Subject letter r House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 1

House subject index

Radon Awareness and Prevention Act, 2012 (Bill 36)
first reading
Moridi, 626

Railways. see Ontario Northland Railway (ONR); Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC); Public transportation—Air Rail Link (Toronto)

Recession (economic). see Economic decline

Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2011 (Bill 31)
first reading
Hillier, 479

Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012 (Bill 41)
first reading
Mangat, 964–965

second reading, 1231–1238

referred to Standing Committee on General Government, 1239

Refugee claims
Roma people
DiNovo, 624

Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2012 (Bill 28)
first reading
Zimmer, 430

second reading, 819–826

referred to Standing Committee on General Government, 826

Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)
exemption from claims by creditors
Jaczek, 4165–4166

Leal, 4162–4163, 4169

Marchese, 4168

Munro, 4164

O'Toole, 4166

Prue, 4164–4165

Wong, 4168–4169

Zimmer, 4168

reform
Naqvi, 2242

Registered Retirement Savings Protection Plan Act, 2012 (Bill 120)
first reading
Leal, 3572

second reading, 4162–4169

referred to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 4177

Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Optometry Professional Corporations), 2012 (Bill 59)
first reading
O'Toole, 1411

Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Treating Spouses), 2012 (Bill 68)
first reading
Clark, 1672–1673

Regulations. see also Government policy; Small business
McNaughton, 2259

Prue, 2143

Smith, 2775

British Columbia
Shurman, 2137

reduction
Elliott, 4013

Hudak, 4204

McDonell, 2897

McKenna, 3707

McNaughton, 2896

Nicholls, 2466, 2467

Smith, 3540, 3635

review
Delaney, 2487–2488

Leal, 2488–2489

Regulatory requirements. see also Small business
Duguid, 57–58

McNaughton, 57–58

Religious holiday observance
Nowruz
Moridi, 1115

Rosh Hashanah
Shurman, 3674–3675

Vaisakhi
Singh, 1707

Walker, 1707

Renewable energy industry. see also Energy industry; Renewable energy projects; Wind turbines
Barrett, 397

Duguid, 357

Leal, 1307

McGuinty, 259–260

Miller, N., 330

Scott, 3583

Tabuns, 3531

Wynne, 2938

employment
Bentley, 371, 418, 834, 953, 997

Fedeli, 390, 418, 996, 2027–2028

McGuinty, 952

Smith, 371

government subsidies
Yakabuski, 2368

infrastructure repair and maintenance
Bentley, 528

Sandals, 528

job creation
Bentley, 216, 363, 471, 909

Duncan, 1495

Jaczek, 216, 909, 1220

McGuinty, 2028

Moridi, 1217–1218

O'Toole, 1774

Piruzza, 471

Shurman, 1495

Tabuns, 296

reform
Bentley, 363

Horwath, 416

surplus power
Hudak, 1216

Munro, 4121

Tabuns, 1219

Yakabuski, 1222

Renewable energy projects. see also Feed-in tariff (FIT) program; Renewable energy industry; Wind turbines
Bentley, 3185

