Speaker letter n House Hansard index Parliament 40 Session 2

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Naqvi, Hon. Y. (LIB, Ottawa Centre)
- Acquired brain injuries (ABI), 530
- Affordable housing, government funding
  - general remarks, 3095
- Aging population, 526
- Arbitrators, 1134
- Assistive devices program (ADP), 530
- Boston Marathon bombing, 1205
- Budget deficit, 2228
- Budget speech 2013 (May 2, 2013)
  - responded to, 2228–2231, 2232
- Child performers
  - employment standards, 2153
- Child-related leaves of absence
  - general remarks, 525–527, 526–527, 533
- Children and youth with disabilities
  - family supports, 527
- Construction industry
  - open period, 4915
- Co-operative education programs
  - employment standards, 4262, 4914
- Co-operative housing, dispute resolution
  - general remarks, 613, 3094
  - internal dispute resolution, 3095
- Corporate bankruptcies
  - workers' compensation following, 1536–1537
- Corporate tax reduction, 3984, 5152
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 2084
- Diabetes prevention programs, 100
- Drug benefit plans, 530
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 99
- Elevator maintenance workers
  - on strike, 2587–2588
- Elliott Lake inquiry, 2053–2054
- EllisDon Corporation
  - collective agreement, 3256
  - court proceedings and ruling, 3256, 3260, 3374, 3423
  - private members' bill, 3480
- Emergency service providers
  - appreciation for, 6992
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - general remarks, 2228–2229
- Employment
  - precarious employment, 5322–5323
- Employment creation, 6043
- Employment standards, 4914, 5286–5287
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - first reading, 369
  - ministerial statement, 370–371
  - second reading, 524–532, 533, 3010
  - third reading, 4417–4422, 5860
- Fair Minimum Wage Act, 2014 (Bill 165)
  - first reading, 5439
  - ministerial statement, 5439–5440
  - second reading, 5513–5519, 5521, 5618, 5902
- Family caregiver leave
  - employee eligibility, 531
  - employment insurance (EI) benefits for, 525, 531, 533
  - general remarks, 371, 524–525, 528, 529, 531, 533, 1431–1432, 4417–4422
- Fine collection for traffic violations
  - outstanding fines, 3812
- Firefighters
  - presumptive legislation for occupational diseases, 4703
  - workers' compensation benefits
    - for presumptive cancers, 5696
- Flood monitoring, 6758
- Gasoline theft
  - compensated through employee pay deductions, 285
- Gasoline wholesale and retail business
  - employment standards in, 285
- Highway Traffic Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 3811–3812
- Home care
  - aging-at-home strategy, 371
  - government funding, 530
- Hospital construction by region
  - Niagara region, 4613
- Hospitality industry
  - family-owned businesses, 2384
  - tips and other gratuities, 2383, 2384
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2014 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 5457
- Interest arbitration
  - and employer's capacity to pay, 5430
  - for essential services, 2793
  - reform, 357, 1099
- Internships
  - employment standards in, 4262, 4914
  - inspections of, 6089
- Kellogg's plant closure, 5107
- Labour policy
  - general remarks, 25
  - right to work policies, 4147–4148, 5004
- Landlord and Tenant Board
  - fee waiver program, 3095
- Legislative procedure
  - budget presentation, 6042
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - labour dispute, 2103–2104
- Local food
  - regional initiatives, 1411
- Local Food Act, 2013 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1408–1410, 1411, 1626, 1753
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Ottawa Centre, 98–101, 613–615, 1409–1410
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 5932
- Members'/ministers' expenses
  - online accessibility, 3679
- Minimum wage
  - indexed to inflation, 5515, 5517
  - public consultation and review of, 5515, 5516–5517
- Minimum wage advisory panel
  - general remarks, 2230, 2948, 5427, 5516
  - recommendations, 5220, 5517
- Minimum wage increase
  - general remarks, 5439–5440
- Ministerial statements
  - Dutch Heritage Month
    - presented, 1797–1798
  - Family caregiver leave
    - presented, 370–371
  - Injured Workers' Day
    - presented, 2376
  - Minimum wage
    - presented, 5439–5440
  - National Day of Mourning
    - presented, 1544
  - Occupational health and safety
    - presented, 3335
  - Protection for workers
    - presented, 4913–4915
  - Repetitive strain injury
