Assemblée législative de l'Ontario

Letter: V

• Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming–Cochrane)

  • Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
    • second reading, 1852, 1860–1861, 1863
    • third reading, 2674–2675, 2846
  • Agricultural land
    • alternate uses, environmental preservation and services, 1289–1290
  • Agriculture industry
    • Foodland Ontario program, 1121
    • regulations, 2755–2756
    • regulatory reform, 5830
  • Alcohol retail - buck-a-beer
    • incentives, 677, 729
    • via minimum price floor, 729
  • Alcohol retail - expansion
    • consultation, 5491
  • Ambulance services
    • amalgamation, 4446–4447
  • Animal protection system - reform
    • consultation process, 5457
    • interim period
      • ministerial authority
        • appointment of chief inspector, 5456
      • resource allocation, 5456
  • Animal welfare - livestock
    • farmers
      • training, 5456
    • role of farm organizations, 5456
  • Assistive Devices Program (ADP)
    • wait times, 1793
  • Automated external defibrillators
    • public registry, 6241
  • Beer Store, The - master framework agreement cancellation
    • and business environment, 5491
    • consultation, 5574
    • general remarks, 5573
  • Bees Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.6
    • general remarks, 5831
  • Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 (Bill 132)
    • second reading, 5829–5833
  • Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
    • time allocation motion
      • amendment
        • responded to, 728–729, 767, 788
      • amendment to the amendment
        • presented, 729
  • Blair, Brad
    • termination of, 3468
  • Bringing Choice and Fairness to the People Act (Beverage Alcohol Retail Sales), 2019 (Bill 115)
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 5491–5492
    • third reading, 5573–5574
  • Broadband access
    • economic impact, 2331–2332, 2336
    • as essential service, 2331–2332
    • impact on business environment, 2332
    • in northern and rural Ontario, 2331–2332, 4228
    • in schools, 2332
  • Building construction, truss and lightweight (TLC)
    • identification, in case of fire, 1506–1507
  • Business
    • capital cost depreciation rate, 4538
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • duty to protect, 2954
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    • government use of, 989
    • historical use, 989
    • threshold for use, 989
  • Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
    • second reading, 852, 863
  • Cap-and-trade cancellation - economic impact
    • general remarks, 811–812
  • Carbon tax (federal)
    • cost of, disclosure
      • on gas pumps, 4492
  • Class sizes - increase
    • class stacking, 4135, 4227, 4583
    • general remarks, 4583–4584
  • Climate change
    • and agriculture industry, 1290
    • extreme weather due to, 4920
    • extreme weather due to, northern Ontario, 852
    • general remarks, 3141
    • in northern Ontario, 5001
  • Committee process
    • and public consultation, 219, 288, 728–729
  • Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 (Bill 68)
    • second reading, 3318–3319
  • Crystal-Kirkland Mines, Limited Act, 2018 (Bill Pr1)
    • first reading, 1282
    • second reading, 2871
    • third reading, 2871
  • Dairy industry
    • processing plant regulations, 3161
    • supply management, 63
  • Debates re answers to oral questions
    • Government spending
      • presented, 4693–4694
  • Disaster relief
    • access to, 4618–4619
  • Education
    • e-learning credit requirements, 4135, 4227–4228, 4584
    • staff-to-student ratio, 4583
  • Education reform
    • student walkout (April 4, 2019), 4135
  • Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
    • second reading, 988–989
  • Electricity generation
    • percentage supplied by OPG, 2954
  • Electricity rates
    • government strategy, 3141
    • reduction, financing for, 3141
    • time-of-use (TOU) pricing
      • general remarks, 3141
  • Electricity supply - surplus
    • sale to other jurisdictions, 3141
  • Emergency first responders
    • Public Safety Radio Network (PSRN), 4936
  • Emergency services
    • availability of, 3318–3319
  • Employment
    • job vacancies, 4538
