Intervenant, lettre b, Index du Journal des débats de la Chambre, législature 40, session 1

Index des intervenants à la Chambre

Letter: B

Bailey, R. (PC, Sarnia–Lambton)
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 3797–3798, 3800
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
  - fatalities, 1035
- Consumer prices
  - increase, 1448–1449
- Correctional centre workers
  - safety, 3258–3259
- Correctional centres
  - overcrowding, 2470
- Energy industry
  - surplus power, 3865
- Excavation safety
  - Ontario One Call Ltd., 274–275, 281–282, 3025–3028
  - United States programs, 275
- Excavation-related fatalities/injuries, 275, 3027
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - cost, 3963–3965
  - relocation, 3963–3964
- Government spending, 1450
- Harmonized sales tax (HST), 1449
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 317
  - third reading, 3308–3313
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 317, 3308–3310
- Housing, affordable
  - shortage, 1447–1448
- Job losses, 1447
- Landlord and tenant
  - small landlord, 1448
- Liberal Party
  - leadership convention, 3866
- Members' privileges, 3962–3966
- Members' statements
  - Correctional facility, 2470
  - Correctional officers, 3258–3259
  - D-Day Anniversary, 2790–2791
  - Dig Safe Month, 1506–1507
  - Suicide prevention, 2380–2381
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3025–3026
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3962–3966
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - as Ontario Premier
      - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 3865
- Ontario disability support program (ODSP)
  - freeze on increases, 1448
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - closure of slot machines at racetracks, 1447
- Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
  - first reading, 63
- Oral questions
  - Horse racing industry
    - presented, 1049
- Ornge
  - investigation by select committee, 3797–3798
  - whistle-blower protection, 3797–3798, 3800
- Persons with disabilities, 3864
- Petitions
  - Correctional facility, 1057, 2473
  - Dog ownership, 1056–1057
  - Horse racing industry, 1056, 1170, 1676, 2636–2637
  - Lyme disease, 229
  - School closures, 1851–1852
  - Suicide prevention, 2387
  - Wind turbines, 2004–2005
- Private members' public business
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2012 (Bill 20)
    - second reading, 1035
  - Ontario One Call Act, 2011 (Bill 8)
    - second reading, 274–275, 281–282
    - third reading (carried), 3025–3028
  - Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
    - second reading, 274–275, 281–282
- Public education campaigns
  - Public safety
    - Safe Digging Month, 1506–1507
- Renewable energy projects
  - cost, 3865
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1448–1449, 1451
- Rental housing
  - affordability, 1446
- Reports
  - Caught in the Act: Investigation into the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services' conduct in relation to Ontario Regulation 233/10 under the Public Works Protection Act, 2010 (André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario), 881
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1446–1451
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 880–884
- Security measures
  - in electricity generating facilities, 881
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 317
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2358–2359
- Suicide prevention, 2380
- Taxation Amendment Act (Food Bank Donation Tax Credit for Farmers), 2012 (Bill 104)
  - first reading, 2845
- Unemployment, 1446
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 4232–4235
Balkissoon, B. (LIB, Scarborough–Rouge River)
- Child poverty
  - reduction, 1328–1329
- Children's mental health care
  - comprehensive mental health and addictions strategy, 2266–2267
- Court case-loads
  - criminal court backlog, 748
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - education, 846
- Housing, affordable, 4187
  - Donlands, 4187
- Immigration policy
  - provincial immigration strategy, 2226
- Legislative procedure
  - use of dilatory tactics, 2214
- Members' statements
  - Diabetes Awareness Month, 61
  - Education, 846
  - Give 2 Live campaign, 2227
  - Heart Month, 701
  - Trinidad and Tobago, 4047–4048
- Occupational health and safety, 1587
- Opposition day motions
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 932
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - responded to, 932
- Oral questions
  - Affordable housing
    - presented, 4187
  - Children's mental health services
    - presented, 2266–2267
  - Immigrants
    - presented, 2226
  - Justice system
    - presented, 748
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 266–267
  - Poverty
    - presented, 1328
  - Teachers' contracts
    - presented, 3320–3321
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 1587
- Pan American Games 2015, 267
  - Ontario economy, impact on, 266–267
- Petitions
  - Electoral reform, 3526, 3574, 4105
- Prevention of Electoral Fraud Act, 2012, (Bill 106)
  - first reading, 2845
- Provincial-municipal relations
  - re transit system expansion in Toronto, 932
- Public education campaigns
  - Health
    - Diabetes Awareness Month, 61
    - Heart Month, 701
  - Historical/national
    - Trinidad and Tobago independence, 50th anniversary, 4047–4048
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 2214
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2214
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3320
- Teachers
  - hiring, 3320–3321
Barrett, T. (PC, Haldimand–Norfolk)
- Accessibility for disabled persons
  - cost to implement, 333
- Addressing Ontario’s Debt Through Alternatives to Public Sector Layoffs and Program Cuts Act, 2012 (Bill 94)
  - first reading, 2434
- Air ambulance services
  - quality of care, 1839–1840, 1964
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1963–1965, 1967, 3486, 3821
- Annual reports
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
    - Annual Report 2011, 333
- Appreciation
  - Carr, Annaleise (long distance swimmer), 3142
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - reform, 396
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - third reading, 3107
- Budget
  - pre-budget consultations, 2345
- Budget deficit, 396
- Collective bargaining
  - limited to yearly agreements, 2850–2851
- Corporate tax rates
  - impact on capital investment, 2360–2361
- Corporate tax reduction
  - job creation and, 773
- Economic conditions, 3699
- Energy rates
  - increase, 397–398, 3020–3021
- Farming programs
  - risk management, 398
- Feed-in tariff (FIT) program
  - cost, 3019–3021
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3910
