Speaker letter s House Hansard index Parliament 41 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: S

Sandals, Hon. L. (LIB, Guelph)
- Aboriginal education
  - framework agreement, 6579
- Aboriginal youth
  - mental health care, 9902–9903
- Adult education, funding, 7179
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8758–8759, 8774–8775
- Applied behaviour analysis (ABA)
  - in schools, 6263
- Budget 2014
  - school funding, 232
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6619
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8116–8119
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4044
- Bullying prevention
  - anti-bullying initiatives, 1275–1276, 1314, 2376
  - awards, 6434
  - school programs, 6371, 6434, 8503–8504, 8626
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - separation from general account, 7897
- Cheque cashing services
  - government-issued cheques
    - fee limit, 8759
    - information for consumers, 8758–8759
- Child care by independent providers
  - age and number restrictions, 571
- Child care inspectors
  - powers and duties, 571–572, 859, 1987
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - first reading, 187
  - second reading, 569–573, 576, 740, 784, 789
  - third reading, 1603–1605
- Child care reform
  - drafting regulations, 1939
  - general remarks, 569–570, 740, 1316–1317, 1603–1605
  - public consultation, 1141
- Child care reform, economic impact
  - statements by stakeholders, 858–859
- Child care spaces, 469, 570–571, 576, 919, 1530, 1587–1588, 3957, 5623, 7925
- Child care system
  - $15-a-day program, 5725
  - age and number restrictions, 8622
  - government funding, 178, 1531, 1933, 5111–5112, 5623, 8571–8572
  - licensing requirements, 571
- Child care workers, 819–820, 1987
- Children and youth with mental illness
  - treatment centres
    - Cordick Education and Treatment Program, 9256–9257
- Class sizes
  - caps, 4088, 4780, 4833, 4888
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 7896
- Concussions
  - prevention, 7223–7224
- Curriculum
  - aboriginal history and perspective, 8035, 8116
  - math education, 8290–8291
  - sex education
    - public consultation, 2311, 2478
- Data on university and college programs
  - collection and online publication, 5895–5896, 5898
- Debt settlement agencies and agents
  - penalties for non-compliance, 8774–8775
- Drivers
  - passing of cyclists, 2262
- Drivers, impaired
  - penalties, 3618
- Early childhood education
  - program accreditation, 572–573
- Early childhood educators (ECEs)
  - general remarks, 819–820
  - membership in regulatory college, 572
  - salaries, 7924
- Education
  - provincial strategy, 2777–2778
- Education funding, 1212, 1263, 1312, 1357–1358, 3721, 3788, 4141, 4262–4263, 4324, 4326–4327, 4366, 4419, 4464, 4781, 4937–4938, 7439–7441, 7561, 7637, 9951
- Education programs
  - funding for parent involvement, 7389
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5374
- Electricity generating facilities
  - security, 1632
- Electricity transmission
  - project prioritization, 5586
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6233
- Energy contracts, fixed-rate
  - cooling-off period, 5586
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6836–6837
- Facilities housing marine mammals
  - establishing of animal welfare committees, 3401–3402
- Fast food menu labelling
  - general remarks, 3079
- Fatalities
  - Hassan, Abshir, 178
- French-language education
  - general remarks, 4836
- Full-day kindergarten
  - benefits of, 590
  - general remarks, 569
- GO Transit service expansion
  - in Kitchener-Waterloo region, 4044
- Government expenditures
  - by Ministry of Education, 6004
  - teacher expenses
    - accountability, 6105, 6710–6711
- Great Lakes conservation
  - role of farmers, 4926
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 4926
- Health regulatory colleges
  - reporting requirements, 3618
- High school construction
  - Wasaga Beach, 6645
- High school students, 4991, 9126
- Highway construction projects
  - Highway 7
    - expansion, 4044
- Immigration
  - to fill skills shortage, 2527
- Independent child care providers (ICPs)
  - oversight, 383–384, 468–469, 570, 576, 641, 918
- Independent child care providers (ICPs), complaints against
  - registry, 573, 784
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7687
- Laurentian University
  - closure of Barrie campus, 8795
- LGBTQ youth/students
  - school supports, 3286–3287
- Long-term energy plan (LTEP)
  - planning process, 6836–6837
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3079
- Marine mammals in captivity
  - report by Dr. David Rosen, 3402
- Medical marijuana
  - smoking ban
    - in workplaces/enclosed public spaces, 8372–8373
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2320
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6249–6250
- Ministerial statements
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 2376
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
    - presented, 1275–1276, 6371
  - Child care workers
    - presented, 819–820
  - Education Week
    - presented, 8954–8955
  - International Day of Pink
    - presented, 3286–3287, 8503–8504
  - Student safety
    - presented, 9648–9649
  - Take Our Kids to Work Day
    - presented, 1047–1048
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - allocation, 8118–8119
- Municipal planning
  - parkland, 4920
- Obesity in children
  - prevention, 3079
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - child care
    - recommendations, 638–639, 761, 784
- Ontario education number (OEN), 572
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2527, 2878–2879
  - third reading, 4698–4699
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2383–2384
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8991–8992
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, administration
  - management at arm's length, 8992
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3401–3404
- Opposition day motions
  - Teachers' collective bargaining
    - responded to, 6710–6712
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal education
    - responded to, 6579
  - Adult education
    - responded to, 7179
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - responded to, 371, 1314, 2368, 6434
  - Asthma
    - responded to, 640–641
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 6263, 9078, 9123–9124
  - Child care
    - responded to, 178, 383–384, 468–469, 638–639, 641, 761, 858–859, 918–919, 1141, 1266–1267, 1316–1317, 1530–1531, 1587–1588, 1939, 1986–1987, 3230, 3957, 5111–5112, 5623, 5725, 7924–7925, 8571–8572, 8622
  - Children's mental health services
    - responded to, 9256
  - Class size
    - responded to, 4780–4781, 4833, 4888, 4937–4938
  - Community services
    - responded to, 9857
  - Concussions
    - responded to, 7223–7224
  - Curriculum
    - responded to, 2310–2311, 2478
  - Education
    - responded to, 2777–2778, 3382, 8035
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 1212, 1263, 1312, 2933, 3101, 3603–3604, 3671–3672, 3721, 3788–3789, 4326–4327, 6003, 6645, 7439–7441, 7637, 7707, 9019, 9126, 9528, 9951
  - French-language education
    - responded to, 4836
  - Full-day kindergarten
    - responded to, 590
  - Government's record
    - responded to, 1933
  - Healthy schools
    - responded to, 1992
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 7561, 8851
  - Post-secondary education
    - responded to, 8795
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 4324, 4366
  - Public services
    - responded to, 1082
  - School accommodation
    - responded to, 9183
  - School breakfast programs
    - responded to, 984
  - School closures
    - responded to, 232, 330, 590, 1357–1358, 3444–3445, 7805, 7808, 8948
  - School facilities
    - responded to, 9800, 9944
  - School safety
    - responded to, 8626
  - School transportation
    - responded to, 1363–1364
  - School trustees
    - responded to, 472–473
  - Special education
    - responded to, 402, 4577, 6213, 7509
  - Special-needs students
    - responded to, 322, 5234, 7858, 7927, 8030–8031, 8151, 8195–8196, 8201, 8250, 8666–8668, 8670–8672, 8674, 9080, 9948–9949
  - Student achievement
    - responded to, 3282, 4991, 7389, 8290–8291
  - Student safety
    - responded to, 5672–5673
  - Summer camps
    - responded to, 9254–9255
  - Teachers
    - responded to, 4988, 5054–5055, 5107–5108
  - Teachers' collective bargaining
    - responded to, 3547, 5233, 5401, 5828–5830, 5878, 5933–5934, 5936, 5938, 6002, 6004, 6052, 6098, 6105, 8195, 9580–9581
  - Teachers' labour dispute
    - responded to, 3601, 3669, 3854–3855
  - Teachers' labour disputes
    - responded to, 3601, 3669, 3757, 3786, 3854–3855, 4018–4020, 4088–4089, 4137–4138, 4141, 4190, 4255, 4262–4263, 4321, 4369, 4414–4416, 4419, 4460–4461, 4575–4576, 4659–4662, 4664, 4715–4717, 4721–4722, 4784, 4834, 4934–4935
  - Teacher's labour disputes
    - responded to, 4834
  - Toronto District School Board
    - responded to, 2933–2934
  - Youth mental health services
    - responded to, 9902–9903
- Police record checks
  - vulnerable sector checks, 5493
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5492–5493
- Private members' public business
  - Pathways to Post-Secondary Excellence Act (Post-Secondary Educational Report), 2015 (Bill 127)
    - second reading, 5895–5896
  - Special-needs students
    - responded to, 8696–8698
- Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 200)
  - first reading, 9493–9494
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4592–4594
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (Bill 52)
  - second reading, 2975–2976
- Provincial and demonstration schools
  - admissions and application process, 9080
  - closure, 7927
  - enrolment, 8667, 8697, 9948–9949
  - for francophone students, 7808, 9080
  - government funding, 7707
  - program review, 7805, 7808, 7858, 8151, 8201, 8250, 8666, 8668, 8670–8671, 9948
  - reading programs, 8030–8031, 8195–8196, 8674, 8697–8698
- Public education campaigns – Anti-discrimination
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 1275–1276, 6371
  - International Day of Pink, 3286–3287, 8503–8504
  - Pink Shirt Day, 2376
- Public education campaigns – Education
  - Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day, 819–820
  - Education Week, 8954–8955
  - Take Our Kids to Work Day, 1047–1048
- Rent-to-own services
  - consumer protection, 8759
- Retirement planning, 2384–2385
- Ryan's Law (Ensuring Asthma Friendly Schools), 2015 (Bill 20)
  - third reading, 3931–3932
- School board trustees
  - disclosure of expenses, 472–473
- School boards
  - asthma policies, 640–641
  - before- and after-school child care and programs, 3230
  - policies re: prevalent medical conditions, 3931
  - transfer payments to, 3101
- School buses
  - transportation contracts, RFP system, 1364
  - yellow colour, 2262
- School closures
  - general remarks, 590, 1082
- School closures by region
  - Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, 8948
- School construction
  - government funding, 9183
- School facilities
  - community use, 232, 330, 3444–3445, 9857
  - construction funding, 8117
  - maintenance and repair funding, 9944
  - state of disrepair, 9800
- School programs
  - before and after school, 572
  - breakfast and lunch programs, 984
  - physical activity programs, 1992
- School safety
  - lockdown procedures, 5672–5673
  - online safety, 8626
- Schools
  - anti-bullying legislation, compliance, 371
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1632
- Service dogs for autism
  - access to school building and grounds, 9078
- Sexual abuse of children, 7150–7151
- Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 7150–7151
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 4919–4920
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8372–8373
- Special education funding
  - general remarks, 402, 4577, 5234, 5938, 6213
  - per-pupil funding, 322
- Strategic lawsuits
  - advisory panel recommendations, 2976
  - effect on public participation, 2976
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5865
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 5586–5587
- Student grants
  - general remarks, 7687, 8116–8117
- Students
  - enrolment levels, 3789
  - exclusion from school, 7509
  - graduation rate, 3282, 9019–9020, 9126
  - mental health care, 6250
  - tutoring programs, 8955
- Summer camps
  - children under age 4, 9254–9255
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8319
- Syrian refugees
  - student enrolment, 8035
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - contract for 2014/2015, 3757, 3854–3855, 4137–4138, 4414–4415, 4988, 5054–5055, 5107–5108, 5233, 5401, 5828–5829, 5878, 5936, 6052, 6710
  - general remarks, 3786, 4018–4020, 4255, 4369, 4659–4660, 4715, 4784, 4834, 4935, 5830
  - legislation, 4716–4717, 6710–6711
  - negotiations with Durham District School Board, 3547, 3601, 3669, 3671–3672
- Teacher federations
  - travel expenses paid by government, 5933–5934, 6003
- Teacher misconduct
  - disciplinary procedures, 9648–9649
- Teacher strikes
  - advice by Education Relations Commission, 4460–4461, 4464, 4575–4576, 4592–4593, 4661
