Speaker letter p House Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

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Pendergast, L. (LIB, Kitchener–Conestoga)
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - review by Integrity Commissioner, 7414
- Apprenticeship training
  - ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 2854
- Artists, 2489
- Awards
  - Premier's Catalyst Award, 7034
  - Premier's Innovation Awards, 7034
- Biorem
  - government funding, 7392
- Bullying
  - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens, 7012–7014
- Canada-Wide Science Fair, 2437
- Child poverty, 5099
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - collective bargaining
    - inclusion of part-time and sessional employees, 955
- Committees
  - Select Committee on the Economy, 3461–3462
  - Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3461–3462
- Contests
  - Kraft Hockeyville 2009, 5040
    - Woolwich Township (finalist), 5238–5239
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - School facilities
    - participation, 9150–9151
- DERTOUR Travel Academy, 4384
- Domestic violence, 1999
- Early childhood education
  - full-day learning for four- and five-year-old children, 5099
- Economic growth
  - five-point economic plan, 2976–2977
- Education, 7402
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - third reading, 7012–7014
- Education funding
  - government funding, 556
- eHealth Ontario
  - contracts
    - public inquiry, 8279, 8282–8286
  - referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7713–7714
- Energy
  - renewable energy
    - feed-in tariff, 9170
- Family law
  - restraining orders, 8213
- Festivals
  - Oktoberfest, 2677, 7651
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9523–9526, 9533
- Government-Ontario Medical Association agreements, 2677
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - employment creation, 9551
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on technology industry, 7870
  - impact wholesale trade sector, 7638
  - public consultation, 9043
- Health care funding
  - government funding, 517
- Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
  - general discussion, 2370–2371
- Housing
  - affordable, 239–240
    - government funding, 3535
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2976–2977
- Industry
  - Kitchener–Conestoga, 2977
- Kindergarten
  - full-day, 9523–9525
    - designated early childhood educators, 9524
    - site selection process, 9525
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Kitchener–Conestoga
    - Celebrate Me Home: A Hero's Welcome Gala, 6755
    - township of Wellesley, 1722
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 31–32
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 31
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of pins/ribbons/buttons, 4394
- Members/ministers quoting books
  - Oliver Twist, 641
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Wynne, Kathleen (Minister of Education), 7399
- Members/ministers quoting poetry
  - Mother Teresa, 9244
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Are Schools Making the Grade? School Nutrition Policies Across Canada (Centre for Science in the Public Interest), 2371
  - With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9523
  - Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8279
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Brown, Brian (president, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations), 3461–3462
  - Buchholtz, Wayne (chair, Waterloo Catholic District School Board), 3462
  - Campbell, John (chair, Toronto District School Board), 556
  - Carruthers, Loralea (vice-president, Ontario Public School Boards' Association), 556
  - Conway, Megan (director, Pathways to Education), 9524
  - Davidson, Bill (executive director, Langs Farm Village Association), 8780
  - Day, Isadore (chief, Serpent River First Nation), 3461
  - Dulmage, Marilyn (project coordinator, Ontario Coalition for Inclusive Education), 556
  - Fabi, Linda (director of education, Waterloo District School Board), 9524
  - Fabi, Linda (president, Ontario Public Supervisory Officials' Association), 7400
  - Facey, Anne (director, St. Mary's High School progressive cafeteria policy), 2371
  - Herrle family (Kitchener–Conestoga), 2371
  - Katona, Peter (executive director, Foodlink of Waterloo Region), 2371
  - McNabb, Leslie (principal, Floradale Public School), 9523–9524
  - Musyj, David (president and CEO, Windsor Regional Hospital), 3462
  - Ontario Public School Boards' Association, 7399
  - Peroni, Paula (president, Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association), 7399
  - Peterson, Lynn (mayor, Thunder Bay), 3462
  - Robinson, Trisha (executive director, Wilmont Family Resource Centre), 9533
  - Ryan, Sid (president, CUPE Ontario), 3462, 9525
  - Sayers, Dean (chief, Batchewana First Nation), 3461
  - Sinclair, Art (director of economic development, Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce), 3462
  - Sonier, Barb (superintendent, Thames Valley District School Board), 7013
  - Spence, Chris (director of education, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board), 7401
  - Waitley, Denis (English teacher), 9523
  - Woolford, Peter (vice-president of policy development and research, Retail Council of Canada), 3462
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Ontario Premier, 2371
  - NDP (2003-2010)
    - Marchese, Rosario (Trinity–Spadina), 7399
- Members' statements
  - Aboriginal affairs, 1361
  - Biorem, 7392
  - Canadian Forces, 6755
  - Education funding, 556
  - Government investments, 3535
  - Health care funding, 2677
  - Job creation, 9551
  - Last Post Fund, 8830
  - Oktoberfest, 7651
  - Ontario budget, 517, 641
  - Pork industry, 6809
  - Post-secondary education, 324–325
  - Public consultation, 9043
  - Rural economic development, 4583
  - School safety, 3836
  - Township of Wellesley, 1722
  - Township of Wilmot, 2578
  - Township of Woolwich, 5040, 5238–5239
  - University of Waterloo, 3579
- Meningitis Awareness Day Act, 2010 (Bill 245)
  - first reading, 9325
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  - rural economic development (RED) program
    - Newdle project, 4583
- Ministry of Education
  - expenditures
    - Eventfully Yours, 2733–2734
  - safe schools strategy, 3836
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  - provincial rent bank program, 2957
    - Waterloo region, 2957
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - Pathways to Education program, 5381–5382
- Nurses, 5279
  - hiring, 5278–5279
- Ontario Arts Council
  - Celebrate Our Artists weekend, 2489
- Ontario Women's Directorate
  - domestic violence action plan, 1998
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Electronic health information, 7713–7714, 8279–8280
  - Ontario economy, 3461–3462
- Oral questions, presented
  - Affordable housing, 239–240
  - Agriculture industry, 8730–8731
  - Community colleges collective bargaining, 955
  - DERTOUR Travel Academy, 4384–4385
  - Domestic violence, 8213
  - Education funding, 2733–2734
  - Green power generation, 9170
  - Nurses, 5278–5279
  - Ontario artists, 2489
  - Post-secondary education, 5381–5382
  - Rent bank programs, 2957
  - Research and innovation, 2437, 7034
  - Taxation, 7639, 7870
  - Victims of crime, 1167
  - Wildlife management, 9270–9271
  - Youth entrepreneurs, 744–745
- Playgrounds
  - McKenzie-Smith Bennett public school
    - closure, 9150–9151
- Pork
  - safety, 6809
- Pork industry, 6809
- Post-secondary education
  - Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 325
- Poultry industry
  - organic turkeys, 8730–8731
- Poverty reduction strategy, 720
  - after school programs, 5099
  - crown wards success strategy, 5099
