Subject letter b House Hansard index Parliament 43 Session 1

House subject index

Letter: B

Bail hearings
- bail support teams
  - Downey, 7472–7473
  - Ghamari, 7567
- judicial officers, presiding
  - pilot project
    - Blais, 3379
Bail hearings - Indigenous communities
- access
  - Wong-Tam, 3338
Bail program
- firearms and intimate partner offences, recidivism
  - Jones, T., 3353
  - Sattler, 3347
- government funding
  - Skelly, 4685
- reports and recommendations
  - committee
    - Blais, 3379
- sureties
  - Downey, 3330
Bail program - offenders
- recidivism
  - Ford, D., 3340
  - Hogarth, 3326–3327
  - Leardi, 7527
  - McMahon, 3343
  - Wong-Tam, 3334–3335
  - firearms and intimate partner offences
    - Blais, 3349
    - Sattler, 3347
Bail program reform
- consultation with Indigenous communities
  - Mamakwa, 3354–3355
- federal government, role of
  - Bailey, 3327–3328
  - Calandra, 3345–3346
  - Dixon, 3356–3357
  - Downey, 3330–3331
  - Lecce, 3351
  - Wong-Tam, 3338–3339
  - Yakabuski, 10118
- general remarks
  - Bowman, 3350
  - Gretzky, 4990
  - Kerzner, 3324, 9995–9996, 10118
  - Khanjin, 2177, 3945
  - Schreiner, 3355
  - Shamji, 3344
  - Vanthof, 3341–3342
- government funding
  - Kerzner, 5528
- government strategy
  - Calandra, 3379
  - Downey, 5156, 6901
  - Kerzner, 3671
  - Saunderson, 6905
  - Wai, 3671
- reverse onus, application of
  - Downey, 7472
- stakeholder consultation
  - Wong-Tam, 3331–3332
Bail reform
- and non-compliance with court orders
  - Kerzner, 3671
Bail verification and supervision
- offender monitoring
  - Wong-Tam, 3333–3334
  - offender management unit, Windsor and LaSalle Police Services
    - Leardi, 8109, 9670
- vs. pretrial detention
  - Andrew, 9216
- programs
  - government funding
    - Hsu, 7527
Ban iGaming Advertising Act, 2023 (Bill 126)
- first reading
  - Gélinas, 4870
Basic Income Pilot
- review
  - Hunter, 212
Basic Income Pilot cancellation
- general remarks
  - Fraser, 1094
Basic income programs
- general remarks
  - Fraser, 1410, 3017
  - Harden, 1097
- as poverty reduction tool
  - Harden, 723
Beef industry
- economic impact
  - Smith, Dave, 5278
- northern Ontario
  - Rickford, 7235
Behaviour-specialized units
- expansion
  - Jordan, 334
- government funding
  - Cho, S., 7363
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 9182
Belleville
- urban boundary expansion
  - internal communications
    - Shaw, 5272
Bernardo, Paul.
see Correctional services, inmate transfers, Bernardo, Paul

Better Enforcement of the Tobacco Tax Act, 2023 (Bill 106)

