Speaker letter p House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 1

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Pettapiece, R. (PC, Perth–Wellington)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1654
- Agriculture industry
  - risk management programs (RMPs)
    - reform, 3002
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 2812, 2815–2816, 3476–3479
- Appreciation
  - Perth–Wellington, 844, 3569
- Canadian history
  - War of 1812
    - Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, 1020
- Employment-related benefits
  - personal emergency leave, 3384
- Energy industry
  - surplus power, 3590
- Energy rates
  - increase, 3557
  - reduction, 1998
- Family caregiver leave
  - effect on small business, 3384
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 3384–3387
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - cost, 3688, 3970
- Gasoline tax rebate
  - used for transportation infrastructure in rural communities, 1575
- Government debt, 1731–1732
- Government regulation
  - presented, 3043
- Government spending, 592, 3477–3478
- Harmonized sales tax (HST), 1434
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 451, 592
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 451, 592
  - third reading, 3360, 3394–3397, 3557, 3688
- Highway construction
  - Highways 7 and 8, reduction, 1545–1546
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 592
- Horse racing industry
  - job losses, 3557
- Job creation, 2214
- Legislative procedure, 3969
  - The Power of Parliamentary Houses to Send for Persons, Papers and Records (Lee), 3971
- Legislative process, 238
- Medical transplants
  - organ and tissue donation, 1845–1846
- Members' privileges, 3968–3971
- Members' statements
  - Agriculture week, 4144
  - Agri-food industry, 3190
  - Butter Tart Trail, 1762
  - Concerns in Perth–Wellington, 2790
  - Energy rates, 1998
  - Highway 7/8, 1545–1546
  - Highway accident, 844
  - Organ and tissue donation, 1845–1846
  - School transportation, 668
  - St. Mary's Cement, 3599
  - Standeaven, Elaine, 2070–2071
  - Stratford House of Blessing, 2632
  - Tourism in Stratford, 2226–2227
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 2812, 2815–2816
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 1434–1437
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4159
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3969
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3968–3971
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - PC (2011–2012)
    - Hudak, Tim (Niagara West–Glanbrook), 3968
- Ministerial statements
  - Agri-food industry
    - responded to, 3002
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 3477, 3479
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3018–3019, 3589–3590, 3657, 4119
- Ontario Electricity System Operator (OESO)
  - transparency and accountability, 4119
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3589, 3657
- Oral questions
  - Government regulations
    - presented, 1938–1939
- Ornge
  - for-profit entities, 3477
  - helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, 3477
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 3477
- Petitions
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 2606
  - Wind turbines, 967, 1338–1339, 1710–1711, 2962–2963, 4151–4152
- Private members' public business
  - First Responders Day Act, 2012 (Bill 123)
    - second reading, 4159
  - Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2012 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1575
  - Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011 (Bill 10)
    - second reading, 294
  - Major-General Sir Isaac Brock Day Act, 2012 (Bill 35)
    - second reading, 1020
  - Provincial debt
    - responded to, 1731–1732
  - Rural Ontario
    - presented, 3432–3434, 3440
- Provincial-municipal relations, 3970
  - re rural Ontario, 3432–3434, 3440
- Public education campaigns
  - Agriculture
    - Agriculture Week in Ontario, 4144
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3204, 3230–3231
- Renewable energy projects
  - cost, 3018–3019
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1434–1438, 2214
- Rural Ontario
  - transportation infrastructure, 1575
- School bus transportation
  - request for proposal (RFP) process, 668
- Small business
  - regulatory requirements
    - under technical standards and safety legislation, 1938, 3043
- Smart meters
  - impact on energy rates, 3590
- Speaker's rulings
  - quoted
    - Speaker Manners-Sutton (British House of Commons), 3969
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Ornge
    - Auditor General of Ontario, 3476
  - Power plant cancellations in Oakville and Mississauga
    - professional associations, 3971
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 238
- Tourism industry
  - Stratford, 2226–2227
- Tributes
  - victims of highway accident in Hampstead, 844
- Unemployment, 2214
  - Ontario, 592
- Wind turbines, 3970
  - municipal planning authority, 294
