Speaker letter r House Hansard index Parliament 43 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: R

Rae, M. (PC, Perth—Wellington)
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - second reading, 5205–5209
  - third reading, 6679–6683, 6838, 6843
- Affordable housing
  - alternative financing models
    - life leases, 5806
  - fourplexes, 8666
  - government funding
    - by region
      - Stratford, 5245
  - government strategy, 659
- Agricultural industry - food processing
  - government funding, 9094
- Agricultural land - development on
  - general remarks, 3590, 3594
- Ambulance services
  - government strategy, 221
- Animal welfare
  - "transfer," definition of, 8536
- Appreciation
  - Black, Amiera, 1703–1704
  - Matthews, Eddie, 8737
  - McKennitt, Loreena, 4160
  - More, Laird, 10327
  - Mustakas, Alex, 628
  - Ray, John, 9918
  - Smith, Corbyn, 9255
  - Steffler, Crystal, 9918
  - Ussher, Jacqueline, 6684
- Automobile thefts
  - northern Ontario, 9096
  - penalties, 9720
- Automotive industry - employment
  - training and education
    - government funding, 659
- Automotive industry - investments
  - general remarks, 9093
  - international investment agreements
    - Volkswagen, 5206
- Automotive industry - manufacturing
  - decline and recovery, 3215
- Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 5849, 5852, 5855, 5861
  - third reading, 6958–6962
- Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
  - committee submissions, 4907
  - second reading, 3756
  - third reading, 4905, 4907–4910
- Bicycles
  - e-bikes
    - classification, 9720–9721
    - safety, 9691
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - northern and rural Ontario, 9094
- Budget 2022/2023
  - education, 659
- Budget 2023/2024
  - broadband infrastructure development, 3153
  - health care workers, 3152
  - housing, 4304
  - immigration, 3152
  - manufacturing, 3155–3156
  - mental health and addictions, 3152–3153, 3155
  - skilled trades, 4281
  - statements by stakeholders, 3210
  - supportive housing, 3156, 4289, 4308
  - veterinarians, 4294
  - veterinary services, 3153
- Budget 2024/2025
  - general remarks, 8314
  - highways and roads, 9096
  - home and community care, 9094
- Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
  - third reading, 9092–9096
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3151–3153, 3155–3156, 3210
  - third reading, 4281, 4289, 4294, 4304–4305, 4308
- Building a Strong Ontario Together Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 146)
  - second reading, 6127, 6130
- Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 6655, 6670
- Business environment
  - global investments
    - housing availability, impact of, 5205
- Business - taxation
  - small and medium-sized
    - small business tax rate, phase out, 1987
- Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program
  - newcomers, 5245
- Carbon tax
  - cost of housing, impact on, 9506
  - economic impact, 6154
  - economic impact - food prices, 9213–9214, 9260–9261
  - home heating, exemptions
    - eligible heating methods, 6154–6155, 7608, 7784
  - home prices, impact on, 8746
  - impact of, 9095
  - as revenue-generating source, 6154
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - agri-food, 8248
  - construction, 8746
  - not-for-profit organizations, 9214
- Charles III (King)
  - coronation of, 4055
- Children and youth in care
  - foster and group homes
    - inspections, 8601
- Construction industry
  - work sites
    - washroom facility access, 3215–3216
- Consumer protection
  - contracts
    - amendments, renewals, and extensions, 6962
  - general remarks, 6959
  - and online reviews, 6961
  - statements by stakeholders, 6959
  - time shares
    - exit option, 5849
- Consumer protection - home owners
  - notice of security interests (NOSIs), 6959–6960
    - stakeholder consultation, 6962
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 5384, 5387, 5620, 5637
- COVID-19 - child benefits
  - general remarks, 1043
- Curriculum
  - employment readiness, 4907
  - financial literacy, 1043
  - ministerial review and revision, 3756
  - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), 1043
- Curriculum - reform
  - general remarks, 1043
  - science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), 2859
- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 8307–8310, 8393, 8404, 8450, 8452
  - third reading, 9463–9466, 9468–9469, 9506, 9560
- Cybersecurity
  - cybercrime
    - education and awareness, 1006
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 7585
  - Housing
    - responded to, 7334–7335
- Doctors - education and training, medical schools
  - enrolment spaces, 4305, 9093–9094
- Driver's licences
  - suspension of
    - in other jurisdictions
      - reciprocal agreements, 9722
- Driving - careless/distracted
  - stunt driving
    - penalties, 9720
- Driving - impaired
  - penalties, 9719–9722
  - prevention
    - zero tolerance, 9719
  - statistics, 9719
- Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve
  - conservation of
    - easements and covenants, reinstatement, 7012
    - protections, reinstatement, 7012
- Economic development
  - job creation/loss, 9675
- Education
  - EQAO testing and results, 1042
  - extracurricular activities
    - access, 1042
  - online vs. in person schooling, 1042
  - reports and recommendations, 4908
- Education - COVID-19
  - government funding
    - catch-up payments, 1043
    - tutoring support program, 1043
  - impact on mental health
    - students, 1042
- Education funding
  - funding streams, 4905
  - general remarks, 1044
  - math skills, 4907
  - mental health services
    - students, 1043
- Education - mental health
  - school and community supports
    - service coordination, 4908
- Education - secondary
  - dual credit programs, 1993
  - skilled trades
    - skills competitions, 7914–7915
- Education workers - labour disputes
  - strikes
    - amount of, history
      - regulation and enforcement, 1044
- Education workers - labour disputes, union contracts and negotiations
  - bargaining process, 1045
  - terms of, compensation, 1044–1045
- Electric vehicles - batteries, manufacturing by site
  - St. Thomas (Volkswagen Group and PowerCo SE)
    - economic impact, 5206, 6679–6680, 6683
    - municipal-based incentives, 5206, 6680
- Electric vehicles - charging stations
  - in new build homes, 9621
- Employment
  - labour shortage
    - government strategy, 1995
- Employment standards
  - government strategy, 3215
  - layoffs and terminations
    - remote employees, 2982
- Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act, 2024 (Bill 171)
  - second reading, 7862
- French-language debates
  - Loi de 2023 visant à aider les acheteurs et à protéger les locataires, projet de loi 97
    - deuxième lecture, 3561
- Fuel prices - taxation
  - rate reduction, extension, 1992, 9093
- Get It Done Act, 2024 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 7438–7439, 7449
- GO Transit - service expansion - by region
  - London, 659
- Government debt and deficit
  - general remarks, 1991
- Government notices of motion
  - New members of provincial Parliament
    - responded to, 657–660
- Government orders
  - Member's conduct
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5561–5562
- Government procurement - supply chain management
  - municipal allocation, 5207–5208
  - municipal-provincial cooperation, 6681
- Government record - NDP (1990-1995)
  - housing policy, 6838
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - electric vehicles policy, 9620–9621
  - women, 9242
- Greenbelt
  - boundary adjustments, reversal, 7012
  - conservation of
    - government strategy, 7012–7013
  - expansion
    - urban river valleys, 7013
  - Greenbelt Plan, review of
    - process reform, 7013
      - stakeholder consultation, 5805
- Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 136)
  - second reading, 5802–5806
  - third reading, 7012–7013
- Growing Agritourism Act, 2024 (Bill 186)
  - first reading, 8365–8366
- Hazel McCallion Act (Peel Dissolution), 2023 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 4492–4496, 4510, 4520, 4523–4524, 4541, 4549–4550
  - third reading, 4731–4735, 4751, 4823, 4836–4837
- Health care
  - women, education and awareness
    - Women's Health Week, 8793
- Health care funding - by region
  - Perth–Wellington, 3793
- Health care - primary care
  - team-based
    - expansion, 9094
    - government funding, 7655
- Health care services - providers