  • Farm organizations
    • registration with, 3162
  • Farmers
    • mental health of, 4407–4408
  • Farming
    • mycotoxin contamination
      • impact on crop viability, 2205
      • production insurance, 2205
  • Farms
    • electronic registration, 3161
    • trespass on, 5457
  • French, Dean
    • conduct of, 2200
  • French-language debates
    • Déclarations des députés
      • Affaires francophones, 2523
      • Subventions destinées à l'éducation, 4135
    • Jour de l'opposition
      • Services en français, 2709, 6197
    • Pétitions
      • Sécurité routière, 5525
    • Questions orales
      • Services en français, 2730
  • Gas plant cancellations
    • cost of, 64, 220, 288
  • Government advertising
    • oversight by Auditor General, 4940
  • Government contracts - limited liability provisions
    • affected industries, 288–289
    • effect on business environment, 220–222, 289–290
    • no litigation clauses, 288
  • Government downsizing
    • consultation process
      • Toronto City Council, 767, 788
  • Government finances
    • pre-budget consultations, 2954
  • Government finances - line-by-line review
    • selection of auditors, 63–64
  • Government notice of motions
    • Select Committee on Financial Transparency
      • time allocation motion
        • amendment
          • presented, 1260–1261
        • responded to, 1259–1260
  • Government orders
    • Select Committee on Financial Transparency
      • amendment
        • responded to, 1220–1222
    • Standing orders
      • amendment (carried)
        • responded to, 1658–1660
      • amendment to the amendment (lost)
        • responded to, 1140–1142
  • Government record
    • Liberal (2003-2018)
      • fiscal policies, 1221
    • PC (2018-present)
      • energy, 3141
      • legislative process, 476, 1659, 3940
  • Government services
    • front-line staff
      • loss through attrition, 2560
    • online delivery, northern and rural Ontario, 3940
  • Green Energy Act, 2009, SO 2009, c 12, Schedule A
    • legislative precedence, 220
  • Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 1830
  • Green Ontario Program (GreenON) cancellation
    • retrofit rebates
      • impact on consumers, 56
  • Greenbelt
    • protection of, 3162
  • Health care funding
    • general remarks, 2089
  • Health care services - delivery
    • private vs. public, 3251, 4159
  • Health care system - reform
    • consultation process, 3863–3864
  • Hospital services
    • patient transfer
      • in northern Ontario, 3864
  • Hospitals
    • closures and mergers, 2089
  • Hospitals - overcrowding
    • general remarks, 2089
  • Hydro One leadership - compensation reform
    • limited liability provision, 220
  • Hydro One privatization
    • FAO review of, 292
  • Indigenous communities - health care
    • government strategy, 3251
    • mental health services, children and youth, 3146
  • Infrastructure - telecommunications
    • expansion, 2331
    • in other provinces, 2331
    • private sector development
      • general remarks, 2336
      • return on investment, 2332
  • Labour relations
    • collective bargaining, 2954
  • Labour Relations Amendment Act (Protecting Ontario's Power Supply), 2018 (Bill 67)
    • second reading, 2953–2955
  • Legislation
    • of previous governments, 5574
  • Legislative drafting
    • specificity in, 2675
  • Legislative process
    • filibustering, 1141, 1659
    • general remarks, 1142
    • historically, 1141
    • House schedules
      • notice of, 1664
    • methods for expressing opposition, 1659
    • omnibus bills
      • relationship between schedules, 219
    • private members' business, 3360
    • time allocation, 219, 788, 1259–1261, 5491
  • Local health integration networks (LHINs)
    • centralization under Ontario Health, 3251
  • Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT)
    • french-language services, 4853–4854
  • Managing Transformation: A Modernization Action Plan for Ontario (2018)
    • recommendations
      • re public assets, sale/lease of, 1222
  • Members' statements
    • Automobile insurance, 5961
    • Climate change, 4920
    • Consideration of Bill 156, 6519–6520
    • Dudley-Hewitt Cup, 4236
    • Education funding, 4135
    • Firefighting in northern Ontario, 22, 415–416
