Speaker letter e House Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: E

Elliott, C. (PC, Whitby–Oshawa)
- Abilities Centre, 17, 8502–8503
- Aboriginal land claims
  - Caledonia, 3664
- Access to Justice Act, S.O. 2006, c.21, 5693
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, S.O. 2005, c.11, 164–165, 5111–5112
- Administration of justice, 3664
  - collection of data re court wait times, plea bargains, bail violations, court adjournments, 4577
- Adoption disclosure
  - disclosure veto, 1307
  - protection of privacy, 1307
- Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
  - time allocation motion
    - public consultation, 8584
    - responded to, 8584
- Animal protection, 1588
- Anniversaries
  - Durham Mental Health Services 20th anniversary, 2169–2170
- Apology, 2005–2006, 3148, 3505–3506, 3508, 5396–5399
  - not considered admission of liability with respect to civil action, 5396
  - persons' right to pursue remedy in court system, 5398
- Apology Act, 2008 (Bill 59)
  - second reading
    - public consultation, 2006
- Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108), 3148
  - second reading, 3505–3506, 3508
  - third reading, 5396–5399
    - public consultation, 5396–5397
- Automobile industry, 2387
  - General Motors of Canada Ltd.
    - government funding, 2288
    - plant shutdown, 2288
- Bail, 3664
  - O'Brien, Nathaniel (murder suspect), 3376
- Books
  - Failing Forward. Turning Mistakes into Stepping-Stones for Success (John C. Maxwell), 8802
- British Columbia
  - recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers of tobacco products, 5412–5413
- Budget deficit, 3604–3605
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - second reading, 781
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3604–3605
- Budget surplus
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1021, 1031, 1035, 1042–1043
- Bullying
  - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens
    - mandatory reporting of incidents, 5525–5526
- Canadian Hearing Society, 3490–3491
- Canadian Human Rights Act, R.S. 1985, c.H-6, 5111
- Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
  - third reading, 4874
- Child custody, 4893–4894
  - criminal record checks, 2901
- Child protection, 2901, 4965
- Children's mental health care, 4491
- Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
  - third reading, 2930–2934
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - Durham College, 2931–2932
  - government funding, 2932, 2934
- Committees
  - Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions, 4489, 4647–4648
- Community safety, 3437–3438, 3641, 3664
- Compensation
  - Truscott, Steven (victim of miscarriage of justice), 1925, 1990–1991
- Coroner inquests
  - Liang, Shao-Fang; Vivian and Ivan Chau (murder victims), 4022
- Coroners Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.37
  - section 22 (Minister may direct coroner to hold inquest), 4022
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 4363
    - eligibility for refund, 3102
- Corporate tax reduction, 3411
- Corporate taxes, 26
- Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
  - second reading, 4278
    - public consultation, 4278
- Court caseloads
  - criminal court backlog, 4577
- Court cases/actions
  - Varughese, Saramma and Susan John (murder victims), 3437–3438, 3664
- Crime
  - youth crime, 2733
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Electronic health information
    - requested, 8665–8666, 8801–8802
    - participation, 8665–8666, 8801–8802
- Diabetes registry, 9687–9688
- Discrimination
  - racial, 470
- Doctor shortage
  - government response, 2888
- Domestic violence, 4965
- Drivers
  - new drivers, 4278
- Economic conditions, 3410–3412
- Economic growth
  - five-point economic plan, 3410–3412
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - second reading, 5525–5526
- eHealth Ontario
  - consultants
    - Merali, Allaudin (senior vice-president, corporate services, eHealth Ontario), 7072–7073
  - contracts, 7071–7072, 7829–7830
    - Anzen Consulting Inc., 8861
    - IBM, 7770, 7829
    - public inquiry, 8026–8027, 8347–8348, 8456, 8492, 8642
  - evidence of inappropriate practices
    - disclosure, 8783–8784, 8801–8802
  - expenditures, 9033–9034
    - accountability, 8066
    - disclosure, 7958–7959
  - referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7073
  - review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7272
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8171, 8192
    - section 34, 8171, 8192
- Energy
  - nuclear energy, 5158
  - renewable energy, 5158, 5335
- Families for a Secure Future
  - government funding, 1195
- Family law
  - pension plans, 4895–4896
  - reform, 4891–4892, 4898, 4965, 4980
  - restraining orders, 126, 2000, 4395, 4896–4897, 4980
- Family Responsibility Office (FRO), 4894–4895
- Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
  - general discussion, 4395
  - second reading, 4891–4898, 4965, 4980
- Family support payments
  - annual financial disclosure, 4894–4895
  - regulation and enforcement, 4894–4895
- Fashion Design Council of Canada
  - L'Oréal Fashion Week, 3443
- Fatalities
  - Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 9099
  - Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 2901
  - Varughese, Saramma and Susan John (murder victims), 3376
- Federal government
  - transfer payments
    - equalization program
      - Ontario to receive equalization payment, 6181
- Federal members'/ministers' remarks
  - Conservative (2006-2009)
    - Harper, Stephen (Calgary Southwest)
      - as Prime Minister of Canada, 3013
- Fire alarms
  - visual fire alarms in homes, 5111
  - visual fire alarms in public buildings, 5111
- Foreign caregivers
  - protection
    - warrantless entry, 8171
- Government accountability, 9030
- Government contracts
  - McKinsey and Co., 8642, 8665–8666
- Government debt, 1032
- Government orders
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3410–3412
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - employment creation, 9212–9213
    - government expenditures, 3411
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 6182
  - second reading, 5158, 5161–5162, 5335
- Handgun manufacturers and importers
  - liability for harm caused by unlawful use of handguns, 2537
- Handguns
  - ban, 2536–2537, 3013
- Harmonized sales tax, 5693
  - impact on legal services, 5687
- Health care
  - out-of-country, 9639
- Health care funding
  - Durham, 1794–1795
  - GTA/905, 3411
  - Whitby–Oshawa, 1032–1033
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 1005
- H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
  - health plan for influenza pandemic, 8406–8407
  - hospital capacity
    - emergency services, 8346
- Hospital beds
  - long-term-care beds, 9494–9495
- Hospital budgets
  - Rouge Valley Health System, 1033
- Hospital funding
  - government funding, 9360–9361
- Hospital services
  - emergency
    - information sheets for patients, 8892–8893
- Hospitals
  - Lakeridge Health Corp., 1033
  - London Health Sciences Centre
    - untendered contracts awarded, 7474–7475, 7524–7525
  - Scarborough Centenary Hospital
    - psychiatric intensive care unit, 5319–5320
- Human rights, 164–165
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act, S.O. 2006, c.30, 164
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3102
  - third reading, 4362–4363
- Immunization
  - H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
    - high-priority groups, 8452
    - lineups at clinics, 8451–8452
    - number of doses administered, 8494–8495
    - 24-hour immunization clinics, 8304
- Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 2888
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1021, 1031–1035, 1042–1043
- Justice
  - access to, 5687
- Lake Simcoe
  - protection, 2699
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
  - second reading, 2699
  - third reading, 4342
- Law Society of Upper Canada
  - paralegal standing committee, 5693
- Legislative procedure
  - matters before the court, 3544
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - boards of directors, 9314
  - Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network
    - appointment of Barry Monaghan as CEO, 9359–9360
- Long-Term Care Act, S.O. 1994, c.26, 5412
- Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
  - general discussion, 126, 3691, 4395
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  - wait times, 9642
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs, 9494
- Massacres
  - Montreal massacre (6 December 1989), 4432–4433
- Members'/ministers' appreciation
  - Jones, Sylvia (Dufferin–Caledon), 4681
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Takhar, Harinder (Mississauga–Erindale)
    - as Minister of Government Services, 7685
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 8517
- Members/ministers quoting books
  - Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, 2770
- Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
  - Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 5397
- Members/ministers quoting documents
  - New York city council law no. 2005/007, 2536
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - division of pensions upon family breakdowns, re, 4895–4896
  - Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 3548–3549
  - Trimble, Jamie (president, Ontario Bar Association), 5687
- Members/ministers quoting news media
  - Canadian Press (CP), 1991
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Globe and Mail (Toronto), 2771, 4490–4491
  - Toronto Star, 8347
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Better Safe than Sorry? The Role of Apologies in Litigation (Benjamin Bathgate, Joseph C. D'Angelo), 2005, 3148
  - Ministry of the Attorney General (British Columbia), 2005
  - More for the Mind: The Study of Psychiatric Services in Canada (Canadian Mental Health Association), 4490
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Alberdi, Inés (executive director, United Nations Development Fund for Women), 4394
  - Canadian Diabetes Association, 5293
  - Community Living Ontario, 2769–2770
  - Fentie, Dennis (premier, Yukon), 3506
  - King Jr., Martin Luther (civil rights leader), 164
  - Kroll, Sherri (director of organizational development, Middlesex Community Living), 2770
  - Merkel, Angelo (chancellor, Germany), 164–165
  - Parrish, Carolyn (Mississauga city councillor), 1032
