Speaker letter a House Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: A

Aggelonitis, Hon. S. (LIB, Hamilton Mountain)
- Ambulance services
  - Hamilton Emergency Medical Service, 3327
- Anniversaries
  - Greek community of Toronto 100th Anniversary, 8264–8265
  - Oxi Day 69th anniversary, 8264–8265
- Appreciation
  - police officers (Hamilton Mountain), 2038
  - Sackett, David (recipient, Gairdner Wightman Award), 6276
- Arts and culture
  - government funding, 3684
    - Hamilton, 3684
- Atreo Medical Inc.
  - CPRGlove, 4110
- Automobile research and development, 4866
- Awards
  - Gairdner Wightman Award, 6276
- Bullying
  - government funding for prevention and support, 5552
  - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens
    - mandatory reporting of incidents, 5526
- Canadian Film Centre
  - government funding, 3322
- Cancer, 1249
- C2C Link Corp., 4695
- Child pornography
  - reporting, 451–452
- Child poverty, 3487
- Child protection, 451–452
- Children's mental health care, 6553
- Children's services
  - government funding, 3487
- Chronic diseases, 5000
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - Mohawk College
    - MacIsaac, Rob (president), 6047
- Community organizations, 3487
- Community safety, 3761
- Condominium corporations
  - reserve funds
    - requirements for adequate funding, 9583
- Condominium owners
  - protection, 7258
- Conquest Vacations
  - closure, 6368
- Consumer protection
  - fitness clubs, 9408
  - travel industry, 9696–9697
  - used vehicles identified as lemons, 9316–9317
- CPR (first aid), 1092
- Crime
  - proceeds of crime
    - seizure, 836–837
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Tobacco control
    - participation, 1088
  - Travel industry
    - participation, 6368–6369
- Doctors
  - Williams, Dave (physician scientist, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare), 1048–1049
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - second reading, 5526, 5544, 5552–5553
- Electric vehicles, 4866
- Employment insurance benefits
  - Ontario workers, 5851
- Farmers' markets, 6338
- Fatalities
  - Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 3876
- Federal-provincial-territorial-aboriginal relations
  - provincial ministers of aboriginal affairs and aboriginal leaders working group, 8497
- Festivals
  - Festitalia, 2788
  - Holi festival, 555
- Film and television production industry, 3321–3322
- Fire alarms
  - visual fire alarms in public buildings, 5114–5115
- Food service premises
  - disclosure of nutritional information for foods and drinks served on premises, 6069
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1273–1275
- Hamilton Gallery of Distinction
  - Agostino, Dominic (inductee), 3929
- Harmonized sales tax, 8918
  - economic impact, 7522
- Health care
  - Hamilton, 6414
- Hearing-impaired persons
  - services, 5114
- Hospital redevelopment
  - Henderson General Hospital, 65
- Housing
  - affordable, 1474
- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
  - red seal program, 6891
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - general discussion, 3181
- Immigrants
  - employment programs, 2209
  - services
    - access to federal government services, 7772–7773
- Immigration, 5834
- Immunization
  - H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 9079–9080
    - lineups at clinics, 8303
- Industry
  - high-growth
    - government funding, 7692–7693
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 971
- Labour mobility, 6891
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1273–1274
- Macular degeneration, 334–335
- Medical procedures
  - wait times, 3374
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Hamilton economic summit, 1560
  - Hamilton Mountain, 758–759
    - Concession Streetfest, 2496
    - R.A. Riddell Elementary School's sport academy program, 8217
    - Town of Dundas named Kraft Hockeyville 2010, 9126
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 435–436
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 435–436, 8515–8516
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of pins/ribbons/buttons, 124
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin, 1274
  - Hamilton Spectator, 1274
  - Sudbury Star, 1274
  - Toronto Star, 1274
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Campbell, Ellen (president, Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness), 452
  - Drummond, Don (chief economist, TD Bank Financial Group), 5851
  - Prober, Rosalind (president, Beyond Borders Inc.), 452
  - Stewart, Andy (child pornography section, Ontario Provincial Police), 452
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
      - as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 1088
  - PC (2003-2010)
    - Tory, John (Dufferin–Peel–Wellington–Grey)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 1274–1275
- Members' statements
  - Agostino, Dominic, 3929, 5580
  - Anniversary of Greek independence, 600
  - Automobile industry, 4866
  - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 1092
  - Concession Streetfest, 2496
  - Emergency medical services, 3327
  - Events in Hamilton, 758–759
  - Festitalia, 2788
  - Good Shepherd, 1979
  - Greek community, 3687, 8264–8265
  - Greek Independence Day, 5624
  - Hamilton economic summit, 1560
  - Holi festival, 555
  - Hospital funding, 65
  - Immigrants, 5834
  - Jean's Flower Shop, 7527
  - Kraft Hockeyville 2010, 9126
  - Labour mobility, 6891
  - Mohawk College, 6047
  - Pan American Games, 8690–8691
  - Police officers, 2038
  - Professional hockey franchise, 6645–6646
  - Redeemer University College, 4627
  - Royal Botanical Gardens, 4219
  - Sackett, David, 6276
  - Sherwood high school poverty event, 6849–6850
  - Siemens Canada, 5039
  - Sport academy program, 8217
  - St. Joseph Immigrant Women's Centre, 1459
  - Steel industry, 5239
  - Student achievement, 7342
  - Threshold School of Building, 9178
  - Tourism, 1615–1616
  - Welding Week, 2743–2744
  - West Highland Baptist Church Victory Garden, 2133
  - Williams, Dave, 1048–1049
- Mental Health Awareness Day Act, 2009 (Bill 205)
  - first reading, 7836
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  - provincial rent bank program, 1474
- Ministry of Research and Innovation
  - investment accelerator fund (IAF), 4695
  - Ontario venture capital fund, 3181
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - second career strategy, 714
- Missing persons
  - with dementia
    - Silver Alert program, 8515–8517, 8521
- National Hockey League (NHL)
  - NHL franchise for Hamilton, 6645–6646
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Greek Independence Day, 600, 5624
  - Oxi Day, 3687
- Nurses, 1972
  - shortage, 1972
- Nursing students/graduates, 1972
- Obesity
  - surgery, 5000
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - responded to, 5909
- Ontario child benefit (OCB), 5683
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, 1249
  - research grants
    - Wan, Yonghong (McMaster Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology), 1249
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Hospital services, 6414
- Oral questions, presented
  - Aboriginal affairs, 8497
  - Access to health care, 3374
  - Affordable housing, 1473–1474
  - Agri-food industry, 6338
