Speaker letter g committee Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 2

Committee speaker index

Gélinas, F. (NDP, Nickel Belt)
- Aboriginal communities, health care, SP369
  - health access centres, SP378, SP399
    - government funding, E228
- Advocacy services
  - patients, G207
- Aging population, P324–P325
- Air ambulance services
  - advisory committee, P255
  - aircraft radios, P288
  - audit
    - forensic, P408
  - budget, P52
  - government funding, P208
  - letters patent, ability to change, G203–G204, G215
  - northern Ontario, P33, P51–P52, P261–P263, P270–P271, P283–P284, P339, P462
  - patient care and safety, P5, P52, P262, P272, P288
    - off-loading delays, P287
  - performance agreement, P51, P64, P90, P119, P198
- Air ambulance services oversight, G204, P23–P25, P51, P53, P62–P63, P89–P91, P112–P113, P118–P119, P135, P142, P154–P156, P164, P197–P198, P202–P203, P207, P209, P215–P217, P240–P242, P248, P255, P285–P286
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2014 (Bill 11), G203–G204, G206–G208, G215–G217
- Ambulance services
  - fees, E229
  - stretcher transport services
    - regulation, E229
- Assisted living facilities, SP745
  - government funding, SP763
- Audits, request for, F381–F384, P443, SP834
- Aviation industry
  - AgustaWestland Corp.
    - contract with Ornge, P112, P137
  - Wabusk Air Inc., P332
    - employee recruitment, P332
- Aviation regulation
  - Argus International, Inc., P332–P333
  - Transport Canada, P51, P332–P333
- Baxter Corp. Canada, SP229
  - cost, SP228–SP229
  - labelling, SP228
- Birthing centres, E228
  - government funding, E228–E229
- Canadian Red Cross
  - home care, SP752
- Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), SP74, SP79
  - pharmaceutical oversight, SP74–SP75
- Chemotherapy drugs, SP17, SP123, SP209
  - admixtures, SP124, SP197, SP213, SP280
  - dosages, SP214, SP247–SP249, SP262, SP272
  - preparation of, SP24–SP25, SP74, SP100–SP101, SP130–SP131, SP136, SP191–SP192, SP196–SP197, SP204, SP209–SP210, SP218–SP219, SP232, SP239–SP240, SP246–SP248, SP317, SP326
  - storage of, SP192, SP198–SP199, SP204–SP205, SP209, SP231
  - suppliers of, SP25, SP75
- Children and youth's mental health care
  - mental health nurses in schools, P447, SP823
- Children's dental care
  - Children In Need Of Treatment (CINOT), E236
  - Healthy Smiles Ontario program, E236, E240
- Committee briefs/exhibits/documents, E11, SP912
  - confidential documents, SP913
  - public disclosure of, P80–P82
  - requests for, P79–P80
- Committee business, P233–P234, P469, SP833
  - briefing re committee business, P2–P3, P5, P7, P9–P10
  - election of chair, P1
- Committee procedure
  - mandate of committee, SP937
  - recorded votes, G242, G346, G352, P75, P384
  - reports, SP914
- Committee process, SP912
- Committee schedules/agendas, SP182, SP287, SP289–SP292, SP388
- Committee witnesses
  - travel, P331
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - accountability agreements with LHINs, SP427
  - audit of, P451, SP913
  - government funding, E269, P325
    - regional disparities, P316
  - in Northern Ontario, P448
  - review, SP834, SP913, SP935–SP937
  - transferred to local health integration networks (LHINs), SP848
- Community care access centres (CCACs) contracts
  - with private companies, P446, P449, P465–P467
    - competitive bidding, P467
    - employment conditions, SP846–SP847
- Community care access centres (CCACs) services
  - health assessments, seniors, E235, P316
    - waiting lists, E235, E261
  - Home First program, SP846
- Community care access centres (CCACs) staffing
  - care coordinators, SP752, SP849–SP850
  - general remarks, E269, P466, SP845
  - nurses
    - salaries of, P447, P449–P450, P465, SP848
  - salaries
    - executive, P446, SP847–SP848
- Community health centres (CHCs), SP378–SP379, SP399
  - government funding, SP378–SP379
  - Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre, E276
  - physicians, SP872
    - recruitment, E228
- Construction industry
  - EllisDon
    - collective agreement, E218
- Coroner inquests
  - long-term-care facilities, E260
- Dental care
  - fees, E240
- Diseases/disorders/conditions
  - lupus, G223
