Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Letter: L

• Labour and employment law, review

  • Flynn, 7930–7931, 9310
  • Wong, 7930

• Labour disputes.

  see also Strikes
  • DiNovo, 9018–9019
  • Fedeli, 6367
  • Flynn, 6367

• Labour Relations Amendment Act (Strike and Lock-Out Information), 2015 (Bill 83)

  • first reading
    • Gélinas, 3169

• Lake Nipissing.

  see also Fishing—walleye stock
  • abandoned gillnets
    • Fedeli, 236, 1689

• Lakehead University.

  see Georgian College—program expansion

• Lambton gas plant construction

  • health and safety non-compliance
    • Bailey, 4989–4990
    • Flynn, 4989–4990

• Land claims.

  see also Bridges—Cayuga Bridge
  • Algonquins of Ontario
    • MacLeod, 1676
    • Wynne, 1676
    • Zimmer, 1677
  • Six Nations of the Grand River. see Transmission lines—through Niagara-Caledonia-Middleport corridor

• Land transfer tax.

  see Municipal land transfer tax

• Land use permits

  • availability
    • Bisson, 2983

• Land use planning.

  see also Agricultural land; Municipal planning; Ontario Greenbelt
  • agriculture, biodiversity and cottage lots
    • Bisson, 5167
    • Forster, 8733–8734
    • Munro, 2463
  • review
    • Albanese, 9362–9363
    • Hardeman, 2843, 4815
    • Lalonde, 387
    • McMeekin, 387, 9362–9363

• Landfill sites

  • Oxford County
    • Hardeman, 5235–5236, 7994, 8150–8151
    • Murray, 8150–8151

• Land-lease communities.

  see Rent control—for land-lease communities

• Language.

  see Gender-neutral language

• Language interpretation services (LIS)

  • for victims of domestic and sexual violence, and human trafficking
    • MacCharles, 6704, 6746, 7758

• Larry Blake Limited Act, 2015 (Bill Pr27)

  • first reading
    • Martow, 5345
  • second reading, 7198–7199
  • third reading, 7199
  • Royal assent, 7229

• Late shows.

  see Debates re answers to oral questions

• Laurentian University

  • closure of Barrie campus
    • Coe, 8794–8795, 8828–8829
    • Crack, 8829–8830
    • Sandals, 8795

• Law enforcement officers.

  see Peace officers

• Law students

  • unpaid articling
    • Flynn, 1434
    • Sattler, 1434

• Lawn care.

  see Yard work services

• Lawren Harris Day Act, 2016 (Bill 184)

  • first reading
    • Dong, 8575

• Lawson, Colonel Tom.

  see Tributes

• Lawsuits against public participation.

  see Strategic lawsuits

• Learning Through Workplace Experience Act, 2014 (Bill 43)

  • first reading
    • Sattler, 1322–1323

• Leaves of absence

  • for survivors of domestic or sexual violence
    • Arnott, 8065
    • DiNovo, 8068
    • Forster, 8067–8068
    • Martow, 8067
    • McMahon, 8067
    • Munro, 8068
    • Sattler, 8062–8064

• Legal aid clinics/services

  • Martins, 232
  • Meilleur, 232
  • Singh, 5195–5196
  • Vernile, 3168–3169

• Legal Aid Ontario

  • Baker, 8455
  • Martins, 232
  • Meilleur, 233, 8455–8456
  • Singh, 6860

• Legislative Assembly, Office of the

  • House Leaders' meetings
    • Clark, 222–223
  • Legislative interns, 581
  • Legislative Library and Research Service, 581
  • Legislative Page Program
    • Dunlop, 4426–4427

• Legislative building/grounds.

  see Legislative precinct

• Legislative pages

  • appreciation, 334, 444, 1089, 1205, 2045, 3337, 4414, 7228, 9586
  • introduction, 75, 529–530, 2135, 2993, 3440, 4569, 5049, 7328, 9008–9009, 9694

• Legislative precinct.

  see also Flag raising by Legislative Assembly
  • openness and accessibility
    • Gretzky, 634–635
    • Wynne, 635
  • security
    • McNaughton, 632–633
    • Naqvi, 635
    • Wynne, 633

• Legislative procedure.

