Speaker letter a House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: A

Albanese, L. (LIB, York South–Weston)
- Accessibility for disabled persons
  - customer service and, 306–307
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, S.O. 2005, c. 11, 306–307
- Alcoholic beverages
  - illegal sale in unlicensed establishments, 2856–2858, 2864
- Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
  - creation of Alzheimer Advisory Council, 1053, 1921
- Appreciation
  - York South–Weston, 1846, 2039
- Community safety, 2857–2858, 2864
- Community youth supports programs
  - government funding, 4199–4200
- Conciliation/mediation
  - industrial, 2085
- Defibrillators, 1846
- Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown transit line, 4140
  - alternative financing and procurement (AFP), 4140
- Family caregiver leave, 680, 889, 1479, 1518
  - affordability of unpaid leave by employees, 890
  - eligibility, 889, 892, 895, 3385–3386
  - employment insurance benefits (EI), 890, 1149, 1479, 1519
  - leave increments of one week, 889, 895
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 680, 889–892, 895–896, 987–989, 1149, 1479, 1518–1519, 3385–3386
- Federal government
  - immigration policy
    - reform, 2035
- Firefighters
  - presumptive legislation, 4161
- Food and beverage processing industry, 171
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - labour relations, 2085
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - transit system expansion in Toronto, 929
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 549
- Home renovation tax credit, 3368
  - eligibility, 549
- Labour Relations Act, S.O. 1995, c. 1, Sched. A, 2085
- Legislative interns
  - appreciation, 2956
- Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Serving Liquor in Certain Places), 2012 (Bill 93)
  - first reading, 2434
- Members' statements
  - Canadian Air and Space Museum, 1368–1369
  - Crewe, Jeff, 1846
  - Dietitians Day, 1162–1163
  - Evans, Dave, 477
  - Food and beverage processing industry, 171
  - GO Transit, 2432–2433
  - Italian Republic Day, 2679
  - Jackson, Scott, 2039
  - Sigmaringam, Andrew, 1334
  - St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, 3259–3260
  - Wyrzykowska, Monika, 2956
  - Youth services, 4199–4200
- Museums
  - Canadian Air and Space Museum
    - proposed closure, 1368–1369
- Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), 2085
- Ontario Public Service (OPS)
  - barrier-free workplace, 580
- Opposition day motions
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 929–930
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - responded to, 929–930
- Oral questions
  - Accessibility for the disabled
    - presented, 306–307
  - Air-rail link
    - presented, 421
  - Immigrants
    - presented, 2035
  - Ontario public service
    - presented, 580
  - Pharmacists
    - presented, 4089
  - Seniors' tax credit
    - presented, 3368
  - Victims of crime
    - presented, 2467–2468
- Petitions
  - Community safety, 4153, 4206
  - School facilities, 1121, 1170, 1257, 1371, 1476, 1513–1514, 1596, 1598, 1640, 1814–1815, 1853, 1900, 2045–2046, 2186–2187, 2388–2389, 2440, 2442, 2564, 2963, 3005
- Pharmacists, 4089
- Private members' public business
  - First Responders Day Act, 2012 (Bill 123)
    - second reading, 4161
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Fairness For Employees), 2012 (Bill 77)
    - second reading, 2085
  - Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Serving Liquor in Certain Places), 2012 (Bill 93)
    - second reading, 2856–2858, 2864
  - New Drivers’ Insurance Rate Reduction Act, 2012 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 1921
- Public education campaigns
  - Community development
    - International Day of Disabled Persons, 306–307
  - Historical/national
    - Italy 66th Annual Republic Day, 2679
  - Professional associations/occupations
    - Dietitians Day, 1162–1163
- Public transportation
  - Air Rail Link (Toronto), 421
    - heath concerns, 421
  - electric trains, 421
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3226
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 2208
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2208, 2417
- School construction
  - St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, 3259–3260
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2530–2531
- Transit systems
  - GO Transit
    - anniversary, 2432–2433
- Victims of crime, 2467
  - services, 2468
- Wind turbines, 1234
- Workers' rights, 1479, 2085
Armstrong, T.J. (NDP, London–Fanshawe)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1273, 1455–1456, 1459, 1619–1620
- Adult education, 2599
- Aging population, 2757
- Air ambulance services
  - performance agreement
    - amendments, 3809
  - transparency and accountability, 1970, 3809, 3811, 3817
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1970, 2812, 3809, 3811, 3817, 3823
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 1456
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1455–1456, 1459
  - government funding, 1457
- Appreciation
  - London–Fanshawe, 3136, 4095
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 709, 828–829
  - third reading, 2914–2918
- Automobile industry
  - job creation, 99–100
- Budget
  - changes proposed by NDP, 2569
- Bullying, 1457
  - punitive measures, 1457
- Bullying, cyberbullying, 1620
- Buy Ontario policy, 2758
- Caterpillar Inc.
