Speaker letter t committee Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

Committee speaker index

Tabuns, P. (NDP, Toronto–Danforth)
- Aboriginal health access centres (AHACs)
  - government funding, F-1509
- Annual reports
  - Office of the Auditor General Annual Report (2008)
    - Ministry of the Environment
      - Ontario Clean Water Agency, P-307–P-308
- Appointments to agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - Metrolinx, A-683–A-686, A-690–A-691, A-704–A-705, A-710, A-713–A-714
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), E-729
- Autism
  - statistics, MH-533
- Automobile industry
  - use of agricultural products in manufacturing, G-754
- Automobiles
  - electric, G-383
- Biodiversity, A-627
- Books
  - Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller (Jeff Rubin), A-686
- British Columbia
  - Vancouver Regional Transit System, F-823
- Bruce Power
  - refurbishment of Bruce 1 and Bruce 2 nuclear reactors, E-719, E-729
- Budget
  - pre-budget consultations
    - report, F-1508–F-1509, F-1516–F-1518, F-1521, F-1523
- Budget deficit
  - reduction plan, F-1516
- Building codes
  - energy efficiency, G-552, G-560
- Buildings
  - non-carbon-emitting buildings, G-647
- Capital works projects
  - alternative financing and procurement (AFP), E-735–E-736
    - interest rates paid by consortia, E-740
  - domestic content requirement, E-740–E-741
- Carbon dioxide, G-1165
- Cement, G-1149
- Cement-making industry
  - energy consumption, G-393
- Chief safety and risk officer, G-1199
  - annual report, G-1199
  - independent review of corporation's activities, G-1199
- Climate change, A-627
  - impact on infrastructure, E-727
- Climate change plan
  - government funding, F-1523
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat, G-526, G-634, G-687
- Committee business
  - assignment of ministries, M-3–M-4
- Community health centres (CHCs)
  - government funding, F-1509
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64), SP-63, SP-66, SP-68, SP-71, SP-73, SP-75–SP-77, SP-79–SP-82, SP-86, SP-88
  - amendments, SP-91–SP-97
- Deforestation
  - impact on crop yields, G-477
- Earth Rangers Foundation
  - outreach programs, A-627
  - partnership with Royal Ontario Museum, A-627
- Economic infrastructure
  - government funding, E-733
- Electricity rates
  - time-of-use rates, E-708–E-709
- Employment
  - green jobs strategy, F-1518
- Employment creation, E-735
- Enbridge Gas Distribution
  - use of renewable energy, G-662
- Energy
  - cost
    - impact on low-income consumers, G-630–G-631
    - increase
      - assistance for low-income consumers, G-717
  - decline in demand, G-685
  - natural gas, G-1159
    - generation capacity, A-605
  - nuclear, G-414, G-433–G-434, G-555, G-597, G-660, G-711, G-718
    - cost, G-438, G-667
    - greenhouse gas emissions, E-694–E-695
  - renewable energy, G-400, G-688
    - biogas, G-424, G-528–G-529
    - biomass, G-401–G-402
    - definition, G-701
    - derived from waste, G-586
    - geothermal, G-395, G-461
    - hydroelectric, G-387, G-620
    - solar, G-453, G-507, G-513
    - wind power, G-515
  - wood pellets, G-576
- Energy conservation, G-390, G-561, G-579, G-652, G-703, G-710, G-712
  - conservation and demand management (CDM) programs
    - Toronto, G-640
  - energy storage systems
    - Ice Energy storage system, G-674
  - public agencies, G-695
  - rental housing, G-677
  - smart meters, E-709
- Energy efficiency
  - green loans for retrofitting condominiums, G-588, G-693–G-694
  - standards, G-699
    - EnerGuide, G-550, G-632
- Energy supply
  - construction of third hydro line into Toronto, E-739
  - supply mix, E-690–E-692
  - surplus, E-718
  - take-or-pay model, E-708, E-718–E-719
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185), G-1145–G-1146, G-1149, G-1151, G-1153–G-1154, G-1157, G-1159, G-1164–G-1166
  - amendments, G-1169, G-1173–G-1174, G-1176–G-1179, G-1181–G-1182
- Fossil-fuel generating stations
  - construction
    - Holland Marsh, G-645
- Government expenditures
  - buy-Ontario program, F-1518
- Greater Golden Horseshoe
  - low density, A-705
- Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163), F-823
  - amendments, F-829–F-835
- Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
  - low density, A-705
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150), E-689–E-690, E-708, E-717, G-383–G-385, G-387, G-390, G-393, G-395, G-398, G-400–G-402, G-405, G-407, G-409, G-414–G-415, G-417–G-418, G-420–G-421, G-423–G-424, G-427, G-430, G-433–G-434, G-436, G-438, G-441, G-443, G-445, G-451, G-453, G-456–G-457, G-459, G-461–G-462, G-466–G-467, G-469, G-472–G-473, G-475, G-477, G-481, G-483, G-487–G-488, G-491, G-495, G-498, G-500, G-503, G-506–G-507, G-509, G-512–G-513, G-515, G-519, G-521, G-523–G-524, G-526, G-528–G-529, G-533, G-535, G-538, G-540, G-542, G-544, G-547, G-549, G-555, G-558, G-560–G-561, G-564–G-566, G-569, G-572, G-574, G-576, G-579, G-581–G-583, G-586, G-588, G-590, G-594–G-595, G-597, G-600, G-602–G-603, G-606, G-608, G-610, G-612, G-618, G-620, G-622–G-624, G-626, G-629–G-630, G-632, G-634, G-637–G-640, G-645, G-647, G-650, G-652, G-654–G-655, G-657, G-660, G-662, G-664, G-666–G-667, G-671, G-673–G-674, G-677, G-679–G-680, G-683, G-685