  see also Regulations
  • answers to written questions
    • Clark, 9421
    • DiNovo, 1216
    • Fife, 9490
    • Hardeman, 1982, 2033
    • Harris, 7710
    • Jones, 7762
    • Miller, N., 2501
    • Pettapiece, 1982
    • Thompson, 6149–6150
    • Walker, 9422
  • bills
    • Bisson, 2685
    • Clark, 2048–2049
    • Naqvi, 3501
    • Nicholls, 141–142
  • debates
    • Bisson, 2407, 2821, 4710–4712
    • Bradley, 2295, 2818–2819
  • estimates, study in other provinces
    • Hillier, 2726–2727, 2798
  • inaugural speeches
    • Potts, 308
  • members' attendance in Legislature
    • Anderson, 6712
    • Delaney, 678
    • Martins, 6712
  • motions for house sitting
    • Clark, 222
    • Naqvi, 213–214
  • omnibus bills
    • Smith, 7158–7159
  • oral questions
    • Bisson, 6886
    • Yakabuski, 2652
  • order and decorum and conduct of members in the House
    • Bisson, 5519
    • Bradley, 6907
    • Damerla, 5521
    • Del Duca, 6718–6718, 6721, 6749–6750
    • Delaney, 6827
    • Fife, 151
    • Hoggarth, 72
    • Leal, 6714
    • MacCharles, 8391
    • Mantha, 71
    • McGarry, 6718
    • McNaughton, 169
    • Miller, P., 5520
    • Natyshak, 171
  • time allocation motions
    • Arnott, 2821–2822
    • Bisson, 1163–1165, 1379–1381, 1469–1471, 1671–1672, 2021–2024, 4709–4711, 4713–4714, 4791–4795, 7720–7722
    • Bradley, 968–969, 2821, 4796
    • Clark, 974–975, 1375–1377, 3532–3534, 3692–3693, 4703–4704
    • Gélinas, 4802–4804, 7725–7726
    • Harris, 1071
    • Hillier, 1058
    • Naqvi, 705–706, 1160, 2408–2409
    • Natyshak, 1057
    • Pettapiece, 4809
    • Potts, 4804–4805
    • Singh, 3693–3694, 3696
    • Taylor, 1384, 4804
    • Vanthof, 710, 1022, 5813–5814
    • Walker, 1384
    • Yakabuski, 1382–1383, 1467, 1668–1669, 3691–3692, 4706
  • use of electronic devices
    • Colle, 5728
  • use of unparliamentary language
    • Leal, 2714
    • Qaadri, 2714

• Legislative proceedings

  • closed captioning
    • MacLeod, 2424–2426
  • sign language interpretation
    • Bisson, 8027
    • Bradley, 1741

• Legislative staff

  • MacLeod, 799–801
  • Qaadri, 5456
  • Walker, 8205

• LGBTQ people.

  see also Conversion therapy; Divorce/separation—by non-residents of Ontario; Parental recognition
  • discrimination of
    • Murray, 1509–1510
  • individual stories
    • Murray, 3348
    • Sattler, 3349
  • risk of poor mental health
    • DiNovo, 3344
    • Elliott, 3347
    • Horwath, 3347
  • risk of violence
    • DiNovo, 5303
    • MacCharles, 5304
  • specific health needs
    • Wynne, 3346

• LGBTQ youth/students

  • mental health care
    • Meilleur, 9705
    • Vernile, 9705
  • school supports
    • Sandals, 3286–3287

• Libel and slander.

  see also Strategic lawsuits
  • qualified privilege
    • Berardinetti, 1973
    • Walker, 2967

• Liberal Party

  • constitution
    • Hatfield, 2602
    • Matthews, 2602
  • fundraising by Gerry Lougheed
    • Wynne, 2478–2479
    • Yakabuski, 2478
  • staff
    • Fife, 2480, 2649
    • Wynne, 2480

• Liberal riding associations

  • Sudbury. see also Sudbury by-election 2015
    • Bisson, 2625
    • Horwath, 2617–2618

• Libraries

  • services for the print-disabled
    • McMahon, 1541

• Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT)

  • appeals process
    • Hillier, 5780, 5941–5942
    • Meilleur, 5780, 5879
  • transcript disclosure
    • Hillier, 5879

• Licence plates

  • cancellation notice
    • Berardinetti, 4404
  • obscuring by rear-mounted racks
    • Malhi, 9150
    • McMahon, 9144–9145
    • Miller, N., 9143–9144, 9151
    • Yurek, 9145

• Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016 (Bill 165)

  • first reading
    • Dong, 7451
  • second reading, 7825–7833
  • referred to Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, 7840–7841

• Liens.

  see Construction liens

• Life Lease Act, 2016 (Bill 160)

  • first reading
    • Hoggarth, 7289
  • second reading, 7404–7411
  • referred to Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, 7418

• Light rail transit (LRT)

