 1811, 1813–1814
  - by-law development
    - Flack, 756–757
  - credit flexibility
    - Saunderson, 762
  - deferral until occupancy
    - Cerjanec, 891
    - Flack, 756
    - Leardi, 879
    - Saunderson, 762
    - Smith, L., 1811
  - framework, standardization
    - Saunderson, 762
  - government strategy
    - McKenney, 3320–3321
    - Saunderson, 1860
  - provincial support
    - Smith, G., 3911
  - rates paid, variability
    - Saunderson, 762
  - reduction
    - Kerzner, 3547
    - McKenney, 3435, 3574
    - Rae, 3546–3547
    - Schreiner, 3541
    - Shamji, 3436, 3438
    - Smith, G., 3574
  - by region, Toronto
    - Cerjanec, 893
    - Rae, 893
  - as revenue source
    - McKenney, 3429–3430
  - role of
    - Blais, 865
    - Burch, 859
    - Glover, 1011–1013
    - McKenney, 1692
    - Stevens, 859
    - Watt, 2992
  - transit station charges
    - McCarthy, 1872
    - Wong-Tam, 1687
- development charges, exemptions and discounts
  - Flack, 756
  - Kerzner, 882
  - McKenney, 858
  - Smith, L., 858
  - affordability, homebuyers
    - Cooper, 2995
    - Riddell, 2995
    - Watt, 765
  - allocation
    - Schreiner, 880
  - cost projections
    - Leardi, 880
    - Schreiner, 880–881
  - farmers and stormwater infrastructure
    - Burch, 884
  - federal
    - Cerjanec, 891
  - impact
    - Blais, 865
    - Burch, 857
    - Cerjanec, 891
    - McKenney, 854, 1685
    - Saunderson, 762
    - Shamji, 1807
    - Smith, G., 759–760
  - long-term care homes
    - Flack, 756, 764
    - Kerzner, 883
    - Saunderson, 762
    - Shamji, 861
  - mid-range housing
    - Shamji, 1807
- impact on housing costs
  - Cerjanec, 890
Housing Equity and Rental Transparency Act, 2025 (Bill 64)
- first reading
  - Bowman, 1716
Housing market
- non-resident speculation tax
  - Kernaghan, 2395
- speculation
  - Burch, 856
- statistics
  - Cerjanec, 891
Housing policy
- general remarks
  - Glover, 1011
- government strategy
  - Shaw, 1026
- statements by stakeholders
  - Hsu, 1077
- upzoning
  - Gélinas, 881
  - McMahon, 2256
  - Schreiner, 881, 3328–3329
  - mid-density
    - McKenney, 764
    - Smith, G., 764
Housing supply
- cities
  - Shamji, 1804
- format diversity
  - Smith, G., 760
- government strategy
  - Anand, 2332–2333
  - Bell, 817–818
  - Cerjanec, 844, 893
  - Flack, 257–258, 1650, 2418, 2541, 3258
  - Ford, 257–258
  - Rae, 2352–2353
  - Saunderson, 761, 763
  - Schreiner, 844
  - Smith, L., 3258–3259
  - Smyth, 893, 1867
  - building target
    - Bowman, 2252, 3228
    - Gates, 2450
    - McKenney, 2350
    - Shamji, 1804, 2356
- impact on housing costs
  - McCrimmon, 647–648
- vs. other jurisdictions
  - Bell, 2335
  - Glover, 1011, 1013
  - Shamji, 1803, 2339, 2355–2356
  - Smith, L., 1813
- population growth projections
  - Flack, 755
  - Saunderson, 761
- property values
  - McKenney, 763–764
- shortage
  - McKenney, 852
- statistics
  - Shamji, 2340
Housing supply - population growth projections
- senior citizens
  - Blais, 2567
HST Relief Implementation Act (Residential Property Rebates), 2026 (Bill 114)
- first reading
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4215
- second reading, 4289–4299, 4389–4397, 4417–4450
  - Bell, 4389–4393, 4396–4397
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4289–4291
  - Cerjanec, 4396–4397
  - Cuzzetto, 4396
  - Dowie, 4298
  - Flack, 4291–4294, 4297–4298
  - Gates, 4298
  - McKenney, 4396
  - Pierre, 4297
  - Sattler, 4298
  - Smith, Dave, 4396
  - Smith, L., 4294–4298
  - Stevens, 4397
  - Tabuns, 4297
  - Vanthof, 4393–4397
Human trafficking
- coerced debts, protection from
  - Anand, 536
- prevention
  - Ciriello, 1229
  - Collard, 1228
  - hotels and short-term rentals
    - Downey, 268
Human trafficking - law enforcement
- intelligence gathering
  - hotels and related businesses
    - Anand, 536
    - Dowie, 538
Human trafficking - prevention
- government funding
  - Parsa, 2864
  - Wai, 2115
  - Williams, 2039
Human trafficking - sex trafficking
- children and youth
  - Ontario Sex Offender Registry
    - Anand, 536
- education
  - Scott, L., 2100
- law enforcement services
  - hotel guest registries
    - Scott, L., 2100
Hydroelectricity generating facilities
- Lower Notch power dam
  - excess power utilization
    - Vanthof, 1875, 1880
- by region
  - Nickel Belt
    - Gélinas, 2841
Hydroelectricity industry
- government strategy
  - Smith, Dave, 793

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House subject index

Letter: H

Hamilton

Hate and hate-related activities

Health care

Health care facilities - by site

Health care funding

Health care - government funding

Health Care is Not for Sale Act (Addressing Unfair Fees Charged to Patients), 2025 (Bill 7)

Health care - northern Ontario

Health care - primary care

Health care services

Health care services - by region

Health care system

Health care system - urgent care

Health care workers

Health care workers - recruitment and retention

Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international

Health Connect Ontario

Health information

Healthcare Staffing Agencies Act, 2025 (Bill 44)

Heat Stress Act, 2025 (Bill 36)

Heritage properties

Highway 11

Highway 407

Highway 413

Highway Traffic Act, RSO 1990, c H.8

Highways and roads

Highways and roads - construction

Highways and roads - construction and expansion

Highways and roads - maintenance and repair

Highways and roads safety

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Highways and roads safety

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Highways and roads safety

Highways and roads - safety

Highways and roads safety

Highways and roads - safety

Highways and roads safety

Highways and roads - safety

Highways and roads - traffic congestion

Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. Act, 2026 (Bill Pr9)

Home and community care

Home and community care - funding

Home and community care - workers

Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)

Home heating

Home ownership

Homelessness Ends with Housing Act, 2025 (Bill 28)

Honey Harbour Community Church Inc. Act, 2025 (Bill Pr33)

Hospital services

Hospital services - emergency

Hospitality industry

Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day Act, 2025 (Bill 67)

Hospitals

Hospitals - budgets

Hospitals - by region

Hospitals - by site

Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding

Hospitals - construction and expansion - by site

Hospitals - funding

Hospitals - funding by site

Hospitals - infrastructure

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Housing - accessible

Housing Affordability Task Force

Housing - affordable

Housing - by region

Housing developers

Housing development

Housing development - approvals and permits

Housing development - by region

Housing development - construction

Housing development - densification

Housing development - government funding

Housing development - infrastructure

Housing development - municipal charges