    - presented, 258–259, 5492
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 4443–4444
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - assistive devices program (ADP), 530
- Municipal government tenders
  - closed-shop agreements, 3024
- Municipal planning
  - public participation in, 498
- Municipal plans, 497
- Non-profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 613–615, 1161, 1703, 3094–3096
- Occupational health and safety
  - advisory panel, 3995, 5166
  - falls prevention training, 3995
  - inspection and enforcement, 1880–1881, 2230, 2895, 3335
  - mandatory basic awareness training, 4443–4444, 4490, 5167
  - province-wide strategy, 4443–4444
  - worker education, 1544
  - for young workers, 1769
- Ontario history
  - Dutch population, 1797–1798
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - reform, 497–498
- Ontario Provincial Police Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 133)
  - second reading, 4682–4683
- Ontario-Quebec relations
  - labour mobility, 2319, 2891–2892, 2925–2926, 4901
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA)
  - 24-hour call centre, 6939, 6940
- Opposition day motions
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 4612–4614
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 6041–6043
- Oral questions
  - Access to information
    - responded to, 4147–4148
  - Animal protection
    - responded to, 6939–6940
  - Arbitration
    - responded to, 357, 1099–1100, 2793, 5430
  - Child protection
    - responded to, 2153
  - Collective bargaining
    - responded to, 3159–3160, 3256, 3260, 3374, 3423, 3480
  - Construction industry
    - responded to, 2319, 2891–2892
  - Elliot Lake inquiry
    - responded to, 2053–2054
  - Employment practices
    - responded to, 1320–1321
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 1880–1881, 5483, 6089–6090
  - Family caregiver leave
    - responded to, 362–363, 1431–1432, 3023, 5382
  - Farm safety
    - responded to, 5930
  - Firefighters
    - responded to, 4703
  - Flooding
    - responded to, 6758
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 1985–1986, 2587–2588
  - Labour mobility
    - responded to, 4901
  - Labour policy
    - responded to, 25, 5004
  - Liquor Control Board of Ontario
    - responded to, 2103–2104
  - Minimum wage
    - responded to, 2948, 5220, 5427
  - Ontario public service
    - responded to, 6026
  - Pan Am Games
    - responded to, 3551, 6139, 6187–6188, 6189
  - Personal support workers
    - responded to, 5067
  - Protection for workers
    - responded to, 1536–1537, 1769, 2589, 5010–5011
  - Temporary employment agencies
    - responded to, 3258–3259, 3928, 5322–5323
  - Tendering process
    - responded to, 2152, 3024
  - Tobacco control
    - responded to, 6397–6398
  - Volunteer firefighters
    - responded to, 5695–5696, 6762–6763
  - Workers' compensation
    - responded to, 249–250, 4540–4541
  - Workplace safety
    - responded to, 625, 1716, 2895, 3995, 4490, 5166–5167
  - Youth employment
    - responded to, 4262
- Pan American Games 2015
  - sports facilities, 3551
- Pan American Games 2015, security
  - contract with private firm, 6139, 6188, 6189
- Personal support workers
  - salaries, 5067
- Poverty
  - effect of tax benefits on, 5618
- Prajapati, Jayesh, 285
- Primary health care
  - community-based care, 100–101
- Private members' public business
  - Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act (Construction Labour Mobility), 2013 (Bill 80)
    - second reading, 2925–2926
  - Financial Advisors Act, 2014 (Bill 157)
    - second reading, 6017–6018
  - Jayesh's Law (Worker Safety at Service Stations), 2013 (Bill 12)
    - second reading, 285–286
  - Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013 (Bill 49)
    - second reading, 2383–2384
  - Psychological health and safety
    - responded to, 2920–2921
  - Public Sector Capacity to Pay Act, 2013 (Bill 44)
    - second reading, 1134–1135
  - Respect for Municipalities Act (City of Toronto), 2014 (Bill 20)
    - second reading, 497–498
  - Transparency in Members' Expenses Act, 2013 (Bill 108)
    - second reading, 3678–3679
- Protecting Students Act, 2014 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 3312–3313
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014 (Bill 83)
  - second reading, 3151, 5238–5240, 5241
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Dutch Heritage Month, 1797–1798
- Public education campaigns – Health and safety
  - Injured Workers' Day, 2376
