Speaker letter t House Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

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Letter: T

Tabuns, P. (NDP, Toronto–Danforth)
- An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget, 2008 (Bill C-50), 1465
- Administration of justice, 3660–3661
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - review by Integrity Commissioner, 7602–7604
- Air pollution, 6660–6661, 7032
- Air quality
  - Mississauga, 7388
- Alma College heritage foundation fund, 2349
- Apprenticeship training
  - ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 8199
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - compulsory certification, 8200
- Artists
  - employment protection, 5788, 6239–6240, 6245–6246, 8130
  - salaries, 6147–6148, 8130
- Arts and culture, 6240
  - government funding, 827
- Asbestos, 6319
- Auditor General
  - report expenses for programs or services in annual report, 3751–3752
- Automobile industry
  - Chrysler Group LLC, 4900
  - General Motors of Canada Ltd., 4900–4901
- Awards
  - Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery, 4934
- Bail, 3660
- Bisphenol A
  - ban, 81
- Books
  - Bleak House (Charles Dickens), 3366
  - The Coming Plague (Laurie Garrett), 1792
- Bottled Water Spending Act, 2009 (Bill 215)
  - first reading, 8312
- Budget, 4901
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3668–3669, 3672, 3674–3676
- Budget surplus
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1291–1293
- Building codes
  - energy efficiency, 6722–6723
- Caregiver employment agencies
  - ban on placement fees, 8174–8175, 8178
- Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 3358–3359, 3366–3368
    - public consultation, 3367
- Child care
  - government funding, 6646, 8111
- Child custody
  - parties' access to legal counsel, 6627, 6633–6634
- Child poverty, 5211
- Child protection, 6631–6632
- China
  - renewable energy, 7304
- Climate change plan, 640, 8328–8329
- Climate Change Secretariat
  - MacLeod, Hugh (associate deputy minister), 2129
- Climatic changes, 151–152, 171, 319, 471, 559, 1053, 1200, 1246–1247, 2300, 4630, 6056, 6717, 6999, 7303–7304, 8328, 8963
  - government response, 427, 1189–1190
- Clotheslines, 1053
  - ban, 306
- Community Right to Know Act (Disclosure of Toxins and Pollutants), 2008 (Bill 76)
  - first reading, 1776
- Community safety, 3367
- Concerts
  - Inspiration (Cosburn music council), 7083
- Construction industry
  - independent operators, 3892–3894
  - strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), 7826–7827
- Consumer protection
  - energy contracts, 9135, 9504
  - sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 7306, 9301–9304, 9307
  - used vehicles identified as lemons, 6249–6250
- Coroner inquests
  - power of Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to hold inquest repealed, 4372
- Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 4372, 4377
- Correctional centres
  - overcrowding, 4700
  - youth facilities, 3367
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - second reading, 1848–1852
  - third reading, 2626–2630
- Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
  - third reading, 6178–6180
- Crime, 3660
  - reduction, 3009
- Cultural industry, 8130–8131
- Demand-side management (electric utilities), 3337–3338
- Dental care
  - government funding, 3042
- Diabetes, 1793
- Discrimination
  - racial, 442–443, 445
- Driver licences
  - enhanced driver licences
    - protection of privacy, 7077
- Driving
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving
    - enforcement, 6180
- Drug abuse
  - impact on violent crime rates, 3009
- Drug abuse treatment programs, 3368
- Drug-related crime
  - youth, 3367–3368
- Economic conditions, 3526–3527, 3668–3669, 3674–3676, 5052–5053, 5208
  - international, 3675–3676
- Economic growth, 5209
  - five-point economic plan, 3669, 3674
- Economic statement, 3526–3527
- Education funding, 1793
  - government funding, 4925–4926
- Education funding reform, 904
- eHealth Ontario
  - consultants, 7601
  - contracts, 7605
    - public inquiry, 8273–8275
- Electric vehicles, 7305–7306
- Electricity industry
  - deregulation, 4673–4674
- Electricity rates
  - industrial rates, 5057
- Electricity retailers/gas marketers
  - contracts, 4673
    - cancellation fees, 4673
    - cheque cashing, 4672
    - reaffirmation letter, 4673
- Employment creation, 3526
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8171–8172, 8175–8180, 8183
- Employment-related benefits
  - severance/termination payments
    - Sklar Peppler, 3686–3687
- Employment standards
  - regulation and enforcement, 8178–8179
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
  - general discussion, 6148
  - first reading, 5788
- Endangered species
  - snapping turtle, 4653
- Energy, 3274
  - nuclear energy, 77, 3275, 3299, 4630–4631, 4902, 4954, 5056, 5315, 6144, 6185, 6198, 6398
  - renewable energy, 2391, 2603, 2849–2850, 3299, 4901–4902, 5051–5057, 5059, 6398, 6999
    - feed-in tariff, 5054–5055, 6721
  - renewable energy projects, 4901, 4954, 5054
    - domestic content requirements, 4954
    - role of municipal governments, 6732
- Energy conservation, 152–153, 3337–3338, 6720
  - deep lake water cooling system, 2848–2849
  - northern York region and Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, 1982
  - smart meters, 7582
- Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
  - second reading, 9301–9307
- Energy efficiency
  - home retrofit program, 7306
- Energy policy, 2844–2845
- Energy supply
  - supply mix, 6720, 6723
- Environmental assessment process, 3486–3487
- Environmental law
  - enforcement, 559, 1244
- Environmental programs
  - Better Buildings Partnership, 5052
- Environmental protection, 3448–3449
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 7292–7293, 7301–7310
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8962–8965
  - third reading, 9026–9027
- Essar Steel Algoma Inc.