  - cost, 3908
  - relocation, 3909
- Government debt, 2850, 3701
- Government spending
  - increase, 115
- Government-business relations, 398
- Harmonized sales tax (HST), 1434
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 332, 398
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 331–335
  - third reading, 3699–3702
- Home care funding, 331–335
- Home renovation tax credit, 3699, 3701–3702
  - affordability, 331–333, 3700
- Hospital administrators
  - salaries, 3641–3642
- Legislative procedure
  - use of dilatory tactics, 3486
- Lobbyists, 1887
- Members' privileges, 3908–3910
- Members' statements
  - Carr, Annaleise, 2598
  - Friday the 13th, Port Dover, 2999
  - Holmes, Adam, 583
  - Renewable energy, 1008
- Members'/ministers' conduct
  - Matthews, Deb (London North Centre), 1967
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3852–3855
    - redacted information, 3908
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3908–3910
  - freedom from intimidation, 3088–3089
- Mineral exploration
  - energy usage, 3023
- Mineral resources
  - processing within northern Ontario, 398
- Ministerial statements
  - National Access Awareness Week
    - responded to, 2562–2563
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 1698, 1839–1840, 1887, 1963–1965, 1967
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3019–3021, 3023
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA), 3020
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3019
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  - Nanticoke generating station, 3908–3910
- Opposition day motions
  - Corporate tax reduction to 10 per cent
    - responded to, 773
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 773
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal land dispute
    - presented, 697–698, 2732
  - Air ambulance service
    - presented, 1364, 1698, 1755, 1839–1840, 1887, 2674–2675, 3185–3186
- Ornge
  - criminal investigation, 1963
  - executive management, 3186
  - investigation by select committee, 1840, 1963–1964
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1963, 1965
    - committee witnesses, 1755, 3185, 3486
  - London flight base
    - spot investigation, 2674–2675
- PC Party documents/plans
  - Paths to Prosperity, 3023
- Persons with disabilities
  - select committee on developmental services strategy, 3754–3755
  - special services at home, 3755
- Pesticides
  - federal government oversight, 2650
- Petitions
  - Aggregate extraction, 385, 1771
  - Anti-bullying initiatives, 1256–1257, 2388
  - Environmental protection, 2128–2129
  - Health care funding, 2963, 3097
  - School accommodation, 758, 1259
  - Wind turbines, 68, 175, 1011, 1259
- Police conduct, 858
- Private members' public business
  - Addressing Ontario’s Debt Through Alternatives to Public Sector Layoffs and Program Cuts Act, 2012 (Bill 94)
    - second reading, 2849–2851, 2856
  - Affordable Energy and Restoration of Local Decision Making Act, 2012 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1222
  - Ontario Public Service
    - responded to, 3641–3642
  - Pesticides Amendment Act (Licence for Cosmetic Purposes), 2012 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 2650
  - Services for the developmentally disabled
    - responded to, 3754–3755
- Provincial-aboriginal agreements
  - Caledonia
    - Douglas Creek Estates, 397–398, 697–698, 728–729
  - South Cayuga, Haldimand County, 2732
- Public education campaigns
  - Community development
    - National Access Awareness Week, 2562–2563
- Public sector employees
  - pay-for-performance programs, 3641–3642
  - pensions
    - reform, 2851, 2856
  - salaries, 2850
    - limited to economic growth, 2850–2851, 2856
  - salaries over $100,000, 3019
  - wage freeze, 396, 2345
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3341
- Renewable energy industry, 397
- Renewable energy projects
  - Aboriginal land claims, impact on, 2768–2769
  - cost, 2000
  - Samsung C&T Corporation, 397
    - agreement with Six Nations of the Grand River, 2732, 3021
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1434
- Reports
  - Special Report on Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services, 2012 (Auditor General of Ontario), 1964
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1434, 1611
- Salaries
  - public vs. private sector, 2850–2851, 2856
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 858, 1060
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 3700
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund
  - recipients, 3107
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2344–2346, 2348, 2360–2361, 2533
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 115, 396–400
- Tobacco products
  - control, 398
- Wind Concerns Ontario, 3020
- Wind turbines
  - moratorium, 397
  - wildlife and the environment, impact on, 1222
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - second reading, 4229–4232
Bartolucci, Hon. R. (LIB, Sudbury)
- Budget
  - statements by third parties, 1801
- Forest industry, 1806
- Forest industry products
  - Resolute Forest Products, 1805–1806
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 326
- Home renovation tax credit, 3912
- Members' privileges, 3910–3912
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 3910–3912
- Mineral exploration
  - Aboriginal communities
    - consultation with, 2114, 2264, 2378
      - Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation, 957–958
      - Wahgoshig First Nation, 268
  - Ring of Fire, 302, 1406, 1803–1804
    - chromite mine construction, 2310, 2378, 3131
      - energy rates, 2310
    - job creation, 302, 1331–1332
- Mineral resources
  - processing within northern Ontario, 166–167
  - protectionism, 2265
- Mining industry, 1004–1005, 2114, 3523–3524
- Ministerial statements
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 3523–3524
- Northern Ontario
  - Northern Policy Institute, 3324
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 215, 1758
- Ontario Northland Railway (ONR), 842
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - privatization, 842–843, 1249–1250, 1366–1367, 1703, 1759, 1801–1802, 1842, 1887–1888, 1997, 2317, 2554–2555, 2597, 3086, 3184, 3367–3368, 3779–3780
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal rights
    - responded to, 268
  - Economic development
    - responded to, 215
  - Hydro rates
    - responded to, 2310
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 1757–1758
  - Mining industry
    - responded to, 166–167, 302, 957–958, 1004–1005, 1406, 1803–1804, 2114, 2264–2265, 2378, 3131
  - Ministry spending
    - responded to, 3407
  - Northern Ontario
    - responded to, 1331–1332, 3324
  - Northern transportation
    - responded to, 1366–1367
