Speaker letter s House Hansard index Parliament 42 Session 2

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Letter: S

Sabawy, S. (PC, Mississauga—Erin Mills)
- Anti-racism activities
  - government funding
    - Anti-Racism and Anti-Hate Grant, 288
- Assistive Devices Program (ADP)
  - diabetes
    - flash glucose monitors, 628
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - economic impact, 2448
  - general remarks, 54–55
  - impact on business environment, 2450
  - northern and rural Ontario, 2263
  - operating contracts
    - general remarks, 2450
- Broadband infrastructure development - government funding
  - provincial, 2449
    - operating contracts, 2311
- Broadband services
  - rates, cost of
    - jurisidiction over, 2450
- Broadband services - access to
  - and COVID-19
    - northern and rural Ontario, 2449
- Business
  - commercial deliveries
    - washroom facility access
      - general remarks, 652
- Business - COVID-19, financial assistance
  - administration of, 1872
- Business - COVID-19, government response
  - general remarks, 434
  - small- and medium-sized business
    - equity-seeking ownership, 2576
- Business - small- and medium-sized
  - corporate tax rate, 55
- Community centres
  - capital projects by site
    - Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park (Mississauga), 333–334
    - South Common Community Centre (Mississauga), 147, 334
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 2936
- COVID-19 - government response
  - funding
    - general remarks, 55
  - general remarks, 54–55
  - public health measures
    - consultation, 54
- Diabetes
  - Diabetes Awareness Month, 628
  - monitoring equipment
    - flash glucose monitoring system
      - general remarks, 628
- Driver examination centres
  - drive test backlog
    - general remarks, 1873
- Driver's licences
  - renewal
    - online, 1871
- Economic development
  - equity-seeking groups, 2576
- Education - COVID-19, in-school learning
  - infection control
    - general remarks, 55
- Education - COVID-19, online learning
  - broadband infrastructure, 54–55
  - broadband services
    - and access to, 2448
  - technology supports
    - device loans, 55
- Education - online learning
  - broadband requirements
    - and access to, 2448–2449
  - general remarks, 55
- Employment
  - labour mobility
    - license requirements, 651
- Employment services
  - training and education
    - Second Career program
      - general remarks, 435
- Employment standards
  - app-based gig workers
    - working conditions, 2905
  - disconnecting from work, 652, 654
- Entrepreneurship
  - government funding
    - Racialized and Indigenous Support for Entrepreneurs (RAISE) Grant, 2576, 2936
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 1861, 1871–1873
- Freedom of religion
  - public education campaign, 1384
    - memorial, 1384
- Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (Bill 93)
  - second reading, 2263, 2289, 2311, 2447–2451, 2482–2483
- Goverment services
  - access to
    - broadband requirements, 2449
- Government notices of motion
  - Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight
    - amendment
      - responded to, 54–56
- Government orders
  - Legislative reform
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 2098–2099
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2018)
    - general remarks, 674
    - immigration policy, 652
  - PC (2018-present)
    - general remarks, 54–55
- Government services
  - digital administration
    - general remarks, 436
    - land transactions, 435–436
  - digital delivery
    - business services
      - general remarks, 1872–1873
      - single-window access point, 1861, 1871–1872
    - general remarks, 435, 691, 1873
- Government supply chain
  - domestic procurement
    - Building Ontario Business initiative (BOBI)
      - as economic recovery strategy, 2274–2275
- Health care services - delivery
  - virtual services
    - broadband requirements, 2449–2450
- Health care workers
  - recruitment and retention
    - foreign-trained
      - credential recognition, 3214
- Hospitals - funding
  - capital projects
    - Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund
      - regional allocation, 54
- Housing development
  - approvals and permits, timelines, 2781, 3288, 3295
  - general remarks, 3294
- Housing development - development charges
  - cost of, 3295
- Housing policy
  - government strategy, 3296
- Housing supply
  - general remarks, 2793, 2803, 3288
  - government strategy, 3287
  - impact on housing costs, 3297
- Identity documents
  - renewal process
    - online, 1871
- Immigrants
  - economic development, 1871
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - Canadian experience, 611, 651, 654
  - general remarks, 651
  - license requirements, 651–652
- Immigration policy
  - foreign credentials
    - recognition of, 651
      - general remarks, 517–518, 2904–2906
      - medical professionals, 650, 734
- Indigenous relations
  - Treaties Recognition Week
    - general remarks, 653
- Indigenous relations - treaties
  - Robinson-Huron Treaty
    - annuity rate court case, 654
- Infrastructure - highways and roads
  - Highway 401 widening, 54
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
  - broadband infrastructure development
    - procurement processes, 2289
      - operating contracts, 2451
- International border crossings - protest restrictions
  - as economic policy, 2532, 3284
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2532
  - third reading, 3284
  - scope of, 3284
- Laboratory services
  - licensing
    - approvals and renewals, 435
  - services, 435
- Legislative procedure - debate
  - speeches
    - question-and-answer period, 2098
- Legislative procedure - question period
  - answers
    - parliamentary assistants, 2098
- Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
  - general remarks, 2098
- Legislative process
  - general remarks, 2099
  - legislative agenda, 1872
- Licence plates
  - validation stickers
    - annual renewal fees exemption
      - general remarks, 1872
      - retroactive rebate, 1872
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Eglinton Crosstown
  - general remarks, 3316–3317
- Long-term care
  - culturally-appropriate, 791, 1723
- Long-term care - beds
  - redevelopment, 792
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - Mississauga, 1723
- Long-term care - funding
  - staffing, 255
- Long-term care - public vs. private
  - general remarks, 794
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - bed development and redevelopment
    - regional allocations, 434, 2099
- Long-term care - staff
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 255
    - personal support workers (PSWs), 254
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - hours of care
    - staffing requirements, 255
- Medical isotopes
  - uses, 670
- Medical technologies
  - CT machines
    - replacement approvals
      - timelines, 434–435
  - radiation technologies
    - standards reform, 434–435
- Members' statements
  - Anti-racism activities, 3311
  - Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park, 333–334
  - Diabetes, 628
  - Immigrants' skills, 517–518
  - Long-term care, 1723
  - Religious holidays, 3311
  - Seniors, 2506–2507
  - Small business, 2936
  - South Common Community Centre, 147
- Members'/ministers' personal narrative, 2448
- Mental health and addictions services - funding
  - general remarks, 55
- Mines and mining
  - claim holders
    - exploration sample testing
      - proceeds, 435
  - Critical Minerals Strategy
    - general remarks, 435
- More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 2781, 2793, 2803, 2830
  - third reading, 3287–3288, 3294–3297
- Ontario Religious Freedom Day Act, 2021 (Bill 42)
  - first reading, 639
- Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 2730, 2743, 2746
  - third reading, 3214–3215
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  - Ontario Together portal, 55
  - production in Ontario, 55
- Police services
  - criminal and judicial matters checks
    - processing fees
      - volunteers, 434
- Post-secondary education
  - colleges
    - degree granting authority
      - applied master's degrees, 435
      - cap expansion, 435
- Private members' public business
  - Ontario Religious Freedom Day Act, 2021 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1384–1385, 1389–1390
  - Research and innovation
    - responded to, 670
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 789–794
- Public lands
  - adverse posession, 435
  - land transfers, 435
- Question period
  - Digital government
    - presented, 691
  - Economic reopening and recovery
    - presented, 2274–2275
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 254–255
  - Public transit
    - presented, 3316–3317
  - Small business
    - presented, 2576
- Regulations - business
  - general remarks, 436
  - reduction
    - as economic policy, 437, 490–491, 1871
- Regulatory process
  - government strategy
    - guiding principles, 398
- Rental housing - development
  - cost of, 3294
- Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, SO 2020, c 17
  - government authority under
    - general remarks, 54
- Restaurants
  - economic impact, 434
  - patio service
    - licence extensions, 434
- Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight
  - appearances before committee
    - frequency of, 55–56
- Senior citizens
  - community accessibility, 2507
  - community development
    - Senior Community Grant, 2506–2507
  - housing
    - Seniors' Home Safety Tax Credit, 2507
- Sewer and wastewater infrastructure - York region
  - Upper York Sewage Solutions project
    - environmental assessment
      - date of, 138
- Small Business Support Grant
  - administration of
    - application system, 437
  - eligibility
    - general remarks, 437, 1873
  - funding allocation, 55
  - general remarks, 55
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 398, 434–437, 490–491
- Temporary employment agencies
  - inspections, 652
  - licensing
    - general remarks, 652
- Tourism and Travel Small Business Support Grant
  - application process, 437
- Tourism industry
  - large cycle vehicles, 434
- Tourism industry - COVID-19
  - government response
    - funding programs
      - general remarks, 55
- Transit development
  - general remarks, 54
- Veterinary services
  - facility services
    - species accreditation, 435
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - general remarks, 654
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 611, 650–654, 674, 734
- Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88)
  - third reading, 2903–2906
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - employer premiums
    - reduction in, 653–654
- York Region Wastewater Act, 2021 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 138
Sandhu, A. (PC, Brampton West)
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 2257, 2305, 2316, 3096–3097
    - statements by stakeholders, 3097
  - Matawa project, 2305
  - provincial-municipal partnerships
    - statements by stakeholders, 2257
  - through private sector
    - satellite network, 3099
- Broadband infrastructure development - government funding
  - federal-provincial joint programs, 3097
  - general remarks, 2297
  - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 3097
  - provincial, 2257–2258, 2637, 3097
  - regional allocations, 2258
- Broadband infrastructure development programs
  - Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), 2258, 3098
  - Improving Connectivity for Ontario (ICON), 2258, 3097
  - Next Generation Network Program (NGNP), 3097
  - Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) project, 2258, 3098
- Broadband services
  - business impact
    - northern Ontario, 3098
  - and COVID-19, 2257
  - economic impact, 2299
  - government funding
    - public libraries, 3099
- Broadband services - access to
  - economic impact, 3099
  - northern and rural Ontario, 3097
  - service equity, 2257
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - second reading, 911, 926
  - third reading, 1605, 1612–1613
- Christopher's Law (Sex Offender Registry), 2000, SO 2000, c 1, 934
- Climate change
  - extreme weather events due to
    - flooding (British Columbia), 1343
- COVID-19 - emergency orders
  - legislative codification of
    - general remarks, 433
- École Polytechnique
  - shooting (December 6, 1989), 1578
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 1852, 1864, 1866–1867, 1878
- Flooding
  - by region
    - Brampton, 1826
- Gender-based violence
  - public education campaigns
    - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 1578
- Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (Bill 93)
  - second reading, 2257–2258, 2297–2299, 2305, 2316
  - third reading, 3096–3099
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2018)
    - infrastructure policy, 2298–2299
    - transportation and transit policy, 2169
- Government services
  - digital delivery
    - business services
      - general remarks, 1866–1867
  - service standards
    - general remarks, 1867
- Highway 413
  - general remarks, 1605
- Highway construction and infrastructure
  - general remarks, 911
- Highway tolls
  - regional highways
    - Highways 412 and 418, 1852
- Hospitals - capacity
  - capital projects by region
    - Brampton, 1164–1165
- Infrastructure development - funding
  - provincial government
    - general remarks, 1833
- International border crossings
  - economic impact, 2556
  - jurisdiction over, 2554
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2554, 2556
- Long-term care - reform
  - consultation, 1462
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - bed development and redevelopment
    - regional allocations, 1462
- Members' statements
  - Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 1578
  - Flooding in Brampton, 1826
  - Flooding in British Columbia, 1343
  - Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab, 1083
  - Ji, Sant Teja Singh, 887
- Members/ministers quoting
  - reports
    - Waiting to Conntect (The Council of Canadian Academies, 2021), 3098
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1165
- Names, legal
  - changes to
    - restriction on, 934
  - restriction on, 934
- Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF)
  - allocation by region
    - Oxford, 2637
  - annual funding
    - general remarks, 1832
- Opposition day motions
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 1164–1165
- Private members' public business
  - Anti-Asian Racism Education Month Act, 2021 (Bill 34)
    - second reading, 1525–1526
  - Change of Name Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 39)
    - second reading, 934
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - economic impact, 2556
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - third reading, 1462, 1521
- Question period
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 1190–1191
  - Broadband infrastructure
    - responded to, 2637
  - Infrastructure funding
    - responded to, 1832–1833
  - Public transit
    - presented, 2169
  - Transportation infrastructure
    - presented, 3367
- Ryerson University
  - medical school, 1164
- Schools
  - bullying and cyberbullying
    - government strategy, 1190–1191
- Sex Offender Registry
  - general remarks, 934
- Sex offenders
  - legal name change, 934
    - provincial legislation, 934
- Students - special needs
  - bullying of, 1191
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 433
- Transit systems
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 2169
- Transportation infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 3367
- Tributes
  - Teja Singh Ji, Sant, 887
Sarkaria, Hon. P.S. (PC, Brampton South)
- Business investment
  - government strategy, 2542
- COVID-19 - economic recovery
  - government strategy, 2230
- COVID-19 - government response
  - funding
    - general remarks, 1349, 2119
  - general remarks, 3197
- Doctors - training and education
  - enrollment spaces, 3198
- Electric vehicles
  - manufacturing agreements
    - general remarks, 2542–2543
- Emergency management
  - pandemic preparedness
    - government strategy, 2685
- Employment creation
  - government strategy, 2231
- Food security
  - supply chain, 2692, 3204
- Government expenditures
  - general remarks, 2018, 2170, 2679
  - planned vs. actual
    - FAO report: Expenditure Monitor 2021-22: Q2, 1349–1350
    - FAO report: Expenditure Monitor 2021-22: Q3, 2018
- Government finances
  - transparency and accountability
    - public accounts
      - general remarks, 2118
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - economic policy
      - general remarks, 2542
- Government services
  - delivery, speed of, 822
  - digital administration
    - general remarks, 822
  - digital delivery
    - general remarks, 822
  - Ontario Onwards Acceleration Fund, 822
- Health care by region
  - Brampton, 2232
- Health care funding
  - allocation by region
    - Brampton, 3368
- Health care system
  - government funding
    - general remarks, 2165–2166
- Health care workers
  - recruitment and retention
    - government funding, 1735, 2165
- Hospitals - capacity
  - capital projects by region
    - Brampton, 1159, 2763
- Hospitals - funding
  - allocation by region
    - Scarborough, 2680
- Infrastructure - highways and roads
  - government funding, 2230–2231
- International border crossings
  - economic impact, 2543
- International border crossings - protest restrictions
  - as economic policy, 2544–2545
  - penalties
    - general remarks, 2544–2545
  - police response
    - government funding, 2544
  - transportation infrastructure
    - impeding access to, 2544
- International trade
  - general remarks, 2543
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2542–2546
  - general remarks, 2544
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - bed development and redevelopment
    - regional allocations, 2763
- Nurses
  - recruitment and retention
    - Community Commitment Program for Nurses, 1643
    - government funding, 3198
  - training and education
    - Community Commitment Program for Nurses, 3198
    - government funding, 1643
    - Ontario Learn and Stay Grant, 3204
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - emergency response team
    - government funding, 2544
- Opposition day motions
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 1159
- Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Bill 106)
  - first reading, 2643
  - second reading, 2684–2687, 2691–2693
  - third reading, 3196–3200, 3203–3205
- Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness
  - hours of operation, 1159
  - services, 1159
  - statements by stakeholders, 1159
- Personal health information - electronic
  - government strategy, 3198
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  - domestic procurement, 2545
  - inventory development, 2691–2692
  - production in Ontario, 1399
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - education and training
    - tuition reimbursement, 2692
- Private members' public business
  - Protecting Ontario's Religious Diversity Act, 2022 (Bill 89)
    - second reading, 2665
- Protest convoys
  - provincial state of emergency
    - emergency orders, critical infrastructure and highways
      - authority granted under, 2543
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - businesses impacted by
    - agriculture, 2543
    - auto manufacturing, 2543
    - trucking industry, 2543–2544
  - economic impact, 2543, 2546
  - statements by stakeholders, 2543–2544
  - supply chains, impact on
    - food, 2543
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - health care workers, 3203
- Question period
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 1735
  - Fiscal accountability
    - responded to, 2679–2680
  - Government services
    - responded to, 822
  - Government spending
    - responded to, 2018
  - Government's record
    - responded to, 1349–1350, 3368
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 2165–2166, 2763
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 1643
  - Pay equity
    - responded to, 2170
  - Release of public accounts
    - responded to, 2118–2119
- Religious freedom, 2665
- Ryerson University
  - medical school, 2763
- Stellantis
  - battery manufacturing plant (Windsor)
    - economic impact, 2542
- Supply Act, 2022 (Bill 96)
  - first reading, 2175
  - second reading, 2230–2232
Sattler, P. (NDP, London West)
- Agriculture industry - temporary foreign workers
  - and COVID-19, 609
- App-based gig workers
  - definition of, 2903
  - performance standards
    - aggregation and transparency, 2900–2901
- Appreciation
  - Best, Jillian, 3076–3077
  - Ferguson, Doug, 3076
- Autism services
  - service capacity
    - treatment wait-lists, 423
- Broadband infrastructure
  - fibre optic cable lines
    - access rights, 2295
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - last-mile connections, 2295
  - municipalities
    - rights-of-way permit applications, 2294–2295
- Broadband infrastructure development - government funding
  - general remarks, 2296
  - planned vs. actual, 2297
- Broadband infrastructure development programs
  - Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) project, 2295
    - public response to, 2295
- Broadband services - access to
  - regional availability
    - Elgin County, 2295–2296
  - in schools
    - availability of, 2295
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - second reading, 864–865
- Business
  - commercial deliveries
    - washroom facility access
      - exemptions, 610, 1208
      - general remarks, 610, 993
- Cabinet ministers
  - mandate letters, release of, 2642
- Child care
  - economic impact, 2029
- Child care - federal-provincial cost agreement
  - negotiation, 608, 2029
- Commercial tenancies
  - annual rent increases, 2671
- Committee procedure - standing committees of the Legislature
  - proceedings
    - broadcast of, 2058
  - reform, 2007
  - scheduling
    - at call of Chair, 2077
- Committee process - standing committees of the Legislature
  - amendments
    - consideration of, 1204
    - filing deadlines, 1203
- Community housing
  - wait-lists
    - regional, 901
- Condominiums
  - legislation
    - reform, 1447
- Construction industry
  - occupational health and safety, 2383–2384
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 2980–2981
- COVID-19
  - essential workers
    - general remarks, 987
- COVID-19 - emergency orders
  - legislative codification of
    - restaurant patio service, 418
- COVID-19 - equity-seeking groups
  - economic impact
    - women, 608
- COVID-19 - essential service workers, compensation
  - pandemic pay
    - eligibility, 3212, 3225
- COVID-19 - government response
  - funding
    - child and family benefit programs, 2027
- COVID-19 - testing
  - pharmacy locations
    - symptomatic testing, 950–951
- COVID-19 - vaccination
  - vaccination policies
    - in other jurisdictions, 2106
- Democracy, 2002
- Driver examination centres
  - drive test backlog
    - general remarks, 422
  - temporary
    - geographic distribution, 422–423
- Dry cleaning services
  - and COVID-19
    - grant eligibility, 419
- Education
  - mental health services
    - staff, 2457
    - students, 2457
- Education - COVID-19, in-school learning
  - infection control
    - masking mandates, termination of, 2271
  - vaccination policies
    - cross-board consistency, 156
- Education funding
  - mental health and well-being
    - staff, 2457–2458
- Education - online learning
  - broadband requirements, 2296
- Elections and by-elections
  - municipal
    - London (2018)
      - ranked-ballot system, 421
- Electoral procedure
  - ranked ballot
    - cost of, 421
- Electoral process
  - ranked-ballot systems
    - general remarks, 2005
- Emergency first responders
  - mental health services, 3341
- Employment
  - gig workers
    - classification of, 610, 1204, 1209
    - labour protections, 1959
  - non-compete agreements
    - ban on
      - enforcement, 608
  - non-disclosure agreements, 608, 1210
    - in other jurisdictions, 1207
  - part-time work
    - prevalence of, 606
- Employment - COVID-19
  - remote work environments
    - and equity, 607
  - sick days
    - COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit program
      - general remarks, 1116–1117
      - termination date, 1116–1117
- Employment services
  - reform
    - integration of services, 421
- Employment standards
  - app-based gig workers
    - bill of rights, 2357, 2897–2898
    - classification of, 2899–2900, 2902
    - general remarks, 2929
    - occupational health and safety, 2897
    - working conditions, 2897–2898
  - disconnecting from work
    - enforcement, 607
    - exemptions, 607
  - "employee," definition of
    - ABC test, 547, 988, 993
    - case law determination of, 987–988
    - exemptions, 988
  - employee privacy, protection of
    - electronic device monitoring, 2901–2902
  - exemptions
    - independent contractors, 987
  - gig workers, 1209
    - classification of, 1959
  - vaccination policies, 2105
  - worker misclassification
    - general remarks, 987, 993
    - industry demographics
      - app-based gig work, 988
    - onus of proof, 987–988
    - penalties, 987
- Employment standards - annual leave days
  - sick days
    - economic impact, 1117
    - federally regulated sectors, 1117
    - in other jurisdictions, 1117
    - paid, 1117, 2715
  - statements by stakeholders, 1117
- Employment standards - minimum wage
  - app-based gig workers
    - application during engaged time, 1960
  - increase (2021), 420
  - tiered classification
    - liquor servers, 420
    - students, 420–421
- Expenditure estimates
  - committee referred to
    - general remarks, 2007
  - review of
    - time allotment, 2007
- Farmers
  - personal information
    - collection, disclosure, or use, 609
      - temporary foreign workers, 609
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 1849
  - third reading, 1990, 2026–2030
  - legislative process, 2007, 2026, 2057
  - schedules, pairing of, 2028
- Fiera Foods Company
  - and temporary workers, 606, 1206
  - Toronto Star investigation, 606
  - worker fatalities, 606
- Food delivery industry
  - employment model
    - worker classification, 988
- Fuel prices - taxation
  - rate reduction
    - general remarks, 3010, 3019
- Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (Bill 93)
  - second reading, 2294–2297
- Government finances
  - transparency and accountability
    - budgets, presentation deadline
      - budget 2022, 2027–2028
- Government notices of motion
  - Parliamentary broadcast and recording service
    - responded to, 1720
- Government orders
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 2002–2007
    - amendment
      - presented, 2008
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 2056–2059
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - employment policy
      - compensation
        
