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House Hansard Index: 39th Parliament Session 1: Speaker Index

Orazietti, D. (LIB, Sault Ste. Marie)
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - accountability, 8624
- Air quality
  - Sault Ste. Marie, 1974
- Algoma University Act, 2008 (Bill 80)
  - third reading, 2148–2152
- Apology, 1050, 2001–2002, 2007, 3501–3503, 5393–5394, 5396–5398, 5404
  - British Columbia, 2002, 3501–3502
  - framework, 3501
  - Manitoba, 2001, 3501
  - persons' right to pursue remedy in court system, 5393, 5404
  - premise, 3501
  - pseudo-apology, 3503, 5397
  - Saskatchewan, 3501
- Apology Act, 2008 (Bill 59)
  - first reading, 1049–1050
- Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
  - second reading, 3501–3503
  - third reading, 5392–5394, 5396–5398, 5404
- Appreciation
  - Pauli, Mary Ellen (recipient, Governor General of Canada's certificate of commendation), 1239
- BioForest Technologies Inc., 835
- Breast Cancer Screening Act, 2009 (Bill 200)
  - first reading, 7283
- Budget, 556, 5954–5955
  - pre-budget consultations, 3463
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 6164–6165
- C. difficile outbreaks
  - public inquiries, 2460
  - Sault Area Hospital, 2460–2461
- Cancer screening programs
  - breast cancer screening program
    - inclusion of women aged 40 to 49, 7441–7443
- Capital works projects
  - government funding, 6165, 8822–8823
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - Algoma University College, 2148, 2744
    - independent university status, 2149, 2151
    - Information and Communication Technology Centre, 2152
    - programs for aboriginal students, 2150–2151
  - Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology
    - apprenticeship programs, 5786
- Committees
  - Select Committee on the Economy, 3463
  - Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 3463–3464
- Condolences
  - Vernelli, Scott (Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan), 5582
- Conferences/seminars/symposiums
  - Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Conference, 5425
- Doctors
  - increase in supply, 907–908
- Economic development
  - northern Ontario, 8650, 9268–9269
  - Sault Ste. Marie, 1930
- Economic growth
  - five-point economic plan, 3464
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - third reading, 7015
- Education funding
  - government funding, 1422, 9323–9324
- Education funding reform, 1422
- Electronic health records, 8625–8624
- Ellison Environmental Ltd., 8654
- Employment creation, 3464
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 5173
  - renewable energy projects
    - Elementa Group waste-to-energy conversion plant (Sault Ste. Marie), 8264
    - standard offer program, 3464
      - Sault Ste. Marie's solar farm, 185
- Essar Steel Algoma Inc.
  - pollution control equipment, 1974
- Forest industry
  - government funding, 556
- Government funding, 556
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - health care, 907–909
  - PC (1995-2003)
    - education, 7015
    - health care, 907
- Green economy, 5992
  - northern Ontario, 5173
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - second reading, 5173
- Harmonized sales tax, 6164, 8830
- Health care
  - Sault Ste. Marie, 5235
  - wait times
    - reduction, 907
- Health care funding
  - accountability and oversight, 8432–8433
  - government funding, 907
  - Haldimand–Norfolk, 909
  - Niagara West–Glanbrook, 909
  - Sault Ste. Marie, 908
- Health care workers
  - occupational health and safety, 3923
- Hospices (terminal care)
  - government funding, 556
- Hospitals
  - geospatial information system, 3144–3145
  - reporting on patient safety indicators, 2460
- Housing
  - affordable, 7194
- Immunization
  - H1N1 influenza A (swine flu), 8504–8505
- Invasive species, 834–835, 2996
  - emerald ash borer, 835, 2996
- Invasive species centre, 834–835, 2996
- Medical errors, 2002, 5393
- Medical schools
  - Northern Ontario School of Medicine, 7199
- Medical students/graduates, 7199
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Sault Ste. Marie, 7650–7651
- Members/ministers quoting journal articles
  - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2002
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Sault Star, 5955
  - Toronto Star, 8624
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Capponi, Pat (mental health advocate), 6164
  - Genest, Paul (president, Council of Ontario Universities), 6165
  - Hassen, Phil (CEO, Canadian Patient Safety Institute), 2002, 3502
  - Howarth, Jenn (president, College Student Alliance), 6165
  - McQueen, Wanda (chair, Algoma District School Board), 2302
  - Nyberg, Gail (Daily Bread Food Bank), 6165
  - Sayers, Lyle (chief, Garden River First Nation), 2151
  - Stapleton, John (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), 6164–6165
  - Sullivan, Terry (president and CEO, Cancer Care Ontario), 908
  - Turco, Mario (director of education, Algoma District School Board), 2302
  - Willett, Janice (former president, Ontario Medical Association), 908, 3502
- Members/ministers quoting websites
  - Algoma University College, 2149
- Members' statements
  - Algoma University, 2097, 2744, 7774–7775
  - Apprenticeship training, 5786
  - Education funding, 2302, 9323–9324
  - Ellsin Environmental Ltd., 8654
  - Employment supports, 4064–4065
  - Flu immunization, 8504–8505
  - Forest industry, 9127–9128
  - Infectious disease control, 3144–3145
  - Medical school, 7199
  - Northern Ontario heritage fund, 6193
  - Nurse practitioners, 5192–5193
  - Ontario budget, 556, 5954–5955
  - Pauli, Mary Ellen, 1239
  - Pod Generating Group, 185
  - Renewable energy, 8264
  - Riding of Sault Ste. Marie, 7650–7651
  - Sault Ste. Marie economy, 1930
  - Taxation, 8830
  - Vernelli, Scott, 5582
- Memorandum of understanding (MOU)
  - Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and Assembly of First Nations, 5425
- Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
  - time allocation motion
    - public consultation, 7788–7789
    - responded to, 7788–7790
- Mining industry
  - consultation with First Nations, 7789
  - layoffs, 5424
- Ministry of Labour
  - health care unit, 3923
  - Safe at Work Ontario, 3923
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  - affordable housing program, 7194
  - provincial rent bank program, 2031–2032
- Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
  - staged competition to make available unused Crown forest resources, 9127–9128
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - skills to jobs action plan, 5786
- Northern Ontario growth plan, 5001–5002
  - public consultation, 5002
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)
  - northern Ontario youth internship and co-op program, 4064–4065
  - young entrepreneur program, 6193, 7641
- Nurse practitioner-led clinics
  - Sault College clinic, 5192–5193, 5235
- Occupational health and safety, 1717, 3439
- Ontario child benefit (OCB)
  - increase, 6164
- Ontario health premium, 906–909
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - employment creation in Sault Ste. Marie, 1930
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Electronic health information, 8623–8625
  - Health care oversight, 8432–8433
  - Infectious disease control, 2460–2461
  - Ontario economy, 3463–3464
- Oral questions, presented
  - Affordable housing, 7194
  - Air quality, 1974
  - Class size, 4472–4473
  - Education funding, 1422
  - Environmental protection, 5992
  - Grassy Narrows First Nation, 1884
  - Health care, 5235–5236
  - Infrastructure programs, 8822–8823
  - Invasive species, 834–835, 2996
  - Mining industry, 5424–5425
  - Northern economy, 8650, 9268–9269
  - Northern Ontario development, 5001–5002
  - Northern Ontario heritage fund, 7641
  - Post-secondary education, 1472
  - Rent bank programs, 2031–2032
  - Taxation, 7829
  - Tourism, 197–198, 9722–9723
  - Workplace safety, 1717, 3438–3439, 3923
- Patient safety, 2460–2461
- Post-secondary education
  - accessibility, 1472
- Primary health care, 5235–5236
- Private members' public business
  - Apology Act, 2008 (Bill 59)
    - second reading, 2001–2003, 2007
  - Breast Cancer Screening Act, 2009 (Bill 200)
    - second reading, 7441–7443, 7447
- Protecting Children and Youth from Second-Hand Smoke in Automobiles Act, 2007 (Bill 11)
  - first reading, 125
- Provincial-aboriginal agreements
  - Grassy Narrows First Nation, 1884
- Public education campaigns
  - North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, 1717
- Schools
  - closure
    - rural Ontario, 2302
- Shingwauk Education Trust, 2150
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 1908–1911, 1914
- Smoking
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present, 125, 1908, 1911, 1914
    - enforcement, 1909–1910
  - second-hand smoke, 1909
- Speaker
  - election (28 November 2007)
    - congratulatory remarks, 197
- Student enrolment
  - decline, 1422
- Students
  - travel, 1472
- Summit meetings
  - Think North Summit, 5002
- Teacher-student ratios
