- Laboratory services
- Labour Day. see School year—start of classes before or after Labour Day
- Labour market training program. see Federal-provincial agreements/programs—labour market training program
- Labour mobility. see also Doctors—labour mobility; European Union—labour mobility; Hospital redevelopment—Cornwall Community Hospital—hiring local workers; Quebec—labour mobility
- Aggelonitis, 6891
- Bisson, 8806
- Flynn, 8247, 8297
- Hampton, 8295–8297, 8299
- Lalonde, 7376, 8294, 8815
- Levac, 8811–8816
- MacLeod, 8810
- Marchese, 6563, 8662, 8936, 8939–8932, 8948
- Miller, N., 8294, 8298, 8662
- Miller, P., 8284, 8291–8292, 8807
- Milloy, 6560–6561, 6687, 8592, 8663, 8904–8910
- Mitchell, 8806
- O'Toole, 8251, 8659–8661, 8806–8807, 8814
- Ramal, 8248–8250, 8291–8292
- Rinaldi, 8662
- Sandals, 8282
- Savoline, 8250
- Yakabuski, 8664–8665, 8807
- Van Bommel, 8294–8295
- audiologists and speech-language pathologists
- Savoline, 8815
- exceptions
- francophones
- Marchese, 8248
- impact of occupational standards
- Marchese, 8244–8246
- public accountants
- role of federal government
- Marchese, 8244
- skilled trades
- Aggelonitis, 6891
- Labour relations
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 206)
- first reading
- Gélinas, 7836
- first reading
- Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 248)
- first reading
- Tabuns, 9700
- first reading
- Labour Relations and Employment Statute Amendment Act, 1995 (Bill 7)
- Witmer, 7932–7933
- Labour Relations Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 1995, c.1
- Lalonde, 1554
- Labour Relations Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.15
- Labour-sponsored investment funds
- Labourers' International Union of North America (Local 1059)
- training trust fund
- Ramal, 5238
- training trust fund
- LABs. see Local appeal bodies (LABs)
- Lac Seul First Nation
- Lactose intolerance
- Ladies of the Lake (Lake Simcoe). see Environmental advocacy groups—Ladies of the Lake (Lake Simcoe)
- Lafarge Canada Inc.
- burning of scrap tires
- Prue, 929–930
- burning of scrap tires
- Lake Erie
- Crozier, 4310
- Lake Erie Steel. see Industry shutdowns—Lake Erie Steel
- Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
- Lake Simcoe
- Big Bay Point
- Barrett, 2688
- cleanup
- Munro, 6048
- environmental protection
- fuel discharge from two-stroke motors in boats
- Ouellette, 2685
- history
- importance in agricultural industry
- Dombrowsky, 2709
- protection
- Colle, 2685, 2710, 2713, 4424
- Delaney, 2700
- Dunlop, 357, 588–589, 2693, 2709
- Elliott, 2699
- Flynn, 2683–2686
- Gerretsen, 136–137, 2680–2683, 4424, 6287
- Horwath, 2749–2755
- Jaczek, 136, 2755–2756
- Jones, 2704
- Klees, 2754–2755
- Scott, 590
- Tabuns, 2686, 2694–2695
- consultation with aboriginal communities
- Gerretsen, 2682
- federal government funding
- government funding
- water quality trading and offsetting program
- reduction of phosphorous discharge
- resort development
- Marchese, 2709
- waterfront development
- Ouellette, 2685
- Big Bay Point
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
- general discussion
- first reading
- Gerretsen, 2617
- ministerial statement
- Gerretsen, 2617–2618
- second reading, 2680–2713, 2747–2760
- Bailey, 2758
- Barrett, 2686–2691, 2694–2695, 2704–2705, 2712–2713, 2754
- Bisson, 2758
- Colle, 2685, 2698–2699, 2710–2713
- Crozier, 2709
- Delaney, 2699–2700
- Dombrowsky, 2709
- Dunlop, 2691–2693, 2709
- Elliott, 2699
- Flynn, 2683–2686, 2704, 2754
- Gerretsen, 2680–2683
- Hillier, 2756–2758
- Horwath, 2749–2755
- Hudak, 2750
- Jaczek, 2750, 2755–2756
- Jones, 2704, 2708
- Klees, 2754–2755, 2758–2760
- Leal, 2694, 2700–2705
- MacLeod, 2694, 2708
- Marchese, 2699, 2704, 2708–2710
- Miller, N., 2685–2686, 2713
- Mitchell, 2754, 2757–2758
- Munro, 2712, 2747–2749, 2751
- Ouellette, 2685
- Rinaldi, 2707–2708, 2713
- Sterling, 2705–2708
- Tabuns, 2686, 2693–2698, 2700
- public consultation
- section 5(2)
- Horwath, 2752–2753
- section 21
- Klees, 2759
- Bailey, 2758
- third reading, 4337–4359
- Royal assent, 4636
- Lake Simcoe protection plan
- Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
- Lake Simcoe science advisory committee
- Gerretsen, 2618
- Lake Simcoe stakeholder advisory committee
- Lake Simcoe watershed
- Lake Superior
- Lakeridge Health Corp. see Hospital funding—government funding—Lakeridge Health Corp.; Hospital services—Lakeridge Health Corp.; Hospitals—Lakeridge Health Corp.