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
    - responded to, 842–843, 1249–1250, 1703, 1759, 1801–1803, 1842, 1887–1888, 1997, 2317, 2554–2555, 2597, 2738–2739, 3085–3086, 3184, 3367–3368, 3779–3780
  - Workplace safety
    - responded to, 747–748
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 120
- Transit systems
  - GO Transit, 1887
    - government subsidy, 1802
- Tributes
  - Sudbury, 747
Bentley, Hon. C. (LIB, London West)
- Apprenticeship training programs, 528
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 567–568
  - third reading, 2917
- Budget
  - statements by third parties, 2050
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 2917
- Electrical utility privatization
  - Ontario Distribution Sector Panel, 1665–1666, 1893, 2050
    - Elston, Murray, 1583
- Electricity bills
  - debt retirement charge, 953
- Electricity rebates
  - Ontario clean energy benefit (OCEB), 1702, 2992
- Energy agencies
  - privatization, 2373, 2375
- Energy Consumer Protection Act, S.O. 2010. c. 8, 365
- Energy industry
  - surplus power, 2991
- Energy rates, 1701, 2050, 2422
  - global adjustment charge, 910
  - industrial conservation initiative, 1702
  - reduction, 1666
- Environmental hazards
  - greenhouse gas emissions, 1586
- Environmental protection
  - Green Provincial Report Card, 2012, 2950–2951
- Feed-in tariff (FIT) program, 834, 1203, 3516
  - international programs, 364
  - microFIT program, 3185
  - OSM Solar Corp., 834
  - two-year review, 578, 661–662, 1701
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Restructuration du secteur de l'électricité, 1892
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 24–25, 1464–1465, 1585, 2672, 3129–3130, 4084, 4086–4087, 4179
  - cost, 3132–3133, 3366, 3404, 3713–3714, 3717–3721, 3774–3775, 4089
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 4085, 4088
  - lawsuit, 1404–1405, 1540, 2731, 2781–2783
  - relocation, 57, 1402, 1464, 3405, 3774, 3779
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - energy industry, 3775, 4086
- Green Energy Act, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A, 265
- Highway privatization
  - Highway 407, 2373
- Hydro corridors
  - maintenance, 3085, 3133
- Hydro electric power, 1307
  - Leamington transmission line, cancellation, 265–266
  - Lower Mattagami River project, 1307
  - shortage/surplus, 2375
  - Sir Adam Beck Niagara generating station, 1307
  - transmission line maintenance, 1499
- Hydro One Inc., 2427
- Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011 (Bill 10)
  - general discussion, 265
- Manufacturing industry
  - clean energy manufacturing, 2065
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 4179
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3131, 3615–3619, 4084
    - redacted information, 4040
    - release of additional documents, 4179, 4185–4186, 4189–4190
- Ministerial statements
  - Electricity restructuring
    - presented, 1892–1893
- Nuclear energy, 841
- Nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington nuclear station
    - refurbishment, 841, 1110, 3563–3564
  - environmental assessment process, 2065
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - first reading, 1891–1892
  - ministerial statement, 1892–1893
  - second reading, 2049–2050
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - biomass projects, 474–475
  - cost reduction, 1701
  - employment, 363–364
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 1665–1666, 1702, 1892–1893, 2029, 2049–2050
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG), 2422
  - coal-free by 2014, 3185, 3405, 4086
  - fossil-fuel generating stations
    - air pollution and health concerns, 371, 909, 2049–2050
    - closure, 371, 2950–2951
  - Niagara Plant Group, 2427
  - operating cost reductions, 1499
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal land dispute
    - responded to, 2732
  - Asthma
    - responded to, 1992
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 1585
  - Coal-fired generating stations
    - responded to, 371
  - Darlington nuclear generating station
    - responded to, 841
  - Electricity restructuring
    - responded to, 1990–1991
  - Energy conservation
    - responded to, 1367
  - Energy contracts
    - responded to, 365–366
  - Energy policies
    - responded to, 528, 580–581, 662, 909, 953, 996–997, 1540–1541, 1583, 1665–1666, 2372–2373, 2375, 2422–2423, 2991–2992, 3068, 3516, 4086–4087
  - Energy rates
    - responded to, 1701–1702
  - Environmental assessment
    - responded to, 2065
  - Environmental protection
    - responded to, 2950–2951
  - Hydro corridor
    - responded to, 3085, 3133
  - Hydro operations
    - responded to, 1499
  - Hydro rates
    - responded to, 1994, 2029–2030
  - Hydro transmission
    - responded to, 265–266
  - Members' privileges
    - responded to, 3615–3619, 4084–4085
  - Municipal planning
    - responded to, 267–268
  - Nuclear energy
    - responded to, 1110, 3563–3564
  - Nuclear power facilities
    - responded to, 661
  - Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One
    - responded to, 2427
  - Power plant
    - responded to, 24–25, 57, 1402, 1404–1405, 1464–1465, 1585, 2672, 2731, 2781–2783
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 3129–3135, 3366, 3404–3405, 3714, 3717–3721, 3774–3775, 3779, 3781, 4038–4040, 4088–4089, 4185–4186, 4189–4190
  - Renewable energy
    - responded to, 216, 265, 309, 362–364, 368, 371, 418, 471, 474, 578, 834, 842, 909–910, 960–961, 1203, 1307, 2065, 3185
  - Rural Ontario
    - responded to, 304
  - Smart meters
    - responded to, 470–471
  - Wind turbines
    - responded to, 1003, 2316
- Provincial-municipal relations
  - re wind turbines, 267
- Public education campaigns
  - Environment
    - Earth Hour (World Wildlife Fund), 1367
- Renewable energy industry
  - employment, 371, 418, 834, 953, 997
  - infrastructure repair and maintenance, 528
  - job creation, 216, 363, 471, 909
  - reform, 363
- Renewable energy projects, 3185
  - biomass, 474–475
  - cost, 580–581, 2373
  - health benefits, 1994
  - Samsung C&T Corporation
    - agreement with Six Nations of the Grand River, 2732
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2581, 2584
- Rural Ontario
  - job creation, 304
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - second reading, 866, 871
- Smart meters
  - effectiveness, 470–471
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 567, 2375, 2917, 3134–3135
- Tax credits
  - Ontario energy and property tax credit, 1702
Berardinetti, L. (LIB, Scarborough Southwest)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1874
- Air pollution
  - health effects, 3016
- Air quality management
  - vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance, 750