  - back-to-work laws, 4662, 4716
  - effect on students, 4415–4416
  - general remarks, 4088, 4190, 4721–4722, 6003
  - strike termination at Durham, Rainbow and Peel schoolboards, 4593–4594
- Teachers
  - professional development and training, 371, 2368, 9528, 9581
- Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
  - public consultation, 2933–2934
  - schools under capacity, 2933
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2262
  - third reading, 3617–3618
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - third reading, 9569–9570
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - survivor benefits, calculation, 6233
- Youth
  - exposure to the workplace, 1047–1048
Sattler, P. (NDP, London West)
- Alternative financial services
  - relation to poverty and/or precarious work, 9042
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8742, 8752, 9036, 9042
- Apartment buildings
  - conversion to condominiums
    - warranty for buyers, 5152
- Automobile safety inspection program
  - third-party management, 2271, 3637–3638
- Automobile safety technology
  - enforceability, 9394
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1198–1199
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1515–1517
- Bicycle safety
  - general remarks, 3638
  - truck side guards, 3640
- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement
  - supporters, freedom of expression, 9599–9600
- Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Amendment Act (Senior Administrators of Universities and Colleges), 2015 (Bill 86)
  - first reading, 3338
- Budget 2014
  - program spending, 319
- Budget 2016
  - gender lens, 7883–7884, 8795
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6670
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6682–6684
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8103
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 4004–4005, 4035
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - second reading, 319
- Canada Pension Plan enhancement
  - integration with ORPP, 8987
- Cap-and-trade
  - for large emitters, 8020
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - on low-income, rural and northern Ontarians, 8017–8018
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - separation from general account, 8018
  - transparency and accountability, 8018
- Carding
  - consultation, 5907
  - as racial profiling, 5907
- Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
  - second reading, 931
- Child care system
  - government funding, 3990–3991
- Climate change
  - general remarks, 9349–9350
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 8017–8020
  - third reading, 9349–9350, 9440–9444
- Collective bargaining
  - colleges, successor rights re divestment of services, 7840
- Community health care, 4004–4005
- Condominium authority
  - mandate, 5152
- Condominium managers
  - licensing, 5152
- Condominium owners
  - dispute resolution, 5152
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, The
  - compensation awards, 6969–6970, 7879–7880, 9650
- Cycling strategy
  - promotion of, 2264
- Data on university and college programs
  - by Common University Data Ontario (CUDO), 5897
- Development charges
  - applicable services, 5014, 6978
  - general remarks, 5003–5004
  - reporting of, 5014
- Doctor misconduct, 9714
- Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 (Bill 177)
  - first reading, 7935
- Domestic violence
  - death review committee recommendations, 6973
  - relation to sexual violence, 7035
  - signs of, 7882–7883
  - workplace training, 8063–8064
- Domestic violence in the workplace
  - education and supports, 7034
- Domestic violence victims
  - economic instability, 7034–7035, 7883
- Driver fines, collection
  - by municipality, 2264, 2268
- Drivers
  - medical reporting on, 2264
  - medical suspensions, 2264–2265
    - reinstatement delays, 2264, 2266, 3635
  - passing of cyclists, 2263
- Driving, distracted, 3636–3637
- Eating disorders
  - as mental health issue, 9379
  - treatment programs, 9379
- École Polytechnique massacre
  - 25th anniversary, 1800
- Economic development
  - general remarks, 5560
- Electoral boundaries
  - adjustment, 5917–5918
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5916–5921, 5924
- Electricity transmission
  - project prioritization, 5582–5583
- Electronic health records (EHRs)
  - in coordination of care, 7215
- Employment agencies
  - compensation for injured temporary workers, 1059–1060
  - liability for unpaid wages, 1059
  - oversight of, 1059
- Employment and unemployment
  - in southwestern Ontario, 1269
- Employment creation, 476
- Employment, precarious
  - impact on retirement savings, 8992
- Employment standards
  - violations of, 1061
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Greater Protection for Interns and Vulnerable Workers), 2014 (Bill 22)
  - first reading, 392
- Employment-related benefits
  - self-employment benefit, 4725
- Energy contracts, fixed-rate
  - phase out, 5583–5584
- Energy industry
  - transparency and accountability, 9398–9399
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6783–6786, 6788
  - third reading, 9398–9401
- Fast food menu labelling
  - sodium content, 1768, 3178, 4533–4534
- Federal government
  - immigrant selection programs
    - Express Entry, 2525
  - immigration policy, 2525
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 607
- French-language education
  - post-secondary, 6545–6546
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-present)
    - general remarks, 117
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 7213–7215
- Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), 5898
- Hispanic community, 3943–3945
- Hospital funding
  - increase, 8103
  - reduction, 7128
- Human trafficking
  - provincial task force, 4437
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 4035
- Immigrant selection programs
  - oversight, 2525
- Immigrant services
  - government funding, 2525–2526
  - settlement programs, 2524–2525
- Immigrants, categories
  - family vs. economic class, 2526
- Immigrants, employment
  - bridge training programs, 2526, 2528, 2749
  - foreign credential recognition, 2524–2526
  - rate of employment, 2524
  - registry of employers and recruiters, 2525
  - women, 2526
- Immigration
  - research programs, 2525
- Immigration policy
  - general remarks, 2527
- Immigration rates
  - in other provinces, 2524
- Independent child care providers (ICPs), complaints against
  - government response, 931
- Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 (Bill 6)
  - second reading, 3710–3714
- International students
  - recruitment, 2525–2526, 2754
  - settlement in Ontario, 2936
- Interns and co-op students
  - exclusion from Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), 8992
  - payment for work, entitlement, 451, 1060–1061
  - protection under Employment Standards Act, 400, 714–715, 2204–2205, 8950
  - workplace inspections, 496
- Judicial system
  - handling of sexual assault cases, 9714–9715
- Law students
  - unpaid articling, 1434
- Learning Through Workplace Experience Act, 2014 (Bill 43)
  - first reading, 1322–1323
- Leaves of absence
  - for survivors of domestic or sexual violence, 8062–8064
- LGBTQ people
  - individual stories, 3349
- Long-term care beds
  - shortage, 8422
- Long-term energy plan (LTEP)
  - approvals, 6783–6784
  - general remarks, 6783, 6788
  - planning process, 9399–9400
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1768, 3177–3181
  - third reading, 4533–4536, 4549
- Medical errors
  - chemotherapy underdosing, 8421
- Members' statements
  - Awesome Foundation London, 3504
  - Co-op programs, 2936–2937
  - Donoghue, Emma, 7645
  - Economic development, 5560
  - Ethical business practices, 8154–8155
  - Homes 4 Women, 2048
  - Injured workers, 9765
  - Lawson, Tom, 185–186
  - Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration, 815
  - Public transit, 9024
  - Public transit in London, 4993
  - Revington, Steve, 2427–2428
  - School dress codes, 4727
  - Shine the Light on Woman Abuse campaign, 6061
  - Small business, 476
  - Steps for Life walk, 4021
  - Student assistance, 8629
  - Student work experience, 1367
  - Technology firms in London, 7182
  - Western Muslim Students' Association, 6581–6582
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3349, 3990
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - on omnibus bills, 1058
- Mental health care
  - accessibility, 4213
  - coordination and management, 4213, 4217
  - crisis services, 9488
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6450–6454, 6458, 6461
- Minimum wage indexed to inflation
  - economic impact, 563
- Ministerial statements
  - Equal Pay Day
    - responded to, 3612–3613, 8806–8807
  - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
    - responded to, 6705
  - International Women's Day
    - responded to, 2612
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month
    - responded to, 4098–4099
  - Sexual violence and harassment
    - responded to, 6064–6065, 9714–9715
  - Victims and Survivors of Crime Week
    - responded to, 9650
  - Violence against women
    - responded to, 1800
  - Women's History Month
    - responded to, 5838
- Ministry of Labour
  - employment standards branch, 496
- Missing and murdered aboriginal women
  - public inquiry, 6970
- Multiculturalism
  - general remarks, 4754–4755
- Municipal elections
  - political donations, 8641, 8716
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8522, 8637, 8641, 8646, 8650, 8653–8654, 8713–8714, 8716
- Municipal elections, ranked ballot system
  - general remarks, 2438–2439, 8713–8714
- Municipal elections, third-party advertisers/advertising
  - regulation, 8522
- Municipal infrastructure, construction
  - employment for apprentices, 3712
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - through private sector partnership, 3711–3712
- Municipal infrastructure, planning
  - long-term planning, 3710–3711
    - principles, 3711
- Municipal planning
  - inclusionary zoning, 6978
- Municipal planning, official plans
  - appeals and amendments, 5003
  - review, 5003
- Muslim community
  - social supports, 815
- Nutrition
  - apps, 1367
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - child care
    - investigation, 931
- 1474486 Ontario Limited Act, 2014 (Bill Pr2)
  - first reading, 375
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP)
  - general remarks, 6971
- Ontario Energy Board
  - project review process, 5582
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2524–2528, 2739, 2749, 2754
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - third reading, 3810–3811
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8987
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, participation in
  - eligibility, 8987
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3395, 3399, 3407
- Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), 8629
- Ontario Works program
  - income exemptions, 6971
- Opposition day motions
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 8421–8422
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 7583–7584
  - Sexual harassment
    - responded to, 1504–1505
- Oral questions
  - Domestic violence
    - presented, 5455–5456, 5779, 7862, 7928
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 8950
  - Employment supports
    - presented, 4725
  - Executive compensation
    - presented, 3163, 3228, 3278, 3331, 5405, 5673
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 3055, 7128
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 8732, 9488
  - Pay equity
    - presented, 3607, 6149, 8795
  - Post-secondary education
    - presented, 201, 1737
  - Protection for workers
    - presented, 400, 451, 1434
  - Sexual harassment
    - presented, 985, 9182
  - Sexual violence and harassment
    - presented, 6058
  - Unemployment
    - presented, 1269
  - Violence against women
    - presented, 6940
- Partner Assault Response (PAR) Program
  - government funding, 7862, 7928
  - program reform, 5455–5456, 5779, 6058, 6065, 6940, 6962–6963, 7035, 9650
- Pay equity
  - general remarks, 3607, 3612–3613, 6149, 8795
  - government initiatives, 8806–8807
- Payday loan borrowers
  - multiple loans/agreements, 8752
- Payday loans and lenders
  - use by low-income groups, 8742
- Personal health information
  - accessibility
    - by patient or their parent(s), 4213
  - protection of privacy, 7213–7214
- Personal health information, breaches of privacy
  - reporting, 7214
- Petitions
  - Alzheimer's disease, 600–601, 1279, 1797, 3616, 3798, 4026
  - Autism treatment, 8414–8415, 8631–8632
  - Caregivers, 9426, 9866
  - Employment standards, 460–461, 481, 702, 925, 1051, 1155, 1280, 1497–1498, 1746–1747, 1795, 1851, 2258, 2434, 2940, 3170–3171, 3342, 8735, 8958–8959, 9652–9653
  - Health care funding, 6811, 7394, 8047, 8633
  - Long-term care, 4998, 5841
  - Municipalities, 2942–2943
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 8090–8091
  - Partner Assault Response Program, 7188, 7234, 7453–7454
  - Privatization of public assets, 4790, 5567, 5839, 6068, 6329, 6651, 6812, 7397, 7579, 7816, 8630, 9771
  - Student work experience, 1281, 1370–1371