  - People First of Ontario, 2770
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (1995-2003)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 8802
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Caplan, David (Don Valley East)
      - as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 7272
    - Dombrowsky, Leona (Prince Edward-Hastings)
      - as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 8584
    - Matthews, Deborah (London North Centre)
      - as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, 9639
  - withdrawn, 3774, 8066, 9314
- Members' statements
  - Abilities Centre, 8502–8503
  - Canadian Hearing Society, 3490–3491
  - Cardiac care, 4949–4950
  - Dubin, Charles, 3687
  - Durham Mental Health Services, 2169–2170
  - Epilepsy, 5668
  - Families for a Secure Future, 1195
  - Local Democracy Week, 9411
  - L'Oréal Fashion Week, 3443
  - Mental health services, 981–982
  - Parkinson's disease, 940
  - Taxation, 4526–4527
- Mental health care, 1033–1034, 2524, 4489–4492, 4647
  - access to services, 4490
    - aboriginal peoples, 4491
  - reform, 4491
  - transfer from Rouge Valley Ajax hospital to Scarborough Centenary site, 957–958, 981–982, 1033, 1662–1663
- Mental health patients
  - employment, 4497
- Ministerial statements, responded to
  - Apology legislation, 3148
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 470
  - International Day of la Francophonie, 471
  - Paralegals, 5693
  - Tobacco-related health care costs, 5240–5241
  - Victims of crime, 987
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 3691
- Ministry of Community and Social Services
  - passport program, 2051, 2769
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - Sapsford, Ron (Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care)
    - salary, 8666
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 1999, c.10, 5412
- Missing persons
  - with dementia
    - Safely Home Program, 8517
    - Silver Alert program, 8517
- National/independence/memorial days
  - World Parkinson Day, 940
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9098–9099
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 1794, 4682
  - special diet allowance, 1794
- Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 1622
- Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
  - chiropractic/physiotherapy services
    - delisting, 1794
- Ontario health premium, 3411
- Ontario Human Rights Code, 16, 5111
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Violent crime, 3664
  - Young offenders, 3012–3013
- Oral questions, presented
  - Access to health care, 1662–1663
  - Adoption disclosure, 1307
  - Agency spending, 7685, 7722–7723, 9033–9034
  - Automobile industry, 2288, 2387
  - Child protection, 2901
  - Coroner's inquest, 4022
  - Diabetes registry, 9687–9688
  - Electronic health information, 7071–7073, 7272, 7770, 7829–7830, 7958–7959, 8026–8027, 8066, 8347, 8455–8456, 8642, 8783–8784, 8861
  - Emergency services, 8345
  - Flu immunization, 8304, 8406–8407, 8451–8452, 8494–8495
  - Government accountability, 9030
  - Government record, 9212–9213
  - Health care, 5319–5320, 9639, 9642
  - Hospital funding, 9360–9361
  - Hospital services, 957–958
  - Hospital spending, 7474–7475, 7524–7525
  - Justice system, 4577
  - Local health integration networks, 9314, 9359–9360
  - Long-term care, 9494–9495
  - Manufacturing jobs, 9494
  - Mental health services, 2524, 4647–4648
  - Ontario economy, 26–27, 6181
  - Patient safety, 9690
  - Public inquiry legislation, 8492
  - School safety, 3774
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 2030–2031
  - Taxation, 5687, 6182
  - Truscott, Steven, 1925
  - Victims of crime, 7478, 7578–7579, 7693, 8212
  - Violent crime, 3376, 3437–3438, 3641, 4291
  - Youth crime, 2732–2733
- Paralegals
  - regulation, 5693
- Parkinson's disease, 940
- Patient safety
  - surgical errors and pathology results, 9690
- Payday loan industry
  - consumer education, 2405
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
  - third reading, 2405
- Persons with disabilities, 16–17
  - barrier-free access, 17
  - developmental disabilities, 2062
    - application centres for services, 2051
    - direct vs. indirect funding, 2050
    - services, 2030–2031
  - government funding, 17
  - person-directed planning, 2770
  - planning supports, 2771
  - rights, 16
  - social inclusion, 2768–2771
  - supported decision-making, 2770
- Petitions
  - Adoption disclosure, 1826
  - Hospital funding, 1212, 1577, 1610, 1825, 2245, 2575–2576
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 2132, 2244, 2575–2576
  - Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, 1213
- Physical fitness, 1794
- Population growth
  - Whitby–Oshawa, 781
- Powers of attorney
  - central registry, 8716–8717
  - conditions to prevent abuse, 8716–8717
- Private members' public business
  - Apology Act, 2008 (Bill 59)
    - second reading, 2005–2006
  - Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day Act, 2009 (Bill 178)
    - second reading, 8879
  - Education Amendment Act (Pupils with Diabetes), 2009 (Bill 137)
    - second reading, 5292–5293
