Speaker letter l House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 2

House speaker index

Letter: L

Leal, Hon. J. (LIB, Peterborough)
- Agriculture industry
  - supply management, 2022
- Agri-food industry
  - research and development, 1234
- Air ambulance services
  - quality of care, 763
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2014 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 452, 456, 756–757, 763–764, 871, 877, 1014, 1090–1091
- Budget 2013
  - general remarks, 2021–2024, 2307–2308
  - programming motion, 2306
- Budget speech 2013 (May 2, 2013)
  - responded to, 2280
- Community health care
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 4801–4802
- Community health centres (CHCs)
  - government funding, 1002–1003
- Courthouses
  - security screening, 1512–1513
- Critical infrastructure, 1512
- Economic development in northern Ontario
  - general remarks, 5645
- Economic development in rural Ontario, 3991–3992
- Electronic health records (EHRs)
  - general remarks, 877
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - general remarks, 2022, 3359
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 2811–2813, 2814, 2863, 2960
- Enbridge Line 9 reversal
  - public consultations, 3432
- Fair Minimum Wage Act, 2014 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 5520, 6178
- Family caregiver leave
  - comparison to other types of leave, 2812
  - general remarks, 2811
- Family caregiver leave and job protection
  - general remarks, 2813
- Fines
  - as municipal revenue, 1042–1043
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 4286
- Heinz plant closure
  - supports for tomato growers, 4742
- Highway privatization, 4285, 5371
- Highway Traffic Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1042–1043
- Highways
  - Highway 407, 4285, 5371
- Home care
  - government funding, 2023
- Horse racing industry
  - decline of, 2372
  - government funding, 4955–4956
  - transition program, 720–721, 918–919, 1984, 3259, 3427–3428, 3657, 4512–4513
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2014 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 5714, 5718–5719, 5952, 6219
- Internet accessibility in rural Ontario, 1146–1147
- Legislative procedure, bills
  - debate on, 1680
- Local food
  - regional initiatives, 1233–1234
- Local Food Act, 2013 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1232–1235, 1236, 1446–1447, 1454, 1758
- Local food strategy
  - general remarks, 1233
- Manufacturing industry
  - capital cost allowance, 2022
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3997
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 179
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of bow tie stickers, 1882
  - wearing of poppies, 1988
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food
  - budget, 2021
- Municipal infrastructure
  - asset management plan and inventory, 5719, 5952
  - government funding, 4286
  - in northern Ontario, 4768
- Municipal infrastructure in rural Ontario
  - general remarks, 673
  - government funding, 3260, 3602, 4768, 6143–6144
- Non-profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 1583
- Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), 1968, 1973, 2006, 2022
- Opposition day motions
  - Horse racing industry
    - responded to, 4513–4515
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 4285–4287
  - Teachers
    - responded to, 179–180
- Oral questions
  - Assistance to farmers
    - responded to, 4742
  - Community health centres
    - responded to, 1002–1003
  - Environmental protection
    - responded to, 3432
  - Health care
    - responded to, 4801–4802
  - Horse racing industry
    - responded to, 625–626, 720–721, 2200–2201, 2372, 3259, 3427–3428, 3657, 3871, 3991, 4955–4956
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 1486
  - Infrastructure program funding
    - responded to, 1878
  - Infrastructure renewal
    - responded to, 3602
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
    - responded to, 1984
  - Renewable energy
    - responded to, 2538
  - Rural economic development
    - responded to, 3991–3992, 5644–5645, 6583, 6762
  - Rural education funding
    - responded to, 1593
  - Rural infrastructure
    - responded to, 673, 3260, 6143–6144
  - Rural Ontario
    - responded to, 90
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 2154
  - Wireless services
    - responded to, 1146–1147
  - Youth employment
    - responded to, 2051
- Ornge
  - board of directors, 757
- Ornge aircraft
  - medical interiors, 456
- Ornge staff
  - staffing complement, 456
- Ornge, whistle-blower protection, 456
- Private members' public business
  - Gaming policy
    - responded to, 918–919
  - Natural Gas Superhighway Act, 2013 (Bill 97)
    - second reading, 3247–3248
  - Rural and northern Ontario transportation
    - responded to, 4767–4768
- Prosperous and Fair Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2013 (Bill 65)
  - second reading, 1968, 1973, 2006, 2017, 2021–2023, 2024
- Racetracks
  - audits, 3991
  - in Fort Erie, 4956
- Rural Economic Development Program, 3991–3992, 5644–5645, 6583, 6762
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 4455, 4634
- Schools in rural Ontario, 1593