  - non-profits
    - SE Health, 1256
- Health care workers
  - recruitment and retention
    - government strategy, 9096
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - government funding, 658
  - government strategy, 5387
  - Learn and Stay Grant, 1996
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention - international
  - initiatives, 658–659
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3560–3562, 3574, 3578, 3582–3583, 3585, 3587, 3590, 3594, 3626, 3630, 3632
  - third reading, 4637–4639, 4641–4642, 4722
- Highways and roads - construction and expansion
  - general remarks, 9095
  - government funding, 1992
- Home and community care - reform
  - integration into health care system, 5620
- Housing Affordability Task Force
  - recommendations
    - implementation of, 5802–5804
    - municipal consultation, 5245, 5802
- Housing development
  - government strategy, 10176
  - and infrastructure development, 8666
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - reduction, 8404
  - site plan control, exemptions, 4638–4639
  - timelines
    - application fees, refund of, 4638
- Housing development - construction
  - cost of
    - factors affecting, 9560
  - general remarks, 5244
  - government strategy, 432, 7585
    - stakeholder consultation, 6681
  - municipal-provincial collaboration, 5804
  - and population growth projections, 5205, 6680
  - skilled tradespeople, recruitment, 5679
  - starts, 3814, 5679
- Housing development - densification
  - additional residential units, 8308, 9464
  - general remarks, 3632
- Housing development - government funding
  - Building Faster Fund, 9092
    - small municipalities, 5246
- Housing development - infrastructure
  - government funding, 8309, 9092–9093
  - sewage and wastewater, allocation withdrawal
    - development timelines, 8308, 9464
- Housing development - major transit station areas
  - parking minimums, removal of, 9464
    - impact on building costs, 8308
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges
    - phase-in, timelines, 8308–8309, 9465
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts, 8309
    - affordability requirements, 6679
- Housing policy
  - government strategy, 4541, 5804–5805
  - inclusionary zoning, 5802
- Housing supply
  - economic impact
    - employment retention, 4639
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - foreign credentials, recognition of, 3216
  - general remarks, 3217
- Improving Real Estate Management Act, 2024 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 6401
- Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, 2024 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 7253, 7266–7267, 7271, 7275, 7279–7280, 7332
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1041–1046
- Lakes
  - environmental protection
    - government funding, 9094
- Land use planning
  - approvals and permits
    - community service facilities, process expedition, 8309, 9465
  - government strategy, 3578
  - Provincial Planning Statement (2023), 4637, 4641
    - policies of, 4637–4638
    - public consultation, 4639
  - public consultation
    - notice requirements, 8309, 9463–9464
- Land use planning - indigenous interests
  - recognition of, 6296
- Land use planning - municipal official plans
  - and land use protection, 6295–6296
  - urban boundary expansion, reversal
    - indemnification provisions, 6296
- Land use planning - provincial policy statement
  - stakeholder consultation, 9465
- Land use planning - sensitive land use
  - definition of, 6296
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
  - government funding, 3815
  - government strategy, 8665
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) - hearings
  - wait-time, 3583
- Legislative Assembly
  - social significance, 2835
- Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation
  - accessibility standards, 2838
  - consultation process, 2835–2836
  - energy-efficient technologies, 2838
  - general remarks, 2835
  - ministry, creation of
    - Queen's Park Restoration Secretariat, 2837
  - relocation process, 2837, 2839
- Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation, project planning process
  - oversight and coordination of
    - governance structure, 2836, 2838–2839
- Legislative buildings - Parliament Hill
  - rehabilitation and restoration, 2833, 2836
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - third reading, 2637, 2646
- Life Leases Act, 2023 (Bill 141)
  - first reading, 5531
- Locates
  - timelines, 6655
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - by region
    - Perth—Wellington, 5779
- Manufacturing industry - facility development
  - site identification, 5205–5206, 6680
- Members' statements
  - Arthur Vipers hockey team, 3540–3541
  - Black, Amiera, 1703–1704
  - Boon, Arthur, 3135
  - Coronation of King Charles III, 4055
  - Government investments, 5338, 9631, 9792
  - Government's record, 4987–4988
  - GRIT Engineering, 5808
  - Halloween message, 10110
  - Health care funding, 7655–7656
  - Hospital funding, 3793
  - Matthews, Eddie, 8737
  - McKennitt, Loreena, 4160–4161
  - Mitchell District High School senior boys basketball team, 7480–7481
  - More, Laird, 10327
  - Mount Forest Chamber of Commerce awards, 9918
  - Mustakas, Alex, 628
  - Ontario Agriculture Week, 5313–5314
  - Ontario budget, 8314
  - Ontario economy, 5399
  - Optimism Place, 866
  - Overholt, Brooke, 5103
  - Remembrance Day, 5987–5988
  - SE Health, 1256
  - Skills Ontario Competition, 4471
  - Skills training, 7914–7915
  - Smith, Corbyn, 9255
  - Stewart, David, 4645
  - Tourangeau, Steven, 4645
  - Ussher, Jacqueline, 6684
  - Wellington Heights Secondary School senior girls volleyball team, 2593–2594
  - Women's Health Week, 8793
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Perth–Wellington, 657
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 657–660
- Members/ministers quoting
  - reports
    - Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, 4908
    - For the Love of Learning (Report of The Royal Commission on Learning), 4908
- Ministry of Transportation
  - enforcement officers
    - role and duties, 9720–9721
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 983
- Municipal governance
  - municipal-provincial relations, 6130
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system - effect on housing development
  - population growth projections, 134
- Municipal governance - structure
  - type
    - roles and responsibilities, 4732
- Municipal planning
  - boundary adjustments
    - St. Thomas-Central Elgin, 5206, 6680
- Municipal restructuring - Peel Region
  - general remarks, 4731
  - services, impact on, 4494
  - transition board, role of, 4493, 4495, 4733
- Nuclear energy industry
  - and the environment, 5501
  - general remarks, 9093
  - government strategy, 5500–5501
  - jobs, 5500–5501
- Nuclear generation facilities - small modular reactors (SMRs)
  - government strategy, 5500–5501
- Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan
  - land redesignation, reversal, 7012
- Occupational health and safety
  - temporary foreign workers, 3217
  - workplace violations
    - fines, increase, 5039
    - penalties, fines, 5039
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - earning exemption, 1993
- Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)
  - hearings
    - delays, 983
  - reform, 6681
  - third party appeals, elimination of, 8309, 9463
- Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) - hearings
  - hearing delays
    - government strategy, 5207
    - impact project costs, 5207, 5804
- Opposition day motions
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 8664–8667, 10191–10199
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 5244–5247
  - Municipal funding
    - responded to, 10356–10359
  - Tenant protection
    - responded to, 3814–3815
- Paramedics and paramedic services
  - patient care models, 222
- Paris-Galt moraine
  - conservation of, 7013
- Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 150)
  - second reading, 6294–6297, 6301, 6311, 6327, 6333–6334, 6338, 6341–6342
  - third reading, 7017–7019
- Post-secondary education
  - housing for students
    - government strategy, 6843
  - housing for students, development of
    - Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, exemption from, 9468
      - statements by stakeholders, 8452
- Post-secondary education - mental health and addictions
  - student mental health policies, 8837
- Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act, 2024 (Bill 159)
  - second reading, 8536
- Private members' motions
  - Taxation
    - amendment
      - responded to, 6153–6155
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 5678–5680
  - Electric vehicles
    - responded to, 9620–9621
  - Growing Agritourism Act, 2024 (Bill 186)
    - second reading, 8896–8898, 8901–8902
  - Keeping People Housed Act, 2024 (Bill 170)
    - second reading, 8225–8226
  - Nuclear energy
    - presented, 5500–5501
    - responded to, 5505
  - Protecting Vulnerable Persons in Supportive Living Accommodation Act, 2023 (Bill 38)
    - second reading, 5753–5754
  - Relief for Renters Act, 2024 (Bill 163)
    - second reading, 7864–7865
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - third reading, 1987, 1991–1993, 1995–1996
- Provincial parks
  - government strategy, 2126
- Puppy mills
  - record-keeping at, 8536
- Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 2833–2839
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 10176
  - Ambulance services
    - presented, 221–222
  - Farmers
    - presented, 744
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 3042
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 5779–5780
  - Protection of privacy
    - presented, 1006
  - Provincial parks
    - presented, 2126
  - Red tape reduction
    - presented, 1673
  - Skills training
    - presented, 2859
  - Taxation
    - presented, 7608–7609, 7784–7785, 8247–8248, 8521–8522, 9115–9116, 9213–9214, 9260–9261, 9675
    - responded to, 8746
- Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 9967
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - third reading, 3835
- Regulations - business
  - reduction, 1673
  - reductions
    - economic impact, 1992
- Rent control
  - government strategy, 3814
- Rental housing
  - construction starts, 8665
  - stacked townhouses, 8666
  - supply, 8665
  - tenant protections, 3582
- Rental housing - affordable
  - development of
    - government strategy, 8225–8226
- Rental housing - development
  - government strategy, 3814
  - purpose-built, incentives
    - tax reductions, 7865
- Rental housing - tenant protections
  - government strategy, 3815, 7865
- Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 197)
  - second reading, 9691, 9714, 9718–9722
- School boards
  - accountability and transparency, 4908
- School boards - funding
  - general remarks, 1042
- School facilities
  - inventory, ministerial oversight, 4907–4908
    - reports and recommendations, 4908
- School facilities - capital projects
  - general remarks, 1043, 4909
  - government funding, 4907
  - by region
    - Perth–Wellington, 9631
- Schools
  - police relations, 4909–4910
- Shelters and transitional housing
  - by site
    - Optimism Place, 866
- Skilled trades
  - government strategy, 1992
  - promotion of
    - Skills Ontario Competition, 4471
- Skilled trades - education and training
  - government strategy, 3215
- Skilled trades - employment
  - labour shortage
    - government strategy, 4907
- Sporting events
  - World Down Syndrome Swimming Championships, 1703
- Sports teams
  - regional
    - Perth–Wellington, 2593, 3540–3541
- Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166)
  - third reading, 8837
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 134
- Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188)
  - second reading, 8601
- Supportive housing
  - government funding
    - Homelessness Prevention Program, 5753
    - Indigenous Supportive Housing Program, 5753
- Supportive housing - development
  - collaboration with non-profit sector and municipalities, 5753–5754
  - government funding, 5245
- Temporary foreign workers
  - passports and work permits, retention of
    - fines and penalties, 3216
- Tourism industry
  - agri-tourism, 8896–8897
- Transit infrastructure development
  - government funding, 1992
- Transit-oriented communities
  - general remarks, 5246
- Transportation policy
  - regulatory reform
    - reduced load periods, 2637
- Tributes
  - Boon, Arthur, 3135
  - Stewart, David, 4645
  - Tourangeau, Steven, 4645
- Unhoused persons
  - homelessness prevention
    - government funding, 8667
- Unhoused persons - support programs and services
  - Homelessness Prevention Program, 5679
- Veterans
  - Remembrance Day, 5987–5988
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - second reading, 2982, 3214–3217
  - third reading, 5039
- Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190)
  - second reading, 9242
- Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 (Bill 149)
  - third reading, 7712
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - presumptive coverage, firefighters
    - cancers, 3217
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 2401, 2415, 2420
Rakocevic, T. (NDP, Humber River—Black Creek)
- The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto) Act, 2024 (Bill Pr54)
  - first reading, 10232
- Affordable housing - development of
  - non-market housing
    - government role in, 8451
- Affordable housing - non-market housing
  - government role in, 983
- Agricultural land - development on
  - general remarks, 1800
- Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 155)
  - second reading, 7126
- Alcohol retail
  - taxation
    - federal, increase, 7704
- Alcohol retail - expansion
  - early implementation agreement
    - cost of, 9559
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities
  - consent
    - informed consent, 361
  - regulations, 482
- Animal welfare
  - cosmetic medical procedures, 8555
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  - stakeholder statements, 9767–9768
- Auto insurance - rates
  - affordability, 1006
  - based on postal code, 448, 481, 1007, 1867–1868
  - based on postal codes, 1007, 5843, 8011, 8787
  - cost of, 1867, 8884
    - vs other jurisdictions, 1867
    - regional differences, 4352, 8098
  - rebates, 481
- Automobile thefts
  - government strategy, 8785–8786
  - penalties, 9339–9341
  - prevention, 8351
    - VIN registration, 10172
- Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142)
  - committee process
    - amendments, consideration of, 6945, 6948–6955
    - witness submissions and presentations, 6947–6955
  - second reading, 5833, 5835–5845, 5848–5849, 5860, 5864
  - public consultation, 5833
  - third reading, 6945, 6947– 6958, 6961–6962
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1574–1575, 1580
  - third reading, 2066, 2082, 2138
- Board of Internal Economy
  - composition of, 1939
- Broadband infrastructure development - funding
  - planned vs. actual, 4765
- Budget 2023/2024
  - general remarks, 3168–3169
  - social assistance, 3155
- Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
  - responded to, 3294, 3300
- Budget speech 2024 (March 26, 2024)
  - responded to, 8086, 8098, 8103
- Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
  - second reading, 8206, 8212, 8220–8222
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3151, 3155, 3168–3169
  - third reading, 4348, 4352, 4356–4357
- Building a Strong Ontario Together Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 146)
  - third reading, 6710
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2691
- Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 216)
  - second reading, 10151, 10158, 10161
- Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
  - government strategy, 1801
- Condominium Authority Tribunal
  - reform
    - jurisdiction, expansion, 2702
- Condominiums
  - accountability and oversight
    - report and recommendations, 2375, 3639–3640
  - consumer protection, 2702
- Conservation authorities
  - creation, history of, 981, 1574
  - role in development process
    - authority and jurisdiction, 981
- Consumer protection
  - advocate, 4851
  - advocate, creation of, 4851, 6955–6957
  - class action lawsuits, 6955
  - contracts
    - accessibility, 6949–6950
    - amendments, renewals, and extensions, 6951
    - "key information," disclosure of, 6949–6950
    - language and terminology, 6949–6950
    - vulnerable persons, 6951, 6961
  - credit reports, 5845
  - dark patterns, 6951–6952
  - general remarks, 5835
  - gift cards, 5836–5837, 6958
  - notices of security interest (NOSIs)
    - HVAC equipment, 5836, 5838–5839, 5844
  - in other jurisdictions
    - statements by stakeholders, 6955–6956
  - personal technology
    - right-to-repair, 9791
  - prizes and rebates, 6953
  - regulation and enforcement, 6957
    - disgorgement, 6954
