Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Letter: V

• Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming–Cochrane)

  • Abattoirs
    • regulations, 1230, 2949
  • Adams Mine Lake Act, S.O. 2004, c. 6, 5778–5779
  • Aggregate industry, 5332
  • Aggregate resources management
    • review, 5331–5332
  • Agriculture industry
    • regulations, 4082
    • supply management, 1912, 1915
  • Agriculture week, 1229, 1753, 4161
  • Agri-food industry
    • food quality, 1228, 1463
    • general remarks, 1726–1727
  • All-terrain vehicles (ATVs)
    • use on highways, 4336–4337
  • Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2014 (Bill 11)
    • second reading, 452, 660, 869–870, 871–872, 876–877, 1015, 1020–1021, 1023–1024, 1030–1031, 1085–1086, 1088, 1091
  • Anson General Hospital, 514–515, 1772
  • Automobile insurance
    • effect of road maintenance on, 5826
  • Automobile insurance agents/adjusters
    • licensing of, 6688
  • Automobile insurance claims, prejudgment interest
    • rates, 6689
  • Automobile insurance rates
    • reduction to, 811
  • Bear control
    • consultation with stakeholders, 4129–4130
    • general remarks, 2203, 2896, 3430
    • study by select committee, 4103, 4129–4130, 5188
    • trap and relocate program, 4130
  • Bear hunting in spring
    • general remarks, 4130
    • pilot program, 5188
  • Bears
    • population and range, 4129
  • Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 176)
    • second reading, 6154, 6170–6171, 6771–6772
  • Business development, regulatory requirements
    • general remarks, 6170–6171
  • Committees
    • to review policies effecting northern Ontario, 248
  • Complying with International Trade Obligations Act, 2014 (Bill 153)
    • second reading, 6376–6377
  • Consumer advocate, 2073
  • Dairy industry, 1753
  • Economic conditions in northern Ontario, 650–651
  • Economic development in northern Ontario
    • general remarks, 6154
  • Employer health tax (EHT) exemption for small business
    • general remarks, 3954, 5083–5084
  • Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 (Bill 21)
    • second reading, 540, 550, 556, 2564, 2806, 2813, 2819–2820, 2821–2822, 2884
    • third reading, 6484, 6505–6506
  • Enhancing Patient Care and Pharmacy Safety (Statute Law Amendment) Act, 2014 (Bill 117)
    • second reading, 5726
  • Fair Minimum Wage Act, 2014 (Bill 165)
    • second reading, 5520, 5599
  • Family caregiver leave
    • affordability, 2806, 2820, 2884
    • employee eligibility, 2884
    • employment insurance (EI) benefits for, 2813
    • flexibility of leave increments, 540, 2564
  • Family caregiver leave and job protection
    • enforcement, 2819–2820
  • Farm assistance programs
    • risk management, 464
  • Farm products
    • regulations, 1228
  • Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 171)
    • second reading, 5826, 6688–6689, 6690
  • Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
    • general remarks, 2133
  • Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013 (Bill 95)
    • third reading, 3193
  • Fire services in northern Ontario
    • closure of response centres, 4493
  • Floods
    • in northeastern Ontario, 1795–1796
  • Food distribution centres, 1230
  • Food packaging reforms, 890, 1227–1228
  • Food processing industry
    • local processing, 4160
    • regulations for small operators, 4267
  • Forest industry
    • general remarks, 3090
    • wood supply in lumber mills, 418
  • French-language debates
    • Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
      • Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation, 1727
    • Loi de 2013 sur les aliments locaux, projet de loi 36
      • deuxième lecture, 1230
      • troisième lecture, 4161
  • Government service transfer
    • provincial to municipal jurisdiction, 6254
  • Great Lakes conservation
    • government funding, 434
  • Great Lakes Protection Act, 2014 (Bill 6)
    • second reading, 230, 386, 429, 434, 442
  • Heinz plant closure
    • supports for tomato growers, 4741–4742, 4749
  • Highway maintenance in winter