    • Government's agenda, 934
    • Mining industry, 3531–3532
    • Northern transportation, 1594–1595
    • Snowmobiling, 2052
    • Temagami Country Christmas, 2864
  • Members'/ministers' conduct
    • Premier, 1176–1177
  • Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 218
  • Members/ministers quoting
    • other members, 4940
      • government finances, 1221
      • time allocation motions, 287–289, 728
  • Members'/ministers' remarks
    • withdrawn, 852
  • Mental health care - children and youth
    • access to, 3146
    • wait times, 934
  • Mining industry
    • permitting process, 3531–3532
    • regulatory environment, 3531–3532
  • Ministerial statements
    • Health care
      • responded to, 3251
    • Mental health in agriculture
      • responded to, 4407–4408
    • Ontario Agriculture Week
      • responded to, 1444
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
    • budget, 4404
  • More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108)
    • second reading, 4853–4854
  • Municipal planning
    • "open-for-business" by-law
      • municipal response, 3162
  • Municipalities
    • government services, transfer of
      • energy contract cancellation costs, 288
    • provincial transfer payments, 4705–4706
    • provincial transfer payments, changes to, 4910–4911
  • Natural gas - access to
    • in northern and rural Ontario, 1860
  • Natural gas expansion
    • as incentive for development, 1861, 2674
    • program criteria
      • eligibility, 1861, 1863, 2674, 2846
    • program reach, 2675, 2846
    • target communities, 1852, 1861, 1863, 2675
  • Natural gas expansion - cost of
    • funding source, 1860–1861
    • rate protection program
      • regulatory charge
        • amount, 1861, 2674
        • application, 1861
  • Natural gas expansion - project approval
    • return on investment
      • for distributors, 1861, 2674
  • Natural Gas Grant Program (NGGP)
    • cancellation, 1860
    • funding, 1860
  • Neonicotinoid use
    • regulatory reform, 5831
  • News media
    • Ontario News Now, 4693, 4940
  • Newspapers
    • community and local
      • role of, 3940
  • 911 services
    • access in northern Ontario, 4936, 6242
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    • legal challenges under
      • Adams mine landfill site, 288
  • Office of French Language Services Commissioner
    • transfer of role, 2730
  • Officers of the Legislature
    • resources for, 1222
  • Ontario Drug Benefit Program (ODBP)
    • review of, 2411
  • Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
    • service coverage review, 4158
  • Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
    • refurbishment shop, 5806
  • Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
    • operations shutdown/start-up
      • timelines for, 2954
    • staff
      • recruitment and termination, 2200
  • Ontario Power Generation (OPG) - collective bargaining (2018)
    • history of negotiations
      • government response to, 2954
    • strike, prohibition of
      • impact on collective bargaining process, 2954
      • as response to strike notice, 2954
  • Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) - commissioner
    • appointment of Ron Taverner
      • investigation by Ombudsman, 2932
      • process independence, 3755–3756
      • process independence, disclosure by Brad Blair, 3468–3469
      • request for public inquiry, 3468–3469
      • request for review by justice committee, 3756
  • Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act (Interim Period), 2019 (Bill 117)
    • second reading, 5456–5457
  • Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA)
    • enforcement of animal protection legislation
      • general remarks, 5456
      • geographic coverage, 5456
    • staff
      • training, 5456
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
    • continuation of, 292
  • Opposition day motions
    • Climate change
      • responded to, 5001
    • Education funding
      • responded to, 4583–4584
    • French-language services
      • responded to, 6197
  • Opposition parties
    • role of, 1141, 1659
    • support for government policy, 2560
  • Oral questions
    • Ambulance services
      • presented, 4446–4447