first reading

Gélinas, 4137
Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142)
- first reading
  - McCarthy, 5597
- committee process
  - amendments, consideration of
    - Gretzky, 6975
    - McCarthy, 6940, 6945, 6966
    - Pasma, 6975
    - Rakocevic, 6945, 6948–6955
  - witness submissions and presentations
    - Rakocevic, 6947–6955
- second reading, 5825–5855, 5857–5876, 5949–5967, 5977, 6003
  - Armstrong, 5844, 5849–5853
  - Babikian, 5844
  - Bouma, 5874
  - Burch, 5954, 5962
  - Coe, 5848, 5864
  - Cuzzetto, 5872–5874
  - Downey, 5871
  - Fife, 5950–5955, 5965
  - Gallagher Murphy, 5960
  - Gates, 5857–5861, 5864
  - Gélinas, 5955–5958, 5960
  - Glover, 5870–5871, 5875, 5954, 5958–5961
  - Gretzky, 5853, 5861
  - Harden, 5852, 5874
  - Harris, 5955, 5958, 5963, 5965
  - Hogarth, 5848, 5864
  - Jones, T., 5865
  - Kanapathi, 5965
  - Kernaghan, 5834, 5867–5871, 5873, 5963
  - Leardi, 5845, 5852–5853, 5860, 5865–5866, 5950–5951, 5957–5958, 5960–5961, 5963
  - Mamakwa, 5958
  - McCarthy, 5825–5834, 5844, 5855, 5957, 5962
  - McMahon, 5853–5855
  - Pang, 5833, 5870–5875
  - Pasma, 5870
  - Rae, 5849, 5852, 5855, 5861
  - Rakocevic, 5833, 5835–5845, 5848–5849, 5860, 5864
  - Riddell, 5845–5849, 5869–5870, 5953
  - Sabawy, 5834, 5860–5865
  - Sattler, 5875–5876, 5949–5951, 5960
  - Saunderson, 5848
  - Shaw, 5845, 5848, 5855, 5865
  - Smith, L., 5873–5874, 5954, 5965–5967
  - Stevens, 5950–5951, 5961–5963
  - Taylor, 5848
  - Vaugeois, 5957, 5963–5965
  - West, 5834, 5844, 5977
  - division (carried), 6003
- referred to Standing Committee on Justice Policy, 6003
- public consultation
  - McCarthy, 5833, 6943
  - Rakocevic, 5833
- regulations
  - stakeholder consultation
    - McCarthy, 6939–6940, 6944–6945, 8745
- statements by stakeholders
  - Pasma, 6974
- third reading, 6937–6977
  - Armstrong, 6957
  - Bourgouin, 6965
  - Bresee, 6975–6976
  - Coe, 6946, 6970, 6974
  - Dixon, 6962
  - Gates, 6970–6971, 6975
  - Gretzky, 6958, 6975
  - Harden, 6946–6947, 6961–6962
  - Hogarth, 6946–6947
  - Hsu, 6976–6977
  - Jones, T., 6969–6971
  - Leardi, 6958
  - McCarthy, 6937–6947, 6957, 6961–6962, 6966, 6968, 6971
  - Pasma, 6946, 6971–6976
  - Rae, 6958–6962
  - Rakocevic, 6945, 6947– 6958, 6961–6962
  - Saunderson, 6957, 6975
  - Schreiner, 6967–6968
  - Shaw, 6968, 6976
  - Taylor, 6968, 6970–6971
  - Wai, 6971
- Royal assent, 7069
Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
- first reading
  - Clark, 1379
- committee process
  - Bell, 2037
- committee response
  - McMahon, 2084
- democracy
  - Begum, 1499
- second reading, 1437–1447, 1468–1508, 1537–1547, 1569–1581, 1583–1586, 1619–1620
  - Anand, 1488–1492
  - Andrew, 1575, 1585
  - Armstrong, 1445, 1538, 1541, 1543
  - Babikian, 1445, 1500, 1504
  - Begum, 1499, 1546
  - Bell, 1537–1542, 1573
  - Blais, 1481, 1486–1488
  - Bouma, 1537–1538, 1541–1543, 1577–1579
  - Burch, 1446–1447, 1469–1477
  - Byers, 1488
  - Clark, 1437–1440, 1445–1446
  - Coe, 1575, 1585–1586
  - Crawford, 1476
  - Dixon, 1497
  - Dowie, 1477
  - Fedeli, 1543–1547, 1569–1570
  - Fife, 1444–1445
  - Flack, 1445–1446, 1477, 1491, 1503
  - French, 1570–1573
  - Gates, 1477, 1481, 1485, 1492–1497
  - Glover, 1488, 1491, 1496, 1500, 1508, 1576–1579, 1584–1585
  - Gretzky, 1578
  - Harden, 1482–1486, 1572, 1578, 1581
  - Holland, 1442–1444
  - Jordan, 1485
  - Kanapathi, 1497–1500
  - Ke, 1541, 1572, 1584
  - Kernaghan, 1480
  - Khanjin, 1504–1508, 1537–1538, 1569
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 1481–1482, 1488
  - Leardi, 1499
  - Mantha, 1576
  - McGregor, 1573–1576
  - Oosterhoff, 1485
  - Pang, 1573, 1585
  - Parsa, 1440–1442
  - Pierre, 1495, 1508
  - Quinn, 1491, 1500, 1503–1504
  - Rakocevic, 1574–1575, 1580
  - Rasheed, 1580
  - Romano, 1537
  - Sabawy, 1579–1581
  - Sattler, 1476, 1491, 1503
  - Schreiner, 1542–1543
  - Skelly, 1585
  - Smith, Dave, 1480–1481, 1486, 1492
  - Smith, L., 1546, 1572, 1578
  - Stevens, 1546, 1583–1585
  - Stiles, 1446, 1492, 1496, 1499, 1504
  - Thanigasalam, 1575–1576
  - Tibollo, 1477–1482
  - Vanthof, 1570
  - Vaugeois, 1542
  - Williams, 1496
  - Wong-Tam, 1500–1504
  - division (carried), 1619–1620
- referred to Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy, 1619–1620
- general remarks
  - Clark, 1965
- Indigenous consultation
  - McGregor, 1576
- legislative process
  - Wong-Tam, 1500–1501, 2089
- legislative timeline
  - Gates, 1493
- municipal councils response
  - Wong-Tam, 2089
  - motions (Ottawa)
    - Pasma, 2120
- municipal response
  - Andrew, 2067
  - Mantha, 2078
- public consultation
  - Gates, 1493
  - McMahon, 2039, 2084
- public response
  - Begum, 2120
  - Bell, 1965, 2108
  - Wong-Tam, 1965
- statements by stakeholders
  - Armstrong, 1543
  - French, 1570
  - Wong-Tam, 2089
- third reading, 2049–2055, 2063–2101, 2103–2113, 2135–2139, 2169–2170
  - Andrew, 2067–2075, 2092, 2096, 2099
  - Armstrong, 2110, 2112
  - Bailey, 2095
  - Begum, 2136
  - Bell, 2105, 2107–2110
  - Bourgouin, 2077, 2109
  - Burch, 2105–2107, 2109–2110
  - Calandra, 2099–2101, 2103–2106
  - Clark, 2049–2052, 2065–2066
  - Coe, 2075–2078
  - Flack, 2073–2074, 2084, 2087, 2093, 2095
  - Fraser, 2074, 2135, 2137–2139
  - French, 2135
  - Gallagher Murphy, 2110
  - Gates, 2109, 2111–2113, 2135–2137
  - Gélinas, 2066, 2074, 2083–2084, 2094–2095, 2099
  - Gill, 2106
  - Glover, 2078–2083, 2091, 2095
  - Harris, 2104–2105, 2109, 2139
  - Holland, 2055, 2063–2065, 2082
  - Hsu, 2085
  - Jones, T., 2082
  - Jordan, 2074
  - Khanjin, 2083
  - Leardi, 2066, 2077, 2085–2088, 2092, 2135–2136, 2138
  - Mamakwa, 2087–2088
  - Mantha, 2078, 2093, 2104
  - Martin, 2112, 2136
  - McMahon, 2083–2085
  - Pang, 2077, 2091
  - Parsa, 2052–2054, 2066–2067, 2088
  - Piccini, 2105
  - Pierre, 2110–2112
  - Rakocevic, 2066, 2082, 2138
  - Rasheed, 2093–2096
  - Sattler, 2074, 2136
  - Schreiner, 2092–2093
  - Smith, L., 2066
  - Thanigasalam, 2091, 2093, 2099
  - Vanthof, 2065
  - Wong-Tam, 2077, 2088–2092
  - Yakabuski, 2109
  - division (carried), 2169–2170
- Royal assent, 2170–2171
Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
- amendments
  - consideration of
    - Pasma, 4891–4894
    - Sattler, 4942
- first reading
  - Lecce, 3552
- committee process
  - Pasma, 4888, 4891
- committee submissions
  - Coe, 4881
  - Dowie, 4961–4962
  - Jones, T., 4883
  - Kernaghan, 4938
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 4884
  - Leardi, 4934
  - Pasma, 4893–4894, 4903
  - Rae, 4907
  - Sattler, 4948
  - Saunderson, 4935
  - Wai, 4906
- second reading, 3595–3605, 3651–3662, 3679–3717, 3725–3735, 3752–3758, 3804–3805
  - Armstrong, 3661, 3756
  - Barnes, 3601–3604, 3686, 3695, 3701–3702
  - Bouma, 3604
  - Bresee, 3734–3735
  - Byers, 3753
  - Cho, S., 3694–3695
  - Coe, 3757–3758
  - Collard, 3725–3727, 3734
  - Dowie, 3716
  - Flack, 3697, 3705
  - Fraser, 3710–3712
  - French, 3706–3710, 3715
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3661, 3680–3682, 3701, 3705
  - Gates, 3731, 3733, 3754
  - Gélinas, 3701, 3704, 3709, 3711, 3716, 3729–3732
  - Ghamari, 3731–3735
  - Gretzky, 3729, 3734
  - Harden, 3605, 3682–3687, 3690–3691
  - Harris, 3660–3662, 3679–3682, 3690, 3697–3698, 3708–3709, 3711
  - Jama, 3731, 3735, 3756
  - Jones, T., 3689–3691
  - Jordan, 3729
  - Karpoche, 3752–3754
  - Kernaghan, 3604, 3660, 3694, 3702, 3715, 3754–3757
  - Khanjin, 3727, 3757
  - Leardi, 3754, 3757
  - Lecce, 3595–3601, 3603–3605
  - Mamakwa, 3716–3717
  - Martin, 3681, 3687, 3691, 3698, 3701, 3705–3706, 3709, 3711–3713, 3716
  - McCarthy, 3731, 3733–3734
  - Pang, 3695–3698, 3710
  - Pasma, 3603, 3605, 3651–3661, 3681, 3690
  - Pierre, 3713–3716
  - Rae, 3756
  - Romano, 3682, 3702
  - Sandhu, 3715–3716
  - Sattler, 3691–3695, 3698, 3709
  - Shaw, 3682, 3691, 3728–3729
  - Smith, David, 3732
  - Smith, L., 3604, 3660, 3687–3691
  - Stevens, 3695, 3697, 3705
  - Surma, 3703–3706
  - Taylor, 3687
  - Tibollo, 3755
  - Vaugeois, 3695, 3698–3702
  - Wai, 3691, 3715
  - Williams, 3727–3729
  - Yakabuski, 3686
  - division (carried), 3804–3805
- referred to Standing Committee on Social Policy, 3804–3805
- scope of
  - Coe, 3758
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3680
- stakeholder consultation
  - Bell, 4911–4912
  - French, 3709–3710
  - Harden, 3684–3685
  - Kernaghan, 3604, 3754, 4937–4938
  - Pang, 3710
  - Pasma, 4902–4903
  - Sattler, 3692, 3709, 4948
  - Schreiner, 4942
  - statements by stakeholder
    - Pasma, 3659
    - Sattler, 3695
- statements by stakeholders
  - Dowie, 4961
  - Mamakwa, 3716–3717
  - Sattler, 4948
- third reading, 4878–4894, 4901–4912, 4933–4954, 4961–4964, 4982–4983
  - Barnes, 4880–4881
  - Bell, 4910–4912
  - Burch, 4908, 4937, 4952
  - Coe, 4881, 4887
  - Collard, 4951–4952
  - Dixon, 4881–4882
  - Dowie, 4946, 4961–4962
  - Fife, 4946, 4952
  - Flack, 4886
  - Gallagher Murphy, 4909, 4937
  - Glover, 4936
  - Holland, 4887
  - Jones, T., 4882–4883, 4887
  - Kernaghan, 4904, 4909, 4937–4941
  - Khanjin, 4942, 4944–4947, 4950
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 4883–4885
  - Leardi, 4904, 4933–4934, 4936–4937, 4943
  - Lecce, 4878–4880
  - MacLeod, 4941, 4950–4951
  - Martin, 4904, 4941, 4952
  - McCarthy, 4885–4887, 4936, 4940, 4950
  - Pasma, 4887–4894, 4901–4905
  - Pierre, 4908
  - Rae, 4905, 4907–4910
  - Sattler, 4942, 4947–4951
  - Saunderson, 4934–4937
  - Schreiner, 4941–4943, 4946–4947
  - Shaw, 4905, 4909
  - Skelly, 4943–4944, 4946–4947
  - Smith, L., 4887
  - Stevens, 4940, 4947, 4950
  - Vaugeois, 4887, 4936, 4941, 4950, 4952–4954
  - Wai, 4905–4906, 4908–4909, 4947
  - Yakabuski, 4962–4964
  - division (carried), 4982–4983
- Royal assent, 4983
Bicycles
- bike lanes
  - government strategy
    - Hogarth, 9789
    - McMahon, 9789
    - Sarkaria, 9783, 9789
- e-bikes
  - classification
    - Bourgouin, 9710
    - Bresee, 9327, 9329
    - French, 9329, 9337–9338
    - Grewal, 9701–9702
    - Jones, T., 9709–9710
    - Kernaghan, 9693–9694
    - McCarthy, 9688
    - Rae, 9720–9721
    - Sarkaria, 9323
    - Saunderson, 9708–9710
    - Stevens, 9702
    - Wong-Tam, 9704–9705
  - safety
    - Rae, 9691
- safety
  - Vision Zero
    - Harden, 9713–9714
Bill C-233 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)
