Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Letter: V

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

  • Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021 (Bill 245)
    • third reading, 12240–12243
  • Access to Natural Gas Act, 2018 (Bill 32)
    • second reading, 1852, 1860–1861, 1863
    • third reading, 2674–2675, 2846
  • Advancing Oversight and Planning in Ontario's Health System Act, 2021 (Bill 283)
    • second reading, 13142
  • Agricultural events
    • International Plowing Match 2020, 9053–9054
  • Agricultural land
    • alternate uses, environmental preservation and services, 1289–1290
    • availability of, 8769
    • conservation, 14086
    • development on, 11942–11944, 12029
    • drainage
      • regulatory reform, 8768–8769
  • Agricultural workers - temporary foreign workers
    • general remarks, 8135
    • working conditions, 8023–8024
  • Agriculture industry
    • and climate change, 14086
    • regulatory environment, 2755–2756
  • Agriculture industry - COVID-19
    • supply chain, 14085–14086
  • Agriculture industry - COVID-19, temporary foreign workers
    • health and safety, 8023, 8181
    • outbreaks, 8024, 8250, 8325
    • testing
      • rates, 8181
      • strategy, 8135
  • Agriculture industry - support programs
    • risk management programs
      • cap on, 6867, 7875, 8024
  • Agri-food facilities
    • biosecurity, 6803–6804, 8136–8137
    • disease outbreaks, 6803
    • inspections
      • dairy farms, 8025–8026
  • Agri-food facilities - security from trespass
    • statements by stakeholders, 8138–8139
  • Agri-food industry
    • appreciation for, 9683
    • promotion of
      • Foodland Ontario program, 1121
    • public perception of, 8139–8140
    • whistle-blower protection, 6806–6808, 6816
  • Agri-food premises - animal protection zones
    • general remarks, 6804–6805
  • Agri-food premises - security from trespass
    • and constitutional rights, 8140–8141
    • definitions
      • interaction, 8143
    • vs. right to protest, 6802–6803
    • vs. transparency, 6804, 6806
  • Agri-food premises - security from trespass, enforcement
    • limitation on proceedings, 6806–6807, 6816, 6820
    • penalties
      • as deterrent, 7635, 8138
    • retroactivity provision, 6946–6947, 7062, 7636
  • Agri-food premises - security from trespass, owners/occupiers
    • citizen's arrest
      • application, 7021, 7065–7066, 7075, 7077–7078, 7080, 7635
      • civil and criminal liability, 7635, 8138–8139
      • and Indigenous relations, 8139
      • procedure and training, 8138
      • right to, 6805–6806, 6824, 7432–7433, 8138
    • use of reasonable force, 7021, 7025, 7074, 8138
  • Agri-food premises - trespass offences
    • entry under false pretense
      • general remarks, 6806–6807, 8139–8140
      • impact on biosecurity, 8139
      • impact on whistleblowers, 6951, 7063, 7636, 8140, 8142
      • and investigative journalism, 8140–8141
    • general remarks, 7065–7066
  • Alcohol retail - buck-a-beer
    • incentives, 677, 729
    • via minimum price floor, 729
  • Alcohol retail - expansion
    • consultation, 5491
  • Ambulance services
    • amalgamation, 4446–4447
  • Animal protection system
    • government funding, 6641
  • Animal protection system - reform
    • application
      • agricultural animals, 8140
    • consultation process, 5457
  • Animal protection system - reform, interim period
    • ministerial authority
      • appointment of chief inspector, 5456
    • resource allocation, 5456
  • Animal welfare inspectors - training
    • general remarks, 6640–6641
    • livestock, 6642
  • Animal welfare - livestock
    • farmers
      • training, 5456
    • general remarks, 6640
    • role of farm organizations, 5456
  • Animal welfare offences
    • "distress," definition of, 6642
    • reporting process
      • hotline, 7020
  • Animal welfare offences - penalties
    • major offences, 6641
  • Anti-Racism Directorate
    • advisory committees, 7268
    • government funding, 7268
  • Assistive Devices Program (ADP)
    • eligible devices
      • mental health apps and devices, 13591
    • wait times, 1793
  • Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
    • public registry, 6241
  • Automobile insurance rates
    • commercial vehicles, 7539
  • Beer Store, The - master framework agreement cancellation
    • and business environment, 5491
    • consultation, 5574
    • general remarks, 5573
  • Bees Act, RSO 1990, c B.6
    • general remarks, 5831
  • Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 (Bill 132)
    • second reading, 5829–5833
  • Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
    • time allocation motion
      • amendment
        • responded to, 728–729, 767, 788
      • amendment to the amendment
        • presented, 729
  • Blair, Brad
    • termination of, 3468
  • Bringing Choice and Fairness to the People Act (Beverage Alcohol Retail Sales), 2019 (Bill 115)
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 5491–5492
    • third reading, 5573–5574
  • Broadband infrastructure
    • ownership, 10893
  • Broadband infrastructure development
    • general remarks, 9258, 10892–10893
    • geographic allocation, 10892
    • government strategy
      • general remarks, 2331, 10892
      • progress reporting, 10893
      • regional development models, 10893
    • last-mile connections, 11944
    • legislative terminology, 12488
    • northern and rural Ontario, 9258, 10892–10893, 12488
    • in other provinces, 2331
    • private sector development
      • general remarks, 2336
      • return on investment, 2332
  • Broadband is an Essential Service Act, 2020 (Bill 226)
    • first reading, 10239–10240
  • Broadband services
    • economic impact, 2331–2332, 2336, 10893