  - pollution reduction baghouse device, 1475
- Europe
  - forest industry, 7947
- Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, S.O. 2006, c.31, 1465
- Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
  - third reading, 6627, 6631–6635
- Fatalities
  - Zaveda, Bailey (shooting victim), 3659
- Film and television production industry
  - Ontario film and television tax credit (OFTTC), 904
- Finance companies
  - regulation, 3675–3676
- Financial literacy, 7938–7940
  - students, 7939
- Fishers
  - harassment, 55
- Food service premises
  - disclosure of nutritional information for foods and drinks served on premises, 6068–6069
- Foreign caregivers
  - protection, 8180
- Foreign workers
  - agricultural workers
    - protection, 8181
- Forest industry, 7946–7948
- Fruit wines
  - sale at farmers' markets, 4663–4665
- Fuel
  - safety, 3346
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9635
- Germany
  - renewable energy, 6722
- Golf courses
  - impact on water resources, 5490
- Government assets
  - sale, 9316
- Government contracts
  - CIBC, 9497–9498
- Government expenditures
  - accountability, 7589
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1456–1458
- Government orders
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3298–3299
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - election promises, 904
    - environmental protection, 319, 904, 7310
    - greenhouse gas emissions reduction, 7305–7306
- Government revenue, 4664
- Great Lakes
  - protection, 3330
- Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, 3330
- Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 5725, 5893–5897, 5899
  - third reading, 6677–6679
    - amendments, 6678
- Green economy, 4333, 5052–5057
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 6185, 6198
  - second reading, 5051–5059
  - third reading, 6717–6725, 6732
- Green industry, 5052–5057
- Greenbelt plan, 5489–5491
  - exemptions, 5490
- Greenhouse gas emissions, 7289–7292
  - reduction, 1200, 4630
    - cap and trade system (emissions trading), 2300, 6999, 7301, 7306–7309, 8964–8965, 9026–9027
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on arts community, 8735
  - impact on cost of living, 8857–8858
  - impact on electricity rates, 8730
  - impact on sport, recreation and physical activities, 9691
  - impact on theatre tickets, 6885
- Hazardous products
  - thalidomide, 6319
- Hazardous waste, 3352
- Health
  - determinants of health, 1792–1793
    - income, 1793
- Health care
  - privatization, 3237
  - transfer of patient from Mexico to Canada
    - George-Pazzano, Victoria case, 6331
- Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 306, 318–321
- Heritage conservation
  - Alma College, 1507, 1723, 2349
  - Erie Street United Church, 4626
  - heritage properties, 2349
- Highway safety
  - riding in back of commercial/towed vehicles prohibited, 2179
- Highway tolls
  - Highway 407, 8603
    - billing problems, 8998
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 1189–1190
    - public consultation, 1189
- Hispanic Canadians, 9052–9053
- H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
  - emergency preparedness, 8413–8414
- Hospital services
  - reduction, 8274
- Hospitals
  - Bridgepoint Hospital
    - replacement of personal support workers with registered practical nurses, 2207
- Housing
  - affordable
    - wait lists, 1792
- Immigrants
  - access to professions and trades, 905
- Immigration
  - Komagata Maru incident, 1464–1465
- Income groups
  - low, 5206–5211
- Industrial disease, 7181–7182
- Industry shutdowns, 5207–5208
- Interim supply motions
  - responded to, 151–153
- Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
  - second reading, 7884–7889, 7892
    - section 34, 7887
    - subsection 20(1), 7887
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1289–1293
- Investors/investment, 6056
- Kyoto Protocol on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 6717
- Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 248)
  - first reading, 9700
- Lactose intolerance, 3249
- Lake Simcoe
  - protection, 2686, 2694–2695
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
  - second reading, 2686, 2693–2698, 2700
  - third reading, 4352–4354
- Lake Simcoe protection plan, 2696–2698
- Lake Simcoe watershed
  - environmental protection, 558–559, 2619–2620, 2695–2697
- Land use planning
  - Greater Toronto Area (GTA), 5725
- Landfill sites
  - site 41 (Tiny township)
    - certificate of approval, 7768–7769, 8700–8702, 9579
- Language instruction
  - English as a second language (ESL), 4925
- Legislative building/grounds
  - heritage conservation, 9221
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1289, 1456–1458
    - oral questions, 1457
- Legislature schedule/agenda, 8045–8046