Piruzza, T. (LIB, Windsor West)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1282, 1651
- Accessibility for disabled persons
  - customer service and, 1206
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, S.O. 2005, c. 11, 1206
- Air quality management, 2119–2120
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1282
  - government funding, 1282
- Appreciation
  - Windsor West, 913
- Apprenticeship training programs, 1309
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - general discussion, 181
  - third reading, 2025
- Automobile safety
  - aftermarket brake pads standards and specifications, 1567–1568
- Budget, 1667–1668
- Bullying
  - punitive measures, 1282
- Business
  - technology-based
    - support through Ontario Network of Excellence, 2735–2736
- Children
  - crown wards, 2428, 3643–3644, 3650
    - age of support, 3644
- Children and Youth in Care Day Act, 2012 (Bill 90)
  - first reading, 2321
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2025
- Economic development
  - southwestern Ontario, 2025
    - public consultations, 2025
- Employment supports, 1541–1542
- Environmental approvals process
  - use of online forms, 1470
- Environmental protection
  - government funding, 1469–1470
- Food processing industry, 3624
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3990–3992
- Hazardous products
  - asbestos, 1567–1568
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - third reading, 3505
- Highway construction
  - Windsor-Essex Parkway, 843
- Home renovation tax credit, 3505
- Job creation by private sector
  - government funding, 390
- Legislative procedure
  - House of Commons Procedure and Practice, 2nd Ed. 2009 (O’Brien and Bosc), 4094
  - use of dilatory tactics, 3991
- Members' privileges, 3990–3992
- Members' statements
  - AUTO21, 752
  - Children and youth, 2319–2320
  - City of Windsor, 3455
  - Food processing industry, 3624
  - Jamieson Laboratories, 2271
  - Noise pollution, 1507
  - Ontario budget, 1335–1336
  - School food and beverage policy, 3259
  - Windsor West innovation, 2431–2432
  - Windsor–Essex Economic Development Corp., 913
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 177–178
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3990–3992
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3990–3992
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - NDP (2011–2012)
    - Prue, Michael (Beaches–East York), 3990
- Noise pollution
  - Canada-United States border communities, 1507
- Oral questions
  - Accessibility for the disabled
    - presented, 1206–1207
  - Air quality
    - presented, 2119–2120
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 1361–1362
  - Child protection
    - presented, 2428
  - Economic development
    - presented, 214, 2735–2736
  - Employment
    - presented, 1309
  - Employment supports
    - presented, 1541–1542
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 2991–2992
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 1469–1470
  - Job creation
    - presented, 576–577
  - Power plants
    - presented, 3366–3367
  - Renewable energy
    - presented, 471
  - Road safety
    - presented, 529–530
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 1667–1668
  - Teachers' contracts
    - presented, 3130
  - Tourism
    - presented, 167, 2379
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 843
  - Water quality
    - presented, 796–797
- Private members' public business
  - Children and Youth in Care Day Act, 2012 (Bill 90)
    - second reading, 3643–3644, 3651
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Brake Pad Standards), 2012 (Bill 51)
    - second reading, 1567–1568
- Public education campaigns
  - Community development
    - Children and Youth in Care Day, 2321, 3643–3644, 3650
- Public sector employees
  - wage freeze
    - in British Columbia, 3130
- Renewable energy industry
  - job creation, 471
- Reports
  - My REAL Life Book (report from the Youth Leaving Care Hearings, Ontario), 2319–2320, 3643–3644
- Research and development centres
  - centres of excellence
    - AUTO21 (Windsor), 752
- Road safety
  - regulation and enforcement, 529–530
- School board accountability
  - provincial supervision
    - Windsor–Essex Catholic District School Board, 3366–3367
- School cafeterias
  - healthy food options, 3259
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1069–1070
- Social assistance
  - review, 1668
- Social services
  - government funding, 1667
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 214, 576–577, 2025
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Crown wards, 3643
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3130
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 177–178, 181, 390
- Tourism industry
  - government funding, 2379
  - Windsor, 167
- Water supply
  - Great Lakes, 796–797
Prue, M. (NDP, Beaches–East York)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 412–413
  - third reading, 2703–2707
- Air ambulance services