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1862–1863, 3480–3481, 3486, 3491, 3764–3765
- Animal protection, 3255
  - elephants, 2096–2098, 2104
    - bull hooks, 2096–2098
    - protected contact management system, 2097
- Animals
  - exotic animals in captivity
    - elephants, 2097–2098
- Arbitration
  - interest arbitration, 2534
- Budget
  - pre-budget consultations
    - delay in striking committees, impact on, 2526
- Budget process, 2520–2521
- Circus
  - elephants, 2098, 2104
- Coal-fired generating stations, 3015
  - closure, 3016
- Corporate subsidies
  - mitigating impact of 2008 recession, 2525
- Corporate tax reduction, 179
- Economic decline
  - international, 178–179
- Economic development, 3776–3777
- Education funding, 1404, 2526
- Education programs
  - Scarborough Academy for Technological, Environmental and Computer Education (SATEC), 2633
- Electric power failures, 3015
- Electrical utility privatization
  - Ontario Distribution Sector Panel, 3019
- Elephant Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 69)
  - first reading, 1673
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012)
    - child care, 427
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - transit system expansion in Toronto, 928
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 256, 543
- Home renovation tax credit, 179
- Housing, affordable, 1430
- Job creation, 179, 2595
- Kindergarten, full-day, 3137
- Land development
  - Scarborough
    - southwest quarry lands, 583
- Legislative procedure
  - division bells, 1874
  - use of dilatory tactics, 3486
- Medical transplants
  - organ donor registration, 3430–3431
- Members' privileges, 3944–3947
- Members' statements
  - Child care, 427
  - Computer education, 2633
  - Courcelette Public School, 2955
  - Full-day kindergarten, 3137
  - Greek Independence Day, 1207–1208
  - Job creation, 1254
  - Land development, 583
  - Quest for Gold program, 1546
  - Remembrance Day, 29–30
  - Second Base Youth Shelter, 3328
  - Weatherhead, David, 1672
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1874
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3944–3947
- Members'/ministers' record
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - Harris, Mike (Nipissing)
      - as Ontario Premier, 2526
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawal requested, 3764
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - Second Career Ontario program, 2596
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3015–3016, 3019, 4054
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
  - merger with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 3019
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.36, 2097–2098
- Opposition day motions
  - Public transit
    - responded to, 928–929
  - Subway expansion (Toronto)
    - responded to, 928–929
- Oral questions
  - Air quality
    - presented, 750
  - Animal protection
    - presented, 3255
  - Education
    - presented, 1404
  - Ontario economy
    - presented, 3776–3777
  - Pan Am Games
    - presented, 699
  - Rent regulation
    - presented, 165
  - Skills training
    - presented, 2595–2596
- Ornge
  - criminal investigation, 3481
  - whistle-blower protection, 3491
- Pan American Games 2015
  - Ontario economy, impact on, 699
- Petitions
  - Insurance rates, 1168–1169
- Private members' public business
  - Elephant Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 69)
    - second reading, 2096–2098, 2104
  - Organ or Tissue Donation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 58)
    - second reading, 3430–3431
  - Water testing
    - responded to, 3739
- Provincial-municipal relations
  - re transit system expansion in Toronto, 928–929
- Renewable energy projects, 3015–3016
- Rent control, 165
- Rent increases
  - capped at 2.5 per cent annually, 1430
- Reports
  - Report of the Review of the Public Works Protection Act, 2011 (Hon. R. Roy McMurtry), 876
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 1430, 1613
- Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (Bill 34)
  - general discussion, 876–877
  - second reading, 875–880, 887, 1072
- Security measures
  - human rights and, 878
  - police powers, 877
  - in public buildings, 876–877
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 543
  - tax credits, 256
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 1254
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Free market competition, 3776–3777
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2520–2521, 2525–2526, 2528, 2534, 2569–2572
- Subsidies
  - mitigating impact of 2008 recession, 2525
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 178–179, 188
- Tributes
  - Weatherhead, David (former MP for Scarborough West), 1672
- Unemployment, 2595
- Water quality tests
  - user fees waived for non-profit organizations, 3739
- Wind turbines, 3015
- Youth shelters, 3328
Best, Hon. M.R. (LIB, Scarborough–Guildwood)
- Canadian history
  - blacks in Ontario and Canada, 584–58
- Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), 3710
- Condominium legislation (Condominium Act, S.O. 1998, c. 19)
  - public consultation, 2995–2996, 3618
- Consumer protection, 1758–1759, 1805
  - condominium owners, 2177–2178, 2883
  - home owners, 664
- Crematoriums, 103–104
- Disclosure
  - government documents/information
    - in commercial negotiations, 3933–3934
- Drivers
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 3711
- Environmental assessment
  - crematoriums, siting of, 103–104
- Government regulation
  - responded to, 3043
- Members' privileges, 3933–3936
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3072
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3935
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3933–3936
- Ministerial statements
  - Black History Month
    - presented, 584–585
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 2074
- Ministry of Consumer Services
  - delegated administrative authorities (DAAs), 1844
- Money transfers
  - remittance fees, ban, 3071, 3450
- Oral questions
  - Condominium legislation
    - responded to, 2883, 2995–2996, 3618
  - Consumer protection
    - responded to, 2176–2178, 3071, 3450
  - Crematorium
    - responded to, 103–104
  - Gasoline prices
    - responded to, 1758–1759, 1805
  - Government regulations
    - responded to, 475, 1938–1939
  - Government services
    - responded to, 1844
  - Home warranty program
    - responded to, 664
- Public education campaigns
  - Cultural/religious
    - Black History Month, 584–585
- Public health care
  - crematoriums, siting of, 103–104
- Skilled trades industry
  - licensing of electrical contractors and master electricians, 475
- Small business
  - regulatory requirements
    - under technical standards and safety legislation, 1938, 3043