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), 4664
- Liquor sales/services
  - privatization, 4664–4665
- Long-term-care facilities
  - oversight by Ombudsman, 3242
- Manitoba
  - renewable energy projects, 6719
- Manufacturing industry, 3298
  - layoffs, 3675
    - London, 432
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3281, 4673
- Members'/ministers' public apologies
  - Chinese head tax, 1464
- Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
  - Bach, Bob (Sustainable Buildings Canada), 6722
  - Canadian Cancer Society, 2627–2628
  - David Suzuki Foundation, 2628
  - Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 6320
  - Shapero, Erin (councillor, town of Markham), 2628
- Members/ministers quoting documents
  - Creating Ontario's Toxics Reduction Strategy - A Discussion Paper (Ministry of the Environment), 6324
  - Our Toxic-Free Future: An Action Plan and Model Toxics Use Reduction Law for Ontario (Canadian Environmental Law Association), 6322
  - submissions to Ministry of the Environment on creating Ontario's Toxics Reduction Strategy Discussion Paper (Canadian Environmental Law Association), 6326
  - Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel memorandum to Minister of the Environment, 6323
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Canadian Environmental Law Association and Ecojustice, 2629
  - Ontario Court of Justice family law judges, 6633
  - Suzuki, David (scientist, activist, broadcaster), 77
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles, 320–321
  - Globe and Mail (Toronto), 5895–5896
  - Northumberland Today, 8047–8048
  - Toronto Star, 8080
  - Toronto Sun, 8047–8048
- Members/ministers quoting press releases
  - Ministry of Finance, 1291–1292
  - Pembina Institute/Sierra Club/World Wildlife Fund, 152
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Report of the Propane Safety Review Panel (Michael Birk, Susana Katz), 8081
  - Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8273
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Abdella, Kenzu (Kawartha Muslim Religious Association), 442
  - Association of Municipal Emergency Medical Services of Ontario, 4934
  - Association of Municipalities of Ontario, 9394
  - Bhandar, Davina (Community and Race Relations Committee of Peterborough), 443
  - Canadian Environmental Law Association, 9394
  - Cromarty, Lois (executive director, Northumberland Community Legal Centre), 442
  - David Suzuki Foundation, 5056
  - Granholm, Jennifer (governor, Michigan), 6718
  - Maguire, Ron (president, CUPE Local 5555), 442
  - McKeown, David (medical officer of health, Toronto), 2629
  - Miller, Gord (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 7305
  - Parkland Institute, 9394
  - Pembina Institute, 5056
  - Rees, Melinda (executive director, Peterborough Community Legal Centre), 442
  - Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2629
  - Silnicki, Mark (president, OSSTF district 14), 442
  - Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel, 6325
  - Wing, Dave (president, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario), 442
  - World Wildlife Fund, 5056
  - Wynne, Kathleen (former public school trustee, Toronto District School Board), 1048
- Members/ministers quoting websites
  - www.cottagecountrynow.ca, 9394
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Carroll, Aileen (Barrie)
      - as Minister of Culture, 6240
    - Gerretsen, John (Kingston and the Islands)
      - as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 2627–2628
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Ontario Premier, 10, 151
    - Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
      - as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, 2844–2845, 6719–6720
  - NDP (2003-2010)
    - Kormos, Peter (Welland), 7886
  - withdrawn, 6198
- Members' statements
  - Alma College, 1723
  - Child care, 6646, 8111
  - Chinese Canadian Head Tax Redress Day, 2614
  - Climate change, 640, 2300
  - Correctional facilities, 4700
  - Cosburn Middle School, 7083
  - Development in Toronto–Danforth, 5623
  - Electricity supply, 6144
  - Energy contracts, 9504
  - Flu pandemic preparedness, 8413–8414
  - Heritage conservation, 4626
  - Human rights, 9082
  - Long-term care, 3242
  - Natural gas rates, 1774
  - Ontario economy, 4332–4333
  - School pools, 1048, 8690
  - Smart meters, 7583
  - Termination and severance payments, 3686–3687
  - Uranium mine, 10
- Mental health care
  - programs, 3368
- Metrolinx
  - accountability, 6677–6678
  - board of directors, 5895–5896, 5899
- Milk, 3249
- Minimum wage, 3281, 8176–8177
  - increase, 3368, 8172, 8175
- Mining industry
  - uranium exploration and mining, 10, 77
- Ministerial statements, responded to