  - Arts and cultural funding, 3684
  - Child poverty, 3487
  - Children's mental health services, 6553
  - Employment supports, 5231–5232
  - Fair access to professions, 2209
  - Flu immunization, 8303, 9079–9080
  - Gridlock, 2090
  - Health care, 5000
  - Healthy living, 6846
  - Immigrant services, 7772–7773
  - Macular degeneration, 334–335
  - Medical research, 4110
  - Nurses, 1972
  - Ontario film and television industry, 3321–3322
  - Post-secondary education, 1718
  - Poverty, 5683
  - Proceeds of crime, 836–837
  - Public transit, 5949–5950
  - Research and innovation, 1249, 3181, 4695, 7692–7693
  - Road safety, 4622
  - Taxation, 7522, 8918
  - Transit funding, 524
  - Tuition, 2345
  - University and college funding, 2832
  - Violence against women, 4213
  - Workplace safety, 195–196, 3876
  - Youth services, 769
- Oral questions, responded to
  - Condominium reserve funds, 9583
  - Consumer protection, 9316–9317, 9408, 9696–9697
- Petitions
  - Anti-smoking legislation, 696
  - Community colleges collective bargaining, 1668
  - Federal-provincial fiscal policies, 3740
  - Firearms control, 1372, 1771, 1976, 2094–2095, 2132
  - Hospices, 3741, 3778–3779, 3931, 3970, 4069–4070, 4160, 4220, 4257–4258, 4335, 4479, 4659, 4869
  - Hospital funding, 485, 2213
  - University labour dispute, 4702
- Physical activity guidelines for children, 6846
- Post-secondary education
  - enrolment, 1718
- Poverty, 713
- Poverty reduction strategy, 713–714, 720, 3487, 5544, 5683
- Prescription drugs
  - Lucentis, 335
- Private members' public business
  - Breast Cancer Screening Act, 2009 (Bill 200)
    - second reading, 7447
  - Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
    - second reading, 451–452
  - Condominium Owners Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 186)
    - second reading, 7257–7258
  - Employment insurance
    - responded to, 5851
  - Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2009 (Bill 156)
    - second reading, 6069
  - Missing persons alert
    - presented, 8515–8517, 8521
  - News media
    - responded to, 6670–6671
  - Poverty
    - presented, 713–714, 720
  - Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2010 (Bill 106)
    - second reading, 3761
  - Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2009 (Bill 148)
    - second reading, 5114–5115
- Public education campaigns
  - Children's Mental Health Week, 6553
  - National Welding Week, 2743–2744
- Remedies for Organized Crime and Other Unlawful Activities Act, S.O. 2001, c.28, 836–837
- Reports
  - Farmers' Markets Ontario Impact Study 2009 Report, 6338
- Research and innovation
  - government funding, 3181
- Road safety, 4622
  - winter driving, 4622
- Royal Botanical Gardens
  - Back to Nature workshop, 4219
- Schools
  - Sherwood high school
    - support for people living in poverty, 6849–6850
  - Threshold School of Building, 9178
- Siemens Canada, 5039
- Social service agencies
  - Good Shepherd, 1979
- Sports competitions
  - Pan American Games bid (2015), 2992
    - awarded to Toronto, 8690–8691
- St. Joseph Immigrant Women's Centre, 1459
- Student assistance, 2345
- Student enrolment
  - increase, 2832
- Teacher-student ratios, 2832
- Telehealth Ontario
  - increase in volume of calls due to H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 8303
- Television stations
  - CHCH TV (Hamilton), 6670–6671
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 435–436
- Tobacco products
  - ban on retail display of cigarettes, 1088
- Tourist attractions, 1615–1616
- Toxic substances
  - reduction plan, 6380
- Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
  - second reading, 6380
- Traffic congestion, 2090
- Transit systems
  - government funding
    - Hamilton, 524
  - merging of GO Transit and Metrolinx, 5949–5950
- Tributes
  - Agostino, Dominic (former member, Hamilton East), 5580
- Tuition fees
  - increase, 2345
- United States
  - Silver Alert program for missing persons with dementia, 5316
- Universities/colleges
  - Redeemer University College, 4627
- U.S. Steel Canada
  - layoffs, 5231–5232
  - shutdown, 5239
- Victims of crime
  - compensation, 837
- Violence against women, 4213
- West Highland Baptist Church
  - victory garden, 2133
- Women
  - education funding, 713
  - training programs, 713
- Workers
  - injured workers, 195–196
- Workplace accidents/fatalities, 195
- Youth programs
  - focus on youth program, 769
Albanese, L. (LIB, York South–Weston)
- Afghanistan
  - family law
    - Shiite Personal Status Law, 6473
  - women's rights, 6473
- Anniversaries
  - Corbrook's 50th anniversary, 3777
  - York University 50th anniversary, 5624
- Artists
  - contribution to society, 6244
  - employment protection, 6244–6245
- Child care, 5100
  - federal government funding, 6748, 9693
  - government funding, 6748
  - subsidies, 3375–3376
- Community health centres (CHCs), 282–283
- Community policing, 3136
- Community safety, 3136, 3762, 4132
- Compensation
  - Truscott, Steven (victim of miscarriage of justice), 1992
  - York University students, 4819
- Court cases/actions
  - Truscott, Steven (victim of miscarriage of justice), 1991–1992
- Crime, 3136, 4132
  - violent crime, 6226–6227
- Employment-related benefits
  - severance/termination payments, 6656
- Fatalities
  - Barton, Stephen (murder victim), 3136
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - early learning and child care (ELCC) agreement, 3376
- Firearms
  - driving with unlawfully possessed firearm in motor vehicle prohibited, 1357
- Fires
  - prevention, 2177
- Frontlines (community drop-in centre), 4112
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1328
- Green technology, 5662
  - commercialization, 5662
- Habitat for Humanity
  - York South–Weston, 7967–7968
- Health care, 6891
- Health professionals
  - expansion of scope of practice, 6891
- H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
  - emergency preparedness
    - availability of pediatric Tamiflu, 8455
- Hospital services
  - emergency
    - information sheets for patients, 8891–8892, 8896–8897
    - wait times, 5084
- Housing
  - affordable
    - government funding, 6748
- Immunization
  - H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 8924
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1296–1297
- Legislative Assembly
  - Ontario Legislature internship program (OLIP), 7199
- Legislative interns, 7199
- Local news media
  - government funding, 6671–6672
- Long-term-care facilities
  - government funding, 564, 1156
  - hands-on care, 3536
  - personal support workers, 3536
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - York South–Weston
    - events in Weston, 2496–2497
    - Fish Friday, 1240
- Members'/ministers' constituents
  - birthdays, 1155–1156
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 351–352
- Members/ministers quoting books
  - History of Immigration to Toronto Since the Second World War: From Toronto "the Good" to Toronto "the World in a City" (Harold Troper), 7062
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Armstrong, Michelle (constituent, York South–Weston), 5100
  - Machado, Jeanette (constituent, York South–Weston), 5100
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Toronto Star, 6671
- Members/ministers quoting poetry
  - Poe, Edgar Allan, 8132