  - amendments, G-687–G-688, G-691–G-699, G-701–G-714, G-717–G-721, G-723–G-731
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - reduction, G-1145–G-1146, G-1151, G-1174
    - cap and trade system (emissions trading), G-1164, G-1169
      - offsets, G-1157
    - emission allowances, G-1173
    - emission offset, G-1176–G-1177
    - emission permits, G-1173–G-1174
    - financial instrument, G-1178–G-1179, G-1181–G-1182
- Greenhouse gases
  - anaesthetic gases, G-1166
- Growth plan
  - impact on mass transit, A-686–A-687
- Hazardous products
  - acrylonitrile, G-773–G-774
- Health care
  - Windsor, F-442
- Health care funding
  - government funding, F-1508–F-1509
- Home energy audits, G-538, G-544, G-547, G-564–G-565, G-600, G-624
  - impact on real estate industry, G-451
- Hydrocarbons
  - market reduction, G-1153–G-1154
- Investment tax credit, F-1518
- James Ossuary, A-621
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99), G-223, G-226, G-229, G-231, G-234, G-237, G-239, G-241, G-247, G-249, G-253, G-255, G-257, G-259, G-263–G-264, G-267, G-270, G-272
  - amendments, G-279–G-288
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), E-689
- Legislative Assembly
  - Broadcast and Recording Service
    - annual review of television broadcast system and guidelines, M-30
- Legislative proceedings
  - televised
    - cable companies and satellite providers required to carry channel, M-30
- Manufacturing industry
  - use of renewable energy, G-436
- Massachusetts Toxic Use Reduction Act, 1989, G-750, G-799
- Medical officers of health, SP-88
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, A-635
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, E-693
  - Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), E-725
  - Nuclear Waste Management Organization, E-696
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Bartolucci, Rick (Sudbury)
      - as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, E-695
- Members'/ministers' requests for information, SP-89
- Metrolinx
  - authority to review new highway projects, F-831
  - board of directors, F-832–F-833
    - independence, F-823
  - government funding, F-823, F-834
  - impact on public transportation, F-829
- Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
  - estimates (2009-2010), E-689–E-697, E-708–E-711, E-717, E-725–E-727, E-729, E-733, E-739
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - northern rivers and Moose River basin commitment, G-618
- Motions
  - pre-budget consultations
    - report
      - presented, F-1508–F-1509, F-1516, F-1518, F-1521, F-1523
- Niagara Escarpment
  - environmental protection from impact of renewable energy projects, G-730
- Nuclear generating stations, G-620
  - capital cost, E-693
  - construction, E-691–E-692, E-726
    - cost overruns, E-710–E-711
    - Nanticoke nuclear generating station, E-709–E-710
  - liability, A-600
- Nuclear Liability Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.N-28, A-600
- Ontario Building Code
  - energy efficiency standards, G-680, G-726–G-727
- Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA)
  - adverse water quality incidents, P-307
  - biosolids and sewage sludge tracking and disposal, P-307–P-308
- Ontario health premium
  - review, F-442
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - conservation bureau, G-702–G-703
  - renewable energy supply procurement, G-414
- Ontario Power Generation
  - relationship with aboriginal communities, A-608
  - renewable energy generation, A-592
- Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
  - Atikokan generating station
    - conversion to biomass, A-596
  - closure, G-1179
- Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington nuclear generating station
    - building of new reactors, A-571–A-572, A-599
    - refurbishment of reactors, A-573
  - Pickering nuclear generating station
    - Pickering B, E-692–E-693
- Ottawa
  - transit systems
    - government funding, E-734
- Pension plans
  - reform, F-1521
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of pesticides for cosmetic purposes, SP-79–SP-80, SP-91–SP-92
    - exemptions, SP-77, SP-92–SP-93
    - impact on municipalities, SP-68, SP-71, SP-93–SP-95
  - glyphosate, SP-73
  - health risks, SP-63, SP-66, SP-81
  - town of Markham bylaws regulating use, SP-82
- Private-public partnerships, A-683
- Propane explosions
  - Sunrise Propane
    - human impact, G-1192
