Liste de questions écrites

Vous trouverez sur cette page la liste des questions écrites qui sont publiés aux Feuilleton et Avis et les dates auxquelles les réponses ont été fournies. Le gouvernement doit déposer une réponse dans les 24 jours de session suivant le jour du dépôt de la question. La réponse est remise au greffier de l’Assemblée législative ainsi qu’au député ayant déposé la question.

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42e législature, 1re session

Question 337 : M. Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please provide the total estimated capital construction costs itemized for the section of the Ontario Line to run above-grade on the rail corridor from East Harbour Station to the point where it is proposed to run below ground north of Gerrard Street East, as proposed in the current Ontario Line plan.

Question 336 : M. Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please provide the total estimated capital construction costs itemized for the section of the Ontario Line to run underground from East Harbour Station to the point where it is proposed to run below ground north of Gerrard Street East, as outlined in the hybrid route for which Toronto City Council endorsed a review in motion 33.12 (2b) on April 8, 2021.

Question 335 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation confirm whether or not tolls are being considered for the proposed Highway 413 or the Bradford Bypass.

Question 334 : Mme Sattler (London-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide information on the consultations that took place related to the development of Bill 251, including the names of the organizations/individuals consulted, the date of the consultation, the type of consultation, any written materials provided, and the meeting notes from the consultation.

Question 333 : Mme Sattler (London-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide a detailed breakdown by Ministry and by program/organization of the activities and initiatives included under the $307 million Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy announced on March 6, 2020, specifying for each Ministry the name of the program/organization that is receiving funding, the total amount allocated, the time period for the allocation, and the purpose of the allocation.

Question 332 : M. Mantha (Algoma—Manitoulin) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation explain why the MTO does not have a LED Street Light Upgrade initiative for the highways across Ontario.

Question 331 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services confirm whether ODSP workers will still be employed.

Question 330 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services confirm whether the catchment areas will be consolidated from 47 Social Assistance offices to the 15 with Employment Ontario.

Question 329 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services confirm whether the Ministry has evaluated challenges to finding work due to lack of good jobs, lack of accommodating employment for people with disabilities, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the job market.

Question 328 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services explain how the Ministry will ensure consistency of service provision across municipalities.

Question 327 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services explain how the Ministry defines life stabilization, on what metrics will it be measured and how will municipalities be funded to deliver life stabilization supports.

Question 326 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please indicate whether her government intends to resume fee negotiations with Ontario’s optometrists before they withdraw OHIP-funded services for residents under 18 and over 65, people with eye diseases, and people living with diabetes, on September 1, 2021.

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Question 325 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines confirm the final total cost to taxpayers resulting from the cancellation of the White Pines Wind Project in Prince Edward Country, including compensation paid to wpd Canada.

Question 324 : M. Kernaghan (London-Centre-Nord) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services please advise when the Ministry will respond to correspondence from Jeffrey Ferland of Mississauga Centre.

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Question 323 : M. Kernaghan (London-Centre-Nord) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing please advise when the Ministry will respond to correspondence from Jeffrey Ferland of Mississauga Centre.

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Question 322 : M. Kernaghan (London-Centre-Nord) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services please advise if they are planning on taking action to prohibit the illegal installation of used furnaces in new homes.

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Question 321 : M. Kernaghan (London-Centre-Nord) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services please advise if they are aware of the legal opinion that states it is not within the law to install used furnaces into new homes.

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Question 320 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please share the accurate, complete socio-economic data collected that ensures Ontario’s vaccine roll-out is being done equitably, as promised by the Minister on March 5, 2021, including how many vaccine recipients have been asked their ethno-racial origin, how many have provided this data, and the results and analysis of this data.

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Question 319 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing please indicate how many COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred in Ministry-funded “Housing with Supports”, including the number of staff and residents who have contracted or died from COVID-19, and outline any inspections or other protective efforts undertaken following said outbreaks.

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Question 318 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please indicate how many Ministry-funded Homes for Special Care have had COVID-19 outbreaks, including the number of staff and residents who have contracted or died from COVID-19, and outline any inspections or other protective efforts undertaken following said outbreaks.

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Question 317 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please indicate how vaccine distribution among congregate settings are being prioritized, and how many group homes for adults with developmental disabilities, Homes for Special Care, and privately-run congregate housing facilities have received COVID-19 vaccination.

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Question 316 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please indicate how COVID-19 has impacted the rate of serious incidence in Ministry-funded group homes, including the use of physical restraint, serious injury, complaints about service standards, alleged abuse, death, missing client and disaster on premises.

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Question 315 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please indicate how many Ministry-funded group homes for adults with developmental disabilities have had COVID-19 outbreaks, including the number of staff and residents who have contracted or died from COVID-19, and outline any inspections or other protective efforts undertaken following said outbreaks.