- Lakes
- protection
- Nickel Belt
- Gélinas, 726
- Nickel Belt
- protection
- Lakeshore line. see Transit systems—Lakeshore line
- Lakeshore Lions Arena. see Sports and recreation facilities—Lakeshore Lions Arena
- Lakeview generating station. see Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations—Lakeview generating station
- Lambton generating station. see Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations—Lambton generating station
- Land development
- Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5
- amended by Bill 212
- O'Toole, 8383
- amended by Bill 212
- Land transfer tax
- Land Transfer Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 127)
- first reading
- Brownell, 4030
- first reading
- Land use planning
- Landfill sites
- Landlord and tenant
- Landlord and Tenant Board
- Lands for Life. see Ministry of Natural Resources—Lands for Life
- Lanese, Andrew. see Ontario drug benefit program (ODB)— overage for Elaprase—Lanese, Andrew case
- Language instruction
- English as a second language (ESL)
- French as a second language (FSL)
- Lansdowne Children's Centre
- Levac, 4583
- Lanxess Inc. see Industry shutdowns—Lanxess Inc.
- L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill). see Persons with disabilities—developmental disabilities—L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill)
- Law enforcement
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- paralegal standing committee
- Elliott, 5693
- paralegal standing committee
- Layoffs. see also Automobile industry—layoffs; Domtar Inc.—layoffs; Forest industry—layoffs; Home care workers—layoffs; Manufacturing industry—layoffs; MasterBrand Cabinets—layoffs; Navistar International Corp.—layoffs; Quebec—manufacturing industry—layoffs; Retail stores—layoffs
- Bailey, 4223–4224
- Bentley, 3397
- Bryant, 5275
- Colle, 4216
- Duncan, 1363, 5277
- Fonseca, 5614
- Hampton, 2664, 3083, 3391, 3484, 3729, 4284, 5276
- Horwath, 3291–3292, 4210, 5658
- Hudak, 1363, 4696, 5277
- Jones, 3399
- Kormos, 3071, 4639–4640
- Marchese, 3401–3402
- Mauro, 3422
- McGuinty, 2664, 4210
- Miller, P., 3216–3218, 4693, 4997–4998, 5515
- Milloy, 2435–2436, 3041
- Munro, 3301
- Prue, 3208–3209, 3459, 3598–3602
- Runciman, 3524, 4643–4644
- Sandals, 3412
- Savoline, 4229
- Witmer, 3480, 3515–3516
- Brampton
- Savoline, 4228
- Cambridge
- Savoline, 4229
- Campbell Soup Company
- Canwest Global Communications Corp.
- Hampton, 4323
- Chatham
- Savoline, 4229
- Cornwall
- Savoline, 4229
- CTV Inc.
- Hampton, 4323
- DDM Plastics
- Dell Inc.
- GDX Automotive
- Kormos, 3785
- Guelph
- Savoline, 4229–4230
- Hallmark Canada
- Miller, P., 2344
- Hamilton
- Savoline, 4230
- Plastech Engineered Products
- pregnant employees
- Russel Metals Inc.
- Sterling Truck
- TeleSpectrum Inc.
- Miller, P., 1607–1608
- 3M Canada
- Miller, P., 4577
- Bailey, 4223–4224
- LCBO. see Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
- Leacock, Stephen. see Canadian authors—Leacock, Stephen
- Leader of the Opposition. see Opposition parties
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. see Energy efficiency—Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System
- LeakfinderRT. see Echologics Engineering Inc.—LeakfinderRT
- Lear Corp.