  - National Day of Mourning, 1544
  - Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day, 258–259, 5492
- Public sector employers
  - construction tendering process, 2152
- Real estate transactions
  - electronic signatures, 2230
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 4300–4302, 4304, 4400
- School facilities, 99
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 6922
- Statements by stakeholders
  - family caregiver leave, 527–528
- Steel industry workers
  - lockout in Nanticoke, 2084
- Strategic lawsuits
  - effect on public participation, 5239, 5241
- Strategic lawsuits, dismissal
  - early dismissal mechanism, 5239
- Strategic lawsuits, examples
  - involving private individuals, 5238
- Strikes and lockouts
  - general remarks, 1985
- Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2664
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 146)
  - first reading, 4913
  - ministerial statement, 4913–4915
  - second reading, 5285–5287
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3965, 3984
  - third reading, 5107, 5152
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - local bargaining, 4302
  - role of government, 4302
- Teacher collective bargaining, central agreements
  - three-party ratification, 4302
- Teacher collective bargaining, central bargaining process
  - general remarks, 4302
- Temporary employment agencies
  - injured workers, 4915
  - standards and regulations, 3258–3259, 3928, 4914–4915
- Temporary foreign workers
  - personal documents withheld, 4914
  - recruitment fees, 4914, 5010
  - unpaid wage claims, 4914, 5010–5011, 5286–5287
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 98–101, 102–103
- Tobacco control
  - enforcement, 6397–6398
- Victims of crime, services
  - services for families, 527
- Workers
  - injured worker Jimmy Velgakis, 4540–4541
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - general remarks, 249–250, 2376
  - wage earner protection, 2589
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - Chief Prevention Officer for, 3995
  - prevention, 625, 2376
  - repetitive stress injuries, 258–259
  - at Stobie mine in Sudbury, 1716
- Workplace mental health
  - general remarks, 2920–2921
Natyshak, T. (NDP, Essex)
- Agriculture industry
  - international trade in, 1389, 1393, 1620
- Agriculture week, 1388–1389
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - general remarks, 909–910
  - journeyman-to-apprentice ratios, 1070–1071, 6427
- Automobile insurance claims, dispute resolution
  - for accident benefits claims, 6686
- Automobile insurance claims, prejudgment interest
  - rates, 6686
- Automobile insurance rates
  - free market pricing, 6679
  - general remarks, 6685–6686
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 176)
  - second reading, 6163–6164
- Budget speech 2013 (May 2, 2013)
  - responded to, 2223, 2251, 2255
- Business development, regulatory requirements
  - general remarks, 6163–6164
- Casino development
  - funding formula, 1825, 1826
  - general remarks, 576, 832, 917
  - municipal authority over, 152, 622, 886
- Child performers
  - employment standards, 2615–2616
- Children and youth with disabilities
  - transition to adult supports and services, 580–581
- Chrysler Group LLC
  - government financial assistance, 5600–5601
- Collective bargaining rights
  - in construction industry, 3939–3940
- Complying with International Trade Obligations Act, 2014 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 6374–6376
- Construction industry contracts
  - non-payment of bills, 5999, 6000
- Co-operative education programs
  - employment standards, 4917
- Corporate tax credits tied to job creation, 6204–6205
- Corporate tax rebates on harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - for entertainment expenses, 5603–5604
- Corporate tax reduction, 5154–5155
- Debt settlement services
  - consumer protection, 2657
- Drivers, use of hand-held devices
  - penalties, 4119
- Economic conditions in northern Ontario, 6175
- Education funding, 4388
- Elections
  - issue advertising, 3448
- Elections, third-party advertisers
  - spending cap, 3448–3449
- Elevating devices
  - maintenance during strike action, 2707–2708
- Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
  - crowded conditions, 1768–1769
- EllisDon Corporation
  - collective agreement, 2618–2619, 2790, 3256, 3281–3282, 3939
  - court proceedings and ruling, 3938
  - private members' bill, 3702, 3938
- Emergency preparedness
  - general remarks, 1890