- Doctor fees/salaries, SP414, SP881
  - fee-for-service, SP415, SP428, SP849, SP872
  - fixed-income, E218
  - incentive payments, SP882
- Drug abuse treatment programs, SP747
- eHealth Ontario, E11
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - amendments, G343–G349, G351–G352
- Family caregiver leave
  - certificate issued by health practitioner, G343–G345
    - cost, G346, G352
  - eligibility
    - definition of "child," G351
    - definition of "serious medical condition," G346–G347
  - employment insurance (EI) benefits, G351
  - job protection and, G348
  - leave increments, flexibility, G348–G349
- Ferry services
  - Chi-Cheemaun ferry, SP174
- Francophones
  - health care services, SP369, SP405
- French-language debates
  - Étude de la Loi sur l'intégration du système de santé local, SP730, SP732
- Government record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - highway winter maintenance, P437
- Government-Ontario Medical Association (OMA) agreements
  - incentive pay, E218
- Government-Ontario Medical Association (OMA) relations, SP872
- Health Canada
  - pharmaceutical companies oversight, SP39, SP213–SP214, SP318–SP319, SP326
  - Policy on Manufacturing and Compounding Drug Products in Canada (POL-0051), SP15
- Health care
  - accessiblity, E235, SP398
  - preventive, SP717
  - underserviced communities, E227
- Health care funding
  - community-based care, E231
    - non-profit organizations, E236
  - quality-based procedures (QBP), E218–E219
  - reform, E270
- Health links program, SP379
- Health professions, regulated
  - patients, sexual abuse of, M98, M100, M105
    - investigations, M99–M100
    - zero tolerance policy, M94, M106
  - treatment of spouses, M92, M94, M97, M102
    - in remote areas, M92–M93, M96
- Highway winter maintenance
  - contracts, P433, P435, P439
    - audit, P437
  - road closures and, P433
  - weather severity and, P435
- Home care
  - contracts, E270, SP414–SP415
  - general remarks, SP169, SP180
  - government funding, E269–E270
  - research and development, E268
    - in northern Ontario, E268
  - staffing, E271
  - Victoria Order of Nurses (VON), SP763
  - waiting lists, E236
- Horse racing industry
  - Slots at Racetracks Program, P72
- Hospital beds, E252–E253
- Hospital budgets
  - Niagara Health System, E259–E260
- Hospital funding
  - models for
    - patient-based funding, E252
  - reform, E251–E252
  - in rural Ontario, SP785
- Hospital pharmacies
  - general remarks, SP97
  - oversight, SP146, SP209, SP262
  - procurement, SP64, SP74, SP97, SP136, SP157, SP208, SP229, SP241, SP252, SP271
    - guidelines, SP17, SP53, SP168, SP174
- Hospitals
  - federally incorporated, G215–G216
  - Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston), SP775
  - parking fees, E229
- Hospitals in northern Ontario, E240
  - research funding, E240, E249
- Hospitals in rural Ontario, E219
  - government funding, E220
- Infant nutrition
  - government supports, E235
- Legislative procedure
  - programming motions, SP292
- LGBTQ persons
  - health care, M94
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - collective agreement
    - cost, P234
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - accountability agreements, SP399, SP414, SP898–SP899
  - amalgamation with community care access centres (CCACs), SP745
  - dispute resolution system, SP370
  - freedom of information, SP362, SP379
  - general remarks, SP384–SP385
  - geographic boundaries, SP398, SP416, SP427–SP428
  - improvements to, suggested, SP796, SP812
  - independent health facilities and, SP812
  - information sharing between, SP783
  - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
    - communication with, SP775–SP776
    - powers of, SP696
  - northern Ontario, SP899
  - Ombudsman oversight of, SP369
  - opposition to, SP379, SP397
  - performance indicators, SP397–SP398, SP780
    - assessment, SP370
    - freedom of information, SP370
    - targets, SP370
  - policy decision-making by, SP900
  - publications
    - cost, SP915
  - quality improvement plans
    - consultation with planning organizations, SP362
  - regulations, reduction of, SP427
  - role of, SP714
- Local health integration networks (LHINs) funding, P325