  - history, 3806
- Alcoholic beverages
  - pricing, 3717
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1961, 3806
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 2703–2705
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 2703–2707
- Appreciation
  - Beaches–East York, 668–669
  - Toronto–Danforth, 1254–1255
- Asian community, 2232
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 708, 710–712, 714, 722
  - third reading, 3107–3108, 3107–3108, 3107–3108, 3113, 3113
- Banking sector, 771
- Budget, 2140, 2146–2147, 2589
  - balanced budget, 2144
  - low- and middle-income groups, impact on, 1467
  - pre-budget consultations, 2334–2335, 2524
  - statements by third parties, 1838, 1879, 2140
- Budget process, 3055, 3057
- Business
  - practices, 2193
- Children with disabilities
  - autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
    - group homes, 1405
- Committee membership, 255–256
- Co-operative education programs, 1213
- Corporate subsidies, 712, 722
  - accountability and oversight, 714
- Corporate tax credits
  - job creation tax credit, 1175, 1740, 1880, 2193–2195
- Corporate tax reduction, 35, 708, 710–711
  - job creation and, 772
  - Manitoba, 2194
  - to 10 per cent, 771–772
- Economic conditions, 1838, 2194, 4204
- Economic decline
  - international, 3233
- Economic development
  - southwestern Ontario
    - federal programs, 3113
- Economic inequality, 712
- Economic policy, 2142
- Economic statement (15 October 2012)
  - responded to, 4204
- Economic statement (23 November 2011)
  - responded to, 34–35
- Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO), 2146
  - assessments, 2706
- Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown transit line
  - building above or below grade, 934
- Employment standards
  - restaurant industry, 2953
- Environmental protection, 2143–2144
- Gasoline prices
  - regional variances, 2406
- Government credit rating, 2148
- Government debt, 1742
- Government deficit, 1838, 2148, 4204
- Government services
  - deregulation, 2520, 2877–2878, 3056
- Government spending, 772
  - reduction, 253
- Harmonized sales tax (HST), 250
  - input tax credits, 744–745, 1175
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 207, 253–254, 321–322
- Health care
  - accessibility, 2145
- Health care funding, 1740
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 207, 249–257, 321–322
  - third reading, 3792
- Home care
  - Community Care East York, 254
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 321–322
  - tenants, impact on, 253–254
- Housing, affordable, 1599–1600
  - shortage, 1429
- Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA)
  - reform, 822–824
- Human rights
  - G20 summit, 947, 1060
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 1739–1740, 1880, 2140, 2148
- Job creation, 250, 1879, 2141, 2145
- Job security, 711
- Labour relations, 2144
- Land use permits, 2144
- Landlord and tenant, 1430
  - licensing of landlords, 1600
  - tenant's rights
    - repairs, 1430
- Legislative process, 255–256, 738
- LGBTQ youth/students
  - gay-straight alliances (GSAs), 412–413
- Members' statements
  - Agnes Macphail Day, 1115
  - Armenian community, 3724
  - Community Care East York, 220–221
  - Cystic fibrosis, 2432
  - Danforth East Community Association, 1254–1255
  - Development in Toronto Beach neighbourhood, 2039
  - Education funding, 1807
  - Toronto Beaches Lions Easter Parade, 1472
  - Windsor, Butch, 668–669
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 859–860, 2141, 2704–2706
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3106
- Mineral exploration
  - Ring of Fire, 2146
- Ministerial statements
  - Asian Heritage Month
    - responded to, 2232
  - Co-op education
    - responded to, 1213
  - Cultural diversity
    - responded to, 2438
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 34–35, 4204
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
    - responded to, 1167
  - Philippine Independence Day
    - responded to, 2960
  - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
    - responded to, 628–629
  - Volunteers
    - responded to, 1212–1213, 1595
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 1961, 2142
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - downsizing, 2144
- NDP, 2141
- Non-profit organizations
  - Meals on Wheels, 254–255
- Nuclear generating stations, 2148
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1738–1742, 1776
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - casino development, 1044, 2431
    - referendums, 2311, 2431
    - social impact study, 2312
  - closure of slot machines at racetracks, 1740–1741
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, S.O. 1999, c. 12, Sched. L, 1044
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - privatization, 1740, 2145
- Ontario Public Service (OPS)
  - downsizing, 1174
- Opposition day motions
  - Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
    - responded to, 771–773