  - student nutrition program, 641
  - 25 in 5 plan, 5099
- Private members' public business
  - Apprenticeship training
    - responded to, 2854–2855
  - Child poverty
    - responded to, 5099
  - Climate Change Awareness Act, 2009 (Bill 208)
    - second reading, 8329–8330
  - Healthy schools
    - presented, 2370–2372, 2377
  - Human rights
    - responded to, 9243–9244
  - Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
    - second reading, 1998–1999
  - Poverty
    - responded to, 720
- Provincial-aboriginal agreements, 1361
- Public education campaigns
  - Climate Change Awareness Day, 8329–8330
  - "Eat Local: Live Fresh," 2371–2372, 2377
  - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 4394
- Reports
  - Compulsory Certification Project (T.E. Armstrong), 2854
  - Food for Thought: Schools and Nutrition (Health Canada), 2370–2371
- Research and innovation, 2437
- School boards
  - governance
    - reform, 7400–7401
- School cafeterias
  - ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 2370
  - to serve healthy, local Ontario foods, 2370–2371
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2139
- Smoking
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2139
- Special education
  - government funding, 9526
- Student achievement, 7399
- Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
  - second reading, 7399–7403
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 31–32
- Tourism industry, 4384
- Unitron Hearing, 7034
  - Yuu (hearing aid), 7034
- Universities/colleges
  - government funding, 324–325
    - Kitchener–Waterloo, 3535
  - University of Waterloo, 3579
- Veterans
  - Last Post Fund (non-profit corporation), 8830
- Victims of crime
  - services, 1167
- Victims of domestic violence
  - protection, 1998–1999
  - services, 1999
- Violence against women, 4394
- Wildlife management
  - coyotes, 9270–9271
- Wilmot Recreation Complex, 2578
- Women's services
  - abused women, 4394
- Youth entrepreneurship, 744–745
- Youth/students
  - youth at risk, 32
Phillips, Hon. G. (LIB, Scarborough–Agincourt)
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, 1922
- Capital works projects
  - government funding, 8823
- Consumer protection
  - energy contracts, 1312–1313, 2029–2030, 9132–9133, 9203–9205, 9217
  - security deposits for utilities and disconnections, 9204, 9206–9207
  - sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9204–9206
- Earth Hour, 611
- Electricity rates, 2607, 8825
  - industrial rates, 2485, 2601
- Electricity supply, 1717–1718, 2601
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 1206, 1247–1248, 2391–2392
    - feed-in tariff, 9170
    - solar, 1247
  - renewable energy projects
    - standard offer program, 1206
    - wind farms, 1247
- Energy conservation, 611–612, 1206, 2440, 2603
  - smart meters, 611–612
- Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
  - first reading, 9131–9132
  - ministerial statement, 9132
  - second reading, 9203–9207, 9211
- Gasoline prices, 2565
  - increase, 2607–2608
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 9170
- Greenhouse industry, 2572
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on electricity rates, 8730
- Housing
  - affordable
    - government funding, 9218–9219
- Interim supply motions
  - presented, 139
- Ministerial statements, presented
  - Consumer protection, 9132–9133
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 1247–1248
- Natural gas
  - price increase, 1924
- Natural gas generating stations
  - northern York region, 1717, 2439
    - public consultation, 2439–2440
- Nuclear generating stations
  - limit on liability in case of nuclear accident, 8917–8918
- Ontario Energy Board (OEB), 1312–1313
  - decision to allow customers pay Enbridge's court costs, 1606
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - clean energy standard offer program (CESOP), 2572
  - integrated power system plan (IPSP), 2485–2486, 2601, 2603–2604
  - renewable energy standard offer program (RESOP), 2391–2392, 2603
- Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
  - closure, 1206, 1767–1768, 1886–1887
- Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
  - Pickering nuclear generating station
    - safety of Pickering B, 1922–1923
- Oral questions, responded to
  - Coal-fired generating stations, 1767–1768
  - Conservation, 611–612
  - Consumer protection, 1312–1313, 9217
  - Electricity supply, 1717–1718, 1886–1887, 2439–2440
  - Enbridge Gas, 1606
  - Energy contracts, 2029–2030
  - Energy policies, 2601
  - Gasoline prices, 2565, 2607–2608
  - Green power generation, 1247–1248, 9170–9171
  - Greenhouse industry, 2572
  - Hydro contracts, 8825
  - Hydro rates, 2485–2486, 8730, 9173
  - Infrastructure program funding, 9218
  - Infrastructure programs, 8823
  - Natural gas rates, 1924
  - Nuclear energy, 2603–2604
  - Nuclear power facilities, 8917–8918
  - Pickering nuclear generating station, 1922–1923
  - Renewable energy and conservation, 1206, 2391–2392
  - Retirement homes, 9363–9364
- Quebec
  - electricity rates, 9173
- Retirement homes
  - standards of care, 9363–9364
- Transit systems
  - gasoline tax funding, 2565
- Transportation infrastructure
  - government funding, 9218
- Websites
  - www.ontario.ca/infrastructure, 8823
- Xstrata PLC
  - layoffs, 9173
Prue, M. (NDP, Beaches–East York)
- Aboriginal communities, 581, 9241
  - food costs, 793
  - health care, 577, 790
  - housing, 7536
  - illegal sale of tobacco products, 7547–7548
  - Treaty 9 area, 792
- Aboriginal land claims
  - Haldimand Tract, 5496–5497
  - Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, 5496–5497
- Aboriginal peoples
  - poverty, 5268–5269
- Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
  - second reading, 754–755
  - third reading, 1432–1433, 1438–1443
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1756–1759
- Addiction treatment programs
  - youth
    - government funding, 993
- Adoption
  - protection of privacy, 163
- Adoption disclosure, 163, 754, 1440–1443, 1757
  - disclosure veto, 755
  - no-contact notice, 1757
  - protection for victims of abuse, 1757–1758
  - protection of privacy, 1432
- Aftermarket brake pads
  - ban on use of asbestos, 7252
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - review by Integrity Commissioner, 7564–7565
  - subject to freedom of information requests, 9235
- Alternative medicine, 7527
- Animal protection
  - warrantless entry, 1807
- Animal protection organizations
  - use of term humane society restricted
    - impact on Toronto Humane Society, 1803, 1811
- Anniversaries
  - Citizens for a Safe Environment's 25th anniversary, 1240
- Arbitration, 4728
- Artists
  - contribution to society, 6243
  - employment protection, 6244
- Asbestos, 7251–7252
- Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, 2164
- Asthma, 5812
- Automobile industry
  - decline in sales, 3076
  - layoffs, 1734
  - pension plans, 7243
  - transportation of automobile parts, 1084
- Automobile insurance
  - uninsured drivers, 7540–7541
- Automobile insurance benefits
  - reduction of maximum benefit for non-catastrophic injuries to $25,000, 6943, 7225, 7334, 7564
  - reduction of maximum benefit for serious injuries to $50,000, 8408–8409
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums
  - increase, 7541, 8025–8026, 8066–8067
  - young drivers, 4540
- Automobiles
  - ZENN cars, 742
- Awards
  - Agnes Macphail Award, 555
  - Beaches citizen of the year, 3094
- Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
  - second reading, 7495–7502
    - public consultation, 7497
  - public consultation, 7234
- Bicycles, 1738
- Books
  - The Beach (Glenn and Jean Cochrane), 7151
- Border crossings
  - Windsor-Detroit, 290
- Boundary adjustment
  - Barrie and Innisfil, 7234–7235, 7496–7502
    - environmental impact, 7495–7496