  - Youth mental health, 375
- Poets laureate, municipal, 2914
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - about, 3534–3535
  - employer contribution, optional, 3486
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3485–3486, 3490–3491
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3534–3536
  - third reading, 4491–4492
- Post-secondary education
  - affordability, 1737
- Post-secondary student safety
  - education on violence in intimate relationships, 6973–6974
  - social climate survey, 6973, 7881
- Post-secondary students
  - mental health care funding, 8732
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness, Research and Care Act, 2015 (Bill 141)
  - third reading, 7093–7095
- Pregnancy loss and infant death
  - awareness day, 7094
  - grief support, 6558, 7095
  - occurrence in abused women, 6559
  - research and program development, 7093
- Private members' public business
  - Affirming Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Act, 2015 (Bill 77)
    - second reading, 3349–3350
  - Child care
    - responded to, 3990–3991
  - Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 (Bill 177)
    - second reading, 8062–8064, 8069
  - Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2016 (Bill 189)
    - second reading, 9379
  - Electoral reform
    - responded to, 4971–4972
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Keep our Roads Safer through the use of Intelligent Drive Technologies), 2016 (Bill 192)
    - second reading, 9394
  - Human trafficking
    - responded to, 4437
  - Improving Mental Health and Addictions Services in Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 95)
    - second reading, 4213
  - Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day Act, 2016 (Bill 176)
    - second reading, 8058
  - Ministry of Community and Social Services Amendment Act (Social Assistance Research Commission), 2016 (Bill 185)
    - second reading, 8690–8691
  - Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2015 (Bill 130)
    - second reading, 6341–6342
  - Multiculturalism
    - responded to, 4754–4755
  - Municipal Elections Amendment Act (Voting Hours Extension), 2015 (Bill 68)
    - second reading, 2438–2439
  - Pathways to Post-Secondary Excellence Act (Post-Secondary Educational Report), 2015 (Bill 127)
    - second reading, 5896–5898
  - Poet Laureate of Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 2914
  - Police carding practices
    - responded to, 5907
  - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness, Research and Care Act, 2015 (Bill 141)
    - second reading, 6558–6559
  - Protecting Interns and Creating a Learning Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 64)
    - second reading, 2204–2205, 2211
  - Saving the Girl Next Door Act, 2016 (Bill 158)
    - second reading, 7401
  - Smart Grid Cyber Security and Privacy Act, 2015 (Bill 140)
    - second reading, 6780–6781
  - Special-needs students
    - responded to, 8700
  - Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism in Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 202)
    - second reading, 9598–9600
  - Transparency and Accountability in Government Contracting Act, 2016 (Bill 167)
    - second reading, 7839–7840
  - Université de l'Ontario français Act, 2015 (Bill 104)
    - second reading, 6545–6546
- Proportional representation, 5917
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5145–5146, 5151–5154, 5214–5215, 5222–5223, 5317, 5321, 5326, 5329
- Protecting Interns and Creating a Learning Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 64)
  - first reading, 2105
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (Bill 52)
  - second reading, 2951, 2955–2956
- Provincial and demonstration schools
  - closure, 8700
- Provincial nominee program (PNP)
  - general remarks, 2525
- Public education campaigns – Public safety
  - Victims and Survivors of Crime Week, 9650
- Public education campaigns – Violence, sexual violence, and harassment
  - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 6705
  - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 1800
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 4098–4099, 9714–9715
- Public education campaigns – Women
  - Equal Pay Day, 3612–3613, 8806–8807
  - International Women's Day, 2612
  - Women's History Month, 5838
- Public sector executives
  - compensation, 5405
- Regional economic clusters
  - general remarks, 1198–1199, 1517
- Regulations for small and medium-sized businesses
  - annual reports on, 1515
  - general remarks, 1516
- Retirement security, 3534
- Schools
  - dress codes, 4727
- Sexual abuse by doctors, 9714
- Sexual assault, 6971–6972
- Sexual assault victims, 6969–6970
- Sexual harassment by MPPs
  - accusations against Kim Craitor, 9182
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
  - investigation mandatory, 6969, 7033, 7883
  - policy development and review, 6969, 7881–7883
  - prevention, 7033–7034
  - reporting, 985, 6969
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - definition, 7882
  - general remarks, 4098–4099
  - relation to domestic violence, 7035
  - vulnerable populations, 7880
  - workplace training, 8063–8064
- Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 6968–6974, 7033–7037, 7040
  - third reading, 7879–7884
- Smart grid
  - cyber security, 6781
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 5001–5006, 5014
  - third reading, 6978
- Social assistance rates
  - set by independent commission, 8690–8691
- Statements by stakeholders
  - minimum wage, 563
- Strategic lawsuits
  - effect on public participation, 2951
- Strategic lawsuits, early dismissal mechanism
  - retroactive clause, 2955–2956
- Strategic lawsuits, prevention
  - general remarks, 2955
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5869
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 5582–5586, 5593–5594, 5603
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 492, 496, 563, 567, 1058–1061
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 713–717
  - third reading, 1058–1061
- Supporting Ontario's First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 7535, 7540
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8315, 8319
- Surgical procedures
  - wait times
    - general remarks, 8422
- Temporary foreign workers, recruitment
  - fees, 716
  - record keeping, 716
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 117
- Time allocation motions
  - Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
    - responded to, 1515–1517
  - Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
    - responded to, 6682–6684
  - Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
    - responded to, 3534–3536
  - Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
    - responded to, 713–717
- Tips and other gratuities
  - general remarks, 1060
- Tobacco control
  - exemptions, menthol cigarettes, 3178–3179
  - general remarks, 3181
- Tobacco, flavoured
  - use by youth, 4534–4535
- Trails
  - closure, 8315, 8319
- Transit system expansion
  - rapid transit, London, Ontario, 4993, 7583–7584, 9024
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2263–2266, 2268, 2271
  - third reading, 3635–3638, 3640
- Tributes
  - Lawson, Colonel Tom (former mayor of Grand Bend), 185–186
- Trillium Trust
  - general remarks, 6684
- Truck safety
  - side guards, 2266
- Tuition fees
  - general remarks, 201, 5897
- Universities and colleges
  - men-only campuses in Saudi Arabia, 7839–7840
  - private sector partnerships, 7839–7840
- Universities and colleges, senior administration
  - double salary payouts, 3228, 3278, 3331
  - salaries, 3163, 5673
- Universities and colleges, sexual assault policies
  - applicability to faculty and staff, 7880–7881
  - general remarks, 1505
- Universities and colleges, sexual violence on campus
  - addressing incidents and complaints, 6973, 7040
  - confidential disclosure, 7881
  - public reporting of sexual violence data, 6972–6973
  - reporting of incidents, 6972
  - standalone policy, 6968–6969, 6972–6973, 7881
- Victim services
  - cultural appropriateness, 9650
- Victims of sexual and domestic violence, and sexual abuse
  - civil claims, limitation period, 6968, 6970–6971, 7879
  - compensation applications, limitation period, 6968
- Violence against aboriginal women
  - government initiatives, 2612
- Violence against women
  - general remarks, 6705
  - prevention, 1800
- Voter participation
  - barriers and decline, 5918
  - relation to voter eligibility, 4971–4972
- Voters lists
  - accuracy and updating, 5918
- Voting
  - by youth, 5918–5919
- Waste diversion
  - impact on municipalities, 7727, 7731
- Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
  - general remarks, 7603
  - implementation, 7732
- Waste diversion programs
  - Blue Box program, 7731
- Waste management
  - incineration, 7733
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7603, 7727, 7729–7733
  - third reading, 9569
- Women
  - abuse and online harassment, 6061, 6065
  - gendered experiences of homelessness, immigration, poverty, 2048, 2739, 3491, 3535–3536
  - retirement security, 4491–4492
- Work-integrated learning (WIL)
  - complaints, 2211
  - general remarks, 716
- Workers
  - contract workers, 1059
  - rate receiving minimum wage, 563
- Workers' compensation claims
  - disallowed for psychological injuries, 7034
- Workers' right to be informed
  - in chosen language, 1060
- Workers' rights
  - general remarks, 1058
- Workers' rights re: wage recovery
  - general remarks, 1060
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - general remarks, 492, 714–715
- Youth/student workers
  - accidents/fatalities, 492, 567
  - hours of work, 492
  - occupational health and safety, 492, 496, 1060
- Zoos and aquariums
  - roadside zoos, 3399
Scott, L. (PC, Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock)
- Affordable housing
  - wait-list, 3571
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 1827, 2308, 2467, 2689–2693
- Assistive devices program (ADP)
  - government funding, 4887–4888
- Automobile insurance fraud
  - general remarks, 718
- Aviation fuel tax
  - in British Columbia, 401
  - effect on jobs, 401
  - effect on small airports, 810–811
- Bees
  - pollinator health strategy, 2690
- Bensfort Wood Inc. Act, 2014 (Bill Pr3)
  - first reading, 646
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1397, 1408–1410, 1412, 1420–1421
- Blood and blood products
  - from paid donor systems, 1135
  - sufficient supply, 1134–1135
  - supply of plasma, 1351–1352
- Broader public sector organizations
  - annual reporting, 3165
- Budget 2015
  - balanced budget, 3999–4000
- Budget 2016
  - general remarks, 7913–7914
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - second reading, 6657–6662
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8132–8133, 8136–8137
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3999–4000
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - third reading, 415, 425, 443
- Commissions of inquiry
  - into illegal trade and trafficking, 8282
- Community health centres (CHCs), 642
- Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
  - power to order patient transfer or treatments, 6453
- Courts, 7875
- Domestic violence
  - prevention and response, 5500, 5722
- Drivers
  - medical suspensions, 2177
- Dump truck industry
  - load brokers, 2071
- E-cigarettes
  - as smoking cessation tool, 8376
- École Polytechnique massacre
  - 25th anniversary, 1799
- Electoral boundaries
  - match to federal ridings, 6902–6903
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - third reading, 6902–6903
- Electoral districts
  - in northern Ontario, 6902
- Emergency service providers
  - training in sexual assault cases, 6961
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6033
- Employment and unemployment
  - employment rate, 443
  - general remarks, 8137
- Energy conservation
  - initiatives, 6434
- Energy policies
  - Auditor General report, 7060
- Energy rates
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 677, 1408–1409
- Family health teams
  - staffing, 1935
- Farmers
  - challenges, 2690
  - regulatory compliance, 2689
- Fentanyl patches
  - abuse prevention, 4220
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 718
- Film and television production industry
  - tax credit
    - grandfather policy, 4330
- Firefighters, double-hatter
  - workers' compensation benefits, 6033
- Fox, Terry
  - about, 3125
- Gasoline tax revenue
  - for rural municipal infrastructure, 3986
- Government advertising
  - third-party advertising
    - spending limit, 6903
- Government debt, 415, 2401
- Health regulatory colleges
  - appointment of supervisor, 1136
  - reporting requirements, 1136
- Highway maintenance in winter
  - Auditor General report, 3964
- Hispanic community, 3946–3947
- Hispanic Heritage Month Act, 2015 (Bill 28)
  - third reading, 3946–3947
- Home care
  - service reductions or terminations, 4746–4747
- Honours and awards
  - for volunteer service, 3115
- Human trafficking
  - general remarks, 6064
  - prevention, 6705, 7383–7384, 7757–7758, 8408–8409, 9649
  - provincial task force, 4435–4437, 4720–4721, 6007–6008, 6745–6746, 10000
  - victim services, 9853–9854
- Hydro One Inc.