- Emergency service providers
  - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in
    - presumed diagnosis, 5551–5552
- Employment
  - precarious employment, 5300
- Employment creation, 3721
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 541–546, 547, 2878–2879, 3007
  - third reading, 4780–4785, 4787, 4790, 6479
- Fair Minimum Wage Act, 2014 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 5599–5605, 5606–5607, 6175, 6181
- Fairness and Competitiveness in Ontario's Construction Industry Act, 2013 (Bill 74)
  - second reading, 3937–3940
- Family caregiver leave
  - affordability, 2878–2879, 4783–4784, 4787
  - employee eligibility, 541
  - employment insurance (EI) benefits for, 541
  - general remarks, 373, 541–542, 4781–4785, 6479
- Family caregiver leave and job protection
  - general remarks, 547
- Farm products
  - market development of, 1387
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 171)
  - second reading, 6678–6679, 6685–6686, 6687–6688
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députés
    - Loi de 2014 modifiant la Loi sur les normes d'emploi (agences de placement temporaire), projet de loi 159
      - deuxième lecture, 5345
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Santé et sécurité au travail, 3336
  - Loi de 2013 sur les conventions de services sans fil, projet de loi 60
    - deuxième lecture, 3496
  - Loi de 2014 pour un salaire minimum équitable, projet de loi 165
    - deuxième lecture, 5604
  - Pétitions
    - Éducation en français, 6373, 6642
    - Travailleurs suppléants, 3030
- G20 summit
  - police conduct during, 1060–1061
- Gambling industry, 924
- Gas plant cancellations, cost
  - general remarks, 3894–3895
- Gas plant cancellations, justice policy committee investigation
  - general remarks, 1592–1593
- Heinz plant closure
  - general remarks, 4364–4365
- Horse racing industry
  - transition program, 886–887
- Hospital funding
  - for neonatal intensive care, 1212
- Hospital funding by region
  - London and Windsor, 1212
- Hospital services
  - emergency, 2210
- Hospitality industry
  - tips and other gratuities, 2388
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2014 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 5454–5457, 5458–5459, 5944, 5953, 5957
- International trade agreements
  - Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), 3939, 5456
  - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 3959
- Internships
  - employment standards in, 5299
- Labour Relations Amendment Act (Employee Rights), 2013 (Bill 129)
  - first reading, 4320
- Legislative procedure, motions
  - programming motions, 5507
- Local Food Act, 2013 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1386–1387, 1388–1390, 1391, 1393, 1620–1621
- Local food purchasing, 1389–1390
- Local food strategy
  - trade compliance, 1390
- Manufacturing industry
  - decline of, 101–102, 2223
- Members' statements
  - Agriculture industry, 3556
  - Diemer, Charlie, 5170
  - Essex county, 2373–2374
  - Food assistance, 1150–1151
  - Kingsville Folk Music Festival, 6146
  - Nurses' awards, 2055
  - Organ donation, 1490
  - Polar Splash, 4588–4589
  - Run for Heroes Marathon, 3028
  - Run for Rocky, 6666
  - Services for the disabled, 580–581
  - Stompin' Tom Connors, 470
  - White, John, 4056
  - Women in skilled trades, 5582
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Essex, 1150–1151, 3556
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1541
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 3938, 4785
- Minimum wage
  - indexed to inflation, 5603
  - small business tax and, 5600, 5604
- Minimum wage increase
  - effect on business, 5600
  - general remarks, 5441, 5602, 6181
- Ministerial statements
  - Community safety
    - responded to, 1060–1061
  - Emergency preparedness
    - responded to, 1890
  - Emergency services
    - responded to, 2210
  - Family caregiver leave
    - responded to, 373
  - Injured Workers' Day
    - responded to, 2378
  - Minimum wage
    - responded to, 5441
  - National Day of Mourning
    - responded to, 1545–1546
  - Occupational health and safety
    - responded to, 3336–3337
  - Police Week
    - responded to, 2113
  - Protection for workers
    - responded to, 4916–4917
  - Repetitive strain injury
    - responded to, 259–260, 5494
  - Workplace safety
    - responded to, 4446
- Ministry of Finance
  - pay fairness division, 3891
- Municipal government tenders
  - closed-shop agreements, 3044–3045
- Municipal infrastructure construction