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Patterson, Brian (president, Ontario Safety League), 3342
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Carroll, Aileen (Barrie)
      - as Minister of Culture, 6671
- Members' statements
  - Air-rail link, 1197, 4525–4526
  - Anthony Locilento Park, 2966
  - Communities in action fund, 640
  - Community health centres, 282–283
  - Community use of schools, 7527
  - Corbrook, 3777
  - DeMontis, Mark, 8310
  - Employment Ontario, 3053–3054
  - Events in Weston, 2496–2497
  - Fish Friday, 1240
  - Flu immunization, 8924
  - Frontlines, 4112
  - Habitat for Humanity, 7967–7968
  - Health care, 6891
  - Italian Republic Day, 7152
  - Legislative interns, 7199
  - Long-term care, 3536
  - Mother's Day, 1827
  - Occupational Cancer Research Centre, 5322–5323
  - Parents Reaching Out, 5237
  - Paterson, William, 1155–1156
  - Republic of Italy, 2215
  - Rogers, Ted, 4427
  - Toronto anti-violence intervention strategy, 8033–8034
  - University labour dispute, 4700
  - Weston Collegiate Institute, 6084
  - York Memorial Collegiate Institute, 6949
  - York University, 5624
  - Yorktown Family Services, 4065
  - Youth programs, 3144
- Minimum wage
  - increase, 833
- Ministry of Education
  - Parents Reaching Out grants, 5237
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - aging-at-home strategy, 3550
- Ministry of Health Promotion
  - Active 2010
    - communities in action fund (CIAP), 640
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - Employment Ontario, 3053–3054
- Municipal parks
  - renaming of Blue Coin Park to Anthony Locilento Park, 2966
- Music videos
  - Obama song (Weston to the White House), 6084
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Italian Republic Day, 2215, 7152
  - Pope John Paul II Day, 4918–4919
- Obesity
  - surgery, 5084
- Obituaries
  - Rogers, Ted (CEO, Rogers Communications Inc.), 4427
- Occupational Cancer Research Centre, 5322–5323
- Occupational health and safety, 1420–1421
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - second reading, 7812
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 663
- Ontario Poet Laureate, 8132
- Oral questions, presented
  - Air-rail link, 4780
  - Assistance to farmers, 6748
  - Child care, 3375–3376, 9693
  - Clean technology, 5662
  - Flu pandemic preparedness, 8455
  - GO Transit, 7726–7727
  - Home care, 3681
  - Hospital services, 5084
  - Long-term care, 564
  - Minimum wage, 833
  - Occupational health and safety, 9578
  - Patient safety, 54–55
  - Protection for workers, 2490–2491, 2737
  - Public transit, 5125–5126, 5830, 6987, 7520–7521, 7922
  - Student assistance, 4818–4819
  - Transit services, 3874–3875
  - Victims of crime, 1167
  - Violent crime, 3136, 6226–6227
  - Workplace safety, 1420–1421
- Patient safety, 54–55
- Petitions
  - Anti-smoking legislation, 901, 1064–1065
  - Firearms control, 1314, 1977
  - Lord's Prayer, 2168, 2443
  - Pope John Paul II, 2131, 2395–2396
- Poverty, 5100
- Poverty reduction strategy, 719–720, 5100
- Private members' public business
  - Afghan family law
    - responded to, 6473
  - Child poverty
    - responded to, 5100
  - Cultural diversity
    - responded to, 7061–7062
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
    - second reading, 6244–6245
  - Fuel safety
    - presented, 3341–3343, 3348
  - Human rights
    - responded to, 9242–9243
  - Municipal Residential Sprinkler Act, 2008 (Bill 72)
    - second reading, 2177
  - News media
    - responded to, 6671–6672
  - Ontario Poet Laureate
    - responded to, 8132
  - Police officers
    - responded to, 4132
  - Pope John Paul II Day Act, 2009 (Bill 25)
    - second reading, 4918–4919
  - Poverty
    - responded to, 719–720
  - Protection for workers
    - responded to, 6656
  - Public Hospitals Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 216)
    - second reading, 8891–8892, 8896–8897
  - Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2010 (Bill 106)
    - second reading, 3762
  - Seniors' Ombudsman Act, 2008 (Bill 102)
    - second reading, 3550
  - Truscott, Steven
    - responded to, 1991–1992
  - Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
    - second reading, 1357
- Propane explosions
  - Hyde Avenue, 3341–3342
  - Sunrise Propane, 3341, 3348, 8085–8086
  - Weston Road taxi garage, 3342
- Propane facilities, 3342–3343
  - institution of buffer zones, 3343
- Public education campaigns
  - International Mother Language Day, 7061
  - Mother's Day, 1827
  - Ontario Human Rights Day, 9242–9243
- Public Hospitals Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 216)
  - first reading, 8416
- Public transportation
  - York South–Weston, 352
- Repetitive strain injuries, 9578
- Reports
  - HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality Trends in Canada (Canadian Institute for Health Information), 54
  - The 2009 OCETA SDTC Cleantech Growth and Go-to-Market Report, 5662
- School facilities
  - extended use, 7527
- Schools
  - York Memorial Collegiate Institute, 6949
- Senior citizens
  - community-based services, 3681
  - health care, 3681
  - protection, 3550
- Snowmobiling, 2966
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 54
- Student assistance, 4818
- Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
  - second reading, 8085–8087
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 351–352, 355
- Time allocation motions
  - Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
    - responded to, 1296–1297
- Toronto Police Service
  - Toronto anti-violence intervention strategy (TAVIS), 8033–8034
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit, 5830
- Toronto's Poet Laureate
  - Di Cicco, Pier Giorgio, 8132
- Training programs, 719
- Transit systems
  - air-rail link between Union Station and Pearson airport, 1197, 4525, 5125, 7922
    - environmental assessment, 3874–3875
    - public consultation, 3875, 4780
  - GO Transit
    - Georgetown south service expansion, 5125, 6987, 7520–7521, 7726–7727
    - Weston, 5126, 7726–7727
  - York South–Weston, 3874
- Tributes
  - Demontis, Mark (constituent and fundraiser, programs for blind youth to play hockey), 8310
- Universities/colleges
  - York University, 5624
    - strike, 4700, 4818
- UrbanArts Community Arts Council, 8132
- Victims of domestic violence
  - services, 1167
- Volatile fuels
  - handling, 3341–3342
  - inspection, 3342
  - safety, 3341–3342
  - safety standards
    - fines for breach of compliance, 3342
- Workers
  - contract workers
    - protection, 2737
  - temporary workers, 2490–2491
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - Hogg's Hollow tragedy, 1420
- World Youth Day 2002, 4919
- Yorktown Family Services, 4065
- Youth challenge fund, 4112
- Youth programs
  - Trethewey organization, 3144
Arnott, T. (PC, Wellington–Halton Hills)
- Aboriginal peoples, 9277
- ABS Friction, 7253–7254
- Aftermarket brake pads
  - ban on use of asbestos, 7253
  - standards and specifications, 7253
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - disclosure, 7621
    - review by Integrity Commissioner, 7615, 7619–7620
  - subject to freedom of information requests, 9233–9234
- Ambulance services
  - town of Erin, 9274
- Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
  - second reading, 7978
- Appointment of Information and Privacy Commissioner
  - responded to, 6976
