Speaker letter z House Hansard index Parliament 39 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: Z

Zimmer, D. (LIB, Willowdale)
- Administration of justice
  - provincial offences
    - out-of-court settlements for minor offences, 8363
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - review by Integrity Commissioner, 7668–7669
  - subject to freedom of information requests, 9233
- Apology, 2004, 3503–3505, 5394–5395
  - not considered admission of liability with respect to civil action, 5394–5395
- Apology Act, 2008 (Bill 59)
  - general discussion, 5395
- Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
  - second reading, 3503–3505
  - third reading, 5394–5395
- Arab-Israeli conflict, 9558
- Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
  - restoration and reconstruction, 4062
- Athletes
  - government funding, 6555
- Auditor General
  - report expenses for programs or services in annual report, 3752–3753
- Awards
  - ECO Recognition Award
    - Ministry of Tourism (zero waste events at Metro Toronto Convention Centre), 3773
    - St. Lawrence Parks Commission (Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve), 3774
  - Order of Civil Merit, 3930
  - Premier's Award for Teaching Excellence, 6647–6648
  - Senior Achievement Awards, 3279
  - Trillium Book Award, 2579
- Bail, 3662–3663
- Birth announcements
  - grandchild of Kathleen O. Wynne (Minister of Education), 6889
- Capital works projects
  - ReNew Ontario
    - government funding, 3095–3096
- Change of Name Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.7
  - amended by Bill 212, 8570, 9017
- Child custody
  - criminal record checks, 6626
- Committees
  - Select Committee on Elections, 2309, 9669–9670
- Community Living
  - Toronto, 6942
- Condominium corporations
  - reserve funds
    - requirements for adequate funding, 9454
- Congratulatory remarks
  - Schiff, Vera (recipient, Senior Achievement Awards), 3279
- Construction industry
  - underground economy, 3797, 3799
- Consumer protection
  - towing industry, 2858, 2864
- Drivers
  - impaired drivers, 4329–4330
- Driving
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 7691
- Echologics Engineering Inc., 4753
  - LeakfinderRT, 4753
- Economic decline, 5874
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - general discussion, 5616
- eHealth Ontario
  - contracts
    - public inquiry, 8272–8273
  - referral to Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 7715–7716
  - review by Auditor General, 8426
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
  - second reading, 9282–9286, 9665, 9669–9670, 9680
- Elections/by-elections
  - barrier-free access, 9283, 9665
  - campaign contributions, 9284
- Electoral process reform, 2309, 9286
  - authority of Chief Electoral Officer to appoint election officials, 9283
  - authority of Chief Electoral Officer to modify voting process, 9283, 9680
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8587–8589, 8591
- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.23
  - amended by Bill 212, 8362
- Fairs
  - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 8545–8546
- Family law
  - pension plans, 6609–6610
- Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
  - third reading, 6609–6611, 6626–6627, 6631–6632, 6634–6635
- Federal members'/ministers' remarks
  - Conservative (2006-2009)
    - Flaherty, Jim (Whitby–Oshawa)
      - as Minister of Finance, 6517, 7753–7754
- Festivals
  - Iranian fire festival, 365–366
  - Toronto International Film Festival
    - government funding for completion of Toronto International Film Festival Bell Lightbox facility, 7437–7438
- Film and television production industry, 500
  - Ontario film and television tax credit (OFTTC), 500
- Financial literacy
  - students, 7941
- Firearms
  - driving with unlawfully possessed firearm in motor vehicle prohibited, 1354–1355
- Food safety, 9547
- Foreign caregivers
  - ban on placement fees, 5827
  - protection, 8587–8589
- Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 8362–8363, 8377, 8384, 8479
    - public consultation, 8479
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8570
  - third reading, 9015–9018
    - amendments, 9016–9017
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 1529–1530
  - Select Committee on Elections
    - responded to, 2309
- Government record
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - transit systems, 284