  - reduction, 4472–4473
- Time allocation motions
  - Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
    - responded to, 6164–6165
  - Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
    - responded to, 7788–7790
- Tourism industry, 197, 9722–9723
- Toxic substances
  - reduction plan, 5992
- Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
  - general discussion, 5992
- United States
  - apology legislation, 2001–2002, 3501–3503, 5393–5394
- Universities/colleges
  - Algoma University, 2097
- Websites
  - www.mychoice.ca, 1914
- Workplace injuries, 1717
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - marketing campaign (You Can Never Be Too Safe), 3439
O'Toole, J. (PC, Durham)
- Accident investigation report, 4205
- Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
  - expenditures
    - review by Integrity Commissioner, 7394–7395, 7462, 7468–7469, 7816–7817
      - annual report issued, 7465
      - penalties for violation of expenditure guidelines, 7463, 7486
- Agreement on Internal Trade, 7373, 8660
- Agricultural industry, 5507, 9273
  - Durham region, 8009
- Alcoholic beverages, 5414
- Algoma University Act, 2008 (Bill 80)
  - second reading, 2112–2115
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 5999
- Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204)
  - second reading, 7989, 7996, 8000, 8004–8005, 8009, 8449
  - third reading, 9095
    - amendments, 9095
- Animal protection, 7996
  - fines, 1690
  - private zoos, 1689
  - wildlife, 1690
- Anniversaries
  - Anne of Green Gables 100th anniversary, 2429
  - Bowmanville Men's Canadian Club 100th anniversary, 8264
  - Bowmanville 150th anniversary, 2429
  - Bowmanville Zoological Park 90th anniversary, 7198
  - Uxbridge Quaker Meeting House 200th anniversary, 6808
  - WindReach Farm 20th anniversary, 7082
- Annual reports
  - Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, 2007-2008 (90 Deaths, Ninety Voices Silenced), 5017
- Apology, 3504
  - Arar, Maher case, 3504
- Apology Act, 2009 (Bill 108)
  - general discussion, 3222
  - second reading, 3504, 3507
- Apprenticeship training
  - ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 7135–7136, 7853
- Apprenticeship training programs
  - completion rates, 7122
- Archives of Ontario
  - hours of operation, 7280
- Artists
  - employment protection, 6241–6242
- Australia
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 6175
- Automobile industry
  - Daimler AG
    - layoffs, 3278–3279
  - General Motors of Canada Ltd.
    - Beacon project, 1898
    - layoffs, 97, 112, 1467, 1893, 3279, 4583
    - pension plan, 9459
    - plant shutdown, 2288
- Automobile safety devices
  - seat belts
    - enforcement, 5984
- Awards
  - Clean World Award, 6891
  - Farm Marketers of the Year Award, 6948
  - June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism, 6602
  - Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Youth Achievement, 9550
  - Ontario Heritage Trust award, 9698–9699
  - Ontario Volunteer Service Awards, 5580, 5584
- Bail, 3663
- Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act, 2009 (Bill 196)
  - second reading, 7501–7502
- Bicycle lanes, 5768
- Biotechnology industry
  - government funding, 7486–7487
- Birthdays
  - Beath, Walter (first chair of Durham region), 6993–6994
- Blind/visually-impaired persons
  - access to books in suitable formats, 9570–9571
- Books
  - The History of the Friends' Meeting House of Quaker Hill (Lloyd Ball), 6808
  - The World is Flat (Thomas Friedman), 1704
- Boundary adjustment
  - Barrie and Innisfil, 7501
- British Columbia
  - public inquiries
    - death of Robert Dziekanski, 7895, 7897
- Budget, 5741, 6232
  - pre-budget consultations, 4231–4232, 4269–4270
- Budget deficit, 3492, 3906–3907, 5869
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - third reading, 6963
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
  - second reading, 795, 920
  - third reading, 1644, 1655, 1741–1742, 1896–1900
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - general discussion, 3906–3907
    - public consultation, 3907
    - schedule A, section 2, 3922
    - time allocation, 3922
- Budget surplus, 3492
  - transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 372–373, 801–803, 1706
- Bullying, 3363
  - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, queer (LGBTTIQ) teens
    - mandatory reporting of incidents, 7012
- Business Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.16
  - amended by Bill 212, 8383
- C. difficile outbreaks
  - northern Ireland, 2463
  - public inquiries, 2463
- Carpools, 4203, 4612, 5773
- Cemeteries
  - Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
    - accountability of board of directors, 7479–7480
- Certification of Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.6
  - amended by Bill 212, 8383
- Change of Name Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.7
  - amended by Bill 212, 8383
- Charitable fundraising
  - True Patriot Love Gala, 8470
- Child and Family Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.11, 5606
- Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
  - second reading, 3170, 3361–3367
    - section 98.1(1), 3364
  - third reading, 4878–4879
- Child custody
  - criminal record checks, 6627
- Child protection, 5017–5019
- Children's aid societies (CASs)
  - Durham Children's Aid Society
    - government funding, 8736, 9411
- Children's Safety and Protection Rights Act, 2009 (Bill 130)
  - general discussion, 5017
- Clinical services plan, 4866
- Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
  - second reading, 2476
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - Durham College, 2112
    - Lovisa, Don (president), 2476
- Committee process
  - Bill 218, 8974
- Committees
  - Select Committee on Alternative Fuel Sources, 3465
  - Select Committee on the Economy, 3465
- Community safety, 8585
- Concurrence in supply debate (December 2009)
  - participation, 9142–9144
- Condominium Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 19
  - amended by Bill 212, 8383
- Conferences/seminars/symposiums
  - 2009 OGRA/ROMA Annual Conference, 5038
- Conflict of interest
  - Grier, Jason (lobbyist), 8645
- Congratulatory remarks
  - Hill, Terasa (inventor of Barnies Horse Treats), 66
  - Johnson, Rick (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock), 5608
  - McCreath, Maggie (recipient, June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism), 6602
  - Schoonderbeek, John (recipient, Clean World Award), 6891
- Consumer protection
  - energy contracts, 9492
  - sub-metering electricity in apartments/apartment buildings, 9483–9485, 9489
  - used vehicles identified as lemons, 6248–6249
- Coroner inquests
  - Schewe, Richard (motor vehicle accident victim), 4205
- Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
  - second reading, 4413, 4570
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - Ontario tax exemption for commercialization (OTEC)
    - eligibility for refund, 3101, 3110
- Corporate tax reduction, 1702–1703, 1742, 1897–1898
- Correctional centres
  - youth facilities
    - inspections and investigations, 3364–3365
    - integration of 12-15 year-old youth with 16-17 year-old youth, 3363
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - general discussion, 6540
  - second reading, 1963–1964
- Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
  - general discussion, 4610, 5982
  - ministerial statement
    - public consultation, 3649
  - second reading, 4202–4205, 4207
    - public consultation, 4203, 4207
  - third reading, 6174–6180
    - section 78, 6176–6177
- Court cases/actions
  - Copithorn, Jennifer (murder victim), 1993
  - Creba, Jane (murder victim), 3361, 3363
  - Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 1993
  - Hadley, Gillian (murder victim), 1993
  - Manners, Jordan (murder victim), 5606–5607
  - May, Arlene (murder victim), 1993
- Crime against seniors
  - elder abuse, 8712–8713
- Cross-border travel, 6944
- Distance education, 2113–2114
- Doctor shortage, 821, 3989, 4001
- Domestic violence, 1994, 5018
  - access to restraining order, 5018–5020, 6610, 6619
  - prevention, 1993–1994
- Driver distractions, 4204–4205, 6180
- Driver education/training, 4204–4205, 4442, 4541, 4612
  - collision rates for drivers who enrolled in the beginner driver education program, 192
- Driver licences
  - enhanced driver licences, 2428, 6555–6556, 6944, 9318
  - graduated licences, 4611
    - restriction from carrying more than one passenger aged 19 and under, 4032, 4555–4556, 4610–4612
    - zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 4554, 4612
- Drivers
  - age discrimination, 4554–4556
  - impaired drivers, 4566–4567, 5985
  - new drivers, 4554–4556, 5984
- Driving
  - ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving, 410, 1726, 2089, 4202–4205, 4638, 6175–6178
    - regulations, 4205
- Driving schools
  - fraud, 192
- Durham region's intimate-relationship violence empowerment network (DRIVEN), 1994
- Eating disorders, 249
- Economic conditions, 795, 1121, 4231, 4885, 5767