    • fines, 6145
    • in northern Ontario, 1987
    • privatization, 6649
  • Highway safety
    • utility vehicles (UTVs) on secondary highways, 2639
  • Hunting and trapping
    • moose tag availability, 6941
  • Hunting and trapping licences
    • electronic system, 1325
  • Immigration
    • to northern Ontario, 5962
  • Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2014 (Bill 141)
    • second reading, 5945, 5952, 5958, 6221–6222, 6229–6230, 6232, 6976
  • International trade agreements
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), 3707
  • Invasive species management
    • provincial policy, 5493
  • Landfill sites, 3407
  • Legislative procedure
    • interim supply, 810
  • Legislative procedure, motions
    • programming motions, 3305, 3307
  • Local Food Act, 2013 (Bill 36)
    • second reading, 1223–1231, 1232, 1279, 1295, 1310, 1456, 1463, 1522, 1750, 1753, 1756, 1759, 1912, 1915, 2065
    • third reading, 4160–4162
  • Local food education, 5749
  • Local food strategy
    • general remarks, 728–729
    • implementation, 1228–1230
    • targets, 1522
    • trade compliance, 1295, 1522
  • Manufacturing industry
    • layoffs, 5155
  • Medical errors in chemotherapy
    • underdosing, 5726
  • Members' statements
    • Agri-food industry, 3707
    • Assistance to farmers, 4749
    • Bear control, 2203
    • Firefighting, 4493
    • Flooding in northern Ontario, 1795–1796
    • Health care, 1772
    • Moose tags, 1325, 6941
    • Municipalities, 6254
    • Northern Ontario Mining Supply Showcase, 5745
    • Ontario Ranger Program, 3219–3220
    • Property taxation, 839–840
    • Recreational vehicles, 2639
    • Solar energy projects, 5226–5227
    • True North Hardwood Plywood, 418
  • Members'/ministers' constituencies
    • Timiskaming–Cochrane, 1227
  • Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1006
  • Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1224
  • Members'/ministers' remarks withdrawn, 2073
  • Mineral resources
    • processing outside Ontario, 1119
  • Ministerial statements
    • Aggregate extraction
      • responded to, 5331–5332
    • Agri-food industry
      • responded to, 728–729
    • Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week
      • responded to, 373, 5749
    • Dutch Heritage Month
      • responded to, 1799
    • Forest industry
      • responded to, 3090
    • Invasive species
      • responded to, 5493
    • Ministry of Agriculture and Food
      • responded to, 1726–1727
    • Ontario Agriculture Week
      • responded to, 3615
    • Towing and vehicle storage
      • responded to, 6720
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Food
    • 125th anniversary, 1726–1727
  • Municipal infrastructure
    • in northern Ontario, 5945
  • Municipal infrastructure planning
    • long-term planning and funding, 6230–6231, 6232
    • prioritization of projects, 6230
  • Ombudsman of Ontario
    • air ambulance service oversight, 870
  • Ontario Agricultural College
    • campus closures, 5804
  • Ontario history
    • Dutch population, 1799
  • Ontario Immigration Act, 2014 (Bill 161)
    • second reading, 5962
  • Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
    • advisory committee, 4265
    • refurbishment shops and contracts, 3654, 4265, 6785–6786
    • valuation, 3193
  • Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC), privatization
    • alternatives to, 5872–5873
    • cost, 5113–5114
    • general remarks, 89, 91, 5092
  • Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
    • new billing model, 6254
  • Ontera
    • sale to Bell Aliant Inc., 6527
  • Opposition day motions
    • Job creation
      • responded to, 6052–6053
  • Oral questions
    • Agricultural colleges
      • presented, 5804
    • Agri-food industry
      • presented, 890, 2949, 4267
    • Assistance to farmers
      • presented, 464, 4741–4742
    • Bear control
      • presented, 3430, 4103
    • Highway maintenance
      • presented, 1987
    • Northern Ontario
      • presented, 248
    • Nuisance bears
      • presented, 2896
    • Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
      • presented, 89, 626–627, 3654–3655, 4265, 5069, 5113–5114, 5872–5873, 6527, 6785–6786
    • Public participation
      • presented, 2636
    • Tire recycling
      • presented, 1001–1002
    • Whistle-blower protection
      • presented, 514–515
    • Winter highway maintenance
      • presented, 6145
    • Youth employment
      • presented, 3824
  • Ornge, whistle-blower protection, 660, 869–870
  • Petitions
    • Affordable housing, 427
    • Greenwater park, 213, 306–307, 1010, 1062
    • Highway 66, 2646
    • Mining industry, 1776, 2801
    • Off-road vehicles, 4814, 4868, 4918, 5019–5020, 5077, 5130, 5334, 5391, 5587, 5703, 5940, 6039, 6151, 6721
    • Ontario Ranger Program, 3834, 4326–4327, 4446
    • Property taxation, 2554, 5393–5394
    • Utility transportation vehicles, 1671, 2059
  • Private members' public business
    • Bear control
      • presented, 4129–4131
      • responded to, 4136–4137
    • Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Spring Bear Hunt), 2013 (Bill 114)
      • second reading, 5187–5188
    • Mining Amendment Act (Resources Processed in Ontario), 2013 (Bill 43)
      • second reading, 1119
    • Off-road vehicles
      • responded to, 4336–4337
    • Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2013 (Bill 13)
      • second reading, 4343
    • Rural and northern Ontario transportation
      • responded to, 4769–4770
    • Winter road maintenance
      • responded to, 6649
  • Property tax assessment
    • appeals, 6254
  • Property tax assessment on industrial properties
    • appeals in rural Ontario, 651, 839–840
  • Prosperous and Fair Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2013 (Bill 65)
    • second reading, 1849, 1908, 2133–2134, 2139
  • Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014 (Bill 83)
    • second reading, 4830, 5777–5779, 5780, 5788–5789
  • Public education campaigns – Agriculture
    • Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week, 373, 5749–5750
    • Ontario Agriculture Week, 3615
  • Public education campaigns – Culture
    • Dutch Heritage Month, 1799
  • Public education campaigns – Environment
    • National Forest Week, 3090
  • Public transportation systems
    • in rural and northern Ontario, 4769–4770
  • Recycling fees
    • general remarks, 4200
    • for tires, 1001–1002, 3856
  • Renewable energy industry
    • contracts, 5226–5227
  • Reports by committees
    • Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, 3384–3385
  • School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (Bill 122)
    • second reading, 4452, 4459–4460, 4461–4462, 4463, 4466
  • Schools in rural Ontario, 4461–4462
  • Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 51)
    • second reading, 1501–1502
  • Small business
    • regulations, 1759
  • Social assistance benefits
    • employment earnings exemption, 811
  • Strategic lawsuits
    • general remarks, 5780
  • Strategic lawsuits, dismissal
    • early dismissal mechanism, 2636
  • Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2013 (Bill 55)
    • second reading, 1682, 2071–2073, 2075, 2574, 2577–2578
  • Supply Act, 2013 (Bill 33)
    • second reading, 810–812
  • Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (Bill 105)
    • second reading, 3953–3955, 3956, 4079, 4082
    • third reading, 5031, 5083–5084, 5092, 5102, 5148, 5155
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 649–652, 654
  • Towing industry
    • consumer protection, 6720
  • Transportation
    • in northern Ontario, 89, 626–627, 1849, 5069
  • Waste diversion
    • in small municipalities, 3627, 3853, 4201
  • Waste Reduction Act, 2013 (Bill 91)
    • second reading, 3407, 3623, 3627, 3853, 3856–3857, 3858–3859, 4090, 4200–4201, 4202, 4890
  • Waste Reduction Authority
    • transparency, 3623
  • Water heaters, door-to-door sale
    • consumer protection, 2071–2072
  • Youth programs
    • environmental stewardship, 3219–3220, 3824
  • Youth Smoking Prevention Act, 2014 (Bill 131)
    • second reading, 6272