- Handguns
  - ban, 3012
- Harmonized sales tax, 5874, 6516, 7753–7755, 8872
  - federal government support, 9224
  - impact on food items, 7385–7386
  - impact on real estate industry, 7767–7768
  - public consultation, 9076
- Health care funding
  - accountability and oversight
    - investigation by Ombudsman, 8426
- HIV (virus)
  - treatment, 8999
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act, S.O. 1998, c.25, 4656
- Hospital fundraising
  - Women's College Hospital
    - An Evening with Tony Blair, 2135
- Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), 821
- House buying, 2439
- Housing
  - affordable, 5282, 5782
    - government funding, 5690, 5782, 7642–7643, 8646
- Immigrants
  - bridge training programs, 1921, 2247
- Israeli Apartheid Week, 9558
- Juvenile arthritis, 5472
- Korean-Canadian Symphony Orchestra, 5888
  - Unification Concert, 5888
- Language instruction
  - English as a second language (ESL)
    - government funding, 9648
- Legislative procedure
  - motions
    - time allocation motions, 7668
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1529–1530
- Live-In Caregiver Program (federal program), 5827
- Long-term care, 4155
- Long-term-care facilities
  - Rose of Sharon long-term-care home, 4254
- Manitoba
  - foreign caregivers
    - protection, 8589, 8591, 8899–8900
- Manufacturing industry, 5874–5875
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Willowdale
    - Heart of Fashion shopping event, 8463–8464
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 2144
- Members/ministers quoting books
  - House of Commons Procedure and Practice (Robert Marleau, Camille Montpetit), 7668
- Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
  - Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, 9076
  - Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 9076
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Commission Counsel and Researchers, 9016
  - Hollins, John (Chief Electoral Officer, Ontario), 2309
  - Richardson, John (constituent, Willowdale), 4757
  - Sillers, Patricia (constituent, Willowdale), 3574
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Kirkland Lake Northern News, 6516
  - St. Catharines Standard, 6516
  - Toronto Star, 7753
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8273
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Blair, Bill (president, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and chief, Toronto Police Service), 3012
  - Chalmers, Doug (director, Aluma Systems), 4084
  - Cross, Pamela (legal consultant and advocate against violence against women), 6634
  - Cukier, Wendy (president, Coalition for Gun Control), 3012
  - Cunningham, Ian (president, Council of Ontario Construction Associations), 4084
  - Forgeron, Don (vice-president, Ontario, Insurance Bureau of Canada), 2859
  - Goulin, Greg (president, Ontario Bar Association), 2004
  - Hughes, Patricia (executive director, Law Commission of Ontario), 6611
  - MacQuarrie, Barbara (community director, Centre for Research and Education on Violence against Women and Children), 6611
  - McClean, Rosemarie (Senior V.P., members services, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan), 6611
  - McGregor, Heather (CEO, YWCA Toronto), 6611, 6634
  - Nelson, Doug (chief executive officer, Ontario Recovery Group), 2859
  - Principato, Carmen (business manager, Labourers' International), 4084
  - Sefton, Andrew (executive director, Ontario Painting Contractors Association), 4084
  - Siddiqui, Shahina (executive director, Islamic Social Services Association), 6611, 6634
  - Smith, Derek (executive director, London and District Construction Association), 4084
  - Southall, Wendy (chief, Niagara Regional Police Service), 3012
  - Tory, John (former leader, PC Party), 7754
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - PC (1990-1995)
    - Eves, Ernie (Parry Sound–Muskoka)
      - as Minister of Finance, 7753
  - PC (2003-2010)
    - Elliott, Christine (Whitby–Oshawa), 7754
    - Hudak, Tim (Niagara West–Glanbrook), 7754, 7760
    - O'Toole, John (Durham), 7754
    - Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville), 6516, 7754, 7760
    - Shurman, Peter (Thornhill), 6516, 7754, 7760
  - withdrawn, 6517
- Members'/ministers' resignations
  - Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre), 9225
- Members' statements
