Speaker letter v House Hansard index Parliament 41 Session 2

House speaker index

Letter: V

Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming–Cochrane)
- Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1163, 1390, 1447, 1453–1454
  - third reading, 4107–4108
- Agricultural education
  - campaigns and advocacy, 2753–2754
- Agricultural events
  - International Plowing Match, 248
- Agriculture industry
  - innovation, 7147
- All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendment), 2016 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 545
- Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Bill 96)
  - third reading, 4516
- Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3538
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4597–4598
- Appreciation
  - Scott, Laurie (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock)
    - Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Bill 96), re, 4516
- Broadband networks, access to
  - northern Ontario, 4097–4098
- Broader public sector organizations
  - executive salaries, 2291
- Budget 2017
  - public consultation, 4478–4479
- Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134)
  - second reading, 4705–4707
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4744–4746
- Budget speech 2017 (April 27, 2017)
  - responded to, 3942, 4174, 4290–4291
- Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
  - second reading, 4863–4864
- Building inspectors
  - directives to, 7118
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
  - second reading, 1862
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 1933
- Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1499, 1559
- Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 174)
  - second reading, 6425
- Cap and trade
  - auction
    - revenue, 7182–7183
  - effect on northern Ontario, 7183, 7514
  - emissions reduction, 7514
- Cap and trade, economic impact
  - cost effectiveness, 7514
- Certified crop advisers
  - restrictions on professional activities, 269–270
- Child and youth mental health care
  - access to, 7501
- Child care
  - affordability of, 163–164
- Committee procedure
  - traveling consultation, 7665
  - witnesses, access to, 7510
- Committee process
  - role of the public, 7664
- Committees
  - for northern members, establishment of, 4097–4099, 4104
- Community projects, crowdfunding of
  - government-sponsored platform for, 3283–3284
- Conservation authorities
  - meetings, public notice of, 4863
- Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 4964–4966
- Construction liens
  - prompt payment regime, 4964–4965
- Consumer protection
  - life leases, 5580
- Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 5189, 5370, 5375–5376, 5379
  - third reading, 6059
- Dairy industry
  - international trade with United States, 7345
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 3193
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 281, 285, 439–440, 552–553, 555
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1218–1220, 1222
  - third reading, 2206–2207
- Electoral boundaries in northern Ontario
  - changes for Wahnapitae First Nation, 1218–1220, 2206–2207
  - study by Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission
    - limited to two ridings [KRR and TJB], 1218, 1222
- Electricity billing
  - customers facing disconnection, 327
- Electricity generating facilities
  - overbilling by, 6956–6957
    - Goreway Power Station, 6855–6857, 6907–6908
- Electricity subsidies
  - delivery charge subsidy for rural Ontario
    - eligibility [low-density rural areas only], 458
- Employment, precarious
  - general remarks, 6224
- Energy affordability
  - for industry, 3009
  - in northern Ontario, 3155–3156
  - in rural Ontario, 348
  - for small business owners, 173–174, 849–850, 2796, 3193, 4358
- Energy rate increases
  - due to delivery charges, 388
  - effect on business and labour market competition, 1499
- Energy reliability, 7295
- Fair Hydro Act, 2017 (Bill 132)
  - second reading, 4405, 4423
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
  - second reading, 5407
- Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
  - second reading, 7335, 7344–7352, 7355
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7509–7510
  - third reading, 7664–7665
- Farm assistance programs
  - Risk Management Program (RMP)
    - spending cap, 585
- Farm safety
  - injuries due to distraction or fatigue, 3172
- Federal government
  - taxation policy, farmers, 5289–5290
- Floods, rainwater
  - insurance, 6572
- Food processors
  - negotiations with vegetable growers
    - arbitration, 2745
- Foreign investments, land
  - impact on food security, 7335
  - impact on provincial-international relations
    - Adams mine site, 7345–7346
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Perspectives économiques et revue financière, 6224
  - Loi de 2018 sur l'équité en matière de marchés publics, projet de loi 194
    - deuxième lecture, 7349
  - Pétitions
    - Logements pour personnes âgées, 856–857, 1190–1191, 1423, 1751
    - Privatisation des biens publics, 34
- Government orders
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 7514
  - Concurrence in supply
    - responded to, 7181–7185
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-present)
    - privatization of government services, 7348
- Government services
  - in northern and rural Ontario, 6522–6523
  - privatization, 6523
  - public-private partnerships, 6527
- Government tenders
  - information technology (IT), vendor of record (VOR) list, 7347
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - exemptions
    - for electricity bills, 327
- Health care
  - wait times, 3154–3155
- Health care in northern Ontario
  - health travel grant, expansion of, 4807–4808
- Highway closures
  - due to accidents, 1796
- Highway maintenance in winter
  - general remarks, 7056
- Highway safety
  - general remarks, 6218
- Home inspectors, licensing and regulation
  - general remarks, 1884–1885
- Hospital beds
  - shortage
    - in northern Ontario, 6159
- Hospital construction
  - Simcoe–Grey, 4790–4791
- Hospital funding
  - below inflation rate, 3897, 4055–4056
- Housing prices
  - foreign homebuyers' tax, 4496–4497, 4705–4706
- Hydro One Inc.