- Economic decline, 5772
  - government response, 803–805
- Economic growth
  - 2008, 101
- Education, 9509–9510
- Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2
  - subsection 300 (2), 5606
  - subsection 300 (3), 5606
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - second reading, 5602, 5604–5608
    - section 2, 5607
    - section 3, 5607
  - third reading, 7011–7012
- Education funding
  - government funding, 3263
- Education funding reform, 7862–7863
- eHealth Ontario
  - contracts
    - public inquiry, 8280–8281
  - expenditures
    - disclosure, 7709–7710
  - Kramer, Sarah (former CEO)
    - compensation/severance payments, 7818
- Election finances
  - audits and legal fees incurred by city of Vaughan re finance abuses, 6806
- Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 231)
  - second reading, 9657, 9662–9664, 9666, 9684
- Elections/by-elections
  - campaign contributions, 9662–9663
  - third-party advertising, 9663–9664, 9684
- Electoral process reform
  - authority of Chief Electoral Officer to modify voting process, 9663
- Electricity rates
  - increase, 3326, 3336–3337, 6764
- Electronic health records, 6919
- Employment insurance benefits
  - Ontario workers, 5849–5850
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8179, 8183, 8187–8188, 8589–8590
    - section 34, 8183
- Employment-related benefits
  - employee wage security program, 5849
    - program administrator, 112
  - organ donor leave, 5369
- Employment standards, 111–112
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Organ Donor Leave), 2009 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 5369
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
  - second reading, 4884–4885, 4887, 5023–5024
    - section 74.2, 5023
  - third reading, 6219–6220
- Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
  - general discussion, 5849–5850
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 5171–5172
    - feed-in tariff, 5062
  - renewable energy projects
    - cost increases for consumers, 5445, 6779
    - employment creation, 6780
    - wind farms, 5439, 6823
- Energy conservation, 3335–3336, 5177
  - energy star program, 3336
  - load shifting, 9486
  - smart meters, 3223, 3337, 5172–5173
- Energy Conservation Responsibility Act, S.O. 2006, c.3, 3336
- Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
  - second reading, 9483–9489, 9492
- Energy supply, 5172
  - supply mix, 5448
- Environmental protection
  - emissions and pollutants from energy-from-waste project in Durham region, 9697
- Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 7293
- Environmental Protection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36)
  - first reading, 368
- Europe
  - central place theory, 5768
- Family law, 5017
  - restraining orders, 68, 1994–1995, 4254, 4413, 4638
- Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
  - general discussion, 4254, 4270, 7808
  - second reading, 5017–5021
    - public consultation, 5017, 5019–5020, 5024
  - third reading, 6610, 6619, 6627
- Family support payments, 5018
- Farmers
  - government funding, 7966
  - tobacco farmers
    - compensation, 5650
    - government funding, 1914, 5411, 5643
- Farmers' markets
  - Pingle's Farm Market, 6948
- Farms/farmland
  - use of sewage sludge, 4638
- Fatalities
  - Copithorn, Jennifer (murder victim), 5018
  - Dupont, Lori (murder victim), 5018, 9096, 9191
  - Manners, Jordan (murder victim), 5606
  - Ramolla, K.J. (motor vehicle accident victim), 4067
  - Sampson, Katelynn (murder victim), 5017
- Federal elections/by-elections, 3222
- Federal government
  - transfer payments
    - equalization program, 428
- Federal-provincial agreements/programs
  - labour market training program, 5850
- Federal-provincial relations
  - economic renewal, 3279
- Festivals
  - Anne of Green Gables street festival, 2429
- Fires
  - Bowmanville, 1501
- Foreign caregivers
  - protection, 8589–8590
    - warrantless entry, 8179
- Foreign workers
  - protection, 8187–8188
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9442, 9509–9513, 9521–9522, 9526, 9532–9533, 9536
- Ganaraska Forest Centre, 7696–7697
- Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 8368–8369, 8379, 8381–8385, 8394, 8474–8475, 8479
    - public consultation, 8394
  - time allocation motion
    - public consultation, 8564
    - responded to, 8564–8565
    - schedule 16, 8564
  - third reading, 9018–9020
- Government accountability, 7618
  - fiscal accountability, 6020
- Government consultants
  - expenditures, 8411
- Government debt, 1700–1701
- Government expenditures
  - increase, 1644
- Government finance, 3242
- Government notice of motions
  - Legislative reform
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 1538–1539
- Government orders
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4231–4232
    - time allocation motion
      - responded to, 4269–4270
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3222–3224
- Government record
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - employment creation, 9451
    - fossil-fuel generating stations, 5058
    - health care, 5865
  - NDP (1990-1995), 1701–1702
- Government service transfer to municipal jurisdiction, 807
- Great Britain
  - congestion charge
    - London, 5768
  - Oyster card, 5767
- Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
  - general discussion, 5868
  - second reading, 5725, 5765–5773, 5775, 5814, 5818
    - public consultation, 5769
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 5963–5969
  - third reading, 6735–6740
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 5868
  - second reading, 5050–5051, 5058, 5062, 5171–5174, 5177, 5353–5354, 5439, 5442, 5445–5446, 5448
  - third reading, 6764, 6779–6783, 6823
- Greenhouse gas emissions
  - reduction, 4629
    - cap and trade system (emissions trading), 7293
- Harmonized sales tax, 5772, 5869, 5872, 6020, 6963, 8842–8843, 9142–9143, 9453
  - exemptions, 8607
  - impact on housing industry, 6494–6495
  - impact on real estate industry, 5786
  - impact on senior citizens, 8690
  - impact on veterinary services, 8449
  - public consultation, 8591, 8688, 8837–8838, 8969–8970
- Health care, 247
  - accessibility, 3989
  - privatization, 6918
- Health care funding
  - accountability and oversight, 8431–8432
  - federal government funding, 6917
  - government funding, 6917
- Health care reform, 6906
- Health professionals
  - mutual recognition arrangements, 6919–6920
- Health regulatory colleges, 4849
- Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
  - second reading, 245–251, 260–261, 265
    - section 4, 251, 260
  - third reading, 1135
- Heritage conservation
  - Camp 30, 5887
- Highway improvement
  - Highway 407 east extension, 5968
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Cellular Phones), 2000 (Bill 102), 4203–4204
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Cellular Phones), 2003 (Bill 23), 6176
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Cellular Phones), 2008 (Bill 40)
  - general discussion, 6176
  - first reading, 409–410
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Cellular Phones), 2008 (Bill 73)
  - first reading, 1726
- Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
  - second reading, 1004, 1077, 1895–1896
- Holiday messages, 251, 4638
- Hospital closure
  - Douglas Memorial Hospital, 7392
- Hospital funding
  - government funding
    - Durham, 4866, 5736, 9322
    - high-growth hospitals, 5423–5424
    - Lakeridge Health Corp., 5736
- Hospital services, 5322, 5423, 6391
  - emergency
    - Uxbridge Cottage Hospital, 821, 2398
  - Lakeridge Health Corp., 5736, 5738, 6391
    - emergency department closure, 5736
- Hospitals
  - reporting on patient safety indicators, 2463–2464
  - Uxbridge Cottage Hospital, 249
- Housing costs, 413
- Hydro electric power, 5172
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - general discussion, 3465
  - second reading, 3101, 3110
- Immigrants
  - bridge training programs, 6950
- Income Tax Amendment Act (Public Transit Expense Tax Credit), 2007 (Bill 19)
  - general discussion, 5771
  - first reading, 227–228
- Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
  - third reading, 3989, 4001
- Industry shutdowns, 1507
- Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
  - second reading, 7893–7897, 7900
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 8968–8971
- Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
  - second reading, 801–809, 811
  - third reading, 1700–1708
    - amendments, 1701
- Ireland
  - bank bailout, 3223
- Israeli Apartheid Week, 9560–9561
- Kindergarten
  - full-day, 9510–9513, 9521–9522, 9526, 9532–9533
    - program cost, 9536
- Labour mobility, 8251, 8659–8661, 8806–8807, 8814
  - skilled trades, 7373
    - regulation, 7376
- Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5
  - amended by Bill 212, 8383
- Landfill sites
  - site 41 (Tiny township)
    - certificate of approval, 8703–8704
- Law enforcement, 4205
- Layoffs
  - Dell Inc., 1467
- Lear Corp.
