- Wage earner protection program (WEPP). see Employment-related benefits—wage earner protection program (WEPP)
- Wage Earner Protection Program Act, S.C. 2005, c.47, s.1
- Mitchell, 6653–6654
- Wait times. see Medical procedures—wait times
- Wal-Mart
- Walkerton Clean Water Centre
- Walkerton crisis. see Water supply—contamination—Walkerton
- Wall Street. see Movies—Wall Street
- Wan, Yonghong. see Ontario Institute for Cancer Research—research grants—Wan, Yonghong (McMaster Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)
- War of 1812. see also Red geranium—designate as the floral emblem of the bicentennial of the War of 1812
- bicentennial celebration
- Smith, 7156
- bicentennial celebration
- Warren, Jim. see Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)—Warren, Jim (former vice-president, strategic relationships)
- Warships
- HMCS Charlottetown
- Brownell, 3776
- HMCS Charlottetown
- Wasaga Beach
- Waste
- Waste disposal
- Estaire
- Gélinas, 5129
- Estaire
- Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
- Waste diversion. see Waste management/programs—waste diversion
- Waste Diversion Act, S.O. 2002, c.6
- Gerretsen, 3447
- Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO)
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) program. see Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES)—waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) program
- Waste management/programs
- certificate of approval required for spreading and storage of sewage sludge
- O'Toole, 367
- cleanup of Pottersburg Creek PCB storage site
- composting
- contaminated waste
- Ramal, 5004–5005
- deposit system for cans, glass and plastic bottles
- Horwath, 3353
- electronic/electrical waste
- electronic products
- Jaczek, 9565
- energy-from-waste
- Leal, 3354
- Estaire
- facilities for organic composting and recycling
- Horwath, 3353
- hazardous products
- nuclear/radioactive waste
- product stewardship
- Horwath, 3353
- recycling
- recycling centres
- Horwath, 3353
- reporting of industrial, commercial and institutional waste
- reporting of industrial—commercial and institutional waste. see also Private members' public business—Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
- reporting requirements for carriers
- Sterling, 3350
- reporting requirements for waste disposal sites
- Sterling, 3350
- tire recycling program
- waste diversion
- waste reduction
- Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
- Water and sewer infrastructure
- Neustadt sewage lagoon
- Murdoch, 8606
- Neustadt sewage lagoon
- Water heaters
- Water pollution
- oceans
- Colle, 7165
- oceans
- Water quality
- Water quality tests
- Gerretsen, 837–838
- Water resources management
- Water supply
- Water taking permits. see Landfill sites—site 41 (Tiny township)—permit to take water (PTTW); Ministry of the Environment—permit to take water (PTTW)
- Water utilities
- financial stability
- Caplan, 9391
- public ownership
- Caplan, 9391
- rates
- rural Ontario
- Dunlop, 5702
- rural Ontario
- regulation. see also Private members' public business—Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 (Bill 237)
- financial stability
- Waters, Alice. see Biographies—Waters, Alice (cook/restaurateur)
- Watertight: The case for change in Ontario's water and wastewater sector (Expert Strategy Water Panel— 2005). see Reports—Watertight: The case for change in Ontario's water and wastewater sector (Expert Strategy Water Panel)
- Waxman-Markey climate bill. see United States—American Clean Energy and Security Act, 2009
- WDO. see Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO)
- Websites. see also Members/ministers quoting websites
- www.bullyingcanada.ca
- MacLeod, 6460
- www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/owd/
- Matthews, 2251
- www.coloncancercheck.ca
- Smitherman, 480
- www.dowhatyoucan.ca
- Gerretsen, 5780
- www.eatrightontario.ca
- Jaczek, 2375
- www.erniehardeman.com
- www.fairness.ca
- www.gogreenontario.ca
- Broten, 1005
- www.growingstronger.ca
- McGuinty, 2667
- www.healthyontario.com
- Best, 5090
- www.justiceontargetontario
- Bentley, 4577
- www.mindyourmind.ca
- Horwath, 6487–6488
- www.mychoice.ca
- Orazietti, 1914
- www.ontario.ca/infrastructure
- Phillips, 8823
- www.ontario.ca/sbcs
- Takhar, 3004
- www.ontarioimmigration.ca
- Chan, 172
- www.ontariowomensdirectorate.gov.on.ca
- Matthews, 3055
- www.PickupPal (online carpooling)
- www.placestogrow.ca
- Gravelle, 2091
- www.preventionpractices.com
- Flynn, 3326
- www.seniorsinfo.ca
- Kular, 3094
- www.stupid.ca (anti-smoking campaign)
- Sandals, 2137
- www.WorkSmartOntario
- Duguid, 1666
- Your Health Care Options
- www.bullyingcanada.ca
- Webstreaming. see Legislative proceedings—webstreaming
- WEEE program. see Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES)—waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) program
- Weese, Kyle. see Offenders—electronic monitoring—Weese, Kyle (accused of murder); Plea bargaining—Weese, Kyle (accused of murder)
- Welechenko Transport Ltd. Act, 2009 (Bill Pr23)
- Welsh, Mary. see Order of Ontario recipients—Welsh, Mary (former educator, city councillor, trustee and board chair)
- Wesley, Ricardo. see Coroner inquests—Goodwin, James and Ricardo Wesley (died in jail fire)
- West Highland Baptist Church
- victory garden
- Aggelonitis, 2133
- victory garden
- West Parry Sound Health Centre. see Hospitals—West Parry Sound Health Centre
- Western Climate Initiative
- Western hemisphere travel initiative (WHTI)
- Westinghouse Electric Co. see Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations—Darlington nuclear generating station—withdrawal of Westinghouse Electric Co. from bidding to build new reactors
- Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. see Industry shutdowns—Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd.