        rate of, 605
      - employment standards, 988, 2004
      - minimum wage, 605, 1204
      - sick days, 605, 1204, 1209
    - environmental policy
      - general remarks, 422, 424
    - legal policy
      - civil liability, 129
    - legislative process
      - time allocation, 2003–2005, 2058–2059
- Government services
  - service standards
    - customer service guarantees
      - compensation, 2026
      - reporting requirements, 2026
    - development of, 2026, 2029
- Government supply chain
  - domestic procurement
    - Building Ontario Business initiative (BOBI)
      - general remarks, 2027
    - general remarks, 2027
- Green Shirt Day Act, 2022 (Bill 112)
  - third reading, 3076–3078
- Health care
  - equity of, 3078
- Health care services
  - chronic disease management
    - Best Care program, 2848, 3191
  - medical procedures, wait times
    - by region
      - London, 1921
- Health care workers
  - appreciation for, 3078
  - occupational health and safety, 3209
  - recruitment and retention
    - foreign-trained
      - credential recognition, 3213, 3215, 3217
    - general remarks, 3078, 3207–3208
    - government funding, 3209
  - vaccination requirements, 2105–2106
- Health care workers - COVID-19
  - burnout, 1207
  - COVID-19
    - long-term effects, 1207
  - vaccination, 2105
- Home and community care
  - government funding, 2145
- Home and community care - COVID-19
  - mandatory vaccination
    - staff, 156
- Home and community care - public vs. private delivery models
  - accountability and oversight, 365
  - quality of care, 364
- Hospitals - COVID-19
  - patients
    - health and safety, 2105
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog remediation
      - in private facilities, 2004
    - private delivery, 1921
- Hospitals - COVID-19, medical procedures
  - backlog
    - by region
      - London, 1921
- Housing - affordable
  - general remarks, 3328
- Housing development
  - use of ministerial zoning orders, 2821
- Housing market
  - housing speculation
    - Non-Resident Speculation Tax (NRST)
      - rate, 2672
- Housing policy
  - general remarks, 2672
- Hungarian community
  - notable members, 3092
  - public education campaigns
    - Hungarian Heritage Month, 3091–3092
- Hungarian Heritage Month Act, 2022 (Bill 50)
  - third reading, 3091–3092
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - Canadian experience, 608, 611, 1208
    - implementation timeline, 608
- Immigration policy
  - foreign credentials
    - recognition of
      - anti-racism, 709
      - medical professionals, 608, 1208
        
        statements by stakeholders, 608
- Immigration - Temporary Foreign Workers Program
  - general remarks, 612
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
  - broadband infrastructure development
    - procurement processes
      - transparency, 2296
- Intimate partner violence
  - victim support services
    - paid leave, 3328
- Islamophobia
  - acts of, 1208
  - government response to, 609
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - Indigenous communities
    - impact on, 3283
  - third reading, 3271, 3280, 3283
- Land use planning
  - general remarks, 100
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - reform
    - general remarks, 1373
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders
  - environmental impact, 2295
- Legislative procedure
  - business, scheduling of
    - notice, 2345–2346
  - parliamentary calendar
    - election year, 2005–2006
  - regulations
    - specification of, 400
- Legislative procedure - COVID-19
  - special procedures, termination of, 1903
- Legislative procedure - daily routine
  - introduction of government bills
    - vs. introduction of bills, 2006
  - Mondays
    - morning recall, 2006
  - night sittings, 2006
- Legislative procedure - federal government
  - Standing Orders reform
    - committee review, 2002–2003
- Legislative procedure - motions
  - Opposition day motions
    - restrictions
      - re proximity of session end, 2006
  - unanimous consent motions
    - procedure, 19–20
    - use of, 19–20
- Legislative procedure - orders of the day
  - calling of
    - restrictions on
      - government business, 2007, 2057
- Legislative procedure - private members' public business
  - ballot items
    - notice
      - requirements, 2007, 2212
    - selection of business, 2007, 2057
  - ballot order
    - exchanging of
      - notice timelines, 2006–2007
  - general remarks, 2057
  - scheduling
    - from session start, 2006
- Legislative procedure - proceedings
  - broadcast of, 1720
  - interpretation
    - American Sign Language (ASL), 1720
- Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
  - application period, 2002
  - general remarks, 2002
  - reform (2021), 2003
  - reform (2022), 2005
  - reform consultation, 2002–2003
  - reforms, historically, 2003, 2058
- Legislative process
  - during COVID-19
    - general remarks, 2003
  - general remarks, 2057–2058
  - government bills
    - legislative timelines, 2003, 2006, 2058
  - legislative agenda, 400, 424
  - public consultation, 2057
- Legislative process - motions
  - time allocation, 2003–2005, 2058–2059
  - unanimous consent
    - motions to arrange proceedings, 19
- Liberal Party of Canada
  - election platform (2015)
    - electoral reform, 421
- Liberal Party of Ontario
  - election platform (2022)
    - electoral reform, 421, 2005
- Licence plates
  - validation stickers
    - annual renewal fees exemption
      - general remarks, 1849, 2028
      - government revenue, impact on, 2029
      - public response, 2028
      - retroactive rebate, 2028
- London Health Sciences Centre
  - organ transplantation unit, 3077–3078
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - priority access
    - placement while on wait-list, 1499
- Members' statements
  - Commercial tenant protection, 2671
- Members'/ministers' personal narrative, 3091–3092
- Members/ministers quoting
  - arbitration decisions, 2105–2106
  - parliamentary procedural manuals, 2002–2003
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 1895
- Midwives
  - pay equity
    - gender based analysis assesment, 2170
- Ministerial statements
  - COVID-19 protocols at the Legislative Assembly
    - responded to, 1903
- More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 2821
  - third reading, 3294
- Motions
  - Committee sittings, 2077
  - House sittings
    - responded to, 3327–3329
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - health care, funding for, 1921
- Nurses
  - compensation
    - retention bonus, 3208, 3212–3213
  - recruitment and retention
    - impact of compensation, 423–424
    - vacancy rate, 423
  - working conditions
    - statements by stakeholders, 1921
- Nurses - COVID-19
  - burnout and stress, 385–386
- Occupational training programs
  - government funding
    - Ontario Bridge Training Program (OBTP), 1211
- Ontario Autism Program (2021)
  - implementation timeline, 1262
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - benefit rates
    - income calculation
      - spousal pensions, 422
  - employment
    - general remarks, 421
- Ontario Health teams
  - general remarks, 2848
- Ontario One Call
  - general remarks, 2294
  - governance structure
    - ministerial responsibility, 2297
- Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee
  - consultation process
    - mebership representation, 1204
- Opposition day motions
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 1921
  - Home care
    - responded to, 2144–2145
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 385–386
- Organ and tissue donation
  - organ preservation equipment, 3077
  - public education campaigns
    - Green Shirt Day, 3076–3078
  - registration rates, 3077
- Our London Family Act (Working Together to Combat Islamophobia and Hatred), 2022 (Bill 86)
  - general remarks, 1208
  - legislative timeline, 3316
- Our London Family Act (Working Together to Combat Islamophobia and Hatred), 2022 (Bill 86)
  - discharge to committee, 2075
  - general remarks, 3327
- Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 2699, 2710, 2715, 2734, 2739, 2749
  - third reading, 3207–3215, 3225, 3229, 3252, 3256, 3266
- Parliamentary principles
  - presupposition of House decisions, 20
- Pay equity
  - and employment status, 607
  - gender wage gap
    - general remarks, 3036
    - government strategy, 2170
  - general remarks, 3035
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - compensation
    - wages, 3329
  - recuitment and retention, 1287
- Petitions
  - Anti-racism activities, 2683, 3376
  - Climate change, 2855
  - Employment standards, 1785, 1840, 2025, 2179–2180, 2280–2281, 2349, 2418
  - Nurses, 1364
  - Optometry services, 37, 90, 164, 371, 474, 533–534, 829, 1786, 2523, 2684
  - Social assistance, 3377
- Police officers
  - appreciation for, 3340
  - First Nations and Municipal
    - Queen's commission, eligibility for, 3340
  - mental health of, 3340–3341
- Police services
  - response times
    - by region
      - London, 3340
- Police Services Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 78)
  - third reading, 3339–3341
- Policy development
  - public consultation, 2030
- Preventing Worker Misclassification Act, 2021 (Bill 28)
  - first reading, 414
- Private members' public business
  - Condominium legislation
    - responded to, 1446–1447
  - Jobs and Jabs Act, 2022 (Bill 6)
    - second reading, 2104–2106
  - Preventing Worker Misclassification Act, 2021 (Bill 28)
    - second reading, 987–988, 993
  - Stay Home If You Are Sick Act, 2021 (Bill 8)
    - second reading, 1116–1117
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - businesses impacted by
    - financial support, 3280
- Protest convoys - Ottawa
  - businesses impacted by, financial support, 3280
- Protests - public
  - response to, 3271
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - third reading, 1499
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - health care workers, 423, 2004, 3207–3208, 3210–3211
    - and pandemic pay, 3209
  - and rate of inflation, 2004
- Question period
  - Anti-racism activities
    - presented, 3316
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 1262
  - COVID-19 immunization
    - presented, 156
  - COVID-19 response
    - presented, 950–951, 2271
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 1959–1960, 3035–3036
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 2642
  - Government appointments
    - presented, 1895
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 2848, 3190–3191
  - Health insurance
    - presented, 2761
  - Home care
    - presented, 364–365
  - Housing
    - presented, 2672
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 2457–2458
  - Pay equity
    - presented, 2170
  - School facilities
    - presented, 1473
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 900–901
- Questions of order
  - private members' public business
    - notice requirements
      - presented, 2319–2320
- Questions of privilege
  - points of order
    - unanimous consent motions
      - presented, 19–20
- Regulatory process
  - consultation process
    - general remarks, 400
- Rental housing
  - evictions
    - due to sale of property, 900–901
    - general remarks, 3327
  - landlord buy out agreements, 1446
  - in London
    - CBC investigation, 1446
- Rental housing - evictions
  - for personal use, 3294
- Restaurants
  - compensation
    - impact on retention, 420
  - labour shortage, 419–420
  - patio service
    - licence extensions, 418
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 420
- Restaurants - COVID-19
  - capacity limits, 419
  - recovery timeline, 418
  - staff working conditions
    - impact on retention, 420
- Retirement homes
  - long-term-care patients, 1499
- Safe Night Out Act, 2022 (Bill 124)
  - first reading, 3375
- School boards
  - trustees
    - election process
      - ranked ballot, 421
- School facilities
  - capacity by region
    - London West, 1473
- School facilities - capital projects
  - new school construction
    - regional projects, 1473
- Small Business Relief Grant
  - administration of
    - general remarks, 2027
  - statements by stakeholders, 2027
- Small Business Support Grant
  - administration of
    - application system, 418
    - communication with applicants, 418, 2027
    - general remarks, 2026–2027, 2029
  - eligibility
    - general remarks, 418–419, 2027
    - payments to ineligible businesses
      - value of, 2027
  - funding disbursement, 419
  - rounds of funding, 400, 419, 423
  - statements by stakeholders, 2027
- Social assistance programs
  - benefit rates
    - annual increase rate, 421
    - COVID-19 top-up benefit, 1990, 2028
- Sporting events - COVID-19
  - stadiums and arenas
    - capacity limits, 419
- Stay Home If You Are Sick Act, 2021 (Bill 8)
  - first reading, 87–88
- Students - special needs
  - nursing and rehabilitation services
    - nursing shortage, 423
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 400–401, 417–424, 547
  - third reading, 1373
  - general remarks, 400
  - as omnibus legislation, 417–418
- Tax Relief at the Pumps Act, 2022 (Bill 111)
  - second reading, 2980–2981, 3010, 3019
- Temporary employment agencies
  - licensing
    - general remarks, 1205
    - non-compliance
      - penalties, 606, 1205
        