- British Columbia
  - job protection commissioner, 3460
- Budget, 3789, 4179–4180, 4261, 5790–5791
  - pre-budget consultations, 4178–4179, 4181, 4261–4262, 5755, 5761
  - public consultation, 853, 858, 6141
- Budget deficit, 3594, 3596–3597, 3599, 3605–3606, 5761
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 6025–6031, 6034
  - third reading, 6960–6962
    - schedule 24, 6961
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - second reading, 780–781, 784, 786–795, 843, 853, 858
  - third reading, 1732–1739, 1742
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3594, 3596–3606, 3609, 3615, 3620
  - time allocation motion
    - amendments, 3788–3789
    - responded to, 3788–3790
    - schedule J, 3788
- Budget surplus
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 372–373, 799, 812–814, 819, 1797, 2882
- Burke, Edmund (Anglo-Irish political theorist and philosopher), 8744
- Business co-operatives, 5707
- Buy in Canada for Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 39)
  - general discussion, 746
- Buy Ontario policy, 3460
- Call centres, 397
- Canada pension plan (CPP), 7243
- Canadian Hearing Society, 8072
- Canadians for Children at Health Risk
  - 9th annual charity art auction, 3645
- Cancer, 2544–2545
- Capital tax
  - reduction, 1465
- Capital works projects
  - government funding, 290
- Child care, 3134–3135, 6951
  - government funding, 580, 9429, 9533
- Child pornography
  - reporting
    - deterrence, 452
- Child poverty, 789, 4582, 5263, 5265–5266, 5271, 8781–8782
- Child sexual abuse, 452
- Children with disabilities
  - deaf/hearing-impaired children
    - government funding, 7966
    - Project Kids HEAR, 7966
- Children's Aid Society of Toronto
  - board of directors, 5813
- Children's nutrition programs
  - government funding, 579
- Climatic changes, 580–581
  - government response, 1738
- Commercial passenger vehicles
  - licensing restrictions, 7270–7271
- Committee process, 2314–2315, 4180
  - Bill 218, 8975
- Committee schedules/agendas, 4178–4181
- Committees, 1148–1149
  - Select Committee on Elections
    - scope, 2311
  - Select Committee on the Economy, 3456–3459
  - Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3457–3458
- Community Living, 1983–1984
  - Ontario, 5790
- Community newspapers
  - retail sales tax, 25–26
- Community organizations
  - Danforth East Community Association, 8736
- Condominium corporations
  - Neville Park, 2676
  - noise protection standards, 7259
  - reserve funds
    - installation of renewable energy/energy efficient technologies, 7258–7259
- Condominium owners
  - property insurance
    - 3640 and 3650 Kingston Road, 7258
  - representation by proxies, 7258
- Congratulatory remarks
  - Brent, Joan (recipient, Beaches citizen of the year award), 3094
  - Christie, Mary (Beach Citizen of the Year award), 2889
  - Moore, Patricia (winner, Agnes Macphail award), 5953
- Constitution Act, 2007 (Democratic representation) (Bill C-22), 180–182
- Consumer protection
  - security deposits for utilities and disconnections, 9248–9249
  - sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9319
- Coroner inquests
  - Elderkin, Linda and Paul Benson (died in fire)
    - jury recommendations, 267
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 4363–4364
    - eligibility for refund, 2746–2747, 2976, 3026–3028, 3030
- Corporate tax reduction, 1734–1735, 3206, 5829–5830, 6510–6511, 7751
- Corporate taxes
  - federal-provincial harmonization, 736
- Corporations
  - executive compensation caps for corporations receiving grant or loan from Ontario, 7050
- Court cases/actions
  - Joy Cheskes, Denbigh Patton, C.M. and D.S. v. Attorney General of Ontario, 1440
  - Russo, Louise (shooting victim), 2537–2539
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Low-income Ontarians
    - requested, 596
    - participation, 596
- Dental care, 3528
- Developmental services workers
  - wages, 2058, 2060, 2815–2816
- Digital media
  - government funding, 762
- Doctors
  - international medical graduates (IMGs)
    - removing barriers, 2888–2891
- Dollar
  - Canadian, 3201–3202
- Driver education/training, 4535, 4540
- Driver examinations, 4557
- Driver licences
  - graduated licences
    - zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 4539
- Drivers
  - age discrimination, 4552
  - impaired drivers, 4542, 4566
  - new drivers, 4532, 4538, 4557
    - speeding convictions, 4540, 4561
- East York
  - procurement policy, 462–463
- Economic conditions, 1735–1736, 3204–3205, 3457, 3596–3606, 4018, 4178–4179, 4261
- Economic decline, 787, 3025, 3069, 3134, 3597–3604
  - government response, 5705
  - international
    - international government responses, 5798
- Economic development, 2881
- Economic growth, 5183
  - five-point economic plan, 3204–3206, 3208, 3456, 3597–3600, 4018
- Economic statement, 3133–3135
- Education funding reform, 1735
- Election finance reform, 2311–2312, 9295–9297
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
  - second reading, 9284, 9292, 9294–9298, 9653–9656, 9658, 9669
- Elections/by-elections
  - barrier-free access, 9284, 9654–9656
  - fixed dates, 2315
  - return of $200 deposit required to run in federal and provincial elections, 2315
  - third-party advertising, 9296
- Electoral Boundaries Commission, 9292
- Electoral process reform, 9653–9654
  - citizens' assemblies, 2312–2313
  - students vote in home riding or riding in which they attend school, 9295
- Electoral representation, 180–182
- Electric vehicles, 5813
- Electrical explosions, 7031
- Electrical safety
  - mandatory installation of surge protectors in new residential and commercial construction, 7054
- Electricity rates
  - industrial rates, 3206, 3209, 3460, 4019
- Employment creation, 3208–3209, 5812
- Employment insurance benefits
  - Ontario workers, 2880
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8188, 8590
- Employment-related benefits
  - employee wage security program, 3206, 3460–3461
  - severance/termination payments, 3206, 3209
- Employment standards
  - allegations of abuse
    - Dhalla, Ruby case, 6641
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
  - third reading, 6351, 6354, 6358–6364
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
  - general discussion, 3206, 3460
- Energy
  - renewable energy projects
    - domestic content requirements, 4019
    - employment creation, 4019–4020
    - wind farms
      - proposal by Trillium Power Wind Corp., 4019–4020
- Enumerators/enumeration, 2313, 9298
- Environmental Defence
  - blue flag program, 723–724
- Environmental protection, 7303
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 7302, 7310, 7313
- Explosions
  - 2 Secord Avenue, 2736–2737, 7690
- Exports, 3459
- Farms/farmland
  - preservation
    - Innisfil, 7500
- Federal elections/by-elections
  - televised leaders' debate, 3205
- Federal government
  - transfer payments, 2881
  - use of casual employees, 6360
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - Canada-Ontario immigration agreement, 9427
- Federal-provincial-municipal relations, 3609
- Finance companies
  - regulation, 3207
- Financial crises, 3207
- Financial Product Safety Commission, 3207, 3461
- Fire alarms, 275
  - interconnected fire alarms, 160, 267–268
- Fire escapes, 268, 275
  - non-combustible fire escapes, 160, 275
- Fire Protection and Prevention Act, S.O. 1997, c.4
  - Fire Code, S. Reg. 213/07, 268
- Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
  - first reading, 160
- Fire sprinklers
  - mandatory fire sprinkler systems in new residential construction, 2174–2176
- Firefighters, 274–275
- Food banks, 5263
  - usage, 4247–4248, 8065
- Food prices
  - northern Ontario, 2181
- Food processing industry
  - transportation of goods, 1084
- Foreign caregivers
  - protection, 8590
- Foreign workers