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 1502, 1509–1510, 1511–1513
- Slots at racetracks program (SARP)
  - cancellation, 4514
  - general remarks, 625–626
- Social assistance benefits
  - employment earnings exemption, 2022
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 23(b) Matters out of order in debate - Directs speech to other matters, 2998
- Statements by stakeholders
  - budget 2013, 1968
  - family caregiver leave, 2812
  - horse racing industry, 918–919
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2014 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 5371
- Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2524–2525, 2531, 2571–2572
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3359–3360, 4073
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - general remarks, 179–180
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 819
- Tributes
  - Turner, John (former member for Peterborough), 1992–1993
- Waste Reduction Act, 2013 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3628, 3762, 4024, 4201, 4894
- Wind turbines
  - siting of, 2154
- Youth employment
  - summer job programs, 2051
Leone, R. (PC, Cambridge)
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2014 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 979, 980–981, 982–983
- Appreciation
  - Ducey, Rob, 157
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 176)
  - second reading, 6769–6771, 6773
- Budget 2013
  - balanced budget, 677–678, 695–696
  - programming motion, 2340–2341
- Budget speech 2013 (May 2, 2013)
  - responded to, 2232–2235, 2236–2237
- Bullying prevention
  - anti-bullying initiatives, 6637
  - general remarks, 6589
- Business development
  - regional economic clusters, 6771
- Child care
  - under age two, 5310, 5629
  - before- and after-school programs, 5637
  - in rural Ontario, 5308–5309, 5628
- Child care centres
  - child deaths in, 5306
  - complaints about, 4866
  - licensing, 5310–5312, 5628–5630
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 143)
  - second reading, 5306, 5308–5313, 5627–5630, 5632
- Children and youth in care
  - age of support, 3054
- Disclosure of government documents
  - redacted documents, 5984–5985
- Electricity rates
  - increase in, 3912, 6770
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - general remarks, 4995
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 2958–2959, 2960
  - third reading, 4787–4789, 4791
- Energy contracts, door-to-door sale
  - consumer protection, 4560–4561
- Family caregiver leave
  - affordability, 2959
  - general remarks, 4787–4789
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - general remarks, 2340–2341
- Gas plant cancellations
  - want of confidence motion, 4291
- Gas plant cancellations, cost
  - general remarks, 512, 573, 881–882
- Gas plant cancellations, documents
  - general remarks, 9–10
  - missing information, 622, 789
- Gas plant cancellations, email deletion
  - general remarks, 2533–2534, 2628
  - in Premier's office, 6246–6247
- Gas plant cancellations, email records
  - criminal investigation, 2584
- Gas plant cancellations, justice policy committee investigation
  - general remarks, 85
  - mandate, 3122
- Government debt, 696
- Industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector
  - waste diversion rate, 3858
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2014 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 6971–6973, 6974
- Kindergarten, full-day
  - special needs students, 4253–4254
- Language instruction
  - English as a second language, 3876–3877
- Living Within Our Means Act, 2013 (Bill 26)
  - first reading, 422
- Lobbying
  - of high-level public office holders, 3902
  - while receiving public funds, 3902
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs, 4291–4292
- Mathematics education, 5687, 5986
- Members' privileges, 9–10, 11
- Members' statements
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 6637
  - Cambridge Winter Hawks, 939
  - Career colleges, 3168
  - Ducey, Rob, 157
  - Mathematics education, 5986
  - MW Canada, 4749–4750
  - New Democratic Party, 5486–5487
  - School closures, 6993
  - Teachers, 3489, 4588, 6146
- Members'/ministers' appreciation
  - Klees, Frank (Newmarket–Aurora), 6972
  - O'Toole, John (Durham), 6972
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 817, 2544, 2710
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 512, 694, 881, 1003, 2053, 2197, 2584, 4292, 5385
- Ministerial responsibility, 982–983
- Ministerial statements
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - responded to, 4445
  - Child care
    - responded to, 4064, 4866
  - International Day of Pink
    - responded to, 6589
  - Italian Heritage Month
    - responded to, 2377–2378
  - Language training
    - responded to, 3876–3877
  - Student assistance
    - responded to, 2852
  - Student safety, health and well-being
    - responded to, 6404–6405
  - Teachers' collective bargaining
    - responded to, 3780
- Ontario College of Teachers (OCT), disciplinary committee
  - investigation process, 3318, 6380
  - membership, 6380
  - notification of school board, 3318–3319, 6380
  - public access to decisions, 3318, 6379
- Opposition day motions