        types of, 606
    - registration of, 607, 1210
    - registry
      - in other jurisdictions, 1205
    - security bond, 607
  - licensing requirements
    - exemptions, 1205
  - recruiters
    - fees charged, 1205–1206
      - statements by stakeholders, 1205
  - recruitment, 605
- Temporary workers
  - compensation
    - rate of, 1204
  - protections for, 607
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 1287
- Tourism and Travel Small Business Support Grant
  - eligibility, 419
- Tributes
  - Elliot, Walter R. (former member for Halton North), 2163–2164
- Tributes - Members of Provincial Parliament
  - Edighoffer, Hugh (Perth), 890
- Uber Technologies Inc.
  - lobbying activities
    - worker classification, 988, 2898
- Ukraine
  - invasion of (February 2022)
    - general remarks, 2057
    - refugees
      - OHIP coverage, 2761
- Waste diversion - recycling programs
  - tires
    - producer audits, 422
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - statements by stakeholders, 1209
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 605–612
  - third reading, 1203–1211
- Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88)
  - second reading, 2330, 2350–2357, 2375, 2379, 2383–2384, 2431
  - third reading, 2878, 2896–2903, 2929
  - legislative process, 2057
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - claim rate tracking
    - employer rate suppression, 1207
  - claims
    - acceptance rate
      - mental health support, 1207
      - statements by stakeholders, 1207
  - compensation
    - rates, 610
  - compensation claims
    - rate of, 1210
  - employer premiums
    - reduction in, 610
      - statements by stakeholders, 1207
  - governance structure
    - president
      - appointment of, 1895
      - compensation, 1895
  - presumptive coverage, 610
  - surplus funds
    - employer return
      - general remarks, 610, 2356
      - statements by stakeholders, 1206
  - unfunded liability, 610
  - Worker eligibility
    - Temporary workers, 606
  - Workplace eligibility
    - regulations, 607, 611, 1206
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - COVID-19
  - coverage, 611
- York Region Wastewater Act, 2021 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 100, 108, 129
  - general remarks, 108
Schreiner, M. (GRN, Guelph)
- Aggregate extraction
  - extraction permits, moratorium, 2515
  - reform (2019)
    - municipal liability, 2516
- Agriculture industry
  - economic impact, 201, 339
- Air quality
  - and cancer rates, 1437
- Auditor General of Ontario
  - 2021 Annual Report
    - Protecting and Recovering Species at Risk, 1298
- Black community
  - advocacy groups
    - Guelph Black Heritage Society, 1674
  - Black History Month, 1743
  - community organizations, 1743
  - public education campaigns
    - Emancipation Month, 1674
- Bradford Bypass
  - environmental assessment, 1437
  - environmental impact, 636, 871–872, 1004, 3010
  - general remarks, 637, 2946
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - second reading, 871–872
  - third reading, 1664–1666
- Business - COVID-19, financial assistance
  - small and medium-sized, 318–319
- Cannabis - retail
  - store locations
    - municipal role in, 1437
    - regional concentration, 1437–1438
- Carbon Budget Accountability Act, 2021 (Bill 32)
  - first reading, 415
- Charities and non-profit organizations - COVID-19
  - government response
    - stabilization funding, 1437
  - revenue generation, 1437
- Child care - federal-provincial cost agreement
  - negotiation, 838
- Child care - staff
  - compensation
    - in other jurisdictions, 2681
    - wages, 2681
  - shortage, 2680–2681
- Climate change
  - cost projections, 1578, 1648–1649
  - extreme weather events due to
    - general remarks, 1296
    - remediation costs, 469
    - tornado (Barrie 2021), 469
  - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), 470
- Climate change mitigation
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 1003–1004, 1649, 1961, 3010–3011
  - pollution reduction targets, 470, 1649
- Community housing
  - government funding
    - development and construction, 2760
- Condominiums
  - consumer protection, 1446
  - legislation
    - reform, 1445
- Cost of living
  - cost drivers
    - supply chain shortages, 3011
- COVID-19 - government response
  - general remarks, 1296
- COVID-19 - public health protests
  - safe zones, 724
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 445–446
- Early Childhood Educators (ECEs)
  - training and education
    - graduation rates, 2681
- École Polytechnique
  - shooting (December 6, 1989), 1531
- Education
  - equity programming, 2049
- Electric vehicles
  - government funding
    - general remarks, 838
  - incentive programs
    - in other jurisdictions, 3012
    - purchase rebates, 3012
  - manufacturing agreements
    - market value, 3011
  - manufacturing strategy
    - general remarks, 3011
- Emancipation Month Act, 2021 (Bill 75)
  - first reading, 1655
  - second reading, 1674
- Employment standards
  - app-based gig workers
    - classification of, 2910–2911
- Employment standards - annual leave days
  - sick days
    - economic impact, 1117
    - paid, 1117
    - workplace demographics, 1117
- Energy policy
  - clean energy, 1196
- Environmental hazards
  - toxic spills
    - cost of, 1149–1150
    - cost recovery, 1149–1150
    - health impacts, 1150
    - prevention
      - proactive inspections, 1150
- Environmental policy
  - general remarks, 470, 3011
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - third reading, 2030–2031
- Francophone community
  - International Day of la Francophonie, 2467
- Freedom of religion
  - public education campaign, 1387
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Journée internationale de la Francophonie, 2467
- Fuel prices
  - general remarks, 3011
  - mitigation strategies
    - consumption reduction, 3010–3011
- Gender-based violence
  - general remarks, 1201
  - prevalence of, 1201
  - public education campaigns
    - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1201–1202
    - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 1531
- Government expenditures
  - allocation policies, 2030
- Government finances
  - fall economic statement
    - November 2021, 780
  - revenue generation
    - licensing and service fees, 2031
- Government notices of motion
  - Report on Ontario's provincial emergency
    - responded to, 318–319
- Green Party of Ontario
  - election platform (2021-2022)
    - housing policy, 2220
  - housing policy, 838, 1297
    - affordable housing, 1032
- Greenbelt
  - expansion of
    - bluebelt, 2946
    - general remarks, 1192
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - carbon budget, 562, 567
- Greenhouse gas emissions - reduction
  - government strategy
    - reduction targets, 1196
- Health care system
  - service capacity
    - government strategy, 1539
- Highway 407 ETR
  - general remarks, 3012
  - usage rate, 3012
- Highway 413
  - agricultural impact, 339–340, 637
  - environmental assessment, 1437
  - environmental impact, 340, 1003–1004, 3010
  - general remarks, 201–202, 470
  - public response to, 816
- Highway construction and expansion
  - Highway 413
    - environmental assessment, 1298
- Home and community care
  - government funding, 2140–2141
- Home ownership
  - Non-Resident Speculation Tax
    - tax rate, 2822
- Homelessness
  - demographics
    - mental health conditions, 2220
  - housing supports
    - return on investment, 2220
  - prevalence of, 2220
  - support services
    - community-based, 1464
- Hospitals - capacity
  - capital projects
    - general remarks, 2031
- Hospitals - COVID-19
  - intensive care units
    - service capacity, 1538–1539
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog
      - due to staffing shortages, 1538
- Hospitals - COVID-19, medical procedures
  - backlog, funding for, 1920
- Hospitals - staff
  - nursing vacancies, rate, 1920
- Housing
  - average cost over time, 2821
  - cost of
    - general remarks, 1297
- Housing - affordable
  - development of, 1464, 2760
  - general remarks, 147
- Housing development
  - approvals and permits, timelines
    - municipalities, 2821–2822
  - general remarks, 2822
  - mid-density format, 2822
  - public-private partnerships, 2823
  - transit-oriented, 593
- Housing market
  - affordability, 838
  - prices
    - general remarks, 2760
- Housing policy
  - fall economic statement (2021), 838
  - general remarks, 3011
  - government strategy
    - general remarkes, 2821
    - general remarks, 2823
  - National Housing Day, 1032
- Housing supply
  - general remarks, 2822
- Immigration policy
  - foreign credentials
    - recognition of
      - medical professionals, 729
- impact on development, 202
- impact on traffic congestion, 202
- Infrastructure - highways and roads
  - environmental impact, 780, 1414, 1649
  - Highway 413
    - agricultural impact, 445
    - environmental impact, 445
- Intimate partner violence
  - and COVID-19, 1531
  - victim support services
    - general remarks, 1201–1202
- Land use planning
  - and environmental protection
    - highways and roads, 1414
  - general remarks, 147
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - general remarks, 1438
- Licence plates
  - validation stickers
    - annual renewal fees exemption
      - government revenue, impact on, 2030
- Long-term care
  - in other jurisdictions, 968
  - policy development
    - general remarks, 2817
- Long-term care - accountability and oversight
  - inspectors
    - number of, 968
  - violations
    - penalties
      - fines, 969
- Long-term care - public vs. private
  - general remarks, 220, 1547
- Long-term care - staff
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 1125
  - working conditions
    - general remarks, 1125, 1547
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - average hours of care
    - staffing requirements, 968
  - general remarks, 1124–1125
  - hours of care
    - definition of, 1547–1548
    - implementation timeline, 1124, 1547
    - staffing requirements, 1547
  - hydration and nutrition, 2817
- Members' statements
  - Climate change, 1578
  - Housing, 1464
  - Land use planning, 147, 816
  - Member for Guelph, 3178
  - Mental health and addiction services, 2266
- Members'/ministers' personal narrative, 3178
- Members/ministers quoting
  - historical figures
    - Martin Luther King Jr., 1674
- Mental health and addictions - COVID-19
  - general remarks, 2266
- Mental health and addictions services
  - access to
    - northern Ontario, 2475
  - general remarks, 2266
  - for women, 2178
- Mental health and addictions services - children and youth
  - service capacity
    - wait times, 2763–2764
- Mental health and addictions services - funding
  - by population
    - children and youth, 2764
- Ministerial statements
  - Black History Month
    - responded to, 1743
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review
    - responded to, 780
  - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
    - responded to, 1201–1202
  - International Day of la Francophonie
    - responded to, 2467
  - International Women's Day
    - responded to, 2177–2178
  - National Housing Day
    - responded to, 1032
- More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 2821–2823
  - general remarks, 2760
- Natural gas plants
  - environmental impact, 1003, 1196, 1649
- Nurses
  - recruitment and retention
    - vacancy rate, 1538
  - shortage, 380
- Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)
  - governance membership
    - restrictions on
      - general remarks, 1437
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 2123
    - general remarks, 2123
  - benefit rates, increase
    - changes to, 2168
  - income calculation
    - veteran allowance, 1997
- Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
  - coverage expansion
    - mental health care services, 1735
- Opposition day motions
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 592–593
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 838–839
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 1920–1921
  - Home care
    - responded to, 2140–2141
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 220
  - Northern health services
    - responded to, 2475–2476
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 380–381
- Optometry and optometrists
  - government reimbursement rates
    - in other jurisdictions, 83
  - OHIP-covered services
    - reimbursement rate
      - general remarks, 83, 826–827
      - negotiations, 827
      - retroactive compensation, 83
- Paris Galt Moraine Conservation Act, 2021 (Bill 57)
  - first reading, 1152
- Paris-Galt Moraine
  - addition to greenbelt, 1192
- Pay equity
  - gender wage gap, 3190
  - policy development
    - transparency, 3190
- Petitions
  - Environmental protection, 2948–2949
  - Mental health services, 586
  - Optometry services, 90, 584, 1203
  - Social assistance, 3376, 3379
- Police services
  - criminal and judicial matters checks
    - processing fees
      - vulnerable sector checks, 1437
- Private members' public business
  - Carbon Budget Accountability Act, 2021 (Bill 32)
    - second reading, 561–562, 567
  - Condominium legislation
    - responded to, 1445–1446
  - Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Education and Healthcare Sectors Act, 2021 (Bill 12)
    - second reading, 323–324
  - Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week Act, 2021 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 442–443
  - Ontario Religious Freedom Day Act, 2021 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1387–1388
  - Racial Equity in the Education System Act, 2022 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 2049
  - Seniors' health services
    - responded to, 2817
  - Stay Home If You Are Sick Act, 2021 (Bill 8)
    - second reading, 1117
  - Stopping Anti-Public Health Harassment Act, 2021 (Bill 3)
    - second reading, 724
  - Time to Care Act (Long-Term Care Homes Amendment, Minimum Standard of Daily Care), 2021 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 1124–1125
  - Veterans
    - responded to, 1997
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 968–969
  - third reading, 1547–1548
- Public assests
  - use as affordable housing, 2822
- Public assets - surplus
  - conversion
    - to affordable housing, 2030
- Public education campaigns - community
  - Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week, 442–443
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - health care workers, 381, 1539
- Public sector compensation increase - cap on
  - health care workers, 1920
  - nurses, 1735
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 2760
  - Aggregate extraction
    - presented, 2515–2516
  - Children's mental health services
    - presented, 2763–2764
  - Climate change
    - presented, 469–470, 1003–1004, 1648–1649, 1961
  - Early childhood education
    - presented, 2680–2681
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 1538–1539, 1734–1735, 3190
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 1149–1150
  - Environmental services
    - presented, 1192
  - Green power generation
    - presented, 1196
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 201–202, 339–340, 636–637, 1414, 2946
  - Optometry services
    - presented, 83, 826–827
  - Pay equity
    - presented, 3190
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 2123, 2168–2169
  - Supportive housing
    - presented, 2220
- Rental housing
  - cost of, 2123
- Small Business Support Grant
  - rounds of funding, 838
  - third round funding, 1297
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - third reading, 1437–1438
- Supportive housing
  - development and construction, 2220
  - government funding, 2220, 2266
- Tax Relief at the Pumps Act, 2022 (Bill 111)
  - second reading, 3010–3012
- Temporary employment agencies
  - licensing
    - general remarks, 730
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 1296–1298
- Tributes
  - Carroll, Aileen (former member for Barrie-Simcoe-Bradford), 1726
  - Elliot, Walter R. (former member for Halton North), 2164
  - Ramsay, David (former member for Timiskaming-Cochrane), 2883
  - Shore, Marvin Leonard (former member for London North), 2631
  - Smith, Dr. Stuart Lyon (former member for Hamilton West), 1956
- Tributes - former MPPS
  - Barlow, William Walter (Cambridge), 3181
- Tributes - Members of Provincial Parliament
  - Breaugh, Michael James (Oshawa), 1084
  - Edighoffer, Hugh (Perth), 890–891
  - Parrott, Harry Craig (Oxford), 1346
  - Stephenson, Bette (York Mills), 1581
- Ukraine
  - invasion of (February 2022), 1829
- Veterans
  - Remembrance Day, 762
- Volunteers
  - economic impact, 1437
- Water protection
  - general remarks, 2946
  - water-taking permits
    - aggregate industry, 2515
- Watersheds and wetlands
  - protection of, 1961
- Women
  - and COVID-19
    - working conditions, 2178
  - and COVID-19, impact of
    - mental health, 2177–2178
  - public education campaigns
    - International Women's Day, 2177
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - general remarks, 729
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 729–730
- Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88)
  - third reading, 2910–2912
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - compensation claims
    - statements by stakeholders, 729
Scott, L. (PC, Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock)
- Agricultural events
  - Spotlight on Agriculture Awards, 2670–2671
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - third reading, 1617–1619
- Cap-and-trade program
  - cancellation
    - fuel prices, impact on, 3012
- Carbon tax
  - fuel prices, impact on, 3012–3013
  - general remarks, 3015
  - government response to, 3016
- Community events
  - festivals by region
    - Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, 2400
  - by region
    - Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 1463
- Congregate care facilities - COVID-19
  - government response
    - general remarks, 896–897
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 3012, 3015–3016
- Eating disorders
  - general remarks, 1649
  - support services
    - government funding, 1649–1650
- Fuel prices - taxation
  - rate reduction
    - general remarks, 2985, 3012
- Gender-based violence
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 1537
- General Motors (GM)
  - manufacturing agreements, 3013
- Government services
  - digital delivery
    - document renewal notices, 1194–1195
    - general remarks, 1006
- Human trafficking - sex trafficking
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 1538
- Innovation and technology industry
  - global economic market
    - Toronto, 1006
  - government consultations, 1006
- International border crossings
  - economic impact, 2601, 2604–2605
- International border crossings - protest restrictions
  - as economic policy, 2601–2603
  - penalties
    - commercial or trailer permits
      - out-of-province permits, 2603
      - transfer and lease restrictions, 2603
    - commercial vehicle operator's registration (CVOR) certificates
      - suspension or cancellation
        