  - layoffs, 24, 112
- Legislative procedure
  - members'/ministers' attendance in legislature, 3363
  - omnibus bills, 8394, 9020
  - oral questions
    - timing of question period, 3325
  - private members' public business, 112, 4204
  - speech should be related to topic being discussed, 4265, 5852
- Legislative proceedings
  - televised, 1856
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1538–1539
- Legislature schedule/agenda, 2081, 3362–3363
- Licence plates
  - yellow ribbon logo (support for Canadian troops)
    - cost to consumers, 8546
- Limitations Act, S.O. 2002, c.24, Sched. B, 5653–5654
- Livestock
  - disease prevention and control, 7989, 8000
    - regulation and enforcement, 8449
    - traceability systems, 8004, 8449
  - protection, 1691
- Local health integration networks (LHINs), 1122, 5867, 6021
- Long-term-care funding
  - government funding, 428
- Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
  - general discussion, 3663, 4254, 4270, 4413, 5018, 8013–8014, 8016
  - first reading, 68
- Manufacturing industry, 2386
  - layoffs, 23–24, 1893, 2446, 4583
  - unemployment, 423–424
- Marijuana
  - decriminalization, 5414, 5645
- Medical procedures
  - wait times, 249
- Medical transplants
  - organ and tissue donation, 5369
    - presumed consent, 5369
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Durham
    - Clarington Board of Trade, 9649–9650
    - dedication of Roy E. Carter Memorial Park, 8215–8216
    - fishing derby, 6755
    - Think Indigenous Expo, 9550
    - Town of Uxbridge as trail capital of Canada, 7650
  - Durham Support Our Troops Rally, 1930
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 5443
- Members'/ministers' expenditures
  - review, 7461–7462
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 2113–2114, 3263, 3364, 5607, 5766, 5768, 5770
- Members/ministers quoting books
  - Aging is Living: Myth-Breaking Stories from Long-Term Care (Irene Borins Ash and Irv Ash), 8713
- Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
  - Canadian Cancer Society, 7178
  - Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, 7179–7180
- Members/ministers quoting documents
  - Highlights of key developments related to the Ontario-municipal relationship: 1985 to present (Legislative Research and Information Services), 807–808
  - James Bay Treaty (Treaty No. 9), 6980
  - Robinson-Huron Treaty, 6980
- Members/ministers quoting electronic mail messages
  - Box, Christine and Peter (constituents), 9489
  - Dupont, Barb (mother, Lori Dupont, murder victim), 1994
  - Fenton, Norm (constituent, Durham), 7853
  - Humphreys, Vic (constituent, Durham), 2463
  - Monforton, Greg (lawyer), 1994
  - Perchaluk, Kathleen (constituent), 6543, 7177
  - Wahl, Judith (executive director, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly), 8712
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Andrew, Judith (vice-president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 3901–3902
  - Cement Association of Canada, 6540–6541
  - Cohoon, Zac (farmer), 1691
  - Egg Farmers of Ontario, Turkey Producers' Marketing Board, Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Commission, Dairy Farmers of Ontario and Chicken Farmers of Ontario, 8247
- Members/ministers quoting magazine articles
  - Reader's Digest, 2075
- Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles
  - Belleville Intelligencer, 5872
  - Durham Region News, 112
  - Globe and Mail (Toronto), 806, 1955, 2114, 5964, 7120, 9457
  - Hamilton Spectator, 5872
  - National Post (Toronto), 5606, 8280–8281
  - Peterborough Examiner, 5872
  - Sarnia Observer, 7405
  - St. Catharines Standard, 5872
  - Toronto Star, 804–805, 3336, 5827, 5872, 7466–7467, 8789
  - Waterloo Record, 5872
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Better Safe than Sorry? The Role of Apologies in Litigation (Benjamin Bathgate, Joseph C. D'Angelo), 3507
  - Breaking the Cycle: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy, 5634
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2007), 192
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2008), 4625
  - Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Annual Report (2009), 9144
  - Path to the 2020 Prosperity Agenda (Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress), 1702–1703, 1897
  - Report of the Honourable Coulter A. Osborne Integrity Commissioner Re: the Honourable Harinder Takhar, Minister of Transportation & Member for Mississauga Centre (Coulter A. Osborne), 7464
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Bertrand, Karen (coordinator, Ontario Nurses' Association), 1994
  - Black, Howard, (lawyer, Minden Gross), 8718
  - constituents re long-term care, 5866
  - convenience store owners re illegal sale of tobacco products, 5644
  - Cullen, April (councillor, Oshawa), 423
  - Eye, Tim (chair, Durham Labour Council Political Action Committee), 6710
  - Gerber, Eileen (constituent, Durham), 4556
  - Hammons, Deborah (CEO, Central East Local Health Integration Network), 5423
  - Martin, Roger (dean, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto), 3263
  - Mayoh, Trevor (president, Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance), 4032
  - Ontario Public School Boards' Association, 7864
  - Ontario Real Estate Association, 6979
  - Rodger, Amanda (constituent, Durham), 4555–4556
  - Secord, Wanda (executive director, Durham Children's Aid Society), 9411
  - Sheppard, Rod (president, Society of Energy Professionals), 9407
  - Werden, Don (trustee, Grand Erie District School Board), 9532
  - Wibberly, Jim (director of education, Grand Erie District School Board), 9532
- Members/ministers quoting websites
  - Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 7681
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - Liberal (1990-1995)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South), 7853
  - Liberal (1995-2003)
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Leader of the Opposition, 8394, 9019–9020
  - Liberal (2003-2010)
    - Bradley, James J. (St. Catharines)
      - as Minister of Transportation, 2428
    - McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
      - as Ontario Premier, 3242
  - withdrawn, 3874, 8202, 9096
- Members'/ministers' travel
  - Pupatello, Sandra, 4231–4232
- Members' statements
  - Agriculture industry, 9273
  - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 5999
  - Archives of Ontario, 7280
  - Assistance to farmers, 7965–7966
  - Automobile industry, 2446
  - Beath, Walter, 6993–6994
  - Bowmanville hospital, 5738
  - Bowmanville Zoological Park, 7198
  - Camp 30, 5887
  - Canadian Club movement, 8264
  - Children's aid societies, 8736, 9411
  - Douglas Memorial Hospital, 7392
  - Durham Support Our Troops Rally, 1930
  - Education funding, 1240
  - Emergency intervention orders, 4254
  - Epilepsy Awareness Month, 9584–9585
  - Fire in Bowmanville, 1501
  - Firefighters, 9081
  - Fishing derby, 6755
  - Ganaraska Forest Centre, 7696–7697
  - Government record, 4583
  - Government services, 7341
  - Health care, 4866
  - Heffering, R. Peter, 8033
  - Hill, Terasa, 66
  - Hospital funding, 9322
  - Hospital services, 821, 5322
  - Hydro rates, 3326
  - James, Sheila, 8788–8789
  - Kimball, Joan, 8415
  - Local Democracy Week, 9505
  - Manufacturing jobs, 1893–1894, 3278–3279
  - McCreath, Maggie, 6602
  - Morison, Matthew, 9176
  - Municipal finances, 3190–3191
  - Municipalities, 3242
  - Northern economy, 5038
  - Ontario Agriculture Week, 7876–7877
  - Ontario budget, 6232, 9649–9650
  - Pringle's Farm Market, 6948
  - Red ribbon campaign, 4027–4028
  - Remembrance Day photo exhibit, 8462
  - Roy E. Carter Memorial Park, 8215–8216
  - Schoonderbeek, John, 6891
  - Skills training, 4625
  - Small business, 4064
  - Small Business Week, 8071–8072