- Kiera's Law. see also Judicial education–sexual assault law, intimate partner violence and coercive control
  - Downey, 4780
  - Kernaghan, 3970–3971
  - Sattler, 3949
  - Triantafilopoulos, 3935
Bills referred to committee
- Government bills
  - Affordable Energy Act, 2024 (Bill 214), 10282
  - Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134), 5304
  - Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 155), 7126
  - Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142), 6003
  - Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39), 1619–1620
  - Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98), 3804–3805
  - Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180), 8255–8256
  - Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85), 3259
  - Building a Strong Ontario Together Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 146), 6181
  - Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153), 6671
  - Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71), 2805–2806
  - Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135), 5659–5660
  - Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185), 8487
  - Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 (Bill 157), 7051
  - Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act, 2024 (Bill 171), 7905
  - Get It Done Act, 2024 (Bill 162), 7668–7669
  - Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 136), 5985
  - Hazel McCallion Act (Peel Dissolution), 2023 (Bill 112), 4576
  - Homeowner Protection Act, 2024 (Bill 200), 9613
  - Improving Real Estate Management Act, 2024 (Bill 151), 6445
  - Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, 2024 (Bill 165), 7364–7365
  - Legislative Assembly Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 51), 1968–1969
  - Less Red Tape, More Common Sense Act, 2023 (Bill 139), 5791
  - Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91), 3523
  - Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46), 1877
  - Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 150), 6343
  - Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act, 2024 (Bill 159), 8558
  - Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36), 1462–1463
  - Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75), 2842
  - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 (Bill 212), 10315
  - Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69), 2608
  - Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 197), 10006
  - Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166), 7701
  - Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194), 10006
  - Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26), 1299
  - Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102), 4016–4017
  - Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3), 228–229
  - Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188), 8724
  - Transportation for the Future Act, 2023 (Bill 131), 5192
  - Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79), 3260
  - Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190), 9246
  - Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 (Bill 149), 6591
  - Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60), 2496–2497
- Private bills
  - Allied Contractors (Kitchener) Limited Act, 2024 (Bill Pr32), 6723
  - Eastern Children of Israel Congregation Act, 2024 (Bill Pr36), 6723
  - 405456 Ontario Limited Act, 2022 (Bill Pr2), 768
  - Ice Hockey Resources Ltd. Act, 2023 (Bill Pr23), 4595
  - Superior Corporate Services Limited Act, 2023 (Bill Pr25), 4272
- Private members' public bills
  - Change of Name Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 138), 6041–6042
  - Chinese Heritage Month Act, 2024 (Bill 183), 9148
  - Croatian Heritage Day Act, 2024 (Bill 81), 3649
  - Erin's Law (Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Reporting), 2023 (Bill 123), 5311
  - Fairness for Road Users Act (Contraventions Causing Death or Serious Bodily Harm), 2022 (Bill 15), 1593
  - Fixing Long-Term Care Amendment Act (Till Death Do Us Part), 2022 (Bill 21), 1354
  - Garrett's Legacy Act (Requirements for Movable Soccer Goals), 2024 (Bill 99), 4153
  - Group of Seven Day Act, 2023 (Bill 78), 3484
  - Group of Seven Day Act, 2024 (Bill 158), 7642
  - Growing Agritourism Act, 2024 (Bill 186), 8902
  - Harvest Season Road Safety Week Act, 2023 (Bill 143), 7089
  - Honouring Our Veterans Act, 2023 (Bill 65), 2846
  - Improving Dementia Care in Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 121), 5255
  - Injured Workers Day Act, 2024 (Bill 118), 9458
  - Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act, 2024 (Bill 173), 8300
  - Joshua's Law (Lifejackets for Life), 2023 (Bill 93), 3892
  - Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2024 (Bill 133), 9665
  - Maternal Mental Health Day Act, 2023 (Bill 33), 2226
  - Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2023 (Bill 96), 4051–4052
  - Missing Persons Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 74), 3147
  - Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2024 (Bill 31), 2528
  - Orthodox Christian Week Act, 2024 (Bill 167), 7813
  - Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2023 (Bill 137), 5920
  - Protecting Ontarians by Enhancing Gas Station Safety to Prevent Gas and Dash Act, 2023 (Bill 88), 3780
  - Protection from Coerced Debts Incurred in relation to Human Trafficking Act, 2023 (Bill 41), 2358
  - Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 193), 9411
  - Seniors Month Act, 2023 (Bill 70), 2970
  - Skilled Trades Week Act, 2023 (Bill 117), 5198
  - Supporting Ontario's Community, Rural and Agricultural Newspapers Act, 2023 (Bill 73), 3176
  - Test Your Smoke Alarm Day Act, 2024 (Bill 177), 8513
Birds
- window collisions
  - Glover, 1256
Bird-Safe Windows Act, 2023 (Bill 145)
- first reading
  - Glover, 5889–5890
Black community
- appreciation of
  - Williams, 2194
- Black History Month
  - Andrew, 2197–2198
  - Babikian, 8050
  - Barnes, 2297
  - Clancy, 7422
  - Ford, M., 2195, 7419–7420
  - Hazell, 7421–7422
  - Hunter, 2198–2199
  - Smith, David, 2370, 7403
  - Williams, 2194–2195, 7418–7419
  - Wong-Tam, 7421
  - activities by region
    - Etobicoke–Lakeshore
      - Hogarth, 2369
    - London
      - Sattler, 7403
- Black youth action plan
  - Ford, M., 7420
- community organizations
  - Ford, M., 2195
  - Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association
    - Gallagher Murphy, 2620
  - Thornhill African Caribbean Canadian Association
    - Smith, L., 2438
- community organizations,
  - Wong-Tam, 7421
- community organizations, by region
  - Oakville
    - Crawford, 7195
- education and awareness
  - Black Mental Health Day
    - Karpoche, 7486–7487
  - Black Mental Health Week
    - Andrew, 7654
- Emancipation Month
  - Gallagher Murphy, 23
- history of
  - Hazell, 7421–7422
  - Hunter, 2198–2199
  - Williams, 7418–7419
- Little Jamaica
  - Wong-Tam, 7421
- notable members
  - Barnes, 2297
  - Ford, M., 2195
  - Hunter, 2198–2199
  - Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs)
    - Hazell, 7351
Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice Month Act, 2024 (Bill 209)
- first reading
  - Hazell, 9594
Black Mental Health Day Act, 2022 (Bill 32)
- first reading
  - Karpoche, 1223–1224
Black Youth Action Plan
- general remarks
  - Barnes, 7411–7412
  - Ford, M., 7411–7412
Blind River Huron Shores Family Health Team
- government funding
  - Jones, S., 3912
Blood and blood products - donation and collection
- Canada Blood Services
  - partnerships, for-profit
    - Jones, S., 7609
- Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (Krever Inquiry)
  - Gélinas, 1863
- government contract
  - for-profit operators
    - Gélinas, 1863
- plasma
  - Fife, 7629
  - Sandhu, 2154
- prohibition on payment
  - Gélinas, 1863
  - Shaw, 7609
  - Taylor, 7609
Blood disorders
- education and awareness
  - Thalassemia Awareness Day
    - Cuzzetto, 8916
Board of Internal Economy
- administrative authority
  - Byers, 1934
  - Calandra, 1935
  - Vanthof, 1930, 1933
  - Wong-Tam, 1934
  - legislature staff
    - Khanjin, 2015
    - Sattler, 2017
- administrative authority, expansion
  - Sattler, 2019
  - legislative precinct. see also Legislative Assembly
    - Sattler, 2047
  - scope of
    - Sattler, 2019, 2047
- authority of
  - Byers, 1934
  - Calandra, 1935
  - Vanthof, 1930, 1933
  - Wong-Tam, 1934
- composition of
  - Calandra, 1939, 1942
  - Mantha, 1941–1942
  - Rakocevic, 1939
  - Sattler, 2019, 2048
  - Vanthof, 1934
Boating.
see Also Life jackets
- fatalities due to accidents
  - Gélinas, 3889
  - Ghamari, 3888
- life jacket requirements
  - children 12 and under
    - Ghamari, 3888
- "pleasure boat" definition of
  - Ghamari, 3888
- safety
  - Ghamari, 1820
Bongo Studios Inc. Act, 2024 (Bill Pr34)
- first reading
  - Wong-Tam, 5946
- second reading
  - Wong-Tam, 8733
- third reading
  - Wong-Tam, 8733
- Royal assent, 8773
Boulet, Logan.
see Organ and tissue donation
Bowmanville Hospital
- departments
  - closure due to staffing
    - French, 87
    - Gélinas, 87
Bradford bypass
- rerouting
  - communications
    - Shaw, 10307
    - Stiles, 10306
Bradford Bypass
- commute times, impact on
  - Bethlenfalvy, 608
  - Mulroney, 344
- development and construction
  - Khanjin, 1262
  - Mulroney, 1262
  - rerouting
    - Stiles, 10266–10267
- economic impact
  - Bethlenfalvy, 608
  - Khanjin, 1262
  - Mulroney, 634, 1263
- general remarks
  - Gallagher Murphy, 634
- stakeholder response
  - Mulroney, 634
- traffic congestion, impact on
  - Sarkaria, 7505
Brampton
- capital investments
  - McGregor, 2012
- capital projects
  - Grewal, 2368
- infrastructure development
  - Sarkaria, 3804
- regional development
  - Grewal, 6908, 9669
Brampton Civic Hospital
- emergency department
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - Stiles, 8921
Brantford General Hospital
- emergency department, staffing levels
  - independent assessment committee
    - Stiles, 7780
- emergency services
  - dementia care specialists
    - Kusendova-Bashta, 5643
Breast cancer
- treatment services, wait-time. see Cancer - treatment services