  - agricultural workers
    - protection, 8188
- Forums (discussion and debate)
  - Eradicating Poverty in the 21st Century, 1101–1102
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9533, 9538–9539, 9600–9601, 9603
- Gambling addiction, 763
- Gasoline prices, 3202
- Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 8364, 8368–8378, 8478
    - public consultation, 8368, 8478
    - technical briefings for members, 8364
  - third reading, 9012–9015
    - amendments, 8365, 9012–9015
- Goods and services
  - manufactured in or come from Canada, 3202
- Government contracts
  - MFP Financial Services Ltd., 6257
- Government expenditures
  - accountability, 817
  - restraint measures, 8116–8117
- Government funding, 3134
- Government investments, 54
- Government notice of motions
  - Federal electoral representation
    - responded to, 180–182
  - Federal government policy
    - responded to, 9426–9430
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1332–1335
  - Select Committee on Elections
    - responded to, 2311–2316
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4178–4181
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 4260–4262
  - Federal-provincial fiscal policies
    - responded to, 2880–2882
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3201–3209
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - accountability, 8370
    - environmental protection, 930
    - hospital services, 8285–8286
    - poverty, 8117
  - NDP (1990-1995)
    - subway lines, 463
  - PC (1995-2003), 784
- Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction, 1142, 2882, 5383
- Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 5811–5815, 5819
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - reduction
    - cap and trade system (emissions trading), 7311
- Gross domestic product, 3205
- Handgun manufacturers and importers
  - liability for harm caused by unlawful use of handguns, 2538
- Handgun Manufacturers' and Importers' Liability Act, 2008 (Bill 82)
  - second reading
    - public consultation, 2537
- Handguns
  - smuggling, 2539
- Harmonized sales tax, 5705, 5796–5799, 6334, 6508–6512, 6554, 6805, 6961, 7756–7757, 8762
  - impact on aboriginal peoples, 8762, 8846–8847
  - impact on condominium owners, 6690
  - impact on employment, 7332, 7518, 8541–8542, 8844–8845, 8916
  - impact on gasoline prices, 6509–6510
  - impact on homebuyers, 6192–6193, 6509
  - impact on housing industry, 5990, 6273
  - impact on real estate industry, 8256–8257
  - impact on senior citizens, 8256
  - impact on small business, 9118
  - impact on sport, recreation and physical activities, 6751
  - public consultation, 8744–8746, 9042
  - tax inclusive pricing, 7029–7030
  - transition benefit
    - $1,000 for single parents or couples, 6554
    - $300 for individuals, 5797–5798, 6509
- Highway safety
  - riding in back of commercial/towed vehicles prohibited
    - exemptions, 2180–2182
- Highway service centres
  - adult-sized personal care areas, 2100
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed Limiters), 2006 (Bill 115), 1071
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 1071, 1075, 1082, 1084–1087
- H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
  - emergency preparedness
    - availability of Tamiflu, 8456
- Home care workers
  - employment protection, 6354, 6362
- Home insurance
  - rental home insurance, 8318–8319, 8324
- Hospital funding
  - government funding
    - Toronto East General Hospital, 9426
- Hospital services
  - physiotherapy services
    - Toronto East General Hospital, 9426
- Housing
  - affordable, 3134–3135, 3773, 6431
    - authority of municipal governments to require affordable housing in new developments, 7535–7536
    - construction, 117
    - government funding, 1734
  - supportive housing
    - people with drug and alcohol addiction, 7536
- Hydro Québec
  - wind farm, 4019
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2976, 2986, 3025–3030, 3033, 3037–3038
  - third reading, 4363–4367
- Immigrants, 5269
  - access to professions and trades, 6951
  - poverty, 6951
- Immigration, 9427–9428
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c.27
  - section 126, 6641
- Income disparity, 5263
- Income groups
  - low
    - access to fresh food, 8064–8065, 8109
- Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 2888–2891
- Industry shutdowns, 3206, 3209, 3460
  - Dunlop Co. Ltd., 3460
- International trade agreements
  - South Korea, 290
- Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
  - second reading, 8097–8099
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8971–8972
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - general discussion, 1142, 1797–1798
  - ministerial statement
    - section 2, 373
    - section 4, 373
    - section 14.1, 373
  - second reading, 799–800, 809–814, 817, 819–820
  - third reading, 1707, 1797–1798
    - amendments, 1707
- Job protection commissioner, 3206, 3209, 3460
- Kindergarten
  - full-day
    - site selection process, 9538–9539, 9600–9601, 9603
- Labour mobility
  - skilled trades, 7372, 7375
    - impact on public institutions, 7377–7378
    - regulation, 7378–7379
- Labour-sponsored investment funds, 4365–4366
  - cancellation, 191, 1736, 2986, 3027
- Lafarge Canada Inc.
  - burning of scrap tires, 929–930
- Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
  - green ribbon beach program, 723–724
- Lake Simcoe
  - environmental protection, 7499–7501
- Land use planning
  - Barrie, 7495
  - Innisfil, 7496–7497
- Landfill sites
  - Adams mine site (Kirkland Lake), 1082
- Landlord and tenant
  - tenants' protection, 2736–2737
- Language instruction
  - English as a second language (ESL), 6951
- Layoffs, 3208–3209, 3459, 3598–3602
  - Dell Inc., 1465
- Legislative Assembly
  - Ontario Legislature internship program (OLIP), 4064
- Legislative interns, 4064
- Legislative procedure
  - government bills, 2544
  - ministerial statements, 8999
  - private members' public business, 2544
- Legislative process, 4545, 8744
  - family friendly reforms
    - oral questions, 1333–1335
- Legislature schedule/agenda, 3789
- Libraries/schools
  - use of Internet filtering software, 7742–7743
- Local health integration networks (LHINs), 2889
- Long-term-care facilities
  - standard of care, 576
- Long-term-care funding
  - government funding, 576, 787–788, 792
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  - Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 4948
- Manitoba
  - election financing, 2312
  - manufacturing investment tax credit, 787
- Manufacturing industry
  - global competition, 3202
  - layoffs, 574–575, 2746, 3028, 3030, 3133, 3205, 3209
  - tax credit, 575
  - unemployment, 762–763, 1052–1053
- MaRS Centre, 4366
- Members'/ministers' conduct, 5759
  - Levac, Dave (Brant)
    - as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, 9643
- Members'/ministers' constituents
  - wedding anniversaries, 7038
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 723, 930, 1141–1142, 1809, 2544, 3460, 4767–4768, 5263–5264, 5266, 5269–5270, 5498, 5813, 7243–7244, 7251
- Members/ministers quoting books
  - Liberalism and the Future: A Study in Opportunities (S.W. Goerwell), 720
- Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
  - McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 1797
  - Pruessen, Ronald (chair, Opportunities Mississauga for 21 Plus), 3204
- Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
  - harmonized sales tax, re, 7756–7757
  - Meehan, Terrie (Ontario disability support program benefits recipient), 1764
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), 6243–6244
  - Bowden, Janice (Red Pine Wilderness Lodge), 6805
  - Cavoukian, Ann (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 1443
  - Green, Michael S. (barrister and solicitor), 1943