  - Sports Hall of Fame, 3834, 8354
  - Taxation, 5786, 6494–6495, 8607, 8690, 9453
  - Think Indigenous expo, 9550
  - Township of Uxbridge, 7650
  - Transfer payments, 3492–3493
  - Uxbridge Cottage Hospital, 2398
  - Uxbridge Quaker Meeting House, 6808
  - Volunteer Service Awards, 5580–5581
  - Volunteer service awards, 9698–9699
  - WindReach Farm, 7082
- Mental health care
  - transfer from Rouge Valley Ajax hospital to Scarborough Centenary site, 1121–1122
- Metrolinx, 5769–5770, 5827
  - board of directors, 5725, 5769, 5965, 6735
  - closed meetings, 5771
  - governance, 5765, 5767, 5769–5770
  - MacIsaac, Rob (chair), 5765, 5769
- Minimum wage, 5767–5768
- Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.14
  - reform, 6787
  - regulations, 6795
- Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
  - second reading, 6787, 6795–6796, 6934, 6978–6981
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7790–7791
- Mining industry
  - conflict with aboriginal land claims, 6979–6980
  - consultation with First Nations
    - mining legislation and regulations, 6787, 6878–6980
  - map staking, 6979
- Ministerial statements, responded to
  - Affordable housing, 5741–5742
  - Agency spending, 7394–7395
  - Climate change, 4629
  - Immigrants' skills, 6950
  - Law enforcement, 7486
  - Local Government Week, 3447–3448
  - Municipal infrastructure, 372
  - Municipalities, 1507
  - National Biotechnology Week, 7486–7487
  - National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims, 4067–4068
  - Road safety, 3648–3649, 4032
  - Shelter allowances, 413
  - Volunteer Service Awards, 5584
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
  - advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 1898
  - Next Generation of Jobs Fund, 1514
- Ministry of Finance
  - OntarioBuys, 9143
- Ministry of Government Services
  - hotel/conference expenditures, 7691
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  - assistive devices program, 9143
  - Healthy Communities Initiative, 5322
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - academic and career entrance (ACE) program, 4625
  - second career strategy, 3263, 3441, 4625, 5850, 9581–9582
    - inclusion of truck driver training, 3441
  - skills to jobs action plan, 1467
- Municipal development charges, 5771
- Municipal elections/by-elections
  - reform, 9657
- Municipal government taxes
  - increase, 3488
- Municipal infrastructure, 809
- Municipalities
  - government funding, 3242
- Names
  - change of child's surname, 5019
- National/independence/memorial days
  - Irish Heritage Day, 5432
- Nexus cards, 3905
- Northern Ontario
  - economic conditions, 5038
- Nuclear generating stations
  - construction, 6780
- Nurse practitioners
  - expansion of scope of practice, 6918–6919
- Nutrition, 261
- Obesity, 247
  - children, 261
- Obituaries
  - Krogh, Tom Edvard (geologist), 2138–2139
- Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.1, 7179
- Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
  - second reading, 7804, 7808, 7812, 8012–8017, 8020–8021
    - subsection 32.0.1, 8014
    - subsection 32.0.4, 8017
    - subsection 32(5), 8015
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 9095–9097
  - third reading, 9191–9193
- Ontario budget speech (26 March 2009)
  - responded to, 5755, 5865–5869, 5872–5873
- Ontario College of Trades, 7119, 7136
  - membership fees, 7100
- Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
  - second reading, 7100, 7118–7120, 7122, 7135–7136
    - part 9, 7136
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 7853–7854
  - third reading, 8201–8202
- Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Bill 55)
  - second reading, 1954–1956
- Ontario health premium, 247, 3222
- Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 (Bill 175)
  - second reading, 7373, 7376, 8247, 8251, 8805–8807, 8814
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
  - expenditures
    - meals by senior staff, 7470–7471
  - termination of CEO and board of directors
    - McDougald, Kelly (former CEO), 7475–7467
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
  - citizen appeals of board decisions to cabinet revoked, 8564
- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
  - annual report, 745
  - executive salaries above $100,000, 745
- Ontario Power Authority (OPA), 3337
- Ontario Power Generation
  - stranded debt, 9487
- Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
  - Darlington nuclear generating station
    - building of new reactors, 9407
- Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
  - second reading, 8837–8838, 8842–8843
- Ontario Works program benefits
  - temporary care assistance (TCA), 5019
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Electronic health information, 7709–7710, 8280–8281
  - Government accountability, 6020–6022
  - Health care oversight, 8433–8434
  - Infectious disease control, 2462–2463
  - Ontario economy, 1121–1122, 3465
  - Pension plans, 6709–6710
  - Violent crime, 3663
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 1946–1948
- Optometrists, 4849–4850
- Oral questions, presented
  - Automobile industry, 2288, 2386–2387
  - Cemeteries, 7479–7480
  - City of Vaughan, 6806
  - Darlington nuclear generating station, 9407
  - Driver education, 192
  - Driver examination centres, 8352
  - Driver licences, 6555–6556, 6944, 9319
  - Economic development, 6989
  - Environmental protection, 9697
  - Government contracts, 8411, 8645
  - Government services, 7338–7337, 8546
  - Government spending, 7691–7692
  - Highway safety, 2089
  - Hospital funding, 5736, 6391
  - Hospital services, 5423–5424
  - Job creation, 9451
  - Manufacturing jobs, 23–24, 423–424
  - Municipalities, 3237–3238
  - Ontario economy, 1467, 1514
  - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, 745
  - Public transit, 5827
  - Skills training, 3441, 9581–9582
  - Taxation, 8688
  - Time allocation, 3922
  - Transfer payments, 3488
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
  - second reading, 1386
- Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 236)
  - second reading, 9338, 9456–9460, 9468, 9472–9473, 9477, 9708–9709, 9712, 9714–9715
- Pension benefits guarantee fund, 6709
- Pension plans, 9715
  - defined benefit pension plans, 9457
  - reform, 6709–6710, 9338, 9456–9458, 9460, 9468, 9472–9473, 9712
    - full windups, 9458
    - layoffs and partial windups, 9458
    - surplus funds, 9708
- Pest Management Regulatory Agency, 6540
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 6540
- Petitions
  - Beer retailing and distribution, 3239–3240, 4588
  - Child care, 3886, 4829–4830, 4869, 4871, 5044–5045, 5434, 5791–5792, 5794, 5838, 7782, 7879
  - Diabetes treatment, 4435–4436, 4635
  - Doctor shortage, 7285, 7397, 7702, 7970, 8079, 8154, 8222, 8359, 8421–8422, 9279, 9415, 9585–9586
  - Drinking and driving, 3284
  - Gasoline prices, 3283, 3330, 3332–3333, 3451, 3499–3500, 3779, 3883
  - Gypsy moths, 4636
  - Highway safety, 27, 339
  - Hospital funding, 5329, 5433–5434, 5628, 5630, 5670, 5744, 5794, 5839, 5963, 6148, 6285, 6504, 6608, 6760, 6894, 7093, 7396, 7701, 9086, 9329–9330
  - Hospital services, 1891, 4528–4529, 7398, 7488
  - Innisfil Early Years Centre, 4256–4257
  - Long-term care, 748
  - Lord's Prayer, 696, 698, 747–748, 775, 838, 840–841, 899, 1000, 1065–1066, 1372–1374, 1476, 1519, 1667, 1976–1977, 2131, 2243, 2396, 2492
  - Municipal government, 6896–6897
  - Non-profit housing, 425
  - Ontario budget, 5891, 5961, 6284–6285, 6698
  - Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1719
  - Ostomy supplies, 4636
  - Pension plans, 3693–3694, 3970, 5745, 6199, 6236–6237, 6286, 6506, 6606, 6696–6697, 7345, 8039–8040
  - Road safety, 82, 240–243, 618, 5327, 5671, 5793, 5839, 6003–6005, 6150, 6286
