Intervenant, lettre d, Index du Journal des débats de la Chambre, législature 39, session 1

Index des intervenants à la Chambre

Letter: D

Delaney, B. (LIB, Mississauga–Streetsville)
- Advisory Council on Pensions and Retirement Income, 9357
- Aftermarket brake pads
  - ban on use of asbestos, 7254–7255
  - standards and specifications, 7254–7255
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - accountability, 7618
    - review by Integrity Commissioner
      - annual report issued, 7562
- Amateur sports programs
  - criminal record checks, 6872–6873
- Animal protection, 1683
  - government funding, 1688
  - warrantless entry, 1688
- Anniversaries
  - Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Ji (founder, Sikh religion), 8353
  - Streetsville 150th anniversary, 2214
- Arenas, 4255
- Asbestos, 7254–7255
- Athletes
  - government funding, 1367
  - training facilities, 1367
- Automobile insurance
  - uninsured drivers
    - penalties, 7544–7545
- Bank of Montreal
  - customer contact centre, 4602
- Budget, 731, 758, 4181–4182
  - pre-budget consultations, 4181
- Budget deficit, 4182–4183
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 6097, 6118
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - second reading, 794
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3590, 3609
- Cable/satellite providers
  - requirement to broadcast legislative proceedings of the province or territory, 3250–3252
- Capital tax
  - elimination, 4183
- Carbon monoxide, 5859
- Carbon monoxide detectors, 5859
  - requirement to install carbon monoxide detectors in all residential buildings, 5860
- Carbon monoxide poisoning, 5860
- Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 3359
- Child custody, 4967
  - criminal record checks, 4967
- Climatic changes, 2521, 6443, 7310
- Committee schedules/agendas, 4181
- Committees
  - Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions, 4493–4494
  - Select Committee on Municipal Governance, 5302
- Concurrence in supply debate (December 2008)
  - participation, 4601–4602
- Congratulatory remarks
  - Barnes, Natasha (award recipient, Canada Millennium Scholarship Excellence Award), 8652–8653
  - Mehta, Richie (film director), 5581
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 4602
- Corporate taxes
  - federal-provincial harmonization, 4184
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - second reading, 1851
- Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
  - general discussion, 5860
- Cyclone Manufacturing Inc., 4602, 4825
- Doctor shortage, 2652
- Doctors
  - international medical graduates (IMGs)
    - certification, 402
- Domestic violence, 4967
- Driving
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 7965
- Economic conditions, 3609
  - international, 4903
- Economic decline
  - government response, 6097
- Economic growth
  - five-point economic plan, 4136–4137, 4183
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - second reading, 5556
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
  - second reading, 9293, 9656–9657
- Electoral process reform, 9656–9657
  - special ballots, 9293
- Electric vehicles, 4903
- Electrical safety
  - mandatory installation of surge protectors in new residential and commercial construction, 7056–7057
- Electricity retailers/gas marketers
  - contracts, 4674
- Electronic health records, 2232
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8172, 8180–8184, 8188
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
  - second reading, 4887
  - third reading, 6363, 6366–6367
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 4903
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 7310
- Family law
  - child support, 4967
  - financial disclosure, 4967–4968
  - reform, 4965–4970
  - restraining orders, 4966–4967
- Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
  - second reading, 4965–4970
- Farmers' markets, 3378–3379
- Federal government
  - senate reform
    - elected senate, 8512–8513
- Festivals
  - Bread and Honey Festival, 7150
- Filipino community
  - history in Ontario, 8180–8181
- Foreign caregivers
  - protection, 6061, 8172, 8182–8183, 8188, 8190–8191
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9537, 9621
- Government expenditures
  - restraint measures, 4184
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 1537–1538
  - Personal health information protection
    - responded to, 2232
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4181–4184
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - education, 5914–5915
    - environmental protection, 2699–2700
    - health care, 5915
- Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
  - social services, 175
- Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
  - second reading, 5815–5820
- Harmonized sales tax, 6118, 7757–7758
  - impact on rent rates, 7335–7336
  - impact on senior citizens, 8607–8608
  - transition benefit
    - $1,000 for single parents or couples, 7878
- Health care
  - wait times
    - reduction, 9550
- Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 256–257, 317
- Hearing-impaired persons, 5114
- Hong Kong
  - transit systems, 5816
- Hospital redevelopment
  - Credit Valley Hospital, 398–399, 887, 4182, 4602
- Immigrants
  - access to professions and trades, 2834, 3965
- Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 2652
- Investment in Ontario, 4903
- Kindergarten
  - full-day, 8458, 9537, 9621
- Lake Simcoe
  - protection, 2700
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
  - second reading, 2699–2700
- Language instruction, 2834
  - English as a second language (ESL), 3965
  - French as a second language (FSL), 3965
- Legislative Assembly
  - Broadcast and Recording Service, 3251
- Legislative procedure
  - members/ministers imputing motive, 1525, 1529
  - motions
    - time allocation motions, 3784, 3786
  - speech should be related to topic being discussed, 1186, 1525, 1778, 3791, 7993
- Legislative proceedings
  - televised
    - Ontario Parliament Network, 3251–3252
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1537–1538
    - evening sittings, 1538
- Master's College and Seminary Act, 2008 (Bill Pr10)
  - first reading, 3146
- Medical schools
  - University of Toronto (Mississauga), 399
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Mississauga–Streetsville
    - public skating event, 9649
    - Streetsville, 4476
- Members/ministers imputing motive, 1958
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 256–257, 5105, 5815–5816, 5860
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Toronto Star, 4820
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Grissom, Gus (astronaut), 2336
  - McCallion, Hazel (mayor, Mississauga), 731
  - Ontario Principals' Council, 5556
  - Reycraft, Doug (president, Association of Municipalities of Ontario), 731
  - Ryan, James (president, Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Federation), 9537
  - Vrebosch, Bill (mayor, East Ferris), 731
- Members'/ministers' record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Dhillon, Vic (Brampton West), 3247
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - PC (1990-1995)
    - Eves, Ernie (Parry Sound–Muskoka)
      - as Minister of Finance, 7757
- Members' statements
  - Barnes, Natasha, 8652–8653
  - Bread and Honey Festival, 7150
  - Credit Valley Hospital, 887, 7773
  - Cyclone Manufacturing, 4825
  - Environmental protection, 6443
  - GO Transit, 515–516, 942, 3443, 3969
  - Government record, 758
  - Health care, 9551
  - Lisgar GO station, 3775, 6603
  - Lupus, 4223
  - Mehta, Richie, 5581
  - Municipal infrastructure, 731
  - Poverty, 11
  - Public skating events, 9649
  - Road safety, 7965
  - Sikh community, 8353
  - Skills training, 3143
  - Streetsville, 2214, 4476
  - Taxation, 7697, 7878, 8607–8608, 8873
  - Vaisakhi, 6048–6049
  - Vic Johnston Arena, 4255
- Milk, 3247
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  - Rural Connections broadband program, 7752
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 3143
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 4825
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - assistive devices program, 3949–3950
- Ministry of Health Promotion
  - Quest for Gold, 1367
- Ministry of Research and Innovation
  - Ontario innovation agenda, 3590
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - Employment Ontario, 2487
    - Ontario skills development program, 2487
  - second career strategy, 2487, 3143, 5105
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 731
    - Mississauga, 674–675, 794, 4601
- Nortel
  - pension plans
    - transfers on wind up, 8890
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 590, 674–675, 677
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - responded to, 5904, 5914–5915, 5918
- Ontario Chamber of Commerce
  - export market access (global expansion program), 7752
- Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES)
  - waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) program, 5780–5781
- Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
  - complaints, 4674
- Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
  - inclusion of prostate-specific antigen test as insured service, 590
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Pension plans, 6715–6716
- Oral questions, presented
  - Affordable housing, 4652
  - Assistance to farmers, 3378–3379
  - Climate change, 2521
  - Consumer protection, 2088–2089
  - Full-day kindergarten, 8458
  - Language training, 2833–2834, 3965
  - Municipal taxation, 175
  - Ontario economy, 4903
  - Public transit, 5468
  - Skills training, 2487
  - Sports and recreation funding, 1367
  - Taxation, 7334–7335
  - Teachers' collective bargaining, 4820
  - Waste diversion, 5780–5781
  - Youth employment, 9405
- Payday loan industry
  - consumer protection, 2088–2089
  - regulation, 1378
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 1378
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - second reading, 9356–9359, 9464–9465
- Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6716
- Pension plans
  - reform, 9356–9358, 9464–9465
- Persons with disabilities
  - developmental disabilities
    - services, 2045, 2820
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1851
- Petitions
  - Anti-smoking legislation, 508, 960–961
  - Assistance to farmers, 5480, 5839
  - Cemeteries, 9376
  - Child custody, 3283–3284, 8507–8508, 9377, 9553
  - Employment insurance, 746–747
  - Firearms control, 1171
  - GTA pooling, 3285, 4256
  - Gun control, 2836, 2965
  - Highway 35, 4397
  - Hospital funding, 82, 176, 240, 341, 384–385, 426, 506, 571, 658, 776, 841, 1001, 1109, 1170, 1427, 1477–1478, 1577, 1771–1773, 1889–1890, 1928, 1976, 2035–2036, 2130–2131, 2167, 2212, 2299, 2525–2527, 2574–2575, 2613–2614, 2646, 2739–2740, 2786–2787, 2835, 2964, 2998, 3050–3051, 3093, 3141–3142, 3239, 3283, 3330–3331, 3500, 3543, 3581–3582, 3694, 3844, 3932, 4033–4034, 4069, 4158–4159, 4221–4222, 4399, 4480, 4529, 4588, 4661–4662, 4829, 4956, 5092, 5196, 5330, 5478, 5585–5586, 5791, 6346, 6503, 6816, 6854, 6954–6955, 7001, 7208–7209, 7285–7286, 7344, 7440, 7654–7655, 7701, 7737–7738, 7782, 8078–8079, 8268, 8470, 8506–8508, 8554–8555, 8615, 8657, 8696, 8833–8834, 8875, 8953, 9005–9006, 9048, 9587
  - Hospital services, 3780
  - Lupus, 3933, 4035–4036, 4159–4160, 4398–4399, 4481, 4530–4531, 5197–5198, 5328, 5961, 6050, 6089, 6150–6151, 6200–6201, 8876–8877, 9652–9653
  - Ontario budget, 6607
  - Parenting education, 7738, 7783, 8507
  - Pope John Paul II, 775, 1313, 1773, 2167–2168, 2494, 2528, 2837, 3000, 3142, 3240, 3583, 3695, 3932–3933, 4036, 4159, 4481, 4830
  - Professional hockey franchise, 7239–7240
  - Social services funding, 3241, 7210, 7879–7880, 8156, 8224, 8270, 8422, 8506, 8555–8556, 8616, 8697, 8875, 8954–8955, 9007–9008, 9228–9229, 9280, 9375–9376
  - Taxation, 7488, 7530, 7656, 7841, 7973, 8154, 8467
  - Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, 616–617, 2612
- Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 2336–2337
- Photo identification cards
  - fraud, 2336–2337
- Poverty, 11
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - second reading, 5561
- Private members' public business
  - Automobile insurance
    - responded to, 7544–7545
  - Caregiver and Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, 2009 (Bill 160)
    - second reading, 6061
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
    - second reading, 5859–5860
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Aftermarket Brake Pad Standards), 2009 (Bill 181)
    - second reading, 7254–7255
  - Legislative channel
    - presented, 3250–3252, 3257–3258
  - Literacy and basic skills
    - responded to, 5104–5105
  - Mental health and addiction services
    - responded to, 4493–4494
  - Milk in schools
    - responded to, 3247–3248
  - Municipal Residential and Commercial Surge Protector Act, 2009 (Bill 176)
    - second reading, 7056–7057
  - Municipalities
    - responded to, 5302
  - Ontario Energy Board Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 131)
    - second reading, 4674
  - Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Transfers on Wind Up), 2009 (Bill 213)
    - second reading, 8890
  - Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 2190
  - Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
    - second reading, 6872–6873
  - Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
    - second reading, 4136–4137
  - Senators' Selection Act, 2009 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 8512–8513
  - Small business
    - responded to, 7751–7752
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 7757–7758
  - Taxation Amendment Act (Equipment Purchased for Persons with Disabilities), 2008 (Bill 109)
    - second reading, 3949–3950
  - Towing Industry Act, 2008 (Bill 87)
    - second reading, 2863–2864
  - Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2009 (Bill 148)
    - second reading, 5114
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
    - second reading, 8711
- Property tax deferrals
  - low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities, 2190
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1683, 1688
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - second reading, 7562, 7597–7598, 7618, 7621
- Public transportation
  - Mississauga, 399
- Religious holiday observance
  - Vaisakhi, 6048–6049
- Schools
  - energy-efficient, 6443
- Senior citizens
  - taxation, 7697–7698, 8607–8608
- Senior homeowners' property tax grants, 5904
- Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
  - second reading, 2045
  - third reading, 2820
- Small business
  - government assistance in complying with regulations, 7752
  - regulatory reduction, 4137
- Social housing
  - government funding, 4652
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 11
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 23(b) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Directs speech to other matters, 8532
  - S.O. 23(e) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Anticipation, 5850
  - S.O. 23(h) Rules of Debate - Matters out of order in debate - Allegations against member, 5649, 8160
- Tax reduction, 4183, 6097, 8873
- Taxation
  - tax reform package, 5915
- Teacher collective agreements
  - Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, 4820
- Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
  - governance model, 8081
- Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
  - second reading, 8091
- Temporary help agencies
  - fees charged to employees, 4887
- Temporary help agency employees
  - protection, 4887, 6363
  - removing barriers to permanent employment, 6366–6367
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 398–399, 402
- Time allocation motions
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1537–1538
- Towing industry
  - regulation, 2863–2864
- Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
  - second reading, 6300
- Transit systems, 5816
  - GO Transit, 942
    - Cooksville station, 5817
    - Erindale station, 5817–5818
    - improvements, 3969
    - Lakeshore line, 5818, 5820
    - Lisgar station, 515, 3775, 4602, 5816–5817, 6603
    - Meadowvale station, 4602, 5817
    - Milton line, 5817–5820
    - Milton station, 515–516
    - Streetsville station, 3443, 4602, 5817, 5819
  - Move Ontario 2020 plan, 5818, 7310
  - Washington, D.C., 5816
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - coverage for construction workers, 3802
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 3802
- Young offenders
  - services, 3359
- Youth/students
  - employment, 9405
Dhillon, V. (LIB, Brampton West)
- Able Insurance Brokers Ltd. Act, 2008 (Bill Pr19)
  - first reading, 4255
- Appreciation
  - volunteers (Brampton), 8153
- Artists
  - employment protection, 6240–6241
- Arts and culture