    • as essential service, 2331–2332, 10892–10893, 11784, 11941
    • statements by stakeholders, 2332
  • Broadband services - access to
    • in agriculture, 11943
    • general remarks, 10897
    • low-income households, 10893
    • northern and rural Ontario, 2331–2332, 4228, 10892
    • in schools, 2332
  • Budget 2021
    • bill vs. motion, 12451–12453
  • Building construction, truss and lightweight (TLC)
    • identification, in case of fire, 1506–1507
  • Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 (Bill 171)
    • second reading, 7193–7196
  • Business
    • capital cost depreciation rate, 4538
    • insurance rates
      • liability, 7539
  • Business - COVID-19
    • economic impact, 12453
  • Business - COVID-19, insurance
    • rate increases, 12452
  • Campgrounds and cabins
    • COVID-19
      • reopening of, 8024–8025
  • Canada Christian College
    • degree expansion, 10661
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • duty to protect, 2954
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - s.33: notwithstanding clause
    • threshold for use, 989
    • use of
      • general remarks, 989
      • historically, 989
  • Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
    • second reading, 852, 863
  • Cap-and-trade cancellation - economic impact
    • general remarks, 811–812
  • Carbon tax (federal)
    • cost of, disclosure
      • on gas pumps, 4492
  • Certificates of birth, marriage, and death
    • marriage licences
      • expiration timeline, 8768
  • Chief Medical Officer of Health
    • Dr. David Williams
      • re-appointment of, 10775, 10853
  • Child care - COVID-19
    • availability of, 8767, 8774
  • Child care - COVID-19, reopening of
    • as economic policy, 8767
  • Civil liability - COVID-19
    • consultation process, 10350–10351
  • Class sizes - adjustment
    • class stacking, 4135, 4227, 4583
    • general remarks, 4583–4584
  • Climate change
    • general remarks, 3141
  • Climate change impact
    • agriculture industry, 1290
    • extreme weather due to, 4920
    • extreme weather due to, northern Ontario, 852
    • in northern Ontario, 5001
  • Combating Human Trafficking Act, 2021 (Bill 251)
    • third reading, 13892, 13901–13904
  • Commercial tenancies - Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA)
    • general remarks, 8773
  • Committee procedure
    • vice-chairs
      • independent members, 12067
  • Committee process
    • broadcasting of, 10350–10351
    • and public consultation, 219, 288, 728–729
    • witnesses
      • presentations, grouping of, 8136
  • Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 (Bill 68)
    • second reading, 3318–3319
  • Condominiums
    • consumer protection, 12525
  • Convenience Store Week Act, 2021 (Bill 262)
    • third reading, 13580
  • Convenience stores
    • general remarks, 13580
  • Court administration
    • trial caseload, 6641–6642
  • COVID-19
    • general remarks, 12065
  • COVID-19 - community impact
    • general remarks, 9053–9054
  • COVID-19 - economic impact
    • consultation
      • legislative committee study, 8136, 8143, 8767
  • COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 197)
    • consultation process, 8773
    • second reading, 8766–8774
    • general remarks, 8766–8767, 8769–8771, 8774, 8843–8844
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 8843–8844
  • COVID-19 - emergency orders
    • general remarks, 8843
    • public compliance with, 12133–12134
  • COVID-19 - essential service workers
    • health and safety, 8023
  • COVID-19 - essential service workers, compensation
    • pandemic pay
      • eligibility, 8251
  • COVID-19 - financial supports
    • tax deferrals, 8773
  • COVID-19 - government response
    • Auditor General report, 10774–10775, 10853
    • general remarks, 8769–8770, 13573
    • government communications, 8024–8025, 8029, 8250
    • legislative agenda, 8770, 14126
    • response framework and criteria, 10349–10350
  • COVID-19 - government response, third wave
    • third-wave planning, 12532
  • COVID-19 - Health Command Table
    • membership, 10774–10775
    • transparency, 8249–8250, 10853
  • COVID-19 - provincial reopening, first wave
    • general remarks, 8769–8770
  • COVID-19 - provincial state of emergency (March 2020)
    • extension of, 8249–8251
  • COVID-19 - public response to, 8766
  • COVID-19 - testing
    • capacity, 7832
    • testing locations
      • private, 9615, 9655
  • COVID-19 - transmission
    • case rates, 12532
    • high-transmission communities, 12186–12187
  • COVID-19 - vaccination
    • booking portals
      • registration process, 12350
    • rollout strategy, 12349–12350
    • second doses
      • timeline, 13486
  • COVID-19 - vaccination, data collection
    • disclosure to ministry
      • and vaccine hesitancy, 13142
  • Crown liability
    • scope of liability
      • legal challenge, 6463
  • Crystal-Kirkland Mines, Limited Act, 2018 (Bill Pr1)
    • first reading, 1282
    • second reading, 2871
    • third reading, 2871
  • Curriculum
    • food literacy, 9821–9822
  • Cycling safety
    • dooring collisions, 13047
  • Dairy industry
    • processing plant regulations, 3161
    • supply management, 63
  • Debates re answers to question period
    • Government spending
      • presented, 4693–4694
  • Development industry
    • government relations, 11634–11635
  • Disaster relief
    • access to, 4618–4619
  • Driver education
    • Dutch reach, 13048
  • Driving - stunt driving and street racing
    • general remarks, 13028, 13048
    • penalties
      • general remarks, 13051
  • Education
    • staff-to-student ratio, 4583
  • Education - COVID-19, in-school learning
    • and child care availability, 8767
    • government funding, 8768