        reasonable grounds, 2603
        
        seizure of associated plates, 2603
    - roadside suspensions
      - driver's licences, 2602
      - out-of-province vehicles, 2602–2603
      - plate seizure, 2602
  - police response
    - general remarks, 2604
    - government funding, 2601–2602
- Intimate partner violence
  - victim support services
    - housing supports
      - general remarks, 1143
      - Transitional and Housing Support program, 1144
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2601–2605, 2609, 2612
  - Indigenous communities
    - impact on, 2605
  - application period, 2609
  - general remarks, 2602
- Legions
  - general remarks, 999
- Manufacturing industry
  - decline and recovery, 3012–3013
- Manufacturing industry - automotive sector
  - goverment strategy
    - general remarks, 2612
  - investment agreements
    - general remarks, 3013
  - supply chain disruptions
    - computer chips, 2602
- Members' statements
  - Haliburton County Huskies, 1688
  - Omemee bicentennial, 1083
  - Royal Canadian Legion, 999
  - Santa Claus parades in Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 1463
  - Spotlight on Agriculture Awards, 2670–2671
  - Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival, 2399–2400
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 1083
- Mental health and addictions - COVID-19
  - social isolation, 2993
- Mental health and addictions services
  - community services, 2993
  - government strategy, 2993
  - service delivery
    - virtual, 2993
- Nurses
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 1350
  - training and education
    - regional availability, 1350
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - emergency response team
    - general remarks, 2604
    - government funding, 2601–2602
- Private members' public business
  - Connected Communities Act, 2022 (Bill 104)
    - second reading, 2993
- Protest convoys
  - participant penalties
    - general remarks, 2602
  - police response
    - authority to act, 2602
    - tow truck access, 2602
  - provincial government response
    - general remarks, 2603–2604
  - provincial state of emergency
    - emergency orders, critical infrastructure and highways
      - authority granted under, 2602
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - businesses impacted by
    - agriculture, 2601
    - auto manufacturing, 2602
  - economic impact, 2601–2603
  - supply chains, impact on
    - fuel, 2601
- Question period
  - Children's mental health services
    - presented, 1649–1650
  - COVID-19 response
    - presented, 896–897
  - Domestic violence
    - presented, 1143–1144
  - Electronic service delivery
    - presented, 1006, 1194–1195
  - Human trafficking
    - presented, 1537–1538
  - Nurses
    - presented, 1350
  - Public transit
    - presented, 1472–1473
  - Tourism
    - presented, 2270
  - Victims of violence
    - presented, 1537
- Rail service
  - passenger service
    - to northern Ontario, 1472–1473
- Regulations - business
  - reduction
    - monetary value, 2612
- Ross Memorial Hospital Act, 2022 (Bill Pr65)
  - first reading, 2519
  - second reading, 3350–3351
- Sports teams
  - regional
    - Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, 1688
- Tax Relief at the Pumps Act, 2022 (Bill 111)
  - second reading, 2985, 3012–3013, 3015–3016
- Tourism industry - COVID-19
  - economic recovery
    - staycation tax credit, 2270
- Transportation
  - government strategy
    - by region
      - northern Ontario, 1471–1472
- Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88)
  - second reading, 2431, 2436
Shaw, S. (NDP, Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas)
- Agricultural land
  - availability of, 2838
- Ambulance services
  - "code zero," definition of, 1919
  - government funding, 1961
- Auditor General of Ontario
  - 2021 Annual Report
    - Protecting and Recovering Species at Risk, 1297
- Autism services
  - service capacity
    - treatment wait-lists, 147
- Bradford Bypass
  - environmental assessment, 1400
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - second reading, 852, 864, 879
- Business - COVID-19, government response
  - small- and medium-sized business
    - general remarks, 29–30, 1311
- Business - COVID-19, infection control
  - proof-of-vaccination policies
    - harassment due to, 30
- Cap-and-trade program
  - cancellation
    - revenue loss due to, 126
- Child care - federal-provincial cost agreement
  - general remarks, 1312, 1315
  - negotiation, 879
- Climate change mitigation
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 566
- Cootes Paradise Water Accountability Act, 2021 (Bill 63)
  - first reading, 1416
- Cost of living
  - general remarks, 842
- East Holland River
  - phosphorus treatment plant, 126
- Education
  - government strategy, 1314
- Education - COVID-19, in-school learning
  - vaccination policies
    - staff, 361
- Education funding
  - general remarks, 1314
- Electricity rates
  - affordability, 1311
- Employment standards - minimum wage
  - $15/hour
    - general remarks, 864–865
- Environmental policy
  - climate emergency
    - declaration of, 126
  - general remarks, 129
- Environmental protection
  - public awareness
    - youth advocacy, 126
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - third reading, 1931, 1939, 1975, 1989
- Financial Accountability Officer (FAO)
  - reports
    - Expenditure Monitor 2021-22:Q2, 1311, 1314
- French-language debates
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 1306
  - Loi de 2021 visant à bâtir l'Ontario (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 43
    - deuxième lecture, 882
- Government debt - annual deficit
  - amount, 1312
- Government expenditures
  - and COVID-19
    - general remarks, 1311
  - critical public services, 1291
- Government finances
  - transparency and accountability
    - budgets, presentation deadline
      - budget 2022, 1989
    - general remarks, 1939
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - cabinet members' salaries, 843
    - employment policy
      - minimum wage, 842, 1312
    - energy policy, 842
    - environmental policy, 1315
      - general remarks, 126, 142, 424
    - legal policy
      - civil liability, 125
    - legal proceedings, 129
- Greenhouse gas emissions - reduction
  - government strategy
    - reduction targets, 127
- Hamilton
  - Hamilton Day, 998–999
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 954
- Health care workers
  - vaccination policies
    - mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, 361–362
- Highway 413
  - general remarks, 843
- Highway construction and expansion
  - Bradford Bypass
    - environmental impact, 1313
  - government funding, 1313
- Home and community care
  - family caregivers, 2507
  - regional availability, 2507
  - service availability
    - wait lists, 1919
  - staff
    - shortages, 2517–2518
- Homelessness
  - prevalence, 1311
- Hospitals - COVID-19
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog, wait times, 1919
- Hospitals - funding
  - COVID-19
    - surgical backlog remediation, 954
  - government strategy, 1961
- Indigenous communities
  - living conditions
    - water quality, 2389
- Lake Simcoe
  - Lake Simcoe Protection Plan (2008)
    - statutory review, 127
  - water quality
    - phosphorus levels
      - general remarks, 127
- Land use planning
  - and environmental protection
    - general remarks, 127–128
  - general remarks, 2838
  - urban boundary expansion, 128–129, 433, 1475–1476
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders
  - by site
    - Century Manor (Hamilton), 1931
- Living wage
  - general remarks, 1312
- Long-term care - accountability and oversight
  - facility inspections, 973
- Long-term care - administration
  - licensing
    - renewal contracts
      - for-profit providers, 519, 1975
- Long-term care - COVID-19
  - fatalities
    - residents, 399, 519
- Long-term care - facilities by site
  - Schlegel Villages Inc., 1975
- Long-term care facilities - COVID-19
  - impact of, 1953
- Long-term care facilities - COVID-19, fatalities
  - residents, 1953
- Long-term care - public vs. private
  - and COVID-19
    - fatalities, 966–967, 972, 974
  - general remarks, 1514–1515
  - revenue, use of
    - dividends, 519
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - bed development and redevelopment
    - public vs. private allocation, 519
- Long-term-care facilities
  - facility inspections
    - number of, 980
- Members' statements
  - Autism treatment, 147
  - Environmental protection, 1250
  - Hamilton Day, 998–999
  - Home care, 2507
  - Land use planning, 2838
  - Long-term care, 519, 1953
  - Member for Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas, 3355
- Members'/ministers' personal narrative, 3355
- Members/ministers quoting
  - articles
    - highway infrastructure, 1601–1602
      - Bradford Bypass, 1313
  - letters
    - Bradford Bypass
      - environmental impact, 1313
    - highway construction and expansion, 1313
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 368
- Mental health and addictions - children and youth
  - wait-lists, 1295
- Mental health and addictions services - funding, children and youth
  - general remarks, 1295
- Nancy Rose Act (Paediatric Hospice Palliative Care Strategy), 2021 (Bill 31)
  - first reading, 415
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - health care, funding for, 1919
- Nurses
  - shortage, 383
- Opposition day motions
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 842–843
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 1918–1919
  - Nurses
    - responded to, 383
- Paramedics
  - treatment of patients, number of, 1961
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - working conditions, 984
- Petitions
  - Autism treatment, 2853
  - Climate change, 1418, 1969, 2468
  - Education funding, 1905
  - Environmental protection, 1417
  - Land use planning, 1012, 1014
  - Optometry services, 88–89, 91, 163, 371–372, 962
  - Palliative care, 372–373, 415
  - Social assistance, 2854, 3378
  - Water extraction, 1968
- Population
  - growth projections
    - calculation of, 129
- Poverty
  - general remarks, 427
- Private members' public business
  - Carbon Budget Accountability Act, 2021 (Bill 32)
    - second reading, 566–567
  - Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week Act, 2021 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 444
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 966–967, 972–975, 980, 984
  - third reading, 1505, 1510, 1514–1515, 1520–1522
- Public education campaigns - community
  - Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week, 444
- Public sector compensation increase - cap on
  - general remarks, 1312
- Question period
  - COVID-19 immunization
    - presented, 361–362
  - Environmental protection
    - presented, 1261
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 954
  - Home care
    - presented, 2517–2518
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 1960–1961
  - Land use planning
    - presented, 1475–1476
  - Small business
    - presented, 29–30
- Retirement homes
  - ownership models
    - private market share, 1510
    - public vs. private, 1514–1515
  - ownership of, 1505
  - regulatory enforcement, 974
- Retirement homes - COVID-19
  - fatalities, 1510
- Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA)
  - governance
    - board membership, 1510
- Sewer and wastewater infrastructure
  - future planning, 128
  - sewage spills
    - incidents of, 112, 127–128, 1261
    - public notification of, 112, 127, 1250, 1261
    - remediation costs
      - recovery of, 1261
- Sewer and wastewater infrastructure - York region
  - proposal assessment process
    - advisory panel, 127–128
    - environmental considerations, 126–127
    - general remarks, 127
    - transparency, 127
- Small Business Support Grant
  - eligibility
    - general remarks, 30
  - third round funding, 1314
- Social assistance programs
  - benefit rates
    - general remarks, 1312
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 399, 424, 427, 433
  - third reading, 1395, 1400
- Throne speech
  - content, 125
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 511, 1291, 1295, 1297–1298, 1311–1315
- Tributes
  - Smith, Dr. Stuart Lyon (former member for Hamilton West), 1955–1956
- Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88)
  - second reading, 2390
- York Region Wastewater Act, 2021 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 112, 125–129, 138, 142
  - Crown liability, 125–126
  - general remarks, 125–128, 138
Simard, A. (LIB, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell)
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - third reading, 1635–1636
- Champlain
  - cement plant development
    - environmental compliance approval, 3243
    - public response, 3243
- Child care - federal-provincial cost agreement
  - negotiation, 469, 1839
- Education Amendment Act (Civic Education), 2022 (Bill 118)
  - first reading, 3247
- Education - COVID-19, in-school learning
  - infection control
    - masking mandates, termination of, 2277
- Education - French-language
  - immersion programs
    - enrolment rates, 2467
- Francophone community
  - International Day of la Francophonie, 2467
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés
    - Services en français, 499–500
  - Déclarations des députées et députés
    - Amélioration des routes, 459
    - Forest-Niesing, Josée, 1082–1083
    - Invasion de l'Ukraine, 1953
    - Yelle, Monique Wolfe, 2754
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Journée internationale de la Francophonie, 2467
  - Dépôt des projets de loi
    - Loi de 2021 sur la francophonie, projet de loi 20
      - premiére lecture, 207
  - Loi de 2021 visant à bâtir l'Ontario (mesures budgétaires), projet de loi 43
    - troisième lecture, 1635–1637
  - Période de questions
    - Affaires francophones, 155
    - Éducation postsecondaire de langue française, 638
    - Garde d'enfants, 259, 958–959, 1592–1593, 2462
    - Invasion de l’Ukraine, 2017
    - Plantification municipale, 3243
    - Préposés aux services de soutien personnel, 3370
    - Progrès du gouvernement, 468–469
    - Réponse à la COVID-19, 2277
    - Responsabilité gouvernementale, 2221–2222
  - Pétitions
    - Gaz naturel, 1594
- Government expenditures
  - planned vs. actual
    - FAO report: Expenditure Monitor 2021-22: Q3, 2222
- Government finances
  - transparency and accountability
    - budgets, presentation deadline
      - budget 2022, 2222
      - late delivery penalties, 2222
- Hospitals - capacity
  - capital projects by region
    - Brampton, 1145
- Long-term care - staff
  - compensation, 3370
- Members' statements
  - Forest-Niesing, Josée, 1082–1083
  - Invasion of Ukraine, 1953
  - Yelle, Monique Wolfe, 2754
- Ministerial statements
  - International Day of la Francophonie
    - responded to, 2467
- Municipal councillors
  - harassment and abuse
    - penalties, 2250
- Petitions
  - Natural gas, 1594
  - Optometry services, 209, 3248–3249
- Private members' public business
  - Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders Act, 2022 (Bill 10)
    - second reading, 2250
- Question period
  - Child care
    - presented, 1838–1839
  - COVID-19 response
    - presented, 2277
  - Government accountability
    - presented, 2221–2222
  - Government's record
    - presented, 469
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 1145
  - Invasion of Ukraine
    - presented, 2016–2017
  - Municipal planning
    - presented, 3243
  - Personal support workers
    - presented, 3370
  - Small business
    - presented, 1471–1472
  - Tourism industry
    - presented, 2638
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Public Accounts
    - Request for a Speaker's Warrant to Produce Documents from Laurentian University, 1707
- Small Business Support Grant
  - eligibility
    - verification of, 1471–1472
  - implementation timeline, 1472
- Speaker's warrant
  - use of, 1707
- Standing Committee on Public Accounts
  - proceedings re Laurentian University
    - production of documents
      - Speaker's warrant, request for, 1707
- Tourism industry
  - government strategy, 2638
- Tourism industry - COVID-19
  - government funding, 2638
- Tributes
  - Forest-Niesing, Josée, 1082–1083
  - Wolfe Yelle, Monique, 2754
- Ukraine
  - invasion of (February 2022), 1839, 1953
    - general remarks, 2017
    - government response
      - general remarks, 2016
Singh, G. (NDP, Brampton East)
- Armenia
  - genocide (1915), 2654
- Armenian community
  - appreciation of, 2654
  - general remarks, 2654
  - members'/ministers' personal narrative, 2654
  - public education campaigns - cultural
    - Armenian Heritage Month, 2654
- Armenian Heritage Month Act, 2022 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 2653–2654
- Auto insurance - rates
  - based on postal code, 1609, 2616, 2676, 3088
  - commercial drivers, 2615–2617
  - during COVID-19, 1610
  - deductibles
    - non-pecuniary damages, 1610
  - default benefit limit
    - for catastrophic injuries, 1610
  - general remarks, 271, 1769, 2571, 2620–2621, 2677, 3039, 3133, 3368
  - government strategy, 3039
- Brampton Civic Hospital
  - capacity
    - occupancy rates, 1160
- Brisdale Plaza Inc. Act, 2022 (Bill Pr69)
  - first reading, 3247
  - second reading, 3352
  - third reading, 3352
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - third reading, 1609–1614, 1659–1660
- Business
  - commercial deliveries
    - washroom facility access
      - general remarks, 747
- Cancer - treatment services
  - regional availability, 2725
- Charities and non-profit organizations
  - Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week, 1559
- Cost of living
  - general remarks, 2616
  - by region
    - Brampton, 2161
- COVID-19 - public health protests
  - safe zones, 721–722
- COVID-19 - testing
  - testing sites
    - regional allocation, 1160
- COVID-19 - transmission
  - infection rates
    - modelling projections, 1645
    - by region, 1160
- COVID-19 - vaccination by population
  - BIPOC communities, 355
- Crown liability
  - general remarks, 235, 271
- Employment - COVID-19
  - sick days
    - general remarks, 271, 1087, 1644
- Employment standards
  - sick days, paid
    - general remarks, 1218
- Employment standards - annual leave days
  - sick days
    - paid, 1087–1088, 1644–1645
- Employment standards - minimum wage
  - $15/hour
    - general remarks, 616
  - general remarks, 604
- Ending Automobile Insurance Discrimination in the Greater Toronto Area Act, 2022 (Bill 103)
  - first reading, 2416
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 1769
- Fuel prices
  - general remarks, 2615
- Government accountability and oversight
  - general remarks, 271
- Government notices of motion
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 331–332
  - Report on Ontario's provincial emergency
    - responded to, 317–318
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - environmental policy
      - general remarks, 270
    - general remarks, 747
    - legal proceedings, 271
- Greenhouse gas emissions - reduction
  - government strategy
    - reduction targets, 270
- Health care by region
  - Brampton, 332
- Hospitals - capacity
  - capital projects
    - development timelines, 1160
  - capital projects by region
    - Brampton, 1150–1151, 2763
  - by region
    - Brampton, 1159–1160, 2119, 2616–2617, 3316
- Hospitals - funding
  - allocation by region
    - Brampton, 1160, 3315
- Hospitals - funding by region
  - Brampton, 317, 2725, 3368
- Housing market
  - price appreciation, 2826
- Immigration policy
  - foreign credentials
    - recognition of
      - medical professionals, 747, 1184
- India
  - farmer protests, 570
- Indigenous relations - reconciliation
  - general remarks, 1131
- Islamophobia
  - government response to
    - general remarks, 1016
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2586, 2600, 2615–2618, 2620–2621, 2623
  - general remarks, 2618
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders
  - public response to, 270
- Legislative process
  - legislative agenda, 235–236, 271
- London, Ontario
  - attack in (June 6, 2021), 1016
- Long-term care - COVID-19
  - standards of care, 1551
- Long-term-care facilities
  - for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 706
- Members' statements
  - Automobile insurance, 2571
  - City of Brampton, 2161
  - Islamophobia, 1016
  - Sikh genocide, 570
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Premier, 291–292
- More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 2826, 2834
- Non-profit organizations
  - appreciation of, 1559–1560
  - volunteers
    - appreciation for, 1559–1560
- Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week Act, 2021 (Bill 9)
  - third reading, 1559–1560
- Opposition day motions
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 1159–1161
- Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 2707, 2714, 2735–2739, 2743
  - third reading, 3230, 3257–3262
- Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness
  - capacity
    - expansion plan
      - municipal funding, 2763
  - occupancy rates, 1160
- Private members' public business
  - COVID-19 immunization
    - responded to, 354–355