  - oversight and investigation, 4728–4729
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - revenue loss, 6219
- Hydro One Inc. services
  - overbilling, 2930
- Intensive behavioural intervention (IBI)
  - age restrictions, 9122, 9487
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7913–7915
- Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
  - as transportation fuel, 3141–3142
- Long-term care beds
  - new, 6695–6696
  - shortage, 7915, 9764
- Lung diseases
  - advisory council, 8376
  - awareness and prevention, 1328
- Lyme disease
  - testing, 282–283
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 3267–3269
- Medical errors
  - chemotherapy underdosing, 3129
- Members' statements
  - 109th Battalion CEF, 9588
  - Anaphylactic shock, 4473
  - Energy policies, 7060
  - Gender equality, 699–700
  - Human trafficking, 8408–8409, 10000
  - Hydro One, 4728–4729
  - Kawartha Downs, 3111
  - Long-term care, 9764
  - Lyme disease, 282–283
  - McCamus Maple Syrup, 2556
  - Minor hockey, 3284
  - Municipalities, 2653
  - Privatization of public assets, 6219
  - Rural Ontario, 7514–7515
  - Small Business Week, 5886
  - Social Assistance Management System, 2199–2200
  - Solar farms, 5168
  - St. John Ambulance, 9908
  - Tourism, 4784
  - Violence against women, 1436–1437
  - Wind turbines, 1219
  - Winter highway maintenance, 3964
  - Young Professionals Week, 9423
- Mental health care
  - system reform, 6453–6454
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6451–6455
- Military service pin
  - establishment of, 2060
- Ministerial statements
  - Black History Month
    - responded to, 2325–2326
  - Equal Pay Day
    - responded to, 8805
  - Health promotion
    - responded to, 3059–3060
  - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
    - responded to, 6704–6705
  - International Volunteer Day
    - responded to, 7004
  - International Women's Day
    - responded to, 2611, 7936–7937
  - National Nursing Week
    - responded to, 4378–4379
  - Ontario Volunteer Service Awards
    - responded to, 3115
  - Ontario's After-School Program
    - responded to, 996
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month
    - responded to, 4097–4098
  - Sexual violence and harassment
    - responded to, 6064, 9713–9714
  - Victims and Survivors of Crime Week
    - responded to, 9649
  - Violence against women
    - responded to, 1799–1800
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month
    - responded to, 1048–1049, 6704–6705
  - Women's History Month
    - responded to, 5837
- Missing and murdered aboriginal women
  - public inquiry, 1049
  - RCMP review, 2611
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8777–8778, 8780
- Natural gas rates
  - general remarks, 7914
- Nurses
  - appreciation, 4378–4379
  - employment, 2233
  - layoffs, 9640
  - training in sexual assault examination, 3547–3548
- Offenders
  - on parole, 6344
  - on probation, 5877, 6064, 6963
  - refusal to sign probation agreement, 6264
- Offenders, monitoring of
  - general remarks, 6531–6532, 9714
  - those who are high-risk, 6705
- Ontario Agricultural College
  - Kemptville campus, 2467
- Ontario history
  - Black community, 2325–2326
  - women, 5837
- Ontario Place
  - annual reports, 1732–1733
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - billing model, 2653
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2233, 2401–2404
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 9000–9001
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, comparisons
  - to Canada Pension Plan, 2401
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, contributions
  - monthly payments, 2406
  - as percentage of salary, 2233, 2402–2404
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - affordability, 9000–9001
  - on business and labour market competition, 2401–2404
  - job losses, 2391, 8132
  - on low and middle-income earners, 9001
  - statements by stakeholders, 2402
- Opposition day motions
  - Sexual harassment
    - presented, 1498–1500
- Oral questions
  - Assistive Devices Program
    - presented, 4887–4888
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 9122, 9487
  - Community health centre
    - presented, 642
  - Discrimination
    - presented, 7929
  - Domestic violence
    - presented, 5722
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 3164–3165
  - Health care
    - presented, 1935
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 3052, 8624–8625
  - Human trafficking
    - presented, 4720–4721, 6007–6008, 6745–6746, 7383–7384, 7757–7758, 9853–9854
  - Hydro One
    - presented, 2930
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 6434, 7441–7442
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 6695–6696
  - Nurses
    - presented, 9640
  - Ontario film and television industry
    - presented, 4330
  - Ontario Place
    - presented, 1732–1733
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 759–760
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 3671
  - Probation and parole services
    - presented, 6531–6532
  - Probation services
    - presented, 5499–5500, 5877, 6264
  - Sexual harassment
    - presented, 913, 982–983, 1034, 9181–9182, 9185
  - Sexual violence and harassment
    - presented, 3547–3548
  - Taxation
    - presented, 401, 810–811
  - Wind turbines
    - presented, 9361
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015
  - athletes, 1108
  - economic impact, 759–760
- Partner Assault Response (PAR) Program
  - wait-list, 6064
- Pay equity
  - general remarks, 8805
- Petitions
  - Asthma, 647
  - Energy policies, 5169–5170, 6225
  - Health care funding, 6650, 7396, 7870, 8809, 9651–9652
  - LCBO outlet, 289
  - Lyme disease, 1325–1326
  - Off-road vehicles, 9652
  - Pesticides, 4735
  - Physiotherapy services, 6651–6652
  - Privatization of public assets, 6329, 7006
  - Realtors, 2435–2436
  - Renewable energy, 6707
  - Special-needs students, 8683–8684, 8807
  - Taxation, 2201, 2657–2658, 3118, 3556, 4733, 7396–7397
  - Trespassing, 2845
  - Water fluoridation, 2657
  - Wind turbines, 412
  - Winter road maintenance, 2203–2204, 2656, 4101
  - Youth mental health, 410
- Pharmacists
  - scope of practice, 1135–1136
- Poet laureate of Ontario
  - about, 2910
- Police record checks, cost
  - annual checks, 5416
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5416
- Private members' public business
  - Elimination of Ground Current Pollution Act, 2016 (Bill 161)
    - second reading, 7416–7417
  - Empowering Home Care Patients Act, 2015 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 4746–4747
  - Financial literacy
    - responded to, 4737–4738
  - Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2015 (Bill 59)
    - second reading, 3986
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Off-Road Vehicles), 2015 (Bill 46)
    - second reading, 2225–2226
  - Housing Services Corporation Accountability Act, 2015 (Bill 74)
    - second reading, 3571
  - Human trafficking
    - presented, 4435–4437
    - responded to, 4442
  - Luckock, Rae and Agnes Macphail
    - responded to, 8272–8273
  - Lung Health Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1328–1329
  - Military service pin
    - responded to, 2060
  - Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2015 (Bill 130)
    - second reading, 6344
  - Natural Gas Superhighway Act, 2016 (Bill 76)
    - second reading, 3141–3142
  - Pan Am and Parapan Am Games
    - responded to, 1108
  - Poet Laureate of Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 71)
    - second reading, 2910
  - Respecting Private Property Act, 2014 (Bill 36)
    - second reading, 1815
  - Ryan's Law (Ensuring Asthma Friendly Schools), 2015 (Bill 20)
    - second reading, 664–665
  - Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 4220–4221
  - Saving the Girl Next Door Act, 2016 (Bill 158)
    - second reading, 7397–7398, 7403–7404
  - Service clubs
    - responded to, 2218
  - Terry Fox Day Act, 2015 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 3125
  - Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2015 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 3129–3130
  - Transportation of aggregates
    - responded to, 2071
  - Water fluoridation
    - responded to, 1559–1560
- Production insurance
  - dedicated fund, 2308
- Production insurance coverage expansion
  - general remarks, 1827, 2467, 2690
- Property rights
  - trespassing prevention/compensation
    - fines, 1815
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5611–5614
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - International Volunteer Day, 7004
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Black History Month, 2325–2326
  - Tourism Week, 4784
- Public education campaigns – Professional associations and occupations
  - National Nursing Week, 4378–4379
  - Small Business Week, 5886
  - Young Professionals Week, 9423
- Public education campaigns – Public safety
  - Victims and Survivors of Crime Week, 9649
- Public education campaigns – Violence, sexual violence, and harassment
  - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1436–1437, 6704–6705
  - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 1799–1800
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 4097–4098, 9713–9714
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 1048–1049
- Public education campaigns – Women
  - Equal Pay Day, 8805
  - International Day of the Girl Child, 699–700
  - International Women's Day, 2611, 2701–2702
  - Women's History Month, 5837
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 1074
- Racetracks (horses)
  - Kawartha Downs, 3052, 3111
- Regulations for small and medium-sized businesses
  - general remarks, 1408, 1421
- Retirement planning, 2392, 2401, 2404, 2406
- Ring of Fire development funding
  - by provincial government, 425
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1134–1136, 1351–1352
- Saving the Girl Next Door Act, 2016 (Bill 158)
  - first reading, 7288–7289
- School boards
  - anaphylaxis policies, 4473
  - asthma policies, 664–665
- School programs
  - sports and recreation, 996
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1579
- Service clubs
  - charitable gaming and fundraising, 2218
  - financial audits, 2218
  - membership and recruitment, 2218
- Sexual assault victims, 6959–6962
- Sexual harassment by MPPs
  - accusations against Kim Craitor, 9181–9182, 9185
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
  - general remarks, 6064
  - study by select committee, 913, 982–983, 1034, 1498–1499, 2701
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - general remarks, 4097–4098
- Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 6958–6963, 6967–6968, 7036, 7040
  - third reading, 7874–7875
- Slots at racetracks program (SARP), 8624–8625
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8374–8377, 8379
- Smoking
  - adverse effects, 8374–8375
- Smoking cessation
  - treatment programs, 8375–8376
- Snowmobilers
  - use and care of trails, 8598–8599
- Social Assistance Management System (SAMS)
  - malfunction, 2199–2200
- Social housing
  - utility purchase through Housing Services Corp., 3571
- Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (Bill 18)
  - second reading, 677
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8598–8599
- Time allocation motions
  - Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
    - responded to, 7913–7915
- Tobacco, contraband
  - general remarks, 3060, 8379
  - statistics, 8377
- Tourism industry
  - general remarks, 4784
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2177
- Tributes
  - Brown, Keith (former member for Peterborough), 9069–9070
- Universities and colleges
  - men-only campuses in Saudi Arabia, 7929
- Universities and colleges, sexual assault policies
  - applicability to faculty and staff, 7874
  - general remarks, 6064
- Universities and colleges, sexual violence on campus
  - standalone policy, 6959
- Utility task vehicles (UTVs)
  - use on highways, 2225–2226
- Victims of sexual and domestic violence, and sexual abuse
  - civil claims, limitation period, 6064, 6959, 6961
  - compensation applications, limitation period, 6064
  - ending of tenancy
    - confidentiality, 6959
    - notice period, 6064
- Violence against women
  - general remarks, 1436–1437
  - prevention, 1799–1800
- Volunteers and volunteering
  - appreciation, 7004
- Voters lists
  - permanent list, 6903
- Water fluoridation
  - health benefits, 1560
- Wind turbines
  - development, 5168
  - projects, 9361
- Wind turbines and the environment
  - construction on Oak Ridges Moraine, 9361
- Women
  - abuse and online harassment, 1048–1049
- Women parliamentarians
  - Agnes Macphail and Rae Luckock, 8272–8273
- Workers
  - rate receiving minimum wage, 677
- Youth
  - financial literacy, 4737–4738
  - smoking and drinking, 8376–8377
Sergio, M. (LIB, York West)
- Accessible parking permits
  - municipal by-laws, 9158
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2307–2308
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 9047–9048, 9051
- Alzheimer's disease
  - research, 5460
- Bees
  - mortality insurance, 2307
- Budget 2016
  - general remarks, 8115–8116
  - services for seniors, 7985–7986, 8115, 8245–8246
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8114–8116
- Coal-fired electricity generation
  - ban, 3154
- Elder abuse
  - education and awareness, 2481, 5827
- Elderly persons centres (EPCs)
  - government funding, 1591, 9585
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 3153–3154
- Hispanic community, 877
- Immigration policy
  - general remarks, 2855
- Lung diseases
  - advisory council, 1330
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - pins, 4825, 9797
- Ministerial statements
  - Senior citizens
    - presented, 5460
  - Seniors' Month
    - presented, 9767–9768
- Municipal elections
  - campaign period, duration, 8549
- Municipal elections, candidates
  - filing of expenses, 8549
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8548–8551
- Municipal planning
  - accessibility for seniors, 5338
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2854–2855, 2857
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2341
- Oral questions
  - Elder abuse
    - responded to, 2481, 5827
  - Elderly persons centres
    - responded to, 1591
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program
    - responded to, 7803
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 5455
  - Retirement homes
    - responded to, 8903–8904