  • Education - online learning
    • broadband requirements, 4135, 4227–4228, 4584
  • Education reform
    • student walkout (April 4, 2019), 4135
  • Efficient Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 31)
    • second reading, 988–989
  • Election offences
    • enforcement, 11840
  • Electoral process
    • voting technology
      • advisory committee, 11840
  • Electoral process - polling stations
    • venue selection, 11839
  • Electricity generation
    • percentage supplied by OPG, 2954
  • Electricity rates
    • government strategy, 3141
    • reduction, financing for, 3141
  • Electricity rates - time-of-use (TOU) pricing
    • general remarks, 3141
  • Electricity supply - surplus
    • sale to other jurisdictions, 3141
  • Emergency first responders
    • Public Safety Radio Network (PSRN), 4936
  • Emergency management - emergency orders
    • extension of
      • general remarks, 8604
  • Employment
    • job vacancies, 4538
  • Employment - COVID-19
    • workplace transmission and outbreaks
      • general remarks, 12966
  • Employment - COVID-19, sick days
    • COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit, 13040–13041
    • paid, 12452, 12966–12967, 12990
  • Environmental assessments
    • general remarks, 8768, 8770–8771
  • Executive Council Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 265)
    • second reading, 12707–12711, 12966–12968
  • Farm organizations
    • registration with, 3162
  • Farmers
    • appreciation for, 12970
    • mental health of, 4407–4408
  • Farms
    • drainage regulations
      • engineer's reports, 8768–8769
    • electronic registration, 3161
    • health and safety, 13104
    • manure management
      • regulation of, 12241
    • mycotoxin contamination
      • impact on crop viability, 2205
      • production insurance, 2205
    • public tours, 6804–6805
    • trespass on
      • general remarks, 5457, 8136
      • impact on mental health, 8137
      • trespassing incidents, 6804
    • trespass vs. harassment, 8139
  • Farms - security from trespass
    • and biosecurity, 6519–6520, 6950, 7077
    • consultation with Indigenous communities, 7020, 7637
    • general remarks, 7071
  • Fiera Foods Company
    • Toronto Star investigation, 8143
  • Flood management
    • wetland conservation, 11942–11944
  • Food Day Canada in Ontario (in Honour of Anita Stewart) Act, 2021 (Bill 163)
    • third reading, 14085–14087
  • Food processing facilities
    • regulatory environment, 8023
  • Food security
    • affordability, 9822
  • Franco-Ontarian Emblem Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 182)
    • third reading, 9186
  • Francophone community
    • flag, 9186
  • Freedom of expression, 7268
  • French, Dean, 2200
  • French-language debates
    • Déclarations des députées et députés
      • Affaires francophones, 2523
      • Subventions destinées à l'éducation, 4135
    • Jour de l'opposition
      • Services en français, 2709, 6197
    • Loi de 2020 modifiant la Loi sur l'emblème franco-ontarien, projet de loi 182
      • troisième lecture, 9186
    • Période de questions
      • Services en français, 2730
    • Pétitions
      • Sécurité routière, 5525
  • Gaming industry - charitable
    • regulatory reform, 9703
  • Gas plant cancellations
    • cost of, 64, 220, 288
  • Government advertising
    • oversight by Auditor General, 4940
  • Government contracts - limited liability provisions
    • affected industries, 288–289
    • effect on business environment, 220–222, 289–290
    • no litigation clauses, 288
  • Government downsizing
    • municipal level
      • consultation, 767, 788
  • Government finances
    • pre-budget consultations, 2954
  • Government finances - line-by-line review
    • selection of auditors, 63–64
  • Government notices of motion
    • Extension of emergency declaration
      • responded to, 8023–8026, 8249–8251
    • Select Committee on Financial Transparency
      • time allocation motion
        • responded to, 1259–1260
        • amendment
          • presented, 1260–1261
  • Government orders
    • Legislative reform (as amended)
      • amendment to the amendment
        • responded to, 12065–12067
    • Select Committee on Financial Transparency
      • amendment
        • responded to, 1220–1222
    • Standing orders
      • amendment (carried)
        • responded to, 1658–1660
      • amendment to the amendment (lost)
        • responded to, 1140–1142
  • Government record
    • Liberal (2003-2018)
      • fiscal policies, 1221
    • PC (2018-present)
      • energy policy, 3141
      • legal actions and proceedings, 6947
      • legislative process, 476, 1659, 3940
  • Government services
    • front-line staff
      • loss through attrition, 2560
  • Government services - digital delivery
    • northern and rural Ontario, 3940
  • Green Energy Act, 2009, SO 2009, c 12, Sched. A
    • legislative precedence, 220
  • Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 1830
  • Green Ontario Program (GreenON) cancellation
    • retrofit rebates
      • impact on consumers, 56
  • Greenbelt
    • protection of, 3162
  • Gun violence
    • causes of, 9644
  • Gun violence by region
    • Toronto, 9644
  • Harassment
    • legislation governing, 8139
  • Hate crimes
    • increase in, 7268
  • Health care funding
    • general remarks, 2089
  • Health care - Northern Health Travel Grant, 6685
  • Health care - northern Ontario
    • physician recruitment, 14032
  • Health care services - delivery
    • private vs. public, 3251, 4159, 9311–9312
    • virtual services
      • broadband requirements, 10893
  • Health care system - reform
    • consultation process, 3863–3864
  • Highway accidents/fatalities
    • closures due to, 13064
  • Highway construction and expansion