  - adjustments to, SP369
  - distribution of, SP371, SP398, SP747, SP763
  - unspent funds, SP369
- Local health integration networks (LHINs) relations with
  - communities, SP145, SP168, SP175–SP176, SP415–SP416, SP786, SP871
    - appeal process, SP769
    - local decision-making, SP713, SP739, SP899
    - public consultations, SP696, SP798–SP799, SP823
  - doctors, SP871–SP872
  - hospitals, SP775, SP898–SP900
  - unions, SP788
- Local health integration networks (LHINs) services
  - coordination of local care, SP775
  - health planning entities
    - aboriginal and First Nations, SP369
    - French language, SP369–SP370, SP405, SP416–SP417, SP429
  - mental health agencies, SP378, SP822–SP823, SP825–SP826
  - outsourcing health services, SP144, SP146, SP175
    - accredited providers, SP145, SP176–SP177, SP362
    - community service providers, SP724
    - disclosure of contracts, SP379
  - patient care and safety, SP146, SP148
    - complaints, SP167, SP176
    - health information, SP362
  - planning, SP769, SP773
  - primary health care, SP378, SP398–SP399, SP414–SP415, SP428–SP429, SP704, SP716, SP738, SP769, SP780, SP871–SP872, SP881–SP882
    - councils, SP880
  - providers of, SP796
    - legal definition of, SP361
  - standards of care, SP783
- Local health integration networks (LHINs) staffing
  - board of directors, P62, SP708, SP773
    - meetings, accessibility of, SP788
  - demographics of, SP428
  - physicians, E227
- Long-term care
  - performance measures, P326
  - planning, P325
    - in other jurisdictions, P325
- Long-Term Care Homes Act, S.O. 2007, c. 8, P316
- Long-term-care beds
  - amount of, E261
  - first-available bed policy, P317, SP850
  - waiting lists, P317–P318, P325
- Long-term-care facilities
  - government funding
    - per-diem, E261–E262, P315
  - renovations, P315
    - northern Ontario, P315
  - staff, E261
- Long-term-care residents
  - acuity, E261
  - Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC), P326
  - safety and security, E260–E261
  - violence and, E260
- Marchese Health Care
  - contracts, SP326
    - cost, SP228
    - donation, SP241–SP242
  - general remarks, SP105–SP106, SP136, SP204, SP208–SP209, SP252, SP265–SP266
  - labelling, SP87, SP89–SP90, SP106, SP124, SP133, SP196, SP203, SP205, SP214, SP218–SP219
  - oversight, SP16, SP24, SP64–SP66, SP74, SP79, SP87–SP88, SP96–SP97, SP108, SP121–SP123, SP157, SP174–SP175, SP209, SP213–SP214, SP318
  - pharmacists and technicians, SP86–SP88, SP136
- Medical equipment
  - PET scanner in northeastern Ontario, E249–E250
- Medical errors
  - chemotherapy dilution, SP5, SP15, SP52–SP54, SP75–SP76, SP87, SP95, SP97, SP106, SP130, SP136–SP137, SP168, SP174, SP176, SP196–SP197, SP203–SP204, SP208, SP218, SP231, SP239, SP247–SP248, SP262, SP266, SP271, SP319
    - impact on patients, SP56, SP100, SP102
    - Ontario College of Pharmacists investigation, SP15–SP16
    - pediatric cases, SP265
    - review, SP26, SP42, SP133, SP139, SP152, SP191–SP192, SP199–SP200, SP218
- Medical laboratories
  - centralization, SP750
- Medical procedures
  - colonoscopy, SP899
- Mental health care
  - coordination of, SP822–SP823, SP825–SP826
  - northern Ontario, SP827
- Midwives
  - billing, course of care, E229
- Ministry of the Attorney General
  - legal counsel, P80
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - emergency health services branch, P207, P215–P216
  - estimates (2013-2014), E216–E220, E226–E229, E235–E236, E240–E241, E249–E253, E259–E262, E268–E271, E275–E276
  - health system accountability and performance division, SP38, SP40
  - pharmaceutical companies oversight, SP66, SP123
    - draft regulation, SP39, SP56, SP122, SP152, SP199
  - transfer payment agencies
    - oversight, P63–P64, P216–P217
- Motions
  - access to documents re Ornge
    - presented, P408
    - responded to, P407–P411, P413–P414
  - audit of highway winter maintenance contracts
    - responded to, P433, P435–P437, P439–P440
  - audit of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
    - responded to, P72
  - committee schedules/agendas
    - presented, SP834, SP935–SP936
    - responded to, SP287, SP835, SP912, SP937