  - employment for apprentices in, 5957
  - through public-private partnerships, 5455–5457, 5459, 5953
- Municipal infrastructure planning
  - prioritization of projects, 5457
- Non-profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 3104
- Occupational health and safety
  - falls prevention training, 4446
  - mandatory basic awareness training, 4446
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - health care system oversight, 2052
- Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)
  - committee membership, 6384–6385
  - governing council membership, 6384–6385
- Ontario College of Teachers (OCT), disciplinary committee
  - fair treatment of teachers, 6384
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT)
  - board of directors, 1071
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) membership
  - fees, 1071, 6428
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - restructuring of, 623, 1984, 2264
- Ontario-Quebec relations
  - labour mobility, 2923–2925
- Opposition day motions
  - Automobile insurance
    - responded to, 864
  - Horse racing industry
    - responded to, 4508–4510
  - Skilled trades
    - responded to, 1070–1072
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 5507–5508
- Oral questions
  - Cancer treatment
    - presented, 2052, 4105, 4211, 4310
  - Casinos
    - presented, 152, 622–623, 832–833, 1825–1826
  - Collective bargaining
    - presented, 2790, 3256, 3702
  - Committee sittings
    - presented, 2585
  - Correctional facilities
    - presented, 1768–1769
  - Elevator safety
    - presented, 2707–2708
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 2634
  - Gaming policy
    - presented, 886–887
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 1212
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 509, 575–576, 3920–3921, 3991
  - Job creation
    - presented, 4582
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 4364–4365
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
    - presented, 1984, 2264
  - Power plants
    - presented, 1317, 1533–1534, 1592–1593, 1714, 1875–1876
  - Protection for workers
    - presented, 2589
  - Public transit
    - presented, 6140–6141
  - Transit funding
    - presented, 2424
- Organ and tissue donation
  - by LGBTQ people, 6666
- Pan American Games 2015
  - sports facilities, 3045
- Pension funds, guaranteed
  - increase, 6421–6422
- Petitions
  - Air quality, 97
  - Cancer treatment, 523, 897–898, 1063, 1111–1112, 1332, 4547
  - Children's aid societies, 2600, 2647
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 5496, 5589–5590, 5941, 6151, 6643
  - Physiotherapy services, 2440
  - Regulation of health professionals, 899
  - Replacement workers, 3030
- Police services, 2113
- Pollution
  - from petroleum coke, 2634
- Preventive health care, 543–544
- Private members' public business
  - Archives and Recordkeeping Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 102)
    - second reading, 3445–3446
  - Comprehensive Pay Fairness Act, 2013 (Bill 113)
    - second reading, 3891
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2014 (Bill 159)
    - second reading, 5345–5346
  - Fair and Open Tendering Act (Labour Relations for Certain Public Sector Employers in the Construction Industry), 2013 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 3044–3046
  - Fairness and Competitiveness in Ontario's Construction Industry Act, 2013 (Bill 74)
    - second reading, 2618–2619
  - Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act (Construction Labour Mobility), 2013 (Bill 80)
    - second reading, 2923–2925
  - Gaming policy
    - presented, 916–918
    - responded to, 924
  - Government procurement policies
    - responded to, 5998–6000
  - Helping Ontarians Enter the Skilled Trades Act, 2013 (Bill 22)
    - second reading, 909–910
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 6204–6205
  - Manoranjana Kanagasabapathy Act (Hand-Held Devices Penalty), 2013 (Bill 116)
    - second reading, 4119
  - Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 174)
    - second reading, 6421–6422
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 3893–3894
  - Protecting Child Performers Act, 2013 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 2615–2616
  - Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013 (Bill 49)
    - second reading, 2388
  - Saving Apprentices' Jobs Act, 2014 (Bill 169)
    - second reading, 6427–6428
  - Special Interest Groups Election Advertising Transparency Act, 2013 (Bill 101)