  - request for industrial inquiry commission, 529
- Children's mental health care
  - bullying and, 1459
  - suicide, 1457
- Community care access centres (CCACs)
  - government funding, 3405
- Corporate tax credits
  - job creation tax credit, 499, 2198–2199, 2347–2348, 2916
- Corporate tax reduction, 2915
  - job creation and, 2198–2199
- Correctional centre workers
  - safety, 3674
- Correctional centres
  - overcrowding, 3674
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Post-secondary education
    - presented, 3545–3546
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF)
  - accountability and transparency, 2914–2915, 2918
- Education programs
  - Bealart program, 1669
- Emergency services
  - dispatch systems, 3135
- Energy conservation, 3539
- Energy rates
  - senior citizens, impact on, 3122
- Family caregiver leave
  - affordability of unpaid leave by employees, 674, 987, 992, 1191
  - small business, impact on, 992
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 674–675, 987, 992, 1191
- Fire sprinklers
  - mandatory in retirement homes, 3743–3744
- G20 summit
  - request for public inquiry, 1080
- Government record
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - social assistance, 2345
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 347, 2758
- Health care funding, 335–336
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 333, 335–336, 347
  - third reading, 2756–2760, 3122, 3501, 3550–3551, 3557–3558
- Home renovation tax credit, 3558
  - affordability, 333, 347, 2756–2759, 3501, 3550–3551
  - eligibility, 333
- Horse racing industry
  - job losses, 2225
- Hospital administrators
  - pay-for-performance programs, 3135
- Hospital funding
  - London Health Sciences Centre, 2842
- Housing
  - as a human right, 1433
- Housing, affordable, 1442
  - electricity rate increase contributing to rent increase, 1608, 1793–1794
  - government funding, 1605–1606, 1614
- Human rights
  - G20 summit, 870–871, 1080
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 2347
- Industry shutdowns, 2198
- Job creation by private sector
  - government funding, 2034
- Job losses, 828, 2915
  - Caterpillar Inc., 828
  - Navistar International Corporation, 828
- Landlord and tenant
  - licensing of landlords, 1606
- Legislative process, 180, 1273
- LGBTQ youth/students, 1456
- London St. Patrick's Day riot, 1051
- Long-term care facilities
  - fires, 3743–3744
- Manufacturing industry
  - job losses, 499, 529
  - plant closure, 2914–2915
- Medical transplants
  - organ donor registration, 3427–3428
- Members' statements
  - Adult learners, 2599
  - Argyle Art in the Park, 3412
  - Argyle Business Improvement Association, 428
  - Hassan, Hanny, 1590–1591
  - National Day of Mourning, 1940
  - Nurses, 2319
  - Riding of London–Fanshawe, 798
  - Trinity United Church, 29
  - Violent incident in London, 1051
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2156, 2739
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 335–336
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 335–336
- Mental health treatment centres
  - Regional Mental Health Care London
    - unallocated government funds, 1470–1471
- Ministerial statements
  - Portuguese Canadian Community
    - responded to, 2682–2683
  - Seniors' month
    - responded to, 2746
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 2812
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 3817
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3539–3540, 4057, 4066
- Ontario Electricity System Operator (OESO)
  - public consultation process, 4057
  - transparency and accountability, 4066
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3539
    - removal of independent planning and review, 3540
- Opposition day motions
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 2198–2199
- Oral questions
  - Correctional services
    - presented, 3674
  - Curriculum
    - presented, 1669
  - Emergency services
    - presented, 3135
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 2842
  - Home and community care
    - presented, 3405
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 2225
  - Job creation
    - presented, 2034
  - Labour relations
    - presented, 529
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 99–100
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 1470–1471
  - Post-secondary education
    - presented, 3513
  - Private career colleges
    - presented, 368
  - Tuition
    - presented, 2677
- Ornge
  - investigation into complaints, 3823
  - whistle-blower protection, 3809
- Petitions
  - Lakehead University board of governors, 2045
  - Tourism, 2188
- Post-secondary education
  - government funding, 3513, 3545–3546
  - tuition fee reduction, 336
  - tuition grant for undergraduates
    - eligibility, 2677
- Private career colleges
  - regulation, 368
- Private members' public business
  - Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Retrofitting of Retirement Homes with Automatic Sprinklers), 2012 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 3743–3744
  - Organ or Tissue Donation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 58)
    - second reading, 3427–3428
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 499
- Public education campaigns
  - Community development
    - Seniors' Month, 2746
  - Cultural/religious
    - Portuguese History and Heritage Month, 2682–2683
  - Public safety
    - National Day of Mourning (Workers' Mourning Day), 1940
- Public sector employees
  - executive salaries, 2349
  - pay-for-performance programs, 3216
- Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
  - enacting regulation 233/10
    - transparency, 1080
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3207–3208, 3216
- Rent control
  - exemptions
    - for units constructed/first occupied after November 1991, 1606
    - for vacant units, 1606
  - low-income groups, impact on, 1606
  - social and affordable housing projects, impact on, 1606