  - prepayment meters, 6856
  - purchase of Avista Corporation, 7295
  - repurchase by government, 7182
- Hydro One Inc. privatization
  - general remarks, 4053–4055, 5083, 6224
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, economic impact
  - on electricity rates, 388
  - lost revenues, 7295
  - revenue loss, 6524, 7182
- Hydro One Inc. privatization, revenue
  - for infrastructure development, 4290
- Hydro One Inc. shares
  - 40% government ownership, 6524
  - percentage private ownership, 328, 7182
- International trade agreements
  - Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement of Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
    - impact on industry, 7349
  - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    - renegotiation of, 3775, 7347, 7349–7350
    - renegotiation of, impact on dairy industry, 7345
    - renegotiation of, impact on dairy industy, 3828–3829
- Legislative procedure
  - general remarks, 7509
  - government bills, 6526–6527, 7664–7665
    - omnibus bills, 6525–6526
  - motions
    - time allocation, 4584–4585
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
  - Larder Lake store, closure, 4938–4939
- Local health integration networks (LHINs)
  - as replacement for CCACs, 966
- Local services boards (LSBs)
  - about, 2003
- Long-term care
  - beds, shortage, 4057
  - general remarks, 6599–6600
  - in rural and northern Ontario, 6792–6793
- Long-term care beds
  - shortage, 6224
- Long-term care facilities
  - redevelopment
    - general remarks, 6793
- Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 2650, 2659–2660, 2831–2832
- Members' statements
  - Dairy industry, 3828–3829
  - Dairy industry and forest industry, 3775
  - Earlton Lions Club, 3263
  - Highway accident, 1796
  - Highway safety, 6218
  - International Plowing Match, 248
  - Labour dispute, 5882
  - Leis Wood Products, 2796
  - Moose management, 1187
  - New Liskeard Fall Fair, 590–591
  - Northern transportation, 1415, 6867
  - Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, 4252–4253
  - Season's greetings, 2192
  - Small business, 849–850
  - Taxation, 5289–5290
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3172
- Mental health care
  - access to, 6224
  - general remarks, 6527
- Mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation
  - remediation fund, 6525, 7118
- Minimum wage increase
  - general remarks, 6523
  - government assistance, 5407
- Mining claims
  - electronic mining lands administration system, 1453–1454
- Ministerial statements
  - Agri-food industry
    - responded to, 7147
  - Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
    - responded to, 3172
  - Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month
    - responded to, 2753–2754
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 6224
  - International Plowing Match
    - responded to, 5068
  - International trade
    - responded to, 7247–7248
  - Ontario Agriculture Week
    - responded to, 648, 5574
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2002–2003
  - public consultation, northern Ontario, 4597–4598
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4584–4586
- Nanjing Massacre
  - commemoration, 6005
- Natural gas billing
  - cap-and-trade cost, disclosure, 5117–5118
- NDP Party election platform
  - energy, 7295
- Neonicotinoids
  - restrictions on use, 268–269
- New home warranties
  - general remarks, 6103–6104
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  - renegotiation, 7147
- Northlander rail service
  - cancellation, 7185
- Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
  - power to audit public contractors, 1817
- OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program
  - coverage to age 25, 4057–4058
- Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers (OPVG)
  - board of directors, removal of, 4252–4253
- Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 326–330
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 347–348
- Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit, 4744–4745
- Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
  - cost, 7181–7182
  - financing of, 7294
  - government advertising, expenditures on, 5281
  - impact on long-term energy costs, 4405, 7181
- Opposition day motions
  - Energy contracts
    - responded to, 5082–5083
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 388–389
  - Provincial debt
    - responded to, 3640–3641
- Oral questions
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 2745
  - Assistance to farmers
    - presented, 585
  - Beverage alcohol sales
    - presented, 4938–4939