  - government funding, 6241
- Awards
  - Ontario Volunteer Service Awards, 2531
  - Premier's Award for Teaching Excellence
    - Fedosoff, Jay (recipient), 1157
- Blind/visually-impaired persons
  - access to books in suitable formats, 9566–9567, 9572
- Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
  - Right to Read program, 9566–9567
- Clubs
  - Rotary Club of Bramalea, 9454
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
    - tool and die maker program, 107
- Community newspapers, 234–235
- Community organizations
  - Winter Coats for Children, 3002
- Congratulatory remarks
  - Martino, Frank (recipient, Reg L. Perkin Award), 4332
- Construction industry
  - underground economy, 3699, 3902
- Construction workers
  - occupational health and safety, 3698–3699, 3903
- Coroner inquests
  - Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 9191
- Dairy Farmers of Ontario
  - elementary school milk program, 3244–3245
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Small business
    - participation, 3160–3161
- Employment creation, 107
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8159–8162
  - third reading, 9199–9200
- Employment-related benefits
  - employee wage security program, 107
  - organ donor leave, 5218
- Employment standards
  - reform, 6218
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 5218–5220, 5367
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
  - second reading, 4882–4883
  - third reading, 6218, 6351, 6354, 6359
    - public consultation, 6354
- Firefighters
  - volunteer firefighters
    - workers' compensation claims, 6861
- Foreign workers
  - protection, 9199–9200
- Hospital construction
  - Brampton Civic Hospital, 123
- Hospital redevelopment
  - Peel Memorial Hospital, 123
- Hospitals
  - Brampton Civic Hospital, 4332
- Labour relations, 1551
- Live-In Caregiver Program (federal program), 8159–8160
- McDonald's Canada
  - McHappy Day, 7151
- Medical transplants
  - organ and tissue donation, 5218–5220
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 115
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Sefton, Andrew (executive director, Ontario Painting Contractors Association), 3902
  - Smith, Derek (executive director, London and District Construction Association), 3902
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Arnold, Ken (president, Ontario Medical Association), 7803
  - Dupont, Barb (mother, Lori Dupont, murder victim), 9191
  - Lavoie, Serge (president and CEO, Canadian Plastics Industry Association), 3161
- Members' statements
  - Brampton Civic Hospital, 123, 4332
  - Brampton spelling bee, 6083–6084
  - Dairy industry, 8924–8925
  - Fedosoff, Jay, 1156–1157
  - McHappy Day, 7151
  - Rotary Club of Bramalea, 9454
  - Teachers, 5086
  - Vaisakhi, 6394
  - Volunteer Service Awards, 2531
  - Volunteers, 8153
  - Winter Coats for Children Project, 3002
- Milk, 3250
- Minimum wage, 115
  - increase, 114–115
- Occupational health and safety, 3160
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - second reading, 7802–7805
  - third reading, 9190–9191
- Occupational health and safety insurance
  - option for employers to use private-sector insurers, 8707–8709
- Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), 1551
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Workplace insurance, 4076
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1948–1949
- Oral questions, presented
  - Community and ethnic newspapers, 234–235
  - Driver examination centres, 8348
- Petitions
  - University labour dispute, 4758–4759
- Private members' public business
  - Accessibility for the disabled
    - presented, 9566–9567, 9572
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
    - second reading, 6240–6241
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
    - second reading, 114–115
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
    - second reading, 107
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
    - second reading, 1551
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
    - second reading, 7931–7932
  - Milk in schools
    - presented, 3244–3245, 3250
  - Single-Use Bottled Water Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 112)
    - second reading, 3943–3944
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
    - second reading, 8707–8709
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
    - second reading, 6861
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
    - responded to, 4500–4501
- Regulations, 3160
- Regulatory Modernization Act, S.O. 2007, c.4, 3160
- Religious holiday observance
  - Vaisakhi, 6394
- Schools
  - St. Roch Catholic Secondary School
    - fried-free school, 5086
- Small business
  - regulation, 3160–3161
- Spelling bees
  - Brampton spelling bee, 6083–6084
- Strikes
  - DriveTest driving examiners, 8348
- Teachers, 5086
- Temporary help agencies
  - fees charged to employees, 6218, 6351
- Temporary help agency employees
  - protection, 4882, 6358
  - removing barriers to permanent employment, 4882–4883, 6218
- Time allocation motions
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
    - responded to, 3902–3903
- Trade missions
  - India, 107
- Trillium Gift of Life Network, 5367
  - program for reimbursing expenses of living organ donors (PRELOD), 5218
- Union certification
  - card-based certification, 1551
    - construction industry, 1551
- Waste management/programs
  - recycling, 3944
    - water bottles, 3944
- Workers
  - replacement workers
    - ban on use during strike or lockout, 7931–7932
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - coverage for construction workers, 3698–3699, 3902, 4076
- Workplace harassment/violence, 7802–7805, 9191
- Workplace injuries
  - reduction, 1948–1949
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - general discussion
    - public consultation, 4076
  - second reading, 3698–3699, 3718
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3902–3903
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3698–3699, 3718, 4076
  - experience rating system, 1948
  - unfunded liability, 4500–4501
Dickson, J. (LIB, Ajax–Pickering)
- Anniversaries
  - Our Lady of Lourdes 150th anniversary of apparition, 1670
  - Sinking of the Graf Spee battleship 70th anniversary, 8153–8154
- Automobile industry
  - General Motors of Canada Ltd.
    - Buick Regal produced at Oshawa assembly plant, 9178
- Automobiles
  - damage, 5885–5886
- Awards
  - I Love Greenbelt award, 5487
- Axiom Group Inc., 4911
- Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
  - second reading, 7506–7507
- Boundary adjustment
  - Barrie and Innisfil, 7507
- Business
  - doing business with Ontario government, 6044
  - government assistance, 6043
- Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
  - second reading, 2476–2477
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - college equipment modernization, 1460–1461
  - Durham College, 2476–2477
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - general discussion, 6488
- Durham regional council
  - council members, 773
- Fire stations
  - Ajax, 3052
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9624
- Greenbelt Day Act, 2009 (Bill 153)
  - first reading, 5041
- Greenbelt plan, 5487–5488, 5493, 6488
  - 5th anniversary, 9579–9580
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on cost of books and newspapers, 8729–8730
- Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 254
- Hospices (terminal care)
  - government funding
    - Sakura House, 731
    - St. Joseph's Hospice, 731
- Hospital redevelopment
  - Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering Hospital, 158, 5873, 8871
- Infrastructure Ontario
  - municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII), 1093
- International trade agreements
  - Canada-United States procurement agreement, 9412
- Kindergarten
  - full-day, 9624
- Members'/ministers' birthdays
  - Jaczek, Helena (Oak Ridges–Markham), 8521
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Young Singers performance, 1775
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 433–435
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 434–435
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Hale, Michael (president, Canadian Institute of Actuaries), 6454
  - Hammond, Sam (president, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario), 9624
  - Richardson, Bill (governor, New Mexico), 2300
  - Rizzo, Perry (president, Axiom Group Inc.), 4911
  - Shriver, Eunice Kennedy (founder, Special Olympics), 2169
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - PC (2003-2010)
    - Bailey, Bob (Sarnia–Lambton), 731
    - Hardeman, Ernie (Oxford), 731
- Members' statements
  - Ajax and Pickering Health Site, 158
  - Ajax Environmental Affairs Week, 5889
  - Ajax fire station, 3052
  - Anniversary of the sinking of the Graf Spee, 8153–8154
  - Black History Month, 5127
  - Events in Ajax–Pickering, 2248, 2496, 7198
  - General Motors of Canada, 9178–9179
  - International trade, 9412
  - Men's Health Awareness Week, 2300
  - Multiple sclerosis, 6276
  - Municipal finances, 4029
  - Municipal infrastructure, 1093
  - Ontario economy, 4911
  - Palliative care, 731
  - Pan American Games, 8790
  - Parkinson's disease, 982
  - Post-secondary education, 1460–1461
  - Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital, 8871
  - Saint Bernadette, 1670
  - Snowmobiling, 5666–5667
  - Special Olympics, 2169
  - Transit funding, 1300
  - Young Singers, 1775
- Ministry of Children and Youth Services
  - youth opportunities strategy, 3277
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 4911
- Ministry of Government Services
  - reverse trade show for Ontario businesses, 6044
- Municipal services
  - government funding
    - Durham region, Ajax and Pickering, 4029
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Black History Month, 5127
- Obesity
  - children, 254
- 1312510 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2009 (Bill Pr22)
  - first reading, 7200
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - responded to, 5873
- Oral questions, presented
  - Durham regional council, 773
  - Environmental protection, 6488
  - Greenbelt, 9579–9580
  - Highway maintenance, 5885–5886
  - Provincial purchasing policy, 6043–6044
  - Research and innovation, 4809
  - Small business, 5828
  - Snowmobiling, 4579–4580
  - Taxation, 8729–8730
  - Youth services, 3276–3277
- Parkinson's disease, 982
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - second reading, 9713–9714, 9716
- Pension plans, 6453–6455, 6460
  - reform, 9713–9714, 9716
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 6488
- Petitions
  - Government services, 7491, 7529, 7586, 7655, 7700, 7737
  - Hospital funding, 899–901, 1000–1002, 1064, 1066, 1108–1109, 1256–1257, 1315, 1478–1479, 1520, 1576, 1612–1613, 1668–1670, 1772–1773, 1825–1826, 1926–1927, 1977–1978, 2036, 2094, 2131–2133, 2167, 2213, 2244–2246, 2298–2299, 2351, 2396–2397, 2493, 2526, 2575–2577, 2611–2612, 2646–2647, 2672, 2741, 2786, 2962, 2999–3000, 3187, 3451, 3541, 3651–3652, 3740, 3845–3846, 4034–4035, 4258
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - ministerial statement, 5041–5042
- Private members' public business
  - Greenbelt Day Act, 2009 (Bill 153)
    - second reading, 5487–5488, 5493
  - Pension plans
    - presented, 6453–6455, 6460
  - Zero Waste Day Act, 2010 (Bill 247)
    - second reading, 9565–9566
- Public education campaigns
  - Ajax Environmental Affairs Week, 5889
  - environmental protection, 5487
  - Greenbelt Day, 5041, 5487–5488
  - Men's Health Awareness Week, 2300
  - Multiple sclerosis carnation campaign, 6276
- Registered retirement savings plans, 6454–6455
- Reports
  - A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 9714
- Road maintenance, 5885
- Small business
  - permits and licences, 5828
  - regulation, 5828
- Snowmobiling, 4579–4580, 5666–5667
  - safety, 4580
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 158
- Sports competitions
  - Pan American Games bid (2015)
    - awarded to Toronto, 8790
  - Special Olympics Ontario 2008 provincial spring games, 2169
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 433–435, 437
- Transit systems
  - government funding, 1300
- Waste management/programs
  - waste reduction, 9565–9566
- Woodbridge Group
  - government funding, 4809
- Youth/students
  - services, 3276
DiNovo, C. (NDP, Parkdale–High Park)
- An Act to amend the Criminal Code, 2006 (Bill C-26), 1387
- Advertising
  - ban on advertising of sexual images of children under 16 years of age, 6463
- Afghanistan
  - women's rights, 6470–6471
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - review by Integrity Commissioner, 7470, 7559
- Alcohol-related accidents/fatalities
  - automobile, 4533
- Alcoholism, 2562
- Amateur sports programs
  - criminal record checks, 6871–6872
- Animal Care Review Board, 3976
- Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
  - second reading, 8448–8451
- Animal protection
  - five freedoms, 3974–3976
  - private zoos, 1800
    - regulation, 3977
  - warrantless entry, 1806
- Animal protection organizations
  - use of term humane society restricted, 3974–3975
    - impact on Toronto Humane Society, 1588, 1802, 1810, 2104
- Anti-Semitism, 6450
- Arab-Israeli conflict, 9556–9558
- Automobiles
  - ZENN cars, 3006
- Awards
  - Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery, 4932
- Blood donations, 5454
- BOOST Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention, 4655
- Brismair Property Management Inc. Act, 2009 (Bill Pr27)
  - first reading, 8074
- Budget, 4267–4268
  - pre-budget consultations, 4267
- Budget deficit, 3621
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - third reading, 1655–1656
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3617–3619, 3621
- Budget surplus
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 973–974, 1699
- Bullying
  - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens, 730
- Business education tax, 114, 716, 3006, 3305–3306, 4136
- Butchers
  - Karl's Butcher and Grocery
    - closure, 3006, 3305
    - food safety, 158, 234, 297
- C. difficile outbreaks
  - Del Grande, Tony case, 8428–8429
  - investigation, 8428
- Canada pension plan (CPP), 6864–6865
- Capital works projects, 3308
  - government funding, 593
- Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week Act, 2009 (Bill 166)
  - general discussion, 5856–5857
- Carbon monoxide detectors
  - requirement to install carbon monoxide detectors in all residential buildings, 5857
- Carbon monoxide poisoning, 5857
- Caregiver employment agencies
  - ban on placement fees, 8166–8167
- Child abuse, 4978
- Child care, 127, 593, 1728, 2561–2562, 3307, 3383, 4395, 4433, 5098, 5243, 5285, 9533–9534
  - cost, 488
  - government funding, 490–491, 9536–9537, 9635
  - Quebec, 4267, 5098
- Child custody
  - grandparents' rights, 1344
    - access to children in abusive situations, 1345
- Child poverty, 113, 2071, 2562, 5097–5098
- Child protection, 4975–4977
  - services, 4965
- Child sexual abuse, 6462
- Children with disabilities, 3744
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - government funding, 8528
- Children's nutrition programs, 593
- China
  - greenhouse gas emissions, 7320, 7328
- Clean Train Coalition, 7229
- Climatic changes, 592
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - right to unionize
    - part-time and sessional employees, 3307
- Commercial loans, 4136
- Community health centres (CHCs), 4041–4042
  - government funding, 593
- Community policing, 3760–3761
- Community safety
  - complaints regarding properties used for activities that adversely affect community, 3759–3761
- Corporate tax reduction, 5844
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - second reading, 1964
- Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
  - second reading, 4280–4281
    - public consultation, 4280
- Court cases/actions
  - Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 4395, 9529–9530
- Crime against seniors
  - elder abuse, 8713–8714
- Criminal statistics, 4129
- Curriculum
  - inclusion of women's studies in Ontario secondary schools, 3383, 4267, 4433
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Affordable housing
    - requested, 678
    - participation, 678–679
  - International trade
    - requested, 859–860
    - participation, 859–860
- Dental care, 875, 2562, 3307
  - Sweden, 2562
- Deportation
  - Hinzman, Jeremy (American war resister), 6471
- Disabled Persons' Service Dogs Act, 2009 (Bill 223)
  - first reading, 8656
- Doctors
  - international medical graduates (IMGs)
    - removing barriers, 2661, 3989
- Domestic violence, 4973–4974, 4976, 4978
  - government funding for women and children in shelters, 8870
- Driver education/training, 4534, 4536
- Drivers
  - impaired drivers, 4539
  - new drivers, 4534
- Drug abuse, 2562, 5843
