Speaker letter v House Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: V

Van Bommel, M. (LIB, Lambton–Kent–Middlesex)
- Aboriginal communities
  - economic development, 5688
- Aboriginal land claims, 5319, 5498
- Aboriginal peoples, 4782
- Advertising
  - ban on advertising of sexual images of children under 16 years of age, 6466
- Afghanistan
  - family law
    - Shiite Personal Status Law, 6467–6469
  - women's rights, 6467–6469, 6474
- African Canadian Legal Clinic
  - African Canadian youth criminal justice program (ACYCJP), 3361, 4833
- Agricultural industry, 5185
  - federal government funding, 9366
  - supply management, 2162–2163
- Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
  - general discussion, 7963
  - second reading, 7990, 7997–8000, 8227–8228
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8579–8580
- Anniversaries
  - Discovery of oil in Oil Springs (Lambton county) 150th anniversary, 1558
  - Langs Bus Lines Limited 40th anniversary, 1892–1893
  - Munro Honey and Meadery 50th anniversary, 3738
  - Poag Jewellers in Strathroy 50th anniversary, 7967
- Apology, 5398
- Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
  - third reading, 5398
- Appreciation
  - MacDougall, Rachelle and James Berry (office staff, Maria Van Bommel, Lambton–Kent–Middlesex), 6474
- Awards
  - N.H. McNally Award, 4930
  - Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery, 4391, 4930
  - Premier's awards for agri-food innovation excellence, 1093
- Bioindustrial Innovation Centre, 3089
- Biomass energy, 3090
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - second reading, 781, 853, 923
- C. difficile outbreaks
  - public inquiries, 2465–2466
- Canadian Hearing Society, 8073
- Cemeteries, 5485
- Chicken Farmers of Ontario, 3688, 8265
  - Safe, Safer, Safest program, 7998
- Child and Family Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.11, 3359
- Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 3170, 3358–3362
  - third reading, 4832–4835, 4837, 4875
- Child care, 540–541
- Child care centres
  - for-profit sector, 540–541
- Child custody
  - grandparents' rights, 1350
- Child poverty, 5200–5201, 5210
- Climatic changes, 236
- Consumer protection
  - energy contracts, 9307
  - travel industry, 9696
- Correctional centres
  - youth facilities, 3360–3361
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - second reading, 1963
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Social assistance
    - participation, 2468
- Drag racing
  - Mopar Canadian Nationals, 5038
- Driver licences
  - enhanced driver licences, 2332
- Economic conditions, 5200–5201
- Electricity rates
  - government funding, 5200–5201
- Emancipation Day Act, 2008 (Bill 111)
  - third reading, 4508–4509
    - public consultation, 4508–4509
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8192
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 5455–5456
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 5342–5343
- Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
  - second reading, 9307
- Family law
  - reform, 4897
- Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
  - second reading, 4897
- Famines
  - Ukraine (1932-1933), 5308
- Farm products
  - buying Ontario products, 6228
- Farmers
  - government funding, 1923
  - occupational health and safety, 2608
- Fatalities
  - Patterson, Paul Wayne (paramedic), 4929
- Federal elections/by-elections
  - aboriginal affairs, 2900
- Federal members'/ministers' remarks
  - Conservative (2006-2009)
    - Baird, John (Ottawa West–Nepean)
      - as Minister of Environment, 2354
- Federal-provincial-territorial agreements/programs
  - Annual Conference of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture, 9366
- Foodland Ontario, 3062
- Foreign caregivers
  - protection, 8192
- Government notice of motions
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park
    - responded to, 9598–9600
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1328–1329
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - second reading, 5342–5343, 5345, 5361
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - reduction, 236
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on agricultural industry, 7731
  - public consultation, 8867
- Health care
  - rural and northern Ontario, 8407–8408
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 1078
- H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
  - cases
    - Kitchener turkey farm, 8227–8228
- Hospitals
  - Middlesex Hospital Alliance
    - infection control, 2465–2466
- Infrastructure Canada
  - municipal rural infrastructure fund (MRIF), 2241–2242
