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
    • McGregor, 10775, 11111
    • Sandhu, 11110–11111
    • 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

• Bereavement industry

  • funeral costs
    • increase in
      • Bell, 10093
      • Kernaghan, 10092

• 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
    • removal
      • Harden, 10571
      • Harris, 10484
      • Hogarth, 10484–10485
      • Karpoche, 10572
      • Leardi, 10484
      • McMahon, 10570
      • Schreiner, 10572
      • Wong-Tam, 10573–10574
  • 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

• Bicycles - bike lanes

  • construction, ministry approval
    • statements by stakeholders
      • Kernaghan, 9790
  • government strategy
    • Hogarth, 9789
    • McMahon, 9789
    • Sarkaria, 9783, 9789, 10550
  • litigation
    • Bell, 10550
    • Schreiner, 10561
  • removal
    • Bell, 9994
    • and traffic congestion
      • Sarkaria, 9994
    • traffic, impact on
      • French, 10550
  • safety, impact on
    • statements by stakeholders
      • Bell, 10108
  • usage
    • Sarkaria, 10561

• 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
    • More Convenient Care Act, 2024 (Bill 231), 10953
    • 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
    • Resource Management and Safety Act, 2024 (Bill 228), 10998–10999
    • 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
    • Retiree Experience Awareness Day Act, 2024 (Bill 217), 10632
    • 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
    • Ukrainian Heritage Month Act, 2024 (Bill 215), 10688

• 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

• Border security

  • collaboration with United States
    • Kerzner, 10831
    • Wai, 10831

• 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
    • Smith, Dave, 11109
    • Surma, 11109

• 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, 10276–10277
    • 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
    • Dowie, 10649
    • Fedeli, 4649, 10649–10650, 10770, 11106
    • Gallagher Murphy, 10770
    • Smith, L., 11106
  • 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, 11111
  • 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
  • small businessenterprise centres (SBEC)
    • Pinsonneault, 10950–10951
    • Tangri, 10950–10951
  • support programs
    • Tangri, 6521
  • veteran-owned
    • Stevens, 928
  • women
    • Williams, 7672–7673

• Business - small-and medium-sized

  • government strategy
    • Jordan, 10444
    • Tangri, 10444
  • new and youth-led
    • government supports
      • Pierre, 10178–10179
      • Tangri, 10178–10179
  • Ontario Business Registry
    • Gallagher Murphy, 10383
    • McCarthy, 10383
  • taxation
    • Bethlenfalvy, 10380
    • Bowman, 10380
  • training programs
    • technology & digitization
      • Jordan, 10444
      • Tangri, 10444

• 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