- Drug abuse treatment programs, 4975–4976
- Economic conditions, 3305, 3617–3619, 4280–4281
- Economic growth
  - five-point economic plan, 1965–1966
- Education funding reform, 593
- eHealth Ontario
  - contracts
    - public inquiry, 8428
- Elections/by-elections
  - campaign contributions, 2503
  - campaign ethics, 2503–2504
  - campaign expenditures, 2503
  - Parkdale–High Park, 2503
  - St. Paul's, 7337
- Electoral constituencies
  - renaming of Chatham–Kent–Essex to Chatham–Kent–Leamington, 3554
- Electoral representation, 2503
- Employees, 7085–7086
- Employers, 7085–7086
- Employment agencies
  - licence, 3307
  - prohibited from charging fees for hiring or providing information, 7086
- Employment creation
  - by government, 3308
- Employment insurance, 5851
- Employment insurance benefits, 5851
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8164–8172
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8898–8903
  - third reading, 9196–9199
- Employment-related benefits
  - organ donor leave, 5453, 5455
    - income replacement, 5453, 5455
- Employment standards, 4986–4993, 6685
  - allegations of abuse, 6801
    - Dhalla, Ruby case, 6596–6597, 6599, 6601, 6639–6640, 6642–6644, 6747, 6801, 8165–8166, 8898–8899
  - complaints, 7086
  - equal pay and benefits for all workers, 7086
  - regulation and enforcement, 3307, 3618, 6476–6477, 8172
  - unjust dismissal, 7086
- Employment Standards Act, S.O. 2000, c.41, 6685
- Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 189)
  - first reading, 7085–7086
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 5453–5457, 5459
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
  - first reading, 42
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2008 (Bill 49)
  - first reading, 642
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
  - general discussion, 5510, 5573, 5660, 5689
  - second reading, 4984, 4986–4993
  - third reading, 6475–6482
    - amendments, 6479–6480
- Energy
  - nuclear energy, 4214, 5335, 5338, 5340–5341, 5344, 5349–5350, 6571–6572
  - renewable energy, 5347, 5351
  - renewable energy projects
    - government funding, 5349
- Energy conservation, 5340
  - government funding, 5355–5356
- Energy efficiency
  - home retrofit program, 7321
- Energy policy, 3307
- Environmental advocacy groups, 5361
- Environmental protection, 5348–5350
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 7319–7323, 7325, 7328–7329
  - third reading, 9028–9029
- Equal pay for equal work, 4298, 4586–4587, 4987, 5851
- Family law
  - reform, 4965, 4968–4969, 4973–4977
- Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
  - second reading, 4965, 4968–4969, 4973–4978
- Famines
  - Ukraine (1932-1933), 1785–1786
- Farms/farmland
  - organic farms, 8450
- Fatalities
  - Achakzai, Sitara (human rights campaigner), 6470
  - Dulnuan, Jocelyn (caregiver), 127
  - Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 9101–9104
  - Jones, Holly (murder victim), 4865–4866, 6462
  - Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 4267, 6463, 9529–9530
  - Vince, Theresa (murder victim), 9101–9104
  - Wisdom, Shaquille (suicide victim), 730
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - Canada-Ontario affordable housing program agreement
    - government funding, 2566
- Feminism, 4433
- Firearms
  - driving with unlawfully possessed firearm in motor vehicle prohibited
    - enforcement, 1353–1354
- Firefighters
  - volunteer firefighters
    - workers' compensation claims, 6857
  - workers' compensation claims, 4129
    - Morand, Gene case, 6857
- Food Safety and Quality Act, S.O. 2001, c.20, 158, 234
- Foreign caregivers
  - abuse, 5689
  - protection, 8165, 8898–8901, 9194–9199
    - warrantless entry, 8165
    - women, 8168–8169
- Foreign workers, 5510
  - protection, 5510, 5573, 9196
    - women, 8166–8167
- Fossil-fuel generating stations, 5353
- Franchises
  - retail trade, 3006
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9529–9534, 9536–9537
- Gender identity, 165
- Genocide
  - Ukraine (1932-1933), 5306
- Government advertising
  - powerWISE energy conservation
    - Suzuki, David's role in energy conservation advertising campaign, 4420
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1448–1451
  - Select Committee on Elections
    - responded to, 2502–2504
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 4267–4268
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3305–3308
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - environmental protection, 1964
    - greenhouse gas emissions reduction, 7320
- Government role, 4135–4136
- Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
  - return to provincial jurisdiction, 4136
- Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster, 585
- Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5970–5973
  - third reading, 6740–6743
- Green economy, 5344, 5349
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - second reading, 5335, 5338, 5340–5341, 5344, 5347–5351, 5353, 5355–5356, 5358, 5361, 5365
  - third reading, 6571–6572
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - reduction, 7319–7323, 7328
- Harmonized sales tax, 7760, 8901–8903
  - impact on rent rates, 7337
  - impact on senior citizens, 8714, 8854–8855
  - impact on small business, 9034
- Hate crime, 3965
- Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
  - second reading
    - public consultation, 5857
- Health care
  - wait lists, 3744
  - wait times, 3744–3745
- Health care workers
  - agency workers, 4989
- Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 487–491
- Holiday messages, 4680
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), 6450
- Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2008 (Bill 61)
  - general discussion, 4111
- Home care workers
  - transportation compensation, 5843
- Home children (Canadian immigrants), 9380–9381
- Homeless persons, 5842–5843
- Hospital beds
  - long-term-care beds, 5843–5844
- Hospital construction
  - Humber River Regional Hospital, 2208
- Hospital services
  - emergency
    - information sheets for patients, 8893–8895
- Hospitals
  - oversight by Ombudsman, 2209
  - reporting on C. difficile rates, 2562
- Housing, 413–414, 5097–5098, 6044–6045
  - affordable, 132, 527, 1513, 1609, 2292–2293, 2562, 3776, 4298, 4433, 5097–5098, 5282, 5742, 5781, 7232, 9644–9645
    - authority of municipal governments to require affordable housing in new developments, 7531–7533, 7537–7538
    - construction, 413–414, 716, 1609, 1728–1729
    - federal government funding, 691, 2566
    - government funding, 490, 565, 678, 2566, 7537, 8612–8613, 9120
    - rent rates, 3830–3831
    - shortage, 592, 1112
    - wait lists, 5742
  - right to adequate housing, 557
- Human rights, 3531–3532, 6564
  - gender identity, 8691–8692
- Immigrants
  - accreditation, 4298
  - services, 4298
- Immigration
  - website, 4298
- Immunization
  - H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
    - employees permitted to take time off work for immunization, 8347–8348
- Impact Cleaning Services Ltd.
  - violation of employment standards, 6437–6438, 6476
- Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 2661
  - third reading, 3989, 4040–4042
- India
  - greenhouse gas emissions, 7320
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - general discussion, 1546, 2072
  - second reading, 971–976
  - third reading, 1699
- Kindergarten
  - full-day, 9529–9532
- Kyoto Protocol on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1964
- Landlord and Tenant Board
  - electronic hearing, 7228
  - oral hearing, 7228
- Legislative pages
  - appreciation, 5453
- Legislative procedure
  - ministerial statements, 4297–4298
  - motions
    - time allocation motions, 5970
  - private members' public business, 1801, 4678–4679, 5857
    - lost upon prorogation, 9550–9551
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 876, 1448–1451, 2504
    - private members' public business, 1545
- Legislature schedule/agenda, 2072–2073, 2077–2078, 2081, 4587
- Libertarianism, 1151
- Libraries/schools
  - use of Internet filtering software, 7740–7741
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), 4666
- Listeriosis, 8449
- Literacy, 5106
- Live-In Caregiver Program (federal program), 5510
- Livestock
  - disease prevention and control, 8448
  - protection, 1801, 3973
- Long-term-care facilities
  - oversight by Ombudsman, 3547
  - personal care, 5843–5844
  - standard of care, 5843, 8714
- Long-term-care funding
  - government funding, 5844
- Manufacturing industry, 46–47
- Massacres
  - Montreal massacre (6 December 1989), 4433
- Medical procedures
  - wait times, 3744–3745
- Medical transplants
  - organ and tissue donation, 5453–5455, 5459
    - Cotic, Andres case, 5453–5455
    - presumed consent, 5453–5457, 5459
    - presumed denial, 5454–5455
- Members'/ministers' appreciation
  - Jones, Sylvia (Dufferin–Caledon), 4679
  - McMeekin, Ted (Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale), 1387
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1799–1800, 4128, 4135, 4761, 4795, 5454, 5857, 6477–6478
- Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
  - Ontario Veterinary Medical Association, 3976
- Members/ministers quoting documents
  - Ontario Federation of Labour, 114
- Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
  - harmonized sales tax, re, 7760
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Bush, Donna (media representative, Cangrands), 3279
  - Trow, Tim (president, Toronto Humane Society), 1598, 1800
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Toronto Star, 971, 1387
  - Toronto Sun, 591–592
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9531–9532
  - Regulation of Payday Lending in Canada: A Report to ACORN (Chris Robinson, York University), 1390
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Allan, Nancy (Minister of Labour and Immigration, Manitoba), 5573
  - Churchill, Winston (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), 3972
  - David Suzuki Foundation, 5338
  - DeGasperis, Silvio (developer), 2503
  - Douglas, Tommy (former Premier of Saskatchewan), 3745
  - Gandhi, Mahatma (spiritual and political leader), 3973
  - Greenpeace, 5338
  - Ladd, Deena and Mary Gollatly re Bill 139, 6481
  - Mackenzie, Hugh (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), 590
  - McCarter, Jim (Auditor General of Ontario), 973
  - McKeown, David (medical officer of health, Toronto), 7523
  - Ontario Women's Justice Network, 1345
  - Pembina Institute, 5338
  - Pope John Paul II, 4918
  - Ryan, Sid (president, CUPE Ontario), 9529
  - Shapcott, Michael (Wellesley Institute), 592, 5742
  - Suzuki, David (scientist, activist, broadcaster), 4420
  - Taylor, Allan (former CEO, Royal Bank of Canada), 2503
  - Walesa, Lech (founder, Solidarity movement), 4917
  - Wellesley Institute, 5781
- Members/ministers quoting television programs
  - CTV News, 487
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (1995-2003)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 1448
  - withdrawn, 565, 4214, 4420
- Members'/ministers' travel
  - Pupatello, Sandra's travel to China, 3305–3306
  - Pupatello, Sandra's travel to Middle East, 3305–3306
- Members' statements
  - Affordable housing, 3776
  - Air quality, 7229
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 730
  - Celebrate Bisexuality Day, 7482
  - Child protection, 4654–4655, 4865–4866
  - Events in Tibet, 408
  - Government regulations, 158
  - Human rights, 1092
  - International Women's Day, 5285
  - Mad Pride Day, 2353
  - Poverty, 1827, 3279
  - Private members' bills, 9550–9551
  - Property taxation, 5087
  - Protection or workers, 5689
  - Rail line construction, 6442
  - Tibet, 5387, 9178
  - Ukrainian genocide, 4111
  - Violence against women, 4253
  - Watson, Rodney, 8788
- Metrolinx, 6442
  - accountability, 6741–6742
  - closed meetings, 8651
- Military reservists
  - job-protected leave, 14
- Minimum wage, 1728, 4298, 4988, 4991–4993
  - increase, 113–114, 120–121, 488, 490, 650, 716, 1111, 1817, 2562, 5098, 6478, 8170
    - Santa Fe (New Mexico), 114
  - indexed to consumer price index, 42, 4986
  - $10 an hour, 113–114, 127, 642
  - $10.25 an hour, 2602–2603, 3307, 3383, 4433, 4519, 4586, 5098, 5243, 5731
- Mining industry
  - uranium exploration and mining, 5037
    - health and ecological impact, 5037
- Ministerial responsibility, 7562–7563, 7566
- Ministerial statements, responded to
  - Affordable housing, 5742, 8612–8613
  - Asian and South Asian Heritage Month, 6564
  - Citizenship Week, 8036–8037
  - Immigration information, 4298
  - Manufacturing industry, 46–47
  - National Volunteer Week, 6147
  - Persons Day, 3383
  - Protection for workers, 8076
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 6500
  - Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 7158
  - Shelter allowances, 413–414
  - Small business, 3005–3006, 7838–7839
  - Temporary employment agencies, 4586–4587
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 3691–3692, 8418–8419
- Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
  - grants to community organizations, 973
- Ministry of Community and Social Services
  - developmental services, 5235
  - passport program, 1972
- Ministry of Health Promotion
  - budget, 1878
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  - budget reduction, 5742
  - provincial rent bank program, 1512–1513
  - rental opportunity for Ontario families (ROOF), 413–414
- Miss G Project, 1729
- Mortgage loans
  - renewal, 3306
- Movies
  - Debt Trap, 2414
  - Doctor Zhivago, 3305–3306
  - Maxed Out, 2413–2414
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 1139
- Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC), 3619
- Municipalities
  - government funding, 1546
- National child benefit supplement (NCBS)
  - clawback, 716
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Agnes Macphail Day, 5243
  - Holocaust Memorial Day, 6450
  - Holodomor Memorial Day, 1785–1786, 4111
  - Pope John Paul II Day, 4917–4918
- NDP
  - health care, 875–876
- NDP documents/plans
  - economic stimulus plan, 5282
- Nuclear generating stations, 4420
- Nurses, 5285
  - reduction, 5844
- Occupational health and safety
  - regulation and enforcement, 9446–9447
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9101–9105
- Occupational health and safety insurance
  - option for employers to use private-sector insurers, 8706–8707
- Olympics
  - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
    - opening ceremonies, 2241
    - torch relay, 2241
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 585, 590–595
- Ontario child benefit (OCB), 4679
- Ontario Clean Train Coalition, 7523
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits, 4267, 4679, 5099
  - increase, 594, 3307, 3744
- Ontario health insurance plan (OHIP)
  - sexual reassignment surgery
    - relisting, 1986
  - three-month waiting period, 585
- Ontario health premium, 875–877
- Ontario Human Rights Code
  - amended by Bill 224, 8691
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), 1151
  - hearings, 5971
    - Kimvar Enterprises Inc., 3276
- Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
  - closure, 9028–9029
- Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington nuclear generating station
    - building of new reactors, 4214
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 3971–3972, 3974–3977
  - accountability, 3972–3978
  - affiliation of humane societies, 3972, 3975–3976
  - training of inspectors or agents, 3975–3977
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - second reading, 8854–8855
- Ontario Works program benefits, 5099
  - temporary care assistance (TCA), 3279
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Health care oversight, 8428–8429
  - Ontario economy, 1110–1113
- Opposition parties
  - role, 4795
- Oral questions, presented
  - Affordable housing, 132, 527, 565, 691, 1609, 2292–2293, 2566, 3830–3831, 5282, 5781, 6044–6045, 9119–9120, 9644–9645
  - Air quality, 7523
  - Consumer protection, 4862
  - Domestic violence, 8870
  - Employment standards, 6596–, 6597, 6599, 6601, 6685
  - Energy policies, 4420
  - Events in Tibet, 2241
  - Flu immunization, 8347–8348
  - Food safety, 234, 297
  - Full-day kindergarten, 1663
  - GO Transit, 5686, 6271–6272, 8031
  - Hate crimes, 3965
  - Health care, 2208–2209
  - Human rights, 3531–3532
  - International trade, 770, 832–833, 953
  - Mineral exploration and production, 5037
  - Minimum wage, 650, 1817, 5731
  - Nuclear energy, 4214
  - Ontario Municipal Board, 3276
  - Pay equity, 3877, 4246
  - Poverty, 2602–2603, 4519, 5031–5032
  - Property taxation, 5083–5084
  - Protection for workers, 5510, 5573, 5660, 6437–6438, 6639–6640, 6642–6644, 6747, 6801
  - Public inquiry legislation, 8786
  - Public transit, 8651, 9368–9369, 9499, 9696
  - Rent bank programs, 1512–1513