  - Ending Automobile Insurance Discrimination in the Greater Toronto Area Act, 2022 (Bill 103)
    - second reading, 3088
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 2721–2722
    - responded to, 2724–2725
  - Protecting Ontario's Religious Diversity Act, 2022 (Bill 89)
    - second reading, 2663–2664
  - Stopping Anti-Public Health Harassment Act, 2021 (Bill 3)
    - second reading, 721–722
- Protest convoys
  - provincial government response
    - timeline, 2586
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - businesses impacted by
    - trucking industry, 2586, 2615–2616
  - economic impact, 2600
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 706, 753–754
  - third reading, 1551
- Public sector compensation increase - cap on
  - general remarks, 604
- Question period
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 2676–2677, 3039
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 1087–1088, 1644–1645
  - Government's record
    - presented, 3368
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 2119, 2763, 3315–3316
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 1150–1151
  - Premier's comments
    - presented, 291–292
- Religious freedom, 2662–2663
- Religious symbols - Quebec restrictions on
  - as discrimination, 2663–2664
- Sewer and wastewater infrastructure - York region
  - Upper York Sewage Solutions project
    - ministerial assessment
      - decision-making restrictions, 270–271
- Sikh Genocide (1984), 570
- Sikh Genocide Awareness Week Act, 2021 (Bill 33)
  - first reading, 415
- Tax Relief at the Pumps Act, 2022 (Bill 111)
  - third reading, 3133, 3141, 3155
- Temporary employment agencies
  - licensing, 747
  - workers
    - protection for, 747
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 1131
- Time allocation motions
  - York Region Wastewater Act, 2021 (Bill 5)
    - responded to, 235–236
- Trucking industry
  - operational costs, 2615
- 2127023 Ontario Inc. Act, 2022 (Bill Pr70)
  - first reading, 3247
  - second reading, 3352
  - third reading, 3352
- Women
  - Persons Day, 235
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - stakeholder consultation, 1229
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 604, 616, 747–748
  - third reading, 1184, 1218–1219, 1229
- York Region Wastewater Act, 2021 (Bill 5)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 235–236
  - third reading, 270–272
  - Crown liability, 235, 271
  - general remarks, 271–272
  - legislative process
    - committee consultation, 235
Singh, S. (NDP, Brampton Centre)
- Anti-racism activities
  - general remarks, 2348
  - public education campaigns
    - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 2347–2348
- Auto insurance
  - commercial sector, regulation, 2463
- Auto insurance - rates
  - based on postal code, 870, 3088
  - commercial drivers, 1379–1380, 2463
  - during COVID-19, 39–40
  - general remarks, 3087–3088
  - rebates, 40
- Brampton Civic Hospital
  - capacity
    - designed capacity, 1163
    - occupancy rates, 1163
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - second reading, 867–871, 878
- Business - COVID-19, financial assistance
  - general remarks, 360–361
- Business - COVID-19, government response
  - small- and medium-sized business
    - general remarks, 1381
- Cancer
  - projection rates, 2343
- Cancer - treatment services
  - regional availability, 1163, 2342–2343, 2726
- Caregivers
  - essential caregivers, 2132
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario (CTCMPAO)
  - dissolution of
    - patient safety, impact on, 2373
  - practice barriers
    - language requirements, 2374, 2376
- Community housing
  - general remarks, 878
  - wait-lists
    - regional, 2801
- Condominium development
  - pre-construction sale agreements
    - price adjustment
      - consumer protection, 2509–2510
- Cost of living
  - general remarks, 2937
  - government strategy, 2938
- Court administration
  - case backlogs, 1380
- COVID-19
  - fatalities
    - general remarks, 1348, 3032–3033
- COVID-19 - government response
  - funding
    - allocation timelines, 39
  - government communications, 3235–3236
  - public health measures
    - general remarks, 3034
- COVID-19 - prevention
  - masking mandates, termination of
    - general remarks, 3034
- COVID-19 - transmission
  - infection rates
    - by region, 15, 38
- COVID-19 - treatment
  - antivirals
    - Paxlovid, 2886
- COVID-19 - vaccination
  - government strategy
    - and equity, 15, 39
  - medical exemptions
    - rate of, 79
  - regional allocations, 15, 38
- COVID-19 - vaccination passports and certificates
  - termination date, 1348
- Developmental disabilities, persons with
  - housing arrangements
    - consultation, 1487
- Education - COVID-19, in-school learning
  - vaccination policies
    - staff, 1347
- Employment - COVID-19
  - sick days
    - COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit program
      - termination date, 1347–1348
    - general remarks, 15, 39
- Employment standards
  - app-based gig workers
    - general remarks, 2376
  - worker misclassification, 2373
- Employment standards - annual leave days
  - sick days
    - paid, 1118–1119
    - workplace demographics, 1119
  - statements by stakeholders, 1119
- Employment standards - minimum wage
  - $15/hour
    - general remarks, 869
  - and cost of living, 1348–1349, 2937
- Food security
  - food banks
    - usage rates, 888
- Freedom of religion
  - government strategy, 1388
  - public education campaign, 1388
- French-language debates
  - Loi de 2021 visant à offrir davantage de soins, à protéger les personnes âgées et à ouvrir plus de lits, projet de loi 37
    - troisième lecture, 1488
- Gender-based violence
  - general remarks, 1465
- Government notices of motion
  - Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight
    - responded to, 15, 38–40
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2018)
    - emergency preparedness, 1502
    - health policy
      - general remarks, 2938
  - PC (2018-present)
    - insurance rates, 835
- Government services
  - digital delivery
    - accessibility of, 1378
- Harvey and Gurvir's Law (Providing Information about Down Syndrome to Expectant Parents, Regulated Health Professionals and the Public), 2022 (Bill 101)
  - first reading, 2346–2347
- Hate and hate-related activities
  - general remarks, 2347–2348
- Health care funding
  - Peel Region, 868–869, 871
  - per capita
    - vs. other provinces, 2938
  - per capita by region
    - Brampton, 1163
  - reports
    - 2020-2021 Interprovincial Comparison (FAO), 2938
- Health care services
  - treatment devices
    - radiation therapy machines
      - regional allocation, 2343
- Health care workers
  - vaccination policies
    - mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, 1347
- Health policy
  - general remarks, 2938–2939
- Highway 413
  - cost of, 867
  - impact on traffic congestion, 867–868
- Home and community care
  - government funding, 2132
- Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)
  - administrative penalties and fines, 2801
  - complaints filed, 2509
    - resolution of, 2801
  - oversight mechanisms, 2801
  - preconstruction sale agreements
    - price adjustment penalties
      - enforcement, 2509
- Home ownership
  - affordability, 2800, 2810
- Homelessness
  - services
    - Homeless Peel Health, 3031
- Hospitality industry - COVID-19
  - government response
    - general remarks, 361
- Hospitals - capacity
  - capital projects by region
    - Brampton, 822–823, 1162–1164, 1380–1381, 1407
  - by region
    - Brampton, 1162–1164, 1380–1381, 3236
- Hospitals - COVID-19
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog
      - due to staffing shortages, 3236–3237
      - general remarks, 3236
      - impact on wait times, 3236
- Hospitals - funding by region
  - Peel, 870
- Hospitals - services
  - cardiac and stroke events
    - treatment centres, 1406–1407
- Housing - affordable
  - development of, 2453, 2508, 2887
  - funding sources
    - provincial, 2802
  - policy development, 2801
  - regional supply, 1382, 2453
- Housing market
  - impact of foreign buyers on, 2802
  - prices, 2800
    - general remarks, 1382, 2508
    - labour recruitment, impact on, 2509
  - by region
    - Brampton, 2800
- Housing supply
  - format diversity, 2802–2803, 2820
- Indigenous communities - health
  - elder care
    - community availability, 1487
    - long-term care
      - culturally-appropriate care, 1487
      - facility development, 1487
- Indigenous relations
  - possessive pronouns, use of, 2348
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 2347–2348
- Intimate partner violence
  - public education campaigns
    - Break the Silence, 1465
    - international signal for help, 1465
- Land use planning
  - municipal approvals
    - application fees, refund of, 2799
- Land use planning - development charges
  - municipalities, 2800
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders
  - consultation process, 1382
- Legislative procedure
  - prorogation
    - impact on legislative business, 15
- Legislative process
  - legislative agenda, 1381
- Long-term care
  - caregiver access, 1486
  - palliative care
    - definition of, 1483–1484
    - general remarks, 1359
    - staff training, 1484
  - resident profiles
    - non-senior residents, 1486–1487
  - Residents' Bill of Rights, 709–710, 1483–1484
  - spousal unification, 1483, 2977
- Long-term care - accountability and oversight
  - facility inspections
    - complaint-based, 1486
    - reports, 2816
  - general remarks, 1485–1486
  - statements by stakeholders, 2816
  - violations
    - penalties, 708, 712
      - enforcement, 1461, 1485–1486, 1494
      - fines, 460–461, 520
      - fines, payment of, 1486
  - whistleblower protections, 1485–1486
- Long-term care - administration
  - licensing
    - renewal contracts
      - for-profit providers, 461–462, 1359, 1483, 1490
- Long-term care - COVID-19
  - fatalities
    - private vs. public facilities, 461, 1483, 1488
    - residents, 360, 520
  - military support
    - report findings, 359, 462
- Long-term care - facilities by site
  - Altamont Care Community, 461–462
  - Eatonville Care Centre, 520
  - Hawthorne Place Care, 520
  - Woodbridge Vista Care Community, 461–462
- Long-term care facilities - COVID-19
  - Patient Ombudsman report (2022)
    - government response to, 2413
    - patient health and well being, 2413
- Long-term care facilities - operators
  - for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 2817, 2885
  - real estate transactions, 2885
- Long-term care - public vs. private
  - general remarks, 521, 1125
  - relative market share, 359, 1359, 1489
  - statements by stakeholders, 521–522
- Long-term care - reform
  - consultation, 1482
  - general remarks, 1358–1359, 1481–1482, 1487–1489
  - statements by stakeholders, 1485
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - bed development and redevelopment
    - general remarks, 461, 707
    - public vs. private allocation, 360, 461–462, 520–522, 1483, 1489–1490
- Long-term care - staff
  - compensation
    - impact on retention, 1485
  - employment models
    - full-time equivalency, 1484–1485
  - training and development
    - cognitive and intellectual disabilities, 1359
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - average hours of care
    - staffing requirements, 710
  - care plans
    - culturally-appropriate care, 1483–1487
    - sexuality and gender-appropriate care, 1359–1360
    - violent and sexual behaviours, 1359–1360
  - hours of care
    - allied health professionals, 1359
    - data collection, 1485
    - definition of, 1360, 1484–1485
    - general remarks, 1358–1359
    - staffing requirements, 1125, 1484
  - hydration and nutrition, 711, 1468, 1484
  - language of care, 1488
  - quality care centres
    - independence of, 1488
    - stakeholder consultation, 1488
- Long-term-care facilities
  - for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 714
- Members' statements
  - Affordable housing, 2453
  - Domestic violence, 1465
  - Food banks, 888
  - Front-line workers, 359
  - Homeless Health Peel, 3031
  - International Women's Day, 2012
- Members/Ministers of Provincial Parliament (MPP)
  - COVID-19 vaccination
    - medical exemptions, 79
- Members/ministers quoting
  - letters
    - housing development, 2800
- Mental health and addictions
  - fatalities by region
    - Brampton, 1163
- Mental health and addictions services
  - cost of
    - affordability, 2840–2841
- Mental health and addictions services - children and youth
  - access to, 3034
  - OHIP coverage, 3035
  - service capacity
    - wait times, 1162–1163
    - wait-lists, 2841
  - waitlists
    - statements by stakeholders, 3035
- Mental health and addictions services - funding, children and youth
  - general remarks, 3035
- Mines and mining
  - Indigenous consultation and consent
    - general remarks, 1383
- More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 2799–2803, 2810, 2820
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - election platform (2021-2022)
    - employment standards, 1348–1349
- Occupational health and safety
  - naloxone kits
    - mandatory businesses, 2374
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 836, 1380
- Ontario Drug Benefit Program
  - take-home cancer drugs
    - general remarks, 2841–2842
- Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
  - health cards
    - renewal requirements
      - identification document eligibility, 1382–1383
  - service eligibility
    - mental health services, 2840–2841
- Opposition day motions
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 835–836
  - Home care
    - responded to, 2131–2132
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 1162–1164
- Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 2739–2744, 2747, 2750
- Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness
  - capacity
    - designed capacity, 1163
    - expansion plan
      - municipal funding, 1163–1164
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - compensation
    - wages, 710–711
- Petitions
  - Optometry services, 89, 830
- Private members' public business
  - Ending Automobile Insurance Discrimination in the Greater Toronto Area Act, 2022 (Bill 103)
    - second reading, 3087–3088
  - Health care funding
    - responded to, 2725–2726
  - Ontario Religious Freedom Day Act, 2021 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1388–1389
  - Seniors' health services
    - responded to, 2816–2817
  - Stay Home If You Are Sick Act, 2021 (Bill 8)
    - second reading, 1118–1119
  - Time to Care Act (Long-Term Care Homes Amendment, Minimum Standard of Daily Care), 2021 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 1125
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 707–715
  - third reading, 1461–1462, 1481–1490, 1494, 1502
  - committee process, 1358, 1482–1483
  - preamble
    - "mission-driven organizations," 1359, 1483, 1489
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - health care workers, 359, 1381, 2938
  - impact on worker retention, 1381
- Public sector compensation increase - cap on
  - health care workers, 835
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 2508–2509
  - Cancer treatment
    - presented, 2342–2343, 2841–2842
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 2509–2510
  - Cost of living
    - presented, 2937–2938
  - COVID-19 immunization
    - presented, 79
  - COVID-19 response
    - presented, 1347–1348, 3033–3034, 3235–3237
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 2938–2939
  - Hospital funding
    - presented, 823–824
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 1406–1407
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 359–360, 460–462, 520–522, 1468, 2413, 2885
  - Mental health and addiction services
    - presented, 2840–2841
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 3034–3035
  - Minimum wage
    - presented, 1348–1349
  - Prescription drugs
    - presented, 2886
  - Small business
    - presented, 360–361
  - Trucking industry
    - presented, 2462–2463
- Rental housing
  - cost of, 2937
  - supply, 2802–2803
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly
    - Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37), 1358–1360
- Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight
  - appearances before committee
    - calls to appear, 39
    - by role
      - Premier, 38
  - dissolution and reconstitution, 15, 38
  - transparency and accountability, 15, 38–40
- Sewer and wastewater infrastructure - York region
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 104
- Small Business Support Grant
  - eligibility
    - general remarks, 1379
  - general remarks, 835
  - rounds of funding, 360–361, 1381
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - third reading, 1378–1383
  - general remarks, 1379
- Taxi industry
  - insurance rates, 1379–1380
- Tourism industry - COVID-19
  - government response
    - general remarks, 361
    - tourism tax credit, 361
- Trucking industry
  - and COVID-19
    - general remarks, 2462–2463
- Women
  - public education campaigns
    - International Women's Day, 2012
- Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88)
  - second reading, 2367–2368, 2372–2376, 2379, 2383
  - Schedule 5
    - withdrawal of, 2373
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - deeming policy, 2367–2368, 2379
- York Region Wastewater Act, 2021 (Bill 5)
  - second reading, 104
Skelly, D. (PC, Flamborough—Glanbrook)
- Appreciation
  - Glamour Gals McMaster, 334
- Armenian community
  - public education campaigns - cultural
    - Armenian Heritage Month, 2880
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 2497
  - northern and rural Ontario, 2494
- Broadband services
  - regional availability, 545
- Business
  - corporate governance
    - virtual proceedings, 540
  - Ontario Business Registry
    - general remarks, 540
- Business - COVID-19, financial assistance
  - small and medium-sized, 243
- Business - COVID-19, government response
  - digital main street program, 243
- Business investment
  - government strategy, 3240
- Child care - federal-provincial cost agreement
  - general remarks, 2635
- Civil forfeiture
  - conditions of
    - "injury to the public," definition of, 2551
    - property used in unlawful activity, 2551
  - legislative reform, 2551
- Community housing
  - development, 542
- Condominium Authority Ontario (CAO)
  - jurisdiction
    - nuisance disputes, 540, 542–543
- Court administration
  - bail system
    - online hearings, 486, 545
  - justices of the peace
    - recruitment, 1172
  - provincial offences, 1172
  - reform, 491, 540
- COVID-19 - vaccination
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 243–244
- Driver's licences
  - renewal
    - restrictions
      - unpaid fines, 2552
- Education - COVID-19, in-school learning
  - infection control, 244
- Education - curriculum
  - Indigenous content
    - general remarks, 25
- Electrical Safety Authority (ESA)
  - illegal operations
    - public education and awareness, 540
- Employment
  - labour shortage, 660
  - non-compete agreements
    - ban on, 660, 662
    - general remarks, 408
  - work-life balance, 408
- Employment - COVID-19
  - remote work environments, 408
- Employment services
  - reform
    - integration of services, 541
  - training and education
    - Second Career program
      - basic living support rate, 541
- Employment standards
  - disconnecting from work, 659
- Energy generation - government strategy
  - hydrogen strategy
    - general remarks, 79–80
- Energy rates
  - general remarks, 1340
- Food prices
  - general remarks, 2553
  - supply chain, 2553
- Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (Bill 93)
  - second reading, 2494, 2497
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2018)
    - general remarks, 649
  - PC (2018-present)
    - economic policy
      - regulatory environment, 542
- Government services
  - digital delivery
    - general remarks, 540
- Gun control
  - federal jurisdiction, 1625
- Gun violence
  - government strategy, funding for, 1625
  - gun and gang safety
    - government funding, 1625
- Health care services
  - diagnostic imaging
    - CT scans
      - new machine approval, 539
- Homelessness
  - government response, 3321
- Horse industry
  - labour shortage
    - government funding, 2401
- Housing development
  - approval timelines
    - cost absorption, 538
- Housing market
  - prices
    - general remarks, 2763
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - Canadian experience, 660
  - language proficiency, 660
- Immigration policy
  - foreign credentials
    - recognition of, 660
- Indigenous communities - education
  - support programs
    - general remarks, 25
- Indigenous relations - Truth and Reconciliation
  - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
    - general remarks, 25
- Innovation and technology industry
  - worker compensation
    - vs. other jurisdictions, 408
- International border crossings
  - economic impact, 2552
  - jurisdiction over, 2553–2554
- International border crossings - protest restrictions
  - as economic policy, 2553
  - penalties
    - imprisonment and/or fines
      - maximum rates
        