- White trillium
- prohibition on injuring or destroying white trillium
- Leal, 6996
- prohibition on injuring or destroying white trillium
- Who Does What panel (Crombie commission)
- Leal, 6019
- WHTI. see Western hemisphere travel initiative (WHTI)
- Wildfires
- Brown, 2291
- Wildlife collisions. see Road safety—wildlife collisions
- Wildlife management
- Wildlife protection
- William Hay Centre. see Youth justice centres—William Hay Centre
- William Osler Health Centre. see Hospital fundraising—William Osler Health Centre; Nurses—hiring—William Osler Health Centre
- Williams, Dave. see Doctors—Williams, Dave (physician scientist, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare)
- Wilmot Recreation Complex
- Pendergast, 2578
- Wilson, Robert John. see Fatalities—McLaren, Mark
- Winchester District Memorial Hospital. see Hospital redevelopment—Winchester District Memorial Hospital
- Wind energy. see Energy—renewable energy—wind
- Wind farms. see Energy—renewable energy projects—wind farms
- Wind turbines
- Windsor Energy Centre. see Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)—construction costs for Windsor Energy Centre; Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)—lawsuit by Buttcon Energy Inc. over violation of agreement re Windsor Energy Centre
- Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board
- government funding
- Crozier, 1300
- government funding
- Wine
- Wine industry. see also Fruit wines
- Winter clothing allowance. see Ontario Works program benefits—winter clothing allowance
- Wisdom, Shaquille. see Fatalities—Wisdom, Shaquille (suicide victim)
- Wise Persons' report. see Reports—It's Time (WPC Committee to Review the Structure of Securities Regulation in Canada)
- Withdrawal of remarks made in legislature. see Members'/ministers' remarks—withdrawn
- Women
- Women in politics
- Broten, 1261
- Women in skilled trades program. see Apprenticeship training programs—women in skilled trades program
- Women workers
- Women's emergency shelters
- Women's interval/transition housing
- Women's Legal Education and Action Fund. see Non-profit organizations—Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
- Women's rights. see Afghanistan—women's rights
- Women's services
- Women's studies in Ontario secondary schools. see Curriculum—inclusion of women's studies in Ontario secondary schools
- Women—violence against. see Violence against women
- WOOD Works!. see Forest industry—WOOD Works!