  - School pools, 1058, 1371
  - Services for disabled children, 5235
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 1972
  - Services for the disabled, 7874
  - Taxation, 7337, 9034
  - Tenant protection, 7228
  - Women's issues, 1766
  - Women's shelters, 169–170
  - Workplace safety, 9446–9447
- Organ donor card, 5454
- Paramedics, 4932
- Pay equity, 3383, 3877, 4246, 4395, 4586, 5243–5244
- Pay Equity Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.7, 3877
- Pay Equity Commission
  - government funding, 3877
- Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal
  - government funding, 3877
- Payday loan industry, 1379, 1396, 2404–2405, 4989–4990
  - banking industry investment, 2413
  - regulation, 1389–1394
    - independent advisory board to determine maximum cost of borrowing, 2414–2415
- Payday loans
  - borrowing costs, 4862
  - interest rate limit of 35%, 760, 1388, 2412, 2414
  - interest rates, 1387–1388, 2411–2412, 2415, 2418
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
  - general discussion, 4267
  - second reading, 1379, 1385, 1387–1394, 1396
  - third reading, 2404–2405, 2411–2416, 2418
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 54)
  - first reading, 760
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - second reading, 9703–9704, 9708–9713, 9715
- Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6864
- Pension plans, 6864
  - reform, 9703–9704, 9708–9711, 9713, 9715
- Persons with disabilities, 3744
  - poverty, 4679
  - services
    - government funding, 7874
    - Patterson, Teddy case, 1972, 5235, 7874
  - supportive housing, 3744–3745
  - Sweden, 3744
- Petitions
  - Air-rail link, 4660
  - Community colleges collective bargaining, 1373
  - Focus Community program, 4587
  - Hospital services, 6853–6854
  - Multiple myeloma, 4956
  - Non-profit housing, 483, 4912
  - Ontario pharmacists, 6697, 7091, 7237
  - Property taxation, 5286–5287, 5328, 5389, 5743–5744, 5838, 5890, 5960, 6089
  - Rail line expansion, 9084, 9329
  - Tenant protection, 485
  - University labour dispute, 4757–4758, 4787–4789
- Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198)
  - first reading, 7232
- Police officers, 4128–4130
- Political contributions, 2503
- Political fundraising, 2503
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, 4129–4130
- Poverty, 113–114, 120–121, 716, 3617–3619, 4267, 5097–5098
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - general discussion, 5098–5099
  - third reading, 6424
- Poverty reduction strategy, 1827, 3279, 4519, 5032, 6424
  - public consultation, 2602
  - 25 in 5 plan, 5031–5032, 5098–5099
- Prayer in the Legislature, 2513–2514
  - recitation of the Lord's Prayer, prayers from other religions and moment of silence, 2514
  - removing the Lord's Prayer from the daily proceedings of the Legislature, 2513–2514
- Premier's travel, 3531–3532
- Primary prevention programs
  - be made mandatory in elementary schools, 4866
- Private members' public business
  - Afghan family law
    - responded to, 6470–6472
  - Assistance to the disabled
    - responded to, 3744–3745
  - British Home Child Day Act, 2010 (Bill 241)
    - second reading, 9380–9381
  - Child poverty
    - responded to, 5097–5099
  - Children's aid societies
    - responded to, 8528
  - Children's Law Reform Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
    - second reading, 1344–1346
  - Children's Safety and Protection Rights Act, 2009 (Bill 130)
    - second reading, 6462–6463
  - Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
    - second reading, 7740–7741
  - Employment insurance
    - responded to, 5851
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Raising the Minimum Wage), 2007 (Bill 7)
    - second reading, 113–114, 120–121
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
    - second reading, 112
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
    - second reading, 5856–5858
  - Health care
    - responded to, 5842–5844
  - Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2008 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 1785–1786
  - Holodomor Memorial Day Act, 2009 (Bill 147)
    - second reading, 5305–5307
  - Israeli Apartheid Week
    - responded to, 9556–9558
  - Labour Relations Amendment Act (Certification), 2008 (Bill 65)
    - second reading, 1556
  - Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
    - second reading, 4666
  - Literacy and basic skills
    - responded to, 5106
  - Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
    - second reading, 4932
  - Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Unlocking Pension Funds), 2009 (Bill 116)
    - second reading, 6864–6865
  - Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2009 (Bill 198)
    - second reading, 7531–7533, 7538–7539
  - Police officers
    - responded to, 4128–4130
  - Pope John Paul II Day Act, 2009 (Bill 25)
    - second reading, 4917–4918
  - Poverty
    - responded to, 715–716
  - Property Tax Deferral Act, 2008 (Bill 78)
    - second reading, 2187–2188
  - Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
    - second reading, 6871–6872
  - Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2009 (Bill 188)
    - second reading, 8713–8715
  - Provincial Parks and Major Provincial Tourist Attractions Sign Act, 2008 (Bill 21)
    - second reading, 1780–1781
  - Public Hospitals Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 216)
    - second reading, 8893–8895
  - Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Assistance to Municipalities), 2008 (Bill 38)
    - second reading, 1545–1546
  - Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2008 (Bill 57)
    - second reading, 1151–1152
  - Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
    - second reading, 4135–4136
  - Registered Retirement Savings Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 96)
    - second reading, 3562
  - Representation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 104)
    - second reading, 3554
  - Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2010 (Bill 106)
    - second reading, 3759–3761
  - Seniors' Ombudsman Act, 2008 (Bill 102)
    - second reading, 3547
  - Small business
    - responded to, 7747–7748
  - Social Assistance Statute Law Amendment Act (Registered Disability Savings Plans), 2008 (Bill 94)
    - second reading, 4678–4680
  - Strandherd-Armstrong bridge
    - responded to, 1139
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 7759–7760
  - Tobacco Tax Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 199)
    - second reading, 7550
  - Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
    - second reading, 1353–1354
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
    - second reading, 8706–8707
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
    - second reading, 6856–6858, 6864–6865
- Property tax
  - rate freeze, 2187–2188
- Property tax assessment, 3619, 5083–5084, 5087
  - freeze-until-sale assessment, 5084, 5087
- Property tax increases, 5084, 5087
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1588, 1598–1599, 1799–1804, 1806, 1810, 2104
    - section 6, 1588, 1799–1802, 1804, 1810
  - third reading, 3971–3978, 3985–3986
    - public consultation, 3971–3977, 3985
    - section 6, 3971–3972, 3978
- Provincial parks and tourist attractions
  - bilingual signs, 1780–1781
- Public education campaigns
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2561–2562
  - British Home Child Day, 9380–9381
  - Celebrate Bisexuality Day, 7482
  - Child Abuse Prevention Month, 7736–7737
  - Citizenship Week, 8036–8037
  - International Day Against Homophobia, 1985–1986
  - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 4253
  - International Human Rights Day, 165
  - International Women's Day, 5243–5244, 5285
  - Mad Pride Day, 2353
  - Persons Day, 3383
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 6500
  - Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 7158
  - Woman Abuse Prevention Month, 3691–3692, 8418
- Public inquiries
  - scope and cost management, 8786
- Public Inquiries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.41
  - amended by Bill 212, 8786
- Public Safety Related to Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 222)
  - first reading, 8656
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - second reading, 7470, 7559, 7562–7563, 7566
- Public transportation
  - government funding, 9499
  - Ottawa
    - fare increase, 9696
- Quebec
  - child care, 4041–4042
    - government funding, 488
  - poverty reduction strategy, 5098
- Railways
  - electrification of diesel trains, 7523
- Real estate, 3618–3619
- Registered retirement savings plans
  - protection from creditors, 3562
- Regulations, 1151
- Regulatory bodies, 1151
- Rent control
  - commercial leases, 3006, 3306
- Rent freeze, 6044–6045
- Reports
  - With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9530
  - Where's Home? 2008 (Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association and Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada), 5282
- Responsible Property Services Code, 6438
- Right to Housing Act, 2008 (Bill 47)
  - first reading, 556–557
- Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
  - second reading, 4533–4534, 4536, 4539
  - third reading, 5982
- Roadside zoos
  - regulation, 3971, 3973–3974, 3985
- School board trustees
  - autonomy, 7677, 7681
- School cafeterias
  - ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 487–488
- Senior citizens, 3621
  - government funding, 593
  - protection, 3547
- Sexual assault, 1728, 3692, 6500
- Sexual harassment, 7158
- Small business, 3005–3006, 3305–3306, 3562, 4135–4136
  - regulation, 3006, 7747–7748
  - regulatory reduction, 7838–7839
  - taxation, 3006
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 1878–1879, 1907–1908, 2069–2074, 2077–2078, 2081
    - amendments, 1907–1908
  - third reading, 2561–2562
- Smoking
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2070
    - enforcement, 1878, 1907–1908, 2071
  - health risks, 6205–6206, 6209
- Social assistance benefits, 4679
- Social housing
  - repair, 5742
- Social services, 112
- Speaker
  - woman speaker, 3383
- Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
  - second reading, 7677, 7681
- Student debt, 3619
- Sweden, 3306–3307
  - employment standards, 6479
  - health care, 875
- Tamil Canadians
  - hunger strikes, 6564
- Task forces
  - problem properties task force, 3760
- Temporary help agencies, 4984, 4986–4993
  - fees charged to employees, 4990, 6475, 6478, 6480
  - providing information to employees, 4990, 6475
  - regulation, 4586–4587
- Temporary help agency employees
  - entitlement to public holiday pay, 4586–4587
  - removing barriers to permanent employment, 6480
- Tibet, 5387
  - anti-Chinese protests, 408, 859, 975, 1112
    - government response, 947
  - human rights, 1092, 9178
- Tibetans, 5306
- Time allocation motions
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4267–4268
  - Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
    - responded to, 8898–8903
  - Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
    - responded to, 5970–5973
  - Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
    - responded to, 9101–9105
  - York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
    - responded to, 4795–4796
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
  - second reading, 6204–6209, 6211
- Tobacco habit, 2562
- Tobacco products
  - ban on sale of cigarillos/flavouring agents, 6206–6207
  - illegal sale, 6204, 6206–6207, 6211
- Tobacco tax
  - reduction, 7550
- Toby's Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity), 2009 (Bill 224)
  - first reading, 8691–8692
- Toby's Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination Because of Gender Identity), 2007 (Bill 186), 1986
- Toronto Catholic District School Board
  - kindergarten program, 1663
- Toronto District School Board
  - budget deficit, 488
  - government funding, 976
  - swimming pools
    - closure, 1058, 1111–1112, 1371, 2071
    - government funding, 974–975
- Toronto Humane Society, 1799–1800
- Trade missions
  - China, 770, 832–833, 859–860, 953, 1092
- Transit systems
  - diesel trains, 7229
  - electric trains, 7229
  - GO Transit, 5970
    - noise reduction in west Toronto diamond project, 5686, 6271–6272, 6740–6741, 8031, 9368–9369
    - rail line construction, 6442
  - merging of GO Transit and Metrolinx, 5972–5973
  - privatization, 6742–6743
- Transportation infrastructure
  - New York, 1546
- Transportation system
  - Ottawa, 1139
- Tributes
  - Bossy, Maurice Louis (former member, Chatham–Kent), 5959–5960
- Union certification
  - card-based certification, 3307
- United States
  - affordable housing, 7532
  - minimum wage increase
    - Santa Fe (New Mexico), 119
    - Washington, 114
  - payday loan industry regulation
    - New Hampshire, 1389
- Universities/colleges
  - government funding, 4740–4741
  - York University
    - collective bargaining, 4761, 4796
    - strike, 4733, 4739–4743
- University/college faculty members, 4740–4742
- Victims of domestic violence
  - Mowatt, Noellee
    - imprisonment, 1729
- Violence
  - gun violence, 1354
- Violence against women, 127, 1728–1729, 3692, 4395, 8419
- Volunteers, 6147
- Voters/voting
  - voter identification, 2502–2503
- Wind turbines, 5335
- Women, 5243–5244
- Women workers
  - salaries, 5731
- Women's emergency shelters
  - government funding, 169–170, 1766
- Women's interval/transition housing, 1728, 4395, 5243
- Women's services
  - government funding, 5285
- Workers
  - contract workers
    - protection, 4987, 6476
  - job retraining, 593
  - unionized, 4987
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - coverage for construction workers, 4135–4136
- Workers' rights, 1556
  - right to collectively bargain, 4796
- The Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, S.M. 2008, c.23, 5510, 5573, 6475
- Workplace harassment/violence, 9101–9105
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - general discussion, 4135
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Presumptions for Firefighters), S.O. 2007, c.3, 6856–6857
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 8706–8707
- York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
  - second reading, 4733, 4737–4743, 4761, 4772
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 4795–4796
- Youth/students
  - political engagement, 5982
  - smoking, 2071–2072, 6206–6207
Dombrowsky, Hon. L. (LIB, Prince Edward–Hastings)
- AbitibiBowater
  - pension plans, 9409
- An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act, Chapter 22 of the Statutes of Canada 1998 and Chapter 25 of the Statutes of Canada, 2007 (Bill C-39), 997
- Agricultural industry, 1411
  - federal government funding, 1513–1514
  - research/development
    - government funding, 1767
  - supply management, 132–133, 2162–2163
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  - cull breeding swine program
    - processing pigs for food banks, 2436
- Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
  - general discussion, 7963
  - first reading, 7776
  - ministerial statement, 7776
  - second reading, 7973–7975, 7979–7980, 8005
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8575–8577
  - third reading, 9087–9088
    - public consultation, 9087–9088
- Awards
  - Premier's Agri-Food Innovation Excellence awards, 3086
    - Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co. (recipient), 5946
- Budget
  - assistance to farmers, 6045–6046
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 6109–6110
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3594
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 3781
- Bullying
  - prevention, 9366–9367
- Butchers
  - Karl's Butcher and Grocery
    - food safety, 234, 297
- Conferences/seminars/symposiums
  - 2010 OGRA/ROMA Annual Conference, 9406
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - second reading, 1847
- Dead animal disposal, 5234, 5617
- Economic conditions, 9401
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 5341
- Fairs
  - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 8545–8546
- Farm products
  - buying Ontario products, 691–692, 6229
- Farm safety, 336, 5317
- Farm Safety Association, 336
- Farmers, 5507
  - federal government funding, 837
  - government funding, 339, 837, 1923, 7387, 8650–8651
  - hog farmers
    - government funding, 7963–7964
  - tobacco farmers, 6550
    - government funding, 4862, 6550
- Farmers' markets, 3379, 6338
  - government funding, 3379
- Farming, 3594
- Farming programs
  - risk management program, 1513
- Farms/farmland
  - use of sewage sludge, 3733–3734, 3774–3775
    - impact on health, 3775
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - production insurance program, 3735
- Federal-provincial-territorial agreements/programs