  - Animal protection, 5388
  - Babcock, John, 9504
  - Breast cancer, 8463–8464
  - Children's services, 5690
  - Condominium legislation, 9454
  - Freedom of inquiry and expression, 5192
  - Hanukkah, 124
  - Holocaust Memorial Day, 4656, 6145
  - Infrastructure renewal, 3095–3096
  - Internationally trained professionals, 2247
  - Iranian fire festival, 365–366
  - Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, 5472
  - Korean-Canadian Symphony Orchestra, 5888
  - Long-term care, 4155
  - North York Historical Society, 8153
  - Ontario Korean Businessmen's Association, 8608
  - Order of civil merit, 3930
  - Pan American Games, 8923
  - Passover, 1361–1362
  - Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence, 6647–6648
  - Public transportation, 283–284
  - Rose of Sharon long-term-care home, 4254
  - Schiff, Vera, 3279
  - Shinhan Bank, 6394–6395
  - Student achievement, 6756
  - Taxation, 8872, 9224
  - Toronto International Film Festival, 7437–7438
  - Trillium Book Award, 2579
  - University labour dispute, 4756–4757
  - Women's College Hospital, 2135
  - Yom Kippur, 3192, 7528
- Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
  - time allocation motion
    - public consultation, 7781–7782
    - responded to, 7791–7792
- Ministry of Children and Youth Services
  - youth opportunities strategy, 5690
- Municipal Elections Act, S.O. 1996, c. 32
  - amended by Bill 212, 8363
- Municipal elections/by-elections
  - contribution limits of $5,000 per contributor, 8363
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Holocaust Memorial Day, 4656, 6145
- Nowruz, 938
- Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors, 4155
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 586
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - responded to, 5873–5875
- Ontario child benefit (OCB), 5690
- Ontario Community Support Association, 4155
- Ontario Korean Businessmen's Association, 8608
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - reform, 2128
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Electronic health information, 7715–7716, 8272–8273
  - Health care oversight, 8426
  - Taxation, 6516–6517
  - Violent crime, 3662–3663
  - Workplace insurance, 4083–4084
  - Young offenders, 3011–3012
- Oral questions, presented
  - Affordable housing, 5282–5283, 5782, 7642–7643, 8646
  - AIDS treatment, 8999
  - Art Gallery of Ontario, 4062
  - Consumer protection, 2439
  - Drinking and driving, 4329–4330
  - Environmental protection, 3773–3774
  - Food safety, 9547
  - Government services, 2960
  - Immigrants' skills, 1921
  - Language training, 9648
  - Ontario film and television industry, 500
  - Ontario Municipal Board, 2128
  - Ontario public service, 7525–7526
  - Post-secondary education, 2573
  - Poverty, 2642–2643
  - Private career colleges, 8257
  - Property taxation, 3574
  - Protection for workers, 5826–5827
  - Public libraries, 1425
  - Public transit, 9367–9368
  - Research and innovation, 4753
  - Road safety, 7691
  - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 8545–8546
  - School safety, 5616
  - School trustees, 2030
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 6942
  - Small business, 1768–1769
  - Sports and recreation funding, 6555
  - Taxation, 7385–7386, 7767–7768, 9075–9076
  - Tourism, 421, 2781–2782, 8069
  - Workplace safety, 1665–1666
- Passover, 1361–1362
- Pension plans
  - division of value upon dissolution of marriage, 6631–6632
  - portability
    - paramedics, 7247
    - public service, 7247
- Persons with disabilities
  - services, 6942
- Petitions
  - Consumer protection, 301
  - Sale of domestic wines and beers, 8613
  - School facilities, 7000
  - University labour dispute, 4702–4703, 4789
- Porcupine Goldor Mines Limited Act, 2008 (Bill Pr12)
  - first reading, 2968
- Post-secondary education
  - Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Government Plan for Postsecondary Education, 2573
- Poverty
  - social effects, 6424
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - third reading, 6424
- Poverty reduction strategy, 2642–2643
- Powers of attorney
  - central registry, 8717
- Private members' public business
  - Apology Act, 2008 (Bill 59)
    - second reading, 2004–2005
  - Auditor General Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 3752–3753
  - Financial literacy
    - responded to, 7941–7942
  - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Institutions), 2009 (Bill 227)
    - second reading, 9233
  - Israeli Apartheid Week
    - responded to, 9558
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
    - second reading, 7935–7936
  - Nowruz
    - responded to, 938
  - Pension plans
    - responded to, 7247–7248
  - Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2009 (Bill 188)
    - second reading, 8717
  - Taxation
    - presented, 7753–7755, 7760
  - Towing Industry Act, 2008 (Bill 87)
    - second reading, 2858–2859, 2864
  - Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
    - second reading, 1354–1355
- Property tax assessment
  - appeal notices, 3574
- Property tax increases, 3574
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - general discussion, 5388
- Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33
  - amended by Bill 212, 4362, 4364, 8362–8363, 9017
- Public education campaigns
  - Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, 5472
  - World AIDS Day, 8999
- Public inquiries
  - scope and cost management, 8377
- Public Inquiries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.41
  - amended by Bill 212, 9016
- Public libraries
  - government funding, 1425
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7668–7669
- Public service
  - diversity, 7526–7527
- Public transportation
  - government funding, 9367–9368
- Real estate fraud, 2439
  - consumer protection, 2439
- Real estate industry
  - phantom offers, 2439
- REGEN Energy, 4753
- Religious holiday observance
  - Hanukkah, 124
  - Yom Kippur, 3192, 7528
- Remembrance Day, 8464–8465
- Reports
  - A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 7247
  - Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8273
- RIDE (program), 4329–4330
- School safety, 5616
  - principal to notify parents of victims, 5616
- Senior citizens
  - tax reduction, 9075–9076
- ServiceOntario, 2960
  - online application
    - 15-day service guarantee, 2960
- Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
  - general discussion, 6942
- Shinhan Bank, 6394–6395
- Small business
  - government funding, 1768–1769
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2144
- Smoking
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present, 5410
  - ban on smoking in workplaces/enclosed public places, 5410
- Social housing
  - repair, 5282
- Sports competitions
  - Pan American Games bid (2015)
    - awarded to Toronto, 8923
- St. Andrew's United Church (Toronto) Act, 2008 (Bill Pr3)
  - first reading, 228
- Student achievement, 6756
- Time allocation motions
  - Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
    - responded to, 8570
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1529–1530
  - Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
    - responded to, 7791–7792
  - Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
    - responded to, 7668–7669
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
  - second reading, 5410–5411
- Tobacco products
  - ban on retail display of cigarettes, 5410
- Tobacco products manufacturers
  - recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5410
- Tobacco-related diseases, 5410
- Toronto Catholic District School Board
  - school board trustees
    - expenditures, 2030
- Tourism industry, 421, 2781–2782
  - government funding, 8069
  - Ontario tourism competitiveness study and action plan, 421, 2782
- Towing industry
  - regulation, 2859
- Towing Industry Act, 2008 (Bill 87)
  - first reading, 2302
- Towing Industry Council of Ontario, 2859
- Transit systems
  - Move Ontario 2020 plan, 283–284
- Tributes
  - Babcock, John (Canada's last surviving World War I veteran), 9594
- Universities/colleges
  - freedom of inquiry and expression, 5192
  - government funding, 2573
  - York University
    - strike, 4756–4757
- Workers
  - replacement workers
    - ban on use during strike or lockout, 7935–7936
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - coverage for construction workers, 3700, 3796–3797, 3799
  - coverage for independent construction operators, 4083
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 3700, 3796–3797, 3799
- York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
  - general discussion, 4757
- Youth crime
  - prevention
    - government funding, 3012
- Youth/student workers
  - occupational health and safety, 1665–1666