    - Canada-Ontario municipal rural infrastructure fund (COMRIF), 2241
- Labour mobility, 8294–8295
- Land transfer tax, 569
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1328–1329
- Livestock
  - disease prevention and control, 7963, 8580
    - traceability systems, 7997–7998
- Livestock Community Sales Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.22, 8000
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Lambton–Kent–Middlesex
    - softball championships, 2743
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 467, 5455–5456
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Kang, James (director, Emergency Medical Service, Halton), 4935
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry (Sidney Linden), 9599
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Toulouse, Angus (regional chief, Chiefs of Ontario), 3053
- Members/ministers quoting websites
  - Department of Justice, 3361
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - NDP (2003-2010)
    - Horwath, Andrea (Hamilton Centre), 3360
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville)
      - as Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services, 3360
- Members' statements
  - Accessibility for the disabled, 5888–5889
  - Agri-food industry, 1093
  - Agriculture programs, 2170–2171
  - Bus transportation, 1892–1893
  - Canadian Forces, 7084–7085
  - Canadian Hearing Society, 8073
  - Cattle farmers, 7230–7231
  - Chicken Farmers of Ontario, 67, 3688, 8265
  - Climate change, 2354
  - Emergency preparedness, 1672
  - First Nations revenue sharing, 3053
  - Member's family, 467
  - Mopar Canadian Nationals, 5038
  - Munro Honey and Meadery, 3738
  - Munsee-Delaware First Nation, 8948
  - Oil Springs, 1558
  - Ontario produce, 1196–1197
  - Poag Jewellers, 7967
  - Real People Campaign, 2838–2839
  - Softball championships, 2743
  - Student achievement, 7877–7878
  - Virtue, Tessa and Scott Moir, 9506
  - Women's representation in provincial parliament, 822
- Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs
  - new relationship fund, 7480–7481
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  - buy local strategy, 6229
  - Pick Ontario Freshness strategy, 1196, 2783–2784, 6228
- Ministry of Correctional Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.22, 3359–3360
- Ministry of Education
  - student success strategy
    - specialist high skills major, 2170–2171
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 2241
    - Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, 781
- Museums
  - Oil Museum of Canada, 1558
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Emancipation Day, 4508–4509
- Northern Ontario
  - health care, 6269
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - second reading, 7813
- Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
  - first reading, 4391
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 676
- Ontario Cattlemen's Association, 7230–7231
- Ontario child benefit (OCB), 2468
  - increase, 6422–6423
- Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5185
- Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
  - second reading, 8294–8295
- Ontario-Quebec agreements
  - cap and trade system (emissions trading), 2354
- Ontario Works program benefits
  - back-to-school allowance, 2468
  - winter clothing allowance, 2468
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Infectious disease control, 2465–2466
  - Young offenders, 3018–3019
- Oral questions, presented
  - Aboriginal affairs, 2900, 4420–4421, 4782, 7480–7481
  - Aboriginal economic development, 5688
  - Aboriginal land claims, 5319
  - Accessibility for the disabled, 9036–9037
  - Agri-food industry, 2783–2784, 5946, 6228–6229
  - Agriculture industry, 2162–2163
  - Agriculture programs, 9365–9366
  - Animal protection, 1515
  - Assistance to farmers, 569, 1923, 5185
  - Climate change, 236
  - Consumer protection, 9696
  - Food safety, 7963
  - Infrastructure renewal, 2241–2242
  - Occupational health and safety, 2608–2609
  - Patient safety, 9544
  - Research and innovation, 3089–3090, 3832
  - Rural and northern health services, 6269
  - Rural health services, 8407–8408
  - Small business, 3575–3576
  - Taxation, 7731, 8867
- Parades
  - homecoming parade for Canadian Forces soldiers, 7084–7085
- Paramedics, 4930
- Patient safety
  - unnecessary mastectomies performed at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital, 9544
- Persons with disabilities
  - barrier-free access, 9036–9037
  - developmental disabilities, 2823
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides
    - impact on rural Ontario, 1963
- Petitions
  - Alma College, 1890
  - Driver examination centres, 9007
  - Lord's Prayer, 999
  - Social assistance, 5629–5630
- Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 2332–2333
- Photo identification cards, 2332
- Poultry industry, 67, 8579–8580
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - second reading, 5199–5201, 5210, 5249, 5256–5257
  - third reading, 6422–6423
- Poverty reduction strategy, 5199–5201, 5210, 6422
  - public consultation, 2468
- Private members' public business
  - Afghan family law
    - presented, 6467–6769
  - Black History Month Act, 2009 (Bill 207)
    - second reading, 8137
  - Children's Law Reform Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 1350–1351
  - Children's Safety and Protection Rights Act, 2009 (Bill 130)
    - second reading, 6465–6466
  - Day Nurseries Amendment Act (Not for Profit Corporations), 2008 (Bill 26)
    - second reading, 540–541
  - Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2009 (Bill 147)
    - second reading, 5308
  - Inactive Cemeteries Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 149)
    - second reading, 5485
  - Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
    - second reading, 4929–4930, 4935–4936
  - Signage to Promote Ontario Grown Agricultural Food Products Act, 2008 (Bill 98)
    - second reading, 3061–3062
  - Truth About Caledonia Act, 2009 (Bill 146)
    - second reading, 5498
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 8337–8338
- Provincial-aboriginal agreements
  - Anishinabek round table, 4420–4421
  - revenue-sharing agreement, 3053
- Provincial-aboriginal relations, 3053, 4782
- Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 3358
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - general discussion, 1515
- Provincial parks
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park
    - return to Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, 4421, 5319
    - transfer process agreement returning to Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, 9599–9600
- Public education campaigns
  - Emergency Preparedness Week, 1672
  - Real People Campaign, 2838–2839
- Public inquiries
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park blockade (6 September 1995), 5498
- Reports
  - Breaking the Cycle: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy, 5200
  - Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Roy McMurtry, Alvin Curling), 3361
- Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 18)
  - installation of elevator, 5888–5889
- Rural Ontario
  - government funding, 569
  - health care, 6269
  - research and innovation, 3832
- School bus transportation
  - rural Ontario, 1892
- ServiceOntario
  - BizPal (business permits and licences), 3576
- Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
  - third reading, 2823
- Signage
  - promotion of agricultural food products
    - farmers permitted to post seasonal, directional signs on land adjacent to highways, 3061
- Signage to Promote Ontario Grown Agricultural Food Products Act, 2008 (Bill 98)
  - third reading, 4512–4513
- Social assistance benefits, 2468
  - mandatory child benefits, 5200–5201
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 67
- Speed limits
  - regulation and enforcement, 1078
- Summit meetings
  - Premier's summit on agri-food, 1093, 5946, 6229
- Teacher-student ratios
  - reduction, 7877–7878
- Time allocation motions
  - Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
    - responded to, 8579–8580
- Tourism industry, 2332–2333
- Tributes
  - Virtue, Tessa and Scott Moir (Olympic gold medallists, ice dance, 2010 Winter Olympics), 9506
- Trillium Gift of Life Network
  - program for reimbursing expenses of living organ donors (PRELOD), 5455
- Victims of crime
  - youth crime, 3170
- Wind turbines, 5343, 5361
  - health effects
    - moratorium on new projects pending review of health effects, 8337–8338
- Workers
  - injured workers
    - occupational health and safety, 2609
  - job retraining, 676
- Workplace harassment/violence, 7808–7809
- York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
  - second reading, 4726
- Young offenders
  - aboriginal young offenders, 4833
    - services, 3361
  - interception of mail, 3358
  - place of secure custody, 3361–3362
  - punishment, 3018–3019
  - rehabilitation, 3362
  - services, 3360
- Youth crime, 4833
- Youth intervention centres, 3360
- Youth justice centres, 3360, 4832–4834
- Youth justice system
  - reform, 4832, 4835, 4837
    - open detention, 4875
    - secure detention, 4833, 4875