  - Senior Achievement Awards
    - responded to, 1990
  - Senior citizens
    - responded to, 329, 856, 2314–2315, 3103, 3910, 4940, 5338, 5676, 8245–8246, 9585–9586
  - Seniors
    - responded to, 7639–7640, 7985–7986
  - Seniors' health services
    - responded to, 6214, 8404–8405
  - Services for seniors
    - responded to, 6366–6367
- Parking spaces for disabled persons
  - wrongful use, 9157
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - second reading, 3484, 3486–3487
- Pork industry
  - diseases and hog mortality, 2307
- Post-secondary education
  - retirement community management program, 6366–6367
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - deductible, 7639–7640
  - for low-income groups, 8405
- Private members' public business
  - Commission of Inquiry into Accessible Parking in Municipalities Act, 2016 (Bill 187)
    - second reading, 9157–9158
  - Hispanic Heritage Month Act, 2015 (Bill 28)
    - second reading, 877
  - Life Lease Act, 2016 (Bill 160)
    - second reading, 7409
  - Lung Health Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1330
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5606–5607
- Public education campaigns – Community development
  - International Day of Older Persons, 5460
  - Seniors' Month, 9767–9768
- Retirement homes, 8903–8904
- Senior citizens
  - awards for achievement, 1990
  - services, 3910
- Senior citizens, programs
  - active living programs, 9768
  - community participation grant, 856, 2314–2315, 4940, 5676, 9586
  - general remarks, 329, 2315, 3103, 5460, 7803
  - government funding, 9951–9952
- Senior citizens with dementia
  - wandering prevention program, 3910
- Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 2016 (Bill 209)
  - first reading, 9767
  - ministerial statement, 9767–9768
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2299
Singh, J. (NDP, Bramalea–Gore–Malton)
- Aggregate transportation
  - weight restrictions, 1995
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2691, 2767, 2814–2815
- Alternative financial services
  - to fill service gap for low-income groups, 8878, 8880
  - relation to poverty and/or precarious work, 8879, 8882
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8872–8882
- Anti-Racism Directorate, 7781
- Anti-Sikh riots of 1984
  - as act of genocide, 9832–9834, 9839–9840
- Automobile accident victims
  - right to sue for denial of benefits, 1287
- Automobile insurance
  - reform
    - annual report on, 1210, 1588
  - territorial ratings, 609–610, 616
- Automobile insurance agents/adjusters
  - licensing, 611–612
- Automobile insurance benefits
  - caps, 5046–5047, 7780
  - reduction, 608
- Automobile insurance claims
  - prejudgment interest, 613–614, 1284
- Automobile insurance claims, dispute resolution
  - by Licence Appeal Tribunal, 1287–1288
  - proceedings, court vs. tribunal, 612, 1284, 1286
- Automobile insurance companies
  - profits, 615–616, 1289–1290
- Automobile insurance fraud
  - general remarks, 1285–1286
- Automobile insurance rates
  - general remarks, 610–611
  - reduction, 275–276, 437, 618, 3673–3674, 6860, 6937–6939
- Automobile safety inspection program
  - third-party management, 2180, 2280–2281
- Baggage handlers
  - employment security, 9310
- Better Business Climate Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 1199, 1421–1423
- Blood and blood products
  - from paid donor systems, 1130
- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement
  - supporters, freedom of expression, 9602–9603
- Budget 2014
  - general remarks, 431–432, 439, 2806
- Budget 2015
  - general remarks, 3754–3755
- Budget 2016
  - general remarks, 7611, 7755
  - translation, 8145
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - responded to, 8137–8138
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - third reading, 425–426, 431–432, 435–437, 439, 442
- Business development
  - general remarks, 1199
- Carding
  - arbitrary nature, 5044–5045, 5488–5489, 5900–5901
  - consultation, 5901
  - data use in police record checks, 5483–5484
  - effect on police-community relations, 5902
  - as racial profiling, 4584, 5901–5902
- Cheque cashing services
  - government-issued cheques
    - fee limit, 8876
    - information for consumers, 8876
- Child care system
  - government funding, 8145–8146
- Climate change
  - general remarks, 9344
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - third reading, 9344, 9454, 9461–9464
- Coal-fired electricity generation
  - ban, 1702
- Community health centres (CHCs), 5196
- Condominium authority
  - mandate, 5085
- Condominium corporations
  - financial management, 5088
- Condominium law
  - public review, 5086–5087, 5125
- Condominium owners
  - consumer protection, 5087–5088, 5124
- Consumer protection
  - gift cards, cash redemption, 1784, 1839–1840, 1934
- Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Money Transfers), 2015 (Bill 88)
  - second reading, 3506
- Corporate tax rates
  - economic impact, 435
- Courthouses
  - accessibility by the public, 1460, 1464, 1571, 1695–1696
  - accommodations for creed or disability, 1462, 1575, 1696
  - security screening, 1448, 1460–1462, 1572–1573, 1695
- Courts, 5041
- Crime
  - socio-economic causes, 1568
- Curriculum
  - sex education
    - public consultation, 2485
- Cycling infrastructure, 6699
- Cycling strategy
  - general remarks, 2301
  - government support, 9149–9150
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2868
- Debt settlement agencies and agents
  - penalties for non-compliance, 8874–8875
  - registration, 8875
- Demonstrations
  - police conduct during, 2943–2944
  - right to participate in, 2943–2945
- Discrimination
  - in immigration policy, 8926–8927
  - religious, 3505
- Documentary film
  - about Premier Kathleen Wynne, 4834–4835
- Driver licences
  - notice of suspension, 5041
- Driving, distracted, 2300–2301
- Education
  - in science and technology, 1199
- Elections/by-elections
  - campaign strategies, 437
- Electoral boundaries
  - adjustment, 5989, 5992–5994
- Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 5919–5920, 5987–5997
- Electoral reform
  - open process, 8793–8794
- Electricity generating facilities
  - powers of security personnel, 1463
- Employers, suppression of workplace injury claims
  - penalties, 6281
- Employment agencies
  - liability for unpaid wages, 855
  - oversight of, 6859–6860
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6280–6283, 6292, 6294–6295, 6415–6416
- Employment, precarious
  - general remarks, 1366, 5042, 6281–6282, 7028–7029, 7779
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 1702, 1712, 3701
- Energy rates
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 436
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6200–6201, 6868–6869
- Fair Practices Commissioner
  - to investigate complaints against WSIB, 6281
- Family dispute resolution, 6705–6706
- Farmers
  - challenges, 2814–2815
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - second reading, 607–618
  - third reading, 1284–1290
- Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO)
  - arbitration of auto insurance claims, 612–613
- Food security, 2691, 2767
- Ford, Rob
  - death of, 8145
- G20 summit
  - civil rights violations, 2943
- Gas plant cancellations, email deletion
  - criminal investigation, 832
  - general remarks, 833–834, 914
- Gas plant cancellations, investigation
  - by justice policy committee
    - committee witnesses, 2620
    - continuation, 832–835
    - report writing, 834
- Government accountability
  - general remarks, 796–797
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-present)
    - automobile insurance benefits, 437
- Government services
  - funding and user fees, 1490–1491
- Government tenders
  - awarding and cancellation, 9075
  - energy industry, 9253
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 4857
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 9526–9527
- Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 7352–7353
- Highway construction projects
  - Highway 17
    - Kenora twinning, 9611
- Highway tolls
  - Highway 407
    - billing, 2290, 2303
    - increase, consultation before, 2301–2302
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Helmet Exemption for Sikh Motorcyclists), 2016 (Bill 196)
  - first reading, 9191–9192
- Homeowners
  - affordability of insurance, 6860
- Hospital funding
  - general remarks, 9305, 9355–9356
- Hospital funding, by region
  - Brampton, 5043
- Hospital pharmacies
  - regulation by Ontario College of Pharmacists, 1131–1132
- Hydro One Inc. oversight
  - by government, 6937–6938
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 3902–3903, 6050–6051, 6738–6739
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - for infrastructure development, 6739, 7778
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, review
  - report by Financial Accountability Officer, 6051
- Instalment loans
  - consumer protection, 8877
- Jobs and Prosperity Fund
  - general remarks, 435
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 7778–7783
- Legal aid clinics/services, 5195–5196
- Legal Aid Ontario, 6860
- Legislative procedure
  - time allocation motions, 3693–3694, 3696
- Lobbying and lobbyists
  - laws and regulations, 1075
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - third reading, 4561
- Members' statements
  - Anniversary of attack on the Golden Temple, 4839
  - Anniversary of Sikh massacre, 991, 6268–6269
  - Bicycling infrastructure, 6699
  - Brampton kabaddi tournament, 9954
  - Curriculum, 2485
  - Events in India, 3505
  - Hate crimes, 6107
  - Indian independence movement, 2937
  - Khalsa, Bapu Surat Singh, 5062–5063
  - Police carding practices, 4584
  - Post-secondary education, 9859
  - Protection of privacy, 7646
  - Region of Peel, 1490–1491
  - Tamil Genocide Remembrance Month, 9130
  - Taxi industry, 5561
  - Trucking safety, 1995
  - Vaisakhi, 8679
  - World Meningitis Day, 3728
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 920, 1253, 1492, 2485
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 618, 8878
- Meningitis, awareness, 3728
- Métis Nation of Ontario Secretariat Act, 2015 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 7205
- Métis people, 7205
- Ministerial statements
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 599
  - Family Dispute Resolution Week
    - responded to, 6705–6706
  - South Asian Heritage Month
    - responded to, 9540–9541
- Multiculturalism
  - general remarks, 4757–4758
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8555–8557
- Municipal elections, ranked ballot system
  - general remarks, 8555
- Municipal elections, third-party advertisers/advertising
  - regulation, 8556–8557
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - federal funding, 6050–6051, 8145
- Non-violent resistance
  - hunger strike by Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, 5062–5063
- Nurses
  - layoffs, 9304–9305
- Ombudsman of Ontario
  - health care system oversight, 1069, 1075–1076, 1131, 1251, 1256, 2111, 5196
- Ontario Energy Board
  - oversight role, 6868–6869
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - executive salaries, 8675
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - general remarks, 2336–2337, 3887
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2336–2337, 2341–2342
  - third reading, 3887
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9091–9092
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, participation in
  - by those without workplace plan, 2341–2342
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3693–3696
- Opposition day motions
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - responded to, 2620–2621
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 832–835
- Oral questions
  - Access to information
    - presented, 8850
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 275–276, 1210, 1588, 3673–3674, 6938–6939, 7444
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 2097–2098, 2249, 2316, 2367–2368, 2419, 2479, 2547, 2647, 2707–2708, 2778, 2830, 2888, 5161, 5339, 5500
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 1784, 1839–1840, 1934
  - Electoral reform
    - presented, 8793–8794
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 1366, 9310
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 6738–6739, 7172–7173, 9075, 9253
  - Executive compensation
    - presented, 8675
  - Federal-provincial fiscal policies
    - presented, 8145–8146
  - Fundraising
    - presented, 8289, 8399–8400, 8569, 8723–8724
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 535–536
  - Government policies
    - presented, 7611
  - Government spending
    - presented, 3754–3755
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 9526–9527
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 9305, 9355–9356
  - Nurses
    - presented, 9304–9305
  - Ontario budget
    - presented, 7755, 8145
  - Ontario Drug Benefit Program
    - presented, 7702–7703, 7754–7755
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 1485–1486, 1532
  - Police oversight
    - presented, 8945
  - Power plants
    - presented, 914
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 3902–3903, 6050–6051, 6739, 6937–6938, 7173–7174, 8400–8401
  - Refugees
    - presented, 6526–6527
  - Temporary employment agencies
    - presented, 855
  - TVO documentary
    - presented, 4834–4835
- Orcas
  - in captivity, 3696
- Ornge
  - investigations, 832–833
  - report by standing committee, 535–536
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015
  - cost, 1485
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015, security
  - cost, 1532
  - procurement, 1485–1486
- Payday loan borrowers
  - consumer protection, 8878–8879
  - multiple loans/agreements, 8879–8880
- Payday loans and lenders
  - gift card purchase fees, 8879
  - interest rate caps, 8872–8873, 8878
  - use by low-income groups, 8876–8877
- Petitions
  - Accident benefits, 4898–4899, 6223, 7714, 9717
  - Child care, 1444
- Police and policing
  - transparent and accountable oversight, 8945
- Police record checks
  - delays, 5487
  - prejudicial impact on individuals, 5484–5485, 5487–5488, 5490
  - regulation, 5491–5492
- Police record checks, cost
  - waivers, 5487
- Police record checks, non-conviction information
  - exceptional disclosure, 5485–5487
    - risk assessment, 5490–5491
  - research by non-profit organizations, 5483
- Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (Bill 113)
  - second reading, 5483–5493
- Police record checks, results