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) privatization
    - responded to, P13, P15–P16
  - pharmaceutical companies oversight
    - presented, SP292–SP293
    - responded to, SP3–SP4, SP293
  - re community care access centres (CCACs)
    - responded to, P443–P444, P446–P452, P465–P467
  - re Darlington nuclear generating station
    - presented, P381
    - responded to, P382–P384
  - re Pan/Parapan American Games 2015
    - responded to, G354
- Northern Ontario
  - dental care, M92
- Nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington
    - reactors cancellation
      - cost, P381–P382
- Nurses
  - agency nurses, E275
  - employment, E275–E276
  - general remarks, E276
  - nurse practitioner (NP)
    - clinics led by, SP378
- Office of the Provincial Auditor, P9, P125
  - government policy, comments on, P447–P448
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, G206–G207, G216–G217, P33, P98, P286
  - hospitals, oversight of, G207
  - local health integration networks (LHINs), oversight of, SP167–SP168, SP170, SP176
- Ontario College of Pharmacists
  - pharmaceutical companies oversight, SP121
    - inspections, SP122
- Ontario Drug Benefit Program (ODB)
  - purchasing agreements, national, E217
- Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
  - billing, no cap on, E216
- Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), SP901
- Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
  - primary health care councils, SP880
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - operating costs, P13, P15
  - privatization
    - cost, P16
- Ontario Telemedicine Network, P284
- Ornge
  - audit, P464
    - by Meyers Norris Penny (MNP), P118, P155–P156
  - bankruptcy claims, P25–P26
  - charitable foundation, P198
  - complaint mechanism, P33, P90–P91, P97–P98, P103
    - services in French, P105–P106
  - corporate structure, P27, P42, P135, P142, SP16
  - criminal and civil investigations, P35–P37, P42, P409–P410, P456–P457, P462
    - international inquiries, P36
  - dispatch services, P249, P271
  - federally incorporated, P63
  - for-profit entities, P112–P113, P119, P136–P137, P154, P216, P462
  - freedom-of-information requests, G216, P411
  - land ambulance, P51
  - operational decisions, P50
- Ornge aircraft
  - general remarks, P271
  - Pilatus PC-12, P247
  - sale of, P263
  - standing agreement (SA) carriers, P240, P242, P247–P248, P256, P261–P263, P270–P272, P286–P287, P331–P332, P339
    - advanced care, P285
    - audits, P332–P333
    - complaint mechanisms, P241–P242, P273, P285–P288, P333
    - government tenders, P240
    - plagiarism, P241
    - requirements, P240, P338
- Ornge employees
  - board of directors, P111–P112, P117–P119, P134–P135, P140, P142–P143, P154, P156, P197–P198, P202–P203, P208–P209
    - compensation, P165–P166, P196–P197
    - resignations, P198
  - Dr. Chris Mazza, former CEO, P141, P197–P198, P285, P339, P413–P414
    - stipend, P163–P164, P411
  - executives, P95
  - pay-for-performance programs, P24–P25
  - pilots/paramedics
    - shortage of, P50
    - training, critical and advanced care, P263, P284, P287–P288, P332
  - salaries, P117, P141–P142, P208, P412
  - whistle-blowers, G207, P156
    - protection policy, G203, G208, G216, P32, P50, P59, P63, P81, P91–P92, P103, P143, P240, P333
- Palliative care
  - hospices
    - closure, E226
    - government funding, E226–E227
    - regulation, SP40
- Personal support workers
  - general remarks, SP752
  - government funding, E269
  - job security, SP845
  - registry
    - government funding, E269
  - salaries, P446, SP427, SP845–SP846
  - waiting list, E235
  - working conditions, SP847
- Pharmaceutical companies oversight, SP3–SP5, SP15–SP17, SP24–SP26, SP32, SP38–SP40, SP42, SP52–SP56, SP64–SP66, SP70, SP74–SP76, SP79, SP86–SP90, SP95–SP98, SP100–SP102, SP105–SP108, SP121–SP124, SP130–SP131, SP133, SP136–SP137, SP139, SP144–SP146, SP148, SP152–SP153, SP157, SP159, SP167–SP171, SP174–SP177, SP180–SP182, SP191–SP192, SP195–SP200, SP203–SP205, SP208–SP210, SP213–SP214, SP218–SP219, SP227–SP229, SP231–SP232, SP239–SP242, SP246–SP249, SP252, SP261–SP263, SP265–SP266, SP270–SP273, SP279–SP281, SP317–SP320, SP325–SP326