  - Sales tax, 4870–4871, 5044–5046, 5671, 5892, 7344
  - Sexual reassignment surgery, 3091–3092, 3240–3241, 3332, 3452
  - Special investigations unit, 3695
  - Taxation, 6201, 6606–6607, 6816–6817, 7000, 7161, 7397–7398, 7656, 7784, 7840–7841, 7971–7973, 8038, 8077, 8155, 8224, 8270–8271, 8357–8358, 8468–8469, 8556, 8695–8696, 8738–8739, 8834, 8952, 9007, 9084, 9414–9415, 9455, 9508, 9552, 9587–9588, 9652, 9700
  - True Patriot Love gala, 8470
  - Wind turbines, 7208
  - Workplace insurance, 4070
  - Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, 1521
- Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 2285–2286, 2423, 2427–2431
    - public consultation, 2431
  - third reading, 3863–3869, 3905–3908, 4012, 4015
    - section 19, 3908
    - section 20, 3907–3908
- Photo identification cards, 2423, 2427–2429, 3906–3907
  - basic photo cards, 2428
  - combined photo cards, 2428
  - cost, 2285, 2430
  - enhanced photo cards, 2428, 3905
  - privacy/security of information, 2423, 2430
- Police services
  - cross-border policing, 7486, 7893, 7895–7896, 7900, 8968–8970
- Post-secondary education, 2113
- Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
  - second reading, 5565, 5634–5637
    - public consultation, 5635
- Poverty reduction strategy, 5635–5636
- Powers of attorney, 7085
  - conditions to prevent abuse, 8711–8713
- Private members' public business
  - Accessibility for the disabled
    - responded to, 9570–9571
  - Employment insurance
    - responded to, 5849–5851
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
    - second reading, 6241–6242
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Wage Security), 2007 (Bill 6)
    - second reading, 111–112
  - Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 2009 (Bill 143)
    - second reading, 5860–5861
  - Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 (Bill 101)
    - second reading, 3335–3337
  - Israeli Apartheid Week
    - responded to, 9560–9561
  - Lori Dupont Act (Domestic Violence Protection), 2008 (Bill 10)
    - second reading, 1993–1995, 2000–2001
  - Motor Vehicle Dealers Amendment Act (Disclosure of Lemons), 2009 (Bill 164)
    - second reading, 6248–6249
  - Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2009 (Bill 188)
    - second reading, 8711–8713, 8718
  - Skills training
    - responded to, 3263
  - Transparency in Public Matters Act, 2009 (Bill 159)
    - second reading, 6259
  - Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
    - second reading, 8703–8704
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Alternate Insurance Plans), 2009 (Bill 219)
    - second reading, 8710–8711
- Propane explosions
  - Sunrise Propane, 8084
- Protection of Vulnerable and Elderly People from Abuse Act (Powers of Attorney), 2009 (Bill 188)
  - first reading, 7085
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1688–1691
    - section 6, 1690
    - subsection 22(2), 1690–1691
  - third reading, 3985
- Provincial-municipal partnerships
  - provincial-municipal fiscal and service delivery review, 372, 3190, 3237–3238, 3447, 3488
- Public bodies
  - open meetings, 6259
- Public education campaigns
  - Agriculture Week, 7876–7877
  - Epilepsy Awareness Month, 9584–9585
  - Local Democracy Week, 9505
  - National Biotechnology Week, 7486–7487
  - National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims, 4067
  - Red ribbon campaign, 4027–4028
  - Small Business Week, 8071–8072
- Public libraries
  - government funding, 9570–9571
- Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
  - second reading, 7461–7471
  - third reading, 7816–7819
- Public service
  - salaries above $100,000, 5769–5770
- Public transportation expenses
  - tax deductible, 5968
- Regional transportation plan (The Big Move), 5966, 6735
  - Durham region, 5768–5770, 5775
  - greater Toronto and Hamilton area, 5814
- Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 141)
  - second reading, 4849–4850
- Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 179)
  - second reading, 6906, 6916–6921
- Regulations, 3336
- Remembrance Day
  - Vets and Cadets: My Photos and Your Words exhibit (Clarington Public Library), 8462
- Reports
  - The Big Move: Transforming Transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (Rob MacIsaac), 5765–5768, 5770, 5772, 5775
  - Inquiry Into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (Stephen Goudge), 4413, 4570
  - It's Time (WPC Committee to Review the Structure of Securities Regulation in Canada), 3223
  - Path to the 2020 Prosperity Agenda (Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress), 1514, 1655
  - Places to Grow: Better Choices, Brighter Future (Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe), 5768
  - Progress in a Climate of Change, A Review of Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan (Office of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 4629
  - Report of the Honourable Coulter A. Osborne Integrity Commissioner Re: the Honourable Harinder Takhar, Minister of Transportation & Member for Mississauga Centre (Coulter A. Osborne), 7463–7464
  - Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Roy McMurtry, Alvin Curling), 5607–5608
  - The Road to Health: A Final Report on School Safety (School Community Safety Advisory Panel), 5602
  - Supply Mix Advice Report (Ontario Power Authority), 3465
  - Time for Action: A Report on Violence Affecting Youth (John Tory), 3365
- Research and innovation
  - government funding, 1897–1899
- Retirement
  - Patterson, Bonnie (president, Trent University), 5604
- Road safety, 4032, 4068, 4535, 4612
  - careless driving
    - enforcement, 5984–5985
- Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
  - general discussion, 4231, 4270
  - ministerial statement
    - public consultation, 4032
  - second reading, 4442, 4535, 4541, 4548–4549, 4553–4556, 4558, 4566–4567, 4610–4612
    - public consultation, 4535, 4548–4549, 4610–4612
  - third reading, 5982–5985, 5987
- Royal Commission on Learning, 7410
- Rural Ontario
  - roads and bridges, 5772
- School board trustees, 7677
  - accountability, 7405
  - code of conduct, 7862
- School breakfast programs, 245
- School cafeterias
  - ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 246–248, 1135
    - exemptions on special event days, 260, 265
- School safety, 5604
  - principal to notify parents of victims, 5607
  - reporting of violent incidents, 5606–5608
- School vending machines
  - ban on unhealthy food and beverages, 247
- Schools
  - government funding, 1240
- Senior homeowners' property tax grants, 1896
- ServiceOntario
  - closure of private licence and permit offices, 8382
    - rural Ontario, 7338–7339, 7341
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
  - public inquiries, 2462–2463
- Skilled trades, 7118–7119
- Small business, 3223, 3811
- Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA), 6021
- Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 1914, 2070, 2074–2078, 2081, 2138–2139, 2144
- Smoking
  - ban on smoking in cars with children present, 2076–2077
- Smoking cessation, 2075–2076
- Social contract, 3224
- Special education
  - government funding, 4583
- Speed limiters, 1004, 1895, 6178
  - impact on small operators, 1895–1896
  - vehicles originating outside Ontario, 1077
- Speed limits, 1077
- Sports and recreation
  - Hall of Fame
    - Durham, 3834
- Starz Animation Toronto, 6989
- Strikes
  - DriveTest driving examiners, 8352
- Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 (Bill 177)
  - second reading, 7351, 7405, 7410, 7677, 7681, 7861–7865
- Tax credits
  - public transit expense, 228, 4638
  - transit passes, 5771
- Teacher pension plans, 806
- Teacher-student ratios
  - cap, 9510
- Teachers
  - layoffs
    - Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, 1240
- Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 8084
- Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
  - second reading, 8084, 8585, 8591
  - third reading, 8979–8980
- Television programs
  - The Agenda, 1954, 3465
  - Studio 2, 1955
- Temporary help agency employees
  - entitlement to termination and severance payments, 4887
  - protection, 6219–6220
- TFO, 1954
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 93, 97, 101, 362, 428
- Time allocation motions
  - Committee sittings
    - responded to, 4269–4270
  - Good Government Act, 2009 (Bill 212)
    - responded to, 8564–8565
  - Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
    - responded to, 5963–5969
  - Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
    - responded to, 8968–8971
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1538–1539
  - Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
    - responded to, 7790–7791
  - Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace), 2009 (Bill 168)
    - responded to, 9095–9097
  - Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
    - responded to, 7853–7854
  - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
    - responded to, 3901–3902
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 (Bill 155)
  - second reading, 5411, 5414, 5641–5645, 5650, 5653–5654, 6204, 6208, 6211
- Tobacco products
  - ban on retail display of cigarettes, 6204
  - illegal sale, 5642–5644, 5650, 6211
- Tobacco products manufacturers
  - recovery of tobacco-related health care costs from manufacturers, 5411, 6208
- Toronto District School Board
  - swimming pools
    - closure, 1121
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), 5967
  - government funding, 6736–6737
  - salaries above $100,000, 5770
  - Spadina Ave. subway extension to York University, 5771–5772
- Tourism industry, 2428–2430
  - Ontario tourism competitiveness study and action plan, 2423, 2430
- Tourist attractions
  - Uxbridge, 2429
- Toxic substances
  - reduction plan, 6328
    - definition of toxic substance, 7179
    - regulation and enforcement, 6290–6291, 6373, 6380, 6546, 7181
    - role of federal government, 6539, 7178
- Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
  - second reading, 6290–6291, 6300, 6327–6328, 6373, 6380, 6539–6543, 6546
    - section 44, 6290
    - section 45, 6290–6291
  - third reading, 7165, 7177–7181
    - amendments, 7177–7178
    - public consultation, 7165
- Transit systems, 5768, 5773
  - Durham region, 5765, 5818
  - GO Transit, 5767, 5966–5967
    - cost, 6739
    - extension of GO train to Cobourg, 5768
  - government funding, 5827
  - integrated, 5770
  - merging of GO Transit and Metrolinx, 5765, 5770
  - Move Ontario 2020 plan, 1004, 5827
  - operating budget, 5770, 5773
  - rail service to Bowmanville, 6738
  - regional, 5770
  - smart cards, 2428, 2431, 5766, 5770, 5969, 6738
    - Presto card (GTA fare card), 5773
- Transportation
  - Durham region, 4203
- Transportation infrastructure
  - rural Ontario, 5966
- Tributes
  - Burnett, George, Wayne Venning, Port Perry Juvenile 'C" hockey team (1959-19600 (inductees, Sports Hall of Fame), 8354
  - Heffering, R. Peter (member, Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame), 8033
  - James, Sheila (public affairs professional), 8788–8789
  - Kimball, Joan (owner, Village Card and Gift Shoppe, Newcastle), 8415
  - Lawrence, Allan (former member, St. George), 6500–6501
  - Maier, Mike (firefighter, Durham), 9081
  - Morison, Matthew (Olympian, parallel giant slalom, 2010 Winter Olympics), 9176
- TVOntario, 1954
- Unemployment rate, 804–805
- United States
  - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, 7177
- Universities/colleges
  - University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2112
- Victims of crime
  - rights, 3663
- Victims of domestic violence
  - protection, 1993–1994
- Volunteers, 5580–5581, 5584
  - Schoonderbeek, John (Mitchell Corners), 5580, 5584
- Waste
  - nuclear/radioactive waste, 8382, 9018
- Waste management/programs
  - certificate of approval required for spreading and storage of sewage sludge, 367
- Workers
  - injured workers, 3700
    - automobile agency, 1947
  - temporary workers, 5023
  - training, 3263
- Workers' compensation benefits
  - coverage for construction workers, 4064
  - coverage for executive officers of construction companies, 3901
- Working Families Coalition, 7136, 7853
- Workplace accidents/fatalities
  - Kells, Paul (victim of workplace explosion), 1948
- Workplace harassment/violence, 7804, 7812, 8012, 8014–8015, 9191–9193
  - prevention, 9095–9097
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
  - general discussion, 4064
  - second reading, 3700, 3806, 3811, 3814–3815, 3821–3822
  - time allocation motion
    - responded to, 3901–3902
  - third reading, 4235–4237
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), 3700
  - experience rating system, 1947
  - rates/premiums, 8709–8710
- Young offenders
  - place of secure custody, 3364
  - services, 3364–3366
- Youth justice system
  - reform, 4878–4879
- Youth/students, 3367
- Zoos
  - Bowmanville Zoo, 1689, 3985
  - Jungle Cat World, 1689, 3985
  - Northwood Zoo and Animal Sanctuary, 3985
  - Oshawa Zoo, 1689
Ouellette, J.J. (PC, Oshawa)
- Aggregate extraction
  - Nicols gravel pit
    - licence, 4808
- Amateur sports programs
  - criminal record checks, 287, 6870–6874, 6876
- Animal protection
  - electric collars, 1807
  - private zoos, 1599, 1807
- Anniversaries
  - Canadian Corps Association's 75th anniversary, 6083
- Artists
  - employment protection
    - part-time, 6245
- Automobile industry, 1424, 2233, 2348–2349, 3042–3043, 3071–3073
  - employment, 4287–4288
  - General Motors of Canada Ltd., 2233–2234, 3289–3290
    - Buick Regal produced at Oshawa assembly plant, 9002
    - collective agreements, 2349, 2386
    - government funding, 2287
    - hybrid electric vehicles, 157
    - layoffs, 1424, 2233
    - plant shutdown, 2246
    - restructuring plan, 5425–5426
    - truck plant closure, 3290, 6850
  - industry shutdowns
    - economic impact, 4330
  - pension plans, 6110, 6705–6706
- Automobile leases, 3071–3072
- Automobiles
  - government purchase of automobiles made in Ontario, 3072–3073, 3078
- Awards
  - Liveable Communities Award, 122
- Biomass energy, 5346
- Budget Measures Act, 2009 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 6110, 6118
- Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
  - second reading, 3590
- Canada-United States auto pact, 3071–3073
- Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008 (Bill 90)
  - third reading, 2914
- Colleges of applied arts and technology (CAATs)
  - pension plans and benefits for part-time employees, 2914
- Committees
  - Select Committee on Alternative Fuel Sources, 3290–3291
  - Standing Committee on Public Accounts
    - authority to invite former government employees to appear when considering Auditor General's report, 8674–8675
- Cormorants
  - population control, 1106
- Corporate tax exemptions
  - biofuel industry, 3106, 3109
- Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
  - second reading, 1838, 1859–1863, 2018–2019
- Credit cards
  - interest rates, 2410–2411
- Dams, 5345–5347
- Deer hunting
  - licences, 3877
- Driver licences
  - graduated licences
    - zero blood alcohol concentration level for drivers 21 years of age or younger, 4533
- Drivers
  - impaired drivers, 4562
- Economic conditions, 3590
- Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 (Bill 157)
  - second reading, 5553, 5555–5556
- eHealth Ontario
  - evidence of inappropriate practices
    - disclosure, 8820
- Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
  - second reading, 8161
- Energy
  - renewable energy, 5345–5346
  - spot market sales, 5036–5037
- Essar Steel Algoma Inc.