  - first review by record holder, 5485
- Police shooting of Andrew Loku
  - special investigation, 8850
- Political fundraising
  - cabinet ministers' targets, 8399–8400
  - conflict of interest, 8289
- Political fundraising, reform
  - consultation, 8569
  - open process, 8723–8724
- Polling stations
  - accessibility, 4973
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - as banking product, 432
  - general remarks, 439
- Post-secondary education
  - affordability, 436
- Post-secondary students
  - tuition grants, 436
- Poverty reduction
  - government funding and initiatives, 8138, 8880–8881
- Prescription drugs for seniors
  - deductible, 7754–7755, 7780
  - for low-income groups, 7702–7703
- Private members' public business
  - Electoral reform
    - responded to, 4973
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2015 (Bill 143)
    - second reading, 7028–7029
  - Highway improvement
    - responded to, 9611
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Number Plates and Carrying Racks), 2016 (Bill 191)
    - second reading, 9149–9150
  - Immigration policy
    - responded to, 8926–8927
  - Multiculturalism
    - responded to, 4757–4758
  - Ontario Bike Month Act, 2015 (Bill 13)
    - second reading, 357
  - Police carding practices
    - presented, 5900–5902
    - responded to, 5907–5908
  - Prohibiting Driving with Unlawful Handguns Act, 2014 (Bill 24)
    - second reading, 1568
  - Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2015 (Bill 12)
    - second reading, 349–350
  - Sikh massacre
    - presented, 9832–9834
    - responded to, 9839–9840
  - Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism in Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 202)
    - second reading, 9602–9603
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5084–5089, 5121–5126, 5614
- Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (Bill 52)
  - second reading, 2633–2639, 2943–2947, 2954–2955
  - third reading, 6025–6028
- Public assets, sale of
  - general remarks, 435
- Public education campaigns – Children and families
  - Family Dispute Resolution Week, 6705–6706
- Public education campaigns – Historical/National
  - 1984 Sikh Massacre, 6268–6269
  - D-Day anniversary, 9845–9846
  - Tamil genocide anniversary, 9130
- Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 796–797, 1069, 1075–1076
- Public sector executives
  - salary caps, 1075
- Public sector workers
  - layoffs, 435
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 6294
- Public-private partnerships
  - cost, 5042
  - general remarks, 5196–5197
- Racism and anti-racism
  - racial profiling, 8927
- Regional economic clusters
  - planning, 1422–1423
- Remembrance Day
  - Sikh ceremony, 1044
- Rent-to-own services
  - consumer protection, 8876–8877
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Social Policy, 9261
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - second reading, 1129–1134, 1251, 1256
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1448, 1459–1464, 1569–1575
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1694–1697
- Senior citizens
  - poverty rate, 2337
- Serco
  - quality of service, 5042–5043
- 752458 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2014 (Bill Pr10)
  - first reading, 923
- Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 6966
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 4819, 5388–5389
- Strategic lawsuits
  - about, 6025–6026
  - cease and desist letters, 2945
  - effect on public participation, 2943, 2945–2946, 6025, 6027
  - general remarks, 2954
- Strategic lawsuits, early dismissal mechanism
  - general remarks, 2947, 6025–6028
  - retroactive clause, 2954–2955
- Strategic lawsuits, examples
  - involving corporations, 2945
  - involving elected officials, 6026
  - involving private individuals, 2946
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5041–5048, 5195–5199, 5202
  - third reading, 6859–6860
- Student grants
  - general remarks, 7780–7781
  - less student contribution amount, 8138
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - government accountability, 2316, 2419, 2620
  - Liberal affiliates under investigation, 2097–2098, 2479, 2620–2621
  - offers of employment to candidates, 2249, 2367–2368, 2621, 2647
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - general remarks, 2547, 2707–2708, 2778, 2868
  - investigation, 2620–2621, 2830, 2888, 5161, 5339
- Supply Act, 2015 (Bill 72)
  - second reading, 2806
- Syrian refugees
  - settlement in Ontario, 6526–6527
- Tarion
  - consumer protection, 599, 2180, 5121–5123
  - government oversight, 5085–5086, 5614
- Tarion Accountability and Oversight Act, 2014 (Bill 60)
  - first reading, 1999–2000
- Taxation policy, 426
- Time allocation motions
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
    - responded to, 9091–9092
  - Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
    - responded to, 3693–3696
  - Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
    - responded to, 1694–1697
- Tips and other gratuities
  - for unionized employees, 350
- Towing industry
  - consumer protection, 611–612, 615
  - general remarks, 1288–1289
- Traffic violations
  - administrative monetary penalty system (AMPS), 5043–5045, 5048
- Transit planning
  - downtown relief line, Toronto, Ontario, 436
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2111, 2120, 2180, 2280–2281, 2290, 2299–2303
- Tuition fees
  - general remarks, 436
- Uber
  - regulatory non-compliance, 5561
- Union Pearson Express
  - electrification, 436
  - ridership, 7781
- Universities and colleges
  - at accessible distances, 9859
- Visible minorities in politics, 5988, 5991, 5994
- Voter participation
  - barriers and decline, 2620
- Voting
  - accessibility, 5919–5920, 5995, 8555–8556
- Waste diversion
  - reform, 9691–9693
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7421
  - third reading, 9554, 9691–9693
- Wireless services
  - personal information protection, 7646
- Women
  - in politics, 5988, 5991, 5994
- World War II
  - D-Day anniversary, 9845–9846
Smith, T. (PC, Prince Edward–Hastings)
- Aboriginal athletes, 2051–2052
- Agricorp
  - overpayments, 2770
- Agriculture Insurance Act (Amending the Crop Insurance Act, 1996), 2015 (Bill 40)
  - second reading, 2309, 2768–2772
- Alcoholic beverage manufacturers
  - on-site sale of beverages from other manufacturers, 2452, 2458, 2522
- Alcoholic beverages
  - transport and delivery, 2451–2452
  - warehousing, 2452
- Alternative financial services
  - to fill service gap for low-income groups, 9295–9297
  - relation to poverty and/or precarious work, 9295–9296
- Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 156)
  - second reading, 8775, 9295–9297, 9299
- Anti-Sikh riots of 1984
  - general remarks, 9837
- Appreciation
  - Carman, Dillon, 1438
- Asian community, 9592
- Bear hunting in spring
  - by non-residents, 9903–9904
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - third reading, 7158–7159
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - responded to, 4071, 4114–4118, 4120, 4181
- Cancer treatment
  - rural Ontario, 1688–1689
- Cap-and-trade, economic impact
  - on business climate, 4117–4118, 8007
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - as general revenue source, 8005, 8008
- Chinese community, 2518–2519
- Cider producers
  - government support, 6351–6352
- Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
  - second reading, 8005–8009
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8863–8865
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Wind turbines
    - presented, 5260–5261, 8603–8604
- Disaster relief
  - for forest fire and tornado victims, 9765
- Disaster relief for flood victims
  - in Prince Edward–Hastings, 229
- Doctor recruitment
  - on family health teams, 4334
- Doctor shortage
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 2520
- Driving, distracted, 2122–2123
- Ebola virus disease
  - infection control measures, 1337–1338
- Economic conditions, 1149–1150, 2333
- Employee protection
  - when acting under duty to report, 6763
- Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 6289–6292
- Employment and unemployment
  - employment rate, 2519
- Employment-related benefits
  - self-employment benefit, 4578–4579
- Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
  - second reading, 1712–1713, 3701
- Energy contracts
  - conflict of interest, 9279–9280
- Energy rates
  - general remarks, 1712–1713
  - increase, 1007, 4117
- Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 6390, 6784–6785
- Ethnic Media Week Act, 2015 (Bill 105)
  - first reading, 4673
- Filipino-Chinese community, 2518–2519
- Fire services, 6290
- Government debt, 2519, 4116
- Government orders
  - Concurrence in supply
    - responded to, 7319–7321
- Government record
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - immigration, 2521
- Government services
  - delivery, 1008–1009
- Great Lakes conservation, effects on industry
  - impact on property owners, 4856–4857
- Great Lakes conservation initiatives
  - municipal autonomy, 4855
- Great Lakes Guardians' Council
  - about, 4856
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 4854–4858
- Health care funding
  - reduction, 6581
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Helmet Exemption for Sikh Motorcyclists), 2016 (Bill 194)
  - first reading, 9083–9084
- Home care funding
  - reform, 5338–5339
- Hospital funding, by hospital
  - Quinte Health Care, 2607–2608, 5561, 6997
- Hospital funding, by region
  - Prince Edward County, 1484–1485, 1962–1963
- Hunting and trapping
  - of double-crested cormorants, 9824–9825
- Hydro One Inc. oversight
  - by government, 5772
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 5246–5249, 6639
  - public opinion, 5472, 6504, 7585
  - transparency and accountability, 5470–5471
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on energy rates, 5164–5165, 6505, 7585
  - executive salaries, 4985–4986, 6506
  - job losses, 5449
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - revenue loss, 6506
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, review
  - report by Financial Accountability Officer, 6143–6144, 6505
- Hydro One Inc. services
  - overbilling, 3701
  - service delivery, 1008
- Hydro One Inc. shares
  - sale, 8401–8402
- Immigrants, categories
  - economic class, 2520
- Immigrants, employment
  - foreign credential recognition, 2520
  - general remarks, 2521
- Immigration
  - to fill skills shortage, 2520
  - general remarks, 2518, 2523
- Immigration rates
  - decline in Ontario, 4346
  - in other provinces, 2519, 2524
- Intensive behavioural intervention (IBI)
  - age restrictions, 9119
- Invasive Species Act, 2015 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 3459, 4309–4310, 4318
- Invasive species types
  - zebra mussels, 3469
- Legislative procedure
  - omnibus bills, 7158–7159
- Lyme disease
  - diagnosis and treatment, 1338
- Manufacturing industry
  - growth and decline, 2521
- Medical marijuana
  - use through vaporizers, 8171
- Members' statements
  - Anatolian Heritage Foundation, 2938
  - Béliveau, Jean, 1791–1792
  - Belleville Downtown DocFest, 2323
  - Best, Joe, 88
  - Carman, Dillon, 1438
  - Disaster relief, 9765
  - Dr. Douglas A. MacIntosh Cancer Clinic, 1688–1689
  - Environmental protection, 9954–9955
  - First responders, 4094
  - Health care funding, 2607–2608, 4334
  - Hospital funding, 5561, 6581
  - Mackay, David, 7569–7570
  - Ontario economy, 1149–1150
  - Sikh Heritage Month, 8732–8733
  - Vimy Ridge anniversary, 3383
  - Wind turbines, 7933
  - Women's World Floorball Championships, 9314
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Prince Edward–Hastings, 2769
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 9422
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1332–1333, 6505
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 4116, 4346, 6797, 7808, 8401
- Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 122)
  - second reading, 6248
- Mining industry
  - decline, 2519
- Ministerial statements
  - Asian Heritage Month
    - responded to, 9592
  - Pan Am Games
    - responded to, 2051–2052
  - South Asian Heritage Month
    - responded to, 9540
- Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 (Bill 181)
  - second reading, 8647–8651
- Municipal infrastructure
  - general remarks, 4181
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - for rural and northern Ontario, 4071
- Municipal planning
  - general remarks, 5097–5098
- Music industry
  - event tickets, resale, 9759
- Neonicotinoid use
  - reduction
    - impact on farmers, 2309
- Offenders, monitoring of
  - those on parole, 6040
- Ontario College of Trades (OCOT), 2521
- Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 (Bill 49)
  - second reading, 2518–2524
  - third reading, 4346
- Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
  - directors and staff, statutory immunity, 6044
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2015 (Bill 56)
  - second reading, 2085, 2333
  - third reading, 3887
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
  - second reading, 8834–8835
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9089–9091
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, economic impact
  - on business and labour market competition, 2333, 2519
  - cost-benefit analysis, 8834
  - on small and medium-sized businesses, 2085, 2087, 9090
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 3243
- Opposition day motions
  - Government contracts
    - responded to, 9279–9280
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 7585
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 1007–1009, 5246–5249, 5470–5473, 6504–6506
- Oral questions
  - Alcohol legislation
    - presented, 3501
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 9119
  - Bear hunting
    - presented, 9903–9904
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 5286
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 9759
  - Disaster relief
    - presented, 229
  - Employment supports
    - presented, 4578–4579
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 9412–9413
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 3762–3763
  - Fundraising
    - presented, 8401–8402
  - Heritage conservation
    - presented, 1431–1432
  - Home care
    - presented, 5338–5339
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 6697
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 1484–1485
  - Housing Services Corp.