- Woodbridge Group
- government funding
- Dickson, 4809
- government funding
- Woodland caribou. see Endangered species—woodland caribou
- Woodstock and District Development Services
- Forests for Life
- Gerretsen, 1198
- Forests for Life
- Work. see Employment
- Worker training. see Occupational training
- Workers. see also Foreign workers
- average wages
- Chudleigh, 6220
- contract workers
- government support
- McGuinty, 291–294
- injured workers
- Aggelonitis, 195–196
- Bailey, 7089
- Balkissoon, 2524
- Bisson, 3725–3726, 3793–3794, 3796
- Duguid, 196, 200, 2570, 2606
- Fonseca, 3696–3698, 7089, 7146
- Meilleur, 3815
- Miller, P., 200, 430–431, 2606, 4525, 6687, 7090, 7146
- O'Toole, 3700
- Prue, 1943
- Ramal, 2216
- Tabuns, 1945
- automobile agency
- O'Toole, 1947
- occupational health and safety
- job retraining
- out-migration of Ontario workers
- protection
- replacement workers
- skilled worker shortage
- skilled workers
- temporary workers
- training
- unionized
- DiNovo, 4987
- average wages
- Workers' compensation benefits
- coverage for construction company owners
- coverage for construction workers
- Arnott, 3699, 4060
- Bailey, 3649, 3700–3710, 3712, 3869–3870, 4052–4053
- Bisson, 3722–3726, 3793–3794
- Colle, 3806, 3903
- Delaney, 3802
- Dhillon, 3698–3699, 3902, 4076
- DiNovo, 4135–4136
- Duguid, 3723
- Flynn, 3897
- Fonseca, 3531, 3571, 3648, 3696–3698, 3700, 3870–3871, 4056, 4058, 4061, 4086, 4104–4105, 4147, 4416
- Hampton, 3803–3806
- Hardeman, 3724
- Horwath, 3899–3900
- Jones, 4061
- Klees, 3711
- Kormos, 3699, 3711–3712, 3795, 3802, 3815–3816, 4074–4076
- McGuinty, 4053–4054
- Miller, N., 3373, 3426, 3531, 3571, 3719–3722, 3724
- Miller, P., 3649, 3710–3714, 4078–4080
- O'Toole, 4064
- Ramal, 3711, 3715–3719, 3890–3891, 4080–4082
- Runciman, 3765, 3803, 3871, 4053
- Shurman, 3718, 3723–3724
- Smith, 3886–3887
- Tabuns, 3892–3893
- Wilson, 3817–3818
- Zimmer, 3700, 3796–3797, 3799
- coverage for executive officers of construction companies
- coverage for independent construction operators
- deeming
- Miller, P., 2205
- excluded workers
- exemption for executive officers of construction companies
- Scott, 4247
- Friedland formula
- health care and equipment supplies
- increase
- Duguid, 691
- indexation
- Miller, P., 431
- injured workers
- Workers' rights
- foreign workers
- injured workers
- Ramal, 3715–3718
- right to belong to a union
- right to collectively bargain
- right to strike
- The Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, S.M. 2008, c.23
- Workforce investment tax credit. see Quebec—workforce investment tax credit
- Workforce skills development and recognition fund
- Working Families Coalition
- government funding for training centres
- meeting with Minister of Finance
- Working income tax benefit (WITB)
- Matthews, 4781
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
- Workplace death, critical injury and occupational illness. see Registry—workplace death, critical injury and occupational illness
- Workplace harassment/violence. see also Australia—workplace harassment/violence legislation; Sweden—workplace harassment/violence legislation
- Aggelonitis, 3876
- Arnott, 9099–9100
- Bailey, 6087
- Broten, 1997, 6140, 7433
- Chudleigh, 9088
- Colle, 8020
- Dhillon, 7802–7805, 9191
- DiNovo, 9101–9105
- Duguid, 1571
- Elliott, 9099
- Fonseca, 3964, 6086, 6140, 7433, 9185–9186
- Hampton, 9097
- Horwath, 286, 295, 1571, 6087–6088
- Jaczek, 8011–8013
- Klees, 9105
- Kormos, 1416, 7803–7804, 7809–7811
- Leal, 8012–8013
- Matthews, 2251, 7433
- Miller, P., 7808–7809, 8012, 8016–8021
- Moridi, 7808
- O'Toole, 7804, 7812, 8012, 8014–8015, 9191–9193
- O'Toole ., 8020–8021
- Sandals, 3963–3964
- Shurman, 8013
- Van Bommel, 7808–7809
- Yakabuski, 9186–9187
- definition of harassment
- prevention
- public consultation
- refusal to work
- Horwath, 2252–2253
- Aggelonitis, 3876
- Workplace health and safety. see Occupational health and safety