Bridges

construction and expansion

Garden City Skyway twinning

Burch, 4316

Stevens, 533, 535

inter-provincial bridges, Ontario/Quebec

Kettle Island corridor

Blais, 2237

Little Current Swing Bridge replacement

Sarkaria, 10230

construction timelines

Mantha, 10229–10230

maintenance and repair

Argyle Street Bridge (Caledonia)

Mulroney, 4167

Sarkaria, 6998, 9801

community consultations

Cho, S., 2123

Mulroney, 597

construction delay

Brady, 596–597, 2123, 2146, 4167, 6998, 9801

government strategy

Grewal, 2147

load restrictions, penalties

Brady, 4167

Mulroney, 4168

Ginoogaming First Nation

Clark, 10336

Vaugeois, 10336
Brighton
- lobbyists, hiring of
  - Fraser, 9051
  - Stiles, 8980–8981
British Home Children
- education and awareness
  - British Home Child Day
    - Wong-Tam, 9843
Broadband infrastructure
- government strategy
  - French, 7160–7161
Broadband infrastructure development
- and agriculture industry
  - funding
    - Leardi, 31
- general remarks
  - Dowie, 3518–3519
  - Glover, 3457
  - Pierre, 3457
- gigabyte symmetrical vs. 50/10
  - Glover, 7171–7172
- government strategy
  - French, 6637, 7166
  - Glover, 7172
  - Harris, 7166
  - Oosterhoff, 4468–4469
  - Sabawy, 4604
  - Sandhu, 6628–6629
  - Sattler, 7166
  - Saunderson, 4468
  - Smith, Dave, 2380
  - Smith, T., 3460
  - Surma, 32, 3381
  - information sharing
    - Bresee, 4064
    - Surma, 4064
- northern and rural Ontario
  - Bourgouin, 6664
  - French, 3474
  - Holland, 3140
  - Kernaghan, 6629
  - Mamakwa, 6664
  - Oosterhoff, 1832–1833
  - Quinn, 7665–7666
  - Rae, 9094
  - Sandhu, 6629
  - government strategy
    - Surma, 7665–7666
  - service equity
    - Gélinas, 4623
- regional impact
  - Leardi, 32
- regulatory reform
  - Bresee, 4612
  - Ghamari, 2450
  - Gill, 3415
  - Sandhu, 3474
  - Saunderson, 3477
  - Smith, T., 3459
- rural Ontario
  - Oosterhoff, 1832–1833
- through private sector
  - in rural and remote areas
    - French, 3460
- utility infrastructure data
  - collection and sharing
    - Gill, 4461
    - Pang, 4620–4621
Broadband infrastructure development - funding
- federal-provincial partnership
  - Surma, 1077
- general remarks
  - Bresee, 1077
  - Sandhu, 3479, 3837, 6378, 6816, 8496
  - Saunderson, 3479
  - Schreiner, 4612
  - Surma, 31, 1833, 2380, 3140–3141, 3783, 4765
  - Vaugeois, 3474
- planned vs. actual
  - Gélinas, 3381
  - Kernaghan, 4553
  - Rakocevic, 4765
Broadband infrastructure development programs
- Improving Connectivity for Ontario (ICON)
  - Surma, 4064
Broadband services
- access
  - farming
    - northern Ontario
      - Glover, 3454
  - government strategy
    - McCarthy, 3487
    - Quinn, 3494
- cost of
  - impact on social assistance recipients
    - Fraser, 1094
- delivery model
  - public vs. private
    - Burch, 3489
- disruption to
  - economic impact
    - Leardi, 32
- speed levels
  - regional equity
    - Glover, 3453
Broadband services - access to
- agricultural industry
  - northern Ontario
    - Glover, 3454
- government strategy
  - McCarthy, 3487
  - Quinn, 3494
- rural Ontario
  - Gill, 1361
Brock University
- Burlington campus, construction
  - Pierre, 9917
Budget 2022/2023
- children's health care integration
  - Smith, Dave, 614–615
- climate change
  - Bell, 618
  - Schreiner, 619
  - Tabuns, 50
  - Vaugeois, 619
- consultation
  - Bowman, 617
- contingency and reserve funds
  - Kernaghan, 609
  - McCarthy, 2872
- cost of living
  - Bethlenfalvy, 607
  - Crawford, 244
  - Pasma, 244
- decision making process
  - reform
    - Wong-Tam, 205–206, 208–209
- education
  - Bell, 618
  - Bethlenfalvy, 79, 1320
  - Bowman, 617
  - Hunter, 210–211
  - Kernaghan, 196–197
  - Rae, 659
- employment
  - Anand, 239
  - Crawford, 77–78
  - Kernaghan, 192–193
- and equity
  - Kernaghan, 609
- gender-based violence
  - Wong-Tam, 209–210, 616
- general remarks
  - Bell, 618
  - Crawford, 77–78
  - Gates, 254
  - Hunter, 210–211
  - Kernaghan, 191, 195, 609–610
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 250–251
  - Martin, 1417
  - McCarthy, 202
  - Pasma, 241–242
  - Smith, Dave, 613
  - Tabuns, 50
- government strategy
  - McCarthy, 1346
- health care
  - Anand, 241
  - Bell, 618
  - Bethlenfalvy, 608, 1315
  - Crawford, 79
  - Cuzzetto, 2874
  - Gates, 254–255
  - Harris, 611
  - Hunter, 211
  - Jones, S., 1617
  - Kernaghan, 191–192, 196
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 238, 251–252
  - Mantha, 620
  - McCarthy, 201
  - Pasma, 242
  - Rickford, 213–214
  - Sattler, 620
  - Schreiner, 618–619
  - Wong-Tam, 206–207
  - health human resources
    - Sarkaria, 2870
  - resource allocation
    - Fife, 1317
  - statements by stakeholders
    - McCarthy, 201
- home and community care
  - Bethlenfalvy, 608
  - Jones, S., 1322
- housing
  - Kernaghan, 197
- Indigenous affairs
  - Mamakwa, 611–612
  - Rickford, 214–215
  - Vaugeois, 237
- inflation
  - Kernaghan, 609
- infrastructure
  - Bethlenfalvy, 73–74
  - Byers, 1310
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 236–237
  - Sandhu, 202
- legal aid
  - Wong-Tam, 615–616
- long-term care
  - Kernaghan, 196
- mental health and addictions
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 251
- municipal affairs and housing
  - Bell, 120
- northern and rural Ontario
  - Bethlenfalvy, 608
  - Rickford, 213–214
- program allocation
  - Begum, 3033–3034
  - Crawford, 3033–3034
- program spending
  - Schreiner, 237–238
- skilled trades
  - Bethlenfalvy, 607–608
  - Harris, 611
- social assistance
  - Bethlenfalvy, 73
  - Kernaghan, 194
  - McCarthy, 199
  - Schreiner, 619
  - Wong-Tam, 207–208
- statements from stakeholders
  - Kernaghan, 191–192, 195–196
- transportation
  - Bethlenfalvy, 608
  - Bowman, 617
  - Crawford, 78–79
  - Harris, 610–611
  - Kernaghan, 193
  - McCarthy, 199–201
  - Rickford, 213
  - Wai, 209
  - Wong-Tam, 209
  - northern Ontario
    - Mantha, 621
- tribunals
  - Wong-Tam, 615
Budget 2023/2024
- accountability and transparency
  - Crawford, 4278–4279
  - Sattler, 4433
- agriculture
  - Brady, 4320
  - Khanjin, 3293
  - Oosterhoff, 4291
  - Rickford, 3181
  - Thompson, 3302
- allocation by fiscal year
  - 2022-2023
    - Fife, 3102
- allocation of funds
  - Bethlenfalvy, 3190–3191
  - Byers, 3275
  - Fife, 4290
  - McMahon, 3365–3366
  - Stiles, 3190–3191
- arts and culture
  - Andrew, 3040, 3289
  - Glover, 3041
- autism services
  - Anand, 4415
  - Fife, 3109, 4286, 4290, 4415
  - McCarthy, 4342–4343
  - West, 3114, 4290, 4304, 4342
  - statements by stakeholders
    - West, 3117
- automotive
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4312
  - Bresee, 4356
  - Cuzzetto, 4349
  - Leardi, 4411
  - battery production
    - Sandhu, 4407
- broadband infrastructure development
  - Rae, 3153
- business
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4312
  - Ghamari, 3166, 4398
  - Smith, L., 4375
- business - small- and medium-sized
  - Smith, L., 4374
- businesses
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4312
- carbon emissions
  - Bowman, 3274
- child care
  - Smith, L., 4375
- child protection system
  - Fife, 4287
  - Smith, L., 4376–4377
- child welfare
  - Byers, 4275
  - Quinn, 3291, 3295
  - Saunderson, 3272
  - Smith, L., 3295, 4345
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Quinn, 3291
- children and youth
  - Quinn, 3296
  - Smith, G., 3296
- committee presentations
  - Begum, 4401
  - Fife, 4287
- community safety
  - Burch, 4371
  - Coe, 3113–3114
  - Crawford, 3061
  - Leardi, 3114
- community services
  - Fife, 4289
  - Jones, S., 3668
  - Kernaghan, 3184
  - statements by stakeholders
    - West, 3118
- consumer protection
  - Byers, 3059, 4276
- contingency and reserve funds
  - Bowman, 3123–3124, 4404–4405, 6727
  - Fife, 4282
  - Fraser, 3124
  - Glover, 3296
  - Sabawy, 4305
  - Shaw, 4305
  - West, 3115
- correctional services
  - post-release supports
    - Sattler, 3211
    - Vaugeois, 3211
- cost of living
  - Blais, 3162–3163
  - Brady, 4320
  - Bresee, 4357–4358
  - Crawford, 4278
  - Fife, 3062–3063
  - Fraser, 3161
  - Gates, 3269
  - Gretzky, 2957, 4433
  - Kanapathi, 3154, 4341
  - McCarthy, 4341
  - McGregor, 3163
  - McMahon, 3367
  - Sattler, 3286
  - Schreiner, 3151
  - Shaw, 4343–4344
  - Stiles, 3247
  - West, 4357
- debt and deficit
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4311
  - Fife, 6720
  - Ghamari, 3165
  - Kerzner, 6720
  - annual projections
    - Byers, 4273
    - Kusendova-Bashta, 4434
    - McCarthy, 3264, 4339
    - Wai, 3266
- debt-to-GDP
  - Hsu, 6730
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 4434
  - Shaw, 6729
- deficit
  - annual projections
    - Kusendova-Bashta, 4434
    - McCarthy, 3264, 4339
    - Wai, 3266
- developmental services
  - housing
    - Armstrong, 3274
- doctors
  - Sandhu, 4407
  - Sattler, 4354
  - Vaugeois, 4354
  - education and training
    - Smith, L., 4375
- education
  - Andrew, 3288
  - Begum, 3278, 4401, 4403
  - Bell, 3179, 4376
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4313
  - Bowman, 3121
  - Crawford, 4277
  - Fife, 3239–3240
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3205
  - Ghamari, 3166
  - Hunter, 3196–3197
  - Kanapathi, 3154
  - Karpoche, 3275