  - By-election in Sudbury
    - presented, 1354–1355, 4820
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 6855–6857, 6907–6908, 6956–6958
  - Executive compensation
    - presented, 2291, 3611
  - Government advertising
    - presented, 5281
  - Highway safety
    - presented, 7056
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 3896–3897
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 6159
  - Housing policy
    - presented, 4496–4497
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 458, 2515–2516, 3009, 4358
  - Pharmacare
    - presented, 4013
  - Privatization of public assets
    - presented, 3052
- Organic agri-food industry
  - regulation of, 6590–6591
- Patients First Act, 2016 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 966
- Payday loans and lenders
  - interest rate cap, 1886
- PC Party election platform
  - People's Guarantee
    - energy, 7294
- Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
  - monthly payments, 7119
- Pension plans, funding
  - solvency rate, 7119
- Petitions
  - LCBO outlet, 4625, 4627–4628, 4737–4738
  - Mental health and addiction services, 4134, 4452, 4507
  - Municipal restructuring, 2683, 3624–3625
  - Northern Health Travel Grant, 6568
  - Seniors' housing, 956–957
  - Speed limits, 304
- Political fundraising
  - cabint ministers' quotas, 285
  - conflict of interest, 552–553
- Political fundraising events
  - attendance by members and political candidates, ban
    - exemption for community events, 555
- Political fundraising reform
  - debate on a bill that is incomplete, 281
- Polling stations
  - at reasonable distances in northern Ontario, 1219–1220
- Prescription drugs
  - universal access to, 4013
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable Electricity Act, 2018 (Bill 197)
    - second reading, 7294–7296
  - Albanian Heritage Month Act, 2016 (Bill 36)
    - second reading, 714
  - Auditor General Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 1817
  - Flood Avoidance, Insurance and Recovery Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 179)
    - second reading, 6571–6572
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 4790–4791
  - Kickstarting Public Participation Act, 2017 (Bill 77)
    - second reading, 3283–3284
  - Life Leases Act, 2017 (Bill 155)
    - second reading, 5580
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 6792–6793
  - Mental health services
    - responded to, 7501
  - Nanjing Massacre
    - responded to, 6005
  - Northern health services
    - responded to, 4807
  - Northern Ontario
    - presented, 4097–4099
    - responded to, 4104
  - Organic Products Act, 2017 (Bill 153)
    - second reading, 6590–6591
  - PANDAS/PANS
    - responded to, 7493
  - Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie), 2018 (Bill 186)
    - second reading, 7713–7714
  - Putting Voters First (Election Amendment) Act, 2016 (Bill 75)
    - second reading, 2046
  - Supporting Agricultural Experts in their Field Act, 2016 (Bill 4)
    - second reading, 268–270
  - Transparency in Gas Pricing Act, 2017 (Bill 146)
    - second reading, 5117–5118
- Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 768
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 878–879
- Protectionist policies
  - Buy American
    - government response, 7247–7248
- Provincial infrastructure
  - general remarks, 6522
- Public assets
  - sale/lease of, 6524–6525
- Public education campaigns - Agriculture
  - Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month, 2753–2754
  - Canadian Agriculture Safety Week, 3172
  - Ontario Agriculture Week, 648
- Public procurement, reciprocal access
  - regulations limiting
    - impact on NAFTA renegotiations, 7344, 7350, 7352
    - proportionality of, 7346–7349, 7351–7352
    - stakeholder opinion, 7347
- Public sector employees
  - on sunshine list, 3610
- Public transportation
  - in northern Ontario, 6867
- Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 (Bill 59)
  - second reading, 1884–1887
- Ranger Survey Systems Canada Inc. Act, 2016 (Bill Pr55)
  - first reading, 1973–1974
- Regulations
  - agri-food industry, 5375–5376
  - deferred drafting of, 6526
  - evaluation of, 5370
- Regulatory burdens
  - agri-food industry, 5189
- Renewable energy contracts
  - cancellation of, 7295
  - feed-in tariff (2009), 7346
- Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 152)
  - second reading, 5094
- Residential buildings
  - rainwater tanks, 6572
- Ring of Fire development
  - delays, 3942
- Road maintenance
  - in northern Ontario, 7183–7184
  - privatization, 7184
- Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
  - second reading, 2934
- Sales, door-to-door
  - ban
    - on prescribed items, 1885–1886
- Schools in rural Ontario
  - closures, 4058–4059
- Speaker's rulings
  - Points of order
    - Debate on matters sub judice
      - responded to, 1357
- Speed limits
  - reduction of, in community safety and school zones, 2934
- Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 6103–6104, 6106
- Strikes, college faculty
  - back-to-work legislation, 6526–6527
  - general remarks, 5882
- Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 177)
  - second reading, 6521–6529, 6599–6600
  - third reading, 7117–7119
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
  - second reading, 4053–4061
  - third reading, 4478–4479
- Sudbury by-election 2015
  - allegations of offer of employment/political office to Glenn Thibeault, 1354–1355
- Supply Act, 2017 (Bill 111)
  - second reading, 3153–3156
- Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 (Bill 89)
  - second reading, 2715, 2834
- Teacher misconduct
  - protection from wrongful accusations, 768
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 144, 152–153, 159, 163–164, 166, 173–174
- Time allocation motions
  - Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (Bill 114)
    - responded to, 4597–4598
  - Budget Measures Act (Housing Price Stability and Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit), 2017 (Bill 134)
    - responded to, 4744–4746
  - Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
    - responded to, 1933
  - Fairness in Procurement Act, 2018 (Bill 194)
    - responded to, 7509–7510
  - Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
    - responded to, 4584–4586
  - Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
    - responded to, 347–348
  - Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
    - responded to, 878–879
- Transportation
  - bus service
    - northern Ontario, 4744
  - northern Ontario, 6521–6522
  - passenger rail service
    - northern Ontario, 1415, 7185
- Transportation infrastructure
  - northern Ontario, 5094
    - road paving, 7183
- Tributes
  - Black, Ken (former member, Muskoka—Georgian Bay), 4008–4009
  - Bolan, Michael George (former member, Nipissing), 4488–4489
  - Havrot, Edward (former member, Tmiskaming), 5224
- Wildlife protection
  - moose population, 1187
- Wireless services
  - in northern Ontario, 3153–3154
  - in rural Ontario, 2003
Vernile, Hon. D. (LIB, Kitchener Centre)
- Agriculture industry
  - government support, 5101–5102
- Algonquins of Ontario land claim
  - agreement with Ontario and federal government, 891
- Arts and culture
  - Celebrate Ontario grants, 7637
- Automated speed enforcement systems
  - in community safety and school zones, 2276–2277, 2929, 3228, 3239–3240
  - fining of vehicle owner, 2925, 3224
  - general remarks, 2912
  - on highways, 3249, 3406
  - implementation of, by municipalities, 2276–2277
- Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 (Bill 139)
  - second reading, 4868
- Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016 (Bill 70)
  - second reading, 1771
- Bullying prevention
  - anti-bullying initiatives, 6392–6393
- Burden Reduction Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 1570
- Businesses, small and medium-sized
  - government initiatives, 3303–3304
- Cap and trade auction
  - participation in, 3366–3367
- Cardiac care
  - St. Mary's General Hospital (Kitchener)
    - government funding, 416
- Child care
  - 100,000 licensed spaces for zero to 4 age group, 86
- Clean technology
  - research and development, 1122
- Climate change
  - government strategy, 6617
- Coal-fired electricity generation
  - plant closures, 3612
- Community safety zones
  - definition of, 2921
- Concussion prevention and management
  - in amateur sport, 7205–7208, 7565
- Craft distillers
  - commission rate [from LCBO], 1771
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - GO Transit
    - responded to, 4969–4970
  - Road safety
    - responded to, 4051–4052
- Development charges
  - exemption for secondary suites, 675
- Driver licences
  - medical suspension, 262
  - reinstatement after medical suspension
    - wait times, 262
- Economic growth, 3031–3032
- Education funding
  - rural schools, 1789
- Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 425–426, 551
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 1207, 1224–1225
- Electricity price mitigation
  - general remarks, 5970
- Employment and unemployment
  - precarious employment, 4356–4357
- Employment standards