  - AgriRecovery program, 3735
- Food
  - Ontario grown, produced or processed food, 4784
- Food safety, 297, 4581, 4650–4651, 6887
- Food Safety and Quality Act, S.O. 2001, c.20, 234, 297
- Foodland Ontario
  - Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards, 3640
    - Pick Ontario Freshness award, 3640–3641
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Jardin d'enfants à temps plein, 9326
    - Semaine de l'agriculture en Ontario, 3097
- Fruit industry, 5385
- Fruit wines
  - sale at farmers' markets, 6552, 6749
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - first reading, 9324
  - ministerial statement, 9325
  - second reading, 9433–9437
- Government advertising
  - harmonized sales tax, 9405–9406
- Government debt, 9401–9402
- Government-industry-academia partnerships, 4152
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - education, 9433
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 6110
  - second reading, 5341, 5350–5351
- Harmonized sales tax
  - impact on agricultural industry, 5782–5783, 6110, 7731
  - point-of-sale exemption, 5783
- H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 6640
- Industry shutdowns
  - CanGro Foods Inc., 5385
- International trade agreements
  - Canada-United States procurement agreement, 9403–9494
- Kindergarten
  - full-day, 9325–9326, 9434–9437
- Lake Simcoe
  - importance in agricultural industry, 2709
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
  - second reading, 2709
- Land transfer tax, 569
- Legislative procedure
  - answers to written questions, 9580
- Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
  - general discussion, 6552, 6749
- Livestock
  - disease prevention and control, 7776, 7963
    - compensation to farmers for livestock destroyed, 8576
    - regulation and enforcement, 7979, 8576
    - traceability systems, 7974–7975, 8005, 8576–8577, 9087–9088
- Meat industry
  - safety, 4581
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Hardy, Gord (president, Ontario Cattlemen's Association), 2242
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - National Post (Toronto), 5186
- Members/ministers quoting press releases
  - Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5341
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9436
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Crews, Bette Jean (president, Ontario Federation of Agriculture), 5185
- Milk, 4386–4387
- Ministerial statements, presented
  - Agri-food industry, 1411
  - Animal health, 7776
  - Full-day kindergarten, 9325–9326
  - Ontario Agriculture Week, 3097
- Ministers redirecting oral questions, 337, 5318, 5507, 6493
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  - budget increase, 569
  - farm accident rescue program, 5317
  - farmers' market strategy, 6229
  - food safety and traceability initiative (FSTI), 6887
  - hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) program, 4651
  - Ontario cattle, hog and horticulture program, 1607, 2242, 3272–3273, 5085
  - Ontario market investment fund (OMIF), 2784, 4784, 5385, 6229, 7387–7388
  - Pick Ontario Freshness strategy, 691, 2441, 2783–2784, 3097, 4784, 5086, 6228–6229
    - Savour Ontario program, 692, 6229
  - Rural Connections broadband program, 3086, 4620, 8150
  - rural economic development (RED) program, 997, 1424, 3086, 4621, 5385
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs-University of Guelph agreements/partnerships, 1411
  - agricultural research and development, 1767
- Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services
  - Ontario wine strategy, 2441
- Municipal government services
  - government funding, 9406
- Niagara Natural Fruit Snacks Inc., 5385
- Office of the Chief Veterinarian, 8575
- Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 5185
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Tobacco control, 1491–1492
- Oral questions, responded to
  - Agri-food industry, 2783–2784, 4784, 5946, 6228–6229, 6338, 7387–7388
  - Agricultural research, 1767, 4151–4152
  - Agriculture industry, 691–692, 1207–1208, 2162–2163, 5782–5783, 8730–8731
  - Answers to written questions, 9580
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 9366–9367
  - Assistance to farmers, 339, 569, 1513–1514, 1607, 1923, 3272–3273, 3378–3379, 5085–5086, 5185–5186, 5579, 7963–7964, 8650–8651
  - Beef producers, 2242
  - Collective bargaining, 5507
  - Deadstock industry, 5234, 5617
  - Disaster relief, 3735
  - Employment, 997
  - Food safety, 234, 297, 4386–4387, 4581, 4650–4651, 6887, 7963
  - Foodland Ontario awards, 3640–3641
  - Full-day kindergarten, 9364
  - Government advertising, 9405–9406
  - High school students, 9645–9646
  - Hog industry, 2436, 7921
  - Infectious disease control, 6640
  - International trade, 9403–9404
  - Municipal finances, 9406
  - Municipalities, 1424
  - Occupational health and safety, 336, 5317
  - Ontario economy, 9401
  - Pension plans, 9409
  - Provincial debt, 9401–9402
  - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 8545–8546
  - Rural infrastructure, 8150
  - Rural Ontario, 3086, 4620–4621, 6045–6046
  - School closures, 9270, 9692–9693
  - Sewage sludge, 3733–3734, 3774–3775
  - Special education, 9365
  - Supply management, 132–133
  - Taxation, 7731
  - Technology in schools, 9448–9449
  - Tender fruit industry, 5385
  - Tire disposal, 8109, 8411
  - Tobacco industry, 837, 4862, 6550
  - Wine industry, 2441, 6552, 6749
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1847
- Pork
  - safety, 6640
- Pork industry, 7921
- Poultry industry
  - organic turkeys, 8730–8731
- Primary health care, 6913
- Public education campaigns
  - Ontario Agriculture Week, 3097
- Raw milk, 4386–4387
- Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
  - second reading, 6913
- Reports
  - Farm to Fork: A Strategy for Meat Safety in Ontario (Roland Haines), 4650
  - Farmers' Markets Ontario Impact Study 2009 Report, 6338
  - With Our Best Future in Mind: Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning (Charles Pascal), 9435
- Research and innovation, 4151
- Rural Ontario, 5579
  - broadband access, 4620–4621
  - economic development, 4620–4621
  - government funding, 569, 1424, 6046
- School closures
  - Parkwood Hills Public School, 9270
- Schools
  - closure
    - rural Ontario
      - Crowland Central Public School, 9692–9693
  - use of environmentally friendly technologies, 9448–9449
- Smoking cessation programs
  - government funding, 1491
- Special education
  - government funding, 9365
- Summit meetings
  - Premier's summit on agri-food, 1207–1208, 5946
- Time allocation motions
  - Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
    - responded to, 8575–8577
  - Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
    - presented, 3781
- Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18, 1491
- Tobacco industry, 6550
- Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, 5385
- Waste management/programs
  - tire recycling program
    - fee exemptions for farmers, 8411
Duguid, Hon. B. (LIB, Scarborough Centre)
- Aboriginal children
  - education, 4249
  - health and social services, 6195–6196
  - services
    - government funding, 7872–7873
- Aboriginal communities
  - economic development, 5688, 5883–5884, 7339–7340
  - quality of life, 4247
- Aboriginal land claims, 5319, 5386, 7087
  - Caledonia, 9123
  - Douglas Creek Estates, 8649, 8668–8669
- An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and Chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 (Bill C-12), 300
- Budget, 740
- Casinos
  - Casino Rama (Orillia)
    - operating and development agreement, 8459
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - government funding, 8523–8524
- Concurrence in supply debate (December 2009)
  - participation, 9136
- Condolences
  - Davis, Wilma (briefing and issues coordinator, Ministry of Labour), 2609
- Construction workers
  - occupational health and safety, 1102
- Consumer protection
  - sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9319–9320
- Coroner inquests
  - Dupont, Lori (murder victim)
    - jury recommendations, 295
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Aboriginal land dispute
    - participation, 8668–8669
- Diesel spills
  - Attawapiskat First Nation, 6332–6333
- Economic growth
  - five-point economic plan, 740, 1711
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 8724
- Employment-related benefits
  - employee wage security program, 741
  - severance/termination payments, 1711, 2344–2345, 2486–2487
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 5459
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
  - general discussion, 300, 741
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 9725–9726
- Fairness for Military Families Act (Employment Standards and Health Insurance), 2007 (Bill 2)
  - general discussion, 76
    - impact on employers, 76
- Farmers
  - occupational health and safety, 337, 2609
- Fatalities
  - Anderson, Jordan (aboriginal boy with complex genetic disorder), 6195–6196
- Federal-provincial-territorial-aboriginal relations
  - provincial ministers of aboriginal affairs and aboriginal leaders working group, 8265–8266, 8497
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1451–1453
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010), 9267–9268
- Harmonized sales tax, 8927–8928
  - impact on aboriginal peoples, 8687, 9037–9038
- Holidays
  - Family Day, 53
- Immunization
  - H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
    - aboriginal communities, 8458
- Ipperwash Priorities and Action Committee, 7087
- Jordan's Principle, 6195, 6332–6333
- Korex Companies
  - collective agreements, 2572–2573
- Legislative procedure
  - private members' public business, 1711
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1452–1453
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs
    - government response, 1762
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Levac, Dave (Brant)
    - as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, 9643
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - PC (2003-2010)
    - Tory, John (Dufferin–Peel–Wellington–Grey)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 53
  - withdrawn, 8928
- Metis Nation of Ontario, 4023
- Military reservists
  - job-protected leave, 76
- Mine workers
  - occupational health and safety, 1059
- Minimum wage
  - increase, 382, 608–609, 652, 833
- Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14
  - reform consultation, 4059
- Mining industry
  - dispute resolution process for aboriginal-related issues, 6490
  - fatalities, 1059
  - resource benefits sharing, 6490
  - workplace injuries, 1059
- Ministerial statements, presented
  - Aboriginal affairs, 8265–8266
  - Aboriginal children's services, 6195–6196
  - George, Maynard Sam, 4428
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park, 7086–7087
- Ministers redirecting oral questions, 416, 609–610
- Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs
  - aboriginal justice strategy, 5383
  - new relationship fund, 4428, 7087, 7480–7481
- Ministry of Labour
  - compliance information centres, 2644
  - Live Safe! Work Smart! special needs resources, 1666
  - Safe at Work Ontario, 2524
- Nuclear generating stations
  - construction, 9408–9409
- Nuclear industry, 9317
- Occupational health and safety, 894, 1161–1162, 1254, 1415, 1717, 2606–2607
  - regulation and enforcement, 771
  - worker education, 1935
- Office of the Worker Adviser
  - government funding, 196
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - construction of gas-fired generating stations in Oakville and King Township, 9646, 9694
- Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington nuclear generating station
    - building of new reactors, 9407
    - refurbishment costs, 9314–9315
- Ontario Realty Corporation
  - construction of new office tower in downtown Toronto, 9450–9451
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 8926–8928
    - responded to, 8943
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1934–1936
- Oral questions, responded to
  - Aboriginal affairs, 2900–2901, 4420–4421, 5383, 7480–7481, 8497
  - Aboriginal children's services, 7872–7873
  - Aboriginal economic development, 5688, 5883–5884, 7339–7340
  - Aboriginal education, 4249
  - Aboriginal housing, 4247
  - Aboriginal land claims, 5319, 5386, 8649, 9123
  - Agency spending, 1814–1815, 1817, 1885
  - Air quality, 9646
  - Attawapiskat First Nation, 6332–6333
  - Automobile industry, 2349
  - Casino employees, 8459
  - Collective bargaining, 2572–2573
  - Darlington nuclear generating station, 9314–9315, 9407
  - Disclosure of information, 1818–1819
  - Electrical generating station, 9694
  - Employment standards, 300, 740–741
  - Family Day, 53
  - Flu immunization, 8458
  - Government record, 9267–9268
  - Government spending, 9449–9450
  - Home health care supplies, 382–383
  - Injured workers, 200, 1419, 2606–2607
  - Low-income Ontarians, 608–609
  - Manufacturing jobs, 2344–2345
  - Metis Nation of Ontario, 4023
  - Military families, 76
  - Minimum wage, 382, 652, 833
  - Mining industry, 1059, 4059, 6490
  - Municipal development, 9643
  - Nuclear energy, 9408–9409
  - Nuclear industry, 9317
  - Occupational health and safety, 337, 1571, 2608–2609
  - Plant closures, 1711, 1762–1763
  - Protection for workers, 2490–2491
  - Red tape reduction, 1820
  - Renewable energy, 9725–9726
  - Severance payments, 2486–2487
  - Small business, 416, 2644
  - Taxation, 8687, 9037–9038
  - Tenant protection, 9319–9320
  - Workers' compensation, 298, 1418
  - Workplace safety, 196, 295, 771, 893–894, 954–955, 1102, 1161–1162, 1254, 1420–1421, 1665–1666, 1717, 1818, 2524, 2570
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 690–691, 1921
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 1379
- Private members' public business
  - Children's aid societies
    - responded to, 8523–8524
- Provincial-aboriginal relations, 2901, 4023, 4428, 5386, 7087, 7235
  - justice system, 5383
- Provincial parks
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park
    - return to Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, 4421, 4428, 7087, 7235
- Public education campaigns
  - National Day of Mourning, 1414–1415
  - National Day of Political Action, 2900
  - North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, 1717
- Public inquiries
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park blockade (6 September 1995), 4428, 7235
- Regulations
  - business compliance, 1820
- Regulatory Modernization Act, S.O. 2007, c.4, 2644
- Reports
  - Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry (Sidney Linden), 4428, 7086–7087
- RJ Ecosafe Homes, 5884
- Small business, 416
  - government assistance in complying with regulations, 2644
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 53
- Time allocation motions
  - Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
    - presented, 8724
  - Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
    - presented, 8926–8928
    - responded to, 8943
- Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008 (Bill 66)
  - second reading, 1402
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - strike
    - resumption of service, 1402–1403
- Tributes
  - George, Maynard Sam (recipient, Order of Ontario), 4428, 7235
- Websites
  - www.WorkSmartOntario, 1666
- Workers
  - injured workers, 196, 200, 2570, 2606
    - occupational health and safety, 2609
  - job retraining
    - government funding, 1762
  - temporary workers, 2491
- Workers' compensation benefits, 196, 200, 1418
  - coverage for construction workers, 3723
  - Friedland formula, 200, 1418, 3723
  - health care and equipment supplies
    - purchases from preferred suppliers, 298, 382–383, 416
  - increase, 691
- Workplace harassment/violence, 1571
- Workplace injuries, 1717, 2524
  - reduction, 690–691, 894, 1254, 1414–1415, 1418–1419, 1421, 1818, 1935–1936
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - second reading, 3723
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 690
  - coverage, 1418
  - disclosure of customer lists, 1818
  - expenditures
    - accountability, 1814–1815, 1817, 1885
  - experience rating system, 771, 894, 954–955, 1161, 1419, 1818, 1885, 1921
    - review, 1934–1936
- Youth/student workers
  - occupational health and safety, 1665–1666, 2570
Duncan, Hon. D. (LIB, Windsor–Tecumseh)
- Aboriginal peoples, 5619
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - disclosure of untendered contracts, 7335
  - expenditures
    - accountability, 7333–7334, 7381–7382
    - disclosure, 7426–7427
- Agricultural industry
  - supply management, 148
- Alcoholic beverages
  - beer
    - social reference pricing, 5320
  - drinking, 5320
- Automobile industry
  - auto assistance package, 6040
  - Chrysler Group LLC
    - pension plan, 6746
  - General Motors of Canada Ltd.