- Pharmaceutical group purchasing organizations
  - general remarks, SP279, SP317, SP325
  - Medbuy, SP53, SP55–SP56, SP65, SP70, SP87–SP88, SP90, SP96, SP105–SP108, SP121, SP123, SP131, SP137, SP146, SP153, SP157, SP169, SP182, SP214, SP218, SP228–SP229, SP231–SP232, SP239–SP240, SP262–SP263, SP270–SP272, SP279, SP281, SP326
    - financial accountability, SP280
    - quality assurance, SP279, SP281
  - oversight of, SP318
- Pharmaceutical industry
  - federally incorporated companies, SP16–SP17
  - nominal content, SP191, SP200
- Pharmacies
  - rural Ontario, E216–E217
- Physical therapy
  - billing, inappropriate
    - repayment, E216
  - northern Ontario, SP898
  - outpatient, SP898
- Physician recruitment, E227
- Poverty
  - impact on health, SP825–SP826
- Poverty reduction strategy
  - dental care funding, E240
- Primary health care
  - family health teams (FHTs), E227–E228, SP380, SP429
    - audit, E227
  - general remarks, SP378
  - reform, SP704, SP881
- Public health units
  - government funding, E251
- Public Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.40, G215
- Public sector workers
  - salaries over $100,000, SP848
    - disclosure, P412
- Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Spousal Exception), 2013 (Bill 70), M92–M94, M96–M100, M102, M105–M106
- Reports
  - Review of the Oncology Under-Dosing Incident to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. July 12, 2013 (Dr. Jake Thiessen), SP262, SP266, SP271–SP272, SP318
  - RNAO's Enhancing Community Care for Ontarians (ECCO) - A Three Year Plan (White Paper). October 2012 (Registered Nurses Association of Ontario), SP848
- Reports referred to committee
  - 2011 Annual Report: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Auditor General of Ontario), P315–P318, P324–P326
  - 2012 Annual Report: Education of Aboriginal Students (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), P392, P400–P402
  - Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services (Auditor General of Ontario), P23–P27, P32–P33, P35–P38, P42, P50–P53, P59, P62–P64, P79–P83, P89–P92, P95, P97–P98, P103, P105–P106, P111–P113, P117–P119, P125, P134–P137, P140–P143, P154–P156, P163–P166, P193, P196–P198, P202–P203, P207–P209, P215–P217, P240–P242, P247–P250, P255–P256, P261–P264, P270–P273, P283–P288, P331–P333, P338–P339, P407–P414, P456–P458, P462–P464
- Review of Local Health System Integration Act, S.O. 2006, c. 4, SP361–SP362, SP369–SP371, SP377–SP380, SP384–SP385, SP397–SP399, SP414–SP417, SP427–SP429, SP696, SP700, SP704, SP708, SP713–SP714, SP716–SP717, SP723–SP724, SP732, SP738–SP740, SP745, SP747, SP750, SP752, SP763, SP769, SP773, SP775–SP776, SP780, SP782–SP783, SP785–SP786, SP788, SP796, SP798, SP812, SP822–SP827, SP845–SP850, SP871–SP872, SP880–SP882, SP897–SP901, SP912–SP915
- School board districts
  - northern Ontario, P400–P401
- School boards
  - improvement plans
    - aboriginal students, P392
- School bus transportation
  - in northern Ontario, P401
- Schools
  - under 30 students, P400–P402
- Schools in northern Ontario, P401
  - closure, P400–P401
- Senior citizens
  - health care
    - fall prevention, SP782–SP783
  - home renovation tax credit, E268
  - physical therapy services, E235
  - primary health care, SP849
- Sexual abuse victims, M97–M98
- Skin Cancer Prevention Act (Tanning Beds), 2013 (Bill 30), G223–G224, G226–G228, G230, G233–G234, G236
  - amendments, G237–G243
- Spousal abuse, M96
- Statements by stakeholders
  - pharmaceutical company oversight, SP318
- Support services, community
  - co-payment, SP740
  - general remarks, SP739
  - government funding, SP724
  - relationship with local health integration networks (LHINs), SP700
- Surgical procedures
  - cataract surgery
    - wait times, SP398
  - time spent on, E260
- Tanning salons
  - signage requirements, G241–G242
    - information sheet, G240–G241
- Tanning services
  - certification program, G234
  - definitions, G240
  - nail gel lamps excluded from ban, G236
  - self-service machines, G226–G227, G234, G239–G240
  - spray tanning, G234, G237–G238
  - for youth
    - under age 18, G226, G230
    - cancer risk, G223
    - marketing, G233
- Tanning services industry, G226