    • Anti-racism activities
      • presented, 1176–1177
    • Assistance to farmers
      • presented, 2205, 6867
    • Assistive devices
      • presented, 1793
    • Beverage alcohol sales
      • presented, 677, 5505
    • Children's services
      • presented, 2344
    • Climate change
      • presented, 811–812
    • Disaster relief
      • presented, 4618–4619
    • Executive compensation
      • presented, 2200
    • Firefighting in northern Ontario
      • presented, 636–637
    • Foodland Ontario
      • presented, 1121
    • French-language services
      • presented, 2730
    • Government accountability
      • presented, 2932, 3468–3469, 3755–3756, 4301–4302, 6463
    • Government advertising
      • presented, 4492
    • Government contracts
      • presented, 330
    • Government spending
      • presented, 4663
    • Government's record
      • presented, 476
    • Health care
      • presented, 2089, 4158–4159
    • Health care funding
      • presented, 6654–6655
    • Hydro rates
      • presented, 292
    • International trade
      • presented, 1379
    • Municipal finances
      • presented, 4705–4706, 4910–4911
    • Northern transportation
      • presented, 235–236, 1730–1731
    • Ontario budget
      • presented, 4404
    • Premier's business
      • presented, 6219
    • Release of documents
      • presented, 2044–2045
    • Rural schools
      • presented, 4227–4228
    • Special investigations unit
      • presented, 4233
    • Taxation
      • presented, 2411
    • Winter highway maintenance
      • presented, 6223–6224, 6360
  • Organic products
    • certification and labelling, 2755–2756
  • Palliative care
    • access to
      • northern Ontario, 397
  • The People's Health Care Act, 2019 (Bill 74)
    • time allocation motion
      • amendment
        • responded to, 3863–3864
    • legislative timeline, 3864
  • Petitions
    • Education funding, 5476
    • Landfill, 1239–1240
    • Library services, 4985–4986, 5568
    • Men's mental health and addiction services, 3974, 4316
    • Public sector compensation, 5799
  • Premier's Office
    • travel expenses, disclosure, 4663, 4693–4694
  • Private members' public business
    • Alternate Land Use and Services Program for Agricultural Land Act, 2018 (Bill 28)
      • second reading, 1289–1291
    • Broadband service
      • presented, 2331–2332
      • responded to, 2336
    • Brunt and Kendall Act (Ensuring Safe Firefighter and Trainee Rescue Training), 2018 (Bill 10)
      • second reading, 2116–2117
    • Buy in Canada for Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2019 (Bill 133)
      • second reading, 5806
    • Compassionate Care Act, 2018 (Bill 3)
      • second reading, 396–397
    • Defibrillator Registration and Public Access Act, 2019 (Bill 141)
      • second reading, 6241–6242
    • End the Public Funding of Partisan Government Advertising Act, 2019 (Bill 101)
      • second reading, 4940
    • Human Rights Code Amendment Act (Genetic Characteristics), 2018 (Bill 40)
      • second reading, 1702–1703
    • Hydro rates
      • responded to, 3141
    • Making Northern Ontario Highways Safer Act, 2019 (Bill 125)
      • second reading, 6020
    • 9-1-1 Everywhere in Ontario Act, 2019 (Bill 75)
      • second reading, 4936
    • Northern Health Travel Grant Advisory Committee Act, 2019 (Bill 144)
      • second reading, 6685
    • Organic Products Act, 2018 (Bill 54)
      • second reading, 2755–2756
    • Rea and Walter Act (Truss and Lightweight Construction Identification), 2018 (Bill 33)
      • second reading, 1506–1507
    • Registered Professional Planners Act, 2019 (Bill 70)
      • second reading, 3360
    • Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2019 (Bill 63)
      • second reading, 3146
    • Safeguarding our Information Act, 2018 (Bill 55)
      • second reading, 2750–2751
    • Supporting Ontario's Community, Rural and Agricultural Newspapers Act, 2019 (Bill 78)
      • second reading, 3940
  • Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures), 2019 (Bill 100)
    • second reading, 4538
  • Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
    • transfer of oversight role, 2344
  • Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 (Bill 136)
    • third reading, 6640–6642