  - pension plans, 6704
- Ethanol, 3290–3291
- Federal elections/by-elections, 3288–3289
- Foreign caregivers, 8161
- Forest industry, 5036–5037
- Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
  - second reading, 9605, 9627
- Goods and services tax (GST)
  - reduction, 299
- Government notice of motions
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park
    - responded to, 9597–9598
  - Legislative reform
    - responded to, 1453–1456
- Government orders
  - Ontario economy
    - responded to, 3288–3291
- Government vehicles
  - manufacturing and assembly of vehicles in Canada, 2497
  - vehicles purchased, leased or rented should be manufactured and assembled in Canada, 3043
- Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
  - general discussion, 5037
  - second reading, 5154, 5337–5338, 5341, 5345–5348
- Harmonized sales tax, 6118
  - impact on government employees, 6688
  - impact on sport, recreation and physical activities, 8457
    - hockey, 8684
- Health care
  - accessibility, 3990
- Highway improvement
  - Highway 407 east extension, 133–134
- Home insurance
  - use of credit score in granting insurance, 6886, 7084
- Ideas for the Future Act, 2008 (Bill 100)
  - second reading, 3106, 3109
- Income tax reduction, 3289
- Increasing Access to Qualified Health Professionals for Ontarians Act, 2008 (Bill 97)
  - third reading, 3989
- Industry
  - resource-based, 9543
- Kindergarten
  - full-day
    - impact on daycare centres, 9627
- Lake Simcoe
  - fuel discharge from two-stroke motors in boats, 2685
  - waterfront development, 2685
- Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
  - second reading, 2685
  - third reading, 4354–4358
- Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education), 2008 (Bill 129)
  - first reading, 4066
- Legislative procedure
  - oral questions, 3277, 4823
    - use of question period, 8262
  - private members' public business, 1455–1456
- Legislative process
  - family friendly reforms, 1454
    - oral questions, 243
- Members'/ministers' constituencies/constituency events
  - Oshawa
    - Kids' Fishing Day, 2096, 6948–6949
- Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3289, 6870
- Members/ministers quoting letters
  - Sarnia Construction Association and Sarnia Building Trades Council, 5341
- Members/ministers quoting reports
  - Regulating Pesticides to Protect Children's Health (Ontario College of Family Physicians), 1861
- Members/ministers quoting statements
  - Ontario College of Family Physicians, 1860–1861
  - Sweet, Sandra (Simcoe Hall Settlement House), 6949
- Members' statements
  - Automobile industry, 2246
  - Canadian Corps Association, 6083
  - Consumer protection, 7084
  - Elk management, 8462–8463
  - General Motors of Canada, 9002
  - General Motors truck plant, 6850
  - Hybrid technology, 157–158
  - Kids' Fishing Day, 2096, 6948–6949
  - Liveable Communities Award, 122
  - Season's greetings, 9177
- Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
  - time allocation motion
    - public consultation, 7793–7794
    - responded to, 7792–7795
- Mining industry
  - consultation with First Nations, 7794
  - map staking, 7793
- Ministry of Government Services Amendment Act (Canadian Manufacturing and Assembly of Government Vehicles), 2008 (Bill 92)
  - first reading, 2497
- Ministry of Natural Resources
  - fish and wildlife program, 4868
  - moose program review, 1716
  - Outdoors Card, 299
  - tag allocation system, 3683
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  - second career strategy, 9605
- Motor Vehicle Origin and Components Disclosure Act, 2007 (Bill 9)
  - first reading, 68
- Motor vehicles
  - disclosure of country of origin and components, 68
- Municipal infrastructure
  - government funding, 3289
- Municipalities
  - federal government funding, 3288–3289
- Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
  - second reading, 7117, 7121, 7126
- Opposition day motions, responded to
  - Pension plans, 6704–6706
  - Rural schools, 2264–2265
- Oral questions, presented
  - Aggregate extraction, 4808
  - Automobile industry, 2233–2234, 2287, 2348–2349, 2386, 4287–4288, 4330, 5425–5426
  - Consumer protection, 6886
  - Cormorants, 1106
  - Electronic health information, 8820
  - Forest industry, 5036–5037
  - Goods and services tax, 299
  - Highway 407, 133–134
  - Hunting licences, 3877
  - Manufacturing jobs, 1424, 3042–3043
  - Mining industry, 9503
  - Moose tags, 1716
  - Natural resource industries, 9543
  - Road safety, 3683
  - Taxation, 6688, 8457, 8684
  - Wildlife management, 9728
- Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
  - third reading, 2410–2411
- Pension Benefits Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.8
  - regulation 5.1, 6704
- Pesticides/herbicides
  - ban on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides, 1859–1863
    - enforcement, 2019
    - exemptions
      - forest industry, 1838, 1859–1860
  - health risks, 1860–1862
- Petitions
  - Lord's Prayer, 340, 424, 506–507, 570, 1169, 1213, 1477, 1611–1612, 1889, 2092
  - Sales tax, 4830, 5045, 6089
  - Sexual reassignment surgery, 2901, 3051, 3092, 3282–3283
  - Taxation, 6953–6954, 7585, 8741–8742, 9184, 9416, 9586–9587
- Petroleum prices, 3289–3291
- Poetry
  - Season's Greetings, 9177
- Private members' public business
  - Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
    - second reading, 6245
  - Ministry of Government Services Amendment Act (Canadian Manufacturing and Assembly of Government Vehicles), 2008 (Bill 92)
    - second reading, 3071–3073, 3078
  - Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
    - second reading, 6869–6871, 6876
- Protection of Minors in Amateur Sports Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
  - first reading, 286–287
- Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
  - second reading, 1599, 1807
  - third reading, 3977–3978
    - public consultation, 3977–3978
- Provincial parks
  - Ipperwash Provincial Park
    - transfer process agreement returning to Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, 9597–9598
- Reports
  - Report on the Five Year Review of Automobile Insurance (Financial Services Commission of Ontario), 6886
- Retail sales tax
  - elimination of tax for fuel conservation, 160
- Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15)
  - first reading, 160
- Road safety
  - wildlife collisions, 3683
- Road Safety Act, 2009 (Bill 126)
  - second reading, 4533, 4562
- Roadside zoos
  - regulation, 3978
- Senior citizens
  - housing, 3288–3289
- Sex offender registry, 4867
- Skilled trades
  - automotive trades, 7126
  - certification, 7121
- Speaker
  - role, 1454
- Standing Orders
  - S.O. 110 (a) Committees - Authority, 8674
  - S.O. 108(h) Committees - Standing Committees Listed, 8674
- Time allocation motions
  - Mining Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 173)
    - responded to, 7792–7795
- Unions
  - Canadian Auto Workers
    - split with United Auto Workers, 3072
- Water heaters, 5337
- Wildlife management
  - coyotes, 9728
  - elk, 8462–8463
- Wind turbines, 5154, 5345
- Xstrata PLC
  - shutdown of copper and zinc operations at Kidd Met site, 9503