    - executive compensation, 6840
    - government funding, 2565–2566
    - pension funds, 6550, 6842
    - pension plan, 6745–6746
  - government funding, 2565–2566, 3679, 4284, 5825, 5942, 6039–6040
- Automobile insurance benefits
  - reduction of maximum benefit for non-catastrophic injuries to $25,000, 7334
    - public consultation, 6845, 6943, 7225
- Automobile insurance rates/premiums, 6844–6845
- Automobiles
  - provincial sales tax exemption on new car sales, 5825, 5941, 6334
- Birth announcements
  - Robson, Maggie (granddaughter, Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services), 4775
- Border crossings
  - Windsor-Detroit, 288
- Bruce Power
  - government funding, 2988
- Budget, 565, 739–740, 2663, 3132, 3230, 4516, 4779, 4814–4815, 5181–5182, 5619, 5731–5732, 5825–5826, 5880, 5987–5988, 5990–5991, 6265, 6554–6555, 6983
  - accountability measures, 6037
  - balanced budget, 287, 568, 649–650, 6037
  - budget date, 4937
  - pre-budget consultations, 4146, 4387, 4516
  - reserve funds, 3573
- Budget deficit, 3494, 3496, 3525, 3527, 3573, 3733, 4044–4045, 5227, 5278, 5672, 5682, 6037, 7571–7572, 7574, 8064, 8114, 8147
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - first reading, 5676
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - first reading, 513
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - first reading, 3494
  - third reading, 4043–4046
- Budget surplus
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 370, 522, 565
- Business
  - government assistance, 6593–6594, 6596
- Capital tax
  - elimination, 2780, 3826
- Capital works projects, 5942
  - federal government funding, 4779
  - government funding, 288, 3495–3496, 4516, 4616, 5991, 6041
    - Windsor, 4939
  - ReNew Ontario, 3495
- Casinos
  - Casino Niagara
    - untendered renewal of lease, 8208–8209, 8256
  - Casino Windsor, 7768
- Committees
  - Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3232, 3234, 3434, 4387
  - Standing Committee on Public Accounts
    - authority to invite former government employees to appear when considering Auditor General's report, 8675
- Community newspapers, 235
  - retail sales tax, 235
- Consumer prices
  - increase, 7763–7764
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC), 2745, 4387
    - eligibility for refund, 2745, 2973–2974
- Corporate tax reduction, 511, 2780–2781, 2991, 3495, 5730, 5732, 5830, 5941–5942, 5948, 5991, 6264, 6983
- Corporate taxes, 3824, 6548
  - elimination, 5829–5830
- Dollar
  - Canadian
    - exchange rates, 145
- Economic conditions, 287, 1363, 2734, 3040, 3132–3133, 3177–3178, 3230–3233, 3433, 3495–3496, 3525, 3823–3824, 4813–4814, 7336
  - international, 3494, 3496, 4814, 6939
  - 2008, 2975
- Economic decline, 8816–8817
  - government response, 8113–8116, 9166
- Economic development, 1364
  - northern Ontario, 9500–9501
- Economic growth, 287, 334, 1365, 2341, 2827, 3494–3496, 5182, 6265, 6489, 6492, 6798–6799
  - five-point economic plan, 563, 568, 739, 1363, 1607–1608, 2569, 2663, 2827–2829, 2988, 2990, 3041, 3132–3133, 3178, 3229–3231, 3234, 3494–3496, 3525, 3733, 3823–3824, 3826, 4044–4046, 4417, 4518, 4813–4815, 5228, 5231
  - 2007, 145
  - 2008-2010, 509
- Economic policy, 3494, 6938
- Economic statement, 2780, 3228–3229
- Economists, 6840–6841
- Education funding
  - government funding, 568
- eHealth Ontario
  - contracts
    - IBM, 7866, 7874
- Electricity rates, 146
  - industrial energy price subsidization, 233
  - industrial rates, 3232
  - reduction, 233
- Employment creation, 739–740, 1510, 3824, 4468, 5682, 6593, 6751, 6841, 7638, 7827–7828
  - by government, 4939
- Employment growth, 1966
- Employment insurance, 288, 2663, 2734, 2781
- Employment insurance benefits, 2342
- Employment-related benefits
  - severance/termination payments
    - Buchanan Group of Companies, 9648
- Energy conservation, 147
- Farmers
  - government funding, 288
- Federal government, 4779
  - budget, 4814
  - transfer payments
    - equalization program, 1509, 2828, 2989–2990, 3041, 3495, 3823, 3826–3827
      - Ontario to receive equalization payment, 5181, 5779
- Federal members'/ministers' remarks
  - Conservative (2006-2009)
    - Flaherty, Jim (Whitby–Oshawa)
      - as Minister of Finance, 3733, 7572
  - NDP (2006-2009)
    - Marston, Wayne (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek), 8993
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - Comprehensive Integrated Tax Coordination Agreement, 8817–8818
  - harmonized sales tax, 7516–7518
- Federal-provincial partnerships
  - automobile industry, 4044–4045
- Federal-provincial relations, 288–289
- Film and television production industry
  - Ontario film and television tax credit (OFTTC), 288
  - Ontario production services tax credit (OPSTC), 288
- Finance Statute Law Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24)
  - first reading, 285
- Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Act, S.O. 2004, c.27, 4044, 7573
- Forest industry
  - government funding, 232
  - layoffs, 3495
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Imposition, 8550
    - Perspectives économiques et revue financière, 287–288, 3495–3496
    - Régimes de retraite, 9180
- Government accountability, 9114–9115
  - fiscal accountability, 7574
- Government advertising, 6744–6745
- Government-business partnerships, 6593
- Government contracts
  - CIBC, 9497–9498
  - Goldman Sachs, 9497–9498
- Government credit rating, 8141–8142
- Government debt, 5181, 5184, 5682
  - debt payment, 522
- Government expenditures, 568, 3495–3496, 3573, 4286
  - increase, 7572
  - restraint measures, 4284, 4415–4417, 4468
- Government funding, 2781, 2988, 3823
- Government investments, 47–48, 71–73, 75
  - investment losses, 72, 3081–3083
  - review by Auditor General, 3082
- Government programs, 6596
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010), 54, 3527, 9166–9167, 9213–9216, 9644
    - economic development, 510–511
    - employment creation, 333, 9212–9213
    - health care in rural Ontario, 7574–7575
  - NDP (1990-1995), 54
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - automobile insurance rates/premiums, 6845
    - budget deficit, 3525, 3527
    - government expenditures, 5184
    - tax reduction, 3525, 3527
- Government revenue, 2609
- Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction
  - return to provincial jurisdiction, 3964, 4044, 5319
    - Ontario Works program benefits, 4387
- Government services, 3494–3495, 5184
  - government funding, 649–650, 3573
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 5877
- Harmonized sales tax, 5674–5675, 5732, 5877, 5949, 6264–6265, 6554, 6798–6799, 6837–6838, 6938, 6984, 7428, 8550–8551, 8644, 8676–8677, 8681–8682, 8817–8818, 8913–8915, 9073–9075, 9153–9155, 9167–9169
  - disclosure of documents re public meetings, 9035
  - exemptions, 8593–8594
  - federal government support, 8914
  - impact on aboriginal peoples, 8687
  - impact on condominium owners, 8915
  - impact on employment, 7518, 7765–7766, 8541–8542, 8916
  - impact on funeral services, 6983
  - impact on gasoline prices, 9495–9496, 9641–9642
  - impact on health care, 8921
  - impact on home heating costs, 9119
  - impact on housing industry, 5990, 6273, 6489–6492
  - impact on investment industry, 7430
  - impact on low-income consumers, 7725
  - impact on real estate industry, 5734
  - impact on senior citizens, 7335–7336
  - impact on small business, 9034, 9118
  - impact on sport, recreation and physical activities, 8457, 9691
  - impact on tourism industry, 8545
  - public consultation, 8597–8598, 8679–8681, 8687–8688, 8818–8819, 8912–8913, 8992–8995, 9116–9117, 9214–9215
    - hosted by Ontario Road Builders' Association, 8866
  - tax inclusive pricing, 7029–7030
  - tax on Energy Star appliances, 9168
  - transition benefit
    - $1,000 for single parents or couples, 5734, 6554
- Health care, 692
- Health care funding
  - government funding, 568
- Highway tolls, 9216
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - first reading, 2744–2745
  - ministerial statement, 2745
  - second reading, 2973–2975
- Income groups
  - low
    - access to fresh food, 8065
- Income tax reduction, 5730, 5877, 5879, 5942, 5990–5991, 6264, 6751, 6838, 6983
- Infrastructure Canada
  - Building Canada Fund (BCF), 4616
- Interim supply motions
  - responded to, 144–149
- International trade agreements
  - South Korea, 289
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - first reading, 368
  - ministerial statement, 369–370
- Job protection commissioner, 3232, 4284
- John Deere
  - layoffs, 2830
- Land transfer tax
  - refund, 288
- Layoffs, 1363, 5277
  - Dell Inc., 1368
  - Plastech Engineered Products, 1510
- Lear Corp.
  - layoffs, 24
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), 5320
  - advertising, 5320
  - collective bargaining, 7147–7148
- Manufacturing industry, 23–24, 334, 2991, 3040
  - government funding, 145, 2830
  - layoffs, 2991, 3495, 5378, 9494
- Members'/ministers' apologies to other members, 5237
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Watson, Jim (Ottawa West–Nepean)
    - as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 9039
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 81
- Members/ministers quoting books
  - Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity (Howard Hampton), 233
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Hampton, Howard (Kenora–Rainy River), 5990
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Ottawa Citizen, 2993
  - St. Catharines Standard, 2993
  - Toronto Star, 2988
  - Vancouver Sun, 5779
- Members/ministers quoting radio programs
  - CBC Radio, 3230
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2003), 9115
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Capponi, Pat (mental health advocate), 5731, 5880
  - Carney, Mark (governor, Bank of Canada), 4518
  - Courchene, Thomas (professor, Queen's University), 3826
  - Crispino, Len (president, Ontario Chamber of Commerce), 2780, 9169
  - Francis, Diane (editor-at-large, Financial Post), 3573
  - Hannah, Gary (CEO, Pronexus), 1364
  - Harris, Michael (former Ontario Premier), 6265
  - Howcroft, Ian (vice-president, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters), 5732, 5826
  - Lim, Jamie (president, Ontario Forest Industries Association), 232
  - Lopez, Jim (CEO, Tembec Inc.), 232
  - Mackenzie, Hugh (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), 5880, 8494, 8914
  - Marin, André (Ombudsman of Ontario), 3574
  - McCallion, Hazel (mayor, Mississauga), 565
  - Mintz, Jack (Palmer Chair in Public Policy, University of Calgary), 6264, 6493
  - Nyberg, Gail (Daily Bread Food Bank), 5880
  - Oliphant, Michael (director or research and communications, Daily Bread Food Bank), 9169
  - Rubin, Donna (chief executive officer, Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors), 5988
  - Stapleton, John (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), 5731
  - Tory, John (leader, PC Party), 3229
- Members/ministers quoting surveys
  - Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation's technology employment survey, 1363
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Ontario Premier, 5619
  - NDP (2003-2010)
    - Hampton, Howard (Kenora–Rainy River)
      - as leader of the third party, 3230
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - Eves, Ernie (Parry Sound–Muskoka)
      - as Deputy Premier/Minister of Finance, 4214
    - Hudak, Tim (Niagara West–Glanbrook), 6264, 9169
  - PC (2003-2010)
    - Sterling, Norman (Carleton–Mississippi Mills), 8913
    - Chudleigh, Ted (Halton), 6594
    - Elliott, Christine (Whitby–Oshawa), 6594
    - Hudak, Tim (Niagara West–Glanbrook), 8818
    - Klees, Frank (Newmarket–Aurora), 6594, 9169
    - Runciman, Robert W. (Leeds–Grenville), 8913
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 6799
    - Shurman, Peter (Thornhill), 8913
  - withdrawn, 1366, 8208
- Minimum wage
  - increase, 1817, 5730–5731
- Ministerial statements, presented
  - Economic outlook and fiscal review, 287–289, 3494–3496, 8113–8115
  - Municipal infrastructure, 369–370
  - Ontario economy, 2745
  - Pension plans, 9179–9180
  - Taxation, 8550–8551
- Ministers redirecting oral questions, 686, 692, 3679, 3824, 3828, 4379, 4946, 5878, 5880, 6334, 8685, 8687, 9123–9124, 9216, 9574, 9639
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 24, 3495, 4387
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 2569, 2974
  - Open for Business initiative, 5673
- Ministry of Research and Innovation
  - Ontario innovation agenda, 2973–2974
  - Ontario venture capital fund, 9574
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - Employment Ontario, 288
    - Ontario skills development program, 7525
  - second career strategy, 524, 7520
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 4044
- Municipalities
  - government funding, 370
    - grant reduction, 9078
- Natural gas generating stations
  - Sarnia, 3964
- NDP
  - Buy Ontario strategy, 5378
- NDP (federal)
  - platforms, 2990
- Nortel
  - pension plans, 8147–8148, 8260, 8599–8600, 8919–8920, 8993
- Occupational training
  - government funding, 1364–1365, 1368
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - presented, 509–513
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - presented, 5671–5675
- Ontario child benefit (OCB)
  - increase, 5730–5731
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP) benefits
  - increase, 524
- Ontario Financing Authority, 335–336
- Ontario health premium, 692
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - construction costs for Windsor Energy Centre, 7640, 7690, 7727, 8598, 8647, 8822
  - contract awarded to H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd. for operation of Windsor Energy Centre, 8257–8258, 8299–8301, 8599
  - expenditures
    - disclosure, 7381–7382
  - lawsuit by Buttcon Energy Inc. over violation of agreement re Windsor Energy Centre, 7426–7427, 7476–7477, 7521
- Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
  - Lambton generating station
    - property tax assessment reduction, 3964
- Ontario property and sales tax credit, 3182, 5735
- Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), 2990–2991
  - conflict of interest, 1887–1888
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - first reading, 8549–8550
  - ministerial statement, 8550
  - second reading, 8676–8678
  - third reading, 9153–9155
- Ontario Works program benefits
  - increase, 524
- Oral questions, responded to
  - Agency spending, 7333–7335
  - Assistance to farmers, 8065
  - Automobile industry, 2565–2566, 5825–5826, 6039–6040, 6334, 6844–6845, 7225
  - Automobile insurance, 6943, 7334, 8067
  - Community and ethnic newspapers, 235
  - Electronic health information, 8685
  - Employment, 739–740
  - Employment supports, 2781, 4284, 4518, 4616
  - Energy rates, 5877
  - Executive compensation, 6840–6841
  - Federal budget, 4779
  - Federal Liberal election promises, 2989–2990
  - Financial institutions, 2990–2991
  - Freedom of information, 7427–7428
  - Government accountability, 6037
  - Government advertising, 6744–6745
  - Government contracts, 7575, 8208–8209, 8256–8258, 8299–8301, 8599, 9497–9498
  - Government investments, 47–48, 54, 71–73, 75, 335–336, 2569, 3081–3083
  - Government record, 9114–9115, 9166–9167, 9212–9216
  - Government services, 4415–4417
  - Government spending, 568, 649–650, 4286, 4468, 5230–5231, 8494
  - Health care, 9573–9574
  - Highway tolls, 9216
  - Horse racing industry, 7337
  - Job creation, 7638, 7827–7828, 9644
  - Liquor Control Board of Ontario, 5320, 7147–7148