- Attendant services
  - wait times, 5580
- Awards
  - Canada's Top 100 Employers
    - Wellington, 3143
- Bridges
  - municipal bridges, 1141
- Budget, 5430–5431, 6040–6041
  - budget speech rehearsal, 5621, 5661
  - early disclosure of budget documents, 5620–5621
  - leakage of budget information, 5510, 5516, 5576–5577
  - pre-budget consultations, 3213–3214
- Budget deficit, 3213, 3215, 5184
- Budget surplus
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1700, 1708
- Bullying
  - prevention, 9389–9390
- Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 3165–3166
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - Family and Children's Services of Guelph and Wellington County
    - government funding, 9619
  - Halton Children's Aid Society
    - government funding, 9619
- Children's playgrounds
  - McKenzie-Smith Bennett Public School (Acton)
    - closure, 8216
- Christopher's Law (Sex Offender Registry) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16)
  - second reading, 705–706, 1339–1340
    - public consultation, 706
- Committees
  - Committee of the whole House
    - appointment of presiding officer, 7283
- Computed tomography (CT)
  - Groves Memorial Community Hospital, 133
- Conferences/seminars/symposiums
  - 2010 OGRA/ROMA Annual Conference, 9504–9595
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
    - eligibility for refund, 2976
- Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
  - third reading, 6179
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - School facilities
    - requested, 9150
    - participation, 9150
- Destination marketing fees, 7157
- Diagnostic imaging
  - CT scanner at Georgetown Hospital, 7483
- Doctor shortage, 885–886
- Driver licences
  - cost, 2277
  - graduated licences, 2326
  - secure driver licences, 226
- Economic conditions, 2675, 3191, 4853, 5238
- Economic development, 6226
- Economic growth, 3214
  - five-point economic plan, 3215
- Economic policy, 3191
- Economic statement
  - 22 October 2008, 3215–3216
- eHealth Ontario
  - contracts, 8101
  - Hudson, Alan (former Chairman)
    - appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8302
  - Kramer, Sarah (former CEO)
    - appearance before Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 8302
  - review by Auditor General, 8409
- Elections/by-elections
  - Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 4784
- Electricity rates, 5048–5049
- Emancipation Day Act, 2008 (Bill 111)
  - general discussion, 3880
  - first reading, 3280
  - third reading, 4509–4510
    - public consultation, 4509–4510
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8175
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 5048–5050
    - cost, 6824–6825
  - renewable energy projects
    - employment creation, 6824
    - wind farms
      - Wellington–Halton Hills, 9488
- Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
  - second reading, 9488–9489
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 7292, 7309–7310, 7313
- Families for a Secure Future
  - private funding, 2764
- Far North Act, 2009 (Bill 191)
  - general discussion, 8267
- Federal-provincial-territorial-aboriginal relations
  - provincial ministers of aboriginal affairs and aboriginal leaders working group, 8266–8268
- Firefighters
  - presumptive legislation, 6145, 7386, 8498
  - volunteer firefighters, 55
    - workers' compensation claims, 6855–6856, 6862
- Fruit wines
  - sale at farmers' markets, 4668
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9619
- Gasoline prices, 1548
- Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 8377
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8563–8564
- Government debt, 5184, 5238
  - increase, 5807
- Government expenditures, 3137, 3215, 5184, 7589
- Government notice of motions
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park
    - responded to, 9589–9590
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1330–1332
- Government orders
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3213–3216
- Government record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - sex offender registry, 705
    - time allocation motions, 8563
- Green economy, 5047–5050
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - second reading, 5047–5051
  - third reading, 6824–6826
    - authority of Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, 6824
    - public consultation, 6824
- Habitat for Humanity, 2133, 4028
- Harmonized sales tax, 6225–6226
  - impact on aboriginal peoples, 9277
  - impact on family vacations, 6841
  - impact on home heating costs, 9119
  - impact on housing industry, 6490–6491, 6495
  - impact on tourism industry, 6040–6041, 6841, 8857
  - public consultation, 8688, 8856–8857, 8859
- Hayward Gordon Ltd., 6441
- Health care
  - Kitchener–Waterloo, 2367
- Health professionals, 2652
  - shortage, 3996
- Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 257
- Highway construction
  - Highway 24 (Brantford and Cambridge), 2327
- Highway improvement
  - Highway 6 (Morriston), 7923
  - Highway 6 (Wellington), 2325–2326
  - Highway 407 east extension, 4784–4785
- Highway safety, 7253
- Hispanic Canadians, 9050–9051
- Home energy audits, 5048
- Hospital expansion
  - Groves Memorial Community Hospital, 3277–3278, 4627, 6192, 8033
- Hospital redevelopment, 9647–9648
- Hydro One
  - Bruce to Milton transmission project
    - impact on property values, 6825–6826
    - property owner compensation, 6643–6644
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2976
- Immunization
  - influenza, 3644
- Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 2652–2653
  - third reading, 3996
- Industry shutdowns
  - Legrand Canada Inc., 7773
- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, 6976
- Infrastructure Canada
  - Building Canada Fund (BCF), 5321
- Infrastructure Ontario
  - municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 1549, 2327–2328
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - third reading, 1700, 1707–1708
- Israeli Apartheid Week, 9558–9559
- Layoffs
  - Campbell Soup Company, 1515–1516, 1568–1569
- Legislative building/grounds
  - heritage conservation, 9174
- Legislative chamber
  - accessibility, 5621
- Legislative procedure
  - personal attacks on members, 2738–2739
  - petitions
    - response by government, 4395–4396
  - private members' public business, 1141, 7253
  - speech should be related to topic being discussed, 1225
- Legislative process
  - Bill 150, re, 5047–5048
  - family friendly reforms, 1141, 1330–1332
    - evening sittings, 1331–1332
    - oral questions, 1421
- Legislature schedule/agenda, 7253
- Livestock
  - disease prevention and control, 7978
- Local health integration networks (LHINs), 5992–5993
- Mace, 5576
- Manufacturing industry, 3214
  - economic competitiveness, 7254
  - layoffs, 1119, 1892
  - unemployment, 366
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 7581–7582
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Takhar, Harinder (Mississauga–Erindale)
    - as Minister of Government Services, 7589
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Wellington–Halton Hills
    - annual report of activities, 6754–6755
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 6855
- Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
  - Bill 185, re, 7313
