Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Letter: V

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

  • Access to Consumer Credit Reports and Elevator Availability Act, 2018 (Bill 8)
    • second reading, 639, 654–655
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 745–746
  • Agriculture industry
    • in northern Ontario, 585
    • Risk Management Program, 320
  • Agri-food industry
    • government support, 320
  • Appreciation
    • Gauthier, Albert, 33
  • Auditor General
    • pre-election report, 936
  • Broadband networks, access to
    • in rural and northern Ontario, 206
  • Budget 2018
    • balanced, 589–590
    • health care, 843
    • inclusion of labour relations amendments, 591
  • Budget speech 2018 (March 28, 2018)
    • responded to, 757, 843–850
  • Building construction, wood-frame, 1011
  • Correctional Services Transformation Act, 2018 (Bill 6)
    • second reading, 421
  • Credit scores
    • and identity theft, 654
  • Dental care
    • access to, 23–24, 182, 378
  • Economic growth
    • in Kirkland Lake, 586
  • Electricity rates
    • long-term, 757, 845
  • Electricity transmission
    • infrastructure, maintenance, 847
      • rural and northern Ontario, 344–345
    • infrastructure, return on investment, 205
  • Elevators
    • availability, 654
  • Fair wage policy
    • scope, 1057
  • Firefighters, volunteer
    • certification, 329
  • Forest/lumber industry, 1011
  • Government Contract Wages Act, 2018 (Bill 53)
    • second reading, 1057, 1059
  • Government finances
    • accounting standards
      • external audits, 846
    • general remarks, 586–587
  • Government record
    • Liberal (2003-present)
      • general remarks, 588
      • health care, 597, 843, 850
      • long-term care, 844
    • PC (1995-2003)
      • Adams Lake Mine, 590
      • government service transfer, 849
  • Government service transfer
    • to municipalities, 344
  • Government services
    • access to, rural and northern Ontario, 345
    • funding formulas, 345
    • privatization, 205–206, 588–589, 847–848
  • Government spending, 143
  • Health care
    • government funding, 587
  • Humboldt, Saskatchewan accident, 585
  • Hydro One
    • executive compensation, 589, 847
    • purchase of Avista Corp., 588, 847
    • service quality, 588–589
  • Hydro One privatization
    • general remarks, 591–592, 845
    • repurchase by government, 206, 588–589, 848
    • transparency and accountability, 588
  • Hydro One privatization, economic impact
    • revenue loss, 589
    • rural and northern Ontario, 205–206
  • Hydro One shares
    • private vs. public division, 588, 847–848
  • Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
    • accounting/auditing standards, 206, 845–846
  • Information and communication technology
    • access to, 344
  • Infrastructure, government programs
    • funding formulas, 345
  • Infrastructure, roads
    • municipal responsibility, 171, 344
  • Inmates
    • on remand, 421
  • Kirkland Lake, Ontario, 586
  • Landfill sites
    • Adams mine proposal (1997), 1212
    • environmental assessment, 1212
    • municipal consultation, 1212–1213
  • Legislative debates
    • language and
      • terminology, 586
  • Legislative procedure
    • time allocation motions, 745
  • Long-term care homes
    • Temiskaming Lodge, 1100
  • Members' statements
    • Gauthier, Albert, 33
    • Long-term care, 1100
    • Northern rail service, 737
    • Volunteer firefighters, 329
  • Members'/ministers' remarks
    • withdrawn, 936
  • Mental health and addictions services
    • general remarks, 207
  • NDP Party election platform
    • general remarks, 849–850
    • mental health care, 207
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
    • and energy rates, 845–846
    • financing for, 845–846
      • accounting standards, 206
      • accounting standards, external audits, 845
    • financing of, accounting standards, 936
  • Ontera
    • sale of, 344, 847–848
  • Oral questions
    • Assistance to farmers
      • presented, 320
    • Dental care
      • presented, 23–24, 182–183, 378
    • Government accounting practices
      • presented, 936
  • Pay Equity Commission
    • government funding, 365, 370
  • Pay Transparency Act, 2018 (Bill 3)
    • second reading, 365, 369–370
  • PC Party
    • candidate nomination process, 848
    • energy, 590
    • Hydro One, 589–590
    • Ring of Fire, 590
    • taxation, 849
  • PC Party election platform
    • People's Guarantee
      • budget, 143
  • Petitions
    • Correctional services, 332
  • Pharmacare
    • for those 25-64, 205, 208
  • Plan for Care and Opportunity Act (Budget Measures), 2018 (Bill 31)
    • second reading, 585–594, 596–597
  • Private members' public business
    • Ontario Forestry Revitalization Act (14 Storey Wood Frame Buildings), 2018 (Bill 19)
      • second reading, 1011–1012
    • Respecting Municipal Authority Over Landfilling Sites Act, 2018 (Bill 16)
      • second reading, 1212–1213
    • Rural Ontario
      • responded to, 343–345
    • Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 15)
      • second reading, 143
  • Psychiatric services
    • wait times, 208
  • Rail service
    • Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
      • passenger rail service, northeastern Ontario, 737
  • Regulations
    • role of, 1212
  • Ring of Fire development
    • stakeholder consultation, 591
  • Road maintenance
    • northern and rural Ontario, 848, 1058–1059
  • Technical Standards and Safety Authority
    • oversight mandate, 746
      • elevators, 745
  • Throne speech
    • purpose of, 205
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 163, 171, 204–208
  • Time allocation motions
    • Access to Consumer Credit Reports and Elevator Availability Act, 2018 (Bill 8)
      • responded to, 745–746
  • Verner, Ontario, 585
  • Women
    • economic equality, 369–370

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

  • Budget 2018
    • public libraries, 864
  • Budget speech 2018 (March 28, 2018)
    • responded to, 864
  • Economic conditions, 970
  • Fair wage policy
    • general remarks, 970, 1044–1045
  • Gasoline prices
    • jurisdiction over, 111
  • Government Contract Wages Act, 2018 (Bill 53)
    • second reading, 970, 1044–1045
  • Ontario Place, 1139
  • Oral questions
    • Ontario Place
      • responded to, 1139
    • Public libraries
      • responded to, 377
    • Sports funding
      • responded to, 732
  • Pay equity, gender wage gap
    • general remarks, 226, 404
  • Pay transparency
    • employer responsibilities, 226–227
    • in other jurisdictions, 227
  • Pay Transparency Act, 2018 (Bill 3)
    • second reading, 226–227, 404
  • Public libraries, 377
    • government funding, 864
  • Sports programs, 732
  • Women
    • economic equality
      • representation in workforce, 227