Berardinetti, 3015, 3016

Gélinas, 3586, 3587

Leal, 3185

Leone, 2826

Mantha, 3022, 3585

McDonell, 2923

Moridi, 3660

Natyshak, 3596

Sergio, 3016, 3022

Thompson, 3014

Aboriginal land claims, impact on
Barrett, 2768–2769

biomass
Bentley, 474–475

Crack, 474–475

O'Toole, 2827, 2828

cost
Bailey, 3865

Barrett, 2000

Bentley, 580–581, 2373

Clark, 381

Fedeli, 309, 368, 418, 580–581, 1994

Gerretsen, 3661

Harris, 3629, 3697

Hudak, 2370

Jones, 4056

Mantha, 3014

Marchese, 3633, 3634

McDonell, 3637, 4070

Miller, N., 3659, 3661

O'Toole, 978–979, 3633

Pettapiece, 3018, 3019

Scott, 3583

Sergio, 3017

Tabuns, 661

Vanthof, 3021, 3022

Walker, 546, 4053

Yakabuski, 974, 3007, 3009

health benefits
Bentley, 1994

Jaczek, 1220, 1992

Matthews, 1992

Korean consortium
Moridi, 2052, 2053

Samsung C&T Corporation
Barrett, 397

Fedeli, 3540

Hudak, 363

Moridi, 2052, 2053

agreement with Six Nations of the Grand River
Barrett, 2732, 3021

Bentley, 2732

Hudak, 2730

Moridi, 2768

wpd Canada Corp.
Wilson, 2316

Rent control. see also Housing, affordable
Berardinetti, 165

Forster, 1422, 1428, 1445

Jackson, 1532

Leal, 1434

Singh, 1440

Wynne, 165–166

exemptions
for rented units in condominiums
Shurman, 1613

for units constructed/first occupied after November 1991
Armstrong, 1606

Forster, 1421, 2968, 2970

Marchese, 2208, 2212

McDonell, 1615

Miller, P., 1601

Natyshak, 1523

Zimmer, 1446

for vacant units
Armstrong, 1606

Forster, 2969, 2970, 4124–4125

Marchese, 2206, 2212

Miller, P., 1601

Schein, 2208

Vanthof, 1612–1613

low-income groups, impact on
Armstrong, 1606

Vanthof, 1612–1613

middle-income groups, impact on
Mantha, 1644

Taylor, 1646

social and affordable housing projects, impact on
Armstrong, 1606

Rent increases. see also Housing, affordable
Delaney, 1884

Forster, 1430, 1445

Leal, 1445

Wynne, 1290, 1293, 1294

above-guideline
Wong, 2578

annual
Wynne, 379–380

applications limited to one every 5 years
Prue, 1600

capped at 2.5 per cent annually
Albanese, 2208

Armstrong, 1433, 1450

Bailey, 1448, 1449, 1451

Balkissoon, 2214

Barrett, 1434

Berardinetti, 1430

Campbell, 1524, 1527, 2971

Clark, 1317, 1318, 1319, 2753, 2974, 2975

Damerla, 1450, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1531

Delaney, 1885

Forster, 1421, 1425, 1428, 2968, 2969

Jackson, 1531, 1532, 1533

Jaczek, 1527

MacLaren, 2212, 2213, 2215

Marchese, 2214

McNaughton, 2206

Miller, N., 1433

Milligan, 2207

Milloy, 2205, 2209, 2214

Natyshak, 1523, 1530

O'Toole, 1526, 1531, 2206

Sergio, 1299, 1429, 1430, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1442, 1600–1601, 1604, 1610, 2966, 2968

Singh, 1438, 2972

Taylor, 2211

Thompson, 2210, 2211

Wong, 1614

Wynne, 1289, 1290, 1292, 1294, 1297, 1298, 1300, 1884, 1885, 2964, 2965

Zimmer, 1442, 1443, 1444

cost of repairs passed onto tenants
Armstrong, 1606

McDonell, 1615

Miller, P., 1601

Prue, 1600

Tabuns, 1610

guidelines
Wynne, 2966

Rental housing
Damerla, 1528

Forster, 2970

Leal, 1445

Sergio, 2968

Wynne, 1290, 1293

affordability
Bailey, 1446

Mantha, 1526

basement apartments
Singh, 1442

maintenance
Forster, 1423, 1424, 2969, 2970

shortage
McDonell, 1445

utilities
Campbell, 1525

Replacement workers
Horwath, 2086

Natyshak, 2084

Reports. see also Annual reports; Reports by committees
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)
Bailey, 881

DiNovo, 948

Harris, 1084

Hillier, 1096

Jackson, 1065–1066

McDonell, 855

Meilleur, 683

Natyshak, 778

Prue, 736, 860

Smith, 1071–1072

Tabuns, 872

Walker, 1082

Wilson, 1077, 1079

Yakabuski, 735, 736, 740

DBRS Comments on 2012 Ontario Budget: Encouraging but ambitious (Dominion Bond Rating Service)
McGuinty, 1324, 1930