  - Kernaghan, 3183, 4377, 4379
  - Lecce, 3197, 3672
  - Pang, 3361
  - Rickford, 3182
  - Shamji, 3275
  - Smith, L., 4375–4376
  - Vaugeois, 4403
  - pre-budget submissions
    - Kernaghan, 3183–3184
  - school boards
    - Karpoche, 3280
  - school safety
    - Kernaghan, 3181
  - statements by stakeholders
    - West, 3117
- education, post-secondary
  - Bowman, 3273
- electricity rates
  - Smith, Dave, 3126
- emergency management
  - Crawford, 3061
- employment
  - Bowman, 3121
  - Bresee, 4356
  - McNaughton, 3251
  - Sattler, 4431
- employment services
  - Anand, 3164–3165
  - Coe, 3113
  - Crawford, 3186
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3186
  - McCarthy, 4361–4362
  - McGregor, 3111
  - Pang, 4293
  - Sabawy, 4302
  - Thanigasalam, 3160
  - Wai, 4411
  - immigrants
    - Smith, L., 4374
- energy
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3182
  - Rickford, 3182
- environment
  - Bell, 3367
  - Burch, 3367
  - McMahon, 3366–3368
- food security
  - Khanjin, 3182
  - Rickford, 3182
- gender-based budgeting
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Sattler, 4431
- gender-based violence
  - French, 4432–4433
  - Sattler, 4433
- general remarks
  - Begum, 4400
  - Bouma, 3211–3212
  - Bowman, 4404
  - Byers, 3299
  - Crawford, 4276
  - Cuzzetto, 4351–4352
  - Fife, 3070–3071, 3109, 4481–4482
  - Glover, 7542
  - Grewal, 4304
  - Kanapathi, 3245, 4340–4341
  - Kernaghan, 4377–4378
  - Martin, 4406
  - McCarthy, 3243
  - Oosterhoff, 3065
  - Pang, 3359
  - Pierre, 4378–4379
  - Rakocevic, 3168–3169
  - West, 3109
- geopolitical environment
  - Sandhu, 4408
- health care
  - Anand, 4414–4415
  - Andrew, 3288
  - Bell, 3177–3178
  - Bethlenfalvy, 3071, 4314
  - Bowman, 4404
  - Burch, 4373, 4400
  - Byers, 3118, 4275, 4379
  - Crawford, 3060–3061
  - Cuzzetto, 4349
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3187
  - Ghamari, 3165–3166, 4400
  - Grewal, 4302
  - Harris, 4351
  - Jordan, 3277
  - Kanapathi, 3154, 3274–3275, 4341
  - Karpoche, 3279
  - Khanjin, 3293
  - Leardi, 3267
  - Mantha, 4373
  - McCarthy, 3265, 3267, 4340
  - Pang, 4294
  - Quinn, 3292
  - Rickford, 3181
  - Sabawy, 3283
  - Sandhu, 4407
  - Sattler, 4432
  - Shamji, 3272–3273
  - Shaw, 4294
  - Triantafilopoulos, 3285–3286
  - West, 3119
  - health care workers
    - Armstrong, 4293
    - Byers, 4275
    - Crawford, 4277–4278
    - Oosterhoff, 4293
  - hospitals, capital projects
    - Coe, 3112
  - independent health clinics
    - Sattler, 3209
  - infrastructure
    - Coe, 4415
  - neurocognitive conditions
    - Fife, 4288
  - northern Ontario
    - Mantha, 4374
    - Martin, 4374
  - pediatric
    - Bethlenfalvy, 4312–4313
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Fife, 3105
- health care infrastructure
  - Coe, 4415
- health care workers
  - Armstrong, 4293
  - Byers, 4275
  - Crawford, 4277–4278
  - Gélinas, 3206–3207
  - Oosterhoff, 4293
  - Rae, 3152
  - Shamji, 3275
  - international
    - Sabawy, 3283
  - recruitment and retention
    - Byers, 3058
- healthcare
  - Bowman, 4404
- highway infrastructure
  - McCarthy, 4342
  - McGregor, 4342
- highways
  - Bowman, 4404
- home and community care
  - Byers, 3058, 4275
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3204
  - Mantha, 4373
  - Martin, 3254, 4373
  - staff
    - Gélinas, 3207
- housing
  - Andrew, 3287
  - Armstrong, 4361
  - Begum, 4402
  - Bell, 3178, 3180, 4371
  - Bowman, 3120–3121, 3273, 4404
  - Clark, 3252
  - Fraser, 3163
  - Harden, 4371
  - Harris, 4350
  - Karpoche, 3279
  - Kernaghan, 3180, 4378
  - McCarthy, 3267
  - McMahon, 3366
  - Rae, 4304
  - Tangri, 3252
  - Vaugeois, 3162
  - affordable
    - Karpoche, 3280
  - construction starts
    - McMahon, 3073
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Clark, 3142
- immigration
  - Anand, 4414
  - Crawford, 4277
  - Rae, 3152
  - Smith, L., 4376
  - Wai, 3266, 4376
- independent health clinics
  - Sattler, 3209
- Indigenous affairs
  - Anand, 3167
- Indigenous communities
  - Bourgouin, 4342
  - McCarthy, 4342
- Indigenous communities, on-reserve
  - Begum, 4281
- Indigenous consultation
  - Shamji, 3273
- Indigenous relations
  - Mamakwa, 3131
- infrastructure
  - Harris, 4352
  - Sandhu, 4407
  - Schreiner, 4347
  - maintenance and repair
    - Schreiner, 4352
- infrastructure development
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4312, 4314–4315
  - Bowman, 4405
  - McGregor, 3111
  - Oosterhoff, 4291
  - Pang, 3151
  - annual allocation
    - Byers, 4273
- long-term care
  - Jordan, 3277
  - Sabawy, 3283
  - Triantafilopoulos, 3284
  - capital projects
    - Dowie, 3128
- manufacturing
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4312
  - Dowie, 4351, 4354
  - Gates, 4299
  - Harris, 4350, 4403
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 4434
  - Martin, 4299, 4376
  - McCarthy, 3155, 3264
  - Rae, 3155–3156
  - Sabawy, 4301
  - Skelly, 3129
  - Smith, Dave, 3129
  - Smith, L., 4375–4376
  - Thanigasalam, 4355
  - Triantafilopoulos, 3284
  - Wai, 3266
- mental health and addictions
  - Bell, 3178
  - Byers, 4275
  - Gélinas, 3207
  - Gretzky, 4294
  - Jordan, 3278
  - Kernaghan, 4377
  - Quinn, 3292
  - Rae, 3152–3153, 3155
  - Saunderson, 3278
  - Schreiner, 4347
  - Triantafilopoulos, 3284
  - West, 3154–3155
  - Williams, 3301
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Byers, 4275
    - Crawford, 3062
    - Quinn, 3292
- mines and mining industry
  - Byers, 4273
  - Wai, 3266
  - Critical Mineral strategy
    - Kusendova-Bashta, 4434
  - Critical Mineral Strategy
    - Gélinas, 3206
    - Pang, 3359
  - Ring of Fire
    - Bethlenfalvy, 4311
    - Smith, L., 4354
- mining industry
  - Byers, 4273
  - Wai, 3266
  - Critical Mineral Strategy
    - Gélinas, 3206
    - Kusendova-Bashta, 4434
    - Pang, 3359
  - Ring of Fire
    - Bethlenfalvy, 4311
    - Smith, L., 4354
- municipal affairs and housing
  - Begum, 3267
  - Fife, 3033
  - Glover, 3113
- municipal planning
  - housing development
    - statements by stakeholders
      - Fife, 3106
- municipalities
  - Burch, 3130, 4315
  - Fife, 4283
  - Khanjin, 3295
  - Shaw, 3163
- natural resources and forestry
  - Rickford, 3181
- northern Ontario
  - Mantha, 4372
  - West, 3116
- palliative care
  - Fife, 4288–4289
  - Ghamari, 4397
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Ghamari, 4399
- police services
  - Bowman, 4406
  - Coe, 4410
  - Fife, 4406
  - Leardi, 3189, 3276, 4371, 4405
- pre-budget consultations
  - committee presentations
    - Fife, 2786–2787
  - health care system
    - Fife, 2786–2787
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Fife, 4282
- program allocation
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Dowie, 3127–3128
- program spending
  - Byers, 3110
  - Schreiner, 3150–3151
  - vs. inflation
    - Bell, 3177
  - statements by stakeholders
    - West, 3116–3117
- public consultation
  - Fife, 2788
  - Oosterhoff, 4292
- public libraries
  - Kernaghan, 4405
- public safety
  - Byers, 3278
  - Leardi, 3275, 3279
  - Triantafilopoulos, 3285
- regional allocation
  - Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound
    - Byers, 3064
  - London
    - Sattler, 3209
  - Mississauga
    - Sabawy, 4304
  - Mississauga–Erin Mills
    - Sabawy, 3283
  - Mississauga–Lakeshore
    - Cuzzetto, 4349
  - Ottawa
    - Blais, 3161
    - Byers, 3063
    - MacLeod, 3063
    - Martin, 4412–4413
  - Toronto
    - Tabuns, 3063
  - Windsor—Tecumseh
    - Dowie, 3129
- rental housing
  - Andrew, 3286–3287, 3290
  - Bell, 3290
- residential schools
  - burial sites, investigation
    - Byers, 3132
    - Gallagher Murphy, 3205
    - Mamakwa, 3131, 3205
- rural Ontario
  - Brady, 4320
- school facilities
  - Smith, L., 4374–4375
- senior citizens
  - Crawford, 3063, 4278
  - Gates, 3269–3270
  - Ghamari, 4399
  - Glover, 3299–3300
  - Kernaghan, 3185, 4399
  - Khanjin, 3294
  - McCarthy, 3299, 4318
  - Pang, 3359–3360
  - Sabawy, 4301
  - Sandhu, 4407–4408
  - Sattler, 3211
  - Shaw, 3119
  - Smith, L., 3367
  - Triantafilopoulos, 3284
  - Wai, 3211
  - West, 3119
- skilled trades
  - Anand, 3167, 4414
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4312
  - Crawford, 4277
  - Ghamari, 4398, 4400
  - Oosterhoff, 4309
  - Rae, 4281
  - Williams, 3300–3301
- social assistance
  - Bouma, 3155
  - Kanapathi, 3155
  - Rakocevic, 3155
  - West, 3163
- social assistance programs
  - Bouma, 3205
  - French, 4411
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3205
  - Gélinas, 4411
  - Harden, 3365
  - Kernaghan, 4378
  - McCarthy, 3365
  - Sattler, 4433
  - Smith, Dave, 3126
  - ODSP
    - Byers, 4280
    - Hogarth, 4280
  - statements by stakeholders
    - West, 3118
- social assistance recipients
  - Armstrong, 4362
- social services
  - Bowman, 4406
  - Harden, 4371, 4376
  - Kanapathi, 3154
- statements by stakeholders
  - Crawford, 4289–4290
  - Dowie, 3290
  - Fife, 3237–3238
  - French, 4409
  - Ghamari, 4398
  - Kanapathi, 4340
  - Kernaghan, 3184
  - Rae, 3210
- supportive housing
  - Begum, 4401
  - Bell, 3129
  - Blais, 4411
  - Clark, 3070, 3074, 3666
  - Coe, 3113
  - Crawford, 4278
  - Cuzzetto, 4349
  - Fife, 3241
  - Flack, 4432