        corporate directors/officers, 2551–2552, 2554
        
        corporations, 2551–2552, 2554
        
        individuals, 2551–2552, 2554
    - obstructions, removal and storage
      - general remarks, 2553
      - holding period, 2551
- Justice - administration of
  - certified evidence reforms, 1172
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2532, 2545, 2549–2554, 2623
  - Indigenous communities
    - impact on, 2532, 2545
  - general remarks, 2553–2554
  - scope of, 2532
- Land use planning
  - environmental regulations
    - consolidated approvals, 539
  - municipal approvals
    - committee and council delegation, 432, 1373
  - urban boundary expansion, 2762
- Legions
  - poppy campaigns
    - right to wear, 622
    - wearing of, workplace, 621
- Legislative procedure
  - regulations
    - vs. legislation, 542
- Long-term care - COVID-19
  - fatalities
    - residents, 790
- Long-term care - staff
  - recruitment and retention
    - training and development, impact of, 631
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - average hours of care, 802
  - hours of care
    - general remarks, 631
- Manufacturing industry
  - decline and recovery, 3240
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 3240
- Manufacturing industry - automotive sector
  - goverment strategy
    - general remarks, 2578
  - government strategy, 2412, 2887–2888
  - investment agreements
    - general remarks, 2578
- Members' statements
  - Armenian Heritage Month, 2880
  - Glamour Gals McMaster, 334
  - Grey Cup, 759
  - Horse industry workers, 2401
  - Prescription drugs, 147–148
- Mines and mining
  - general remarks, 486
- Municipal finances
  - loan agreements
    - Canada Infrastructure Bank, 541
- Municipal finances - COVID-19
  - Safe Restart Agreement
    - program allocation, 1172
- Nurses
  - training and education
    - Ontario Learn and Stay Grant, 3204
- Occupational health and safety
  - naloxone kits
    - mandatory businesses, 2394–2395
- Occupational training programs
  - government funding
    - Ontario Bridge Training Program (OBTP), 661
- Ontario Drug Benefit Program
  - exceptional access
    - Trikafta, 147–148
- Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
  - commissioners, 540
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - jurisdiction, 2549
- Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 2729, 2734, 2747
  - third reading, 3204, 3214
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  - inventory development, 3112–3113
- Police services
  - criminal and judicial matters checks
    - processing fees
      - volunteers, 541
- Private members' public business
  - Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week Act, 2021 (Bill 9)
    - second reading, 443–444
  - Protecting Vulnerable Road Users Act, 2021 (Bill 54)
    - second reading, 1172
  - Stopping Illegal Handgun Smuggling Act, 2021 (Bill 52)
    - second reading, 1625
- Protest convoys
  - police response
    - general remarks, 2553–2554
  - provincial government response
    - timeline, 2554
  - provincial state of emergency
    - general remarks, 2551
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - businesses impacted by
    - auto manufacturing, 2550–2551
    - steel manufacturing, 2550–2551
    - trucking industry, 2623
  - cross-border nurses, impact on, 2552
  - economic impact, 2551–2552
  - government response to
    - general remarks, 2551
    - timeline, 2554
  - secondary impacts
    - Peace Bridge (Fort Erie), 2552
  - statements by stakeholders, 2552
  - supply chains, impact on
    - food, 2623
    - general remarks, 2550–2552
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 749, 753, 756, 789–790, 797–798, 802, 805
- Public education campaigns - community
  - Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week, 443–444
- Public safety
  - government strategy, 1625
- Question period
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 2412, 2578, 2887–2888
  - Child care
    - presented, 2635
  - Green power generation
    - presented, 79–80
  - Housing
    - presented, 2762–2763, 3321
  - Indigenous education
    - presented, 25
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 631
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 3240
  - Personal protective equipment
    - presented, 3112–3113
  - Protection for workers
    - presented, 408
- Regulations - business
  - compliance costs, 539
  - general remarks, 539
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 539–540
  - reduction
    - as economic policy, 540
- Remembrance Week Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 38)
  - second reading, 621–623
- Reports by committees
  - Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight, 2947–2948
- Restaurants
  - patio service
    - licence extensions, 540
- Skilled trades
  - recruitment and retention
    - shortage, 548
- Sporting events
  - football
    - Grey Cup (2021), 759
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 432, 482, 486, 491, 538–543, 545, 548, 556
  - third reading, 1340, 1372–1373
- Supportive housing
  - providers
    - Indwell, 542
- Temporary employment agencies
  - licensing
    - general remarks, 662
    - non-compliance
      - penalties
        