  - Lepofsky, David (Toronto layer, activist and chair, AODA Alliance), 9654–9656
  - McMeekin, Ted (Minister of Government and Consumer Services), 283
  - Perley, Michael (director, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco), 7548
  - Samler, Agnes (Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth), 1758–1759
  - 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction, 3203
  - White, Graham (political scientist), 2314
  - Winney, Victor (chief financial officer, The Staffing Edge), 6362
- Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
  - Maclean's, 6711, 7051
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Globe and Mail (Toronto), 4366, 6025–6027
  - Toronto Star, 22, 814, 3025, 3076, 3134, 7501, 9429, 9600
  - Toronto Sun, 2175–2176
- Members/ministers quoting poetry
  - Rubaiyat, 2308
- Members/ministers quoting press releases
  - Ministry of Community and Social Services, 1441–1442
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - The Anatomy of the Canadian Job Market (TD Economics), 3205
  - Greater Trouble in Greater Toronto: Child Poverty in the GTA (Children's Aid Society), 4582, 5267
  - Making Good on the Promise: Evaluating Year One of Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy (25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction), 8995
  - In From The Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness (Report of the Subcommittee on Cities of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology), 9227–9228, 9241
  - With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9601
  - Poverty Reduction Strategies in Quebec and in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5265
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Belobaba, Edward (judge, Superior Court of Justice), 163
  - Blackstock, Sarah (25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction), 6077
  - Campaign 2000, 789
  - Campaign Lake Simcoe, 7501
  - Community Living Ontario, 2813, 2818
  - Donne, John (British Jacobean poet), 7682
  - Fair Vote Canada, 2312–2313, 9298
  - Lazaridis, Mike (founder, Research In Motion), 3028
  - Levine, Martin (advocate for persons with developmental disabilities), 2818
  - Martinez, Lou (constituent, Beaches–East York), 6751
  - McDermid, Robert (professor, political science, York University), 8373
  - Ontario Retail Venture Capital Association, 4365
  - Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, 1085
  - Pruessen, Ronald (Opportunities Mississauga for 21 Plus), 2773
  - Rumney, Peter (Bloorview Kids Rehab), 7225
  - Stewart, Keith (World Wildlife Fund), 1738
  - Topp, Bob (Coalition After Property Tax Reform), 1062
  - White, Graham (professor, department of political science, University of Toronto), 1333–1334
  - Wood, Michael (legislative counsel), 2813
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (1990-1995)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 3208
  - Liberal (1995-2003)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 8846
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Arthurs, Wayne (Pickering–Scarborough East), 6961
    - Broten, Laurel (Etobicoke–Lakeshore)
      - as Minister of the Environment, 929
    - Duncan, Dwight (Windsor–Tecumseh)
      - as Minister of Finance/Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, 3025, 3459, 8541
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Ontario Premier, 2880, 6511, 8846
    - Meilleur, Madeleine (Ottawa–Vanier)
      - as Minister of Community and Social Services, 2100
    - Ramal, Khalil (London–Fanshawe), 2814
  - NDP (2003-2010)
    - Miller, Paul (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek), 2817
- Members'/ministers' resignations
  - Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre), 9224–9225
- Members' statements
  - Beach development, 2676
  - Brent, Joan, 3094
  - Canadian Hearing Society, 8072
  - Canadians for Children at Health Risk, 3645
  - Citizens for a Safe Environment, 1240
  - Cochrane, Glenn and Jean, 7151
  - Cochrane, Jean, 7923
  - Danforth East Community Association, 8736
  - Home warranty program, 283
  - Lankin, Frances, 9370–9371
  - Legislative interns, 4064
  - Macphail, Agnes, 555
  - McLaughlin, John, 2214–2215
  - Moore, Patricia, 5953
  - Naturopathic medicine, 7527
  - Poverty, 1559, 1671, 4582
  - Preskett, Leonard and Louise, 7038
  - Property taxation, 599–600
  - Public consultation, 9042
  - Services for the hearing impaired, 7966
  - The Speaker, 8353
  - Tamil Canadian community, 6495
  - Taxation, 6192–6193
  - University labour dispute, 4756
- Metrolinx
  - board of directors, 5811, 5813–5815, 5819
- Minimum wage, 3602
  - increase, 578, 788–789, 858, 4248
  - $10 an hour, 116–117
  - $10.25 an hour, 4019, 4248
- Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14
  - reform, 6527
- Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 6527
- Ministerial statements, responded to
  - Accessibility for the disabled, 2100, 7779
  - Adoption, 162
  - Corporate tax, 735–736
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review, 290, 8116–8117
  - Good governance, 8221–8222
  - Immigrants' skills, 6951–6952
  - Municipal infrastructure, 372–373
  - Municipal planning, 7234–7235
  - Ontario economy, 2746–2747
  - Research and innovation, 762–763, 1052–1053, 1465, 5327
  - Venture Capital Fund, 191
- Ministry of Children and Youth Services
  - Best Start plan, 9428–9429
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - Employment Ontario
    - Ontario skills development program, 7525
  - second career strategy, 4698
- Municipal Elections Act, S.O. 1996, c. 32
  - amended by Bill 212, 8371–8374
- Municipal elections/by-elections
  - ban on corporate donations, 8373–8374
  - candidates carrying over surplus funds, 9015
  - contribution limits of $5,000 per contributor, 8221, 8371–8374, 9013–9014
  - date change to fourth Monday in October, 8372
  - prohibiting loans to candidates, 9014
  - Vaughan, 8373–8374, 8825–8826, 9295
- Municipal government restructuring
  - Essex, 4329
  - Kawartha Lakes, 4329
- Municipal infrastructure, 1142
  - government funding, 790, 795, 811–812, 843
- Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC), 1736–1737
- Municipalities
  - government funding, 290, 372, 579, 1142, 1733
- Mutual funds, 4585
  - advertisement, 4585
- National child benefit supplement (NCBS)
  - clawback, 117, 481, 578, 1516
- Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors, 7527
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 573–582
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - responded to, 5755, 5759, 5761–5763
- Ontario child benefit (OCB), 789, 1516, 1661, 3528, 8151
  - increase, 5762–5763, 6034
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP), 3603
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 692–693, 720, 1983–1984, 2055, 2239, 3732, 4820, 5267–5268, 5997
  - clawback, 6430
  - increase, 117, 524, 578, 596, 613, 693, 788–789, 2056, 7918, 9242
  - special diet allowance, 422, 9577, 9723–9724
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP) recipients, 2239
- Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
  - three-month waiting period, 577
- Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
  - second reading, 7372, 7375, 7377–7379
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - construction costs for Windsor Energy Centre, 8598
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - citizen appeals of board decisions to cabinet revoked, 8375–8376, 9012
  - employment and investment restrictions on board members removed, 8375
  - hearings
    - development on Eastern Ave., 897
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - collective bargaining, 6029
- Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), 7567
  - accountability, 7563–7564