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Question 314 : M. Schreiner (Guelph) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks please confirm whether a third-party reseller has booked all reservations available on the Ontario Parks campsite online reservation system when the website recently opened for the Summer 2021 season.

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Question 313 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health explain why LifeLabs is failing in its mandate to provide timely medical diagnostic testing services to Ontarians by requiring people to book appointments weeks in advance, reducing its hours and in some instances closing its doors, particularly in smaller communities, and by forcing patients to travel long distances and line up outdoors, often for hours, in order to provide a simple blood or urine sample.

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Question 312 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services please provide details of the contracts with private ServiceOntario providers which allow them to reduce or amend their opening hours at will, without regard for the accessibility and convenience of Ontarians they are designed to provide.

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Question 311 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health explain when Stevenson Memorial Hospital can expect to receive Stage 3 approval for their redevelopment.

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Question 310 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health explain when the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital can expect to receive funding for Stage 2 of their redevelopment.

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Question 309 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry provide an update on the application that was submitted well over a year ago to the Geographic Names Board by Dr. Peter Wells for the name Shining Waters Island.

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Question 308 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Infrastructure provide the amount of funding the government has invested in improvements to broadband internet services in Simcoe—Grey.

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Question 307 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Finance provide an update on what measures will be taken to protect G2 drivers from continuing to pay high auto insurance premiums due to delays in scheduling their final driving tests.

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Question 306 : M. Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—Baie James) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please explain whether the MTO study of speed limit increases includes a cost-benefit analysis of the time-saving impact of increased speed limits vis-à-vis injury data from EMS and hospitals, insurance data, coroners data, and the costs of fatal collision, including human costs and economic costs (i.e., rerouting traffic during closure, economic impact of closure, medical and health care impacts, etc.).

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Question 305 : M. Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—Baie James) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please explain which “partners in road safety” (as per the Minister’s response to Written Question 269) has her Ministry consulted with in order to continue with speed limits increases despite road safety community organizations and medical experts suggesting otherwise.

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Question 304 : M. Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—Baie James) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please explain why in her Ministry’s response to Written Question 269 she justified increasing speed limit pilots with outdated data from other provinces, including British Columbia that scaled back its highway speed limit increases in 2018, and whether she will reconsider the pilots once studying up-to-date information.

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Question 303 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Attorney General please indicate which Ministers have been most involved in determining the Ontario Government’s position in the settlement negotiations regarding the Government’s $330 billion medicare cost recovery lawsuit against the tobacco industry, and whether the Government has consulted any health organizations about potential public health measures to be considered in the negotiations.

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Question 302 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health confirm that the $234.9 million over three years allocated in the 2021 Budget for the six new plasma collection sites is for the creation of publicly owned facilities, upholding the Voluntary Blood Donations Act, 2014 that was unanimously passed by the House which banned the private sale of blood and plasma in the province, and not for private enterprises.

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Question 301 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please state whether or not the Ontario government is considering allowing paid plasma clinics to operate in Ontario.

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Question 300 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Ministry of Long-Term Care provide the number of vacant long-term care beds in the City of Ottawa as of March 11, 2021.

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Question 299 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Attorney General provide the total number of L4 applications that have been filed since the passage of Bill 184, as well as the total number of L4 applications that have been approved since the passage of Bill 184.

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Question 298 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Attorney General provide the number of applications to evict that are currently in the backlog waiting for a LTB hearing.

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Question 297 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks provide details with respect to the Upper York Sewage Solution project, explaining the lack of public consultation prior to announcing this proposed change, and clarifying under what authority the provincial government is assuming such control over a municipal infrastructure project.

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Question 296 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks provide details with respect to the Upper York Sewage Solution project, identifying the estimated financial and environmental costs of the Minister’s proposed design change that would run a sewer pipeline through the Oak Ridges Moraine to the Duffins Creek Water Pollution Control Plant, clarifying who will pay these costs, providing a cost/benefit/risk assessment to justify these costs.

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Question 295 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health indicate whether a private residence with a defibrillator accessible on the exterior of the building will be included as a “designated premise” in the Defibrillator Registration and Public Access Act, 2020 and provide a timeline for when the government will draft and enact regulations for the Act.

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Question 294 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services outline the Ministry’s plans for rebuilding capacity with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapists and identify how their expertise will be utilized in the future in the province.

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Question 293 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide clarification on whether there will be identifiers, such as dual diagnosis or a physical disability, that will disqualify a child from receiving services and funding from the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program, as well as whether there are funding and supports levels that will be contingent specifically on dual diagnosis or a physical disability in that program.