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3662–3663, 4371
  - Glover, 3185, 3298
  - Harden, 4371
  - Holland, 4346–4347
  - Oosterhoff, 4292
  - Rae, 3156, 4289, 4308
  - Sabawy, 4302
  - Sattler, 3185, 3209–3210, 4431–4432
  - Shaw, 3156, 4347
  - Skelly, 4360
  - Smith, L., 4374
  - Taylor, 3185
  - Williams, 3301
  - allocation per region
    - Fife, 4283
  - Indigenous communities
    - McCarthy, 3132
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Clark, 3070
    - West, 3117
  - unhoused persons
    - Fife, 3110
    - Glover, 3110
- tax credits
  - Bresee, 4357
  - Smith, L., 4357
- transit
  - Cuzzetto, 4349
  - Grewal, 4302
  - Sabawy, 4301–4302
  - Sandhu, 4407
- transit development
  - Pang, 4292
- transportation
  - Armstrong, 3182, 3267
  - Bell, 3178
  - Bowman, 3121, 3125
  - Coe, 3112
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3186
  - Ghamari, 4398
  - Harden, 3114, 3125, 3362–3363
  - Khanjin, 3294
  - McGregor, 3112
  - Rickford, 3181–3182
  - northern Ontario
    - Gélinas, 3206
    - Mantha, 4373
- unhoused persons
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4313
  - Bowman, 4404
  - Taylor, 3206
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Shaw, 4379
- veterinarians
  - Bouma, 4320
  - Crawford, 4277–4278
  - Harris, 4350
  - Oosterhoff, 4294
  - Rae, 4294
- veterinary services
  - Crawford, 3060
  - Rae, 3153
  - Schreiner, 3151
  - Thompson, 3151, 3302
- victim services
  - French, 4410
- water protection
  - Fife, 4288
- women
  - MacLeod, 3114
  - Williams, 3300
Budget 2024/2025
- allocation by region
  - Windsor—Tecumseh
    - Dowie, 8052–8053
- arts and culture
  - Vaugeois, 8000
- child care
  - Karpoche, 8008
- cost of living
  - Bethlenfalvy, 8925
  - Crawford, 8054
  - Fraser, 8007
  - Mulroney, 9181
  - Stiles, 8001–8002
- court administration
  - Wong-Tam, 8050
- developmental services
  - Mantha, 8702–8703
  - Parsa, 8703
- education
  - Lecce, 8008
- emergency services
  - Jones, T., 9096
  - Kerzner, 9158
- factors affecting
  - Crawford, 9077
- gender-based violence prevention
  - Downey, 8058
- general remarks
  - Bethlenfalvy, 9073, 9638
  - Fife, 8003–8004
  - Jordan, 8312
  - Mulroney, 9180
  - Oosterhoff, 7998–7999
  - Rae, 8314
- government strategy
  - Crawford, 8054
- health care
  - Bethlenfalvy, 8002–8003, 9582
  - Dowie, 9091
  - Fife, 9084, 9091
  - French, 9187–9188
  - Jones, S., 8429–8430
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 8000–8001
  - Martin, 9187
  - Shaw, 9161
  - Greater Hamilton Health Network
    - Taylor, 8063, 8321
  - northern and Indigenous Ontario
    - Jones, S., 8055
  - primary care
    - Jones, S., 8063
  - statements by stakeholders
    - French, 9185
- highways and roads
  - Rae, 9096
- home and community care
  - Jones, S., 8429–8430
  - Rae, 9094
- hospitals
  - Jones, S., 8430
  - northern Ontario
    - Mantha, 8430
- housing development
  - Bethlenfalvy, 8003
  - Schreiner, 9188–9189
- infrastructure
  - Flack, 9461
  - French, 9188
  - Smith, David, 9188
  - Surma, 8428–8429
- long-term care
  - Cho, S., 8707
- mental health and addictions
  - alternative destination clinics
    - Fife, 9090
  - Canadian Mental Health Association
    - Kernaghan, 9586
- post-secondary education
  - Schreiner, 9189
- pre-budget consultations
  - by region
    - Toronto
      - Fife, 9082
- program allocation
  - Bethlenfalvy, 9074
- public safety
  - aerial support
    - Kerzner, 9183
    - Kusendova-Bashta, 9184
- sexual violence and harassment
  - Shaw, 9161
- stakeholder consultation
  - Karpoche, 9192
- wildfire management
  - McCrimmon, 8059
  - Smith, G., 8009, 8059
Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023),
3236–3244, 3264–3303, 3359–3368, 3385–3388
- presented
  - Bethlenfalvy, 3047–3053
- responded to
  - Andrew, 3286–3291, 3299
  - Armstrong, 3267, 3274
  - Begum, 3267, 3278
  - Bell, 3285, 3290, 3295, 3364, 3367
  - Bouma, 3367
  - Bowman, 3273–3275
  - Burch, 3367
  - Byers, 3275, 3278, 3299
  - Crawford, 3270, 3290
  - Cuzzetto, 3286
  - Dowie, 3282, 3290–3291
  - Fedeli, 3386–3388
  - Fife, 3236–3241
  - Gates, 3267–3272, 3278
  - Glover, 3285, 3296–3300
  - Gretzky, 3271
  - Harden, 3360–3365
  - Jordan, 3271, 3276–3279
  - Kanapathi, 3266, 3274–3275
  - Karpoche, 3275, 3279–3282
  - Kernaghan, 3360–3361
  - Khanjin, 3293–3295
  - Leardi, 3267, 3274–3276, 3278–3279, 3281, 3285
  - McCarthy, 3243–3244, 3264–3267, 3299, 3365
  - McMahon, 3365–3368
  - Pang, 3289, 3359–3361, 3368
  - Pasma, 3365
  - Quinn, 3291–3292, 3294–3296
  - Rakocevic, 3294, 3300
  - Sabawy, 3282–3283, 3285
  - Sattler, 3271–3272, 3279, 3282, 3286
  - Saunderson, 3267, 3272, 3278
  - Shamji, 3272–3275
  - Skelly, 3360, 3364
  - Smith, G., 3296
  - Smith, L., 3282, 3294–3295, 3298–3299, 3367
  - Tabuns, 3290, 3295
  - Thompson, 3295, 3301–3302
  - Triantafilopoulos, 3283–3286
  - Vanthof, 3241–3243, 3266, 3281
  - Wai, 3265–3266
  - Williams, 3300–3301
Budget speech 2024 (March 26, 2024),
7981–7987, 8041–8050, 8068–8105, 8331–8343, 8364
- presented
  - Bethlenfalvy, 7981–7987
- responded to
  - Anand, 8073, 8090, 8094, 8104–8105, 8338
  - Andrew, 8094–8095, 8103
  - Babikian, 8339
  - Bell, 8090–8091, 8099–8104
  - Bowman, 8074–8077
  - Bresee, 8080, 8084, 8095
  - Byers, 8048–8050, 8068–8071, 8077, 8086, 8339, 8342
  - Cho, S., 8077, 8086, 8099, 8331–8335
  - Crawford, 8076, 8102
  - Cuzzetto, 8087, 8096–8099
  - Fife, 8041–8048, 8070, 8076, 8083
  - Fraser, 8076
  - Gates, 8335–8340
  - Glover, 8090, 8099, 8334
  - Gretzky, 8335, 8342
  - Hazell, 8341–8342
  - Jones, T., 8099
  - Jordan, 8069–8070, 8083, 8103
  - Karpoche, 8073, 8077, 8079, 8334, 8339
  - Kernaghan, 8083–8084, 8091–8096
  - Mamakwa, 8071–8074, 8080
  - McMahon, 8342
  - Pierre, 8104
  - Pirie, 8077–8080
  - Rakocevic, 8086, 8098, 8103
  - Sattler, 8081–8084, 8340
  - Schreiner, 8084–8087, 8091
  - Shamji, 8335, 8340–8342
  - Smith, David, 8072, 8098
  - Smith, G., 8079
  - Stevens, 8069
  - Tabuns, 8087, 8098
  - Tangri, 8087–8091, 8334
  - Vaugeois, 8070, 8073, 8084
  - Wai, 8070, 8335
  - Williams, 8080, 8091
  - Wong-Tam, 8095
- division (carried), 8364
Budgets
- federal (2023/2024)
  - debt and deficit
    - Kanapathi, 3266
    - McCarthy, 3266
  - intergovernmental collaboration
    - Bethlenfalvy, 3502
    - Bouma, 3502
- federal (2024/2025)
  - Calandra, 8481
- provincial vs. federal (2023-2024)
  - McCarthy, 3265
- public consultation
  - forms of
    - French, 4409
Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
- first reading
  - Bethlenfalvy, 7987
- second reading, 8127–8165, 8167–8178, 8202–8222, 8231–8240, 8255–8256
  - Anand, 8132–8136, 8150, 8154–8155, 8158, 8163, 8213, 8216, 8220, 8222
  - Armstrong, 8151, 8207, 8216, 8218
  - Bell, 8170
  - Bethlenfalvy, 8127–8130
  - Blais, 8204–8207
  - Bourgouin, 8219
  - Bowman, 8155–8159
  - Brady, 8233–8234
  - Burch, 8174
  - Cho, R.S.J., 8159–8160
  - Clancy, 8234–8236, 8238
  - Coe, 8136, 8170
  - Collard, 8207
  - Crawford, 8130–8132, 8135–8137, 8145
  - Cuzzetto, 8207
  - Dixon, 8162
  - Dowie, 8136, 8146, 8167, 8204
  - Downey, 8171–8175
  - Dunlop, 8212
  - Fife, 8137–8146
  - Fraser, 8158, 8162, 8205–8208, 8219
  - French, 8135
  - Gates, 8149, 8161
  - Gélinas, 8203, 8212–8217, 8233, 8238
  - Glover, 8175
  - Gretzky, 8154
  - Harden, 8150, 8158, 8231–8233, 8235
  - Harris, 8236, 8238
  - Jones, T., 8219
  - Kernaghan, 8146, 8168, 8233
  - Khanjin, 8203, 8208–8213
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 8160–8163
  - Leardi, 8150, 8157, 8232–8235, 8239–8240
  - MacLeod, 8206, 8217–8220
  - Mamakwa, 8174
  - Mantha, 8236–8239
  - McCarthy, 8147–8151
  - Pang, 8168, 8175, 8215
  - Pasma, 8175–8178, 8202–8204
  - Rakocevic, 8206, 8212, 8220–8222
  - Sattler, 8168–8169
  - Saunderson, 8135, 8145
  - Schreiner, 8169–8171
  - Shamji, 8159
  - Shaw, 8234
  - Smith, L., 8170–8171, 8174, 8211–8212, 8221–8222
  - Stevens, 8136
  - Taylor, 8154–8155, 8162–8165, 8167–8169, 8204, 8211, 8222
  - West, 8136, 8145, 8203
  - Wong-Tam, 8151–8155, 8159
  - Yakabuski, 8237
  - division (carried), 8255–8256
- referred to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 8255–8256
- third reading, 9072–9096, 9151–9161, 9180–9196, 9222–9223
  - Anand, 9078–9082, 9096
  - Bethlenfalvy, 9073–9075
  - Bourgouin, 9096
  - Byers, 9091–9092
  - Crawford, 9075–9078, 9081–9082, 9183, 9190
  - Dowie, 9091
  - Fedeli, 9195–9196
  - Fife, 9082–9092, 9095
  - Flack, 9190
  - French, 9184–9188
  - Gates, 9081, 9095–9096
  - Gélinas, 9184, 9190, 9193–9194
  - Glover, 9183, 9188
  - Harden, 9082, 9091
  - Hogarth, 9081–9082
  - Jones, T., 9096
  - Kanapathi, 9081
  - Karpoche, 9192–9195
  - Kernaghan, 9159, 9187, 9194–9195
  - Kerzner, 9156–9160, 9183
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 9181–9184
  - Leardi, 9090, 9193–9194
  - Martin, 9187
  - Mulroney, 9180–9181
  - Oosterhoff, 9095
  - Rae, 9092–9096
  - Schreiner, 9188–9190
  - Shaw, 9081, 9090–9091, 9159–9161
  - Smith, David, 9188
  - Smith, L., 9155–9156, 9187, 9194
  - Stevens, 9182–9183
  - Tabuns, 9155
  - Vaugeois, 9190–9194
  - Yakabuski, 9154, 9159
  - division (carried), 9222–9223
- Royal assent, 9244
Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