  - Arts and cultural funding, 1507, 6147–6148
  - Citizenship Week, 3281–3282
  - Climate change, 4630–4631
  - Consumer protection, 9135
  - Cultural funding, 827–828
  - Earth Day, 6198
  - Earth Week, 1200
  - Environment industry, 1053, 6398
  - Environmental protection, 2619–2620
  - Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, 3329–3330
  - Greenhouse gas emissions, 6999
  - Humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, 6852–6853
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 472
  - Lake Simcoe watershed, 558–559
  - Pesticides, 1244
  - Poverty, 5043
  - Public transit, 5693
  - Renewable energy and energy conservation, 4953–4954
  - South Asian and Asian Heritage Month, 1464–1465
  - Technical safety standards, 7041–7042
  - Toxics reduction, 5957–5958
  - Volunteer Service Awards, 5585
  - Volunteers, 70
  - Waste Reduction Week, 3448–3449
  - World Water Day, 471
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  - buy local strategy, 8070
  - Pick Ontario Freshness strategy, 904
- Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
  - grants to community organizations, 1290
- Ministry of the Environment
  - permit to take water (PTTW)
    - St. Marys Cement, 1850
- Movies
  - Wall Street, 6055
- Municipal elections/by-elections
  - finance reform, 2700, 9295
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 3526–3527, 3751–3752
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Chinese Canadian Head Tax Redress Day, 2614
  - Holocaust Memorial Day, 1617–1618
  - South Asian Heritage Month, 1464
- Natural gas
  - price increase, 1774, 1924
- Natural gas generating stations
  - northern York region, 2844–2845
  - peaker generating plant, 6144
- Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
  - first reading, 1982
- Nowruz, 938
- Nuclear generating stations, 3274
  - cost overruns, 6185
  - limit on liability in case of nuclear accident, 8917–8918
- Nuclear safety
  - Chalk River Laboratories, 4803
- Nurses
  - hiring, 3527
  - shortage, 3672
- Nutrition, 3249
- Obesity, 6068
  - children, 320–321
- Ontario Arts Council
  - government funding, 1507, 6147
- Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
  - third reading, 8199–8200
- Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
  - decision to allow customers pay Enbridge's court costs, 1606
- Ontario health premium, 903–906
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - expenditures
    - accountability, 7604
- Ontario Poet Laureate, 8130
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA), 5054–5057
  - integrated power system plan (IPSP), 3338
    - environmental assessment process, 3486–3487
  - renewable energy standard offer program (RESOP), 2391
- Ontario Power Generation, 5057
  - stranded debt, 2603–2604
- Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
  - closure, 152
- Ontario Power Generation gas-fired generating station
  - southwest GTA, 7589
- Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
  - construction cost overrun, 5784–5785
  - Darlington nuclear generating station, 2603–2604, 5315
    - purchase of nuclear reactors, 7195
    - refurbishment costs, 9314–9315
  - Pickering nuclear generating station
    - safety of Pickering B, 1922
- Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
  - collective bargaining, 4700
- Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), 6055
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - second reading, 8857–8858
  - third reading, 9156–9157
- Ontario Works program, 3527
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Child care, 3857
  - Electronic health information, 8273–8275
  - Violent crime, 3659–3661
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1945–1946
  - Young offenders, 3009–3011
- Oral questions, presented
  - Air quality, 1475, 7388–7389, 7772
  - Arts and cultural funding, 6885
  - Automobile industry, 4900–4901
  - Climate change, 171, 1246–1247, 2129
  - Correctional facilities, 2346
  - Correctional services, 2210, 2438
  - Darlington nuclear generating station, 9314–9315
  - Dental care, 3042
  - Drive Clean, 7032–7033
  - Driver examination centres, 7921–7922, 9170
  - Driver licences, 7077
  - Employment lands, 897
  - Enbridge Gas, 1606
  - Endangered species, 4653
  - Energy contracts, 2029–2030
  - Environmental assessment, 3486–3487
  - Food safety, 81
  - GO Transit, 6986
  - Government assets, 9316
  - Government contracts, 9497–9498
  - Green power generation, 4901–4902
  - Health care workers, 2207
  - Heritage conservation, 2349, 9221
  - Highway 407, 8603, 8998
  - Hydro rates, 8730
  - Infectious disease control, 3236–3237
  - Infrastructure program funding, 9218
  - International trade, 8070
  - Labour dispute, 9582
  - Medical evacuation, 6331