  • Hamilton
    • Del Duca, 4580
    • Horwath, 4579
    • Wynne, 4579
  • Kitchener-Waterloo
    • Vernile, 2487
    • government funding
      • Harris, 4930
  • Ottawa
    • Del Duca, 277–278, 1592–1593
    • Fraser, 1592–1593
    • Lalonde, 277–278

• Line 9.

  see Oil pipelines

• Liquefied natural gas (LNG)

  • as transportation fuel
    • Bailey, 3135, 7900–7901, 7946, 7953–7954
    • McGarry, 3137–3138
    • Pettapiece, 7890
    • Scott, 3141–3142
    • Tabuns, 3139
    • Walker, 3140–3141
  • use in other provinces
    • Bailey, 3136
    • Forster, 3137

• Liquor.

  see Alcoholic beverages

• Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO).

  see also Alcoholic beverages, sale
  • privatization
    • Gates, 269, 429
    • Potts, 312
  • property lease or sale
    • Fedeli, 7857–7858, 7909, 7925
    • Sousa, 7858, 7925

• Listening to Ontarians Act (Hydro One and Other Electricity Assets), 2015 (Bill 107)

  • first reading
    • Horwath, 4730
  • second reading, 4958–4967

• Livestock

  • effects of stray voltage on
    • Leal, 7387–7388
    • Nicholls, 2584–2585, 2814, 2816, 7387–7388
  • inspection
    • Hardeman, 4685–4686
  • production
    • general remarks
      • Dunlop, 2564
      • McDonell, 2359
    • threats to
      • Barrett, 4498, 4502
      • Delaney, 2566
      • Dunlop, 2564, 2567
      • Natyshak, 2349
  • sheep, mortality
    • Wilson, 2576

• Livestock insurance

  • mortality coverage
    • Barrett, 4504
    • MacLaren, 2590, 2821
    • Wilson, 2576–2577

• Lobbying and lobbyists

  • laws and regulations
    • Baker, 795
    • Bisson, 1068
    • Brown, 8618
    • Matthews, 1855
    • Singh, 1075
  • registrar
    • Baker, 795

• Local distribution companies (LDCs).

  see Energy industry—local distribution companies (LDCs)

• Local food.

  see also Agriculture industry—economic impact
  • education
    • Anderson, 5753–5754
    • Barrett, 5756–5757
    • Brown, 5754–5755
    • Forster, 5752–5753
    • Leal, 2648, 9957
    • McMahon, 5755–5756
    • Rinaldi, 2648
    • Thompson, 5751–5752, 5758
    • Vanthof, 5757–5758
  • general remarks
    • Vanthof, 9958–9959
  • government strategy
    • Ballard, 8798
    • Barrett, 1085
    • Leal, 8798
    • Naidoo-Harris, 593–594

• Local health integration networks (LHINs)

  • administrative costs
    • Fife, 263
    • Gates, 5850
    • MacLeod, 266
    • McGarry, 270
  • Auditor General report
    • Brown, 7119–7120
    • Fedeli, 7129–7130
    • Hoskins, 7129–7130

• Local purchasing

  • Colle, 2580
  • DiNovo, 2582
  • Gates, 2322, 2569–2570
  • Natyshak, 2350
  • Thompson, 2570

• Lockouts.

  see also Strikes
  • employees of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
    • Flynn, 5454
    • Forster, 7980–7981
    • Gates, 5453–5454
    • Gélinas, 5407
    • MacLeod, 7711, 7982
    • Sousa, 5453–5454, 7980–7981

• Logging roads.

  see Forest industry—access roads

• Loku, Andrew.

  see Police shooting of Andrew Loku

• Long combination vehicles (LCVs)

  • damage to local roadways
    • Pettapiece, 2298
    • Thompson, 2285–2286
  • extension to B-train double trailers
    • Del Duca, 1520
    • Harris, 1898–1899
    • Mantha, 1661
    • Pettapiece, 2284, 2297–2298, 2300
    • Thompson, 2285–2286

• Long-term care.

  see also Patient transport, non-emergency
  • general remarks
    • Damerla, 759, 866–867
    • DiNovo, 108
    • Fife, 155
    • Munro, 3577
    • Vernile, 759
  • government funding
    • Damerla, 82–83
    • Potts, 82–83
    • Walker, 7680–7681
    • Yurek, 5848
  • safety of patients and staff
    • Armstrong, 6800
    • Damerla, 6800
    • Gélinas, 6926
    • Walker, 7504
  • wait times
    • Damerla, 4089–4090, 7125–7126
    • Horwath, 7857
    • Hoskins, 454–455
    • McDonell, 454–455
    • Pettapiece, 6214
    • Walker, 868, 3574–3576, 5853, 7125–7126, 7241
    • Wilson, 4089–4090, 4991–4992