    - second reading, 3448–3449
  - Technical Standards and Safety Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 3671–3672
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 5551–5552
- Prosperous and Fair Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2013 (Bill 65)
  - second reading, 2010
- Protecting Students Act, 2014 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 6383–6385, 6386–6387
- Public education campaigns – Health and safety
  - Injured Workers' Day, 2378
  - National Day of Mourning, 1545–1546
  - Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day, 259–260, 5494
- Public education campaigns – Professional associations and occupations
  - National Emergency Medical Services Week, 2210
- Public education campaigns – Public safety
  - Emergency Preparedness Week, 1890
  - Police Week, 2113
- Public records
  - intentional destruction of, 3446
- Public transit expansion
  - purchase of mass transit vehicles, 6140–6141
- Racetracks
  - audits, 3991
  - non-profit, 3920–3921, 3991
- Recycling fees
  - general remarks, 4088
  - producer responsibility, 4090
- Renewable energy industry
  - domestic procurement rules, 6375–6376
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Estimates, 4544
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 4388
- Skilled trades
  - women in, 5582
- Slots at racetracks program (SARP)
  - cancellation, 4509–4510
  - general remarks, 509, 575–576, 917–918
- Small business
  - regulations, 2651
- Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2650–2651, 2656, 2657–2658, 2659–2660, 2662, 2760–2761, 2765
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 146)
  - second reading, 5297, 5298–5301, 6751–6753
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3721, 3950, 3955, 3959–3960, 3961–3962
  - third reading, 5149, 5154–5155
- Teacher misconduct
  - resulting in suspension or revocation of certification, 6384
- Temporary employment agencies
  - joint and several liability for unpaid wages, 5300
  - standards and regulations, 5345
- Temporary foreign workers
  - in construction industry, 3938–3939
  - employment standards, 4917, 5010
  - unpaid wage claims, 4917, 6752
- Thoracic surgery, 4105, 4111, 4310
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 101–102, 111, 119, 128, 133
- Transit funding methods
  - HST increase, 2424
- Tributes
  - Crozier, Bruce (former member for Essex), 1886–1887
  - Stompin' Tom Connors, 470
  - Whelan, Eugene (former Minister of Agriculture), 29–30
- Ukraine
  - political events in, 5315–5316
- Waste diversion
  - through reduced packaging, 4088
- Waste Reduction Act, 2013 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3418–3419, 4088–4089, 4090
- Wireless services
  - cancellation fees, 3497
  - rates, 3498
  - refunds, 3497
  - in rural Ontario, 3498
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2013 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 3496–3498, 3499–3500
- Wireless services, contracts
  - use of plain language, 3496
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - general remarks, 2378
  - wage earner protection, 2589
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - compensation system, 3336–3337
  - general remarks, 1545–1546
  - repetitive stress injuries, 259–260
Nicholls, R. (PC, Chatham–Kent–Essex)
- Aging population, 538
- Air ambulance services, oversight of
  - minister's power to intervene, 779
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2014 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 779–780, 781
- Appreciation
  - Canadian Automobile Association, 4221
  - Olympic athletes, Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, 5541–5542
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - journeyman-to-apprentice ratios, 913
- Automobile accident victims
  - diagnostic and treatment protocols, 6547
- Automobile insurance claims
  - processing through electronic system, 6547
- Automobile insurance claims, dispute resolution
  - for tort and no-fault claims, 6547
- Automobile insurance claims, prejudgment interest
  - rates, 6546
- Automobile insurance companies
  - closures, 6104–6105, 6546
  - managers' designation as health professionals, 6547
  - non-standard insurance providers, 6546
- Bear hunting in spring
  - as wildlife management tool, 5187
- Bicycle safety
  - general remarks, 5181–5182
- Black Canadians, 5276–5277
- Child performers
  - employment standards, 2614–2615
- Construction industry contracts
  - non-payment of bills, 6001