  - reform, 4820–4821
- Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148)
  - second reading, 5412–5413, 5415
  - general remarks, 5345
- Financial literacy
  - programs
    - government funding, 3167
- Fuel market
  - review, 2187
  - transparency, 2187
- GO Transit service expansion
  - in Kitchener-Waterloo region, 7062–7063
- GO Transit stations
  - Kirby station, siting of, 4969–4970
- Government data
  - Open Government Partnership, 2012
- Government orders
  - Concurrence in supply
    - responded to, 3031–3032
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - rebate on provincial share (8%)
    - for electricity bills, 85
- Highway safety
  - texting zones, 2860–2861
- Hospital service expansion
  - cancer care in Grand River Hospital, 1415–1416
- Immunization
  - general remarks, 3328–3329
- International trade
  - diversification, 5876
  - impact on small and medium-sized businesses, 5877
  - trade missions, 683
- International trade agreements
  - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 2291–2292
- Leaves of absence
  - for survivors of domestic or sexual violence, 6858–6859
  - for survivors of domestic or sexual violence [paid leave], 5345–5346
- Legislative procedure
  - debates
    - speech should relate to matter being discussed, 2930
- Living wage
  - and small business, 5412–5413
- Members' statements
  - Anti-racism activities, 3666–3667
  - Automated vehicles, 2139–2140
  - Family skate, 2518
  - German heritage, 689
  - German Remembrance Day, 1624
  - Girls Can Fly!, 4780
  - GO Transit, 7062–7063
  - Grand River Hospital cancer centre, 1415–1416
  - High-speed rail, 4685–4686
  - Hollinger, David and Doug Gibbons, 5514
  - Meals on Wheels, 2962
  - Nutrition for Learning, 4362
  - Polzin, Rita, 6827
  - Public transit, 77
  - Rohingya Muslims, 5933
  - Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre, 849
  - Say Hi Day, 198
  - St. Mary's General Hospital, 416
  - STEM girls, 6020–6021
  - Sullivan, Sean and Michael, 4547
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Kitchener Centre, 4547, 4790
  - Kitchener–Waterloo, 5514
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 5979
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2860
- Minimum wage increase, economic impact
  - on small business, 5415
- Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 (Bill 68)
  - second reading, 2001
- Municipal governments
  - increased flexibility and accountability, 1742–1743
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 4773–4774, 5236–5237
- Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act (Councillor Pregnancy and Parental Leave), 2016 (Bill 46)
  - first reading, 898
- Nutrition for children
  - breakfast programs, 4362
- Ontario history
  - German population, 689
- Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
  - general remarks, 2671
  - impact on long-term energy costs, 5970
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal land claim
    - presented, 891
  - Access to information
    - presented, 2012
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 5101–5102
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 6392–6393
  - Anti-racism activities
    - presented, 292–293
  - Arts and cultural funding
    - responded to, 7637
  - Climate change
    - presented, 1617, 3051, 3366–3367, 3823–3824, 6617
  - Community colleges
    - presented, 2959
  - Economic development
    - presented, 1300–1301
  - Education funding
    - presented, 1789
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 4356–4357, 4820–4821
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 3612
  - Financial literacy
    - presented, 3167
  - Gasoline prices
    - presented, 2187
  - Hydro rates
    - presented, 2671, 5970
  - Immigration and refugee policy
    - presented, 73
  - Infrastructure program funding
    - presented, 4773–4774, 5236–5237
  - International trade
    - presented, 683, 2291–2292, 5876–5877
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 1018
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 1066
  - Municipal government
    - presented, 1742–1743
  - Nurses
    - presented, 4195–4196
  - Public libraries
    - responded to, 7434–7435
  - Research and innovation
    - presented, 407–408, 1122
  - Senior citizens
    - presented, 2564
  - Sexual violence and harassment
    - presented, 6858–6859
  - Small business
    - presented, 3303–3304
  - Transfer payments
    - presented, 1353
  - Waste diversion
    - presented, 2615–2616
  - Water supply
    - presented, 724–725
  - Youth employment
    - presented, 4249–4250
- Parental leave