    • Highway 413
      • environmental impact, 13084
  • Highway maintenance
    • Highway 64, 7193
  • Highway safety
    • Highway 11, 7027
    • Highway 64, 7193
    • northern Ontario
      • two-plus-one lanes, 13046
    • wildlife, 13046–13047
  • Home and community care
    • service availability
      • general remarks, 12131
  • Hospitals
    • closures and mergers, 2089
    • patient transfers
      • critical situations, guaranteed care, 6654–6655
      • in northern Ontario, 3864
  • Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
    • general remarks, 2089
  • Human trafficking
    • general remarks, 11120–11121
    • vs. sex work, 13903
  • Human trafficking - hotels
    • short-term rentals, 13892, 13902–13903
  • Hydro One leadership - compensation reform
    • limited liability provision, 220
  • Hydro One privatization
    • FAO review of, 292
  • Indigenous communities - education
    • student relocation, 13901–13902
  • Indigenous communities - health care
    • government strategy, 3251
    • mental health and addictions services, 3146
  • Indigenous communities - youth
    • residential centres
      • closure, 12240
  • Infrastructure - roads and highways
    • construction process
      • timelines for, 8773–8774
  • Innovation and technology
    • environmental risk assessment, 13573–13574
  • Journalism
    • investigative journalism
      • standards and practices, 8141
  • Judges
    • bilingualism
      • regional appointments, 12242–12243
  • Judicial appointments
    • reform, 12242
  • Justice - administration of
    • proceedings
      • cost of, 8140
    • sentencing
      • mandatory minimums, 9644
  • Kamloops Indian Residential School
    • human remains, discovery of, 13901–13902
  • Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021 (Bill 228)
    • third reading, 13573–13574
  • Labour relations
    • collective bargaining, 2954
  • Labour Relations Amendment Act (Protecting Ontario's Power Supply), 2018 (Bill 67)
    • second reading, 2953–2955
  • Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders
    • agricultural land, 12029
    • and business environment, 12024
    • environmental impact, 11942
    • general remarks, 11907, 12007
    • and Indigenous rights, 12491–12492
    • provincial policy statement
      • exemption from, 11941, 12106–12107, 12489–12492
    • public consultation, 12105
    • restrictions on
      • general remarks, 8769
    • stakeholder response, 11998, 12490–12491
  • Landfills
    • site approval
      • municipal authority, 8770
  • Legislation
    • of previous governments, 5574
  • Legislative drafting
    • regulations, deferred drafting, 13051
    • specificity in, 2675
  • Legislative procedure
    • party whips, 12066
  • Legislative procedure - COVID-19
    • changes to, duration of, 12709–12710, 12967–12968
    • committees
      • oversight committees, 8250–8251
      • virtual meetings, 8136
    • government appointments, 8250
    • question period
      • ministerial attendance, 12708–12710, 12967
    • virtual proceedings, 12710, 12966–12967
  • Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
    • amendment
      • consultations process, 12066–12067
    • general remarks, 1140, 1658–1659, 12065–12066
    • reform, 2018
      • consultation process, 1142
      • general remarks, 1141, 1660
      • impact on debate time, 1659
      • review at committee, 1142
  • Legislative procedure - voting
    • deferral
      • slips, 12066
  • Legislative process
    • filibustering, 1141, 1659
    • general remarks, 1142
    • government bills
      • omnibus bills, 219, 8774, 13045, 14032
    • historically, 1141
    • House schedules
      • notice of, 1664
    • methods for expressing opposition, 1659
    • private members' public business
      • general remarks, 3360
    • question period, 12708–12711
    • time allocation, 219, 788, 1259–1261, 5491, 12105
  • Legislative process - COVID-19
    • general remarks, 8251
    • and government accountability, 12710
  • Legislative staff
    • appreciation, 14072
  • Licence plates - redesign
    • visibility, 7194–7196
  • Light rail transit (LRT) - Hamilton
    • cost of, 7195
  • Livestock transportation
    • biosecurity, 6805
  • Local health integration networks (LHINs)
    • centralization under Ontario Health, 3251
  • Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT)
    • French-language services, 4853–4854
  • Long-term care - COVID-19 review commission
    • government transparency, 10909–10910, 10947
    • independence of, 7868, 8025–8026
    • vs. public inquiry, 7868
    • recommendations, 10947
  • Long-term care - reform
    • general remarks, 8025, 8249
  • Long-term care - standards of care
    • minimum hours of care, 10229
  • Long-term-care facilities
    • facility inspections
      • unannounced, 8025–8026
  • Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19, fatalities
    • residents, 11202
  • Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19, government response
    • second-wave planning, 10947
  • Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19, infection control
    • ward size, 10999, 11090–11091
  • Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19, staff
    • government strategy, 10472
    • levels, 10230, 11202–11203
  • Managing Transformation: A Modernization Action Plan for Ontario (2018)
    • recommendations
      • re public assets, sale/lease of, 1222
  • Meat processing facilities
    • closure, 6867
  • Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP)
    • investment restrictions
      • ministers, 6219
  • Members' statements
    • Agri-food industry, 9683
    • Assistance to farmers, 7875
    • Automobile insurance, 5961
    • Bear control, 8658