- Consumer protection
  - against contractors, 2092
- Co-operative housing, dispute resolution
  - general remarks, 1163
- Cottage leases in Rondeau Provincial Park, 2897, 6395–6396
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 4468–4469
- Doctors
  - shortage, 6125
- Elections, third-party advertisers
  - spending cap, 3373–3374, 3447–3448, 3454
- Electricity rates
  - general remarks, 4315
  - increase in, 3979–3980, 5090
- Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
  - general remarks, 5083
- Employment by region
  - Leamington, 5528–5529
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 537–539, 541, 551
  - third reading, 4885–4887, 6844–6845
- Employment-related benefits
  - sick leave, 691
- Fair Minimum Wage Act, 2014 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 5894, 6730, 6733–6735, 6736, 6738–6739
- Family caregiver leave
  - flexibility of leave increments, 4886
  - general remarks, 538–539, 4885–4886
- Fast food menu labelling, 6700–6701
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 171)
  - second reading, 6104–6105, 6117, 6545–6548, 6549
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - review of alternative service delivery, 5768
- Fine collection for traffic violations
  - outstanding fines, 1042
- Food processing industry
  - local processing, 1642
- Gasoline tax rebate, 5450–5451
- Great Lakes conservation
  - related legislation, 433–434
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2014 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 433–434, 443
- Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A, 3984
- Health clinics
  - licensing of, 6546–6547
- Heinz plant closure
  - general remarks, 4369, 4468–4469, 4705
  - supports for workers, 4583
- Highway Traffic Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 1042
- Hospitality industry
  - tips and other gratuities, 2386–2387
- Human resources professionals
  - designations, 1570–1571, 4233–4234
  - inspection, 4234
  - self-regulation, 1570, 4234
- Immigrants, employment
  - employer and recruiter registries, 6125
- Immigrants, selection programs
  - nominations allocated to Ontario, 6124
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2014 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 5449, 5450–5453, 5454
- Landlord and Tenant Board
  - fee waiver program, 404, 1163
- Local Food Act, 2013 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1298–1299, 1641–1642, 1643–1644
- Local food strategy
  - targets, 1641
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2014 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 6700–6701
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs, 5089–5090
- Members' statements
  - Black History Month, 5276–5277
  - Canadian Automobile Association, 4221
  - Heinz closure, 4705
  - Hydro rates, 3776
  - Nichol, Dave, 3219
  - Pension hearings, 5168–5169
  - Tiessen, Dean, 5069–5070
  - Wind turbines, 1772–1773, 3085–3086
- Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 4315, 5898
- Mineral resources
  - processing outside Ontario, 1118
- Minimum wage increase
  - effect on business, 5894, 6734–6735
  - general remarks, 6730, 6733–6734
- Ministerial statements
  - Assistance to athletes
    - responded to, 5541–5542
  - Injured Workers' Day
    - responded to, 2377
- Municipal infrastructure
  - asset management plan and inventory, 5451
- Municipal infrastructure planning
  - long-term planning and funding, 5452–5453
- Non-profit Housing Co-operatives Statute Law Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 404, 1162–1164, 1165, 1701
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - air ambulance service oversight, 779
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) membership
  - automatic membership, 6431
  - fees, 3980
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2014 (Bill 161)
  - second reading, 5415, 5661, 5672, 6123–6126, 6127
- Oral questions
  - Election advertising
    - presented, 3373–3374, 3425–3426
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 1101
  - Energy rates
    - presented, 4315
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 4369, 4583–4584, 5528–5529
  - Power plants
    - presented, 1719
  - Provincial parks
    - presented, 2897
  - Rondeau Provincial Park
    - presented, 6395–6396
- Ornge
  - corporate structure, 779
- Ornge, whistle-blower protection, 779
- Pension funds
  - dispute between Navistar and CAW, 5168–5169
- Pension plans
  - pooled registered pension plans (PRPPs), 1556