  - Natural gas rates, 1924
  - Nuclear energy, 2603–2604, 3274–3275, 5315, 5784–5785, 6185, 7195
  - Nuclear power facilities, 8917–8918
  - Nuclear safety, 4803
  - Ontario artists, 6082
  - Ontario economy, 3526
  - Pickering nuclear generating station, 1922
  - Protection from harassment, 55
  - Public participation, 7826–7827
  - Public transit, 6988
  - Renewable energy and conservation, 2391
  - School pools, 1060
  - Sewage sludge, 9216
  - Skills training, 3041
  - Taxation, 8735, 9691
  - Toxics reduction, 8496–8497
  - Transfer payments, 3526–3527
  - Transit funding, 1207
  - Uranium mine, 77
  - Waste disposal, 7768–7769, 9579
  - Water quality, 837–838, 6806
  - Water supply, 3924
- Paramedics, 4934
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1244, 1848–1850
    - exemptions, 2629
      - golf courses, 1850
    - impact on municipalities, 2627–2629
  - health risks, 1848–1849, 2626–2628
- Petitions
  - Alma College, 1823
  - Long-term care, 3238
  - Middle childhood programs, 9701
  - Pension plans, 8269
  - Public safety, 8833
  - Taxation, 7881
  - University labour dispute, 4703, 4789–4790
  - Uranium mining, 2210–2211
- Petroleum prices, 3299
- Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
  - third reading, 4009–4012
- Plays
  - The Turn of the Screw, 8130
- Poets Laureate, 8130
- Police services
  - cross-border policing, 7886–7889, 7892
- Poverty, 3281–3282, 5206–5210
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - second reading, 5205–5211
- Poverty reduction strategy, 3368, 5043, 5208–5210
  - Ireland, 5208
  - 25 in 5 plan, 5208–5209
  - United Kingdom, 5208
- Private members' public business
  - Apprenticeship training
    - responded to, 2855
  - Auditor General Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 3751–3752
  - Climate Change Awareness Act, 2009 (Bill 208)
    - second reading, 8327–8329
  - Corporate reporting requirements
    - responded to, 6055–6056
  - Curriculum
    - responded to, 4924–4926
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
    - second reading, 6239–6240, 6245–6246
  - Financial literacy
    - responded to, 7938–7940
  - Forest industry
    - responded to, 7946–7948
  - Fuel safety
    - responded to, 3346
  - Greenbelt Day Act, 2009 (Bill 153)
    - second reading, 5489–5491
  - Health promotion
    - responded to, 1792–1793
  - Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2009 (Bill 156)
    - second reading, 6068–6069
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 6660–6661
  - Hispanic community
    - responded to, 9052–9053
  - Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 (Bill 101)
    - second reading, 3337–3338
  - Jay Lawrence and Bart Mackey Memorial Act (Highway Traffic Amendment), 2008 (Bill 74)
    - second reading, 2179
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
    - second reading, 7935
  - Legislative channel
    - responded to, 3256–3257
  - Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
    - second reading, 4663–4665
  - Milk in schools
    - responded to, 3248–3249
  - Motor Vehicle Dealers Amendment Act (Disclosure of Lemons), 2009 (Bill 164)
    - second reading, 6249–6251
  - Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
    - second reading, 2843–2845, 2848–2850
  - Nowruz
    - responded to, 937–938
  - Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
    - second reading, 4934–4935
  - Ontario Energy Board Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 131)
    - second reading, 4672–4674
  - Ontario Poet Laureate
    - responded to, 8130–8131
  - Provincial Parks and Major Provincial Tourist Attractions Sign Act, 2008 (Bill 21)
    - second reading, 1778–1779
  - Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 (Bill 237)
    - second reading, 9393–9395
  - Tire disposal
    - responded to, 931–932
  - Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
    - second reading, 8700–8702
  - Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
    - second reading, 3351–3352
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 8334–8336
- Propane explosions
  - Bowmanville, 7041
  - Caledon Propane, 8047–8048, 8721
  - Sunrise Propane, 7041–7042, 8043, 8047–8050, 8080–8081, 8721
  - Weston Road taxi garage, 3346
- Propane industry
  - self-regulation, 3346
- Provincial parks and tourist attractions
  - bilingual signs, 1778–1779
- Public education campaigns
  - Climate Change Awareness Day, 8327–8328
  - Earth Day, 1200, 6198
  - Greenbelt Day, 5489, 5491
  - Hispanic Heritage Month, 9053
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 472
  - Waste Reduction Week, 3448
- Public inquiries
  - bail system, 3660
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - second reading, 7589, 7593, 7601–7606