        general remarks, 661–662
  - stakeholder consultations, 662
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 243–245, 456, 1136
- Tributes
  - Smith, Dr. Stuart Lyon (former member for Hamilton West), 1955
- Veterans - commemoration
  - Remembrance Day, 622–623
- Veterinary services
  - facility services
    - species accreditation, 541
  - specializations
    - large breeds, 541
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - statements by stakeholders, 663
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 649, 659–663
- Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88)
  - second reading, 2394–2395, 2422, 2425–2426, 2428–2432
  - third reading, 2957–2959
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - compensation claims
    - general remarks, 661
  - employer premiums
    - reduction in, 661
      - statements by stakeholders, 661, 663
  - surplus funds
    - employer return
      - eligibility, 661
      - general remarks, 663
Smith, D. (PC, Peterborough—Kawartha)
- Algoma Steel
  - economic impact, 1257
  - electric arc furnace, 1257
- Appreciation
  - Jones, Jim, 3234
  - Kinsmen Club of Peterborough, 2010–2011
  - Minnema, Steve, 888
  - Moher, Karl, 3234
  - van Koeverden, Joe, 1185
  - Wickham, David, 888
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - delivery model
    - general remarks, 2311, 3168
  - government strategy, 2312
- Broadband infrastructure development - government funding
  - federal, 2312
- Broadband services
  - and COVID-19, 2308
  - technological change
    - general remarks, 2307
- Broadband services - access to
  - geographic variation, 2307, 2312
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - second reading, 908, 912, 915, 920, 924–927
  - third reading, 1575, 1613
- Business
  - Ontario Business Registry
    - digital filings, 1375
- Business - COVID-19, government response
  - general remarks, 1378
- Carbon tax
  - fuel prices, impact on, 3016–3017
- Charities and non-profit organizations
  - registration process, 1375
- Child protection system - Indigenous families
  - prevention services
    - general remarks, 1869
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 2990–2991
- Court administration
  - order of precedence at the bar, 1378
- COVID-19 - economic recovery
  - government strategy, 1962
- COVID-19 - vaccination passports and certificates
  - verification app, 1378
- Digital and Data Strategy
  - general remarks, 1585
- Education - COVID-19, online learning
  - internet access, availability of, 2307–2308
- Electric vehicles
  - government funding, 1729
  - operational challenges
    - in northern climates, 3018
- Emergency first responders
  - appreciation for, 1677
  - occupational health and safety
    - general remarks, 1753
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 1824–1825, 1843–1845, 1869, 1872
  - third reading, 2034, 2039
- Food prices
  - cost drivers
    - fuel prices, 3017
- French-language debates
  - Loi de 2021 visant à oeuvrer pour les travailleurs, projet de loi 27
    - troisième lecture, 1235
- Frolander Island Resort (2003) Ltd. Act, 2022 (Bill Pr67)
  - first reading, 2226
  - second reading, 2648
  - third reading, 2648
- Fuel prices
  - general remarks, 3017
  - regional variation, 3017
- Fuel prices - taxation
  - rate reduction
    - general remarks, 3005, 3018–3020
    - goods and services, impact on cost, 3017–3018
    - projected savings, 3018–3019
- Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (Bill 93)
  - second reading, 2306–2309, 2311–2312
  - third reading, 3168
- Government finances
  - revenue generation
    - general remarks, 3019–3020
  - transparency and accountability
    - budgets, presentation deadline
      - budget 2022, 1844
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2018)
    - employment policy, 1221
- Government services
  - digital administration
    - general remarks, 1374–1375
  - digital delivery
    - business services
      - single-window access point, 1872
    - general remarks, 1374–1375, 1377, 1844
  - service standards
    - customer service guarantees
      - general remarks, 1844
  - user experience, 1844
- Government supply chain
  - domestic procurement
    - Building Ontario Business initiative (BOBI)
      - general remarks, 2034
- Health care workers
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 2942
- Hospitals - capacity
  - capital projects
    - general remarks, 2941
- Housing development
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 1354, 1845
- Hungarian community
  - appreciation of, 1716
  - history of, 1716
  - immigration, 1717
  - public education campaigns - cultural
    - Hungarian Heritage Month, 1716
- Immigration policy
  - foreign credentials
    - recognition of
      - medical professionals
        