    - minimum transaction threshold, 6953
    - statutory damages, 6953–6954
  - statements by stakeholders, 5839–5842
  - statutory refunds, 5837
  - time shares
    - exit option, 5836, 6952
  - vulnerable persons, 4957
- Consumer protection - home owners
  - notice of security interests (NOSIs), 6952–6953
    - stakeholder consultation, 6962
  - notice of security interests (NOSIs), disclosure of, 4956–4957
- Cost of living
  - affordability, 8788
- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 8444–8445, 8449–8452
  - third reading, 9559–9561
- Cybersecurity
  - municipalities, impact on, 9769–9770
  - private sector, 9763, 9766, 9771–9772
  - public agencies
    - government funding, 9765–9767
  - stakeholder statements, 9767–9768
  - whistle-blowers, 9766
- Dementia and other neurocognitive conditions
  - awareness and education, 4253
- Diabetes
  - education and awareness, 6356
- Doctors - family doctors
  - access
    - regionally, 4163
- Eastern Orthodox Christian Week Act, 2023 (Bill 161)
  - first reading, 7072
- Elections
  - general election (2022)
    - voter turnout, 480
- Electrical Safety Authority (ESA)
  - collective bargaining, 5157
- Emergency service providers
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 3984
- Employment
  - barriers to
    - education, cost of, 3987
- Employment standards
  - enforcement
    - fines, 9026
  - sick notes, 9025
- Employment standards - sick days
  - doctor's notes, 1700
  - economic impact, 1700
  - eligibility, 1700
  - sick days, paid
    - economic impact, 1700
    - eligibility, 1700
- Ending Automobile Insurance Discrimination in the Greater Toronto Area Act, 2022 (Bill 12)
  - first reading, 449
- Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 (Bill 157)
  - third reading, 7570, 7574–7575
- Food banks
  - commercial rent
    - cost of, 1547
- Food banks - usage
  - rates, 1547
- Food prices
  - price gouging, 5835–5836, 6608, 9050
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990
  - amendments
    - data breaches, 9766
- Get It Done Act, 2024 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 7429, 7432–7438, 7576, 7578–7579, 7581
  - third reading, 8772, 8784–8789, 8877, 8883–8884
- GO Transit - stations
  - construction
    - station contribution fees, 5190
- Government record
  - PC (2018-present)
    - health care, 7435
- Government record - PC (1943-1987)
  - conservation authorities, 981
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - labour policy
    - sick days, paid, 1700
  - privatization, 480
- Government services
  - privatization, 169
- Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 136)
  - second reading, 5902, 5910
- Gun violence
  - injuries and fatalities
    - by region
      - Toronto, 7404
- Hazel McCallion Act (Peel Dissolution), 2023 (Bill 112)
  - third reading, 4743, 4751–4752
- Health care funding
  - government strategy, 1253
- Health care system
  - privatization, 1253
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - working conditions, 1253
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3625, 3637–3642
- Heritage properties
  - protection, 6243–6244
- Highway 407 ETR
  - tolls, 8772
    - transport trucks, 8787
  - traffic volume targets
    - failure-to-meet penalties, 7510
- Highways and roads safety
  - government strategy, 7126
- Home and community care
  - family caregivers
    - support benefits, 9037–9038
- Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)
  - administrative authority
    - penalties and fines, 642
  - Ontario Building Directory
    - information availability and transparency, 8194
- Homeowner Protection Act, 2024 (Bill 200)
  - second reading, 9605–9609
  - referred to Committee of the Whole House, 9613
- Honouring Our Veterans Act, 2023 (Bill 65)
  - third reading, 5674–5675
- The Hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids)
  - local fundraising, 1864
- Housing developers
  - accountability, 979, 983
- Housing development
  - mass timber construction, 8452
- Housing development - construction
  - government strategy, 3641
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, 8451
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - impact on affordability, 972
    - impact on municipalities, 980–981, 983
    - transferal of costs, taxes, 2122
      - statements by stakeholders, 2122
- Housing market
  - speculation, 8450
- Housing supply
  - impact on housing costs, 8449
- Insurance industry
  - regulation of
    - fraud prevention, 481
- Italian community
  - education and awareness
    - Italian Heritage Month, 9363
- Judicial appointments
  - backlog
    - per diem judges, use of, 1798–1799
- Jurors and juries
  - compensation, 1801
  - diversity and representation, 1800–1801
- Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, 2024 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 7315, 7324, 7327, 7330–7334
  - third reading, 9132
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - consultation process, 7434
  - regulatory reform, 8787
- Legal aid services
  - and access to justice, 7570
  - government funding, 1791, 2922–2923
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 1939, 1943–1944
- Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation
  - relocation process, 2831
- Legislative procedure
  - members' role in, 480
- Legislative procedure - bills
  - government bills
    - omnibus bills, 1798
- Less Red Tape, More Common Sense Act, 2023 (Bill 139)
  - third reading, 6243–6244
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1791, 1796–1801
  - third reading, 2922–2923, 2927–2928
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Eglinton Crosstown
  - construction costs
    - accountability and transparency, 9481
  - construction delays, 9480–9481
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Finch West
  - completion timeline, 4920
  - construction, community impact, 4920–4921
  - opening date, 10313–10314
- Long-term care
  - government strategy, 480–481
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - government strategy, 348
- Members' statements
  - 43rd Parliament, 387
  - Children's health care, 1515
  - Consumer protection, 4851, 8857–8858, 9791
  - Crime prevention, 8351
  - De Sario Family Festival of Lights, 1864
  - Dementia, 4253
  - Diabetes, 6356
  - Food banks, 1547
  - Gun violence, 7404
  - Holy Week, 7913
  - International Volunteer Day, 6988
  - Italian Heritage Month, 9363
  - Marian Shrine of Gratitude, 5267
  - Orthodox Christian Week, 7913, 10328
- Members/ministers quoting
  - letters
    - Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3), 168–169
  - news media
    - police officers
      - hiring process, educational requirements, 3984–3985
    - strong mayor system, 170–171
  - newsmedia
    - police officers
      - hiring process, educational requirements, 3984–3985
- Metrolinx
  - corporate structure, 5189
- Mining industry
  - regulatory environment, 2691
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 361
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 972, 979–983
- Municipal by-laws
  - passage
    - prescribed number of councillors, 2082
- Municipal councillors
  - head of council
    - administrative authority, 171
- Municipal governance
  - council administration and authority, 175, 696
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - council administration and authority, 118
  - provincial priorities, 169, 177
- Municipal planning
  - application process
    - public consultation, 169–170
- Municipal restructuring - Peel Region
  - public consultation, 4742, 4751
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy, 6443
- New home construction industry
  - consumer protection, 6954, 6958
    - furnaces, use during construction, 6954
    - new home warranties, 5844–5845
    - Ontario Builder Directory, 982
    - warranties, 981–982
  - warranties, 481–482, 3639
- Notice of security interests (NOSIs)
  - consumer protection, 8857–8858, 8989, 9605
    - notification of, 8990
    - statements by stakeholders, 9606–9609
  - impact of
    - statements by stakeholders, 9606
- Occupational health and safety
  - injuries and fatalities
    - employer penalties, 5080–5081
- Ontario Consumer Watchdog Act, 2023 (Bill 122)
  - first reading, 4869
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - and cost of living, 3294, 4348, 4356
  - inflation, 3300
- Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
  - service eligibility
    - prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, 4042