- Public transportation, 6678
  - government funding, 6660–6661, 7305
  - privatization, 6679
- Quebec
  - renewable energy projects, 6719
  - wind turbines, 3298
- Regional transportation plan (The Big Move), 5896–5897
  - greater Toronto and Hamilton area, 5693
- Regulations, 7041–7042
- Reports
  - Doing Less with Less: How shortfalls in budget, staffing and in-house expertise are hampering the effectiveness of MOE and MNR (Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 2630
  - Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2005-2006 (Neglecting Our Obligations), 2630
  - Ontario's Water Hazard: Golf Courses Guzzling Groundwater (Earthroots and Ecojustice), 5490
  - Progress in a Climate of Change, A Review of Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan (Office of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 4630
  - Regulatory Risk in Private Investment and Renewable Energy Technologies: A Study of the Ontario Wind Power Sector (Guy Holburn and Charles Morand, Richard Ivey School of Business), 6722
  - TD Economics Special Report - Time for a Vision of Ontario's Economy (Don Drummond, Derek Burleton), 3298
  - Watertight: The case for change in Ontario's water and wastewater sector (Expert Strategy Water Panel), 9393
- Research and innovation
  - government funding, 3298
- Retail stores
  - big box stores
    - SmartCentres, 5623
      - retail development on Eastern Ave., 897
- School cafeterias
  - ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 318–319
- School closures, 4926
- School facilities
  - extended use, 320
- School science strategy, 4924
- Science/technology, 4925–4926
- Securities industry
  - regulation, 6055
- Sentences (criminal procedure)
  - pretrial custody credits, 3661
- Sewage spills
  - South Castor River (Vernon), 9216
- Solitary confinement
  - Ahmad, Fahim; Zakaria Amara, Mohammed Dirie, 2210, 2346, 2437
- Special education
  - government funding, 4925
- Sri Lanka
  - humanitarian crisis, 6852–6853
- Status of Ontario's Artists Act, S.O. 2007, c.7, Sched. 39, 6082, 8131
- Streptococcus A infection, 3236–3237
- Strikes
  - DriveTest driving examiners, 7921–7922, 9170
  - Woodbine Racetrack, 9582
- Student evaluation
  - standardized, 4925
- Sustainable Water and Sewage Systems Act, S.O. 2002, c.29, 837–838
- Tamil Canadians
  - protests, 6852–6853
- Tax credits
  - performing arts, 904
- Tax rebates
  - gasoline tax rebate
    - highway construction, maintenance or operation, 6660
- Taxation Amendment Act (Exemptions for Artists), 2009 (Bill 232)
  - first reading, 9131
- Taxation Amendment Act (Live Performances), 2009 (Bill 226)
  - first reading, 8738
- Teacher-student ratios
  - cap, 4925
- Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
  - appointment of chief safety and risk officer, 8081–8082
  - appointment of directors, 8080
  - governance model, 8049, 8082–8083, 8722–8723
- Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
  - second reading, 8043–8050, 8079–8083, 8085
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8721–8723
- Theatre tickets
  - retail sales tax exemption, 827
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 427, 432–433, 442–445
- Throne speech quoted, 153, 442
- Time allocation motions
  - Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
    - responded to, 8962–8965
  - Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
    - responded to, 1289–1293
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
    - responded to, 3892–3894
- Tire tax, 932
- Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18, 1851–1852
- Toronto
  - government funding, 905–906
- Toronto District School Board
  - swimming pools, 1793
    - closure, 1048, 1060
    - government funding, 904
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - fare increase, 5894
  - parking fees, 5894
  - purchase of streetcars from Bombardier, 6988
- Toxic substances
  - cadmium, 7184
  - mercury, 7184
  - perchloroethylene, 7184
  - reduction plan, 5957, 6320, 6328, 7180
    - conflict with municipal bylaws, 6325–6326
    - creation of toxics reduction institute, 7183
    - emissions reduction, 6320–6321
    - expansion of sectors covered, 7182
    - expansion of toxic chemicals list, 7182
    - fees, 6324
    - reduction targets, 6323
    - regulation and enforcement, 5957, 6322, 6325, 8496–8497
    - reporting standards, 6323
  - trichloroethylene, 7184
- Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
  - general discussion, 6398, 8496–8497
  - second reading, 6319–6326, 6328
  - third reading, 7180–7185
    - amendments, 7184–7185
- Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel, 7183
- Transit systems
  - GO Transit
    - electrification of rail lines, 6986
    - Georgetown south service expansion, 7772