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - advertising, disclosure of full cost, 2538
  - consumer protection legislation, 2074
    - regulations (federal government), 2176
  - consumers
    - complaints, 2537
    - right to sue the provider, 2538
  - contracts/billing
    - consent required for renewal, extension, or amendment, 2538
    - disclosure of minimum and additional costs, 2538
    - use of plain language, 2538
  - transparency in billing/advertising, 1805, 2538, 3706, 3710–3711
- Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012 (Bill 82)
  - first reading, 2073
  - ministerial statement, 2074
  - second reading, 2537–2539, 3706–3707, 3710–3711, 4223
Bisson, G. (NDP, Timmins–James Bay)
- Aboriginal communities
  - drug abuse
    - treatment programs, 976–977
  - housing crisis
    - in Attawapiskat, 262–263
- Aboriginal youth
  - suicide, 3567–3568
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 1348–1349
- Air ambulance services
  - business model, 3800–3802
  - transparency and accountability, 806, 3803
- Ambulance Amendment Act (Air Ambulances), 2012 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 2105–2106, 3800–3803, 4020
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 1348
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 1348–1349
  - Bill 13 and Bill 14
    - consideration in committee, 2037
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - second reading, 519, 829–831
  - third reading, 3106–3107
- Automobile safety
  - aftermarket brake pads standards and specifications, 1563–1565
- Board of Internal Economy, 3140
- Budget
  - low- and middle-income groups, impact on, 1782
- Child care centres
  - government funding, 1783
- Collective bargaining, 3467–3468
- Committee procedure
  - right of members to choose matters for consideration, 1134–1135
- Committee witnesses
  - protections, immunities and rights, 806–808
  - warrants
    - Dr. Chris Mazza, (former president and CEO of Ornge), 2206
- Committees
  - Legislative committees
    - to review policies that impact northern Ontario, 829
- Community care access centres (CCACs), 1155
  - eligibility requirements for home care, 556, 558
  - government funding, 1209
  - reduction in services, 1209
- Coroner inquests
  - death of woman at Rainbow Suites fire in Timmins, 581, 799
- Corporate tax credits
  - job creation tax credit, 496–497, 2455
- Corporate tax rates
  - for small business, 497
- Corporate tax reduction, 519
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 830
- Elections/by-elections
  - campaign strategies, 3466
- Emergency Management Ontario (EMO)
  - Kashechewan and Fort Albany
    - relief, 1333
  - state of emergency in Attawapiskat, 28
- Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007, c. 6
  - amendments, 2286–2287
- Energy industry
  - deregulation, 3850–3851
- Engineering associations
  - advocacy vs. regulatory role, 2478–2480
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 3379, 3388
- Forest fires
  - northern Ontario, 2559
- Forest industry, 2286
- Forest industry products
  - Buy Ontario policy, 1726
- Freedom of information, 3851
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des député(e)s
    - Loi de 2011 sur la transparence des services de téléphone mobile, de téléphone intelligent et de transmission de données, projet de loi 5
      - deuxième lecture, 284–285
    - Loi prévoyant la transparence des services de téléphone mobile, de téléphone intelligent et de transmission de données et la protection des consommateurs de ces services en Ontario, projet de loi 5
      - deuxième lecture, 284–285
  - Déclarations des députés
    - Logement des autochtones, 28
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Service d'ambulance aérienne, 1135
  - Loi de 2012 visant à attirer les investissements et à créer des emplois, projet de loi 11
    - deuxième lecture, 829
  - Pétitions
    - Services diagnostiques, 36–37
- Frenchman's Bay harbour entrance project (Pickering), 490–491
  - government funding, 490
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3103
  - cost, 3103, 3852
  - investigation by Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 4040
- Gasoline tax rebate
  - public transportation, 1570
  - used for transportation infrastructure in rural communities, 1570–1571
- Government policy
  - delegated to regulations, 2485–2486
- Government record
  - PC (1995–2003)
    - tax reduction, 1730
- Hazardous products
  - asbestos, 1563–1565
- Health care funding
  - northern Ontario, 1784
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 157, 555–559
  - third reading, 3307–3308, 3312, 3354–3355, 3357, 3393
- Highway maintenance
  - Highway 11, 1570
  - northern Ontario, 975
  - performance-based area maintenance contracts, 421, 975–976
- Highway safety, 420–421
- Home care
  - quality of care, 1155
- Home care funding, 558, 1155, 1784
- Home renovation tax credit
  - affordability, 3354–3355
- Hydro electric power
  - ownership by municipal government, 1221
- Income tax
  - tax bracket for incomes over $500,000, 1782, 2455
- Interim supply motions
  - responded to, 975–978
- Legislative Assembly Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.10, 806, 808
- Legislative procedure
  - House of Commons Procedure and Practice, 2nd Ed. 2009 (O’Brien and Bosc), 807, 1768
  - informing Opposition of business of the House, 1515–1516
  - private members' public business, 1034
  - use of question period, 2069
- Legislative process, 157, 831, 1515, 2206
- Medical transplants
  - organ donor registration, 3430
- Members' privileges, 3850–3852
- Members' statements
  - Aboriginal housing, 28, 427
  - Fire safety, 799
  - Forest firefighting, 2559
  - Home care, 1209
  - Northern Ontario, 3455–3456
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 1941, 2680
  - Provincial parks, 4096
- Members'/ministers' conduct, 1768
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 27
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 1033, 1563–1565
- Members'/ministers' privileges, 1768
  - access to documents re cancelled power plants, 3102–3104, 3608, 3610, 3617, 3850–3852
    - release of additional documents, 4180, 4191, 4194, 4196
  - contempt of Parliament
    - Bentley, Chris (London West), 4040
  - freedom from intimidation, 3087–3088
- Members'/ministers' unparliamentary language, 1997
- Mineral exploration
  - Aboriginal communities
    - consultation with, 977, 1230
  - Ring of Fire, 3241
    - chromite mine construction, 3131
- Mineral resources
  - processing within northern Ontario, 977–978
- Mining industry
  - northern Ontario, 1230
- Mining industry accidents
  - at Lake Shore Gold Corp.'s Timmins West Mine, 1502
- Ministerial statements
  - Board of Internal Economy
    - responded to, 3140