- Learning opportunities grant. see School safety—increasing funding of demographic component of learning opportunities grant
- Learning Through the Arts
- Munro, 6147
- Lefty the goose. see Animal protection—Lefty the goose (injured Canada goose)
- Legal aid
- Legal aid services
- Kormos, 4157
- Legislative Assembly
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education), 2008 (Bill 129)
- first reading
- Ouellette, 4066
- first reading
- Legislative building/grounds
- Legislative chamber
- Legislative interns
- Legislative pages
- Legislative procedure
- addressing members by their ridings
- answers to written questions
- conduct of House Proceedings
- deferred votes
- Mitchell, 3125
- division of time
- Gravelle, 2193
- government bills
- Prue, 2544
- introduction of bills
- Wilson, 7837
- introduction of visitors
- matters before the court
- members'/ministers' attendance in legislature
- members'/ministers' correction of record
- Klees, 8031
- members/ministers imputing motive
- members/ministers must be in own seats for recorded vote
- members'/ministers' unparliamentary language
- ministerial statements
- motions
- Runciman, 3195
- substantive motions
- Kormos, 3121
- time allocation motions
- Bisson, 7669, 8636
- Brown, 7799
- Chudleigh, 8557
- Delaney, 3784, 3786
- DiNovo, 5970
- Hillier, 3782, 7662
- Kormos, 1528, 3781–3782, 3784, 6118, 7799
- Leal, 4271, 7857
- Marchese, 7845–7847
- Mitchell, 3894, 7854
- Munro, 8639
- Murdoch, 5969–5970
- Sergio, 6122–6123
- Sterling, 3783–3784
- Wilson, 8974
- Yakabuski, 1281
- Zimmer, 7668
- omnibus bills
- oral questions
- order and decorum and conduct of members in the House
- personal attacks on members
- petitions
- points of order
- private members' public business
- Arnott, 1141, 7253
- Bisson, 4202
- Bradley, 4092–4094, 4278
- Bryant, 1221
- Colle, 1782, 4206
- DiNovo, 1801, 4678–4679, 5857
- Duguid, 1711
- Flynn, 2546, 3954
- Gélinas, 272
- Hardeman, 271
- Horwath, 1258–1259
- Kormos, 2186, 3953
- Levac, 4302, 4307
- MacLeod, 1235
- McMeekin, 3124
- Miller, P., 4280
- Mitchell, 1226
- O'Toole, 112, 4204
- Ouellette, 1455–1456
- Prue, 2544
- Ramal, 2541
- Wilson, 1265–1266
- Witmer, 3131
- Yakabuski, 4278
- can be sponsored by more than one member and by members of different parties
- Mitchell, 3126
- lost upon prorogation
- DiNovo, 9550–9551
- three private members' bills or resolutions debated each day
- Mitchell, 3126
- routine proceedings
- speech should be related to topic being discussed
- tabling of documents
- third reading of bills
- Kormos, 3786
- use of electronic devices in House
- use of members' statements
- Klees, 9314
- wearing of T-shirts by visitors
- Hillier, 124
- withdrawal of remarks
- written questions
- lost upon prorogation
- Klees, 9649
- lost upon prorogation
- Legislative proceedings. see also Cable/satellite providers—requirement to broadcast legislative proceedings of the province or territory
- Legislative process
- Bill 145, re
- Bill 150, re
- family friendly reforms
- Aggelonitis, 1273–1274
- Arnott, 1141, 1330–1332
- Arthurs, 1275–1276
- Best, 1321–1322
- Bisson, 1319
- Broten, 1259–1260
- Bryant, 1098–1099, 1160–1163, 1205, 1220–1224, 1421
- Colle, 1336–1337, 1445
- Delaney, 1537–1538