  - government funding, 1207
  - Move Ontario 2020 plan, 906
- Transportation
  - greater Golden Horseshoe, 5893
- Transportation infrastructure
  - government funding, 9218
- Tributes
  - Dean, Gordon (former member, Wentworth), 7206
- Tuberculosis
  - South Africa, 1792
- Uganda
  - anti-homosexuality legislation (2009), 9082
- Unemployment, 6717–6718
- Union certification, 1793
- United States
  - American Clean Energy and Security Act, 2009, 7301, 7307–7308
  - consumer protection from used vehicles identified as lemons
    - Pennsylvania, 6250–6251
  - electricity industry deregulation
    - California, 4674
  - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, 6325–6326, 7183–7184
  - renewable energy projects, 6718–6719, 6722
- Universities/colleges
  - government funding, 4714, 4736, 4738–4739
  - York University
    - collective bargaining, 4737
    - strike, 4735–4737
- Vehicle emission tests
  - Drive Clean program, 7032–7033
- Vital health statistics, 1792
- Volunteers, 70, 3282, 5585
  - immigrant volunteers, 70
- Waste management/programs, 3351–3352
  - composting, 3351
  - waste diversion, 932
- Water quality
  - acceptable levels of radioactive tritium in drinking water, 6806
- Water supply
  - contamination, 5957–5958
  - protection
    - Colgan, 3924
- Water utilities
  - regulation, 9393–9395
- Websites
  - www.PickupPal (online carpooling), 6179
- Western Climate Initiative, 7292–7293
- Wind turbines
  - health effects
    - moratorium on new projects pending review of health effects, 8334–8336
- Workers
  - injured workers, 1945
  - replacement workers
    - ban on use during strike or lockout, 7935
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - coverage for construction workers, 3892–3893
- Workers' rights
  - right to strike, 4736
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3892–3894
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - experience rating system, 1945–1946
- York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
  - second reading, 4714, 4735–4739
- Young offenders, 3366
  - punishment, 3010–3011
- Youth crime
  - increase, 3009
- Youth/students
  - services, 3358–3359
Takhar, Hon. H.S. (LIB, Mississauga–Erindale)
- Adoption disclosure
  - backlog of disclosure requests, 8498
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - accountability, 7421, 8101
    - review by Integrity Commissioner, 7394, 7419–7420, 7816, 7822, 7926
  - travel, meal and hospitality expense guidelines for employees, 7420
- Apprenticeship training programs, 661
- Automobiles
  - Nano cars, 3004
- Budget, 5616–5617, 5685–5686, 5882–5883
- Business education tax, 664
  - reduction, 3004
- Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
  - smart program, 5188, 5232–5233, 5613
- Capital cost allowance (CCA), 3004
- Capital tax
  - elimination, 298, 3004
  - reduction, 298
- Cervélo Cycle, 3004
- Conflict of interest
  - Grier, Jason (lobbyist), 8645
- Conquest Vacations
  - closure, 6078, 6081
- Construction workers
  - occupational health and safety, 3769
- Consumer protection
  - ticket resale practices, 5615
  - travel industry, 6335–6336, 6439
- Corporate tax reduction, 3765
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Small business
    - participation, 5406–5407
- Direct Engagement Inc.
  - peer-to-peer round tables, 5283
- Employment insurance benefits
  - Ontario workers, 2866
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
  - general discussion, 5406
- Federal government
  - transfer payments
    - equalization program, 2866
- Go Green Ontario
  - emissions reduction targets, 9549
- Government accountability, 7926
- Government-business relations
  - bidding for government business, 3574–3575
- Government expenditures, 3519–3520
- Government orders
  - Federal-provincial fiscal policies
    - responded to, 2865–2866
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010), 8101–8102
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - accountability, 7424–7425
- Harmonized sales tax, 5883
  - transition benefit
    - $1,000 for single parents or couples, 5882–5883
- Holidays
  - Family Day, 22
- Icynene, 3576
- Licence plates
  - yellow ribbon logo (support for Canadian troops), 8602–8603
- Manufacturing industry, 22, 45
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Bryans, David (president, Ontario Convenience Stores Association), 994
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Andrew, Judith (Ontario vice-president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 417
  - Bryans, Dave (president, Ontario Convenience Stores Association), 1253
  - Chalmers, Doug (director, Aluma Systems), 3766
  - Element, Jeff (chair, Canadian Association of Tour Operators), 6439
  - Walsh, Karl (president, Ontario Provincial Police Association), 8546