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - accountability, 3800–3802
  - air ambulance service, oversight of, 2105
- Northern Ontario, 1759, 1888, 3455–3456
  - campgrounds/camping, closure, 4096
  - children's services, 3567–3568
  - transportation
    - impact on trade, 1786
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), 519, 829–830
- Northern Ontario, land development
  - comparison with Quebec, 1230, 2456
  - consultation with Aboriginal communities, 1230
- Occupational health and safety
  - mining industry, 1502
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1775, 1781–1786
- Ontario Building Code reform
  - wood frame mid-rise buildings, construction up to six storeys
    - safety standards, 1726
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - closure of slot machines at racetracks, 1783
- Ontario Northland Railway (ONR), 842
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)
  - government subsidy, cancellation of, 1784–1786, 1941
  - privatization, 842, 1726–1727, 1759, 1783, 1802, 1887, 2269, 2596–2597, 2680, 3085
    - vote in the House, 2738–2739
- Opposition day motions
  - Air ambulance service
    - responded to, 1134–1135
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal children and youth
    - presented, 3567–3568
  - Aboriginal housing
    - presented, 262–263
  - Emergency evacuation
    - presented, 1333
  - Fire safety
    - presented, 581
  - Home care
    - presented, 1154–1155
  - Members' privileges
    - presented, 3617, 4040
  - Mining industry
    - presented, 3131
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
    - presented, 842, 1759, 1802, 1887–1888, 2269–2270, 2596–2597, 2738–2739, 3085
  - Ontario Public Service
    - presented, 3403–3404
  - Winter highway maintenance
    - presented, 420–421
  - Workplace safety
    - presented, 1502
- Ornge
  - board of directors, 2105
  - commercial carriers in northern Ontario and, 1135
  - investigation by select committee, 2105–2106, 2206
- Performance Pay and Bonuses in the Public Sector Act (Management and Excluded Employees), 2012 (Bill 118)
  - first reading, 3261
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable Energy and Restoration of Local Decision Making Act, 2012 (Bill 42)
    - second reading, 1221
  - Children’s Law Reform Amendment Act (Relationship with Grandparents), 2012 (Bill 67)
    - second reading, 2659
  - Committee witnesses
    - responded to, 806–808
  - Endangered Species Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 73)
    - second reading, 2286–2287
  - Far North Repeal Act, 2012 (Bill 44)
    - second reading, 1230–1231
  - Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2012 (Bill 27)
    - second reading, 1570–1571
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2012 (Bill 20)
    - second reading, 1033–1034
  - Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Brake Pad Standards), 2012 (Bill 51)
    - second reading, 1563–1565
  - Infrastructure program spending
    - responded to, 490–491
  - Legislative Oversight of Regulations Act, 2012 (Bill 62)
    - second reading, 2485–2487
  - Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Act, 2012 (Bill 15)
    - second reading, 2478–2480
  - Ontario’s Wood First Act, 2012 (Bill 61)
    - second reading, 1726–1727
  - Organ or Tissue Donation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 58)
    - second reading, 3430
  - Performance Pay and Bonuses in the Public Sector Act (Management and Excluded Employees), 2012 (Bill 118)
    - second reading, 3418–3420, 3424–3425
  - Provincial debt
    - responded to, 1730
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 496–497
  - Wireless Phone, Smart Phone and Data Service Transparency Act, 2011 (Bill 5)
    - second reading, 284–286
  - York Region Transit Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2011 (Bill 7)
    - second reading, 77–78
- Public sector employees
  - pay-for-performance programs, 3403–3404, 3418–3420, 3424–3425
  - sick-leave gratuities, 3242
- Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 842
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3200, 3208, 3234, 3287–3288, 3291, 3294, 3297–3298, 3301
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3343–3349
  - third reading, 3466–3468
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Rent Increase Guideline), 2012 (Bill 19)
  - second reading, 2206
- Rural Ontario
  - transportation infrastructure, 1570
- Senior citizens
  - accessibility and mobility in the home, 556
- Small business
  - loans/grants, 2455, 2457
- Social services
  - government funding, 1783
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 519, 830
- Speaker's rulings
  - quoted
    - Speaker Bosley (House of Commons), 808
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 21(a) Privilege - Privileges, 806
  - S.O. 23(j) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Deliberate falsehood, 425
  - S.O. 23(m) Rules of debate - Matters out of order in debate - Offensive matter, 425
  - S.O. 35 Routine proceedings - Ministerial statements - Subject, 2069
  - S.O. 55 Government business - Order of business, 1516
  - S.O. 56 Government business - Business for ensuing week, 1515
- Statements by stakeholders
  - Land development in northern Ontario, 1230
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2452–2457
- Tax reduction, 2453
  - social services and, 2454
- Teacher collective bargaining, 3208, 3239, 3467
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3466–3468
- Transit systems
  - GO Transit, 1887
    - government subsidy, 1802
- Tributes
  - victims of VIA Train 92 crash in Burlington, 666
- Voter turn-out
  - youth, 3242
- Wireless phones, smart phones and data services
  - network infrastructure, 285–286
- York Region Transit
  - back-to-work legislation, 77–78
  - essential service designation, 77
Bradley, Hon. J.J. (LIB, St. Catharines)
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - second reading, 2008–2009, 2012
- Air pollution
  - carbon tax, 1996
- Air quality management, 2119–2120
  - vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance, 750
    - amendments, 2840–2841
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 2009
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 2009
- Appreciation
  - Bradley, Hon. James J. (St. Catharines), 2831–2832
- Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act, 2012 (Bill 11)
  - general discussion, 195
  - second reading, 708–709, 725, 830
- Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), 708–709, 725
- Economic decline
  - government response, 3294–3295, 3300
- Environmental approvals process
  - use of online forms, 1470
- Environmental assessment
  - risk-based, 1048–1049
- Environmental Bill of Rights, S.O. 1993, c. 28, 2590