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - burnout and stress
    - impact on retention
      - Value-for-Money Audit: Ontario Provincial Police (Auditor General, 2021), 3984
- Opposition day motions
  - Highway tolls
    - responded to, 7508–7510
  - Tenant protection
    - responded to, 3825
- Orthodox Christian community
  - education and awareness, 10328
  - history in Canada, 7808
- Orthodox Christian Week Act, 2024 (Bill 167)
  - first reading, 7240
- Pediatric health care
  - medication, access, 1515
- Petitions
  - Child care, 7082
  - Chronic pain treatment, 2915
  - Education funding, 4872–4873
  - Gasoline prices, 688
  - Gender-based violence, 2045–2046
  - Heritage conservation, 5281
  - Hospital services, 5330, 8329
  - Labour dispute, 685
  - Nurses, 6015–6016, 6699
  - Public safety, 10233
  - Social assistance, 1562–1563, 3148–3149, 8435, 10234
  - Tenant protection, 8327–8328
  - Tuition, 7308
- Police officers - education and training
  - formal vs. informal, 3985
- Police officers - employment
  - hiring process, educational requirements, 3986
    - secondary school diploma
      - statements by stakeholders, 3984–3985
- Police officers - occupational health and safety
  - burnout and stress
    - impact on retention, 3985
  - mental health supports, 3968
    - access, 3986
  - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    - impact on, 3984
  - working conditions, 3984
- Policy development
  - stakeholder responses, 4877
- Post-secondary education
  - barriers to
    - financial, 7700, 8888
- Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act, 2024 (Bill 159)
  - second reading, 8554–8555, 8557
- Private members' public business
  - Caregivers
    - responded to, 9037–9038
  - Condominium legislation
    - responded to, 10415
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 2702, 4956–4957
  - Health care
    - responded to, 1252–1253
  - Orthodox Christian Week Act, 2024 (Bill 167)
    - second reading, 7807–7809, 7813
  - Stay Home If You Are Sick Act, 2022 (Bill 4)
    - second reading, 1700
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 7704
  - Taxation Amendment Act (Promoting Leisure Activities for Youth), 2024 (Bill 178)
    - second reading, 9249–9250
- Puppy mills
  - enforcement and inspections, 8557
  - fines for running, 8554
- Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 2831
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 6443
  - Automobile insurance
    - presented, 448, 1006–1007, 1867–1868, 4329, 8011
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 159–160, 642, 2375, 8194, 8989–8990, 9050
  - Cost of living
    - presented, 6608
  - Doctor shortage
    - presented, 4163
  - Emergency services
    - presented, 3312
  - Government policies
    - presented, 2122
  - Labour disputes
    - presented, 5157
  - Licence appeal tribunal
    - presented, 10275
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 348
  - Public safety
    - presented, 10172
  - Public service delivery
    - presented, 7205
  - Public transit
    - presented, 4920, 8928, 9480–9481, 10313–10314
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 4133
  - Telecommunications
    - presented, 4764–4765
- Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 10011, 10024
- Regulatory environment
  - reform, 1797
- Rent control
  - and affordable housing supply, 8449
  - general remarks, 3825, 8444–8445, 8788
- Rental housing
  - affordability, 3638
  - cost of, 170, 3825
- Rental housing - development
  - affordability, 8449
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 2192, 6699, 7071, 7105, 9318
- Right to Repair Consumer Electronic Products, Household Appliances, Wheelchairs, Motor Vehicles and Farming Heavy Equipment Act, 2024 (Bill 187)
  - first reading, 8433–8434
- Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 197)
  - second reading, 9339–9343
- Safer Streets, Stronger Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 223)
  - second reading, 10408, 10461
- ServiceOntario - retail partnerships
  - cost of, 7205
- Skilled trades
  - general remarks, 9030
- Sports and recreation - children and youth
  - barriers to access, 9249–9250
- St. Thomas - Central Elgin Boundary Adjustment Act, 2023 (Bill 63)
  - third reading, 2451, 2458
- Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 7700
  - third reading, 8888
- Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194)
  - second reading, 9757, 9763, 9765–9772
  - regulations, use of, 9770
    - transparency, 9769
- Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
  - second reading, 3968, 3970, 3984–3987
  - third reading, 4877
- Strikes
  - Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) inspectors
    - impact on amusement parks, 159–160
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
  - scope of, 131
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 118, 131, 134, 167–172, 175, 177, 183
  - scope of, 131
  - third reading, 696, 701
- Telecommunications services
  - affordability, 4764
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 465, 480–482
- Toronto City Council
  - council administration and authority, 134
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - services
  - general remarks, 5190
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) - subway
  - cellular service, access, 3312
- Transit
  - prioritization, 8787, 8789
  - regional integration, 5190
- Transit funding by region
  - Toronto
    - history of, 5182, 5191
- Transportation for the Future Act, 2023 (Bill 131)
  - second reading, 5182, 5184–5185, 5188–5192
- Tribunals - Licence Appeal Tribunal
  - adjudicators
    - conflict of interest, 10275
- Tributes
  - Henderson, Jim (former member for Etobicoke–Humber), 827–828
  - Kolyn, Albert (former member of Lakeshore), 7111
  - Roternberg, David (former member for Wilson Heights), 2149–2150
- Unhoused persons
  - government strategy, 8103
  - housing, access, 4133
- Union Pearson Express
  - One Fare program
    - eligibility, 8928
  - service adjustment, reduction
    - statements by stakeholders, 8450
- Veterans
  - Remembrance Day, 5674–5675
- Volunteers
  - education and awareness
    - International Volunteer Day, 6988
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - third reading, 5080–5081
- Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190)
  - second reading, 9025–9030, 9228
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - deeming policy, 9228
  - presumptive coverage, fire rangers
    - cancers, heart injuries & PTSD, 9025
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - third reading, 4042
Rasheed, K. (Independent, Mississauga East—Cooksville)
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1580
  - third reading, 2093–2096
- Condominium Authority Ontario (CAO)
  - government strategy, 2669
- Condominium Authority Tribunal
  - jurisdiction, 4640
  - reform, 2798
- Condominiums
  - accountability and oversight
    - government strategy, 2375–2376
- Consumer protection
  - government strategy, 8745
- Croatian community
  - contributions by, 3647–3648
  - notable members, 3648
- Croatian Heritage Day Act, 2023
  - second reading, 3647–3648
- Cybersecurity
  - collaboration with broader public sector, 9642
  - cybercrime
    - advisory panel, report
      - recommendations, 1874
    - government strategy, 1874
  - government strategy, 9641
- Emergency management
  - pandemic preparedness
    - government strategy, 2033
- Government identification documents
  - renewal reminders, 4224–4225
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - housing policy, 2094, 4639–4640
  - real estate policy, 4640–4641
- Government services
  - delivery models, 2448–2449
  - digital delivery, 4448
    - accessibility of, 1560, 4709–4710
    - vehicle services, 2969
- Hazel McCallion Act (Peel Dissolution), 2023 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 4517–4520
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3562–3564
  - third reading, 4639–4641
- Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)
  - administrative authority, 221
    - penalties and fines, 642
  - general remarks, 4640
  - pre-construction sale agreements
    - price adjustment penalties, 4641
      - fines, 2909–2910
      - increase in, 1157
- Housing market
  - prices, 2094
- Housing supply
  - factors affecting, 1580, 2094
- Housing supply - by region
  - Peel Region, 4518–4519
- Locates
  - dedicated locator model, 4641
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 906–907