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - PC (2003-2010)
    - Yakabuski, John (Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke), 7388
  - withdrawn, 6439
- Methes Energies, 3576
- Ministerial statements, presented
  - Agency spending, 7394
  - Manufacturing industry, 45
  - Small business, 3003–3005
  - Technical safety standards, 7040–7041
- Ministers redirecting oral questions, 956, 1820, 2441, 2489, 2831, 3044, 3531, 3571, 5121, 5427, 5828, 8102
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 3004, 5188
- Ministry of Government Services
  - hotel/conference expenditures, 7691–7692
- Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services
  - Global Edge program, 745
  - Ontario craft brewers opportunity fund, 4947
  - Ontario secondary school business plan competition, 745
  - small business enterprise centres, 3004
  - Summer Company program, 744–745, 6992
  - VQA wine support program, 2440–2441
  - youth business foundation, 745
- One Step Travel
  - public inquiry, 6335–6336, 6439
  - third party review, 6269–6270
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 661–664
- Ontario Chamber of Commerce
  - export market access (global expansion program), 3045–3046, 3769, 5188, 5613
- Ontario Manufacturing Council, 45
- Oral questions, responded to
  - Adoption disclosure, 8498
  - Consumer protection, 4862–4863, 5614–5615
  - Energy conservation, 9549
  - Government contracts, 8411–8412, 8645
  - Government record, 8101–8102
  - Government services, 7338–7337, 7388, 7431–7434, 7871–7872, 8546, 8603
  - Government spending, 7691–7692
  - Ontario public service, 7525–7526
  - Propane explosion, 2733, 2736, 3576–3577
  - Small business, 22, 297–298, 416–419, 1768–1769, 3045–3046, 3273–3274, 3436, 3531, 3574–3576, 3765–3766, 3769, 4947, 5187–5188, 5232–5233, 5283, 5427, 5613, 5828
  - Student summer jobs, 6992
  - Taxation, 5616–5617, 5685–5686, 5882–5883
  - Technical Standards and Safety Authority, 4576
  - Tobacco control, 994, 1253
  - Travel industry, 6269–6270, 6335–6336, 6439
  - Travel industry compensation fund, 6078, 6081
  - Wine industry, 2440–2441
  - Youth employment, 9405
  - Youth entrepreneurs, 744–745
- Payday loan industry
  - regulation, 1396–1397
- Payday loans, 4862–4863
  - borrowing costs, 1396, 1398
  - consumer education, 4863
  - rollover of loans, 4863
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 1396–1398
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 54)
  - general discussion, 4862–4863
- Private members' public business
  - Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
    - second reading, 4139
  - Small business
    - responded to, 7749–7750
- Promotion Engineering Ltd., 3576
- Propane explosions
  - Sunrise Propane, 2733, 2736, 4576
- Propane safety, 3577
  - propane operators to carry insurance as a condition of licensing, 7040
- Propane safety review panel, 7040–7041
- Public education campaigns
  - Good Governance Week, 7925–7926
  - Salute to Small Business Month, 3003–3004
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - first reading, 7393
  - ministerial statement, 7394–7395
  - second reading, 7419–7422, 7424–7425
  - third reading, 7815–7816, 7821–7822
- Public service
  - diversity, 7526–7527
- ServiceOntario
  - closure of private licence and permit offices
    - Brockville, 7431–7432
    - Kapuskasing, 7339
    - rural Ontario, 7338–7339, 7388
    - Sarnia, 7433–7434
  - expansion of services in rural Ontario, 7338–7339, 7871–7872
- Silver Lining
  - North American Tour to Inspire Entrepreneurs, 3004
- Small business, 297–298, 416, 661–662, 3576, 3765–3766, 5187–5188, 5232–5233, 5283, 5406–5407, 5427, 5685–5686
  - contribution to economy, 3003–3005
  - government funding, 1768–1769, 3004, 3769
  - programs and services, 4947
  - regulation, 418–419, 3004, 3273–3274, 3436, 3531, 3766, 5406, 5828
  - regulatory reduction, 4139, 7749–7750
- Small Business Agency of Ontario (SBAO), 5406
- Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA)
  - expenditures
    - consultants, 8411
- Tax reduction, 5686
- Technical safety standards, 7040
- Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 3577, 4576, 7040
  - appointment of directors, 4576
- Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
  - first reading, 7039–7040
  - ministerial statement, 7040–7041
- Tobacco products
  - ban on retail display of cigarettes, 994, 1253
- Travel industry compensation fund, 6078, 6081
- Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO), 6078, 6081, 6269–6270, 6439
- 2Source Manufacturing Inc., 3004, 3576
- Websites
  - www.ontario.ca/sbcs, 3004
- Workers
  - job retraining
    - government funding, 661
- Youth entrepreneurship, 745
- Youth/students
  - employment, 9405