  - wind farms, re, 9488–9489
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Alexander, Lincoln (chairman, Ontario Heritage Trust), 9174
  - Andrew, Judith (vice-president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 3699
  - Bruce to Milton transmission project, re, 6825–6826
  - Daybutch, Douglas (chief, Mississauga First Nation, Blind River), 9277
  - Dombrowsky, Leona (Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs), 4668
  - Douglas, Mark (Georgetown), 9119
  - Holt, Stephen (Charlton Lake Camp), 2564
  - Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, 6856
  - press gallery re legislative process, family friendly reforms, 1332
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Financial Post (Toronto), 8267
  - Globe and Mail (Toronto), 2676, 3213, 7253
  - National Post (Toronto), 5048
  - Toronto Star, 4668, 5048–5049
  - Wawatay News, 9277
- Members/ministers quoting poetry
  - A Soldier's Journal, 8466
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Brady, Ed (Major, Canadian Army), 8465
  - Cialente, Massimo (mayor, L'Aquila), 6048
  - Fuller, Millard (founder, Habitat for Humanity), 2133
  - Gaudet, Kevin (director, Canadian Taxpayers' Federation), 8857
  - Gravel, Bruce (president, Ontario Accommodation Association), 6041
  - Greater Toronto Hotel Association, 8857
  - Hammond, Sam (president, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario), 9389–9390
  - Hayward, John (president, Hayward Gordon Ltd.), 6441
  - Jestin, Warren (chief economist, Scotiabank), 3214
  - Loughlin, Howard (Corporal, Canadian Army), 8465–8466
  - Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 9540–9541
  - McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 8101
  - Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association, 6041
  - Roosevelt, Franklin (32nd United States president), 3213
  - Salter, Pat (advocacy coordinator, Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario), 2367
  - Stevens, Yakov (Tripsetter Inc.), 6041
  - Von Teichman, Michael (Walper Terrace Hotel), 2305
  - White, Graham (professor, department of political science, University of Toronto), 1421
  - Young, Troy (executive director, Attractions Ontario), 2305
- Members/ministers quoting websites
  - Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, 8266
- Members'/ministers' record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo)
      - as Minister of the Environment, 2367
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (1943-1985)
    - Peterson, David (London Centre)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 5620
  - Liberal (1985-1990)
    - Kwinter, Monte (Wilson Heights)
      - as Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, 8083
  - Liberal (1990-1995)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 5049
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
      - as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 5047–5048
  - NDP (1943-1985)
    - Rae, Bob (York South)
      - as leader of the third party, 5620
  - PC (1990-1995)
    - Witmer, Elizabeth (Waterloo North), 1415
  - withdrawn, 5993
- Members' statements
  - Ambulance service, 9274
  - Assistance to the disabled, 5580
  - County of Wellington, 3143
  - Doctor shortage, 885–886
  - Earthquake in Italy, 6047–6048
  - Eid-Ul-Fitr, 3001
  - Emancipation Day, 3880
  - Flu immunization, 3644–3645
  - Gardiner, Ethel, 1558–1559
  - GO Transit, 3579, 5952
  - Groves Memorial Community Hospital, 3277–3278, 4627, 6192, 8033
  - Habitat for Humanity, 2133
  - Habitat for Humanity Halton, 4028
  - Hayward Gordon Ltd., 6441
  - Highway construction, 7923
  - Hospital services, 7483
  - Infrastructure program funding, 5321
  - Manufacturing jobs, 1892
  - McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 7581–7582
  - Municipal conferences, 9504–9505
  - Ontario budget, 5516
  - Ontario economy, 366, 2675–2676, 3191, 5238, 5430–5431
  - Riding of Wellington–Halton Hills, 6754–6755
  - Road safety, 4426
  - School bus operators, 8829–8830
  - School playground, 4865, 8216
  - School transportation funding, 6558
  - Taxation, 6495
  - Tourism, 226, 5004
  - University labour dispute, 4699
  - Wiremold/Legrand, 7773
- Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
  - general discussion, 8267
- Ministerial statements, responded to
  - Aboriginal affairs, 8266–8267
  - Aboriginal rights, 9277
  - Black History Month, 5043, 9327–9328
  - National Tourism Week, 7157
  - Tourism Week, 2304–2305
- Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
  - grants to community organizations, 7612
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 8754
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 1515–1516
- Ministry of Transportation
  - driver and vehicle licensing offices, 2325
    - employees' salaries, 2325
  - employees, 2326
- Motor vehicle accidents, 7253
- Multiculturalism, 9051–9052
- Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c. 25
  - amended by Bill 212, 8563
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 97–98
  - municipal roads and bridges fund, 1549
  - Wellington–Halton Hills
    - government funding, 6662–6663
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Black History Month, 5043, 9327–9328
  - Emancipation Day, 3280, 3880, 4509–4510
- Natural disasters
  - earthquakes
    - Abruzzo, Italy, 6047–6048
- Nortel
  - pension plans, 9703, 9707
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9099–9100
- Ombudsman of Ontario, 9539–9540
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - second reading, 8856–8857, 8859
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Government spending, 5807
  - Ontario economy, 1119
- Oral questions, presented
  - Electronic health information, 8101, 8302, 8408
  - Firefighters, 6883
  - Government appointments, 9539–9540
  - Health care funding, 133
  - Heritage conservation, 9174
  - Highway 407, 4784–4785
  - Hospital funding, 9647–9648
  - Hydro transmission line, 6643–6644
  - International trade, 7148–7149
  - Legislative reform, 1421
  - Local health integration networks, 5992–5993
  - Ontario budget, 5510, 5576–5577, 5661
  - Ontario economy, 1515–1516, 1568–1569, 5184
  - School facilities, 8998
  - School transportation funding, 6985–6986
  - Small business, 3576
  - Taxation, 6040–6041, 6225–6226, 6490–6491, 6841, 8688, 9119
  - Tourism, 1973, 2032, 2391, 2520, 2563–2564, 2638, 3137, 3275–3276
  - Tourism study, 686–687
  - Volunteer firefighters, 55, 7386, 8498
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 4059–4060, 9723
- Passports
  - cost, 2277
- Payday loan industry
  - regulation, 1395
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 1395
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - second reading, 9703–9707, 9709
- Pension funds, 3215
  - transfer of locked-in pension funds to registered retirement income funds, 6866–6867
- Pension plans
  - reform, 9705, 9709
    - grow-in benefits, 9705
    - layoffs and partial windups, 9706
    - surplus funds, 9706
- Persons with disabilities
  - attendant services, 3742–3743
    - Black, Debbie case, 3742
    - government funding, 3743
    - individually-based funding, 3743
    - wait lists, 3742–3743
    - wait times, 3743
- Petitions
  - Assistance to the disabled, 5520, 5585
  - Child custody, 3050