    • Broadband infrastructure, 9258
    • Children's health services, 9963
    • Climate change, 4920
    • Consideration of Bill 156, 6519–6520
    • COVID-19 response, 8256, 10507
    • Dudley-Hewitt Cup, 4236
    • Education funding, 4135
    • Events in Black River-Matheson, 12529
    • Farmers, 12970
    • Firefighting in northern Ontario, 22, 415–416
    • Government's agenda, 934
    • Home care, 12131
    • Insurance rates, 7539
    • Mining industry, 3531–3532
    • Northern transportation, 1594–1595
    • Road safety, 7027
    • Rural Ontario, 9053–9054
    • Snowmobiling, 2052
    • Temagami Country Christmas, 2864
    • Winter highway maintenance, 10997
  • Members'/ministers' conduct
    • member from Niagara West, 9967
    • member from Sarnia–Lambton, 12133–12134, 12186
    • Premier, 1176–1177
  • Members'/ministers' constituencies
    • Timiskaming–Cochrane, 6803
  • Members'/ministers' personal narrative, 218, 12991
  • Members/ministers quoting
    • Auditor General
      • trucking industry, 13049
    • committee presentations
      • agri-food facilities, trespass on, 8137–8138
    • news media
      • farm security, 6804
    • open letters
      • Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2020 (Bill 156), 8141
    • other members
      • government advertising, 4940
      • government finances, 1221
      • time allocation motions, 287–289, 728
  • Members'/ministers' remarks
    • withdrawn, 852
  • Mental health and addictions services
    • northern Ontario, 13903
  • Mental health and addictions services - children and youth
    • service capacity, 3146
    • wait times, 934
  • Mining industry
    • regulatory environment, 3531–3532
  • Mining sites
    • permitting process, 3531–3532
  • Ministerial statements
    • Broadband infrastructure
      • responded to, 11784–11785
    • Health care
      • responded to, 3251
    • Mental health in agriculture
      • responded to, 4407–4408
    • Ontario Agriculture Week
      • responded to, 1444
    • Police Week
      • responded to, 13425–13426
    • Winter highway maintenance
      • responded to, 9696–9697
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
    • budget, 4404, 6867
  • More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108)
    • second reading, 4853–4854
  • Motions
    • Committee sittings (carried), 13090
    • His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (carried), 12527
  • Moving Ontarians More Safely Act, 2021 (Bill 282)
    • second reading, 13027–13028, 13045–13051, 13064, 13070
  • Municipal and regional governments
    • council administration
      • virtual meetings, 8769–8770
  • Municipal planning
    • "open-for-business" by-law
      • municipal response, 3162
  • Municipalities
    • government services, transfer of
      • energy contract cancellation costs, 288
    • provincial transfer payments
      • changes to, 4910–4911
      • general remarks, 4705–4706
  • Natural gas - access to
    • in northern and rural Ontario, 1860
  • Natural gas expansion
    • as incentive for development, 1861, 2674
    • program criteria
      • eligibility, 1861, 1863, 2674, 2846
    • program reach, 2675, 2846
    • target communities, 1852, 1861, 1863, 2675
  • Natural gas expansion - cost of
    • funding source, 1860–1861
  • Natural gas expansion - project approval
    • return on investment
      • for distributors, 1861, 2674
  • Natural gas expansion - rate protection program
    • regulatory charge
      • amount, 1861, 2674
      • application, 1861
  • Natural Gas Grant Program (NGGP)
    • cancellation, 1860
    • funding, 1860
  • Neonicotinoid use
    • regulatory reform, 5831
  • New home industry
    • consumer protection, 8601
  • News media
    • Ontario News Now, 4693, 4940
  • Newspapers
    • community and local
      • role of, 3940
  • 911 services
    • access in northern Ontario, 4936, 6242
    • availability of, 3318–3319
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    • legal challenges under
      • Adams mine landfill site, 288
  • Northern Ontario, 12488–12489
  • Northern Ontario School of Medicine - as independent institution
    • impact on student recruitment, 14032
  • Not-for-profit organizations - COVID-19
    • general remarks, 12453
  • Occupational health and safety
    • injuries and fatalities, 12990–12991
  • Occupational Safety and Health Day Act, 2021 (Bill 152)
    • third reading, 12989–12991
  • Office of French Language Services Commissioner
    • transfer of role, 2730
  • Officers of the Legislature
    • resources for, 1222
  • OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program
    • formulary, 9963
  • Ontario Drug Benefit Program (ODBP)
    • review of, 2411
  • Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
    • service coverage review, 4158
  • Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)
    • consolidation of tribunals
      • environmental impact, 12243
      • general remarks, 12242
      • impact on service delivery timeline, 12241–12242
    • membership
      • appointment process, 12241
      • expertise, 12241, 12243
  • Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
    • refurbishment shop, 5806
  • Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
    • operations shutdown/start-up
      • timelines for, 2954
    • staff
      • recruitment and termination, 2200
  • Ontario Power Generation (OPG) - collective bargaining (2018)
    • history of negotiations
      • government response to, 2954
    • strike, prohibition of
      • impact on collective bargaining process, 2954
      • as response to strike notice, 2954
  • Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) - commissioner
    • appointment of Ron Taverner
      • investigation by Ombudsman, 2932