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Question 292 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide clarification on if, once a level of funding and consequential hours have been allocated to a child as part of the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program, there will exist the possibility for a reassessment of that child’s funding level if they at some point demonstrate an increased need above the original assessed level of funding or service.

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Question 291 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please confirm whether his Ministry will be transparent about how many children have been assessed into each funding level of the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program and what each of their funding allotments will be.

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Question 290 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please clarify the specific criteria for children to reach each funding level of the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program, including whether the assessed funding ranges are further broken down into standardized levels or if each assessment will produce a unique number.

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Question 289 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please clearly outline how his Ministry will determine which children will be invited to be one of the 600 entrants in the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program.

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Question 288 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide the expected length of the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program, as well as the amount of time the Minister feels the program will need to run in order to obtain pertinent data to determine its degree of success.

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Question 287 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please state how Care Co-ordinators in the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program will determine need if the tool involves a computer algorithm.

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Question 286 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services state what the success markers of the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program will be.

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Question 285 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please state whether there will be an appeal process for parents whose children are assessed at a much lower funding availability in the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program than they were previously receiving through clinical assessments.

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Question 284 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please state whether, when assessing need and allotting funding, the Care Co-ordinators of the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program will utilize the potential years of clinical data collected by ABA centres for children currently in service to help give a clearer picture of years and accomplishments, or if they will only use a standardized questionnaire and algorithm.

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Question 283 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please state whether the funding tier of the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program will be determined by age at diagnosis, age at assessment, or age at funding allotment.

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Question 282 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services clarify for the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program the expected timeframes to complete an assessment after a diagnosis is received, and how long after that until they are admitted into a program or receive funding.

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Question 281 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services clarify the phrases “may” and “could” found in the Ministry’s announcement for the pilot under the Ontario Autism Program, including the determining factors and state if there is a possibility that some children will be denied funding or therapy all together even with a medical diagnosis of ASD.

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Question 280 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please advise what supports are available for families with school-aged children without special needs over the age of 12.

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Question 279 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please advise whether the government will extend the age limit of the Support for Families funding to include all school aged children from elementary through to high school.

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Question 278 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please explain the Ministry’s rationale for limiting the Support for Families funding to children age 12 or 18 if they have special needs.

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Question 277 : Mme Singh (Brampton-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health explain why complex continuing care patients are being transferred out of the unit at Brampton Civic Hospital without proper explanation to patients and family members.

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Question 276 : Mme Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul's) le

Enquiry of the Ministry —Would the Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries please advise what cultural organizations will qualify as Cultural Institutions with respect to the $25 million announced as the only incremental spend on culture in the Fall Budget, how small and medium sized arts producers will benefit from this investment, and how artists and producers who identify as Indigenous, Black, or a person of colour will benefit from this investment.

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Question 275 : Mme Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul's) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries commit that, given that there will be significant savings in the 2020-2021 budget year from decreased expenditure on Ontario’s Cultural Industries Tax Credits, the amount saved will be spent on cultural programs and advise whether the Minister is considering directing those savings to the creation of similar tax credits and rebates for the performing arts.

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Question 274 : Mme Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul's) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries advise why the Government has chosen to exclude performers that are registered as sole proprietorships and who did not have a payroll account on March 15 from the planned $300 million property tax and energy rebates being made available by the Ontario Government.

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Question 273 : Mme Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul's) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Long-Term Care please advise whether physicians owe a patient a duty of care which includes a safe discharge from hospital, and if so, what is the scope of this duty.

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Question 272 : Mme Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul's) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Long-Term Care please advise what care options are available to someone who oversees the process for admission to complex continuing care and which laws govern the criteria for admission to complex continuing care in hospital.

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Question 271 : Mme Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul's) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Long-Term Care please advise whether the LHINs have policies or criteria from the Ministry to assess whether a person requires more hands-on PSW or nursing care than can be provided in long-term care.

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Question 270 : M. Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—Baie James) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please explain how the 511 app can help drivers in Northern Ontario and other regions of the province where there is no cellular signal.

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Question 269 : M. Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—Baie James) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please explain why her Ministry is moving ahead with speed limit increases, despite experts advising otherwise, and what jurisdictions in particular (i.e. Canadian provinces or States in the US) did her Ministry use as a baseline to make the decision to move from the pilot to full implementation.

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Question 268 : Mlle Simard (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries commit to supporting Ontario’s snow season by putting safe guidelines in place to allow snow sports to open for the 2020-2021 season and be available for Ontarians physical and mental health.

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Question 267 : Mlle Simard (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education confirm how much of the $736.4 million dollars in funding from the federal government was given to the Upper Canada District School Board to put in place safety measures for in-class students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Question 266 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General explain why the Chief Coroner’s expedited death review data collection in long-term care homes was not continued and/or reported after June, 2020.