    - presented, 6939
  - Hydro One
    - presented, 6992–6993
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 4368
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 129, 320–321, 917, 1528–1529, 2932, 4669
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 4985–4986, 5164–5165, 5449, 5772, 6099–6100, 6143–6144, 6317–6318, 6475, 6639, 6797, 7440
  - School closures
    - presented, 7808
  - School transportation
    - presented, 1363–1364
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 7927, 8195–8196, 8666, 9948
  - Wind turbines
    - presented, 5112, 8493
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015
  - advertising cost, 4669
  - cost, 129, 1528–1529
  - ticket sales, 2932
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015, sports facilities
  - construction, 321
  - Tim Hortons Field, 917
- Patient transport, non-emergency
  - regulation, 6044
- Petitions
  - Air quality, 1226, 1442–1443, 4590
  - Alzheimer's disease, 1949–1950, 2055–2056
  - Children's immunization program, 9716
  - Coast Guard Auxiliary, 999, 1226
  - Concussion, 5238
  - Dog ownership, 2787, 3454, 3682, 3869, 4101, 4339
  - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, 6495
  - Fishing regulations, 1445, 1691
  - Health care funding, 7348–7349, 7767, 9088
  - Hydro rates, 238, 1225, 1443–1444, 1692–1693, 1947–1948, 2329–2330, 2789, 4588, 9543
  - Lyme disease, 241, 6373–6374
  - Newborn health, 6812
  - Off-road vehicles, 2108
  - Ontario farmers, 5117–5118, 6493–6494
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, 5240
  - Pesticides, 3797
  - Privatization of public assets, 6274, 6374–6375
  - Realtors, 2433
  - Renewable energy, 5346, 5464–5465, 5841, 6067–6068
  - Rural and northern Ontario transportation, 2054
  - Special-needs students, 8630–8631, 8862, 9717–9718
  - Taxation, 4340
  - Winter road maintenance, 3455–3456
- Police and policing
  - responding to mental health crises, 6248
- Political fundraising
  - conflict of interest, 9412–9413
- Private members' public business
  - Disclosure of Information Relating to the Protection of Children Act, 2015 (Bill 146)
    - second reading, 6763–6764
  - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2016 (Bill 205)
    - second reading, 9824–9825
  - Growing Ontario's Craft Cider Industry Act, 2015 (Bill 110)
    - second reading, 6351–6352
  - Lung Health Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
    - second reading, 1332–1333
  - Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases Act, 2015 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1337–1338
  - Raise a Glass to Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 2451–2452, 2458
  - Sikh massacre
    - responded to, 9837
  - Smart Grid Cyber Security and Privacy Act, 2015 (Bill 140)
    - second reading, 6780
  - Smoke-Free Schools Act, 2015 (Bill 139)
    - second reading, 6768–6769, 6774
  - Special-needs students
    - responded to, 8698–8699
- Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 5138, 5218–5219
- Protecting the School Year Act, 2015 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 4598–4599
- Provincial and demonstration schools
  - closure, 7808, 7927, 8666, 9948
  - enrolment, 8195–8196, 8698
- Provincial nominee program (PNP)
  - general remarks, 2521
- Public assets, sale of
  - general remarks, 7440
  - reviews
    - by advisory council, 1007–1008
- Public education campaigns – Culture
  - Asian Heritage Month, 9592
  - Sikh Heritage Month, 8732–8733
- Public education campaigns – Historical/National
  - Vimy Ridge anniversary, 3383
- Public sector workers, protection from reprisal
  - staff of non-public bodies acting under duty to report, 6764
- Public sector workers, union membership
  - upon amalgamation or restructuring, 6290
- Raise a Glass to Ontario Act, 2015 (Bill 67)
  - first reading, 2256–2257
- Referenda
  - as public policy tool, 1007
  - on ranked ballot system, 8649–8650
- Renewable energy projects
  - contracts, 9412–9413
- Retirement planning, 9090
- Retirement security, 9090
- Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014 (Bill 21)
  - third reading, 1961–1964
- School buses
  - transportation contracts, RFP system, 1363–1364
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1697–1698
- Smart grid
  - cyber security, 6780
- Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)
  - second reading, 3656–3657, 5097–5100
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 178)
  - second reading, 8169–8172, 8174, 8177
- Smoke-Free Schools Act, 2015 (Bill 139)
  - first reading, 6370–6371
- Social housing
  - utility purchase through Housing Services Corp.
    - opting out, 6939
- Sporting events
  - Women's World Floorball Championships U19, 9314
- Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 5660–5661, 6043–6046
- Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5816–5818
- Sudbury by-election 2015, bribery allegations
  - charges, 5286
  - against Gerry Lougheed, 5286
- Supporting Ontario's Trails Act, 2016 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 8613–8615
- Tamil community, 2519
- Tax Fairness for Realtors Act, 2015 (Bill 69)
  - first reading, 2429
- Teacher collective bargaining
  - general remarks, 4598–4599
- Time allocation motions
  - Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (Bill 172)
    - responded to, 8863–8865
  - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (Bill 186)
    - responded to, 9089–9091
  - Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014 (Bill 35)
    - responded to, 1697–1698
  - Strengthening Consumer Protection and Electricity System Oversight Act, 2015 (Bill 112)
    - responded to, 5816–5818
- Tobacco, contraband
  - production in Ontario, 6769
  - sale to youth, 6774
  - transport in bulk, 6768–6769
- Tobacco products, illegal sale
  - loss of tax revenue, 6769
- Trail access easements
  - general remarks, 8614
- Transportation Statute Law Amendment Act (Making Ontario's Roads Safer), 2015 (Bill 31)
  - second reading, 2116, 2122–2123
- Tributes
  - Béliveau, Jean, 1791–1792
  - Best, Joe, 88
  - Fawcett, Joan (former member for Northumberland), 9009–9010
  - O'Neil, Hugh (former member for Quinte), 7328–7329
  - Sheppard, Howard Nicholas (former member for Northumberland), 7169–7170
- Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 7546
  - third reading, 9554
- Wind turbine siting
  - local decision-making, 3656–3657
- Wind turbines
  - development, 1431–1432
  - projects, 8493, 8603–8604
- Wind turbines and the environment
  - environmental impact, 3762–3763, 5112, 9954–9955
  - impact on species at risk, 5260–5261
- Wine industry
  - economic impact, 2522
Sousa, Hon. C. (LIB, Mississauga South)
- Affordable housing, funding
  - by government, 7630
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - privatization, 15–16, 210
- Alcoholic beverage industry
  - employment, 3602
  - review, 2930
- Alcoholic beverages, sale
  - in grocery stores, 3602, 7441
- Autism services
  - government funding, 6263
- Automobile industry
  - government support, 5671, 9074–9075
- Automobile insurance
  - reform
    - annual report on, 1588
- Automobile insurance rates
  - general remarks, 1210, 5777
  - reduction, 211, 275–276, 1209, 3673–3674
- Aviation fuel tax
  - comparison to other regions, 401
  - economic impact, 1082–1083
  - general remarks, 810–811
- Beer, sale in grocery stores
  - general remarks, 6589
- Budget 2014
  - Auditor General review, 447–448
  - balanced budget, 210, 1208
  - general remarks, 181, 208–211, 229
  - program spending, 366
- Budget 2015
  - general remarks, 3048, 3273–3274, 3902, 4718–4719, 4847–4848
  - projections, 3776, 6262
  - public consultation, 4324
- Budget 2016
  - deficit, 7631, 7635, 7802
  - general remarks, 7639, 8032, 9581–9582
  - public consultation
    - committee hearings, 7638
  - translation, 8145
- Budget deficit, 1151, 9525–9526
- Budget Measures Act, 2015 (Bill 144)
  - first reading, 6488
  - ministerial statement, 6488–6489
  - second reading, 6588–6589
  - third reading, 7159–7160
- Budget speech 2014 (July 14, 2014)
  - presented, 208–211
- Budget speech 2015 (April 23, 2015)
  - presented, 3771–3778
  - responded to, 4126
- Budget speech 2016 (February 25, 2016)
  - presented, 7625–7631
- Building Ontario Up Act (Budget Measures), 2015 (Bill 91)
  - first reading, 3778
  - second reading, 3996–3998
  - third reading, 4847–4848
- Building Opportunity and Securing Our Future Act (Budget Measures), 2014 (Bill 14)
  - first reading, 212
- Businesses, small and medium-sized
  - government initiatives, 7629
- Canada Pension Plan enhancement
  - general remarks, 6754–6755
- Cap-and-trade
  - general remarks, 7629–7630
- Cap-and-trade revenue
  - general remarks, 7652
  - separation from general account, 8033
- Casinos
  - Casino Thousand Islands, 756
- Child care spaces, 6754
- Child poverty reduction
  - general remarks, 1358
- Corporate tax rates
  - general remarks, 754
- Credit unions
  - government support, 2603
- Debt retirement charge (DRC)
  - exemptions for commercial, industrial and non-residential users, 6589, 6754
  - general remarks, 3494–3495
- Drummond report, 210
- Economic conditions, 3272–3273, 6256–6259
- Economic growth, 7159–7160
- Economic policies, 1728–1729
- Economic statements
  - Made on November 17, 2014
    - presented, 1151–1153
  - Made on November 26, 2015
    - presented, 6753–6756
- Electricity price mitigation
  - for northern industrial consumers, 3774
- Employment and unemployment
  - general remarks, 6796
- Employment creation, 7638, 7756–7757
- Estate administration tax
  - regulatory changes, 3279, 5109
- Federal government
  - revenue from Ontario, 1153
- Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (Bill 15)
  - first reading, 237–238
- Film and television production industry
  - tax credit, 4143
- Financial literacy
  - benefits, 6271–6272
- Financial services industry, 6753
- French-language debates
  - Budget de l'Ontario de 2014, 209–210
  - Budget de l'Ontario de 2015, 3772, 3777
  - Budget de l'Ontario de 2016, 7626, 7631
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Perspectives économiques et revue financière, 1152, 6754–6755
- Full-day kindergarten
  - general remarks, 209
- Government credit ratings, 13–14, 5054, 8945–8946
- Government debt, 7631, 8036
- Government documents
  - release to Financial Accountability Officer, 9702–9703, 9752
- Government expenditures
  - general remarks, 5774
- Government hiring policies
  - IT consultants, outsourcing, 691–692, 755–756
- Government revenue, 1208–1209
- Government services
  - delivery, 5452
  - funding and user fees, 9902
- Government spending
  - general remarks, 181, 210
- Health care
  - general remarks, 3775
- Health care funding
  - federal government transfer, 5822
  - general remarks, 9531
- Home care funding
  - increase, 7628
- Hospital funding
  - increase, 7628
- Hydro One Inc.