- Municipal restructuring - Peel Region
  - general remarks, 4517, 4519
  - transition board, creation of, 4520
  - transition board, role of, 4518
- New home construction industry
  - builder accountability, 4165
    - fines and penalties, 221, 906–907, 3376
  - consumer protection, 2094, 3376
  - regulatory reform, 4640
- New Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)
  - builder fines, collection of
    - return to consumer, 906
- Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
  - health cards
    - registration process, pilot project, 4927
- Ontario One Call
  - government strategy, 8745
- Organ and tissue donation
  - donor registration process, 3503–3504
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  - inventory development, 2033
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) and uniforms
  - inventory development, 2033
- Private members' public business
  - Croatian Heritage Day Act, 2024 (Bill 81)
    - second reading, 3647–3648
- Question period
  - Condominium legislation
    - responded to, 2669
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 8745
    - responded to, 90, 159–160, 221, 642, 1157, 2375–2376, 2798, 2909–2910, 3376, 4165–4166
  - Electronic service delivery
    - responded to, 2448–2449, 3619, 4448, 4709–4710
  - Emergency preparedness
    - responded to, 2033
  - Government services
    - responded to, 1560, 2969–2970, 4224–4225, 4927
  - Organ and tissue donation
    - responded to, 3503–3504
  - Protection of privacy
    - presented, 9641–9642
    - responded to, 1874
  - Underground locates
    - responded to, 4012
- Strikes
  - Technical Safety Standards Authority (TSSA)
    - safety inspectors, 90
  - Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) inspectors
    - impact on amusement parks, 159–160
Rickford, Hon. G. (PC, Kenora—Rainy River)
- Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 155)
  - third reading, 8274
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - government funding, 1378
    - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 2306
  - government strategy
    - northern and remote Ontario, 2306
- Agri-food industry
  - northern Ontario
    - government strategy, 7236
- Airports
  - provincial funding
    - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 214
- Antisemitism
  - in Canada, 5488
- Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows)
  - government relationship with, 2163
  - infrastructure development, 2163
- Beef industry
  - northern Ontario, 7235
- Budget 2022/2023
  - health care, 213–214
  - Indigenous affairs, 214–215
  - northern and rural Ontario, 213–214
  - transportation, 213
- Budget 2023/2024
  - agriculture, 3181
  - education, 3182
  - energy, 3182
  - food security, 3182
  - health care, 3181
  - natural resources and forestry, 3181
  - transportation, 3181–3182
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3180–3183
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2765–2768
- Carbon tax
  - cost of living, impact on
    - northern and Indigenous communities, 6272
  - economic impact, 7787
  - fuel prices, impact on
    - diesel, 8122
    - northern Ontario, 6610
  - home heating, impact on cost of, 6272–6273
  - independent power authorities, impact on, 8705
  - northern and Indigenous communities, impact on, 6517, 6610, 6874, 7612, 7788, 7924, 8705–8706, 8924, 9317, 9481–9482
    - legal challenge, Chiefs of Ontario, 6914
  - northern and rural Ontario, impact on, 5883, 6775–6776, 8484–8485, 8648
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - construction, 8324
  - natural resources, 6874
  - tourism and hospitality
    - northern Ontario, 9377, 9591
- Curriculum - Indigenous content
  - sciences, 156
- Economic development - northern Ontario
  - general remarks, 5657
  - government strategy, 213, 4133, 4652
  - Indigenous consultation, 3904
  - job creation, 3142
  - by region
    - Greenstone, 5345
- Energy conservation
  - energy efficient buildings, Northern Ontario
    - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 9174
- Energy rates
  - mitigation programs
    - commercial and industrial consumers
      - Northern energy Advantage Program, 214
- Film and television industry
  - northern Ontario
    - government funding
      - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 1004
    - government strategy, 1004
- Food security
  - northern Ontario
    - government strategy, 7000–7001
- French-language debates
  - Période de questions
    - Développement du nord de l’Ontario, 2122
    - Imposition, 8007–8008, 9115
    - Infrastructures dans les régions rurales et nordiques, 1522–1523
- Fuel prices
  - Indigenous communities
    - government strategy, 7001
- Government notices of motion
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 7959–7961
- Government orders
  - Attacks on Israel
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5486–5489
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - northern and rural Ontario, 213–124
- Highways and roads - infrastructure development
  - northern Ontario, 2122
    - funding, 2122
- Home heating
  - heat pumps, 8924
- Housing development - construction
  - general remarks, 1709
- Housing policy
  - government strategy
    - consultations, 2121
- Indigenous communities
  - electrical infrastructure, development
    - impact of, 1904
  - government relations, 3183
  - power grid, connection to, 8121–8122
- Indigenous communities - economic development
  - funding, grant streams, 2247
  - general remarks, 2247, 4010–4011
  - government funding
    - consultation, 214–215
    - Indigenous Economic Development Fund, 818
    - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 215, 4996–4997
  - government strategy, 3906, 3908, 5217
  - natural resources
    - northern Ontario, 2794–2795
- Indigenous communities - education
  - mental health supports, 9584
- Indigenous communities - Far North
  - government relations with
    - consultation process, 3905
- Indigenous communities - fire services
  - infrastructure development and equipment, 2190
- Indigenous communities - housing
  - government strategy, 8643–8644
  - off-reserve, 8315
  - supportive housing, 3546
    - government funding, 6441–6442
- Indigenous communities - infrastructure
  - energy transmission, 1676
  - road development, 8315
- Indigenous communities - living conditions
  - government strategy, 5521–5522
- Indigenous communities - mental health and addictions
  - services, children and youth
    - NAN Hope, 7356
- Indigenous education
  - reports and recommendations, stakeholders, 6773
- Indigenous languages
  - spoken in the House, 7959–7961
- Indigenous relations
  - general remarks, 5057
  - government strategy, 3191–3192, 4865
- Indigenous relations - land claims
  - Haldimand tract
    - process of consultation, 2446
- Indigenous relations - reconciliation
  - language spoken in the House, 7960
- Indigenous relations - treaties
  - education and awareness
    - Treaties Recognition Week
      - treaty obligations, 1220
- Indigenous youth
  - suicide, Sioux Lookout, 5813
- Infrastructure development
  - northern Ontario, 4996
- Infrastructure development - funding
  - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 1522
- Israel
  - attacks on (October 7, 2023), 5486–5487
    - Canadian victims, 5487
- Kashechewan First Nation
  - relocation of, 3906, 4170
- Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug
  - government relations, 3034
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 51)
  - second reading, 1943
- Legislative Assembly - facility rehabilitation
  - relocation process, 4186
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Jama, Sarah (Hamilton Centre), 5487–5488
- Mercury poisoning (Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong)
  - mercury disability benefits, 9545
- Métis communities
  - recognition of
    - First Nations consultation, 9311–9312
- Métis governments
  - recognition of
    - impact on First Nations communities, 6517
- Mining industry
  - economic development, 2795
    - northern Ontario, 2726–2727
- Mining industry - Indigenous communities
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 2766–2767, 3742
- Mining sites
  - abandoned
    - rehabilitation, 2767
- Mining sites - rehabilitation, 2767
- Municipal finances
  - infrastructure development
    - Northern Ontario Resource Development Support Fund, 214
- Northern Energy Advantage Program
  - general remarks, 223
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.