  - Handgun Manufacturers' and Importers' Liability Act, 2008 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 2536–2537
  - Health promotion
    - responded to, 1794–1795
  - Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
    - second reading, 2000
  - Mental health and addiction services
    - presented, 4489–4491, 4497
  - Missing persons alert
    - responded to, 8517
  - Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 2190–2191
  - Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2009 (Bill 188)
    - second reading, 8716–8717
  - Public Hospitals Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 216)
    - second reading, 8892–8893
  - Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 96)
    - second reading, 3559
  - Seniors' Ombudsman Act, 2008 (Bill 102)
    - second reading, 3548–3549
  - Social Assistance Statute Law Amendment Act (Registered Disability Savings Plans), 2008 (Bill 94)
    - second reading, 4681–4682
  - Truscott, Steven
    - responded to, 1990–1991
  - Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2009 (Bill 148)
    - second reading, 5111–5112
- Property tax deferrals
  - low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities, 2190–2191
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1588
- Public education campaigns
  - Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day, 8879
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 470
  - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 4394
  - International Day of Disabled Persons, 16–17
  - International Human Rights Day, 164
  - International Week of the Francophonie, 471
  - International Women's Day, 5242–5243
  - Jeans for Justice campaign, 4432
  - Local Democracy Week, 9411
  - National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, 987
  - Purple Day, 5668
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 1727–1728
  - Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, 4432
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 3691
  - Wyatt's Warriors Have a Heart Gala, 4949–4950
- Public inquiries
  - death of Saramma Varughese and Susan John (murder victims), 4291
- Public Inquiries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.41
  - amended by Bill 212, 8492
- Pupils with diabetes
  - monitoring and treatment, 5292–5293
- Registered disability savings plans, 4682
  - exclude funds from the determination of assets, 4682
  - exclude funds from the determination of income, 4682
- Registered retirement income funds
  - protection from creditors, 3559
- Registered retirement savings plans
  - protection from creditors, 3559
- Reports
  - Better Safe Than Sorry? The Role of Apologies in Litigation (Benjamin Bathgate, Joseph C. D'Angelo), 5396
  - Out of the Shadows at Last: Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada (Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology), 4490
  - Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Roy McMurtry, Alvin Curling), 3641, 4874
- Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
  - second reading, 4541–4542
    - public consultation, 4541–4542
- School facilities
  - retrofit, 6182
- School safety
  - reporting of violent incidents, 3774
- Senior citizens
  - protection, 3548–3549
- Seniors' Ombudsman, 3548–3549
- Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
  - second reading, 2050–2052, 2062
  - third reading, 2768–2771
    - amendments, 2770
    - preamble, 2769
    - public consultation, 2768–2770
- Sexual assault, 1727–1728
- Sign language interpreters, 5112
- Substance abuse, 2524
- Task forces
  - exit point task force, 4291
- Tax collection, 4526–4527
- Tax increases, 6182
- TFO
  - educational programming, 1622
- Time allocation motions
  - Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
    - responded to, 8584
  - Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
    - responded to, 9098–9099
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
  - second reading, 5412–5415
- Tobacco products
  - illegal sale, 5415
- Tobacco products manufacturers
  - recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5240–5241, 5412–5414
- Tobacco tax, 5413
- Treaties
  - World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, 5413
- Tributes
  - Dubin, Charles (former Chief Justice of Ontario), 3687
- Truth and Transparency in the Justice System Act, 2006 (Bill 178), 3664
- Unemployment, 6181
- United Nations (UN)
  - Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 164
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2769–2770
- Victims of crime
  - compensation, 987
  - Marshall, Patricia (victim of criminal harassment)
    - withdrawal of charges against offender, 7478, 7578–7579, 7693, 8212
- Violence against women, 126, 3691, 4394, 4432–4433
  - Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 126, 4432
  - Take Back the Night, 7699–7700
- Women, 5242–5243
- Women's services
  - abused women, 4980
- Workplace harassment/violence, 9099
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - expenditures
    - accountability, 9034
    - Mahoney, Steve (chair), 7722–7723
- Young offenders, 2732
- Young Offenders Act, R.S. 1985, c.Y-1, 2732
- Youth crime
  - gang-related crime, 3013
  - increase, 3013
- Youth violence, 4874