  • Public accounts 2017-2018
    • review by Auditor General, 1221
  • Public education campaigns - agriculture
    • Ontario Agriculture Week, 1444
  • Rail service
    • Ontario Northland passenger rail service, 63, 235–236, 1594–1595, 1730–1731
  • Registered Professional Planners (RPPs)
    • general remarks, 3360
    • regulation of
      • general remarks, 3360
  • Regulations
    • compliance, 3164
    • role of, 3531
  • Regulations - reduction
    • government strategy
      • targets, 3360
  • Renewable energy contracts
    • in private sector, 220
  • Renewable energy contracts - cancellation
    • fiscal impact, 66–67
    • general remarks, 220
    • no litigation provision, 64
  • Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2019 (Bill 66)
    • second reading, 3160–3164
  • Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57)
    • second reading, 2560
  • Road maintenance in winter
    • Highway 11, 1594, 1730
    • by private contractors, 3251
  • Road maintenance in winter - northern Ontario
    • and highway classification, 6223
    • and safety, 6020
  • Schools
    • Internet access, 4584
  • Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2019 (Bill 156)
    • second reading, 6802–6808, 6816, 6820, 6824
  • Select Committee on Financial Transparency
    • and Auditor General, role of, 1259–1260
    • disclosure of documents, 2044–2045, 2750–2751
    • mandate, 1220–1221
    • scope, 1221–1222, 1260
    • and Standing Committee on Public Accounts, role of, 1260
    • witness selection, 1260
  • Select committees
    • general remarks, 1220
  • Snowmobiling
    • general remarks, 2052
  • Social services
    • government funding, 2344
  • Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
    • government funding, 4233
    • mandate, 4233
  • Standing Orders
    • amendment of
      • general remarks, 1141, 1660
      • impact on debate time, 1659
      • involvement of opposition parties, 1142
      • review at committee, 1142
    • general remarks, 1140, 1658–1659
  • Statements by stakeholders
    • broadband access, 2332
  • Strikes
    • back-to-work legislation
      • impact on bargaining process, 2954
  • Taxation
    • personal tax rate
      • high-income surtaxes, 2411
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 56, 62–64, 66–67
  • Time allocation motions
    • Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
      • amendment
        • responded to, 728–729, 767, 788
      • amendment to the amendment
        • presented, 729
    • Bringing Choice and Fairness to the People Act (Beverage Alcohol Retail Sales), 2019 (Bill 115)
      • responded to, 5491–5492
    • Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
      • responded to, 1830
    • The People's Health Care Act, 2019 (Bill 74)
      • amendment
        • responded to, 3863–3864
    • Select Committee on Financial Transparency
      • amendment
        • presented, 1260–1261
      • responded to, 1259–1260
    • Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
      • responded to, 287–290
  • Toronto
    • infrastructure, 989
  • Trade with United States
    • dairy industry, 62–63
  • Transportation
    • access to
      • northern Ontario, 1594–1595
  • Transportation services
    • in northern Ontario
      • passenger rail cancellation, 235–236
  • Tributes
    • Gadwa, Jerry, 416
  • Trucks, commercial
    • insurance requirements, 5961
  • United Conservative Party of Alberta
    • leadership race (2017), 4301–4302
  • United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) - impact on industry
    • dairy industry, 1379
  • Université de l'Ontario français
    • cancellation of, 2730
  • Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
    • second reading, 218–222
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 287–290
    • consultation process, 289–290
  • Weather events
    • drought
      • impact on farmers, 2205
  • White Pines Wind Project - cancellation
    • cost
      • general remarks, 330
      • responsibility for, 288
    • impact on business environment, 330
  • Wildfires in northern Ontario
    • containment strategies, 22
    • economic impact, 637
    • general remarks, 62, 636
    • government response to, 416
    • inter-provincial aid, 22