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Orazietti, D. (LIB, Sault Ste. Marie)
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1882–1883
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - journeyman-to-apprentice ratios, 695
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums
  - decrease for new drivers, 1912–1913
  - reform under Bill 45, 2837
  - territorial rating, 2868
- Consumer protection
  - free market competition and, 2539
- Coutu Gold Mines Limited Act, 2012 (Bill Pr1)
  - first reading, 1635
- Forest firefighting
  - equipment and vehicles, 1631
  - flight training centre (Sault Ste. Marie), 3373
- Forest fires
  - prevention and preparation, 1630–1631
- Forest industry
  - Canadian dollar appreciation, impact of, 1725
  - wood-use strategies in other provinces, 1725
- Forest industry products
  - Buy Ontario policy, 1725
- Legislative process, 1882
- Members' statements
  - Flight training centre, 3373
  - Northern health services, 1847
- Members'/ministers' appreciation
  - Mauro, Bill (Thunder Bay–Atikokan), 1724
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2868
- Mining industry
  - capital investment, Cliffs Natural Resources, 2265
- Ontario Building Code reform
  - wood frame mid-rise buildings, construction up to six storeys
    - safety standards, 1725
- Ontario Justices of the Peace Modernization Act, 2012 (Bill 97)
  - first reading, 2634
- Oral questions
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 1882–1883
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 2837
  - Forest firefighting
    - presented, 1630–1631
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 2265
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 695–696
- Private members' public business
  - Insurance Amendment Act (Risk Classification Systems for Automobile Insurance), 2012 (Bill 45)
    - second reading, 2868
  - New Drivers’ Insurance Rate Reduction Act, 2012 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 1912–1913
  - Ontario’s Wood First Act, 2012 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 1724–1725
  - Wireless Phone, Smart Phone and Data Service Transparency Act, 2011 (Bill 5)
    - second reading, 282–284, 289–290
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Consumer protection, telecommunications industry, 2542–2543
- Telecommunications industry
  - free market competition, 2539–2540, 2543, 2545
- Wireless Phone, Smart Phone and Data Service Transparency Act, 2011 (Bill 5)
  - first reading, 31
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - Canada vs. other countries, 2542, 2544
  - cancellation fees, capped, 2540
  - consumers
    - complaints, 2542
    - right of triple recovery, 2542
  - contracts/billing
    - consent required for renewal, extension, or amendment, 2540
    - disclosure of minimum and additional costs, 2540–2541
    - negative option billing, 2540
  - fees for services prohibited while device under repair, 2541
  - notification before incurring additional charges, 2541–2542
  - programs in Quebec, 283, 2543–2544
  - transparency in billing/advertising, 31, 282–284, 289–290
  - unlocked devices, 2543
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 2539–2547
O'Toole, J. (PC, Durham)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1282, 1348, 1455, 1484, 1619, 1657–1658, 1690–1691, 1819–1820, 1824–1825, 1871, 1873, 2008
- Aggregate resources management
  - commercial fill, 2599
- Aging population, 3502, 3547
- Agriculture industry
  - orchard production losses, 2272
- Air ambulance services
  - patient safety, 2783
  - performance agreement, 1957
  - quality of care, 2303
  - transparency and accountability, 811
- Alcoholic beverages
  - illegal sale in unlicensed establishments, 2861
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1862, 1948–1949, 1957, 1961, 1966, 2106, 3758, 3765–3768
- Animal protection
  - elephants, 2101–2102
- Annual reports
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
    - Annual Report 2011, 366
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 1282, 1455, 1484, 2008
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1282, 2008
  - Bill 13 and Bill 14
    - comparison of, 1825
  - programs
    - right to opt out, 1658
- Appreciation
  - Durham, 3624
  - Ontario Association of Optometrists, 1409
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - reform, 30
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - third reading, 2025, 2913–2914, 2926
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums, 366
  - territorial rating, 2868
- Automobile safety
  - aftermarket brake pads standards and specifications, 1566
- Budget, 2303–2305
  - balanced budget, 2306
  - as omnibus bill, 2327, 2524
  - pre-budget consultations, 2524
  - statements by third parties, 2328–2329
- Budget deficit, 1773–1774, 1777
- Bullying
  - prevention, 1691
- Bullying, cyberbullying, 1657
- Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), 3707–3710
- Casino gambling, 2096
- Children
  - crown wards, 3649
- Coal-fired generating stations
  - closure, 2825, 2827
- Collection of fines, 1115
- Committee witnesses
  - protections, immunities and rights, 811
- Condominiums
  - boards and owners
    - dispute resolution, 1560
- Consumer prices, 366
- Consumer protection
  - condominium owners, 2300–2301
- Co-operative housing
  - dispute resolution, 1601, 1603, 4031, 4129
- Corporate subsidies, 2921
- Corporate tax reduction
  - freeze on further reductions, 2922
  - job creation and, 773
- Doctor fees/salaries, 2914
- Drivers