  - extension for municipal councillors, 1146–1148, 1153, 1743, 2001
- Payments to health care professionals/organizations, disclosure of
  - general remarks, 5546
- Petitions
  - Animal protection, 5169–5170, 5398–5399, 6689
  - Consumer protection, 1259, 1698–1699
  - Dental care, 3065
  - Employment standards, 6834
  - Government anti-racism programs, 2799–2800, 4135, 4256–4257, 4508, 5168
  - Home inspection industry, 3375
  - Hydro rates, 2903, 3377, 3517
  - Ice machines, 304–305
  - Lung health, 528
  - Sexual violence and harassment, 527, 1585, 1752, 5170, 5521–5522, 5729, 6691–6692, 7066–7067
- Police officers
  - suspension without pay, 6699
- Political contributions
  - ban on corporate and union donations, 426
  - maximum allowable donations, reduction, 551
- Political fundraising
  - per-vote allowance, 426
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
  - leadership summit, 1018
- Private members' public business
  - Domestic and Sexual Violence Protection Act, 2017 (Bill 157)
    - second reading, 5345–5346
  - Driver licences
    - responded to, 262
  - Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act (Councillor Pregnancy and Parental Leave), 2016 (Bill 46)
    - second reading, 1146–1148, 1153–1154
  - Safe Texting Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 19)
    - second reading, 2860–2861
  - Transportation planning
    - responded to, 5353–5354
- Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 670–671, 675, 818
- Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 87)
  - second reading, 3328–3329, 3332
- Protecting Students Act, 2016 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 759
- Public education campaigns - Community development
  - Say Hi Day, 198
- Public education campaigns - Health
  - Nursing Week, 4195–4196
- Public education campaigns - Historical/National
  - German Remembrance Day, 1624
- Public education campaigns—Anti-discrimination
  - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, 6392–6393
- Public libraries
  - government funding, 7434–7435
- Racism and anti-racism, Islamophobia, 3666–3667
- Refugees
  - health service clinics
    - Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre, 849
- Renewable energy
  - as government policy, 3823–3824
- Research and development
  - technology sector
    - government funding and support, 1300–1301
- Road safety
  - under municipal jurisdiction, 2275–2276
  - school and community safety zones
    - automated speed enforcement, 3556–3557, 4051–4052, 4266
- Rohingya Muslims
  - persecution of, 5933
- Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 (Bill 193)
  - second reading, 7205–7208
  - third reading, 7563–7564
- Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175)
  - second reading, 6698–6699
- Safer School Zones Act, 2017 (Bill 65)
  - second reading, 2275–2277, 2912, 2921, 2925, 2929, 3224, 3228, 3239–3240, 3249, 3403, 3406, 3556
  - third reading, 4266, 4276–4277
- Settlement agencies for refugees
  - government funding, 73
- Sexual abuse of patients
  - general remarks, 3328
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - in the workplace, 6858
- Social housing
  - as municipal responsibility, 671, 818
- Speed limits
  - reduction of, in community safety and school zones, 2276–2277, 3224
- Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 (Bill 160)
  - second reading, 5546, 5549, 5734–5735
- Stringer, Rowan
  - death of, coroner's inquest, 7563–7564
- Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Bill 127)
  - second reading, 4165
- Theatre
  - Canadian Music Theatre Project, 2959
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 46–47, 85–86
- Transfer payments
  - Transfer Payment Administration Modernization, 1353
- Transit system expansion
  - high-speed rail routes to Kitchener, 4685–4686
  - transit hub in downtown Kitchener, 77
- Transit systems
  - government funding, 3031–3032
- Transportation planning
  - Highway 7-Acton bypass, study of, 5353–5354
- Tributes
  - Polzin, Rita, 6827
- Vehicles, self-driving
  - Autonomoose pilot program, 2139–2140
- Voter participation
  - addressing low voter turnout, 1224–1225
- Voters
  - provisional registration for youth age 16 and 17, 1207
- Waste diversion
  - externded producer responsibility model, 2615–2616
- Water extraction
  - system review, 725
- Water fluoridation
  - municipal responsibility/jurisdiction, 700
- Youth employment
  - general remarks, 4249–4250

House speaker index

Letter: V

Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming–Cochrane)

Vernile, Hon. D. (LIB, Kitchener Centre)