  - Community colleges collective bargaining, 2351
  - Emancipation Day, 4070–4071
  - Gasoline prices, 2740, 3844
  - Long-term care, 3693, 7002
  - Lord's Prayer, 483, 1720
  - Protection of minors, 7489
  - Reconstructive surgery, 9230
  - Sale of domestic wines and beers, 8270
  - Sales tax, 5045, 5434
  - School transportation, 7209–7210
  - Taxation, 7284–7285, 7396–7397, 8506–8507, 8658–8659, 8740, 8954, 9184, 9552–9553
  - Water quality, 2645
  - Workplace insurance, 6953
  - Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, 1214
- Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 2277, 2325–2330
  - third reading, 3863
- Photo identification cards, 2325–2328
  - combined photo cards, 2327
  - cost, 2328
  - photo comparison technology, 2327
  - privacy/security of information, 2327
- Plastmade Industries Ltd., 3576
- Playgrounds
  - McKenzie-Smith Bennett public school
    - closure, 4865, 8998, 9150
- Positron emission tomography (PET), 2367–2368
- Private members' public business
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - responded to, 9389–9390
  - Assistance to the disabled
    - presented, 3742–3744, 3749
  - Diagnostic services
    - responded to, 2367–2368
  - Electricity Amendment Act (Protection Against Security Deposits), 2009 (Bill 228)
    - second reading, 9248
  - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Institutions), 2009 (Bill 227)
    - second reading, 9233–9234
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 6662–6663
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Aftermarket Brake Pad Standards), 2009 (Bill 181)
    - second reading, 7253–7254
  - Hispanic community
    - responded to, 9050–9052
  - Israeli Apartheid Week
    - responded to, 9558–9559
  - Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
    - second reading, 4668–4669
  - Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Unlocking Pension Funds), 2009 (Bill 116)
    - second reading, 6866–6867
  - Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Assistance to Municipalities), 2008 (Bill 38)
    - second reading, 1548–1549
  - Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 552–553
  - Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
    - responded to, 1140–1141
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
    - second reading, 6855–6856, 6861–6862, 6866–6867
- Property tax assessment, 3215
- Protecting Children and Youth from Second-Hand Smoke in Automobiles Act, 2007 (Bill 11)
  - general discussion, 1914
- Provincial parks
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park
    - transfer process agreement returning to Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, 9589–9590
- Public education campaigns
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 9389–9390
  - Hispanic Heritage Month, 9050–9052
  - National Day of Mourning, 1415
  - National Tourism Week, 2304
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - second reading, 7589, 7612, 7615, 7619–7622
- Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 4852–4853
- Religious holiday observance
  - Eid Ul-Fitr, 3001
- Remembrance Day, 8465–8466
- Reports
  - Discovering Ontario: A Report on the Future of Tourism (Ontario Tourism Competitiveness Study), 7157
  - Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8101
  - Unleashing Attendant Services: Enhancing People's Potential, Reducing Wait Times in Acute and Long-Term Health Care (Ontario Community Support Association), 3743
- Retail sales tax
  - elimination of retail sales tax from accommodations and attractions, 2032, 2305, 2329–2330, 2391, 2520, 2564, 2638
- Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
  - general discussion, 4426
    - public consultation, 4426
- Roads and bridges
  - government funding, 2327
- School bus transportation, 6986
  - government funding
    - Halton Hills, 6558
  - rural Ontario
    - request-for-proposal tendering process, 8829–8830
- School cafeterias
  - ban on trans fat in food and beverages
    - exemptions on special event days, 257
- Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
  - third reading, 2764
    - public consultation, 2764
- Sex offender registry
  - compliance rates, 705
  - misallocation of operational funds, 705–706
- Small business, 3576
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 1907, 1914–1915
- Smoking
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present, 1907
  - ban on smoking in workplaces/enclosed public places, 552–553
- Speaker's rulings/statements quoted
  - Speaker Peters, 5621
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 99(d) Written questions - Answers - delayed answers - decline to answer, 8674
- Stock exchanges, 3214–3215
- Tax increases, 3215
- Tax rebates
  - gasoline tax rebate
    - highway construction, maintenance or operation, 6662–6663
- Taxation Amendment Act (Heritage Property Tax Credit), 2009 (Bill 234)
  - first reading, 9131
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 93–94, 97–98
- Time allocation motions
  - Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
    - responded to, 8563–8564
  - Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
    - responded to, 9099–9100
- Tourism industry, 226, 686, 1973, 2304, 2391, 3137, 3275–3276, 5004, 7157
  - decline in American travellers, 2563–2564
  - Ontario tourism competitiveness study and action plan, 686–687, 2305, 2391, 3137
- Transit systems
  - GO Transit
    - extension of GO train to Acton, Rockwood, Guelph and Kitchener–Waterloo, 5952
- Transportation infrastructure
  - Strandherd-Armstrong bridge, 1140
- Travel guides
  - My Ontario magazine, 2564
- Tributes
  - Gardiner, Ethel (former chair and trustee, Halton District School Board), 1558–1559
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 3743
- United States
  - economic conditions, 3213
  - economic stimulus plan
    - buy-America provision, 7148–7149
  - terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania (11 September 2001), 2326
- Universities/colleges
  - York University
    - strike, 4699
- Western hemisphere travel initiative (WHTI), 2326
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - coverage for construction workers, 3699, 4060
- Workplace harassment/violence, 9099–9100
- Workplace injuries
  - reduction, 1415
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - general discussion, 4060
  - second reading, 3699
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
  - general discussion, 6883
  - first reading, 6145
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Presumptions for Firefighters), S.O. 2007, c.3, 6855
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 9723
  - unfunded liability, 4059–4060
- York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
  - general discussion, 4699
- Youth crime
  - reduction, 3166
Arthurs, W. (LIB, Pickering–Scarborough East)
- Aboriginal communities
  - government funding, 779
- Administration of justice, 2446–2447
- Advisory Council on Pensions and Retirement Income, 9335
- Advocis (Financial Advisors Association of Canada), 4219–4220
- Agricultural industry
  - government funding, 780
- Apprenticeship training programs, 1642
- Apprenticeship training tax credit, 8759–8760
- Automobile industry, 4168–4169
  - auto sector investment fund, 3301
  - General Motors of Canada Ltd.