      • process independence, 3755–3756
      • process independence, disclosure by Brad Blair, 3468–3469
      • request for public inquiry, 3468–3469
      • request for review by justice committee, 3756
  • Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act (Interim Period), 2019 (Bill 117)
    • second reading, 5456–5457
  • Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA)
    • enforcement of animal protection legislation
      • general remarks, 5456
      • geographic coverage, 5456
    • staff
      • training, 5456
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan
    • continuation of, 292, 7615
  • Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan - refinancing
    • cost of, 7615–7616
  • Opioid addiction
    • treatment services
      • northern Ontario, 12095
  • Opposition day motions
    • Climate change
      • responded to, 5001
    • College standards and accreditation
      • responded to, 10661
    • COVID-19 response
      • responded to, 13104–13105
    • Education funding
      • responded to, 4583–4584
    • French-language services
      • responded to, 6197
    • Long-term care
      • responded to, 7868
  • Opposition parties
    • role of, 1141, 1659
    • support for government policy, 2560
  • Organic products
    • certification and labelling, 2755–2756
  • Palliative care
    • access to
      • northern Ontario, 397
  • The People's Health Care Act, 2019 (Bill 74)
    • time allocation motion
      • amendment
        • responded to, 3863–3864
    • legislative timeline, 3864
  • Personal documentation
    • licence extensions
      • due to COVID-19, 8768
  • Personal support workers (PSWs) - compensation
    • wages, 7868
  • Personal support workers (PSWs) - recruitment and retention
    • shortage, 8767
  • Petitions
    • Education funding, 5476
    • Employment standards, 14000
    • Landfill, 1239–1240
    • Library services, 4985–4986, 5568
    • Men's mental health and addiction services, 3974, 4316, 7258
    • Municipal restructuring, 7620–7621
    • Optometry services, 13850
    • Public sector compensation, 5799
    • Trucking industry, 14001
  • Police services
    • during COVID-19, 13425
  • Political advertising - third-party
    • defining of, 11839
    • regulation of
      • general remarks, 14147
  • Political fundraising
    • cash for access, 11841
  • Political fundraising - personal donations
    • annual contribution limits, 11839–11840
    • general remarks, 11840
  • Political fundraising - per-vote subsidy
    • general remarks, 11839, 11841
  • Premier's Office
    • travel expenses, disclosure, 4663, 4693–4694
  • Private members' public business
    • Alternate Land Use and Services Program for Agricultural Land Act, 2018 (Bill 28)
      • second reading, 1289–1291
    • Broadband is an Essential Service Act, 2020 (Bill 226)
      • second reading, 10892–10893, 10897
    • Broadband service
      • presented, 2331–2332
      • responded to, 2336
    • Brunt and Kendall Act (Ensuring Safe Firefighter and Trainee Rescue Training), 2018 (Bill 10)
      • second reading, 2116–2117
    • Buy in Canada for Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2019 (Bill 133)
      • second reading, 5806
    • Change of Name Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 206)
      • second reading, 9325
    • Charitable gaming
      • responded to, 9703
    • Christopher's Law (Sex Offender Registry) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 281)
      • second reading, 13406–13407
    • Combating Antisemitism Act, 2020 (Bill 168)
      • second reading, 7268–7269
    • Compassionate Care Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
      • second reading, 396–397
    • Condominium legislation
      • responded to, 12525
    • Convenience Store Week Act, 2021 (Bill 262)
      • second reading, 12169–12170
    • Defibrillator Registration and Public Access Act, 2020 (Bill 141)
      • second reading, 6241–6242
    • End the Public Funding of Partisan Government Advertising Act, 2019 (Bill 101)
      • second reading, 4940
    • Firearms control
      • responded to, 9644–9645
    • Food Literacy for Students Act, 2020 (Bill 216)
      • second reading, 9821–9822
    • Human Rights Code Amendment Act (Genetic Characteristics), 2018 (Bill 40)
      • second reading, 1702–1703
    • Human trafficking
      • responded to, 11120–11121
    • Hydro rates
      • responded to, 3141
    • Internet access
      • responded to, 11838
    • Magna Carta Day Act (In Memory of Julia Munro, MPP), 2020 (Bill 201)
      • second reading, 9142
    • Making Northern Ontario Highways Safer Act, 2019 (Bill 125)
      • second reading, 6020
    • Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Amendment Act (Supporting Individuals in their Homes and Communities with Assistive Devices for Mental Health), 2021 (Bill 277)
      • second reading, 13591
    • 9-1-1 Everywhere in Ontario Act, 2019 (Bill 75)
      • second reading, 4936
    • Northern Health Travel Grant Advisory Committee Act, 2019 (Bill 144)
      • second reading, 6685
    • Organic Products Act, 2018 (Bill 54)
      • second reading, 2755–2756
    • Owner-operator truck drivers
      • responded to, 13188
    • Rea and Walter Act (Truss and Lightweight Construction Identification), 2018 (Bill 33)
      • second reading, 1506–1507
    • Registered Professional Planners Act, 2019 (Bill 70)
      • second reading, 3360
    • Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2019 (Bill 63)
      • second reading, 3146
    • Safeguarding our Information Act, 2018 (Bill 55)
      • second reading, 2750–2751
    • Supporting Ontario's Community, Rural and Agricultural Newspapers Act, 2019 (Bill 78)
      • second reading, 3940
  • Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures), 2020 (Bill 229)
    • second reading, 10472
  • Protecting Elections and Defending Democracy Act, 2021 (Bill 307)
    • second reading, 14101, 14126, 14147
  • Protecting Ontario Elections Act, 2021 (Bill 254)
    • second reading, 11839–11841
    • judicial review
      • appeal of, 14101
  • Protecting the People of Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 269)
    • second reading, 12449–12453
  • Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures), 2019 (Bill 100)
    • second reading, 4538
  • Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
    • transfer of oversight role, 2344
  • Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 (Bill 136)
    • third reading, 6640–6642
  • Public accounts 2017-2018
    • review by Auditor General, 1221
  • Public education campaigns - agriculture
    • Food Day Ontario, 14085
    • Ontario Agriculture Week, 1444
  • Public education campaigns - community development
    • Convenience Store Week, 13580–13581
  • Public education campaigns - historical/national
    • Magna Carta Day, 9142
  • Public education campaigns - occupations
    • Police Week, 13425
  • Public education campaigns - safety
    • Day of Mourning, 13104
    • National Day of Mourning, 12990
    • Occupational Safety and Health Day, 12989–12990
  • Question period
    • Ambulance services
      • presented, 4446–4447
    • Anti-racism activities
      • presented, 1176–1177
    • Assistance to farmers
      • presented, 2205, 6867
    • Assistive devices
      • presented, 1793
    • Beverage alcohol sales
      • presented, 677, 5505
    • Children's services
      • presented, 2344
    • Climate change
      • presented, 811–812
    • COVID-19
      • presented, 7832
    • COVID-19 immunization
      • presented, 12349–12350, 13486
    • COVID-19 response
      • presented, 8181, 8325, 9615, 10349–10350, 10774–10775, 11634–11635, 12186–12187, 12532
    • Disaster relief
      • presented, 4618–4619
    • Employment standards
      • presented, 13040–13041
    • Executive compensation
      • presented, 2200
    • Firefighting in northern Ontario
      • presented, 636–637
    • Flu immunization
      • presented, 10135–10136
    • Food safety
      • presented, 7432–7433
    • Foodland Ontario
      • presented, 1121
    • French-language services
      • presented, 2730
    • Government accountability
      • presented, 2932, 3468–3469, 3755–3756, 4301–4302, 6463, 10853
    • Government advertising
      • presented, 4492
    • Government contracts
      • presented, 330
    • Government spending
      • presented, 4663
    • Government's record
      • presented, 476
    • Health care
      • presented, 2089, 4158–4159
    • Health care funding
      • presented, 6654–6655
    • Hospital funding
      • presented, 9311–9312
    • Hydro rates
      • presented, 292, 7615–7616
    • International trade
      • presented, 1379
    • Land use planning
      • presented, 13084
    • Long-term care
      • presented, 10229–10230, 10350–10351, 10909–10910, 10947, 10999, 11090–11091, 11202–11203, 14064
    • Member's conduct
      • presented, 9967, 12133–12134
    • Mental health and addiction services
      • presented, 12095
    • Municipal finances
      • presented, 4705–4706, 4910–4911
    • Northern transportation
      • presented, 235–236, 1730–1731
    • Ontario budget
      • presented, 4404
    • Premier's business
      • presented, 6219
    • Privatization of public services
      • presented, 9655
    • Release of documents
      • presented, 2044–2045
    • Rural schools
      • presented, 4227–4228
    • Special investigations unit
      • presented, 4233
    • Taxation
      • presented, 2411
    • Winter highway maintenance
      • presented, 6223–6224, 6360
  • Questions of privilege
    • Speaker's discretion
      • unanimous consent process
        • responded to, 14210
  • Racism
    • anti-Semitism, 7268–7269
    • anti-Semitism, definition of, 7268
  • Rail service
    • Ontario Northland passenger rail service, 63, 235–236, 1594–1595, 1730–1731
    • Ontario Northlander passenger rail service, 7195
  • Rebuilding Consumer Confidence Act, 2020 (Bill 159)
    • third reading, 8601
  • Registered Professional Planners (RPPs)
    • general remarks, 3360
    • regulation of
      • general remarks, 3360
  • Regulations
    • compliance, 3164
    • purpose of, 8770
    • role of, 3531
  • Regulations - reduction
    • government strategy
      • targets, 3360
  • Regulatory environment
    • permit applications
      • processing timelines, 8767–8768
  • Renewable energy contracts
    • in private sector, 220
  • Renewable energy contracts - cancellation
    • fiscal impact, 66–67
    • general remarks, 220
    • no litigation provision, 64
  • Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 (Bill 195)
    • second reading, 8704–8705
    • general remarks, 8843–8844
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 8843–8844
  • Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2019 (Bill 66)
    • second reading, 3160–3164
  • Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 (Bill 57)
    • second reading, 2560
  • Road maintenance in winter
    • Highway 11, 1594, 1730
    • maintenance areas, 9696
    • private contractors, 3251
    • public delivery, 13050
  • Road maintenance in winter - northern Ontario
    • classification, 6223, 6360
    • general remarks, 9695–9696
    • procurement, 13051
    • road closures, 6360, 13027–13028
    • and safety, 6020, 10997, 13045, 13050
  • Road safety
    • in school zones, 7027
  • Royal Canadian Legions
    • charitable gaming, 9703
  • Schools
    • Internet access, 4584
  • Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2020 (Bill 156)