- DiNovo, 876, 1448–1451, 2504
- Duguid, 1452–1453
- Hardeman, 1407
- Horwath, 1099–1100, 1160–1161
- Hudak, 1276–1277, 1287–1288, 1646–1647
- Kormos, 1266, 1271–1273, 1523, 1527–1529
- MacLeod, 123, 1098–1099, 1162, 1233–1236, 3127
- Mangat, 1451
- Marchese, 2015, 2477, 2507
- Mauro, 1261–1263
- McGuinty, 1097–1100
- Miller, N., 1407, 1530–1531
- Mitchell, 1224–1227
- Munro, 1536–1537
- Murdoch, 2431
- Naqvi, 1531–1532
- O'Toole, 1538–1539
- Ouellette, 1454
- Ramal, 1329–1330
- Runciman, 1097–1098, 1159–1160
- Savoline, 1156
- Smitherman, 1160
- Sterling, 1447
- Tabuns, 1289, 1456–1458
- Van Bommel, 1328–1329
- Watson, 1320–1321
- Wilkinson, 1534–1536
- Wilson, 1263–1266
- Witmer, 1204–1205, 1227–1233
- Yakabuski, 913, 1283, 1322
- Zimmer, 1529–1530
- amendments
- Witmer, 1229–1233
- consultation with opposition parties
- evening sittings
- oral questions
- Arnott, 1421
- Bisson, 1317–1318
- Bryant, 1161, 1221–1224, 1248, 1365–1366
- Hampton, 1325–1327, 1365
- Horwath, 1161
- Kormos, 1524–1525
- Leal, 1335–1336
- MacLeod, 1234
- Miller, N., 1407
- Munro, 1408
- Ouellette, 243
- Prue, 1333–1335
- Sterling, 1446–1448
- Tabuns, 1457
- Watson, 1319
- Witmer, 1229, 1248, 1522–1523
- Yakabuski, 1323–1325, 1533
- private members' public business
- DiNovo, 1545
- scheduling for committee meetings
- independent members included
- Murdoch, 6152
- reform
- Legislative program statements. see Ministerial statements
- Legislative sessions
- Legislative ushers
- appreciation, 7216
- Legislature schedule/agenda
-
- Arnott, 7253
- Bisson, 4595–4596
- DiNovo, 2072–2073, 2077–2078, 2081, 4587
- Hudak, 402–403
- Kormos, 4639–4640, 7217
- McMeekin, 3122–3124, 8046
- Miller, P., 2074
- Mitchell, 3125–3126
- O'Toole, 2081, 3362–3363
- Prue, 3789
- Shurman, 4692
- Smith, 4606–4607, 4755, 4796
- Smitherman, 4693
- Sterling, 2139
- Tabuns, 8045–8046
- Witmer, 3130–3131, 6847
- adjournment for International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, 7068
- Wynne, 7070
- evening sittings
- MacLeod, 821
- family friendly hours
- legislature not to sit on federal election days
- Kormos, 3128–3129
- prorogation
-
- Legislature sitting policy. see Legislature schedule/agenda
- Legislature—visitors. see Visitors to the legislature
- Leonard, Destany. see Special-needs children—government funding—Leonard, Destany case
- Levitt, Arthur. see Speeches—Levitt, Arthur (former chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
- LGP. see Ministry of Natural Resources—loan guarantee program (LGP)
- LHINs. see Local health integration networks (LHINs)
- Liang, Shao-Fang. see Coroner inquests—Liang, Shao-Fang
- Liberal Party
- Liberal Party (federal)
- Libertarianism
- DiNovo, 1151
- Libraries/schools. see also Public libraries; Rural libraries; School libraries
- Libro Financial Group
- Ramal, 8829
- Licence plates
- personalized licence plates. see also Ministry of Transportation—personalized licence plate review committee
- yellow ribbon logo (support for Canadian troops)
- Life income funds
- unlocking
- Hardeman, 5471
- unlocking
- Life Institute
- Carroll, 7201
- Limitation period
- Kormos, 5403
- Limitations Act, S.O. 2002, c.24, Sched. B
- Linamar Consumer Products
- Linamar Corp.