    - Chevrolet Volt, 4360
- Beepers (pagers), 4360
- Bruce Power, 3830
- Budget, 4167, 4262–4263
  - balanced budget, 3781
  - pre-budget consultations, 3454–3455, 4161–4169, 4262–4263, 4594
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 5931–5933
  - third reading, 6955–6958
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - second reading, 776–781, 857–858
  - third reading, 1641–1645
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3781
  - third reading, 4043
- Budget surplus
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 797–800, 965, 1041–1042, 1694–1697
- Business education tax
  - reduction, 3300, 4593
- Canadian Hearing Society, 3493
- Cancer Care Ontario
  - government funding, 863
- Capital tax
  - elimination, 778, 857, 3300, 4362
- Capital works projects, 4361
  - government funding, 4168, 5699, 5800, 9128
  - ReNew Ontario, 1642
- Centre of Excellence for Education in Financial Services, 779
- Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 3165
- Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
  - third reading, 2927
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - collective bargaining
    - inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 2927
- Committee process, 4166
  - Bill 218, 8975
- Committee schedules/agendas, 4161–4169
- Committees
  - Select Committee on the Economy, 3454–3455
  - Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3454–3455, 4043
- Community health centres (CHCs)
  - increase, 864
- Concurrence in supply debate (December 2008)
  - participation, 4590–4594
- Construction industry
  - use of Ontario wood products, 7943–7945, 7950–7951
- Consumer protection
  - ticket resale practices, 5614
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 3300–3301, 4360–4362
    - eligibility for refund, 2975–2977
- Corporate tax reduction, 778, 6957
- Corporations
  - executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 7046–7047
- Courthouses
  - construction, 3301
    - Durham consolidated courthouse, 5933, 9043
  - Durham consolidated courthouse
    - video conferencing, 4361
- Cross-border travel, 2426
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Government contracts
    - participation, 8632
  - Low-income Ontarians
    - participation, 596–597
  - Taxation
    - participation, 8630–8631
- Doctors
  - international medical graduates (IMGs)
    - assessment/training, 864
- Driver licences
  - enhanced driver licences, 2425–2426
- Economic conditions, 4359–4360
- Economic decline, 6955
  - 2008-2009, 5931–5932
- Economic development
  - government funding, 621, 1643
- Economic growth
  - five-point economic plan, 3300–3301, 4361–4362, 5931
- Economic statement
  - 22 October 2008, 3455
- Education funding
  - government funding, 620, 1123–1124
- eHealth Ontario, 4592
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
  - second reading, 9668–9669, 9685–9687
- Electoral process reform, 9669, 9685–9686
  - authority of Chief Electoral Officer to modify voting process, 9687
  - special ballots, 9686
- Employers
  - requirement to contribute 1% of payroll amount to workforce training, 3264
- Employment agencies
  - regulation, 4105–4106
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 5347, 9275
- Family health teams, 863, 6955
- Festivals
  - Anne of Green Gables street festival, 2431
- Fire alarms
  - visual fire alarms in public buildings, 4911, 5109–5110
- Firefighter memorials
  - Queen's Park
    - vandalism, 1894
- Forest industry
  - Wood WORKS!, 7943–7944
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9521
- Government accountability
  - fiscal accountability, 6022–6023
- Government-business partnerships, 3301
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1275–1276
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4161–4169
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 4262–4263
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3299–3301
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010), 5931
    - economic policy, 777, 5699
    - employment creation, 1124, 3065–3066
    - health care, 861–865, 1124
- Government responsibility, 3300
- Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction, 3731
  - return to provincial jurisdiction, 798
- Government services, 3300
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 5833
  - second reading, 5347
- Harmonized sales tax, 5753, 6957, 8630–8631, 8755–8761
  - impact on aboriginal peoples, 8763
  - impact on real estate industry, 8759
  - impact on small business, 8755–8757
  - transition benefit
    - $1,000 for single parents or couples, 8758
- Health care, 4591
  - electronic health care
    - government funding, 862
  - government funding, 797–798
  - wait times
    - reduction, 862
- Health care funding
  - government funding, 620, 779, 4591–4593, 6955
  - increase, 862
- Hearing-impaired persons
  - services, 3485–3486
- Highway construction
  - government funding, 6956
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 1074
- Home care workers, 4591
- Home children (Canadian immigrants), 9381–9382
- Hospital construction
  - Rouge Valley Health System, 4591
- Hospital funding
  - government funding, 4592
- Hospital services
  - emergency
    - government funding, 865
- Housing
  - affordable, 4169
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2975–2977
  - third reading, 4359–4362, 4364
- Immunization
  - childhood
    - government funding, 865
- Income groups
  - low
    - government funding, 583
- Income tax
  - income splitting between married or common-law couples, 2549–2550
- Income tax reduction, 5752–5753, 5800
- International trade, 7873
- Internet, 4361
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 797–801, 965, 1029, 1041–1042
  - third reading, 1693–1698, 1700
- Investment Ontario Inc., 1643
- Kindergarten
  - full-day, 8691, 9521
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1275–1276
- Long-term-care funding
  - government funding, 864
- Medical procedures
  - wait times, 4591
    - reduction, 865
- Medical radiation technologists, 3929
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Pickering–Scarborough East, 66, 3299–3300
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3300–3301, 5110
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Canadian Institute of Actuaries, 6458
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - National Post (Toronto), 8755–8756, 8797–8798
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 9332–9333, 9335
  - TD Economics Special Report - Impact of Sales Tax Harmonization in Ontario and B.C. on Canadian Inflation (Don Drummond, Diana Petramala), 8759
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Barnier, Kris (co-chair, Ontario Worst Roads Campaign), 586
  - Carroll, Shelley (Toronto city councillor), 798
  - Crispino, Len (president, Ontario Chamber of Commerce), 586
  - Hargrove, Buzz (former president, Canadian Auto Workers), 586
  - Reycraft, Doug (president, Association of Municipalities of Ontario), 586
  - Spence, Adam (executive director, Ontario Association of Food Banks), 586
  - Stewart, John (president, Purdue Pharma), 4326
  - Vaccarino, Franco (vice-president and principal, University of Toronto Scarborough), 7197
- Members' statements
  - Advocis, 4219–4220
  - Brown, Shelley-Ann, 9371–9372
  - Buttle, Jeffrey, 982–983
  - Canadian Hearing Society, 3493
  - Durham consolidated courthouse, 9043
  - Firefighters' memorial, 1894
  - Flu immunization, 8691
  - Green power generation, 9275
  - Infrastructure renewal, 9128
  - Justice system, 2446–2447
  - Medical Radiation Technologists Week, 3929
  - Minister's visit, 5833
  - Olympic athletes, 9552
  - Ramage, Scotty, 8110–8111
  - Riding of Pickering–Scarborough East, 66
  - Rouge Park, 6048
  - Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care, 2965–2966
  - University of Toronto Scarborough, 7197–7198
- Metrolinx, 1698
- Midwives, 864
- Minimum wage