  - Gasoline price regulation
    - responded to, 2405–2406
  - Gasoline prices
    - responded to, 2405–2406
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 2193–2195
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 933–935
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - responded to, 933–935
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 771–773
- Oral questions
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 1405
  - Casinos
    - presented, 1044, 2311–2312, 2631
  - Employment practices
    - presented, 2881–2882, 2953
  - Job creation
    - presented, 1879–1880
  - Liquor Control Board of Ontario
    - presented, 3717–3718
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 1467, 2589, 3066
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 1838
  - Privatization of public services
    - presented, 2877–2878
  - Securities industry
    - presented, 215
  - Taxation
    - presented, 744–745, 908–909, 1667
- Ornge
  - legal counsel, 1961
- Petitions
  - Employment practices, 4051, 4205
  - Office of the Ombudsman, 3096–3097
- Political parties/systems
  - international, 2141
- Private members' public business
  - Municipal Amendment Act (Election of Chair of York Region), 2012 (Bill 60)
    - second reading, 3267–3268
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
    - responded to, 3279
  - Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2012 (Bill 28)
    - second reading, 822–824
  - Registered Retirement Savings Protection Plan Act, 2012 (Bill 120)
    - second reading, 4164–4165
- Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2012 (Bill 107)
  - first reading, 2888
- Public consultations, 2147
- Public education campaigns
  - Anti-discrimination
    - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 1167
  - Community development
    - National Volunteer Week, 1595
  - Cultural/religious
    - Asian Heritage Month, 2232
    - World Day for Cultural Diversity, 2438
  - Health
    - Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, 2432
  - Historical/national
    - Armenian independence, 21st anniversary, 3724
    - Philippine Independence Day, 2960
- Public sector employees
  - executive salaries
    - cap, 1740
  - wage freeze
    - in British Columbia, 3290
  - whistle-blower protection, 1740
- Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 2140
- Public Works Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.55
  - enacting regulation 233/10
    - transparency, 858, 860, 1066, 1073
- Public-private partnerships, 1961, 2142–2143
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3230, 3233, 3288–3290, 3292
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal, 628–629
- Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)
  - exemption from claims by creditors, 4164–4165
- Regulations, 2143
- Rent increases
  - applications limited to one every 5 years, 1600
  - cost of repairs passed onto tenants, 1600
- Reports
  - Caught in the Act: Investigation into the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services' conduct in relation to Ontario Regulation 233/10 under the Public Works Protection Act, 2010 (André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario), 736, 860
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1429–1430, 1599–1600, 1602, 1604
- Restaurant industry
  - tips and other gratuities, 2881–2882, 2953
- Salaries, 710
  - decrease, 2142, 2194
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 738–739, 858–861, 863, 941–942, 947, 1060–1061, 1066, 1073
- Security measures
  - in courthouses, 860–861
  - human rights and, 860
  - in nuclear power plants, 861
- Senior citizens
  - programs in Quebec, 251–252
- Small business
  - taxes
    - in Manitoba, 2194
- Social services
  - government funding, 1739–1740
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund
  - accountability and oversight, 711–712, 714
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2140–2149, 2326, 2334–2335, 2520, 2524
  - third reading, 3055–3057
- Student evaluation
  - cost and effectiveness of standardized testing, 771
- Subsidies, 712, 722
  - accountability and oversight, 714
- Supply Act, 2012 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1173–1176
- Tax rebates
  - reform, 908–909
- Taxation Amendment Act (Payment of the Ontario Trillium Benefit), 2012 (Bill 53)
  - first reading, 1210
- Teacher collective bargaining, 3230, 3289–3290
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3289–3290
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 120
- TMX Group Inc.
  - takeover bid by Maple Group consortium, 215
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - subway system
    - cost to operate, 934
- Transit systems
  - subsidies, 2145–2146
- Tributes
  - Beaches–East York, 2954
- Unemployment
  - Ontario, 710, 1173–1174
- Urban development
  - Toronto, 2039
- Volunteers, 1212, 1595
- Wildlife protection, 2143–2144
- Workplace environment, 823
- York, Regional Municipality of
  - election of chair, 3267–3268