- Environmental protection, 2590
  - government funding, 1469–1470
- Environmental research
  - responded to, 3041–3042
- Environmental science and technology
  - clean technology industry, 2229–2230
  - research facilities
    - closure of Experimental Lakes Area facility, 3041–3042
- Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 (Bill 30)
  - second reading, 3379–3380, 3382–3383, 3388–3389
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga, 3595
- Government record
  - NDP (1990–1995)
    - energy industry, 3543, 3592
- Government spending, 194–195, 725
  - priorities, 2568–2569
- Great Lakes
  - conservation, 2793–2794, 2841, 3619–3620
- Great Lakes Protection Act, 2012 (Bill 100)
  - first reading, 2793–2794
  - ministerial statement, 2793–2794
- Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  - removal of provincial portion from home heating, 195
- Hazardous products
  - reduction in use and creation, 2270
- Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 437–438, 444, 447, 450–451, 456
  - third reading, 2236–2237, 3356–3357, 3554
- Highway construction, 1737
- Home renovation tax credit, 2236, 3554
- Hospital expansion, 1737, 2453
- Land conservation
  - Hardy Road area in Brantford, 2117
- Legislative procedure
  - use of dilatory tactics, 2012, 2236–2237
  - use of question period, 2069
- Legislative process, 830, 2008, 2012, 2236
- Melancthon limestone quarry
  - environmental assessment, 25–26, 166
  - public consultation, 166
- Members
  - conduct in the House, 3853–3855
- Members' privileges, 3852–3855
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 1367
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 2269
- Ministerial statements
  - Environment Industry Day
    - presented, 2229–2230
  - Protection of Great Lakes
    - presented, 2793–2794
- Ministry of the Environment
  - budget, 163, 195
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - budget, 163
- Ontario budget speech (27 March 2012)
  - responded to, 1737, 1741
- Ontario Electricity System Operator Act, 2012 (Bill 75)
  - second reading, 3543, 3592, 3595
- Opposition day motions
  - Gasoline price regulation
    - responded to, 2405
  - Gasoline prices
    - responded to, 2405
- Oral questions
  - Aggregate extraction
    - responded to, 25–26, 166
  - Air quality
    - responded to, 750, 2119–2120
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 1586
  - Conservation
    - responded to, 168, 2117
  - Energy conservation
    - responded to, 1367
  - Environmental protection
    - responded to, 163, 1048–1049, 1469–1470, 2590, 2950, 3515–3516
  - Greenbelt
    - responded to, 2464
  - Greenhouse gas emissions
    - responded to, 1996
  - Hazardous waste
    - responded to, 1541
  - Pesticides
    - responded to, 2270, 2626
  - Protection of Great Lakes
    - responded to, 2841, 3619–3620
  - Waste diversion
    - responded to, 422
  - Waste reduction
    - responded to, 663
  - Water quality
    - responded to, 797, 1204–1205, 1939
- Pesticides
  - cosmetic pesticides ban, 2626
- Public education campaigns
  - Environment
    - Earth Hour (World Wildlife Fund), 1367
    - Environment Industry Day, 2229–2230
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 3294–3295, 3297, 3300
- Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, 725
- Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 2453, 2533, 2568–2569
- Supply Act, 2012 (Bill 46)
  - first reading, 1008
- Teacher salaries
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3297
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 194–195
- Tributes
  - Haggerty, Ray (former MPP for Niagara South), 1763
- Waste management/programs
  - waste diversion, 422, 633
- Water Opportunities Act, S.O. 2010, c. 19, Sched. 1, 1204
- Water quality, 1939
  - Great Lakes, 3515–3516
- Water resources management, 1204
  - household, 1205
- Water supply
  - Great Lakes, 796
Broten, Hon. L.C. (LIB, Etobicoke–Lakeshore)
- Aboriginal peoples
  - education, 4043
    - on-reserve and off-reserve schools, funding, 100
- Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
  - first reading, 222
  - ministerial statement, 222–223
  - second reading, 403–414, 1272–1273, 1281–1282, 1619
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 2048, 2056–2057
  - third reading, 2686–2690
- Alternative schools
  - curriculum, 2224–2225
- Anti-Bullying Act, 2012 (Bill 14)
  - general discussion, 1700, 1883, 2056, 2687
- Anti-bullying initiatives, 223–225, 263, 369, 382, 420, 1272–1273, 1699–1700, 1839, 1882–1883, 2048, 2056, 2314, 2430, 2686–2690
  - Accepting Schools expert panel, 1281, 2430, 2689, 3038
  - equity and inclusive education policy, 405–406
  - government funding, 1282
  - programs, 2430, 2688
  - stakeholder support, 408–411
- At-risk students, 420
- Brain injuries
  - concussions, 914, 2267
- Budget
  - balanced budget, 3461
- Bullying, 1282
  - legal obligation to address, 224
  - prevention, 405–407, 2687
- Bullying, cyberbullying, 2687
- Bullying, definition of, 2687
- Child care, 3084–3085
  - government funding, 906, 1699
- Child care centres
  - closures, 3084
  - government funding, 23–24, 3620–3621
- Children's mental health care
  - bullying and, 403–404, 1273, 1281
  - government initiatives, 22, 745
  - school supports, 408, 3039
- Coroner inquests
  - Leighton, Eric (grade 12 student), 3620
- Court cases/actions
  - British Columbia Teachers' Federation v British Columbia (2011), 3319
- Domestic violence, 423
- Economic policy, 3612–3613
- Education Amendment Act (Concussions), 2012 (Bill 39)
  - first reading, 914
  - ministerial statement, 914–915
- Education funding, 1306–1307, 1332, 1404, 1586, 1627–1628, 2315, 3081, 3461
- Education programs
  - urban and priority high schools program, 406
- French-language debates
  - Déclarations ministérielles et réponses
    - Commotions cérébrales, 914–915
    - Mois de la prévention de l'agression sexuelle, 2384
    - Mois de l'histoire des femmes, 4098–4099
    - Prévention de l'intimidation, 223
    - Semaine de l'éducation, 2273–2274
  - Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’éducation en ce qui a trait à l’intimidation et à d’autres questions, projet de loi 13
    - deuxième lecture, 403
  - Questions orales
    - Éducation en français, 3452–3453
- Gas-fired power plants, cancellation in Oakville and Mississauga
  - cost, 3614
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003–2012), 905
    - child care, 3410
    - education, 3093, 3146–3147, 3402, 3463
    - graduation rates, 1047
- Graduation rates, 2274
  - increase, 419, 3463
  - secondary school, 1047
- Health care
  - accessibility
    - wait times, 3323
- Kindergarten, full-day, 693–694, 1627, 1699, 3081, 3403, 3406, 3410, 3463, 3781
  - childcare centres, impact on, 746