- Public service
  - energy conservation, E-689
  - reduction, F-1516
- Public transportation, F-829
- Renewable energy projects, G-405, G-409, G-420, G-427, G-443
  - agricultural industry participation, G-606
  - biogas, G-583
  - Buy Ontario policy, E-717
  - community and co-operative involvement and ownership, G-488, G-696
  - connection and transmission charges, G-718
  - consumer access, G-441
  - economic development potential, G-626
  - emergency fund, G-594
  - employment creation, E-689, E-694, G-512
  - entrepreneurs and small business, G-654
  - environmental effects, G-698, G-729
  - environmental protection, G-693
  - feed-in tariffs, E-710, E-717, G-445, G-487, G-500, G-581–G-582, G-602, G-612, G-671, G-705–G-706, G-711, G-723
  - green bond program, G-696–G-697
  - impact on aboriginal land claims, G-623
  - impact on wildlife, G-398
  - in aboriginal communities, G-466, G-524, G-535, G-707–G-708
  - leasing of renewable energy technology to homeowners, G-657
  - local generation capacity, G-705–G-706
  - Mississauga, G-673
  - municipal government authority, G-708
  - preferences for local generation, G-710
  - requirement for professional engineers, G-472, G-481
  - revenue for producers, G-674
  - Sault Ste. Marie, G-456
  - site selection, G-692
  - Thunder Bay, G-469
  - use of agricultural land, G-566, G-608, G-728
  - wind farms, G-430, G-519, G-521, G-540
    - aboriginal communities, G-459
    - Scarborough Bluffs, G-384
- Rental housing
  - smart meters, G-691
- Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), A-639
  - capital requirements, A-620
  - energy consumption, A-619–A-620
  - free admission, A-634–A-635
    - impact on tourism industry, A-631
    - United Kingdom, A-635
  - impact of passport requirements between United States and Canada, A-631
  - impact on tourism industry, A-630
  - Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, A-620
  - preservation of collection, A-620–A-621
  - renewable energy usage, A-620
- Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2010 (Bill 106)
  - amendments, T-141
- Steel industry
  - combined heat and power (CHP) facilities, G-483
- Tax credits
  - cultural industry, F-1518
- Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
  - board of directors
    - conflict of interest, G-1190
  - fees, G-1188
  - freedom of information, G-1201
  - inspection, G-1194, G-1197
  - provide notice of variance from requirements, G-1198
  - revocation of letters patent, G-1197
  - safety zones, G-1198
  - transfer of powers, duties, functions and responsibilities to Ministry of Consumer Services, G-1197
- Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187), G-1187–G-1188, G-1190, G-1192, G-1194
  - amendments, G-1197–G-1199, G-1201
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), A-704
- Toxic substances
  - accidental release, G-763
  - disclosure to public, G-804–G-805
  - expansion of toxic chemicals list, G-737, G-745
  - health risks, G-747, G-749–G-750
  - in cosmetics and fragrances, G-741
  - in Sarnia–Lambton area
    - impact on residents' health, G-743
  - reduction
    - role of federal government, G-758
  - reduction plan
    - definition, G-790
    - emissions reduction, G-743, G-752
    - government assistance to companies and employees, G-800
    - government-industry co-operation, G-770, G-776, G-778
    - inclusion of metals and alloys, G-788
    - inclusion of sewage treatment plants, G-792
    - Ontario toxic substance use reduction and safer alternatives institute, G-797
    - role of federal government, G-745, G-785
    - safer alternatives, G-763, G-766, G-782, G-792, G-802–G-803
    - targets, G-768, G-798–G-799
    - threshold, G-793
    - toxic substance use reduction and safer alternatives fund, G-799–G-800
- Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167), G-735–G-737, G-741, G-743, G-745, G-747–G-750, G-752, G-754–G-755, G-758, G-763, G-766, G-768, G-770, G-773–G-774, G-776, G-778, G-782, G-785, G-787–G-788
  - amendments, G-789–G-793, G-797–G-804, G-810
- Transit systems
  - air-rail link between Union Station and Pearson airport, A-684
  - alternative financing and procurement (AFP), A-686
  - electric trains, A-686
  - GO Transit
    - Georgetown south service expansion, A-684
    - government funding, E-734–E-735
    - subsidies, A-691
  - government funding, F-1523
  - impact of climate change, A-710
  - private-public partnerships, A-684, A-686, A-692, A-704–A-705, A-710, A-713
  - privatization, A-686, A-691, F-833
- Urban sprawl, A-704
- Waste
  - nuclear/radioactive, E-695–E-696
- Wind turbines
  - health effects, G-503, G-506, G-519, G-549, G-569, G-574, G-650
  - impact on aviation, G-558
  - setbacks, G-495
Takhar, Hon. H.S. (LIB, Mississauga–Erindale)
- Renewable energy projects
  - municipal government authority, G-496