Shurman, 1327

Drummond Report. see Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012

Every Class in Every School: The first national climate survey on homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in Canadian schools, May 2011 (Égale Canada)
Broten, 224, 404

Coteau, 263

Taylor, 755–756

Falling Behind: Ontario's Backslide into Widening Inequality, Growing Poverty and Cuts to Social Programs (Ontario Common Front)
Gélinas, 3260

Losing Touch: Annual Report 2011/2012, Part 1 (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario)
Jones, 3897

My REAL Life Book (report from the Youth Leaving Care Hearings, Ontario)
Coteau, 3649

Hoskins, 2321–2322, 2428, 3647

Jaczek, 3648–3649

Jones, 3645

MacCharles, 3648

McKenna, 2322, 3648

Piruzza, 2319–2320, 3643, 3644

Taylor, 2322–2323, 3645, 3646

Navigating the Journey to Wellness: The Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan for Ontarians (Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions)
DiNovo, 3751

Elliott, 3748

Flynn, 3751

Sandals, 3754

Ontario Auto Insurance Anti-Fraud Task Force: Interim Report, 2011
Yurek, 370

Report of the Review of the Public Works Protection Act, 2011 (Hon. R. Roy McMurtry)
Berardinetti, 876

McNeely, 851

Meilleur, 683

Miller, N., 868

Nicholls, 1101, 1103

Vanthof, 1074

Wong, 686

Zimmer, 864–865

Restoring Balance: A Review of the First Three Years of the Green Energy Act, 2011 (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario)
O'Toole, 2828

Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario)
Armstrong, 1970

Barrett, 1964

Duncan, 1696

Gélinas, 1168, 1204

Klees, 1628, 1696

Matthews, 1165, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206

Milloy, 1883, 1884

Moridi, 1972, 1973

O'Toole, 1180–1181

Walker, 1869

Witmer, 1166, 1199

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Interim Report, 2012
Tabuns, 1279

Reports by committees
Standing Committee on Estimates, 107–108, 2000–2001, 3092

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 2073, 3045
Delaney, 2073

Standing Committee on General Government, 1635, 2000

Standing Committee on Government Agencies, 1117, 1336, 1810, 2182, 2382, 2742–2743, 2957, 3092, 3329

Standing Committee on Justice Policy, 2681, 2957

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly, 1164

Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1708–1709, 2792

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, 1336, 1943, 2229, 2433, 2792

Standing Committee on Social Policy, 1635, 2600, 2957, 3456–3457

Research and development
Shurman, 2136, 2137

Research and development centres
centres of excellence
AUTO21 (Windsor)
Piruzza, 752

Automotive Centre of Excellence (Oshawa)
Elliott, 701

Residential Tenancies Act, S.O. 2006, c. 17
Clark, 1594

Delaney, 1884

Wynne, 1290, 1291, 1593

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
first reading
Wynne, 377

ministerial statement
Wynne, 379–380

second reading, 1289–1300, 1317–1323, 1421–1451, 1523–1533, 1599–1616, 1642–1647, 1791–1795, 1924–1925, 2205–2216, 2409–2419, 2577–2586
Albanese, 2208, 2417