  - in Drummond Report, 620
- Legislative procedure
  - use of dilatory tactics, 1272, 1935, 2033
- Legislative process, 1699–1700, 1839, 1882, 3461
- LGBTQ youth/students, 2686
  - gay-straight alliances (GSAs), 263, 408, 2314, 2374, 2426, 2687
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 961
- Members'/ministers' resignations
  - Witmer, Elizabeth (Kitchener–Waterloo), 1934
- Ministerial statements
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - presented, 223–225
  - Concussions
    - presented, 914–915
  - Education Week
    - presented, 2273–2274
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month
    - presented, 2383–2384
  - Sexual Harassment Awareness Week
    - presented, 2798–2799
  - Teachers' contracts
    - presented, 3092–3093
  - Women's History Month
    - presented, 4098–4099
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - women in skilled trades and information technology training program, 3071–3072
- Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC)
  - salaries, 3613–3614
- Occasional teachers
  - hiring policies, 3150–3151
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)
  - memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Education, 3148–3149, 3453, 3460–3462
- Ontario Public Service (OPS)
  - job creation, 3613–3614
- Oral questions
  - Aboriginal education
    - responded to, 100
  - Anti-bullying initiatives
    - responded to, 22, 263, 369, 745, 1699–1700, 1839, 1882–1883, 1934–1935, 2032–2033, 2314, 2374, 2426, 2430, 2733–2734, 3038–3039
  - Child care
    - responded to, 23–24, 746, 1699, 3084–3085, 3410, 3620–3621
  - Class size
    - responded to, 3781
  - Concussions
    - responded to, 956–957, 2267
  - Curriculum
    - responded to, 1669, 2225
  - Education
    - responded to, 419–420, 1047, 1332, 1404, 2880, 3405–3406
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 620, 1306–1307, 1627–1628, 1631–1632, 2991, 2994
  - Education reform
    - responded to, 2222–2223
  - Full-day kindergarten
    - responded to, 694
  - Healthy schools
    - responded to, 2177
  - Members' privileges
    - responded to, 3614
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3612–3613
  - Ontario public service
    - responded to, 3613–3614, 4042
  - Poverty reduction
    - responded to, 2839
  - Power plants
    - responded to, 3366–3367
  - School accommodation
    - responded to, 1586
  - School boards
    - responded to, 3453
  - School closures
    - responded to, 2315, 2675
  - School nutrition programs
    - responded to, 2378
  - School safety
    - responded to, 3620
  - School transportation
    - responded to, 528–529
  - Sexual assault
    - responded to, 2556–2557, 3322
  - Skills training
    - responded to, 3071–3072
  - Special education
    - responded to, 1702–1703, 2115–2116
  - Teachers
    - responded to, 3080–3081
  - Teacher's collective bargaining
    - responded to, 3038
  - Teachers' contracts
    - responded to, 3080–3081, 3130, 3253–3254, 3318–3321, 3402–3403
  - Violence against aboriginal women
    - responded to, 1004
  - Violence against women
    - responded to, 423
  - Women's issues
    - responded to, 905–906
  - Women's shelters
    - responded to, 372
- Peel District School Board
  - government funding, 2990–2991
- Persons with disabilities
  - autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
    - supports and services, 2558
- Public education campaigns
  - Education
    - Education Week, 2273–2274
  - Public safety
    - Sexual Harassment Awareness Week, 2798–2799
  - Women
    - International Day of the Girl, 4098–4099
    - International Women's Day, 905, 1008–1009
    - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 372, 382
    - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 2383–2384
    - Women's History Month, 4098–4099
- Public sector employees
  - wage freeze
    - in British Columbia, 3130, 3319
- Public Services for Ontarians: A Path to Sustainability and Excellence, 2012, 1669, 3406
  - education spending, 620, 3462
- Putting Students First Act, 2012 (Bill 115)
  - first reading, 3092
  - ministerial statement, 3092
  - second reading, 3145–3153
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 3332–3333
  - third reading, 3460–3463
- Reports
  - Every Class in Every School: The first national climate survey on homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in Canadian schools, May 2011 (Égale Canada), 224, 404
- School board accountability
  - provincial supervision
    - Windsor–Essex Catholic District School Board, 3366–3367
- School board trustees
  - travel expenses, 1631
- School boards, 1586
  - suspensions/expulsions, monitoring and reporting of, 2687–2688
- School breakfast programs, 2378
- School bus transportation
  - request for proposal (RFP) process, 528–529
- School cafeterias
  - healthy food options, 2176–2177, 2378
- School closures, 2315
  - Hamilton–Wentworth District School Board, 2675
- Sexual assault, 2383–2384
  - prevention, 2557
- Sexual assault victims
  - services, 2557, 3322
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
  - protecting victims, 2798
- Skilled trades industry
  - women, accessibility by, 3071–3072
- Special education
  - government funding, 1702–1703, 2115–2116
- Sports
  - amateur sport
    - hockey (high school level), 2267
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 28(h) Divisions - Deferral of votes, 2048, 2056–2057
  - S.O. 129(a) Committees - Time for divisions in committees, 2048, 2057
- Student evaluation, 3151
- Students/graduates, 1669
  - high school
    - fifth year, 1669
  - Ontario compared to other jurisdictions, 2274
  - training program in specialist skills, 2880
- Teacher collective bargaining, 3038, 3080, 3093, 3147–3149, 3318–3319, 3460–3462
- Teacher pension plan, 3148
- Teacher salaries
  - grid movement, 3149–3150
  - sick-leave gratuities, 3462
  - wage freeze, legislated, 3080–3081, 3092–3093, 3130, 3147, 3149, 3253–3254, 3318–3320, 3402, 3405–3406, 3462, 4042
- Teachers
  - hiring, 3320–3321, 3462
  - seniority, 3080–3081
  - sick-leave, 3150
    - gratuities, 3147–3148, 3150
- Teacher-student ratios, 2222–2223, 3781
- Time allocation motions
  - Accepting Schools Act, 2012 (Bill 13)
    - presented, 2048, 2056–2057
- Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
  - government funding, 2994
- Women, 1008–1009
  - economic inequality, 1009
  - microlending programs, 2839
  - violence against, 382
- Women's emergency shelters
  - municipal funding, 372
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - Ottawa Catholic District School Board, 3620
- Youth/students
  - concussions, 914–915
    - school board policies, 914, 956–957
  - diagnostic assessment/testing, 3253–3254, 3462
  - gay-straight alliances (GSAs) and other clubs, 2733–2734