  - distribution networks, privatization, 1152
- Hydro One Inc., executive salaries
  - disclosure, 8248
- Hydro One Inc. oversight
  - by Ombudsman, 3852
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 3997, 4368, 6429–6430, 6639–6640
  - lawfulness, 3498
  - prospectus, 4986
  - protection of public interests, 3603, 4666, 4778
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - general remarks, 6362, 6795–6797
  - for infrastructure development, 3905–3906, 4960–4961, 6208–6209, 6259
  - to pay electricity debt, 3851–3852, 6798
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, review
  - report by Financial Accountability Officer, 6101–6102, 6208, 6259–6260
- Hydro One Inc. shares
  - 40% government ownership, 3857
  - cost, 5773
  - total revenue, 6100
- International trade with China
  - general remarks, 209
  - trade mission, 1035–1036
- Jobs and Prosperity Fund
  - general remarks, 209, 3774, 3997
- Jobs for Today and Tomorrow Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 173)
  - first reading, 7632
  - second reading, 7651–7652
  - third reading, 8579
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - property lease or sale, 7858, 7925
- Lockouts
  - employees of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 5453–5454, 7980–7981
- Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015 (Bill 45)
  - third reading, 4548
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 8943
- Members'/ministers' salaries, 210
- Ministerial statements
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - presented, 1151–1153, 6753–6756
  - Economic policy
    - presented, 6488–6489
  - Financial Literacy Month
    - presented, 6271–6272
- Municipal infrastructure, funding
  - general remarks, 209, 1152, 7651
  - through sale of public assets, 3772–3773
- Municipal land transfer tax
  - general remarks, 6006
- Music industry
  - government funding, 4141–4142
- Ontario history
  - commemorative events, 1152
- Ontario-Quebec relations, 1153
- Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
  - general remarks, 209–210
- Oral questions
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 6263
  - Automobile insurance
    - responded to, 275–276, 1209–1210, 1262, 1588–1589, 3673–3674, 5777, 6938–6939, 7444
  - Automotive industry
    - responded to, 9074–9075
  - Beverage alcohol sales
    - responded to, 7441
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - responded to, 2367–2368
  - Casino Thousand Islands
    - responded to, 756
  - Child poverty
    - responded to, 1358
  - Collective bargaining
    - responded to, 7980–7981
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 9584
  - Credit unions
    - responded to, 2603
  - Drive Clean
    - responded to, 8358
  - Economic outlook
    - responded to, 6256–6259, 6261–6262, 6362–6363
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 9184, 9577–9578, 9700–9701, 9754–9755
  - Equal opportunity
    - responded to, 1785, 5452–5453
  - Executive compensation
    - responded to, 6359–6360, 8248
  - Fiscal review
    - responded to, 448
  - Fundraising
    - responded to, 8290, 8292, 8353–8354, 8356, 8943
  - Gasoline tax
    - responded to, 3960
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 3851–3852, 9702–9703, 9752
  - Government assets
    - responded to, 2930
  - Government consultants
    - responded to, 691–692, 755–756
  - Government deficits
    - responded to, 9525–9526, 9531
  - Government fiscal policies
    - responded to, 9581–9582
  - Government 's agenda
    - responded to, 3048
  - Government services
    - responded to, 5452
  - Government spending
    - responded to, 3902
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 5822, 8943
  - Horse racing industry
    - responded to, 8853, 9585
  - Hydro rates
    - responded to, 852–853, 3788, 8790, 8940–8941
  - Infrastructure Ontario
    - responded to, 9255
  - Infrastructure program funding
    - responded to, 6267
  - International trade
    - responded to, 3050
  - International trade agreement
    - responded to, 5670–5671
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 7756
  - Municipal finances
    - responded to, 7762
  - Music industry
    - responded to, 4141–4142
  - Ontario budget
    - responded to, 181, 228–229, 366, 396, 447, 3445, 4324, 7336–7337, 7637–7639, 7802–7803, 8032–8033, 8035–8036, 8145, 8673–8674
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 13–14, 1035–1036, 1208–1210, 3272–3274, 5054, 5774–5775, 6794
  - Ontario film industry
    - responded to, 4143
  - Ontario's credit rating
    - responded to, 8945–8946
  - Organized crime
    - responded to, 8253
  - Pension plans
    - responded to, 1840–1841, 1936, 5058–5059, 5453–5454, 5675–5676, 5938–5939, 6433
  - Poverty
    - responded to, 1359–1360
  - Privatization of public assets
    - responded to, 381, 690, 754–755, 3046, 3275–3276, 3324, 3374–3375, 3494–3495, 3498, 3603, 3857, 3905–3906, 4018, 4140, 4368, 4666, 4718–4719, 4778, 4780, 4782, 4933–4934, 4986, 5669, 5773, 6098–6104, 6207–6209, 6259–6260, 6313, 6317–6318, 6362, 6429–6430, 6477, 6525–6526, 6528–6529, 6572–6573, 6576–6577, 6639–6640, 6795–6798, 6879, 7857–7858, 7925
  - Privatization of public services
    - responded to, 15–16, 322–323
  - Property taxation
    - responded to, 233–234, 387, 5504, 7443–7444
  - Provincial budget
    - responded to, 7635
  - Provincial deficit
    - responded to, 3330–3331
  - Report, Financial Accountability Officer
    - responded to, 6102
  - Retail alcohol sales
    - responded to, 3602
  - Service clubs
    - responded to, 3280–3281
  - Service fees
    - responded to, 9902
  - Steel industry
    - responded to, 5776–5777
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 401, 810–811, 1082–1083, 1728–1729, 3279, 5109, 6006
  - Transit funding
    - responded to, 585–586, 636
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015
  - athletes, 3777
- Pan/Parapan American Games 2015, sports facilities
  - Hamilton stadium, 9255
- Political fundraising, reform
  - general remarks, 8943
- Pooled registered pension plans
  - about, 4481–4482
  - general remarks, 1936
  - as low-cost option to ORPP, 3039
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 (Bill 57)
  - first reading, 1848–1849
  - second reading, 3035–3036, 3039–3040
  - third reading, 4480–4482
- Post-secondary students
  - tuition grants, 209
- Poverty reduction
  - basic income pilot project, 7630
  - general remarks, 1359–1360
- Power Workers' Union (PWU)
  - ownership of Hydro One shares, 4018, 4140
- Private members' public business
  - Listening to Ontarians Act (Hydro One and Other Electricity Assets), 2015 (Bill 107)
    - second reading, 4960–4962
- Property tax assessments
  - review of MPAC assessments, 5504
  - unorganized areas, 7443–7444
- Public assets
  - privatization, 6488
  - review, 323, 381, 4719–4720
- Public assets, sale of
  - general remarks, 6313, 6589
  - reviews
    - by advisory council, 3374–3375
- Public education campaigns – Education
  - Financial Literacy Month, 6271–6272
- Public sector compensation, 1151
- Public sector workers
  - compensation, 3776
- Public service pension plans
  - cost, 852–853
- Renewable energy projects
  - with Samsung C&T Corporation, 9577–9578
- Ring of Fire development funding
  - general remarks, 209
  - by provincial government, 209
- Rural economic development, 1152
- Ryerson University
  - Digital Media Zone, 3445
- School construction
  - government funding, 3997
- Securities industry
  - co-operative regulatory system, 211
- Service clubs
  - charitable gaming and fundraising, 3281
  - taxes, 3281
- Sharing economy
  - advisory committee, 6753–6754
  - ridesharing
    - licensing, 9584
- Slots at racetracks program (SARP), 8853
- Social assistance rates
  - increase, 7630
- Steel industry
  - government support, 5777
- Student grants
  - for families earning less than $50K, 7628
- Syrian refugees
  - settlement in Ontario, 6755
- Tax evasion, 3776
- Taxation Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 26)
  - first reading, 459
- Taxation policy, 210
- Tire manufacturing
  - expansion of Goodyear plant, 3788
- Tobacco, contraband
  - production in Ontario, 8253
- Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)
  - Chinese currency trading hub, 1153, 3050, 3775
- Traffic congestion
  - in Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), 209
- Transfer payments
  - power dam special payment, 234, 387
  - reduction to Ontario, 211
- Transit funding
  - general remarks, 755
  - over ten-year period, 3996–3997
- Transit funding sources
  - sale of Hydro One Inc., 3275–3276
- Transit system expansion
  - general remarks, 7628
- Trans-Pacific Partnership
  - general remarks, 5670
- Trillium Trust
  - as dedicated fund, 585–586, 4140
  - general remarks, 636
  - transparency and accountability, 396
- US Steel Canada
  - employees
    - health and medical benefits, 5938
    - transition funding, 6433
  - pension plan solvency, 5058–5059, 5675–5676, 5776, 5938–5939
- Women
  - in corporate leadership, 1785, 5452–5453
- Youth employment programs
  - government funding, 3774, 3997
  - work experience programs, 1152

House speaker index

Letter: S

Sandals, Hon. L. (LIB, Guelph)

Sattler, P. (NDP, London West)

Scott, L. (PC, Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock)

Sergio, M. (LIB, York West)

Singh, J. (NDP, Bramalea–Gore–Malton)

Smith, T. (PC, Prince Edward–Hastings)

Sousa, Hon. C. (LIB, Mississauga South)