- first reading
  - Bethlenfalvy, 3053
- second reading, 3055–3064, 3101–3121, 3123–3133, 3150–3169, 3177–3187, 3204–3212, 3258–3259
  - Anand, 3164–3168
  - Armstrong, 3182
  - Bailey, 3129
  - Bell, 3129, 3177–3180, 3182
  - Bethlenfalvy, 3055–3057
  - Blais, 3161–3164
  - Bouma, 3155, 3205, 3207, 3211–3212
  - Bourgouin, 3166–3167
  - Bowman, 3120–3121, 3123–3125
  - Burch, 3063, 3130, 3179
  - Byers, 3057–3059, 3063–3064, 3109–3110, 3118, 3123–3124, 3132
  - Coe, 3064, 3112–3115
  - Crawford, 3059–3064, 3185–3186
  - Cuzzetto, 3167
  - Dowie, 3126–3129
  - Fedeli, 3159
  - Fife, 3062–3063, 3101–3110
  - Fraser, 3124, 3161–3163
  - Gallagher Murphy, 3182, 3185–3187, 3204–3206
  - Gélinas, 3206–3209
  - Ghamari, 3165–3168
  - Glover, 3110, 3113
  - Harden, 3110, 3114, 3119, 3125, 3132
  - Harris, 3179–3180, 3184
  - Kanapathi, 3153–3155
  - Kernaghan, 3124, 3180–3181, 3183–3186, 3204, 3208
  - Khanjin, 3182
  - Leardi, 3109, 3114–3115, 3179
  - MacLeod, 3063, 3113–3114, 3179, 3183
  - Mamakwa, 3130–3133, 3205, 3207, 3210
  - Martin, 3206, 3208
  - McCarthy, 3132, 3155
  - McGregor, 3110–3112, 3114–3115, 3163
  - Pang, 3151, 3168
  - Pasma, 3128, 3132
  - Pierre, 3205
  - Rae, 3151–3153, 3155–3156, 3210
  - Rakocevic, 3151, 3155, 3168–3169
  - Rickford, 3180–3183
  - Sabawy, 3110, 3119–3120
  - Sattler, 3185, 3209–3211
  - Schreiner, 3150–3151
  - Shaw, 3119, 3156, 3163
  - Skelly, 3129
  - Smith, Dave, 3125–3126, 3129–3130
  - Smith, David, 3063
  - Smith, L., 3124–3125, 3162, 3167
  - Tabuns, 3063
  - Taylor, 3185, 3205
  - Thanigasalam, 3160, 3163
  - Thompson, 3151
  - Vaugeois, 3162, 3210–3211
  - Wai, 3211
  - West, 3109, 3114–3120, 3154–3155, 3160, 3163
  - Yakabuski, 3208, 3210
  - division (carried), 3258–3259
- referred to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3259
- third reading, 4272–4299, 4301–4309, 4311–4321, 4339–4357, 4359–4362, 4369–4379, 4397–4415, 4417–4421, 4431–4435, 4450–4451
  - Anand, 4413–4415
  - Armstrong, 4293, 4299, 4308, 4341, 4359–4362, 4375
  - Begum, 4281, 4400–4403, 4408, 4418
  - Bell, 4371, 4376
  - Bethlenfalvy, 4311–4315
  - Blais, 4406, 4411–4413
  - Bouma, 4317–4320, 4341–4342
  - Bourgouin, 4342, 4355
  - Bowman, 4403–4406, 4408
  - Brady, 4319–4321
  - Bresee, 4355–4358
  - Burch, 4315–4319, 4371, 4373, 4400, 4405, 4413
  - Byers, 4272–4276, 4280–4281, 4379, 4402
  - Coe, 4399–4400, 4410, 4415, 4419–4421
  - Crawford, 4276–4280, 4289–4290, 4299, 4308, 4357
  - Cuzzetto, 4348–4352
  - Dowie, 4351, 4354
  - Dunlop, 4280
  - Fife, 4281–4290, 4399, 4406, 4410, 4415
  - Flack, 4432
  - French, 4280, 4402, 4408–4411, 4419, 4432–4433
  - Gallagher Murphy, 4371, 4399, 4405
  - Gates, 4294–4299
  - Gélinas, 4314, 4411, 4417–4419, 4432
  - Ghamari, 4397–4400
  - Glover, 4318
  - Gretzky, 4294, 4305–4309, 4433
  - Grewal, 4302–4305
  - Harden, 4369–4372, 4376
  - Harris, 4348, 4350–4352, 4402–4403, 4418
  - Hogarth, 4280
  - Holland, 4346–4347
  - Jama, 4378
  - Kanapathi, 4340–4342
  - Kernaghan, 4280, 4289, 4313, 4377–4379, 4399, 4405, 4414–4415
  - Khanjin, 4419
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 4433–4435
  - Leardi, 4370–4372, 4405, 4411
  - Mantha, 4372–4374
  - Martin, 4373–4374, 4376, 4406, 4412–4413, 4419
  - McCarthy, 4314, 4318, 4320, 4339–4343, 4361–4362, 4378, 4433
  - McGregor, 4342, 4361
  - Oosterhoff, 4290–4294, 4297–4298, 4309
  - Pang, 4292–4294, 4314, 4413
  - Pierre, 4378–4379
  - Pirie, 4272
  - Rae, 4281, 4289, 4294, 4304–4305, 4308
  - Rakocevic, 4348, 4352, 4356–4357
  - Romano, 4290
  - Sabawy, 4301–4302, 4304–4305
  - Sandhu, 4406–4408
  - Sattler, 4318, 4346, 4354, 4361, 4431–4433
  - Saunderson, 4293, 4304
  - Schreiner, 4347–4348, 4352
  - Shaw, 4294, 4298, 4304–4305, 4343–4347, 4354, 4357, 4372, 4379
  - Skelly, 4346, 4352, 4360
  - Smith, L., 4313–4314, 4345, 4354, 4357, 4374–4377
  - Taylor, 4303–4304
  - Thanigasalam, 4355
  - Vanthof, 4320
  - Vaugeois, 4346, 4352–4355, 4361, 4403
  - Wai, 4376, 4408, 4411
  - West, 4290, 4298, 4304, 4309, 4342, 4351, 4357
  - division (carried), 4450–4451
- Royal assent, 4459
Building a Strong Ontario Together Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 146)
- first reading
  - Bethlenfalvy, 6004
- second reading, 6017–6037, 6079–6099, 6101–6109, 6116–6139, 6181
  - Anand, 6105–6108
  - Armstrong, 6025–6026
  - Bethlenfalvy, 6017–6020
  - Bourgouin, 6125, 6136, 6139
  - Bowman, 6086–6089
  - Byers, 6022–6026, 6034
  - Crawford, 6020–6022, 6025–6026, 6035–6036
  - Cuzzetto, 6095–6099
  - Dowie, 6098, 6105, 6125, 6135
  - Fedeli, 6119–6121
  - Fife, 6026–6036, 6080, 6133–6134
  - French, 6081, 6085, 6094, 6101–6105, 6107, 6120–6121, 6130, 6136
  - Gallagher Murphy, 6088, 6093, 6108, 6118, 6125, 6130
  - Harden, 6034–6035
  - Harris, 6087, 6092–6093, 6099, 6119–6120, 6136
  - Kanapathi, 6084, 6107
  - Kernaghan, 6092, 6104, 6118, 6127–6131, 6138
  - Leardi, 6085, 6088, 6093–6095, 6104, 6124–6128, 6131, 6133–6134
  - MacLeod, 6026
  - Mamakwa, 6088, 6098–6099, 6133–6136, 6139
  - Martin, 6128
  - McCarthy, 6080, 6082–6085
  - Pasma, 6089–6093, 6097, 6108
  - Rae, 6127, 6130
  - Sandhu, 6098, 6104
  - Sattler, 6081, 6085, 6089, 6093, 6095, 6098, 6105, 6118, 6128
  - Schreiner, 6093–6095
  - Shamji, 6086, 6088–6089
  - Shaw, 6035, 6081
  - Smith, Dave, 6121
  - Smith, L., 6025
  - Stevens, 6084, 6088, 6107–6109, 6116–6119, 6124, 6131, 6135
  - Taylor, 6026
  - Thompson, 6118
  - Vanthof, 6036–6037, 6079–6082
  - West, 6025
  - Wong-Tam, 6120–6125
  - Yakabuski, 6131–6134
  - division (carried), 6181
- referred to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 6181
- third reading, 6702–6750, 6779–6780
  - Anand, 6710–6711, 6726, 6733
  - Armstrong, 6725, 6732, 6742–6746, 6749–6750
  - Bethlenfalvy, 6702–6705
  - Bouma, 6710, 6722, 6725–6726, 6728–6729, 6732, 6735, 6738–6742
  - Bourgouin, 6722
  - Bowman, 6726–6730
  - Byers, 6707–6711, 6719, 6746, 6750
  - Crawford, 6705–6707, 6710–6711
  - Cuzzetto, 6720
  - Dowie, 6735, 6750
  - Fife, 6711–6720
  - Gélinas, 6711, 6729, 6735, 6739, 6745–6750
  - Hsu, 6730, 6736–6739, 6745
  - Jones, T., 6720–6722
  - Karpoche, 6722–6726, 6738, 6746
  - Kerzner, 6720, 6739
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 6729–6733
  - Leardi, 6736, 6738
  - Mamakwa, 6733–6736, 6749
  - McGregor, 6742
  - Rakocevic, 6710
  - Shamji, 6729
  - Shaw, 6719, 6726, 6729–6730, 6741
  - Smith, L., 6741, 6746
  - Taylor, 6742
  - Vanthof, 6735
  - West, 6709–6710, 6720
  - division (carried), 6779–6780
- Royal assent, 6932
Building Better Business Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 50)
- first reading
  - Bowman, 1785
- second reading, 2467–2472, 2497–2498
Building Better Business Outcomes Act (Bill 50)
- general remarks
  - Bowman, 2177
Building construction
- crane index
  - by region
    - Toronto
      - Wong-Tam, 751, 1502
  - Toronto vs. other jurisdictions
    - Ford, D., 8984
- inspectors, appointment of
  - Shamji, 4695
- municipal approvals
  - Glover, 2081
  - Toronto
    - Glover, 2082
- municipal approvals (Toronto)
  - Glover, 2082
Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2023 (Bill 153)
- public consultation
  - Armstrong, 6646–6648, 6666
  - Mantha, 7215
  - McCarthy, 6652, 7127–7128, 7130
  - Riddell, 7166, 7169
  - Sabawy, 6666, 6667
  - Stevens, 7169
Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153)
- first reading
  - McCarthy, 6447
- second reading, 6621–6671
  - Armstrong, 6639, 6644–6648, 6651–6652, 6667
  - Bailey, 6629, 6640–6644
  - Blais, 6656
  - Bourgouin, 6655, 6663–6665
  - Bresee, 6660, 6667–6668, 6671
  - Dowie, 6639, 6643
  - French, 6630–6640
  - Jordan, 6648
  - Kernaghan, 6629
  - Kerzner, 6657–6660
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 6651–6652, 6667–6668
  - Leardi, 6647
  - Mamakwa, 6630, 6651, 6656, 6664, 6669–6671
  - McCarthy, 6621–6625, 6629–6630, 6638–6640, 6643–6644, 6652, 6656, 6663
  - Pang, 6630
  - Pasma, 6643, 6652–6657, 6667
  - Rae, 6655, 6670
  - Riddell, 6648–6652
  - Sabawy, 6647, 6665–6668
  - Sandhu, 6628–6629
  - Sarrazin, 6625–6628
  - Shaw, 6660, 6664, 6670–6671
  - Smith, L., 6651, 6656, 6659
  - Taylor, 6639, 6644, 6648, 6651, 6668–6671
  - Thompson, 6658–6660
  - Vanthof, 6647, 6660
  - Vaugeois, 6659
  - West, 6629–6630
- referred to Standing Committee on Justice Policy, 6671
- third reading, 7127–7136, 7156–7175, 7215–7216
  - Bresee, 7215–7216
  - Dowie, 7168, 7172–7173
  - Fife, 7216
  - French, 7156–7166
  - Gallagher Murphy, 7168, 7172
  - Gates, 7135
  - Glover, 7169–7173
  - Harden, 7135
  - Harris, 7136, 7166, 7173
  - Kernaghan, 7165, 7172
  - Leardi, 7169
  - MacLeod, 7165
  - Mantha, 7215–7216
  - McCarthy, 7127–7136, 7165, 7173
  - Riddell, 7166–7169
  - Sabawy, 7173–7175
  - Sattler, 7166
  - Shaw, 7136
  - Stevens, 7168
  - Taylor, 7168
  - Vaugeois, 7169, 7215
  - West, 7173
  - Yakabuski, 7135
- Royal assent, 7635
Building More Homes by Ending Exclusionary Zoning Act, 2022 (Bill 44)
- first reading
  - Schreiner, 1561
Building More Homes on Major Streets and Transit Corridors Act, 2022 (Bill 45)
- first reading
  - Schreiner, 1561–1562
Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
- first reading
  - Pirie, 2553–2554