        statements by stakeholders, 1225
- Infrastructure - highways and roads
  - general remarks, 3012
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
  - broadband infrastructure development
    - procurement processes
      - reverse auctions, 2308–2309, 2311
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - third reading, 3272, 3283
- Land use planning
  - municipal approvals
    - general remarks, 1354
- Licence plates
  - validation stickers
    - annual renewal fees
      - general remarks, 1824–1825, 1843
    - annual renewal fees exemption
      - general remarks, 1825, 1845
- Long-term care
  - government strategy, 912
- Long-term care - sector capacity
  - bed development and redevelopment
    - public vs. private allocation, 1490, 1506
- Manufacturing - employment
  - general remarks, 3019
- Manufacturing industry - automotive sector
  - government strategy, 1730
  - investment agreements
    - economic impact, 3019
- Members' statements
  - Jones, Jim, 3234
  - Kinsmen Club of Peterborough, 2010–2011
  - Lacrosse championships, 1687–1688
  - Minnema, Steve, 888
  - Moher, Karl, 3234
  - Peterborough Police Service facility dog, 1827
  - van Koeverden, Joe, 1185
  - Whetung, Murray, 997
  - Wickham, David, 888
- Members'/ministers' personal narrative, 1677, 1760, 1843, 2306
- Members/ministers quoting
  - songs
    - Courage (For Hugh Maclennan) (Tragically Hip), 3016
- Military
  - Canadian campaigns
    - Afghanistan
      - fatalities, 1754
- Military cadets
  - awards
    - volunteerism and citizenship, 997
- Mines and mining
  - activity permits
    - exploration vs. mining permits, 819
  - claim registrations
    - impact on commodity prices, 819
  - Critical Minerals Strategy
    - for electric vehicle production, 2987
    - general remarks, 924–925, 1575, 2039
    - mine waste and tailings
      - reprocessing of, 1376–1377, 1383, 1423–1424
  - Indigenous consultation and consent
    - general remarks, 1025
    - mining permits, 820, 895
- Municipal finances
  - infrastructure funding
    - Northern Ontario Resource Development Support Fund, 1407–1408
- Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2021 (Bill 61)
  - first reading, 1415–1416
- Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF)
  - amount, 915
- Ontario One Call
  - underground infrastructure
    - regulations compliance, 2308
- Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Bill 106)
  - third reading, 3261
- Peterborough Police Service
  - victim services canine unit
    - appreciation for, 1827
- Petitions
  - Economic recovery, 962, 2024
  - Personal protective equipment, 962
- Police officers
  - First Nations and Municipal
    - Queen's commission, eligibility for, 3339
- Police Services Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 78)
  - third reading, 3339
- Police services - community relations
  - general remarks, 3339
- Policy development
  - and Indigenous communities
    - duty to consult, 926
- Private members' public business
  - Hungarian Heritage Month Act, 2022 (Bill 50)
    - second reading, 1716–1717
  - Lifejackets for Life Act, 2022 (Bill 76)
    - second reading, 1759–1760
  - Provincial Day of Service Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
    - second reading, 1677
  - Rent Stabilization Act, 2021 (Bill 23)
    - second reading, 1243–1244
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - supply chains, impact on
    - food, 3283
    - general remarks, 3272
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - third reading, 1490, 1506, 1520
- Provincial Day of Service Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
  - third reading, 1753–1754
- Public education campaigns, national/historical
  - Provincial Day of Service, 1677
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 1354
  - Automotive industry
    - presented, 1729–1730
  - Electronic service delivery
    - presented, 1585
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 2941–2942
  - Indigenous affairs
    - responded to, 819–820, 895, 1025
  - Mining industry
    - responded to, 1020
  - Northern economy
    - responded to, 1257
  - Northern Ontario development
    - responded to, 1407–1408
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 1962
  - Sports funding
    - presented, 2340
  - Treaties recognition
    - responded to, 1698
- Regulations
  - general remarks, 1824
- Regulations - business
  - general remarks, 3018
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 1824
  - reduction
    - general remarks, 3018
- Renewable energy contracts
  - general remarks, 1845
- Rental housing - development
  - general remarks, 1845
- Rental housing - short-term
  - Airbnb, 1243
- Rental housing supply
  - government strategy, 1244
  - purpose-built, 1243
- Restaurants
  - patio service
    - licence extensions, 1375–1376
- Ring of Fire development
  - electric battery production
    - role in, 1020
  - Indigenous participation
    - general remarks, 1020, 1698
- Road safety
  - automated speed enforcement, 1376
- September 11, 2001 attacks
  - emergency first responders, 1677, 1753
  - fatalities, Canadians, 1753
  - general remarks, 1753
- Service clubs
  - local fundraising, 2010–2011
- ServiceOntario
  - in-person services, 1377
- Skilled trades
  - recruitment and retention, 908
- Small Business Support Grant
  - general remarks, 1377
- Sporting events
  - lacrosse, 1687–1688
- Sports and recreation
  - COVID-19
    - economic impact, 2340
  - women in sports
    - underrepresentation, 2340
- Sports teams
  - regional
    - Peterborough, 1687–1688
- Steel industry
  - emissions
    - electric arc technology, 1257
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - third reading, 1374–1378, 1383, 1423–1424
- Tax Relief at the Pumps Act, 2022 (Bill 111)
  - second reading, 2987, 2990–2991, 3005, 3012, 3016–3020
- Taxation
  - government strategy, 3017
- Total Pest Management Services Ltd. Act, 2021 (Bill Pr57)
  - first reading, 1198
  - second reading, 1711
  - third reading, 1711
- Tributes
  - Whetung, Murray, 997
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - statements by stakeholders, 1241
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - third reading, 1221, 1224–1225, 1241
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - surplus funds
    - employer return
      - general remarks, 1962
Smith, Hon. T. (PC, Bay of Quinte)
- Electric vehicle infrastructure
  - charging stations
    - installation contracts, 1409, 1412
    - locations, 1409, 1411–1412
- Electric vehicles
  - environmental impact, 1412
  - sale rates
    - general remarks, 1409
    - impact of hydro rates, 1409
- Electricity rates
  - government strategy, 3361
- Energy consumption
  - consumption data
    - Green Button program
      - general remarks, 1004–1005, 1007, 1338–1339
      - statements by stakeholders, 1339
    - sub-metering
      - consultations, 1338
      - multi-unit residences, 1338
      - statements by stakeholders, 1338
- Energy policy
  - clean energy, 2641
  - Clean Energy Credit (CEC) Registry, 2641
- Energy rates
  - commercial and industrial consumers
    - economic impact, 1337
  - general remarks, 1196, 1340, 1374, 2070–2071
  - mitigation programs
    - as economic strategy, 1007
    - general remarks, 2071
    - Ontario Electricity Rebate, 1004, 1007, 1337
  - regulated price plan
    - adjustment periods, 1337–1338
    - time-of-use (TOU) vs. tiered, 1337
- Energy rates - COVID-19
  - regulated price plan
    - rate freeze, 1338
  - relief funding, 1004
- Energy transmission
  - environmental impact, 1027, 1089, 1196
  - source mix
    - general remarks, 1027, 1196
    - nuclear, 1089, 1693, 1698
- Expenditure estimates
  - review of
    - general remarks, 2191
- Government orders
  - Legislative reform
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 2188–2191
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2018)
    - legislative process
      - private member's public business, 2189–2190
  - PC (2018-present)
    - energy policy
      - general remarks, 2071
- Legislative procedure - daily routine
  - introduction of visitors, 2190
  - members' statements, 2190
- Legislative procedure - debate
  - speeches
    - question-and-answer period, 2190
- Legislative procedure - motions
  - take-note debates
    - general remarks, 2190
- Legislative procedure - private members' public business
  - scheduling
    - weekly time slots, 2190
- Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
  - general remarks, 2189
  - reform (2019), 2190
  - reform (2021), 2191
  - reforms, historically, 2189
- Legislative procedure - voting
  - deferral slips, 2191
- Legislative process
  - general remarks, 2191
- Medical isotopes
  - production
    - global market, 1089
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 2073
- Members'/ministers' personal narrative, 2189
- Nuclear energy
  - small modular reactors
    - government strategy, 3185
- Nuclear energy industry
  - economic impact, 3185
- Nuclear generating facilities
  - refurbishment projects, 1089
- Nuclear industry
  - economic impact, 1089, 1693, 1699
  - small modular reactors (SMRs)
    - general remarks, 1089
    - partnership agreements, 1693, 1698–1699
- Question period
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 1027
  - Electric supply
    - responded to, 1698–1699
  - Electric vehicles
    - responded to, 1409, 1411–1412
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 1007
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 1089
  - Government's record
    - responded to, 3361
  - Green power generation
    - responded to, 1196
  - Greenhouse gas emissions
    - responded to, 2641
  - Hydro rates
    - responded to, 1004–1005, 2070–2071
  - Nuclear energy
    - responded to, 1693, 3185
- Renewable energy contracts
  - cancellation of, 2071
  - cost of, 1340
  - financing for, 1340
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - third reading, 1337–1340, 1374
Stevens, J. (NDP, St. Catharines)
- Armenia
  - genocide (1915), 2651
  - history of, 2651
- Armenian community
  - appreciation of, 2651
  - cultural centres, 2651–2652
  - history of, 2651–2652
  - notable members, 2652
  - public education campaigns - cultural
    - Armenian Heritage Month, 2651
  - Republic Day, 2651
- Armenian Heritage Month Act, 2022 (Bill 105)
  - second reading, 2650–2653
- Autism services
  - service capacity
    - treatment wait-lists, 773
- Autism services - government funding
  - disbursement, 772–773
- Broadband services - access to
  - northern and rural Ontario, 2296
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - third reading, 1574–1575
- Business - COVID-19, financial assistance
  - administration of, 1109
  - Auditor General's annual report (2021), 1575
- Child care - federal-provincial cost agreement
  - negotiation, 1108
- Child care - spaces
  - sector capacity, 1020–1021
- Child care - staff
  - compensation
    - wages, 1020
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 3144–3145
- COVID-19 - government response
  - general remarks, 1107
  - government communications, 1107
- COVID-19 - vaccination
  - third dose
    - regional capacity, 1699
- Driver examination centres
  - booking system, 343
  - temporary
    - staffing, 343
    - tests offered, 343
- Early Childhood Educators (ECEs)
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 1108
- Emergency management
  - Auditor General recommendations 2017, 2717
- Employment standards - annual leave days
  - sick days
    - paid, 2716
- Employment standards - minimum wage
  - general remarks, 1221
- Energy rates
  - general remarks, 2265
- Environmental protection
  - general remarks, 2754
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - second reading, 1816
- First responders
  - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    - community-based supports, 682
- Fuel prices
  - general remarks, 2265
  - regulation of
    - gasoline, 2265
- Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (Bill 93)
  - second reading, 2293, 2296
- Government finances
  - transparency and accountability
    - budgets, presentation deadline
      - budget 2022, 1816
- Government orders
  - Extension of emergency orders
    - responded to, 1107–1109
- Government procurement - supply chain management
  - group purchasing organizations
    - accountability and oversight, 2717
- Health care workers
  - recruitment and retention
    - general remarks, 1083
- Home and community care
  - quality of care
    - general remarks, 1109
- Home and community care - public vs. private delivery models
  - staff working conditions, 1109
- Housing
  - affordability
    - policy development, 2293
- Housing - affordable
  - by region
    - Niagara, 592
    - St. Catherines, 2562
  - task force
    - membership, 2270
    - membership and representation, 2794
- Housing market
  - prices
    - general remarks, 2269
- Housing policy
  - government strategy, 2782
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2586, 2596
- Legions
  - general remarks, 761
  - poppy campaigns, 619–620
- Long-term care - accountability and oversight
  - facility inspections, 803, 806
  - violations
    - penalties, 793
      - fines, 803
- Long-term care - COVID-19
  - government response
    - general remarks, 1107–1108
- Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act (Preference for Veterans), 2021 (Bill 73)
  - first reading, 1654
- Long-term care - reform
  - implementation timeline, 1578–1579
- Long-term care - staff
  - recruitment and retention
    - in other jurisdictions, 1126
  - working conditions, 2639
- Long-term care - standards of care, 2717
  - average hours of care
    - government funding, 2639
  - hours of care
    - implementation timeline, 1126
  - hygiene and personal care, 1125
  - minimum hours of care, 2703
  - staff ratios, 1125
- Long-term-care facilities
  - for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 706, 803
- Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19
  - military support
    - general remarks, 804
- Members' statements
  - Energy rates, 2265
  - Environmental protection, 2754
  - Health care workers, 1083
  - Long-term care, 1578–1579
  - Ontario budget, 3233
  - Optometry services, 334–335
  - Social assistance, 1827
  - Valhalla Project Niagara, 682
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3151
- Military
  - Canadian campaigns
    - Afghanistan, 1676
- Military personnel
  - Highway of Heroes, 1676
- More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109)
  - second reading, 2781–2782, 2793–2794
- Nurses
  - recruitment and retention
    - impact of compensation, 1083
- Occupational health and safety
  - injured workers, 677
  - occupational diseases
    - Occupational Disease Reform Alliance, 577
- Ontario Autism Program (2021)
  - implementation timeline, 772–773
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 1827
- Opposition day motions
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 592
  - Home care
    - responded to, 2143
- Optometry and optometrists
  - OHIP-covered services
    - reimbursement rate
      - negotiations, 334–335
- Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Bill 106)
  - second reading, 2703, 2715–2719, 2734–2735
- Pay equity
  - by sector
    - health care, 3189–3190
- Perscription drugs
  - production of
    - in Ontario, 1835
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  - production
    - in Ontario, 2715
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - compensation
    - wages, 2716
- Petitions
  - Injured workers, 2128
  - Long-term care, 37
  - Optometry services, 37–38
  - Post-stroke treatment, 2770
- Pharmaceutical industry
  - group purchasing organizations
    - accountability and oversight, 1835
- Private members' public business
  - Provincial Day of Service Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
    - second reading, 1676–1677
  - Time to Care Act (Long-Term Care Homes Amendment, Minimum Standard of Daily Care), 2021 (Bill 14)
    - second reading, 1125–1126
  - Veterans
    - presented, 1993–1994
    - responded to, 1998–1999
- Protest convoys
  - provincial government response
    - general remarks, 2596
    - timeline, 2586
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - businesses impacted by
    - general remarks, 2586
  - secondary impacts
    - Peace Bridge (Fort Erie), 2586
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 706, 714, 793, 797, 802–806
  - third reading, 1548
- Public education campaigns, national/historical
  - Provincial Day of Service, 1676
- Question period
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 772–773
  - Child care
    - presented, 1020–1021
  - COVID-19 immunization
    - presented, 1699
  - Driver examination centres
    - presented, 343
  - Housing
    - presented, 2269–2270
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 2639
  - Pay equity
    - presented, 3189–3190
  - Pharmaceutical industry
    - presented, 1835
  - Small business
    - presented, 1650
  - Tenant protection
    - presented, 253
  - Veterans
    - presented, 634
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 577
- Remembrance Week Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 38)
  - second reading, 619–621
- Rental housing
  - cost of, 2270
  - evictions
    - due to renovations
      - general remarks, 253
  - tenant protections, 253
- Senior citizens
  - general remarks, 3233
- September 11, 2001 attacks
  - emergency first responders, 1676
- Small Business Support Grant
  - eligibility
    - general remarks, 1650
    - payments to ineligible businesses
      - value of, 1650
  - implementation timeline, 1650
- Social assistance programs
  - income calculation
    - disability awards, 634
- Tax Relief at the Pumps Act, 2022 (Bill 111)
  - third reading, 3144–3145, 3147–3148
- Veterans
  - financing assistance
    - disability awards
      - classification as income, 634
  - general remarks, 1676
  - housing
    - homelessness, 634
  - Remembrance Day, 761–762
  - support services
    - general remarks, 761
- Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27)
  - second reading, 673, 677
  - third reading, 1210, 1214–1215, 1218, 1220–1221
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - injured workers
    - general remarks, 673
  - occupational diseases
    - compensation claims, 577
  - premiums
    - general remarks, 1210
  - surplus funds
    - employer return, 1215
Stiles, M. (NDP, Davenport)
- Autism services
  - service capacity
    - treatment wait-lists, 3363–3364
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - government strategy
    - accountability and transparency, 2447
- Broadband infrastructure development - government funding
  - provincial
    - FAO report (2021), 2442
- Build Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2021 (Bill 43)
  - second reading, 915–921
- Business - COVID-19
  - impact on, 169
- Cannabis Licence Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 29)
  - first reading, 414
- Cannabis - retail
  - store locations
    - regional concentration, 548
- Centering Youth in Pandemic Recovery Act, 2022
  - first reading, 2520
- Centering Youth in Pandemic Recovery Act, 2022 (Bill 113)
  - first reading, 3117
- Child care
  - cost of, 817, 837, 1431
  - economic impact, 917
- Child care - federal-provincial cost agreement
  - negotiation, 817, 915, 920, 1964–1965
- Child care - spaces
  - development
    - implementation timeline, 1432
  - sector capacity, 817
- Climate change
  - general remarks, 564–565
- Climate change mitigation
  - government strategy
    - general remarks, 450
- Committee procedure - standing committees of the Legislature
  - proceedings
    - broadcast of, 168
- Committee process - standing committees of the Legislature
  - general remarks, 168
- Condominium development
  - pre-construction sale agreements
    - general remarks, 1445
- Condominiums
  - legislation
    - reform, 1445
  - oversight
    - general remarks, 1445
- Cost of living
  - by region
    - Toronto, 838
- COVID-19 - economic recovery
  - general remarks, 41
- COVID-19 - emergency orders
  - extension
    - process, 40
- COVID-19 - equity-seeking groups
  - economic impact
    - women, 918
- COVID-19 - government response
  - funding
    - general remarks, 1349
- COVID-19 - testing
  - rapid antigen tests
    - distribution strategy, 3108
- COVID-19 - vaccination
  - children under 12
    - government strategy, 406, 462, 952–953
    - in other jurisdictions, 953
  - promotional compaigns
    - youth-oriented, 463
  - vaccine hesitancy, 168–169
- Economic development - northern Ontario
  - fall economic statement (2021), 921
- Education
  - EQAO testing, 2516
  - equity programming, 2046
  - government strategy, 1301
  - staff shortages, 2345
- Education - COVID-19
  - government response
    - general remarks, 41, 826, 917, 1254
- Education - COVID-19, in-school learning
  - class sizes, 148
  - infection control
    - general remarks, 451
  - testing
    - rapid antigen testing
      - distribution strategy, 24, 920, 3107–3108
  - transmission and outbreaks
    - case rates, 24, 1254
  - vaccination policies
    - staff, 40–41, 405–406
      - mandatory vaccination, 453–454
    - students, 462
- Education - curriculum
  - science
    - climate change, 2344
- Education funding
  - mental health and well-being
    - students, 2345
  - operational allocation
    - annual rate, 826
- Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)
  - chair
    - appointment and compensation, 2516
- Employment standards
  - "employee," definition of
    - ABC test, 990
  - worker misclassification
    - general remarks, 990
    - industry demographics
      - app-based gig work, 990
- Employment standards - minimum wage
  - $15/hour
    - implementation timeline
      - impact on earnings, 917
- Endometriosis
  - awareness of
    - public education campaign, 1448, 1684
  - diagnosis of, 1448
  - research and development, 1448
  - statements by stakeholders, 1684
- Endometriosis Awareness Month Act, 2021 (Bill 58)
  - first reading, 1363
  - second reading, 1447–1449
  - third reading, 1683–1684
- Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, 2022 (Bill 84)
  - third reading, 2039–2040
  - schedules, pairing of, 2039–2040
- Food security
  - food banks
    - usage rates, 917
- French-language debates
  - Loi de 2022 pour de meilleurs services et moins de frais, projet de loi 84
    - troisième lecture, 2034
  - Pétitions
    - Soins de longue durée, 2469
- Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (Bill 93)
  - second reading, 2442, 2447
- Government expenditures
  - planned vs. actual
    - FAO report: Expenditure Monitor 2021-22: Q2, 1349
    - FAO report: Expenditure Monitor 2021-22: Q3, 2017–2018
- Government notices of motion
  - Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight
    - responded to, 40–42
- Government orders
  - Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight
    - amendment
      - responded to, 167–169
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - infrastructure policy, 919
- Health care funding
  - general remarks, 2062
- Health care workers
  - recruitement and retention
    - general remarks, 918
- Hospitals - COVID-19
  - surgical procedures
    - backlog remediation
      - general remarks, 2062
- Hospitals - funding
  - COVID-19
    - surgical backlog remediation, 2062
- Housing
  - government strategy, 918
- Housing - affordable
  - development of, 459–460
  - general remarks, 3104
  - government strategy, 919
- Housing market
  - affordability
    - general remarks, 917
- Immigration policy
  - foreign credentials
    - recognition of, 2566
      - medical professionals, 2566
- Infrastructure - roads and highways
  - government strategy, 919
- Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, 2022 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 2549, 2553
- Lakehead University
  - Northern Ontario School of Medicine
    - available spaces, 2481
- Legislative procedure - motions
  - Opposition day motions
    - closure of, 3155
- Legislative process
  - historically, 41
  - legislative agenda, 41
- Long-term care
  - culturally-appropriate, 979
- Long-term care - COVID-19
  - fatalities
    - private vs. public facilities, 454
  - staff
    - shortages, 168
- Long-term care - facilities by site
  - Copernicus Lodge, 168
- Long-term care - public vs. private
  - and COVID-19
    - fatalities, 979
- Long-term care - reform
  - general remarks, 168–169
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - enforcement, 980
- Long-term-care facilities
  - facility inspections
    - number of, 978–979
- Long-term-care facilities - COVID-19
  - staff
    - mandatory vaccination, 451
- Members' statements
  - Affordable housing, 459–460, 3104
  - Child care, 817
  - Health care funding, 2062
  - Invasion of Ukraine, 2453
  - Road safety, 1251
  - School safety, 148
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 838
- Opposition day motions
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 837–838
  - Northern health services
    - responded to, 2480–2481
- Optometry and optometrists
  - OHIP-covered services
    - negotations
      - general remarks, 917
- Petitions
  - Animal protection, 1265, 2024–2025
  - Child care, 1264
  - Community planning, 1013, 1364
  - Dog ownership, 1418–1419
  - Health care, 534
  - Land use planning, 963
  - Optometry services, 36–37, 162, 830, 2418, 3119
  - School facilities, 964
  - Special-needs students, 1263, 2470
- Police services
  - criminal and judicial matters checks
    - processing fees
      - vulnerable sector checks, 559, 1422–1423
- Private members' public business
  - Carbon Budget Accountability Act, 2021 (Bill 32)
    - second reading, 564–565
  - Condominium legislation
    - responded to, 1445
  - Fairness for Ontario's Internationally Trained Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 98)
    - second reading, 2565–2566
  - Preventing Worker Misclassification Act, 2021 (Bill 28)
    - second reading, 990
  - Racial Equity in the Education System Act, 2022 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 2046
- Protest convoys - Ambassador Bridge
  - businesses impacted by
    - financial support, 2553
- Protest convoys - Ottawa
  - businesses impacted by, financial support, 2549
- Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 (Bill 37)
  - second reading, 978–981, 983
- Public sector compensation increase - cap on
  - general remarks, 1309
  - health care workers, 917
- Question period
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 3363–3364
  - Child care
    - presented, 1964–1965
  - COVID-19 immunization
    - presented, 405–406, 462–463, 952–953
  - COVID-19 response
    - presented, 1254
  - COVID-19 testing
    - presented, 3107–3108
  - Curriculum
    - presented, 2344–2345, 2516
  - Education funding
    - presented, 826
  - Government spending
    - presented, 2017–2018
  - Government's record
    - presented, 1349
  - School safety
    - presented, 24
- Rental housing
  - cost of, 837
- Road safety
  - enforcement
    - general remarks, 1251
  - fatalities
    - cyclists, 1251
- Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight
  - appearances before committee
    - notification timelines, 167
    - by role
      - Chief Medical Officer of Health, 40
      - Minister of Health, 40
      - Premier, 167, 169
  - dissolution and reconstitution, 167–168
  - general remarks, 40–42
  - transparency and accountability, 40–41, 168
- Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 547–548, 559
  - third reading, 1422–1423, 1431–1432
- Tax Relief at the Pumps Act, 2022 (Bill 111)
  - third reading, 3155
- Teach the Reach Act, 2022 (Bill 115)
  - first reading, 3117
- Teddy's Law (Anti-Declawing), 2021 (Bill 53)
  - first reading, 1011
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 450–454, 1301, 1309
- Tributes - Members of Provincial Parliament
  - Stephenson, Bette (York Mills), 1579–1580
- Ukraine
  - invasion of (February 2022)
    - general remarks, 2453
    - government response
      - general remarks, 2453
    - public response to, 2453
- Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88)
  - second reading, 2432–2435, 2439
Surma, Hon. K. (PC, Etobicoke Centre)
- Broadband infrastructure
  - business environment, impact on, 2263
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - and agriculture industry
    - economic impact, 3095
  - connectivity targets
    - general remarks, 1002
  - data collection and tracking
    - Boradband One Window, 2254, 3095
    - data sharing requirements, 2254
  - general remarks, 2768–2769
  - government strategy, 2253
  - implementation timeline, 2068
  - municipalities
    - rights-of-way permit applications, 2254, 3094
  - partnership agreements
    - general remarks, 3101
  - public-private partnerships, 3100
  - by region
    - Brighton, 3095
  - support teams
    - technical assessment team, 3095
- Broadband infrastructure development - government funding
  - general remarks, 2068, 2768
  - provincial, 2253, 2262, 2288, 3093
    - northern and rural Ontario, 2263
  - regional allocations, 3096
  - satellite projects
    - Telesat, 1002
- Broadband infrastructure development programs
  - Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), 3100
  - Improving Connectivity for Ontario (ICON), 1002, 2253
  - Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) project, 2408
- Broadband services
  - and COVID-19, 2253
  - as essential service
    - rural Ontario, 3096
  - and farming, 3095
  - regional availability
    - speed levels, 3093
  - regulation, reform
    - jurisidiction over, 2254
- Broadband services - access to
  - in education, 3100
  - general remarks, 2254, 3093
- Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (Bill 93)
  - first reading, 2124–2125
  - second reading, 2253–2254, 2262–2263, 2288
  - third reading, 3093–3096, 3099–3101
  - general remarks, 2769
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - infrastructure development, 2767–2769
- Hospitals - capacity
  - capital projects
    - general remarks, 2768
  - capital projects by region
    - Weeneebayko area, 2459
- Indigenous communities
  - broadband access
    - infrastructure projects, 1002
- Infrastructure development
  - community awareness
    - Ontario Builds webpage, 2769
  - general remarks, 2767–2769
- Infrastructure development - funding
  - general remarks, 953–954, 2768
  - Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF), 954, 2459
- Infrastructure development - public-private partnerships (P3)
  - general remarks, 958
- Infrastructure - highways and roads
  - regional
    - greater Golden Horseshoe, 2768
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
  - broadband infrastructure development
    - procurement processes
      - reverse auctions, 3095
  - procurement contracts
    - sanctions compliance, 2337
- Legislative process
  - agenda/schedule, 3099
- Long-term care - facilities by site
  - Lakeridge Health (Ajax), 2218, 2768
- Long-term care - facility construction
  - accelerated build pilot program, 2218
  - regional allocation, 2218–2219
- Members/ministers quoting
  - reports
    - 2022 Provincial Election Strategy: Advancing Ontario's Prosperity (Assocation of Municipalities of Ontario), 3094
- Ministerial statements
  - Infrastructure funding
    - presented, 2767–2769
- Municipal finances
  - infrastructure funding
    - regional allocations, 2459
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.
  - broadband expansion funding, 1002
- Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF)
  - program funding, 2408
- Question period
  - Broadband infrastructure
    - responded to, 1002, 2068
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 958
  - Government contracts
    - responded to, 2337
  - Infrastructure funding
    - responded to, 953–954, 2408, 2459
  - Long-term care
    - responded to, 2218–2219
- School facilities - capital projects
  - new school construction
    - Lower Yonge Precinct Elementary School, 2768
    - regional projects, 2768
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) expansion - Ontario Line
  - transit vehicles
    - Canadian content requirements, 2337
- Transit development
  - transit vehicles
    - Canadian content requirements, 2337
- Transportation
  - government strategy
    - by region
      - greater Golden Horseshoe, 2768

Last updated Friday, May 24, 2024

House speaker index

Letter: S

Sabawy, S. (PC, Mississauga—Erin Mills)

Sandhu, A. (PC, Brampton West)

Sarkaria, Hon. P.S. (PC, Brampton South)

Sattler, P. (NDP, London West)

Schreiner, M. (GRN, Guelph)

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

Shaw, S. (NDP, Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas)

Simard, A. (LIB, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell)

Singh, G. (NDP, Brampton East)

Singh, S. (NDP, Brampton Centre)

Skelly, D. (PC, Flamborough—Glanbrook)

Smith, D. (PC, Peterborough—Kawartha)

Smith, Hon. T. (PC, Bay of Quinte)

Stevens, J. (NDP, St. Catharines)

Stiles, M. (NDP, Davenport)

Surma, Hon. K. (PC, Etobicoke Centre)