  - authority to act in extraordinary circumstances, 6027–6028, 6031
  - conflict of interest, 22–23, 1887–1888
  - prosecutor/adjudicator role, 3207, 4386
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - second reading, 8761–8762, 8844–8847
- Ontario Works program benefits
  - back-to-school allowance, 1516
  - increase, 117, 524, 578, 596, 613
  - winter clothing allowance, 1516
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Electronic health information, 8283–8286
  - Government spending, 5796–5799
  - Ontario economy, 3456–3461
  - Pension plans, 6710–6711
  - Taxation, 6508–6511, 8744–8747
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1942–1943
- Oral questions, presented
  - Addiction services, 993
  - Affordable housing, 3773
  - Assistance to farmers, 8064–8065, 8109–8110
  - Assistance to the disabled, 5997
  - Automobile industry, 7225
  - Automobile insurance, 6943, 7334, 8025–8026, 8066–8067, 8408–8409
  - Child poverty, 8781–8782
  - City of Ottawa, 7638–7639
  - Diagnostic services, 4948
  - Diet supplements, 422
  - Electricity infrastructure, 7031
  - Employment lands, 897
  - Flu pandemic preparedness, 8456
  - Fundraising, 9543
  - Government investments, 54
  - Low-income Ontarians, 524–525, 612–613, 7918
  - Low-speed vehicles, 742
  - Manufacturing jobs, 3769
  - Minimum wage, 4247–4248
  - Municipal development, 9643
  - Municipal government, 8825–8826
  - Municipal restructuring, 4329
  - National child benefit supplement, 481
  - Ontario budget, 692–693, 6141
  - Ontario child benefit, 1516, 8151
  - Ontario disability support program, 2239, 4820
  - Ontario economy, 4018–4019
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 8598
  - Ontario Securities Commission, 1887–1888, 4385–4386
  - Pension plans, 6230
  - Physiotherapy services, 239
  - Poverty, 336, 1101–1102, 1368, 1470, 1605, 1661, 1712, 1764, 2389–2390, 2491, 2666, 2777–2778, 3133–3135, 3180–3181, 3238, 3319–3320, 3528, 3639–3640, 3732, 3875–3876, 3961–3962, 4149, 4327, 4468, 4781–4782, 5183, 5949, 6077, 8995
  - Property taxation, 1061–1062, 2164, 2956–2957, 2961, 3271, 3573, 3832, 4216, 5579
  - Protection for workers, 6641
  - Provincial purchasing policy, 746
  - Renewable energy and conservation, 4019–4020
  - Retail sales tax, 25–26
  - School pools, 1060
  - Securities industry, 22–23
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 4579
  - Skills training, 4698, 7525
  - Small business, 5318–5319
  - Social assistance, 5383, 8729, 9577, 9723–9724
  - Taxation, 5469, 5829–5830, 5990, 6273, 6334, 6554, 6690, 6751, 6805, 7029–7030, 7332, 7518, 8256–8257, 8541, 8916, 9118
  - Taxi operators, 7270–7271
  - Tenant protection, 2736–2737, 7690, 9319
  - Youth services, 7640
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - second reading, 9459, 9461–9463, 9465
- Pension benefits guarantee fund, 5706–5707, 6025–6027, 6961
- Pension plans, 6230, 7243
  - portability, 7243–7244
  - province-wide pension plan, 6711
  - reform, 7244–7245, 9459, 9461–9463, 9465
- Persons with disabilities, 3180–3181, 5267–5268, 5997
  - assessment
    - right to appeal assessment determinations, 2817
  - barrier-free access, 2100
  - clawback on benefits, 5790–5791
  - developmental disabilities
    - application centres for services, 2057
    - deinstitutionalization, 2054–2055
    - direct vs. indirect funding, 2058–2060
    - government funding, 5763
    - homes and residential facilities
      - inspection without notice, 2820
    - legal capacity, 2818
    - poverty, 2820, 7779
    - waiting list for services, 2060
  - government funding, 2773, 5790–5791
  - homes and residential facilities
    - inspection without notice, 2817–2818
  - independent advocacy office, 2817
  - poverty, 2100, 5790–5791
  - rights, 1984
  - service agencies/application centres
    - posting of rights to complain and appeal, 2774
  - services, 3203–3204, 4579
  - waiting list for services, 2814
- Petitions
  - Automobile industry, 7237–7238
  - Child protection, 9229
  - Dental care, 7489, 7782
  - Identity theft, 301–302, 5244
  - International trade, 959
  - Lord's Prayer, 2092
  - Middle childhood programs, 9586
  - Minimum wage, 175–176
  - Multiple myeloma, 5244–5245
  - Police records check, 3650–3651, 5587
  - Poverty, 7043–7044
  - Psychiatric patient rights, 56–58
  - Road safety, 6236–6237, 6698–6699
  - School pools, 1064
  - Taxation, 2998, 6344, 6503–6504, 7879, 8739, 9230
  - University labour dispute, 4704, 4758, 4790
- Physiotherapy services, 239
- Police services
  - cross-border policing, 8097–8098, 8971–8972
    - Manitoba, 8097
    - Nunavut, 8097
    - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 8098–8099
- Political contributions
  - corporations
    - tax credits, 5707
  - Greater Toronto Airports Authority donation to Ontario Liberal Party, 9543, 9669
- Political fundraising, 2311–2312
- Portlands Energy Centre, 724
- Post-secondary education
  - Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 9428
- Poverty, 116–117, 336, 577–578, 612, 1671, 2777–2778, 3133–3134, 3180–3181, 3208, 3238, 3528, 3615, 3961, 4468, 5263–5273
  - older women, 6230
  - Peterborough, 1559
  - social effects, 6425
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - general discussion, 5183, 5949, 6077
  - second reading, 5263–5273
    - preamble, 5267
  - third reading, 6423–6431, 6585–6586, 6590
    - amendments, 6423–6424, 6586
- Poverty reduction strategy, 720, 1734, 2666, 2773, 2777–2778, 3135, 3181, 3319–3320, 3639–3640, 4149, 4781–4782, 5183, 5264–5271, 5762, 6077, 6426–6431, 6585–6586, 6590, 8995
  - anti-racism directorate, 6429
  - community mobilization fund, 5270
  - housing benefit, 3962
  - Ireland, 5265
  - public consultation, 1368, 1470, 1605, 1661, 1712, 1764, 2389–2390, 2491, 2778, 3134, 3202–3203, 3773, 3876, 4149, 4327, 5266, 5949
  - 25 in 5 plan, 5267
  - United Kingdom, 5265
- Private members' public business
  - Automobile insurance
    - responded to, 7540–7541
  - Canadian Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
    - second reading, 462–463
  - Capping Executive Compensation Act, 2009 (Bill 180)
    - second reading, 7050–7051
  - Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
    - second reading, 452–453
  - Condominium Owners Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 186)
    - second reading, 7258–7259
  - Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
    - second reading, 7743–7744
  - Electricity Amendment Act (Protection Against Security Deposits), 2009 (Bill 228)
    - second reading, 9248–9249
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
    - second reading, 6242–6244
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
    - second reading, 116–117
  - Employment supports
    - responded to, 3069
  - Fairness for Families Act, 2008 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 2551–2552
  - Fire Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 267–268, 274–275
  - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Institutions), 2009 (Bill 227)
    - second reading, 9235
  - Handgun Manufacturers' and Importers' Liability Act, 2008 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 2537–2539
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Aftermarket Brake Pad Standards), 2009 (Bill 181)
    - second reading, 7251–7252
  - Human rights
    - responded to, 9241–9242
  - Jay Lawrence and Bart Mackey Memorial Act (Highway Traffic Amendment), 2008 (Bill 74)
    - second reading, 2180–2182
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
    - second reading, 7935
  - Ministry of Government Services Amendment Act (Canadian Manufacturing and Assembly of Government Vehicles), 2008 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 3076
  - Municipal Residential and Commercial Surge Protector Act, 2009 (Bill 176)