  - funding allocations, 2447
  - Indigenous Workforce Development Stream
    - internships, 223
  - parameters, capital projects, 2444
- Pikangikum First Nation
  - house fire (February 2022)
    - government response, 2373
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 213–215, 253
- Policy development
  - Indigenous communities
    - consultation, 6517
  - and Indigenous communities
    - duty to consult, 5887
- Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
  - third reading, 4186
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 6441–6442, 8643–8644
  - Agri-food industry
    - responded to, 1378, 2306
  - Children's mental health services
    - responded to, 9584
  - Curriculum
    - responded to, 156
  - Fire in Pikangikum
    - responded to, 2373
  - Fire services
    - responded to, 2190
  - First Nations consultation
    - responded to, 3904–3905, 4258, 5057, 5887, 6517
  - First Nations consultations
    - responded to, 3906
  - Government policies
    - responded to, 2121
  - Indigenous affairs
    - responded to, 1709, 3034, 3191–3192, 4865, 5521–5522
  - Indigenous economic development
    - responded to, 818, 2246–2247, 3908, 4010–4011, 4330–4331, 5217
  - Indigenous education
    - responded to, 6773
  - Indigenous health care
    - responded to, 5813
  - Indigenous housing
    - responded to, 3546
  - Indigenous infrastructure funding
    - responded to, 8315
  - Indigenous land dispute
    - responded to, 2446–2447
  - Indigenous mental health and addiction services
    - responded to, 7356
  - Indigenous protected and conserved areas
    - responded to, 2163
  - Indigenous relations
    - responded to, 2794–2795
  - Indigenous rights
    - responded to, 3742, 9311–9312
  - Kashechewan First Nation
    - responded to, 4170
  - Mercury poisoning
    - responded to, 9545
  - Mining industry
    - responded to, 2726–2727
  - Northern agri-food industry
    - responded to, 7235–7236
  - Northern air service
    - responded to, 4866
  - Northern Ontario
    - responded to, 7000–7001
  - Northern Ontario development
    - responded to, 223–224, 1676, 1710, 2122, 2444, 2447, 2965–2966, 3142, 3550, 4133, 4652, 4996–4997, 5345, 5657
  - Northern Ontario film and television industry
    - responded to, 1004
  - Rural and northern infrastructure
    - responded to, 1522
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 5883, 6272–6273, 6517, 6610, 6775–6776, 6874, 6914, 7612, 7787–7788, 7924, 8121–8122, 8324, 8484–8485, 8648, 8705–8706, 8924, 9055, 9116, 9173–9174, 9317, 9377, 9481–9482, 9591
  - Treaties recognition
    - responded to, 1220
- Residential schools
  - legacy of, 7960
- Ring of Fire development
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 3182, 4258
- Skilled trades - education and training
  - Indigenous persons, 5345
- Standing Orders
  - reforms (2024)
    - 24(a) Rising to speak in English, French, or an Indigenous language, 7959–7961
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - third reading, 1904
- Tourism industry
  - northern Ontario
    - funding, 1710
    - government strategy, 1710
- Transportation
  - by region
    - northern Ontario, 213
- Transportation infrastructure development
  - northern Ontario, 3550
- Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project
  - general remarks, 1676, 1870
  - government funding, 1870
Riddell, B. (PC, Cambridge)
- Affordable housing
  - government strategy, 4571–4572
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - Grow Ontario Strategy, 3913
  - innovation and technology, 1080
- Animal welfare
  - government strategy, 3912
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  - government strategy, 8962, 9751
- Automobile thefts
  - prevention
    - ServiceOntario initiatives, 9170
- Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 5845–5849, 5869–5870, 5953
- Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2023 (Bill 153)
  - public consultation, 7166, 7169
- Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 6648–6652
  - third reading, 7166–7169
- Cambridge
  - Galt Gaslight District, 4760
- Cambridge Memorial Hospital
  - foundation
    - community-based fundraising, 3541
- Cancer treatment
  - therapeutic programs
    - by region
      - Cambridge, 1704
- Charles III (King)
  - coronation of, 4055
- Child care
  - regulatory reform
    - absent children, reporting program, 3066
- Community festivals
  - by region
    - Cambridge, 1256
- Condominium Authority Ontario (CAO)
  - roles and responsibilities, 2701
- Condominium Authority Tribunal
  - jurisdiction, 2700–2701
  - reform
    - government strategy, 2701–2702
    - jurisdiction, expansion, 2701
- Condominiums
  - consumer protection, 2700–2701
  - industry expansion, 2701
- Consumer protection
  - contracts
    - standardization, 5848
  - general remarks, 5845–5846
  - notices of security interest (NOSIs), 5843
    - HVAC equipment, 5846–5847
  - personal data
    - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), 9751
  - statutory refunds, 5848
  - time shares
    - exit option, 5846, 5849
- Cost of living
  - fees and fines, 8761
  - support programs, 4765
- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 8448
  - third reading, 9560
- Cybersecurity
  - Artificial Intelligence (AI), 8962
  - children and youth, 9753
  - government strategy, 9749–9751, 9810
  - jobs, 9822
  - public agencies
    - government collaboration, 9752–9753
    - government funding, 9753
- Driver's licences
  - fees, 8759
- Driving - impaired
  - prevention
    - zero tolerance, 9702
- Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act, 2024 (Bill 171)
  - second reading, 7823
- Film and television industry
  - government strategy, 3072
- Get It Done Act, 2024 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 7401
  - third reading, 8758–8761
- Government orders
  - Appointment of House officers / Committee membership
    - responded to, 309–310
  - Bail reform
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 3390–3391
  - Member's conduct
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5512–5514
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - regulatory policy, 4770–4771
- Government services
  - digital delivery, 9751–9752
- Group of Seven
  - artistic works
    - influences on, 7638
  - artists associated with, 7637
  - education and awareness
    - Group of Seven Day, 7637–7638
- Group of Seven Day Act, 2024 (Bill 158)
  - first reading, 6884
- Hazel McCallion Act (Peel Dissolution), 2023 (Bill 112)
  - third reading, 4828–4830
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - education and training, 10274
    - Learn and Stay Grant, 10274
- Highway tolls
  - freeze, 8759
- Homeowner Protection Act, 2024 (Bill 200)
  - second reading, 9602–9604
- Housing developers
  - approvals and permits, timelines
    - expiry of, 8448
- Hunting and angling - licensing
  - exemptions, 2803
  - non-resident, 2803
- Indigenous communities
  - government services
    - fees, removal of, 8759
  - locates in, 6651
- Indigenous communities - health care
  - Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre, 6869–6870
- Infrastructure development
  - government strategy, 6649, 7167
- Intellectual Property Ontario
  - general remarks, 1783
- Licence plates
  - validation stickers
    - auto-renewal, 8759
- Life sciences industry
  - government strategy, 4059–4060
- Locates
  - and broadband, 6650
  - construction costs, impact on, 6651–6652
  - dedicated locator model, 6650–6651
  - fees for, consumer, 6650, 6652, 7167
  - in Indigneous and northern communities, 6651
  - safety, 7167, 7169
  - and safety, 6649–6650
  - timelines, 6651–6652
- Long-term care - beds
  - infection control
    - isolation rooms, reopening, 290
- Long-term care facilities - construction
  - by region
    - Waterloo region, 4977
- Long-term care - staff
  - staffing levels
    - government strategy, 289
- Manufacturing industry
  - economic development, 3075
- Manufacturing industry - funding
  - Regional Development Program, 4259
- Members' statements
  - Anniversary of the 1974 Cambridge flood, 9305
  - Ayr Curling Club, 9918
  - Cambridge Celebrates Winterfest, 1255–1256
  - Cambridge Food Bank, 5267
  - Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation, 3541
  - Child care, 3066
  - City of Cambridge, 2594
  - Coronation of King Charles III, 4055
  - Events in Cambridge, 5143
  - Galt Gaslight District, 4760
  - International School of Cambridge, 7824–7825
  - Oak Bridge Academy, 7481
  - Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services, 8635–8636
  - Rebuild Fitness and Physiotherapy, 1704
  - Remembrance Day, 6168, 10327–10328
  - Riding of Cambridge, 282
  - Sopha, Dave, 8242–8243
  - Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre, 6869–6870
  - United Way Waterloo Region Communities Spirit Awards, 8860
  - YWCA Cambridge, 5768
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Cambridge, 282, 2594
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 309–310
- Municipal restructuring - Peel Region
  - transition board, role of, 4828
- Notice of security interests (NOSIs)
  - consumer protection, 9603–9604
- Ontario One Call
  - role, 6649, 7167
- Petitions
  - Affordable housing, 10279
  - Taxation, 4487–4488
- Photo ID cards