  - increase, 857–858
- Ministry of the Attorney General
  - Justice on Target strategy, 2446–2447
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 778
- Ministry of Finance
  - economic stimulus plan, 5932
- Ministry of Research and Innovation, 3301, 4362
- Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services
  - Global Edge program, 779
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - skills to jobs action plan, 1642
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 621, 779, 798–799, 1641–1642, 1697, 1700, 3301, 4593, 5754
    - Pickering–Scarborough East, 1029
- Municipalities
  - government funding, 3731
- Natural gas generating stations
  - northern York region, 2845–2846
- Nortel
  - pension plans, 9339–9340
- Northern Ontario
  - grants
    - northern health travel grant (NHTG) program, 863–864
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 621
- Nurses
  - full-time employment, 4592
  - hiring, 864
- Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Technologists, 3929
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 582–583, 586
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - responded to, 5752–5754, 5756, 5868–5869
- Ontario child benefit (OCB)
  - increase, 6958
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 596–597
- Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
  - provision of insulin pumps and supplies as insured service, 4592
- Ontario health premium, 861–866
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - contract awarded to H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd. for operation of Windsor Energy Centre, 8632
- Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (ONPEA)
  - elder abuse strategy
    - government funding, 7431
- Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
  - Nanticoke generating station, 3830
- Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington nuclear generating station, 3829
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - second reading, 8755–8763, 8797–8798, 8838, 8851–8852
  - third reading, 9161–9162
    - amendments, 9161
- Ontario Works program benefits
  - increase, 596–597
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Government accountability, 6022–6023
  - Government spending, 5799–5800
  - Ontario economy, 1123–1124, 3454–3455
  - Pension plans, 6703–6704
- Opposition parties
  - role, 3454
- Oral questions, presented
  - Accessibility for the disabled, 3485–3486
  - Amateur sport, 8997
  - Consumer protection, 5614
  - Elder abuse, 7431
  - Electricity supply, 3829–3830
  - Employment practices, 4105–4106
  - Flooding, 5466
  - International trade, 7873
  - Municipal finances, 3731
  - Pan American Games, 2992
  - Pesticides, 1310
  - Research and innovation, 4326
  - Small business, 2644
  - Transportation, 9581
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - second reading, 9332–9340
- Pension benefits guarantee fund
  - raising the amount guaranteed by the fund to $2,500 per month, 6703
- Pension funds
  - transfer of locked-in pension funds to registered retirement income funds, 6867–6868
- Pension plans, 6458, 9332–9335
  - portability, 6703–6704
  - province-wide pension plan, 6703
  - reform, 6703
    - asset transfers between plans, 9336
    - full windups, 9337, 9344–9345
    - layoffs and partial windups, 9336
    - plan members access to information, 9336
    - regulatory oversight, 9337
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
  - Hawking, Stephen (research chair), 4326
- Persons with disabilities
  - government funding, 3486
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides
    - exemptions, 1310
- Petitions
  - Firearms control, 1613, 1721–1722
  - Pesticides, 2443
- Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 2424–2427, 2431
- Photo identification cards, 2424–2425
  - enhanced photo cards, 2425
  - privacy/security of information, 2425, 2427
- Post-secondary education
  - Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 3782
- Poverty reduction strategy, 1645, 5933
- Private members' public business
  - British Home Child Day Act, 2010 (Bill 241)
    - second reading, 9381–9382
  - Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
    - second reading, 7046–7047
  - Corporate reporting requirements
    - responded to, 6058
  - Curriculum
    - responded to, 4928
  - Employment supports
    - responded to, 3065–3066
  - Fairness for Families Act, 2008 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 2549–2550
  - Forest industry
    - presented, 7943–7945, 7950–7951
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
    - second reading, 7934
  - Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
    - second reading, 2845–2846
  - Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Unlocking Pension Funds), 2009 (Bill 116)
    - second reading, 6867–6868
  - Pension plans
    - responded to, 6458–6459, 7244–7245
  - Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 96)
    - second reading, 3563
  - Skills training
    - responded to, 3264
  - Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2009 (Bill 148)
    - second reading, 5109–5111, 5116
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
    - second reading, 6867–6868
- Property tax assessment reform, 778
- Provincial-municipal relations, 3731
- Public education campaigns
  - British Home Child Day, 9381–9382
  - Medical Radiation Technologists Week, 3929
- Public service, 4593–4594
- Public transportation
  - Pickering–Scarborough East, 9581
- Registered retirement income funds, 3563
- Reports
  - A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 9332
- Rouge Park, 6048
- Rural Ontario, 4593
  - broadband access, 4593
- Sanofi Pasteur Canada, 4326
- School science strategy, 4928
- Science/technology, 4928
- Senior citizens
  - health care, 4591–4592
- Senior homeowners' property tax grants, 583
- Small business
  - government assistance in complying with regulations, 2644
- Smoking, 4591
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 66
- Speed limits, 2427
- Sports competitions
  - Pan American Games bid (2015), 2992
    - awarded to Toronto, 8997
- Student grants
  - distance grant, 4593
  - textbook and technology grant, 583
- Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 619–621
- Supply Act, 2009 (Bill 161)
  - second reading, 5698–5700
- Tax credits
  - Ontario innovation tax credit, 778
  - Ontario interactive digital media tax credit, 778
- Tax rebates
  - gasoline tax rebate
    - construction, maintenance or operation of rapid transit or public transportation system, 797
- Tax reduction, 4362, 5756
- Taxation
  - tax reform package, 6957
- Time allocation motions
  - Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
    - responded to, 3781
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4262–4263
- Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care, 2965–2966
- Tourism industry
  - government funding, 780, 8760–8761
- Traffic congestion
  - Greater Toronto Area (GTA), 1694
- Transit systems
  - gasoline tax funding, 1698
  - merging of GO Transit and Metrolinx, 5754
- Tributes
  - Brown, Shelley-Anne (Olympian, bobsled team, 2010 Winter Olympics), 9371–9372
  - Brown, Shelley-Anne (Olympic silver medallist, bobsled, 2010 Winter Olympics), 9552
  - Buttle, Jeffrey (World Figure Skating Championship gold medalist), 983
  - Ramage, Alfred "Scotty" (recipient, Governor General's Caring Canadian Award), 8111–8112
- Truck drivers, 1074
- Universities/colleges
  - government funding, 778, 1697, 4168
  - University of Toronto
    - athletics complex, 7197
    - government funding, 6956
- Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2009 (Bill 148)
  - first reading, 4911
- Workers
  - job retraining
    - government funding, 583, 620, 777
  - replacement workers
    - ban on use during strike or lockout, 7934
  - training, 3264
- Youth justice system
  - reform, 3165