  - Low-income Ontarians, 524–525
  - Manufacturing and forestry sector jobs, 232–233, 2828–2829
  - Manufacturing jobs, 23–24, 2830, 2991, 3679, 3826, 5378–5379, 9494
  - Minimum wage, 1817, 5731
  - Mining industry, 9503, 9580–9581
  - Ministerial responsibility, 9039
  - Minister's record, 7869, 7874
  - Municipal funding, 8262, 9078
  - Municipal infrastructure, 565
  - Municipalities, 3238
  - Northern economy, 9500–9501
  - Ontario budget, 692, 4516–4517, 4814–4815, 5730–5731, 5879–5880
  - Ontario economy, 1363–1365, 1368, 1509–1510, 1965–1966, 2341–2342, 2609, 2663, 2734–2735, 2827, 2958, 2988, 3040–3041, 3132–3133, 3177–3178, 3228–3234, 3433–3434, 3525, 3527–3528, 3573, 3733, 3823–3824, 3826–3827, 4387, 4813–4814, 4939, 5181–5182, 5184, 5227–5228, 5277–5278, 5779, 6593–6594, 6596, 7147, 7336, 7571–7572, 7574, 7763–7764, 8064, 8816–8817, 9166
  - Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 7381–7382, 7426–7427, 7476–7477, 7521, 7690, 7727, 7768, 8598, 8647
  - Ontario Securities Commission, 1887–1888, 4386
  - Pension funds, 5377
  - Pension plans, 2127–2128, 4146, 4619–4620, 6038–6039, 6439–6440, 6550–6551, 6745–6746, 6842, 7521–7522, 8147–8148, 8260, 8600, 8919–8920, 9576–9577
  - Pension reform, 9542–9543
  - Property taxation, 1059–1060, 1062, 2164, 2295, 2957, 2961–2962, 3573–3574, 3832, 4214, 4216
  - Provincial debt, 522–523, 5682, 8141–8142, 8147
  - Public services, 7573–7574
  - Release of public accounts, 7572–7573
  - Research and innovation, 9574
  - Rural health services, 7574–7575
  - Securities industry, 22–23
  - Senior citizens, 5987–5988
  - Skills training, 524, 563, 7520, 7525
  - Small business, 5318–5319
  - Taxation, 333–334, 2780–2781, 3182, 3964, 5619, 5732, 5734–5735, 5824, 5829–5830, 5941–5942, 5948–5949, 5990–5991, 6264–6265, 6273, 6334, 6489–6493, 6548–6549, 6554–6555, 6751, 6798–6799, 6805, 6837–6838, 6937–6939, 6983–6984, 7029–7030, 7428, 7430, 7516–7518, 7725, 7765–7766, 8457, 8541–8542, 8545, 8593–8594, 8597–8598, 8644, 8679–8682, 8686–8688, 8734, 8817–8820, 8866, 8912–8916, 8921, 8992–8995, 9034–9035, 9073–9075, 9116–9119, 9167–9169, 9495–9496, 9641–9642, 9691
  - Termination and severance payments, 9648
  - Tobacco smuggling, 4379
  - Unemployment, 1607–1608, 6041
  - Windsor Energy Centre, 7640, 8822
  - Workplace safety, 9076–9077
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 9071–9073
- Pamphlets
  - Vote for Fairness Ontario, 2989
- PC Party documents/plans
  - six-point plan, 3230
- Pension benefits, 2127–2128
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - first reading, 9179
  - ministerial statement, 9179
- Pension benefits guarantee fund, 2127, 6038–6039, 6551, 6745, 6842, 7521–7522
- Pension funds, 4146
  - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 5377
- Pension plans, 4386, 5377, 6439–6440, 6842
  - reform, 4146, 8993, 9542–9543, 9576–9577
  - solvency payment deadlines extended to 10 years, 4619
- Poverty reduction strategy, 525
- Property tax assessment
  - cap on increases, 1059–1060
  - granny flats, 2164, 2961, 3186, 4044
  - increase, 1062, 2957, 2993, 3573–3574, 4214, 4216
  - phase-in increases, 1062
  - Sisters of St. Joseph (London), 3832
- Property tax increases, 2957, 2993, 3182, 3573–3574, 4214, 4216
- Provincial land tax (PLT)
  - unorganized municipalities/areas
    - public consultation, 2295
- Provincial-municipal partnerships
  - provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, 3238
- Public accounts
  - timely release, 7572–7573
- Public service
  - reduction, 7573–7574
  - salaries above $100,000, 650
- Reports
  - A Fine Balance - Safe Pensions - Affordable Plans - Fair Rules (Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions), 4146, 5377, 7521–7522, 8260, 8599–8600
  - Ontario Economic Accounts (Ministry of Finance), 3177
  - Report on the Five Year Review of Automobile Insurance (Financial Services Commission of Ontario), 6844
  - Report on the Five Year Review of the Securities Act (Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs), 54
  - Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 7869, 7874
  - TD Economics Special Report - Time for a Vision of Ontario's Economy (Don Drummond, Derek Burleton), 3041
- Research and innovation
  - government funding, 288, 4044
- Retail sales tax, 5824
- Securities industry
  - enforcement, 23
  - single securities regulator, 22–23
- Senior citizens
  - services, 5987–5988
- Senior homeowners' property tax credits, 2164, 2957, 2962, 3574
- Small business, 288, 5318
  - Queen Street east, 5319
  - tax reduction, 6751
- Sports competitions
  - Pan American Games bid (2015), 3178–3179
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 106 Committees - Membership appointed - Orders of reference, 3234
- Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
  - first reading, 518
- Supply Act, 2009 (Bill 161)
  - first reading, 5669
- Tax credits
  - first-time buyers, 5990
  - manufacturing investment tax credit, 3826
- Tax increases
  - authority of government to raise taxes, 8676
- Tax reduction, 2663, 3230, 4516, 5682, 5734, 5779, 5824, 6937–6938, 8494
  - oil companies, 4044–4045
- Taxation
  - tax reform package, 6334, 6751, 6798–6799, 6805, 6838, 6983
- TD Bank Financial Group
  - Drummond, Don (senior vice-president and chief economist), 6841
- Tobacco products
  - illegal sale
    - impact on government revenue, 4379
    - regulation and enforcement, 4379
- Tourism industry
  - government funding, 288
- Trade offices, 3495
- Transfer payments, 3495
  - Ontario municipal partnership fund (OMPF), 8262
- Transit systems
  - Move Ontario 2020 plan, 147
- Unemployment, 1966, 4518, 5228, 6041
  - Windsor, 4939
- Unemployment rate, 2341
- United States
  - corporate tax reduction, 6594
  - corporate tax reform, 6548–6549, 6594
  - economic conditions, 2827
  - financial market crisis
    - bailout plan, 2958
- U.S. Steel Canada
  - pension funds, 6550
  - pension guarantee, 5379
  - pension plans, 2127, 6745
- Volvo Motor Graders Ltd.
  - layoffs, 2988, 2991
- Waste management/programs
  - tire recycling program, 3182
- Workplace injuries
  - Gulick Forest Products Ltd. case, 9076–9077
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - expenditures
    - Hutcheon, Jill (president and CEO), 4415
    - Mahoney, Steve (chair), 9072
  - unfunded liability, 9071–9072
- Xstrata PLC
  - shutdown of copper and zinc operations at Kidd Met site, 9503, 9580–9581
Dunlop, G. (PC, Simcoe North)
- Aboriginal land claims
  - Caledonia
    - cost to Ontario Provincial Police budget, 1092
- Aboriginal protests
  - development sites in Brantford, 1419
    - funding for Brantford Police Service, 1420
- Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 (Bill 12)
  - third reading, 1432
- Adoption disclosure
  - no-contact notice, 1432
- Aggregate industry, 6106
- Airports
  - Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (Barrie), 5759–5761
- Animal protection, 1598, 3154–3155, 3158
  - penalties for abusing animals, 3156
  - private zoos, 1589–1590
  - regulation and enforcement, 3158
  - wildlife, 1591–1592, 1597
- Animal protection organizations
  - use of term humane society restricted, 1594–1598
- Anniversaries
  - North Simcoe Victim Crisis Services 10th anniversary, 6611–6612
  - Ontario Provincial Police 100th anniversary, 5583–5584
- Appreciation
  - police officers, 8612
- Apprenticeship training
  - ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 1037, 2086, 2451, 2475, 2676, 2856, 2878, 4185, 7103
- Apprenticeship training programs, 357, 494–495, 589
  - promotion, 7101–7102
- Bail hearings
  - by video, 654
- Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
  - second reading, 7509–7512, 7515
- Boundary adjustment
  - Barrie and Innisfil, 7509–7511
- Budget, 640, 3791, 4184, 4187, 5141–5142
  - pre-budget consultations, 4184–4187, 5756
- Budget deficit, 3591, 3593–3594, 4186, 5758, 9359
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 6106–6111
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3591–3595
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3791–3792
- Bullying
  - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens
    - mandatory reporting of incidents, 5526–5527
- Campaign Lake Simcoe, 2691
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 3809
- Casinos
  - Casino Rama (Orillia), 8311
    - operating and development agreement, 8459
- Central East Correctional Centre
  - contagious virus, 654
- Charitable fundraising
  - Curl for the Cure, 355–356
- Child care centres
  - Treasure Island Daycare Centre, 3831–3832
    - government funding, 5514
- Child custody
  - parties' access to legal counsel, 6616–6617
- Child pornography
  - reporting
    - fear of retaliation, 453
    - law enforcement, 453
    - penalties, 453
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - Children's Aid Society of Simcoe County
    - government funding, 7831, 9323, 9607
- Christopher's Law (Sex Offender Registry) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16)
  - second reading, 701–705
- Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
  - general discussion
    - public consultation, 2450
  - second reading, 2472–2477
    - public consultation, 2472–2473
  - third reading, 2916–2919
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs), 5700–5701
  - Georgian College, 2473–2475, 2916–2917, 7102
    - board of governors, 2475
    - skilled trades centre, 2474
  - government funding, 2477
- Committee process
  - Bill 139, 5141–5142
- Committee schedules/agendas, 4184–4187
- Community development trust fund, 357
- Community literacy agencies, 5701
  - government funding, 4518–4519, 5758–5759, 5888
- Community safety
  - complaints regarding properties used for activities that adversely affect community, 3757–3759
- Community safety programs
  - Safer Communities - 1,000 Officers Partnership program, 1830
- Congratulatory remarks
  - curling teams of Sherry Middaugh and Glenn Howard, 323
  - Hamelin, Paul (chief, Midland Police Service), 7884
  - Pilote, Pierre (professional ice hockey defenceman), 3880–3881
- Construction industry
  - underground economy, 3811
- Consumer protection
  - ticket resale practices, 6397
- Coroner inquests
  - Novak, Natalie (murder victim), 6340
  - power of Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to hold inquest repealed, 4376
- Coroners Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.37
  - section 22 (Minister may direct coroner to hold inquest), 7021, 7652
  - section 24 (Minister may direct that body be disinterred), 7652
- Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
  - general discussion, 7730
  - second reading, 4372–4378
    - public consultation, 4372, 4377
  - third reading, 7020–7021, 7023
    - amendments, 7021
    - public consultation, 7021
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
    - eligibility for refund, 3103–3104
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - second reading, 2010–2015
- Crime, 6280
- Crime prevention, 8418
- Debates re answers to oral questions
  - Special investigations unit
    - requested, 8632–8633
    - participation, 8632–8633
- Developmental services institutions (DSI), 2194–2195
  - closure, 2194–2195, 5739
    - Huronia Regional Centre, 2193–2194
- Doctor shortage, 354, 358
- Drivers
  - impaired drivers, 4392–4393
- Driving
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 3757, 8151
- Economic conditions, 3808
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - second reading, 5526–5527
- eHealth Ontario
  - contracts
    - public inquiry, 8367
- 872440 Ontario Inc. Act, 2008 (Bill Pr4)
  - first reading, 160
- Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.9
  - amended by Bill 212, 8366
- Emergency Management Ontario (EMO)
  - Trillium Response, 4032
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
  - second reading, 5141–5142
- Energy
  - renewable energy projects
    - use of agricultural land, 6111
    - wind farms
      - Georgian Bay, 5128
- Environmental advocacy groups
  - Ladies of the Lake (Lake Simcoe), 2691
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 7301
- Family law, 6615
  - reform, 4970–4971
- Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
  - second reading, 4970–4971
  - third reading, 6611–6619
    - amendments, 6612–6615, 6619
- Farmers, 3593
- Farming, 3595
- Fatalities
  - Farlow, Annie (infant in hospital care), 7731
- Federal elections/by-elections, 3105, 3892
- Federal government
  - apology to aboriginal peoples, 2512
  - transfer payments, 3591–3594
    - equalization program
      - Ontario to receive equalization payment, 3791
  - 2,500 front-line police officers program, 3088–3089, 3592
- Federal members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2006-2009)
    - Ignatieff, Michael (Etobicoke–Lakeshore), 6077
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - Canada-Ontario labour market development agreement, 357, 2451, 2475
- Federal-provincial relations, 356, 359
- Festivals
  - Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
    - government funding, 589–590
- Fire sprinklers
  - mandatory fire sprinkler systems in retirement homes, 8350
- Firearms
  - driving with unlawfully possessed firearm in motor vehicle prohibited, 1352–1353
    - enforcement, 1353
- Firefighter memorials
  - Queen's Park, 7732
- Firefighters
  - presumptive legislation, 7386
  - volunteer firefighters
    - inclusive in presumptive legislation, 6941, 7803, 7923
- Flags
  - Franco-Ontarian flag, 7649
- Forensic pathology, 4373–4374
- Forest industry, 7948–7949
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Drapeau franco-ontarien, 7649
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9602, 9607–9611
- Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 8363–8369
- Government advertising, 4186
- Government debt, 5700
- Government expenditures
  - increase, 635, 704, 1036, 1040, 6107
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4184–4187
  - Federal-provincial fiscal policies
    - responded to, 2877–2880
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010), 3591–3594, 3791–3792
    - rural Ontario, 2015, 3105–3106
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - sex offender registry, 702–703
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 5128, 6108–6109, 6111
- Growth plan
  - Simcoe, 1196, 7509–7510
- Harmonized sales tax, 5685–5686, 5757, 5926, 6108, 7279, 9082
  - impact on funeral services, 5908–5909
  - impact on golf courses, 6076–6077, 6107–6108
  - public consultation, 8687
  - transition benefit
    - $1,000 for single parents or couples, 5685
- Health care
  - out-of-country, 9724–9725
- Health care funding
  - federal government funding, 2877–2878
- Heart disease, 9373–9374
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 1015
- Horse racing industry, 4252
  - Barrie Raceway
    - decline in race dates, 7336–7337, 7511–7512
- Hospital redevelopment
  - Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, 5700
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3103–3107
- Infrastructure Canada
  - Building Canada Fund (BCF), 587, 6107
  - municipal rural infrastructure fund (MRIF)
    - Canada-Ontario municipal rural infrastructure fund (COMRIF), 357, 588
- Infrastructure Ontario
  - municipal infrastructure investment initiative (MIII)
    - infrastructure grant, 4950
- Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
  - second reading, 7882–7884, 7908, 7911, 8099
  - third reading, 9109–9110
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 1035–1038, 1040
- Kindergarten
  - full-day, 9602, 9607–9610