- Petitions
  - Charitable gaming, 6100
  - Freedom of information, 1276
  - Junk foods, 687
  - Lyme disease, 4449, 4659, 5880
  - Ontario College of Trades, 1496
  - Physiotherapy services, 2115–2116
- Private members' public business
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2014 (Bill 159)
    - second reading, 5346–5347
  - Fair Hiring to Support Teachers, Parents and Students Act, 2013 (Bill 107)
    - second reading, 3688
  - Financial Accountability Act, 2014 (Bill 160)
    - second reading, 5768
  - Government procurement policies
    - responded to, 6001
  - Helping Ontarians Enter the Skilled Trades Act, 2013 (Bill 22)
    - second reading, 912–913
  - Living Within Our Means Act, 2013 (Bill 26)
    - second reading, 700–701
  - Mining Amendment Act (Resources Processed in Ontario), 2013 (Bill 43)
    - second reading, 1118–1119
  - Paved Shoulder Construction and Bicycling Act, 2013 (Bill 137)
    - second reading, 5181–5182
  - Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2013 (Bill 50)
    - second reading, 1556
  - Protecting Child Performers Act, 2013 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 2614–2615
  - Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013 (Bill 49)
    - second reading, 2386–2387
  - Psychological health and safety
    - responded to, 2919–2920
  - Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2013 (Bill 32)
    - second reading, 1570–1571
  - Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Spousal Exception), 2013 (Bill 70)
    - second reading, 2402
  - Ryan's Law (Ensuring Asthma Friendly Schools), 2014 (Bill 135)
    - second reading, 4989
  - Saving Apprentices' Jobs Act, 2014 (Bill 169)
    - second reading, 6431–6432
  - Sick Days are for Sick People Act, 2013 (Bill 25)
    - second reading, 690–691
  - Special Interest Groups Election Advertising Transparency Act, 2013 (Bill 101)
    - second reading, 3446–3448, 3454
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014 (Bill 83)
  - second reading, 5248–5250, 5251
- Provincial parks
  - heritage designation of Rondeau Provincial Park, 2897
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Black History Month, 5276–5277
- Public education campaigns – Health and safety
  - Injured Workers' Day, 2377
- Recycling fees
  - all-in pricing, 4204
  - general remarks, 3753–3754
  - for tires, 3633
- Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2013 (Bill 32)
  - third reading, 4233–4234
- Regulated health professionals
  - treatment of spouses by, 2402, 3849
- Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Spousal Exception), 2013 (Bill 70)
  - third reading, 3849
- Renewable energy strategy, 1101
- School boards
  - asthma policies, 4989
- School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 4453–4454, 4455
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 1502
- Senior citizens
  - as victims of fraud, 2525
- Skin Cancer Prevention Act (Tanning Beds), 2013 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 1259–1260
- Special Interest Groups Election Advertising Transparency Act, 2013 (Bill 101)
  - first reading, 2979–2980
- Statements by stakeholders
  - gratuities in the restaurant industry, 2386
- Strategic lawsuits
  - definition of, 5249
- Strategic lawsuits, examples
  - involving corporations, 5249–5250
- Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 1733, 1742, 2091–2092, 2093–2094, 2525
- Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 3592, 3979–3981, 3982, 3984
  - third reading, 5083, 5089–5090
- Teacher collective bargaining laws
  - sunset clause, 4453
- Teacher hiring
  - seniority-based, 3688
- Temporary employment agencies
  - standards and regulations, 5346–5347
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 190, 817–819, 820
- Towing industry
  - consumer protection, 6547
- Tributes
  - Braithwaite, Leonard (former member for Etobicoke), 6892
  - Nichol, Dave, 3219
  - Whelan, Eugene (former Minister of Agriculture), 29
- Waste Reduction Act, 2013 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3632–3634, 3753–3754, 3755, 4204
- Waste Reduction Authority
  - transparency, 3634
- Water heaters, door-to-door sale
  - cancellation period, 2091
  - consumer protection, 1733
- Wind farms, 818, 1772–1773
- Wind turbines
  - local opposition to, 3085–3086
- Workplace mental health
  - general remarks, 2919–2920

House speaker index

Letter: N

Naqvi, Hon. Y. (LIB, Ottawa Centre)

Natyshak, T. (NDP, Essex)

Nicholls, R. (PC, Chatham–Kent–Essex)