Armstrong, 1433, 1442, 1450, 1605–1606, 1608, 1613–1614, 1793–1794

Bailey, 1446–1449, 1450–1451

Balkissoon, 2214

Barrett, 1434, 1611

Bentley, 2581, 2584

Berardinetti, 1430, 1613

Bisson, 2206

Campbell, 1524–1526, 1527

Chudleigh, 2581

Clark, 1298, 1317–1323, 1642–1643, 1645

Damerla, 1449–1450, 1527–1530, 1531

Delaney, 2211

Dunlop, 1437, 1604–1605

Forster, 1298–1299, 1421–1429, 1430, 1441, 1445, 1611

Hardeman, 2412–2414, 2415

Harris, 2585–2586

Hillier, 2577–2578, 2579, 2584

Jackson, 1531–1533

Jaczek, 1527

Leal, 1433–1434, 1437, 1445, 1526, 1793

MacCharles, 2414

MacLaren, 2212–2213, 2215

MacLeod, 2417, 2418–2419, 2581

Mantha, 1526–1527, 1644–1645, 1646, 2414, 2416–2417

Marchese, 2206, 2208, 2212, 2213–2214, 2410–2411

McDonell, 1445, 1450, 1607, 1614–1616, 1643–1644

McKenna, 1530, 1646–1647

McNaughton, 1794, 1924–1925, 2205, 2206–2207

Miller, N., 1433

Miller, P., 1601, 1607

Milligan, 2207–2208, 2209

Milloy, 1601–1602, 2205, 2209, 2214–2215

Munro, 2579–2580, 2581–2582

Murray, 1530–1531

Natyshak, 1437, 1449, 1523–1524, 1530

Nicholls, 1791–1792, 1794

O'Toole, 1526, 1531, 1601, 1602–1604, 1605, 1643, 1792–1793, 2205–2206, 2579

Pettapiece, 1434–1437, 1438, 2214

Prue, 1429–1430, 1599–1600, 1602, 1604

Sandals, 1645

Schein, 2208–2209, 2411–2412, 2414–2415, 2417, 2578

Scott, 2409–2410, 2412

Sergio, 1299, 1429, 1430–1433, 1434, 1441–1442, 1600–1601, 1604, 1606–1607, 1610–1611, 1643, 1646, 2411

Shurman, 1613

Singh, 1438–1441, 1442

Tabuns, 1610

Taylor, 1605, 1646, 2211

Thompson, 2209–2211, 2212, 2414, 2583

Vanthof, 1437–1438, 1612–1613, 1614

Walker, 1429, 1445–1446, 1608–1610, 1611–1612

Wong, 1607–1608, 1614, 2578–2579

Wynne, 1289–1298, 1300

Yakabuski, 1299–1300, 1793, 2211–2212, 2411, 2415–2416, 2418, 2580–2581, 2584

Yurek, 1441, 2582–2583, 2584–2585

Zimmer, 1442–1444, 1446

third reading, 2964–2976
Campbell, 2971–2972

Clark, 2973–2976

Forster, 2968–2971

Sergio, 2966–2968

Singh, 2972–2973

Wynne, 2964–2966

Royal assent, 3045

Respect for Voters Act, 2011 (Bill 18)
first reading
Jones, 223

Restaurant industry
tips and other gratuities
Jeffrey, 2953, 3040–3041

Prue, 2881–2882, 2953

Zimmer, 3040

Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act (HST Rebate For Home Heating), 2011 (Bill 4)
first reading
Mantha, 31

second reading, 82–89

referred to Standing Committee on Justice Policy, 91

Retirement homes. see Long-term care facilities

Retirement Homes Act, S.O. 2010, c. 11
Jeffrey, 1587

Naqvi, 2241

Retirement savings. see Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)

Ring of Fire. see Mineral exploration—Ring of Fire

Riot in London, Ontario. see London St. Patrick's Day riot

Road safety
Zimmer, 478

regulation and enforcement
Chiarelli, 529–530

Piruzza, 529–530

Royal Conservatory of Music Act, 2012 (Bill Pr7)
first reading
Sorbara, 2682

Rural Ontario. see also Committees—Legislative committees—to review policies that impact rural Ontario; Provincial-municipal relations; School bus transportation; Schools in rural Ontario
Duncan, 1160, 1437

McMeekin, 370

Sandals, 134

Thompson, 133, 135, 247–248, 295, 3165

Vanthof, 1438

government funding
Naqvi, 1574

health care delivery
Campbell, 3434–3435

job creation
Bentley, 304

local road boards (LRB)
Mauro, 2955–2956

transportation infrastructure
Arnott, 1572

Bisson, 1570

Natyshak, 1574

Pettapiece, 1575

Scott, 1575

Walker, 1574

Yakabuski, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1576