    • constitutional challenge
      • in other jurisdictions, 8141
      • public response to, 8139–8141
    • consultation process, 8136
    • second reading, 6802–6808, 6816, 6820, 6824, 6946–6947, 6950–6951, 7020–7021, 7024–7025, 7062–7063, 7065–7066, 7071–7072, 7074–7075, 7077–7078, 7080
    • general remarks, 8138, 8142
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 7635–7638
    • third reading, 8135–8143
  • Select Committee on Financial Transparency
    • and Auditor General, role of, 1259–1260
    • disclosure of documents, 2044–2045, 2750–2751
    • mandate, 1220–1221
    • scope, 1221–1222, 1260
    • and Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1260
    • witness selection, 1260
  • Select committees
    • general remarks, 1220
  • Sex Offender Registry
    • general remarks, 13406–13407
    • public access
      • stakeholder consultation, 13406
  • Sex offenders
    • registry, 9325
  • Small Business Support Grant
    • eligibility, 11362, 12452–12453
  • Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020 (Bill 161)
    • second reading, 7284
  • Snowmobiling
    • general remarks, 2052
  • Social services
    • government funding, 2344
  • Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
    • government funding, 4233
    • mandate, 4233
  • Statements by stakeholders
    • human trafficking, 11120–11121
    • ministerial zoning orders, 11942
  • States of emergency
    • Black River-Matheson, 12529
  • Strikes
    • back-to-work legislation
      • impact on bargaining process, 2954
  • Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act, 2021 (Bill 257)
    • second reading, 11907, 11941–11944, 11998, 12007, 12029
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 12105–12107
    • third reading, 12487–12493
  • Supporting Recovery and Competitiveness Act, 2021 (Bill 276)
    • third reading, 14032
  • Surgical procedures
    • delay and cancellation, 9311–9312
  • Taxation
    • personal tax rate
      • high-income surtaxes, 2411
  • Taxi industry
    • and COVID-19
      • fatalities, 8249
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 56, 62–64, 66–67
  • Time allocation motions
    • Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5)
      • amendment
        • responded to, 728–729, 767, 788
      • amendment to the amendment
        • presented, 729
    • Bringing Choice and Fairness to the People Act (Beverage Alcohol Retail Sales), 2019 (Bill 115)
      • responded to, 5491–5492
    • COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 197)
      • responded to, 8843–8844
    • Green Energy Repeal Act, 2018 (Bill 34)
      • responded to, 1830
    • The People's Health Care Act, 2019 (Bill 74)
      • amendment
        • responded to, 3863–3864
    • Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 (Bill 195)
      • responded to, 8843–8844
    • Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2020 (Bill 156)
      • responded to, 7635–7638
    • Select Committee on Financial Transparency
      • amendment
        • presented, 1260–1261
      • responded to, 1259–1260
    • Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act, 2021 (Bill 257)
      • responded to, 12105–12107
    • Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
      • responded to, 287–290
  • Toronto
    • infrastructure, 989
  • Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
    • streetcars
      • illegal passing, camera enforcement, 13047
  • Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) expansion - acceleration
    • general remarks, 7194
  • Tourism industry
    • land use permit fees, 8767
    • liability insurance rates, 8256, 8767
  • Tourism industry - COVID-19
    • economic impact
      • general remarks, 8256
    • general remarks, 10507
  • Towing industry
    • oversight, 13048–13049
  • Trade with United States
    • dairy industry, 62–63
  • Transit
    • in other jurisdictions, 7193–7194
  • Transportation infrastructure
    • in northern Ontario, 1594–1595
  • Transportation services
    • in northern Ontario
      • passenger rail cancellation, 235–236
  • Trespass to property
    • offences
      • enforcement, 8137–8138
  • Tributes
    • Gadwa, Jerry, 416
    • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 12527
    • Stewart, Anita, 14085
  • Trucking industry
    • driver training, 13049–13050
    • insurance, 13188
    • oversized load permits
      • processing timelines, 8767–8768
  • Trucks - commercial
    • insurance requirements, 5961
  • United Conservative Party of Alberta
    • leadership race (2017), 4301–4302
  • United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) - impact on industry
    • dairy industry, 1379
  • Université de l'Ontario français
    • cancellation of, 2730
  • Urgent Priorities Act, 2018 (Bill 2)
    • second reading, 218–222
    • time allocation motion
      • responded to, 287–290
    • consultation process, 289–290
  • Water protection
    • polystyrene, mandatory encapsulation, 13573–13574
  • Weather events
    • drought
      • impact on farmers, 2205
  • Whistleblowers and whistleblowing
    • general remarks, 8142
    • and investigative journalism, 8143
  • White Pines Wind Project - cancellation
    • cost
      • general remarks, 330
      • responsibility for, 288
    • impact on business environment, 330
  • Wildfires in northern Ontario
    • containment strategies, 22
    • economic impact, 637
    • general remarks, 62, 636
    • government response to, 416
    • inter-provincial aid, 22
  • Wildlife management
    • bear control, 8658
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 238)
    • second reading, 11361–11362
  • Youth justice system
    • residential facilities
      • Mee-Quam Youth Residence
        • closure, 12240, 12242