  - fees, 8759
- Private members' public business
  - Artificial intelligence
    - responded to, 8962
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 2700–2702, 10093–10094
  - Group of Seven Day Act, 2024 (Bill 158)
    - second reading, 7637–7638, 7642
  - Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2023 (Bill 137)
    - second reading, 5919
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 4571–4572
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 1080, 3913–3914
  - Animal protection
    - presented, 3912
  - Economic development
    - presented, 3075, 4259
  - Fiscal and economic policy
    - presented, 4765
  - Health care workers
    - presented, 10274
  - Hunting and fishing
    - presented, 2803
  - Intellectual Property Ontario
    - presented, 1783
  - Life sciences sector
    - presented, 4059–4060
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 289–290, 4977
  - Ontario film and television industry
    - presented, 3072
  - Public safety
    - responded to, 9170
  - Red tape reduction
    - presented, 4770–4771
  - Small business
    - presented, 4480–4481
- Regulatory policy
  - government strategy, 4481
- Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 197)
  - second reading, 9702
- Senior citizens
  - education and awareness
    - Silver Years Planning Awareness Week, 5919
  - statistics, 5919
- Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194)
  - second reading, 9749–9754, 9810–9811, 9814, 9818, 9822
- Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188)
  - second reading, 8593, 8629–8630
- Tributes
  - Sopha, Dave, 8242–8243
- Veterans - commemoration
  - Remembrance Day and Remembrance Week, 10327
    - events by region
      - Cambridge, 6168
Romano, R. (PC, Sault Ste. Marie)
- Accessibility for persons with disabilities
  - government funding
    - Inclusive Community Grant program, 1268
  - government strategy
    - northern Ontario, 1268
- Affordable housing
  - general remarks, 726
- Agriculture industry - food processing
  - government funding
    - Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, 2306
  - government strategy
    - northern and remote Ontario, 2306
- Algoma Steel
  - emissions reductions, 6162
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1537
- Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3682, 3702
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - third reading, 4290
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2767–2768
- Business
  - northern Ontario
    - government strategy, 10275
- Carbon tax
  - cost of living, impact on, 6160–6161
  - home heating, impact on cost of, 7557
  - impact of, 6162
  - northern and Indigenous communities, impact on, 7612, 7787–7788
    - legal challenge, Chiefs of Ontario, 7612
  - northern and rural Ontario, impact on, 7886
- Community events - by region
  - Sault Ste. Marie, 1704–1705
- COVID-19 - economic recovery
  - government strategy
    - northern Ontario, 223
- Economic development - northern Ontario
  - government strategy, 2965–2966, 3142, 3430
- Education - in-school learning
  - government strategy, 678
- Elections
  - general election (2022), 177
- Employment - COVID-19
  - remote work environment
    - government strategy, 3221
- Employment standards
  - government strategy, 3223
  - layoffs and terminations
    - remote employees, 3221
- Fatalities
  - Sault Ste. Marie, 5809
- Government orders
  - Appointment of House officers / Committee membership
    - responded to, 319–321
  - Attacks on Israel
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5489–5490
  - Bail reform
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 3393–3396
  - Taxation
    - amendment
      - responded to, 6159–6162
- Hazel McCallion Act (Peel Dissolution), 2023 (Bill 112)
  - second reading, 4523
  - third reading, 4833
- Highways and roads - snow clearance
  - snow clearance, standard
    - Highway 11/17, 1396, 1398
- Home heating
  - affordability programs
    - HST exemption, 6161–6162
- Home ownership
  - access, 1537
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
  - government strategy, 377
- Indigenous communities
  - children and youth
    - supports for, 223
- Indigenous communities - economic development
  - government strategy, 1216–1217
  - resource revenue-sharing agreements, 10275–10276
- Indigenous communities - long-term care
  - elder care
    - beds development, 374
- Indigenous communities - mental health and addictions
  - services, 1780
- Indigenous relations - Truth and Reconciliation
  - education and awareness
    - community events, 1217
- Legislative procedure - Standing Orders
  - presiding officers, selection of, 319–320
- Long-term care - beds
  - wait-list, 373
  - wait-list, by region
    - Sault Ste. Marie, 377
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - general remarks, 378
  - by region
    - Sault Ste. Marie, 373–374
- Long-term care - by region
  - Sault Ste. Marie
    - government funding, 373
- Long-term care - staff
  - recruitment and retention, 378
    - government funding, 373
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - average hours of care
    - government funding, 373
- Members' statements
  - Agawa Canyon Tour Train, 732
  - Algoma University Thunderbirds soccer teams, 9985
  - Bon Soo Winter Carnival, 7295
  - Grand Rapids Cup, 282
  - Hockey championship, 3607
  - Kerr, Ruby, 4253
  - The Loft at the Algoma Conservatory, 217
  - Loplops Gallery-Lounge, 6989
  - Northway Wellness Centre, 5211
  - Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie Santa Clause Parade, 1704–1705
  - Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25, 10221
  - Sault College Cougars women's hockey team, 3066, 7776
  - Sault Ste. Marie Rotary Santa Claus Parade, 6511
  - Sault Youth Soccer Club, 4759
  - Victims of violence in Sault Ste. Marie, 5809
  - Village Media, 2716
- Mental health and addictions services
  - government strategy, 1780
- Military personnel
  - reservists
    - job protected leave, 3221
- Mining industry
  - economic development
    - northern Ontario
      - northern Ontario, 2726–2727
  - financing programs, exploration
    - Ontario Junior Exploration Program, 2492
  - government strategy, 1615
- Mining industry - Critical Minerals Strategy
  - for electric vehicle production, 7415
- Missing children
  - by incident
    - Kerr, Ruby, 4253
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 373–374, 377–378, 405
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 905
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.
  - fund recipients
    - Village Media, 2716
  - recipients
    - The Loft, Algoma Conservatory of Music, 217
    - Village Media, 2716
- Northern Ontario - tourism promotion
  - rail tours
    - Agawa Canyon Tour Train, 732
- Occupational health and safety
  - awareness, 3222
  - general remarks, 3221–3222
- Private members' public business
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - responded to, 1397–1398
- Progressive Conservative (PC) Party
  - general remarks, 228
- Provincial parks
  - Mississagi Provincial Park
    - partnership agreement, 2309
  - northern Ontario
    - government strategy, 2308
- Question period
  - Accessibility for persons with disabilities
    - presented, 1267–1268
  - Agri-food industry
    - presented, 2306
  - Education
    - presented, 678
  - Government's agenda
    - presented, 228
  - Indigenous economic development
    - presented, 1216–1217
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 1615, 2492, 2726–2727, 7414–7415
  - Northern and Indigenous mental health and addiction services
    - presented, 1780
  - Northern economy
    - presented, 10275–10276
  - Northern Ontario development
    - presented, 223, 2965–2966, 3142, 3430, 10050
  - Northern transportation
    - presented, 2904–2905
  - Provincial parks
    - presented, 2308–2309
  - Taxation
    - presented, 7556–7557, 7612, 7787–7788, 7886
- School buses
  - amber-red light system
    - implementation, 678
- Sporting events
  - colleges and universities
    - womens hockey, 3066
  - by region
    - Sault Ste. Marie, 4759
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - second reading, 1288
- Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
  - second reading, 3933
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 146, 177
  - third reading, 726
- Taxation
  - for public services, 6161–6162
- Temporary foreign workers
  - passports and work permits, retention of
    - fines and penalties, 3223
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 536
- Tourism - Northern Ontario
  - rail tours
    - Agawa Canyon Tour Train, 732
- Transportation infrastructure development
  - northern Ontario, 2905
- Tributes
  - Pope, Alan William (former member for Cochrane South), 1568–1569
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - second reading, 3220–3223
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - third reading, 3901, 4028

Last updated Thursday, November 21, 2024

House speaker index

Letter: R

Rae, M. (PC, Perth—Wellington)

Rakocevic, T. (NDP, Humber River—Black Creek)

Rasheed, K. (Independent, Mississauga East—Cooksville)

Rickford, Hon. G. (PC, Kenora—Rainy River)

Riddell, B. (PC, Cambridge)

Romano, R. (PC, Sault Ste. Marie)