• Long-term care beds

  • new
    • Damerla, 6215, 6480–6481, 6695–6696, 6943
    • Forster, 868
    • Hoskins, 4991–4992
    • McGarry, 7682
    • Scott, 6695–6696
    • Walker, 5853, 6480–6481, 6857, 6943
  • shortage
    • Forster, 8124
    • Sattler, 8422
    • Scott, 7915, 9764
    • Walker, 8126

• Long-term care facilities

  • complaints
    • Brown, 7121
  • general remarks
    • Damerla, 7052
    • Vernile, 120, 6431–6432
  • inspections
    • Armstrong, 1786, 7242
    • Damerla, 1681, 1786, 5559, 7121
    • Gélinas, 7052
    • Lalonde, 1681
  • private operation
    • Damerla, 760
    • Forster, 760
  • standard of care
    • Walker, 5559
  • understaffing
    • Gélinas, 6431
    • Walker, 7681, 8107

• Long-term care facilities, redevelopment

  • advisory group
    • Damerla, 3449
    • Vernile, 3448
  • general remarks
    • Damerla, 3448
    • Vernile, 3448

• Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2015 (Bill 87)

  • first reading
    • Forster, 3386
  • second reading, 3572–3580
  • referred to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3580

• Long-term energy plan (LTEP)

  • approvals
    • Munro, 6786–6787
    • Sattler, 6783–6784
    • Tabuns, 6464
  • environmental assessments
    • Tabuns, 9208–9209
  • general remarks
    • McNaughton, 6844
    • Pettapiece, 6833
    • Sattler, 6783, 6788
    • Yakabuski, 6632–6633
  • planning process
    • Baker, 6382
    • Delaney, 9113–9115
    • Gélinas, 6391–6392
    • Gravelle, 6626
    • McMahon, 9111–9112
    • Miller, P., 9224
    • Potts, 6471–6472
    • Sandals, 6836–6837
    • Sattler, 9399–9400
    • Tabuns, 6470
    • Vanthof, 6385
    • Zimmer, 6394
  • public consultation
    • Bisson, 6378–6379
    • Chiarelli, 6195
    • Coe, 9789
    • Delaney, 6199
    • Orazietti, 6386
    • Pettapiece, 6837
    • Tabuns, 6465
  • third-party oversight
    • Bailey, 9403
    • McNaughton, 6845
    • Miller, P., 9222
    • Pettapiece, 9395–9396
    • Potts, 9227–9228
    • Tabuns, 9204–9207
    • Thompson, 6866–6867
    • Vanthof, 6842

• Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools Act, 2014 (Bill Pr1)

  • first reading
    • Colle, 391
  • second reading, 2005
  • third reading, 2005
  • Royal assent, 2079

• Lougheed, Gerry.

  see also Sudbury by-election 2015—Liberal affiliates under investigation
  • appointment to Greater Sudbury Police Services Board
    • Bisson, 2545–2546
    • Clark, 6879
    • Naqvi, 2546

• Lung diseases

  • advisory council
    • McGarry, 1333
    • McMahon, 1332
    • Scott, 8376
    • Sergio, 1330
  • awareness and prevention
    • Kiwala, 1322
    • McGarry, 1327–1328
    • Scott, 1328
  • general remarks
    • Bisson, 1331
    • Thompson, 1331

• Lung health

  • Thompson, 3312, 3314

• Lung Health Act, 2016 (Bill 41)

  • first reading
    • McGarry, 1274
  • second reading, 1326–1333
  • referred to Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, 1348

• Lyme disease

  • diagnosis and treatment
    • Barrett, 4142, 9974–9975
    • Hoskins, 4328
    • Miller, P., 1335–1336
    • Nicholls, 4328
    • Qaadri, 1340
    • Smith, 1338
  • impact of climate change
    • Gates, 2568
    • Murray, 1339, 1552–1553
  • individual cases
    • Gates, 1551–1552
    • Mantha, 1549–1550, 7822–7823
    • Thompson, 1339–1340, 1555
  • provincial strategy
    • Barrett, 1551, 8626–8627, 9761–9762
    • Hatfield, 1554
    • Hoskins, 4142–4145, 6746, 9762
    • Mantha, 1547–1548, 1555, 4093–4094, 4144–4145, 6746
    • Thompson, 4200
  • public awareness and education
    • Mauro, 4328
    • Naidoo-Harris, 9975–9976
    • Nicholls, 4376
    • Wong, 1550
  • testing
    • Campbell, 9491
    • Clark, 1553
    • Gates, 1338
    • Mantha, 1549
    • Scott, 282–283