- Workplace injuries
- Gulick Forest Products Ltd. case
- Heffern, Gordie case
- reduction
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Presumptions for Firefighters), S.O. 2007, c.3
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
- general discussion
- Arnott, 4060
- Bailey, 3766, 3768–3769, 3776, 3830, 3869–3870, 6849
- Barrett, 4063–4064
- Broten, 4148
- Chudleigh, 3945
- DiNovo, 4135
- Dunlop, 4185
- Fonseca, 3830, 3870–3871, 4058, 4147–4148
- Hudak, 4172, 4243
- Jones, 4061
- Miller, N., 4104–4105, 4147, 4296
- Munro, 4266
- O'Toole, 4064
- Runciman, 3765–3766, 3870–3871, 4053–4054
- Savoline, 4062–4063
- Scott, 4058
- impact cost analysis
- public consultation
- first reading
- Fonseca, 3647
- ministerial statement
- Fonseca, 3648
- second reading, 3695–3726, 3793–3822, 3905
- Arnott, 3699
- Bailey, 3700–3710, 3712
- Barrett, 3821
- Bisson, 3722–3726, 3793–3794, 3796
- Colle, 3797–3798, 3806, 3810–3811
- Delaney, 3802
- Dhillon, 3698–3699, 3718
- Duguid, 3723
- Dunlop, 3807–3811
- Fonseca, 3696–3698, 3700
- Gélinas, 3802–3803, 3806
- Hampton, 3803–3806
- Hardeman, 3724
- Horwath, 3820–3821
- Jaczek, 3821
- Jones, 3802
- Klees, 3711
- Kormos, 3699, 3711, 3795, 3798, 3802, 3810, 3812–3816
- Leal, 3795–3796, 3815
- Levac, 3794–3795, 3798–3799
- MacLeod, 3795, 3798
- Marchese, 3718
- Meilleur, 3806–3807, 3815
- Miller, N., 3719–3722, 3724
- Miller, P., 3710–3714
- Moridi, 3814
- O'Toole, 3700, 3806, 3811, 3814–3815, 3821–3822
- Ramal, 3711, 3715–3719
- Runciman, 3799–3803
- Sandals, 3811
- Shurman, 3718, 3723–3724
- Wilson, 3817–3820, 3822
- Zimmer, 3700, 3796–3797, 3799
- division (carried), 3927–3928
- Arnott, 3699
- time allocation motion, 3886–3904
- referred to Standing Committee on Social Policy, 3928
- third reading, 4233–4241
- Royal assent, 4319
- general discussion
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). see also Occupational health and safety insurance—option for employers to use private-sector insurers
- Arnott, 9723
- Bailey, 4077, 7089–7090
- Bentley, 4087
- Bisson, 3725–3726
- Dhillon, 3698–3699, 3718, 4076
- DiNovo, 8706–8707
- Duguid, 690
- Dunlop, 3592, 3808–3810
- Fonseca, 3696–3698, 4060, 4085–4087, 9723
- Gélinas, 3802–3803
- Hampton, 3803–3806
- Horwath, 3821
- Levac, 3795
- Meilleur, 3807
- Miller, N., 3719–3722
- Miller, P., 3712–3714, 4078–4080
- O'Toole, 3700
- Ramal, 3715–3718, 4080–4082, 4502
- Runciman, 4072
- Savoline, 3895
- Smith, 3887
- Witmer, 4082–4083
- board members' salaries
- Bailey, 690–691
- coverage
- disclosure of customer lists
- executive salaries above $100,000
- Hudak, 852
- expenditures
- experience rating system
- Bailey, 1936
- Broten, 1940
- Dhillon, 1948
- Duguid, 771, 894, 954–955, 1161, 1419, 1818, 1885, 1921
- Flynn, 1818
- Fonseca, 2835, 6687, 8258
- Hampton, 1419, 1933–1934
- Miller, P., 771, 893–894, 954–955, 1161–1162, 1885, 1921, 1938–1939, 2205, 2835, 3650, 6687, 8258
- Mitchell, 1946
- Munro, 1944–1945
- O'Toole, 1947
- Prue, 1942
- Smitherman, 2205
- Tabuns, 1945–1946
- Yakabuski, 1940
- review
- financial accountability
- Fonseca, 4503
- fraudulent claims
- hiring of chief prevention officer
- marketing campaign (You Can Never Be Too Safe)
- named insured system
- rates/premiums
- review by Auditor General
- Bailey, 6849
- Road to Zero (strategic plan 2008-2012)
- Miller, P., 430
- unfunded liability. see also Private members' public business—Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
- Arnott, 9723
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- travel advisory
- Caplan, 6267
- travel advisory
- World Partnership Walk. see Charitable fundraising—World Partnership Walk
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Chudleigh, 462
- World Youth Day 2002
- Albanese, 4919
- WSIB. see Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
- WTO. see World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
- government funding
- Dunlop, 1200
- government funding