    - impact on teacher-student ratios, 9609–9610
    - program cost, 9610
- Lake Simcoe
  - protection, 357, 588–589, 2693, 2709
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
  - second reading, 2691–2693, 2709
- Lake Simcoe protection plan, 7509, 7511
- Lake Simcoe watershed
  - environmental protection, 557–558, 2618–2619, 2692
- Landfill sites
  - site 41 (Tiny township), 3968, 7301
    - certificate of approval, 8697–8699, 8704
    - permit to take water (PTTW), 1196, 1200
    - prohibition on disposal of waste, 328
- Libraries/schools
  - use of Internet filtering software, 7745
- Literacy, 5102, 8737
- Livestock
  - protection, 1590
- Manufacturing industry
  - layoffs, 2879
- Massacres
  - Montreal massacre (6 December 1989), 9109
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Emergency Services Day, 1929
  - Simcoe North
    - fundraising in Simcoe North, 158
    - protective services appreciation barbecue, 2038, 6813
- Members'/ministers' constituents
  - obituaries, 7083
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 4376
- Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
  - Martin, Roger (dean, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto), 3104
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Andrew, Judith (vice-president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 3807–3808
  - Beaumont, Scott (chairman of the board, Treasure Island Daycare Centre), 5514–5515
  - Bill 119, re, 3808–3809
  - Chopowick, Mike (Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario), 3758
  - Farlow, Tim and Barbara (Patients for Patient Safety Canada), 4374–4376, 7652
  - Maaskant, John (chair, Ontario Farm Animal Council), 3157
  - Matthews, Deborah (Minister of Children and Youth Services), 5514
  - McCallum, Andrew (chief coroner for Ontario), 6340
  - Nortel pension plan, re, 8889
  - Ontario Court of Justice family law judges, 6615–6618
  - O'Sullivan, Michael (chairman and CEO, Humane Society of Canada), 3157
  - Parkinson, Daniel (president, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police), 8633
  - RM Products, 3809
  - Trow, Tim (president, Toronto Humane Society), 1592
  - World Society for the Protection of Animals, 3155
- Members/ministers quoting news media
  - Canadian Press (CP), 702–703
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Cape Breton Post, 702
  - Orillia Packet and Times, 9608–9609
  - Toronto Sun, 1594–1595, 2879
- Members/ministers quoting press releases
  - Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, 1594, 7882
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Inquiry Into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (Stephen Goudge), 4374
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Fantino, Julian (commissioner, Ontario Provincial Police), 7745
  - Heart and Stroke Foundation, 9373–9374
  - Huter, Josl (owner, Mount St. Louis Ski Resort), 5685
  - McCallum, Andrew (Chief Coroner for Ontario), 4374
  - Ontario Federation of Agriculture, 1591
  - Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, 1591
  - Parkinson, Daniel (president, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police), 7883, 9109
  - Towns of Midland and Penetanguishene, 7509–7510
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Bartolucci, Rick (Sudbury)
      - as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, 1590–1591, 4374
    - Bryant, Michael (St. Paul's)
      - as Attorney General, 4374
  - withdrawn, 4183, 4185, 5381, 5758
- Members' statements
  - Adult literacy, 8737
  - Agriculture industry, 7774
  - Apprenticeship training, 494–495, 2676
  - Attendance of cabinet members, 2213–2214
  - Casino Rama, 8311
  - Children's aid societies, 9323
  - Crime prevention, 10–11
  - Curling teams, 323
  - Daycare, 5514–5515
  - de Champlain, Samuel, 554
  - Driver examination centres, 7965
  - Environmental protection, 1196
  - Events in Penetanguishene, 1929
  - Fire Prevention Week, 7922–7923
  - Firefighters' memorial, 7733
  - Franco-Ontarian flag, 7649
  - Fundraising in Simcoe North, 158
  - Horse racing industry, 4252
  - Infrastructure funding, 4950
  - Literacy and basic skills, 5039, 5888
  - Lord's Prayer, 1723
  - Miller, Bruce, 4029
  - Miller, Doug, 7083
  - Ontario economy, 640
  - Ontario Provincial Police, 1092
  - Pilote, Pierre, 3880–3881
  - Protective services appreciation barbecue, 2037–2038
  - Renewable energy, 5128
  - Road safety, 8151
  - Services for the developmentally disabled, 5739
  - Skills training, 5470–5471
  - Taxation, 7279, 9082
  - Tourism, 2400
  - University labour dispute, 4686
  - Violent crime, 6340
  - Water quality, 3968
- Ministerial statements, responded to
  - Community colleges collective bargaining, 2450–2451
  - Consumer protection, 6396–6397
  - Coroner's office, 7652–7653
  - Crime Prevention Week, 3839, 8418
  - Earth Week, 1199–1200
  - Emergency preparedness, 4032
  - Environmental protection, 2618–2619
  - Heart Month, 9373–9374
  - Impaired driving, 4392–4393
  - Lake Simcoe watershed, 557–558
  - National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, 6280
  - Ontario Provincial Police, 5583–5584
  - Police Association of Ontario, 8612
  - Police services, 1413, 6279–6280
  - Police Week, 1830, 6812–6813
- Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
  - Attendance Support Management Pilot Program for correctional officers, 8213–8214
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - Employment Ontario
    - literacy and basic skills programs, 5039
      - government funding, 5081, 5101–5103, 5109
  - second career strategy, 2475, 4519, 5102
- Mount St. Louis Ski Resort, 5685–5686
- Municipal infrastructure
  - federal government funding, 356–357, 1037
  - government funding
    - Simcoe North, 635
- Municipal Residential Sprinkler Act, 2008 (Bill 72)
  - general discussion, 2011
- Municipalities
  - government funding
    - grant reduction, 9078
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Arrival of Samuel de Champlain 400th anniversary, 554, 636
- Nortel
  - pension plans, 8888–8889
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - second reading, 7803
- Occupational health and safety inspectors, 3592
- Occupational health and safety insurance
  - option for employers to use private-sector insurers, 8709–8710
- Office of the Chief Coroner
  - death investigation system, 4373–4374
- Office of the Children's Lawyer
  - role, 6616–6617
- Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
  - responded to, 585, 587–591
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - responded to, 5756–5761, 5908–5909, 5922, 5926
- Ontario College of Trades
  - board of governors, 7102–7103
  - membership fees, 7102
- Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
  - second reading, 7101–7105
- Ontario Early Years Centres, 5101
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  - child pornography section, 453, 7745
- Ontario Provincial Police Museum, 5584
- Ontario-Quebec cabinet meeting
  - Quebec City, 2193–2194, 2213–2214
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), 1590, 3154, 3156
  - accountability, 1592–1593
  - affiliation of humane societies, 3157
  - training of inspectors or agents, 3156, 3158
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.36
  - amended by Bill 212, 8366
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Rural schools, 2267
- Oral questions, presented
  - Animal protection legislation, 1063, 1714
  - Apprenticeship training, 2086
  - Casino employees, 8459
  - Child care, 3831–3832
  - Children's aid societies, 7831
  - Coroner's office, 7730
  - Correctional facilities, 654
  - Electronic surveillance program, 4020
  - Fire safety, 8350
  - Firefighters, 6941
  - Health care, 9724–9725
  - Horse racing industry, 7336–7337
  - Injured workers, 8213–8214
  - Literacy and basic skills, 4518–4519, 5081
  - Municipal funding, 9078
  - Municipal police services, 1419–1420
  - Police officers, 379, 3088–3089
  - School closures, 6337
  - Skills training, 5465
  - Special investigations unit, 8601
  - Taxation, 5685–5686, 6076–6077, 8686
  - Tourism, 2489–2490
  - Violent crime, 6046
  - Volunteer firefighters, 7386
- Pediatric forensic pathology, 4374
  - public inquiries, 4373
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - second reading, 9359
- Persons with disabilities
  - services, 2193–2194
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 2010
    - exemptions, 2011–2013
    - impact on landscaping industry, 2012, 2015
    - impact on people with allergies, 2013
- Petitions
  - Apprenticeship training, 2672
  - Assistance to farmers, 5092–5093
  - Doctor shortage, 7654
  - Government services, 8154–8156
  - Highway interchange, 8157, 8317, 8420, 8696, 9376–9377
  - Hospital funding, 617, 1212, 2612–2613, 5094
  - Hospital services, 2397, 2611, 3583, 7093–7094, 7286
  - Lord's Prayer, 2036, 2444
  - Macular degeneration, 27–28, 30, 178
  - Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 3969
  - Property taxation, 5695–5698, 5744–5745, 5890, 5892
  - Taxation, 6089–6091, 8876, 9182, 9376–9377
  - Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, 385, 658, 697, 1000, 1425–1426, 1824–1825, 2035, 2442–2443, 2613, 5697
- Police Association of Ontario, 8612
- Police officers
  - hiring, 356, 379, 453, 588, 1038, 1092, 1413, 1597, 2535, 3839, 7883
    - federal government funding, 703–704
- Police services
  - cross-border policing, 7719–7722, 7882–7884, 7908, 7911, 9109–9110
    - cost sharing, 8099
    - resolution signed by Ontario and Quebec for reciprocal legislation, 7882
  - federal government funding, 1413, 6280
  - government funding, 1830
- Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.15
  - amended by Bill 212, 8366–8367
- Post-secondary education
  - federal government funding, 587–588
- Prayer in the Legislature, 2512–2513
  - recitation of the Lord's Prayer, prayers from other religions and moment of silence, 2512
  - removing the Lord's Prayer from the daily proceedings of the Legislature, 1723
- Private members' public business
  - Apprenticeship training
    - responded to, 2856
  - Child Pornography Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 37)
    - second reading, 453–454
  - Child poverty
    - responded to, 5100–5101
  - Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day Act, 2009 (Bill 178)
    - second reading, 8883
  - Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Electronic Sexual Material), 2009 (Bill 202)
    - second reading, 7745
  - Forest industry
    - responded to, 7948–7949
  - Handgun Manufacturers' and Importers' Liability Act, 2008 (Bill 82)
    - second reading, 2535–2536
  - Literacy and basic skills
    - presented, 5101–5103, 5109
  - Pension Benefits Amendment Act (Transfers on Wind Up), 2009 (Bill 213)
    - second reading, 8888–8889
  - Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2009 (Bill 188)
    - second reading, 8718
  - Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2010 (Bill 106)
    - second reading, 3757–3759
  - Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 (Bill 237)
    - second reading, 9396–9397
  - Unlawful Firearms in Vehicles Act, 2008 (Bill 56)
    - second reading, 1352–1353
  - Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
    - second reading, 8697–8699, 8704
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
    - second reading, 8709–8710
- Private Security and Investigative Services Act, S.O. 2005, c. 34
  - amended by Bill 212, 8367
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - general discussion, 1063
    - public consultation, 1063, 1714, 3892
    - section 6, 1714
  - second reading, 1589–1598, 1600
    - section 6, 1597–1598
    - section 8, 1597
  - third reading, 3154–3159
    - public consultation, 3154, 3157
    - section 6, 3156–3157
- Public education campaigns
  - Agriculture Week, 7774–7775
  - Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day, 8883
  - Crime Prevention Week, 3839, 8418
  - Earth Day, 1199
  - Fire Prevention Week, 7922–7923
  - Heart Month, 9373–9374
  - National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, 6280
  - Police Week, 1830, 6812–6813
  - Walk for Water: Stop Dump Site 41, 3968
- Quebec
  - agricultural industry, 2878
- Reports
  - Inquiry Into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (Stephen Goudge), 4374, 7023
- Retail sales tax
  - elimination of retail sales tax from accommodations and attractions, 2400, 2489–2490
- Retirement
  - Miller, Bruce (former CEO, Police Association of Ontario), 4029
- RIDE (program), 4392–4393
- Road safety, 4392, 6133
- Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
  - third reading, 6133
- Roadside zoos, 3156
  - regulation, 3154–3155
- Scalpers, 6397
- School bus transportation
  - government funding, 357–358
- School closures
  - Elmvale District High School, 6109, 6337
- Schools
  - closure
    - rural Ontario, 2267
- Sentences (criminal procedure)
  - Hindessa, Arssei case (convicted of murder), 6046
- Septic systems, 2692
- Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 (Bill 77)
  - second reading, 2193–2195
- Sex offender registry, 701–703
- Simcoe county
  - growth plan, 2618–2619
  - population growth, 2692, 7515
- Simcoe County District School Board
  - government funding, 9609
- Skilled trades
  - inspections of work, 7105
- Small business, 3807–3810
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 10
- Special investigations unit (SIU)
  - Scott, Ian D. (director), 8601, 8633
- Sports and recreation
  - curling, 355
- Sports competitions
  - Cain's Quest (Labrador), 356
- Strikes
  - DriveTest driving examiners, 7965
- Supply Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
  - second reading, 635–636
- Supply Act, 2009 (Bill 161)
  - second reading, 5700–5702
- Tackling Violent Crime, 2007 (Bill C-2), 453
- Tax increases, 4184
- Teacher-student ratios, 4184
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 354–359
- Ticket Speculation Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 172)
  - ministerial statement
    - public consultation, 6397
- Time allocation motions
  - Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
    - responded to, 3791–3792
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
    - responded to, 3891–3892
- Tobacco products, 3593
  - illegal sale, 2878
- Tourism industry, 2400, 2489–2490
- Toxic substances
  - reduction plan
    - impact on industry, 6304
- Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
  - second reading, 6304
- Trade missions
  - China, 1038
- Tributes
  - Miller, Bruce (former CEO, Police Association of Ontario), 4029
- Truck drivers, 1015
- Uniform Law Conference of Canada, 9109
- Universities/colleges
  - York University
    - strike, 4686
- Victims of crime
  - crime victims' justice fund, 2536
- Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
  - general discussion, 1196
  - first reading, 328
- Water quality
  - Lake Simcoe
    - government funding, 1200
- Water utilities
  - rates
    - rural Ontario, 5702
- Wildlife protection, 3155
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - general discussion, 4185
  - second reading, 3807–3811
  - time allocation motion
    - public consultation, 3891–3892
    - responded to, 3891–3892
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighters), 2009 (Bill 169)
  - general discussion, 6941
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3592, 3808–3810
- Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
  - government funding, 1200
- Youth/student workers
  - summer jobs, 5701
- Youth violence, 704
- Zoos
  - licensing, 3155