    - second reading, 7054–7055
  - Municipal Residential Sprinkler Act, 2008 (Bill 72)
    - second reading, 2174–2176
  - Pension plans
    - responded to, 7243–7244
  - Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198)
    - second reading, 7535–7536
  - Poverty
    - responded to, 720
  - Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 2189–2190
  - Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
    - second reading, 1148–1150
  - Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rental Insurance), 2009 (Bill 209)
    - second reading, 8318–8319, 8324
  - Skin Cancer Prevention Act, 2008 (Bill 83)
    - second reading, 2544–2545
  - Small business
    - responded to, 7751
  - Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
    - responded to, 1141–1143
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 7756–7757
  - Tire disposal
    - responded to, 929–930
  - Tobacco Tax Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 199)
    - second reading, 7547–7548
  - Transparency in Public Matters Act, 2009 (Bill 159)
    - second reading, 6256–6258
  - Truth About Caledonia Act, 2009 (Bill 146)
    - second reading, 5496–5498
  - Water quality
    - responded to, 723–724
- Property tax, 600
- Property tax assessment, 2882, 3604, 3620, 4216
  - cap on increases, 1737
  - freeze-until-sale assessment, 1061, 2956–2957, 3271, 3573, 5579
  - granny flats, 2164, 2961
  - increase, 1061, 2956, 3271, 3573
  - market value assessment (MVA), 2956–2957, 3271
  - phase-in increases, 1062
  - Sisters of St. Joseph (London), 3832
- Property tax deferrals
  - low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities, 2189
- Property tax increases, 580, 2956–2957, 3573, 5579
- Provincial-aboriginal agreements
  - natural resources, 581
- Provincial-aboriginal-resource companies agreements
  - revenue-sharing agreement, 793
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1803, 1807–1809, 1811
    - section 6, 1803, 1811
- Public bodies
  - open meetings, 6256–6259
    - telephone meetings, 6258
- Public education campaigns
  - Ontario Human Rights Day, 9241–9243
- Public housing
  - government funding, 791
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - second reading, 7561–7567
- Public transportation
  - advertisements, 6029
  - Ottawa, 7638–7639
- Quebec
  - election financing, 2312
  - immigrants, 6951–6952
  - poverty reduction strategy, 5265, 5268, 5270, 5949
- Red Tape Commission, 7751
- Regional transportation plan (The Big Move)
  - greater Toronto and Hamilton area, 5812
- Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
  - third reading, 5590, 5593
- Regulations, 1149
- Reports
  - A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 7244–7245
  - Getting It Right: Investigation into the Transparency of the Property Assessment Process and the Integrity and Efficiency of Decision-Making at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (André Marin), 1737
  - Ontario Economic Accounts (Ministry of Finance), 3205
  - Resale House Price and Property Assessment Analysis: City of Toronto and Muskoka & Haliburton (Cushman & Wakefield LePage Inc.), 1061
  - 2008 Ontario Report Card on Child and Family Poverty (Campaign 2000), 4149
- Research and innovation, 290, 3033
  - government funding, 1465, 2747
- Residential Tenancies Act, S.O. 2006, c.17, 2736–2737
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rental Insurance), 2009 (Bill 209)
  - first reading, 7878–7879
- Retail stores
  - big box stores, 724
    - SmartCentres
      - retail development on Eastern Ave., 897
- Road construction, 5812
- Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
  - second reading, 4532–4533, 4535, 4538–4540, 4542, 4545, 4552, 4557, 4561, 4566
    - public consultation, 4552
- Sanofi Pasteur Canada
  - research facility
    - government funding, 1052
- Saskatchewan
  - election financing, 2312
- School board trustees
  - autonomy, 7680, 7684, 7766
  - Cary-Meagher, Sheila (Beaches–East York), 7682
  - Catholic school trustees
    - Kennedy, Angela (St. Paul's), 7682
  - Dandy, Cathy (Toronto–Danforth), 7682
- School boards
  - appointment of supervisors by government, 7683
- Schools
  - closure
    - rural Ontario, 7683
  - maintenance and repair, 791–792
- Securities Amendment Act (Mutual Funds), 2008 (Bill 140)
  - first reading, 4584–4585
- Securities industry
  - regulation, 6028
- Self-regulating organizations, 4386
- Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
  - general discussion, 3203–3204, 5791
  - ministerial statement, 1984
  - second reading, 2052–2063
    - public consultation, 2052–2053, 2057, 2061
  - third reading, 2764, 2773–2775, 2813–2821, 2823
    - amendments, 2774, 2813–2817
    - preamble, 2764, 2774, 2813–2814
    - public consultation, 2764, 2773–2774
    - regulations, 2774
- Small business
  - property tax, 5319
  - Queen Street east, 5318–5319
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2139, 2141–2142
- Smoking, 2544, 5650–5651
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present
    - enforcement, 2141–2142
- Social assistance, 5383
- Social assistance benefits, 1101–1102, 5269–5270
  - increase, 5270, 8729
- Social assistance recipients
  - Soutar, Pamela case, 3961–3962
- Speaker
  - visit to East York Collegiate Institute, 8353
- Speed limiters, 1075
  - impact on trade, 1085
- Speed limits
  - inter-provincial co-operation, 1084–1085
- Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review, 1148–1149
- Stem cell research
  - Nagy, Andras (Mount Sinai Hospital), 5327
- Stock exchanges, 3207, 3461
- Strobe alarms, 275
- Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
  - second reading, 7676–7677, 7680, 7682–7684
- Student debt, 3620
- Supply Act, 2009 (Bill 161)
  - second reading, 5705–5708
- Tamil Canadians
  - protests, 6495
- Tanning services/ultra-violet light treatment services
  - regulation, 2545
  - sale or supply to persons under 19 prohibited, 2544–2545
- Tarion Warranty Corporation
  - warranty coverage, 283
- Tax credits
  - food producer donation tax credit, 8109–8110
  - manufacturing investment tax credit, 762–763, 787, 3206, 3209, 3461, 3769
- Tax rebates
  - gasoline tax rebate
    - construction, maintenance or operation of rapid transit or public transportation system, 812
- Temporary help agencies
  - fees charged to employees, 6360–6361
- Temporary help agency employees
  - entitlement to public holiday pay, 6361
  - protection, 6351, 6358–6359
  - removing barriers to permanent employment, 6361
  - rights, 6361
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 388–389, 393, 397
- Time allocation motions
  - Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
    - responded to, 1756–1759
  - Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
    - responded to, 3788–3790
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4260–4262
  - Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
    - responded to, 8971–8972
- Tire tax, 929–930
- Tires
  - extended producer responsibility, 930
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
  - second reading, 5650–5651, 5654
- Tobacco products
  - ban on retail display of cigarettes, 2139
- Tobacco products manufacturers
  - recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5654
- Tobacco tax
  - reduction, 7547–7549
- Toronto
  - procurement policy, 463
- Toronto District School Board
  - swimming pools
    - closure, 1060
- Toronto Humane Society, 1808
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - fare increase, 5811–5812
  - Giambrone, Adam (chair), 5812
  - metropass, 5811–5812
  - ridership, 5812
  - service reduction, 5812
  - Sheppard Ave. subway line extension, 463
  - Spadina Ave. subway extension to York University, 463
- Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA), 7377–7378