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1433, 1450
  - cost of repairs passed onto tenants, 1606
- Reports
  - Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario), 1970
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1433, 1442, 1450, 1605–1606, 1608, 1613–1614, 1793–1794
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 870–871, 883, 1079–1080, 1082, 1085, 1090, 1093
- Security measures
  - in courthouses, 1090, 1093
  - police powers, 883
  - transparency, 1082
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 2760, 3501, 3550, 3558
  - non-profit housing, 333
  - poverty, 2756–2757, 3551
- ServiceOntario
  - privatization, 2361, 2365
- Social housing, 1606
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 2916
  - accountability and oversight, 709, 829, 2914–2915, 2918
  - status of Bill 11, 2785–2786
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2345, 2347–2349, 2361, 2365, 2569, 2574
- Student assistance, 3513
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 180
- Unemployment, 2199, 2914
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - consumer protection legislation, 2727
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 2727, 4220, 4228
Arnott, T. (PC, Wellington–Halton Hills)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1832–1833, 1872
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 1387–1388
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1387–1388
  - Bill 13 and Bill 14
    - comparison of, 1832–1833
  - integration into curriculum, 1387
  - in schools, 1387–1388
- Canadian history
  - blacks in Ontario and Canada, 587
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Part 1, Constitution Act, 1982)
  - 30th anniversary, 1637–1638
- Drivers
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 3711
- Employment agencies
  - Acton Employment Resource Centre
    - closure, 581
- Employment-related benefits
  - personal emergency leave, 2617
- Family caregiver leave
  - employment insurance benefits (EI), 2617
  - small business, impact on, 2616
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 2615–2619
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3932
  - cost, 3671–3672, 3777
  - relocation, 3933
- Gasoline tax rebate
  - used for transportation infrastructure in rural communities, 1572
- Government debt, 1729, 1735–1736, 1845
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - government debt/deficit, 1728–1729
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 3122–3123
- Highway construction
  - in Greater Toronto Area west corridor, 29, 307, 1183
  - Highway 6, Morriston to Guelph, 3520
- Horse racing industry
  - job losses, 1183
- Hospital construction
  - Georgetown Hospital, 4145
- Hospital expansion
  - government funding, 1182
- Human rights, 1638
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 1845
- Inter-provincial relations
  - Ontario-Alberta relations, 799
- Legislative procedure
  - division bells, 1832
  - use of dilatory tactics, 1872
- Legislative process, 1387
- Members' privileges, 3931–3933
- Members' statements
  - Acton Employment Resource Centre, 581
  - Acton–Georgetown Walk for ALS, 2741
  - Highway improvement, 3520
  - Hospital funding, 4145
  - Lougheed, Peter, 3675
  - Moody, Bill, 2319
  - Premier's comments, 799
  - Provincial debt, 1845
  - Transportation infrastructure, 29, 2471–2472
  - Witmer, Elizabeth, 1942
- Members'/ministers' appreciation
  - Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo), 1942
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3777, 3931–3933
  - contempt of Parliament, 3777
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 4137
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1832
- Members'/ministers' resignations
  - Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo), 1942
- Ministerial statements
  - Arts and culture awards
    - responded to, 2745
  - Black History Month
    - responded to, 587
  - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    - responded to, 1637–1638
- Ministry of Transportation
  - GTA West Corridor study, cancellation, 2471–2472
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)
  - memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Education, 3294
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - closure of slot machines at racetracks, 2616, 3276
- Oral questions
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 2947–2948
  - Members' privileges
    - presented, 4137
  - Power plants
    - presented, 3671–3672, 3777
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 307
- Ornge
  - London flight base
    - emergency deployment, 2947–2948
- Petitions
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 2126
  - Highway construction, 2801–2802
  - Wind turbines, 274, 484, 1012
- Private members' public business
  - Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 1387–1388
  - Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2012 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1572
  - Hospitals
    - responded to, 74–75
  - Imitation Firearms Regulation Amendment Act, 2011 (Bill 6)
    - second reading, 505–506
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
    - responded to, 3275–3276
  - Provincial debt
    - presented, 1728–1730, 1735–1736
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 1026
- Public education campaigns
  - Cultural/religious
    - Black History Month, 587
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3294, 3297
- Rural Ontario
  - transportation infrastructure, 1572
- Student evaluation, 3294
- Supply Act, 2012 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1182–1183
- Teachers
  - supply teachers, 3294
- Tributes
  - Lougheed, Peter (former premier of Alberta), 3675
  - Wellington–Halton Hills, 2319
- Wind turbines
  - moratorium, 1026
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - transparency in billing/advertising, 3711
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 3710–3711