- Lincolnville station. see Transit systems—GO Transit—Lincolnville station
- Linden Fund
- Klees, 407
- Linden report. see Members/ministers quoting reports—Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry (Sidney Linden); Reports—Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry (Sidney Linden)
- Liqui-Force
- Runciman, 4321
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
- Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
- Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Unlawful Weapons in Bars), 2009 (Bill 238)
- first reading
- Colle, 9225
- first reading
- Liquor licences
- Liquor sales/services
- privatization
- Tabuns, 4664–4665
- privatization
- Lisgar station. see Transit systems—GO Transit—Lisgar station
- Lister Block. see Heritage conservation—Lister Block
- Listeriosis
- Literacy
- Literacy and basic skills programs. see Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities—Employment Ontario—literacy and basic skills programs
- Literacy and numeracy strategy. see Ministry of Education—literacy and numeracy strategy
- Literacy awards
- Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium
- Kwinter, 8127
- Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium
- Live-In Caregiver Program (federal program)
- Live Safe! Work Smart! special needs resources. see Ministry of Labour—Live Safe! Work Smart! special needs resources
- Livestock
- disease prevention and control
- Arnott, 7978
- DiNovo, 8448
- Dombrowsky, 7776, 7963
- Hampton, 7978–7979
- Hardeman, 7778, 7780–7790
- Hoy, 7979
- Johnson, 7975–7978, 7989, 8444, 8581–8582
- MacLeod, 8448
- Mitchell, 8444
- Munro, 8444–8445
- O'Toole, 7989, 8000
- Rinaldi, 8448
- Van Bommel, 8580
- van Bommel, 7963
- compensation to farmers for livestock destroyed
- regulation and enforcement
- traceability systems
- Bailey, 8002–8003
- Barrett, 8226–8227
- Chudleigh, 8572–8573
- Dombrowsky, 7974–7975, 8005, 8576–8577, 9087–9088
- Hampton, 7990–7992, 9091–9092
- Hardeman, 7980–7881, 7988, 7996, 8004, 9091–9092
- Hillier, 8222
- Johnson, 7977–7978, 7996, 8004, 8009, 9094
- Levac, 8007
- Marchese, 7993–7994, 7999
- O'Toole, 8004, 8449
- Rinaldi, 8233
- Sandals, 8000
- Savoline, 8581
- Van Bommel, 7997–7998
- Wilson, 8240
- warrantless entry
- protection. see also Europe—livestock protection; United States—livestock protection
- disease prevention and control
- Livestock Community Sales Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.22
- Living Legacy. see Ministry of Natural Resources—Living Legacy
- Loan guarantee program (LGP). see Ministry of Natural Resources—loan guarantee program (LGP)
- Loans. see Commercial loans; Mortgage loans; Payday loans
- Local appeal bodies (LABs)
- Watson, 2128
- Local distribution companies (LDCs). see Energy—renewable energy projects—role of local distribution companies (LDCs)
- Local Government Week. see Public education campaigns—Local Government Week
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
- ban on sole-source contracts
- boards of directors
- Champlain Local Health Integration Network
- Aging in Place
- Caplan, 6886
- Aging in Place
- executive salaries
- geographic boundaries
- government funding
- McNeely, 3579
- Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network
- northeast
- ALC wraparound services
- Caplan, 4290
- ALC wraparound services
- South West Local Health Integration Network
- Ramal, 9550
- Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network
- Local news media
- Local pandemic influenza contingency plan. see Public health units—local pandemic influenza contingency plan
- Locked-in retirement income funds (LRIF)
- Hardeman, 5471
- Lofthouse Brass Manufacturing Ltd.
- Lombardi, Johnny. see Biographical films—Johnny Lombardi: The Great Communicator; Tributes— Lombard, Johnny (pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada)
- London Economic Development Corp.
- Ramal, 5430
- Long-term care. see also Government record—PC (1995-2003)—long-term care
- Long-Term Care Act, S.O. 1994, c.26
- Long-term-care beds. see Hospital beds—long-term-care beds
- Long-term-care facilities
- allowing residents to move into their home of choice
- Balkissoon, 4390
- comfort allowance for residents
- government funding
- hands-on care
- Albanese, 3536
- layoffs
- medication management
- nursing care
- Witmer, 3486
- oversight by Ombudsman
- personal care
- personal support workers
- Albanese, 3536
- regulations
- Scott, 4138
- Rose of Sharon long-term-care home
- Zimmer, 4254
- staff
- standard of care
- Long-term-care funding
- Long-Term Care Homes Act, S.O. 2007, c.8
- Long-term-care workers
- Lord's Prayer. see Prayer in the Legislature
- L'Oréal Fashion Week. see Fashion Design Council of Canada—L'Oréal Fashion Week
- Loretto Convent
- Sandals, 822–823
- Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
- Lotteries
- Lou Gehrig's disease. see Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Lovisa, Don. see Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)—Durham College—Lovisa, Don (president)
- LRIF. see Locked-in retirement income funds (LRIF)
- Lucentis. see Prescription drugs—Lucentis
- Lumber industry. see Forest industry