- Transit systems, 5811–5812
  - 50% Canadian content in transit vehicles purchased in Ontario, 746
  - manufacture of transit vehicles in Ontario, 3460, 5812–5813
  - merging of GO Transit and Metrolinx, 5811
  - Ottawa, 1143
  - purchase of mass transit vehicles
    - made in Ontario, 575, 1738, 3206, 3209
- Transportation infrastructure
  - local content, 4019
  - Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
    - construction, 1141–1142
- Treaty Commission of Ontario, 5497–5498
- Tributes
  - Basrur, Sheela (former chief medical officer of health for Ontario), 2307–2308
  - Cochrane, Jean (Beach Citizen of the Year), 7923
  - Gaunt, Murray (former member, Huron–Bruce), 7781
  - Lankin, Frances (former member, Beaches–East York and CEO United Way of Toronto), 9370–9731
  - Lawrence, Allan (former member, St. George), 6501
  - McLaughlin, John (recipient, community service award for former provincial employees), 2214
- Trucking industry, 1084
- Unemployment, 574, 5263
  - London, 389
- Unemployment rate, 786
- United Nations (UN)
  - Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 9241
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 1984
- United States
  - economic conditions, 393, 3202, 3459
  - financial rescue package, 3207–3208
  - mortgage industry, 3458
- Universities/colleges
  - York University
    - collective bargaining, 4727, 4756
    - labour relations, 4722
    - strike, 4706, 4713, 4726–4730, 4764
- Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
  - general discussion, 2538
- Venture capital, 4365–4367
  - shortage, 2986
- Victims of crime
  - compensation, 2538
- Video gaming industry
  - government funding, 763
- Voters' lists, 2314
- Wal-Mart
  - minimum wage, 117
- Waste management/programs
  - tire recycling program, 929–930
- Workers
  - injured workers, 1943
  - protection, 3205
  - replacement workers
    - ban on use during strike or lockout, 7935
- Workers' rights
  - right to strike, 4728
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - experience rating system, 1942
- York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
  - second reading, 4706, 4713, 4722, 4726–4730, 4764, 4767–4768
- Youth justice system
  - closure of CASATTA and York Detention Centres, 7640
Pupatello, Hon. S. (LIB, Windsor West)
- Aditya Birla Group, 3287
- Automobile industry, 1425, 2291, 2387, 2488
  - auto sector investment fund, 643, 1920–1921
  - Ford Motor Company of Canada
    - Essex engine plant, 643
    - Flex crossover, 2291, 2515–2516
    - Ford Crown Victoria, 3288
    - Oakville assembly plant, 768
  - General Motors of Canada Ltd., 2288, 2516
    - Beacon project, 1967–1968, 2342–2343, 2515–2516
    - job guarantee in return for government assistance, 2433
    - layoffs, 1424, 1919, 1967
    - payment of government loans, 2434, 2517
    - plant shutdown, 2288
  - government funding, 2433–2435, 7574
  - investment, 2343
  - layoffs, 2291
- Budget, 2386–2387
- Business
  - government assistance, 499
- Business education tax
  - reduction, 1205
- Capcom Co. Ltd., 3287
- Capital tax
  - elimination, 768, 2386
- Capital works projects
  - government funding
    - Windsor, 417
- Cityscape Dubai, 3286
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Forest industry
    - participation, 9675–9676
- Eastern Ontario development fund, 7769
- Economic development, 770
  - Ottawa region, 7384
- Economic growth, 1309
  - five-point economic plan, 1205
- Education funding
  - government funding, 3287
- Electric vehicles, 4903–4904
- Employment creation, 2160
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 4903
- Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, 9540–9541
- FAG Aerospace, 3288
- Federal government
  - constructive engagement policy with China, 893
- Ferrero Canada Limited, 3287
- Forest industry
  - government funding, 9639–9640, 9675–9676
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Secteur manufacturier, 44
- Government orders
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3285–3288
- Government record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - social assistance benefits, 3855–3856
- GRK Fasteners
  - tariffs paid, 8821–8822
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on small business, 7837
- High technology industries
  - Ottawa, 8068
- Industry shutdowns
  - Canac Kitchens Ltd., 2157–2158
  - CanGro Foods Inc., 1252, 1474–1475
- International marketing centres, 3285–3286
  - Beijing, 3286
  - London, 3285
  - Munich, 3286
  - New Delhi, 3286
  - Paris, 3285–3286
  - Shanghai, 3286
- International trade, 3285, 7873
  - with India, 7873
- International trade agreements
  - Canada-United States procurement agreement, 9496–9497
- Investment in Ontario, 1309, 1514, 3285–3287, 4903–4904, 4906–4907
- Linamar Corp.
  - provincial grants, 1969
- Manufacturing industry, 44, 2159–2160, 2344
  - federal government assistance, 25
  - government funding, 1969, 2157–2158
    - Hamilton, 52–53
- Members'/ministers' expenditures
  - Jackson, Cameron (former Minister of Tourism and Recreation), 4908
  - Pupatello, Sandra (Minister of International Trade and Investment), 4906
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Hargrove, Buzz (former president, Canadian Auto Workers), 2343, 2387, 2435, 2516–2517
  - Tory, John (leader, PC Party), 1920
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - NDP (2003-2010)
    - Hampton, Howard (Kenora–Rainy River)
      - as leader of the third party, 2517
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville), 2433
  - PC (2003-2010)
    - Elliott, Christine (Whitby–Oshawa), 1920, 2488
    - Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 2488
  - withdrawn, 1514, 3490, 8994
- Ministerial statements, presented
  - Government investments, 643
  - Manufacturing industry, 44
  - Small business, 7837–7838
- Ministers redirecting oral questions, 2344, 9640
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  - buy local strategy, 8070
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 44, 1309
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 44, 424, 505, 643, 768, 1514, 2342, 2432, 2959–2960
  - Ontario Automotive Investment Strategy (OAIS), 2434
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - skills to jobs action plan, 768
- Movies
  - Titanic, 3288
- Navistar International Corp.
  - layoffs, 7962–7963
- Ombudsman of Ontario, 9539–9540
- Ontario child benefit (OCB), 3856
- Ontario Manufacturing Council, 44
- Ontario Works program benefits
  - temporary care assistance (TCA), 3856
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Child care, 3855–3856
- Oral questions, responded to
  - Automobile industry, 1919–1921, 1967–1968, 2288, 2291, 2342–2344, 2386–2387, 2432–2435, 2488, 2515–2518
  - Eastern Ontario development, 7769
  - Economic development, 505, 7384, 7575, 8068
  - Employment, 768
  - Forest industry, 9639–9640
  - Government appointments, 9539–9541
  - Government investments, 2959–2960
  - International trade, 770, 772, 893, 948–951, 7873, 8070, 9496–9497
  - Manufacturing jobs, 25, 423–424, 1424–1425, 1968–1969, 2157–2160, 2344, 7962–7963, 8821–8822
  - Manufacturing sector, 52–53
  - Minister's expenses, 4906–4908
  - Ontario budget, 499
  - Ontario economy, 1205, 1309, 1514, 4903–4904
  - Plant closures, 1251–1252, 1474–1475
  - Small business, 502–503
  - Windsor economy, 417
- Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin Inc. (RWDI), 3286–3287
- Small business, 7837–7838
  - government funding, 502–503
  - tax reduction, 7837
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 25
- Trade missions, 3286
  - China, 893, 950–951, 1205
    - travel expenses, 772
- Trade offices
  - China, 770
- United States
  - economic conditions, 2158, 3285
- U.S. Steel Canada
  - pension benefits, 52
- Workers
  - job retraining, 2288