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 3707
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2926
- Economic conditions, 2306, 2914
- Economic development, 2025
- Economic inequality, 3502, 3507, 3547, 3682
- Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, s. 306, 2008
- Electricity bills
  - debt retirement charge, 2827
- Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007, c. 6
  - amendments, 2285–2286
- Energy industry
  - municipal electric utilities (MEU), 2826
- Energy rates, 3577
  - global adjustment charge, 2933, 3905
  - increase, 394, 2304
- Family caregiver leave, 1479
  - affordability of unpaid leave by employees, 896, 1479
  - eligibility, 1142
  - employment insurance benefits (EI), 1141–1142, 1195
  - leave increments of one week, 1144, 1194–1195, 2611
  - small business, impact on, 987
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 896, 987, 1141–1146, 1194–1195, 1479, 2611
- Feed-in tariff (FIT) program, 2827
- Fire sprinklers
  - mandatory in retirement homes, 3746–3747
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - La francophonie, 1119
- Frenchman's Bay harbour entrance project (Pickering), 487–488
  - environmental assessment, 487
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3904
  - cost, 3632–3633, 3765–3766, 3905
- Gasoline price regulation
  - review, 2397
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
  - plant closure in Oshawa, 2921
- Government consultants
  - Don Drummond (former chief economist, TD Bank), 206, 500
- Government debt, 1531, 1735, 2305
- Government deficit, 2305
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012), 979
    - energy industry, 2822, 2935, 2943
    - energy rates, 2933
- Government spending, 2305, 2914, 2926
  - reduction, 206
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - effect on gasoline prices, 3549
  - impact on small business, 30
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 88, 205, 1531, 3548–3549
- Hazardous products
  - asbestos, 1566
- Health clinics
  - closure, 4097
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 204–206, 348, 437–438, 458, 461, 540
  - third reading, 3307, 3357, 3393, 3396, 3502, 3506–3507, 3547–3549, 3682, 3700
- Home renovation tax credit, 3506–3507
  - affordability, 3507, 3548–3549, 3682, 3700
  - property values, impact on, 458, 461
- Horse racing industry
  - job losses, 962
- Hydro electric power, 2942
- Interim supply motions
  - responded to, 978–980
- Job losses, 205, 2306
- Landlord and tenant
  - dispute resolution, 2579
- Legislative procedure
  - government bills
    - transparency, 3632–3633
  - speech should be related to topic being discussed, 2824
  - use of dilatory tactics, 1603, 1748, 1775
- Legislative process, 180, 3765
- LGBTQ youth/students
  - gay-straight alliances (GSAs), 1348, 1658
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - alcoholic beverage prices, 366
- Long-term care facilities, 3547
  - fee increase, 2997, 3506
- Medical records
  - diabetes registry, 3766
- Members' privileges, 3902–3905
- Members' statements
  - Association of hospital volunteers-Bowmanville, 3374–3375
  - Baseball championship, 4146
  - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, 2040
  - Cardiac care, 4097
  - Commercial fill, 2599
  - Community awards, 1809
  - Durham region, 270
  - Economic development, 30
  - Environmental protection, 1335
  - Fines, 1115
  - Government's record, 534–535
  - Heffering, Peter, 1052
  - Horse racing industry, 962
  - Huck Finn Youth Fishing Day, 1891
  - Leading Girls, Building Communities Awards, 3260–3261
  - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association of Ontario, 2179–2180
  - Optometrists, 1409
  - Orchards, 2272
  - Pension plans, 1164
  - Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal recipients, 3624
  - Renewable energy, 2845
  - Retirement homes, 2997
  - St. Mary's Cement, 2742
  - Valleys 2000, 797–798
  - West, Fred, 1506
  - Workplace insurance, 2510
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3765
  - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1966, 2106, 3765–3766, 3768
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 750, 800
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3632
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3902–3905
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 956, 1199, 2036, 2398, 3905
- Mineral exploration
  - Ring of Fire
    - chromite mine construction, 3586
- Ministerial statements
  - Community Living Day
    - responded to, 2075
  - Tourism
    - responded to, 2959–2960
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - aging-at-home strategy, 205
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 1948–1949, 1961, 2106, 3766–3768
- Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 65)
  - second reading, 4129–4130
- Nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington nuclear station
    - refurbishment, 270
  - Pickering nuclear station, 2943
- Office of the Premier
  - Cabinet Office, accountability, 534–535
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - children's aid societies, oversight of, 4175–4176
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1736–1737, 1746, 1748, 1772–1777, 1781
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 2822, 2825–2829, 2933–2935, 2942–2943, 3576–3577, 3583, 3586, 3655, 4107–4108, 4116
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - casino development
    - referendums, 2096
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA), 2827