- second reading, 2651–2659, 2675–2697, 2705–2714, 2737–2770, 2805–2806
  - Anand, 2747–2750
  - Andrew, 2684, 2692, 2695
  - Armstrong, 2689, 2694, 2708
  - Bailey, 2688, 2696–2697
  - Bell, 2708
  - Bouma, 2659, 2694, 2708, 2744, 2746–2747, 2750, 2754, 2758–2759, 2769
  - Bresee, 2756, 2760–2762
  - Burch, 2740
  - Byers, 2689, 2692
  - Cuzzetto, 2695–2696
  - Dixon, 2754–2757
  - Fife, 2659, 2749–2750, 2757, 2768–2770
  - French, 2750–2754
  - Gallagher Murphy, 2741, 2757
  - Gates, 2753, 2756, 2759
  - Gélinas, 2757–2759, 2762, 2765, 2767–2768
  - Glover, 2741–2746
  - Harris, 2709, 2737–2741, 2753, 2767
  - Hsu, 2692–2695
  - Karpoche, 2741
  - Ke, 2659
  - Kernaghan, 2658, 2713–2714, 2750, 2759, 2762
  - Khanjin, 2745
  - Leardi, 2654–2659, 2684–2685, 2691, 2694–2695, 2708, 2753–2754, 2761–2762, 2764–2765
  - McCarthy, 2683, 2685–2686, 2688–2689, 2692
  - Pang, 2658
  - Pierre, 2740
  - Pirie, 2651–2654
  - Rakocevic, 2691
  - Rickford, 2765–2768
  - Romano, 2767–2768
  - Sattler, 2765
  - Saunderson, 2762, 2770
  - Schreiner, 2746–2747
  - Scott, 2686–2688
  - Shaw, 2683–2684, 2705–2709, 2740, 2744–2745
  - Skelly, 2684, 2688
  - Smith, L., 2712, 2741, 2749, 2756, 2759, 2762, 2765
  - Stevens, 2764, 2770
  - Vanthof, 2659, 2688–2692
  - Vaugeois, 2688, 2694–2695, 2712, 2756, 2763–2765
  - Wai, 2745
  - West, 2675–2685, 2745–2747, 2749, 2754, 2761, 2770
  - division (carried), 2805–2806
- referred to Standing Committee on the Interior, 2805–2806
- Indigenous communities response
  - Vaugeois, 3472–3473, 4353
- Indigenous communities' response
  - Vaugeois, 3472–3473, 4353
- third reading, 4074–4111, 4113–4122, 4140–4148, 4173–4174
  - Armstrong, 4097, 4110, 4146–4147
  - Bailey, 4118
  - Bouma, 4114, 4140–4141, 4146
  - Burch, 4118
  - Coe, 4082, 4105
  - Dowie, 4097, 4106, 4111
  - Fife, 4083
  - Flack, 4115–4119, 4121
  - Fraser, 4146–4147
  - French, 4092
  - Glover, 4119
  - Harden, 4097, 4102, 4105–4106, 4110
  - Hogarth, 4082
  - Holland, 4118
  - Jones, T., 4098
  - Kernaghan, 4117–4118
  - Kusendova-Bashta, 4148
  - Leardi, 4078–4082, 4093, 4101–4102, 4110–4111, 4147
  - Mamakwa, 4082, 4114, 4119–4122
  - Mantha, 4113–4115
  - McCarthy, 4093, 4098, 4106, 4110
  - Oosterhoff, 4083, 4092, 4094–4098
  - Pirie, 4074–4077, 4082–4083
  - Sattler, 4121
  - Schreiner, 4140–4141
  - Shaw, 4098–4103, 4107
  - Smith, Dave, 4103–4107
  - Smith, L., 4121–4122
  - Tabuns, 4121
  - Taylor, 4145
  - Vanthof, 4141
  - West, 4083–4094, 4102, 4106, 4111
  - Wong-Tam, 4093, 4098, 4107–4111
  - division (carried), 4173–4174
- Royal assent, 4459
Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 216)
- first reading
  - Bethlenfalvy, 10050
- ministerial statement
  - Bethlenfalvy, 10051–10053
- second reading, 10097–10107, 10124–10137, 10139–10163, 10202–10208, 10280–10281
  - Allsopp, 10106, 10150, 10162
  - Anand, 10147, 10204–10205, 10207
  - Armstrong, 10146–10147, 10162–10163, 10202–10205
  - Bell, 10105–10106, 10124–10127, 10131–10132
  - Blais, 10205–10207
  - Bourgouin, 10204
  - Bowman, 10139–10142, 10151
  - Bresee, 10204
  - Crawford, 10157–10162
  - Cuzzetto, 10106, 10141–10142
  - Flack, 10132–10137
  - Fraser, 10206–10207
  - Gallagher Murphy, 10146–10151, 10161
  - Gates, 10131, 10135, 10143–10147
  - Glover, 10154, 10162
  - Hamid, 10100–10102, 10106, 10132, 10155
  - Harden, 10205
  - Hogarth, 10135–10136
  - Karpoche, 10127–10129, 10131, 10142
  - Kernaghan, 10106
  - Leardi, 10154
  - Mamakwa, 10129–10132
  - McGregor, 10131
  - McMahon, 10107, 10142
  - Piccini, 10097–10100, 10136, 10141
  - Pierre, 10132, 10155
  - Rakocevic, 10151, 10158, 10161
  - Sattler, 10107
  - Schreiner, 10155–10158
  - Shaw, 10131–10132, 10141, 10146, 10154, 10161–10162, 10207
  - Smith, Dave, 10102–10107, 10131, 10157–10158
  - Smith, G., 10142
  - Tabuns, 10150, 10157
  - Vanthof, 10136–10137
  - Wai, 10150
  - West, 10147, 10155, 10204
  - Wong-Tam, 10151–10155
  - division (carried), 10280–10281
- time allocation motion, 10235–10245
  - presented
    - Clark, 10235–10237
  - responded to
    - Vanthof, 10238–10245
  - division (carried), 10276–10277
- third reading, 10281
  - division (carried), 10281
- Royal assent, 10293
Building Ontario Fund.
see also Ontario Infrastructure Bank
- general remarks
  - Crawford, 9076
- project eligibility
  - public vs. private
    - Fife, 9083
Building Universal and Inclusive Land Development in Ontario Act, 2024 (Bill 175)
- first reading
  - Shamji, 7788
Business
- corporate governance, digital administration
  - accessibility
    - Begum, 3513
    - Quinn, 3513–3514
  - reform
    - Dowie, 3518
    - Quinn, 3513
- corporate governance, virtual proceedings
  - Dowie, 3519
  - Oosterhoff, 4466
  - Sabawy, 4604
- credit card payments
  - transaction fees
    - Blais, 818
- debt load
  - due to COVID-19
    - Begum, 3520
- development support organizations
  - chambers of commerce
    - awards and recognition
      - Hardeman, 3307
- employees, access to housing
  - Pierre, 5930–5931
  - Sabawy, 8404–8405
- facilitation of
  - government
    - Anand, 5764
    - Jordan, 5764
- government funding
  - statements by stakeholders
    - Khanjin, 1425
- northern Ontario
  - government strategy
    - Bouma, 10275
    - Romano, 10275
- washroom facilities access
  - Begum, 2974
Business - COVID-19
- permanent closures
  - Nickle Belt
    - Gélinas, 432
Business - COVID-19, financial assistance
- small and medium-sized
  - Andrew, 1842
  - Martin, 1842
  - CEBA loans, forgivable
    - Wong-Tam, 5337–5338, 5460
Business environment
- competitiveness
  - Jones, T., 8445
  - MacLeod, 8445–8446
- global investments
  - healthcare, role of
    - Kernaghan, 2320
  - housing availability
    - Fedeli, 6839
  - housing availability, impact of
    - Flack, 5801
    - Rae, 5205
- government strategy
  - Crawford, 1951
- role in attracting investments
  - Coe, 2366
  - Dowie, 2367
  - Fedeli, 2296, 2360–2362, 7099
  - Gallagher Murphy, 7099
- Southwestern Ontario
  - Flack, 2324
Business investment
- government strategy
  - Bouma, 4649
  - Fedeli, 4649
- by region
  - Burlington
    - Fedeli, 1000
    - Pierre, 1000
- Regional Opportunity Investment Tax Credit
  - Bethlenfalvy, 72, 607
  - Byers, 76
  - Crawford, 77
Business - local
- by region
  - Simcoe-Grey
    - Saunderson, 3791–3792
Business - Main Street Recovery Plan
- Oosterhoff, 1726, 2635
Business - small- and medium-sized
- closures
  - Andrew, 9317
- commercial tenants protections
  - Andrew, 9316–9317
- corporate tax rate
  - phase-out range
    - Bethlenfalvy, 3056
- debt load
  - due to COVID-19
    - Wong-Tam, 3519, 3521
- Digital Main Street Program
  - Tangri, 7613
  - program termination
    - Karpoche, 7613–7614
    - Wong-Tam, 7614
- education and awareness
  - small business week
    - Bowman, 9806
    - Clark, 9668
    - Kernaghan, 9806
    - Tangri, 9805
- general remarks
  - Kernaghan, 1986
  - Sabawy, 5405
- government funding
  - support programs
    - Fedeli, 489, 553
    - Tangri, 5405
- government strategy
  - Bailey, 8929
  - Barnes, 1967
  - Coe, 6521
  - Crawford, 9175
  - Tangri, 8088–8089, 8929, 9805
- government supports
  - Gallagher Murphy, 1411
  - Kernaghan, 499, 1987, 8095
  - Smith, L., 9682
  - Tangri, 9317, 9682
  - Wong-Tam, 8095
- by region
  - Burlington
    - Pierre, 7350
  - Etobicoke—Lakeshore
    - Hogarth, 6357
  - Mississauga
    - Sabawy, 7915
- regulations, cost of
  - Gill, 3413
- regulatory environment
  - Oosterhoff, 3419
  - Saunderson, 3478
- support programs
  - Tangri, 6521
- veteran-owned
  - Stevens, 928
- women
  - Williams, 7672–7673
Business - small-and medium-sized
- new and youth-led
  - government supports
    - Pierre, 10178–10179
    - Tangri, 10178–10179
Business structures
- employee-owned
  - Kernaghan, 193, 9806
Business - taxation
- small and medium-sized
  - economic impact
    - Pierre, 6920
    - Tangri, 6920
  - government strategy
    - Oosterhoff, 1994
    - Tangri, 9266
  - reduction
    - Bethlenfalvy, 9548
    - Bowman, 9548–9549, 9807
  - small business tax rate
    - Anand, 1337–1338
    - Crawford, 1308
  - small business tax rate, phase out
    - Rae, 1987

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Basic Income Pilot

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Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)

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Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)

Building a Strong Ontario Together Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 146)

Building Better Business Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 50)

Building Better Business Outcomes Act (Bill 50)

Building construction

Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2023 (Bill 153)

Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153)

Building More Homes by Ending Exclusionary Zoning Act, 2022 (Bill 44)

Building More Homes on Major Streets and Transit Corridors Act, 2022 (Bill 45)

Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)

Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 216)

Building Ontario Fund.

Building Universal and Inclusive Land Development in Ontario Act, 2024 (Bill 175)

Business

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