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 4291–4292
  - Skilled trades
    - responded to, 1080
  - Want of confidence motion
    - responded to, 2129–2130
- Oral questions
  - Access to information
    - presented, 2533–2534, 2584, 2628
  - Fiscal responsibility
    - presented, 677–678
  - Government's record
    - presented, 1930–1931, 3485
  - Power plants
    - presented, 85, 253, 363, 512, 573, 622, 789, 881–882, 1003, 1103, 1792–1793, 2053, 2197, 2791, 3121–3122, 5322, 6246–6247, 6310
  - School boards
    - presented, 5118–5119
  - School extracurricular activities
    - presented, 5647, 5926–5927, 6142–6143
  - Student achievement
    - presented, 5687
  - Teachers
    - presented, 3649–3650, 4587
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 5476–5477
- Petitions
  - Fiscal responsibility, 686
  - Physiotherapy services, 2644
- Points of privilege
  - Disclosure of government documents
    - responded to, 5984–5985
  - Renewal of motion after prorogation
    - presented, 9–10
- Private career colleges, 3168
- Private members' public business
  - Archives and Recordkeeping Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 102)
    - second reading, 3441–3442
  - Child and Family Services Amendment Act (Children 16 Years of Age and Older), 2013 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 3054
  - Energy Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Elimination of Fixed Rate Electricity Contracts), 2013 (Bill 132)
    - second reading, 4560–4561
  - Fair Hiring to Support Teachers, Parents and Students Act, 2013 (Bill 107)
    - second reading, 3686–3687
  - Fairness and Competitiveness in Ontario's Construction Industry Act, 2013 (Bill 74)
    - second reading, 2622–2623
  - Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 24)
    - second reading, 492–493
  - Living Within Our Means Act, 2013 (Bill 26)
    - second reading, 694–696, 702
  - Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 115)
    - second reading, 3902
  - Sick Days are for Sick People Act, 2013 (Bill 25)
    - second reading, 694
- Promoting Educational Success Tax Credit Act, 2013 (Bill 140)
  - first reading, 4654
- Prorogation
  - about, 492–493
- Prosperous and Fair Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2013 (Bill 65)
  - second reading, 1969, 1973–1974
- Protecting Students Act, 2014 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 3313–3319, 6379–6381, 6383
- Public education campaigns – Anti-discrimination
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 4445
  - International Day of Pink, 6589
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Italian Heritage Month, 2377–2378
- Public education campaigns – Education
  - Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day, 4064
  - World Teachers' Day, 3489
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 179)
  - second reading, 6566
- Recycling fees
  - all-in pricing, 3857
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 4038, 4042, 4247–4254, 4255–4256, 4298, 4302–4303
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6298–6302
  - third reading, 6471–6474
- School closures
  - rural Ontario, 6993
- Senior citizens, physical therapy services, 2234–2235
- Small business
  - general remarks, 3915
  - regulations, 6769–6770
  - taxes, 5156
- Speakers' rulings quoted
  - Speaker Milliken (House of Commons), 10
- Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2090, 2684–2685, 2686
- Student activities
  - extra-curricular activities, 5926–5927, 6142–6143, 6298–6300, 6472–6473
- Student evaluation
  - standardized, 4252, 4256
- Student grants
  - for tuition, 2852
- Student medical conditions
  - management in school settings, 6404–6405
- Students
  - comparison to other jurisdictions, 4252–4253, 4256
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3369, 3914, 3915–3916
  - third reading, 4995, 4999–5000, 5156
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - general remarks, 5647
  - role of government, 4250
- Teacher collective bargaining, central bargaining process
  - general remarks, 4249, 4251
- Teacher collective bargaining laws
  - sunset clause, 4250, 6473
- Teacher hiring
  - general remarks, 3315–3316
  - regulation of, 4589, 6298
  - seniority-based, 3686–3687, 4254
- Teacher misconduct
  - resulting in suspension or revocation of certification, 3315, 3318, 6380–6381
- Teachers
  - co-instructional activities, 6301
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 128–129
- Time allocation motions
  - School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
    - responded to, 6298–6302
- Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
  - forensic audit, 5118–5119
- Transit funding for Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), 5476–5477
- Transit funding methods
  - gasoline tax revenue, 5476
- Waste diversion
  - job creation and, 3860
  - oversight by government, 3858
- Waste Reduction Act, 2013 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3857–3858, 3860, 4356–4357
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2013 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 3061, 3064–3065

House speaker index

Letter: L

Leal, Hon. J. (LIB, Peterborough)

Leone, R. (PC, Cambridge)