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2822, 2828, 2933, 3577, 3583, 3586, 3655
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - coal-free by 2014, 3583
- Opposition day motions
  - Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
    - responded to, 773
  - Gasoline price regulation
    - responded to, 2397–2399
  - Gasoline prices
    - responded to, 2397–2399
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 773
- Oral questions
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 747, 2783
  - Government record
    - presented, 366
- Ornge
  - helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
    - medical interiors, 3765
  - investigation by select committee, 1455, 1603, 1605, 1949, 1957, 1966, 2106, 2206, 2304–2306
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts
    - committee witnesses, 3765
  - legal counsel, 3766
  - procurement practices, 747
  - whistle-blower protection, 3758
- PC Party documents/plans
  - Changebook, 88
  - Paths to Prosperity, 2933
- Pension funds
  - for small business owners, 4166
- Pension plans, 1164
- Petitions
  - Air quality, 2960–2961, 3144, 3378, 3677, 3729, 4048–4049, 4102, 4151, 4204–4205
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 2846, 2848–2849
  - Environmental protection, 590–591, 629–630, 757, 1168, 1259–1260, 1474, 1550–1551, 1675, 2044, 3457, 3573, 3627, 3787
  - Greenbelt, 1259, 1371, 1553, 2079
  - Health care funding, 3375, 3625
  - Highway construction, 2126, 2325
  - Horse racing industry, 1414
  - Hospital parking, 3329
  - Hospital parking fees, 3679–3680
  - Office of the Ombudsman, 4151
  - Ontario health insurance plan, 2847
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 3261–3262
  - Renewable energy, 430, 631, 802–803, 847–848, 916–917, 966, 1121, 1257–1258, 2006
  - Rural schools, 756, 1171, 1213, 2278–2279
  - Skilled trades, 481–482
  - Utility charges, 1337
  - Water quality, 1709, 2185–2186, 2232–2233, 2275–2276, 2323, 2387, 2634–2635, 2683, 2849
  - Wind turbines, 227–228, 272, 385, 538–539, 800–801, 849, 919, 968–969, 1011–1012, 1055, 1373, 1596, 1640–1641, 1769, 1814, 1943–1945, 3526
  - Workplace insurance, 2512–2513
- Private members' public business
  - Children and Youth in Care Day Act, 2012 (Bill 90)
    - second reading, 3649
  - Committee witnesses
    - responded to, 811
  - Condominium dispute resolution
    - responded to, 1560
  - Elephant Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 69)
    - second reading, 2101–2102
  - Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 2285–2286
  - Ensuring Local Voices in New Casino Gambling Development Act, 2012 (Bill 76)
    - second reading, 2096
  - Fire Protection and Prevention Amendment Act (Retrofitting of Retirement Homes with Automatic Sprinklers), 2012 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 3746–3747
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Brake Pad Standards), 2012 (Bill 51)
    - second reading, 1566
  - Imitation Firearms Regulation Amendment Act, 2011 (Bill 6)
    - second reading, 502–503
  - Infrastructure program spending
    - responded to, 487–488
  - Insurance Amendment Act (Risk Classification Systems for Automobile Insurance), 2012 (Bill 45)
    - second reading, 2868–2869
  - Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Serving Liquor in Certain Places), 2012 (Bill 93)
    - second reading, 2861
  - Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2012 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 4175–4176
  - Pesticides Amendment Act (Licence for Cosmetic Purposes), 2012 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 2652
  - Property Owners’ Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 72)
    - second reading, 2300–2301
  - Provincial debt
    - responded to, 1735
  - Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1236
  - Registered Retirement Savings Protection Plan Act, 2012 (Bill 120)
    - second reading, 4166–4167
  - Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act (HST Rebate For Home Heating), 2011 (Bill 4)
    - second reading, 87–88
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 499–500
  - Transparency in Government Bills Act, 2012 (Bill 109)
    - second reading, 3632–3633
  - Water testing
    - responded to, 3739
- Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2011 (Bill 21)
  - first reading, 377–378
- Public education campaigns
  - Community development
    - Children and Youth in Care Day, 3649
    - Community Living Day at Queen's Park, 2075
  - Cultural/religious
    - International Day of La Francophonie, 1119
  - Education
    - Catholic Education Week, 2272
  - Health
    - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities International Awareness Day, 2179–2180
- Public sector employees
  - wage freeze, 394, 2355
- Public service pension plans, 4166–4167
- Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 540, 2303
- Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)
  - exemption from claims by creditors, 4166
- Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Optometry Professional Corporations), 2012 (Bill 59)
  - first reading, 1411
- Renewable energy industry
  - job creation, 1774
- Renewable energy projects
  - biomass, 2827–2828
  - cost, 978–979, 3633
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1526, 1531, 2206
- Reports
  - Restoring Balance: A Review of the First Three Years of the Green Energy Act, 2011 (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 2828
  - Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario), 1180–1181
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1526, 1531, 1601–1605, 1643, 1792–1793, 2205–2206, 2579
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - general discussion, 786
  - second reading, 687, 786, 947–948, 1097, 1099–1100
- Security measures
  - in courthouses, 687
  - in public buildings, 786
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 3507
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 2926
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 23(i) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Imputes false or unavowed motives, 2825
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Budget 2012
    - public affairs research organizations, 2531
  - Wireless services
    - Rogers Communications, 3709
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 1984, 2303–2306, 2327–2328, 2517, 2524, 2531
- Subsidies, 2921
- Supply Act, 2012 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1180–1181
- Tax rebates
  - Ontario trillium benefit (OTB), 3700
- Taxation Amendment Act (Public Transit Expense Tax Credit), 2011 (Bill 25)
  - first reading, 378–379
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 116, 179–180, 194, 233–234, 394
- Tributes
  - Durham, 1506
- Twenty-First Century Skills Award Act, 2011 (Bill 26)
  - first reading, 379
- Unemployment, 773, 1526
- Universal Health Consulting Act, 2012 (Bill Pr6)
  - first reading, 3329
- Waste management/programs
  - soil remediation, 1335
- Water quality tests
  - user fees waived for non-profit organizations, 3739
- Wildlife protection, 2285–2286
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - Canada vs. other countries, 3708
  - cancellation fees, capped, 3709
  - consumer protection legislation, 3708
  - network infrastructure, 3708
  - notification before incurring additional charges, 3709
  - rates, 3711
  - roaming charges, 3604, 3708
  - transparency in billing/advertising, 2771, 3604, 3710–3712
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 2771, 3604, 3707–3710, 4211
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - WSIB rate increase, 2510
- Zoos
  - Bowmanville Zoo, 2101
Ouellette, J.J. (PC, Oshawa)
- Aboriginal communities
  - drug abuse
    - OxyContin, 1549
  - social services and infrastructure, funding, 1549
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1875–1876, 2009, 2011–2012
- Anti-bullying initiatives
  - consultation with special interest groups, 1876
  - programs
    - right to opt out, 1876
- Child abuse, 1901–1902
  - prevention, 1902–1903
- Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, s. 306, 2009
- Energy rates
  - automobile industry, impact on, 2833
  - forest industry, impact on, 1726
- Family caregiver leave
  - leave increments of one week, 2618
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 2618
- Forest industry
  - decline, 1718
  - expansion into log home construction market, 1726
  - lumber mills, closure, 1726
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - relocation, 3944
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
  - plant closure in Oshawa, 2668
- Highway construction
  - Highway 407 east extension, 473–474
- Human rights, 2009
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education), 2012 (Bill 56)
  - first reading, 1336–1337
- Legislative procedure
  - use of dilatory tactics, 2012
  - use of question period, 2068–2069
- Legislative process, 2009, 2011–2012
- Members' privileges, 3941–3944
- Members' statements
  - Kids' Fishing Day, 2320
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1901
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1875, 1901
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3941–3944
    - release of additional documents, 4192
- Ministerial statements
  - Aboriginal affairs
    - responded to, 1549
  - National Aboriginal Day
    - responded to, 2796
- Ministers' conferences
  - Aboriginal Affairs Working Group, 1549
- Ontario Building Code reform
  - cost reductions in the construction and sale of mid-rise buildings, 1719
  - publicly-funded buildings to contain wood as the primary construction material, 1719
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal land claims
    - presented, 2996
  - Concussions
    - presented, 2267
  - Highway construction
    - presented, 473–474
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 2668
- Petitions
  - Air ambulance service, 2278, 2324, 2566
  - Gasoline prices, 2047, 2081, 3330, 3376, 3416, 4207–4208
  - Health care funding, 3732
  - Taxation, 2636
  - Wind turbines, 227
- Police screening, 1908
- Private members' public business
  - Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2012 (Bill 52)
    - second reading, 1718–1719
  - Ontario’s Wood First Act, 2012 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 1725–1726
  - Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2012 (Bill 24)
    - second reading, 1901–1903, 1908
- Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2012 (Bill 24)
  - first reading, 378
- Provincial-aboriginal agreements
  - Algonquins of Ontario
    - consultation with stakeholders, 2796, 2996
- Public education campaigns
  - Cultural/religious
    - National Aboriginal Day, 2796
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3300
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 874–875, 941
- Speaker's rulings
  - quoted
    - Speaker Peters (Ontario), 2068
- Sports
  - amateur sport
    - hockey (high school level), 2267
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2358
- Youth/students
  - concussions, 2267