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Question 265 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services confirm how many price-gouging complaints have been referred to law enforcement and specify if any charges have been laid.

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Question 264 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please indicate which Ministers have been most involved in determining the Ontario Government’s position in the settlement negotiations regarding the Government’s $330 billion medicare cost recovery lawsuit again the tobacco industry, and whether the Government has consulted any health organizations about potential public health measures to be considered in the negotiations.

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Question 263 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please provide separately the number of new (i) mental health workers; (ii) professional support staff; (iii) custodians; (iv) teachers; (v) education assistants; and (vi) early childhood educators hired between March 17, 2020 and November 1, 2020, broken down by school board.

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Question 262 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please indicate whether O. Reg. 107/96 of the Regulated Health Professions Act, specifically s. 7.1 (1), will be revised to include “A member of the College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario” as per the government’s promise in the 2019 Budget to expand the scope of practice for certain regulated health professionals in the name of enhancing access to services and the patient experience.

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Question 261 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health elaborate on the methodology that was used in order to conclude that ordering 5.1 million flu shots would be sufficient for the 14.5 million people in Ontario.

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Question 260 : M. West (Sudbury) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Labour please indicate when his Ministry will lower the Occupational Exposure Limits for Diesel Particulate Matter from 400 micrograms per cubic metre to 20 micrograms per cubic metre, as recommended by the expert advice of Carex Canada and the Occupational Cancer Research Centre, given that Ontario’s current Occupational Exposure Limits for diesel engine exhaust is 400 micrograms per cubic metre and this creates an above average number of Occupational Illnesses.

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Question 259 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health elaborate on why there has been limited information shared with the public and health officials regarding the purchase and use of 100,000 Elastomeric Respirators with P100 filters, and why the public has not yet been informed of their potential use or availability.

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Question 258 : Mme Hunter (Scarborough—Guildwood) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services identify the number of Ontarians who accessed the Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Programs in 2020, and how many of those OW and ODSP recipients received COVID-19 emergency top-up funds.

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Question 257 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please provide a copy of the Presto retail network agreement between Metrolinx and Loblaws Inc., dated April 11, 2017.

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Question 256 : Mme Collard (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General provide clarification about when her Ministry first became aware of police searches of the First Responders COVID-19 Risk Look-Up Tool Web Portal which contravened restrictions on information established in O. Reg. 120/20, and elaborate on why they continued to operate the database for several months after they became aware of systemic misuse of this database.

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Question 255 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please indicate how much money London Health Science Center returned to the government that was unused from the pandemic payment fund by London Health Science Center.

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Question 254 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please indicate how many London Health Science Center staff were asked to retroactively pay back the pandemic pay to London Health Science Center and what was that total amount.

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Question 253 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please indicate how many London Health Science Center staff were paid the pandemic payment and what was that total amount.

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Question 252 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please indicate what was the amount of the pandemic payment fund the government disbursed to London Health Science Center.

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Question 251 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please indicate when the pandemic payment fund was disbursed to London Health Science Center.

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Question 250 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation identify all locations where X-LITE guardrails and X-LITE end terminals, manufactured by Lindsay Transportation Solutions or by a contracted manufacturer, are installed or planned for installation in Ontario, as well as how the Ministry is responding to reports questioning their safety.

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Question 249 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please indicate when Ontario's Defibrillator Registry will be accepting submissions from people and businesses who own an AED and indicate when the registry will be operational.

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Question 248 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please indicate when race-based data will start being collected, which Ontario health care providers and agencies will collect the data, how will the data be available and whether the data be accessible to the public.

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Question 247 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health make public, and in an accessible format, any critical care triage protocol that is issued by the government, or Ontario Health, or any other provincially-mandated authority in the health care system, regarding medical triage decisions regarding critical care.

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Question 246 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health immediately make public, and in an accessible format, any report and recommendations by the Bioethics Table regarding the protocol to be used on clinical care triage so that Ontarians may know what is being planned and recommended in the case of a COVID-19 surge, particularly regarding access to critical medical care for people with disabilities.

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Question 245 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister for Seniors and Accessibility please explain what the government is doing to ensure that residents in congregate care settings will have continuous, meaningful access to their essential caregivers, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, and what staffing and additional resources they are allocating to facilitate this.

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Question 244 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please explain what the government is doing to ensure that residents in congregate care settings will have continuous, meaningful access to their essential caregivers, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, and what staffing and additional resources they are allocating to facilitate this.

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Question 243 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please explain what the government is doing to ensure that residents in congregate care settings will have continuous, meaningful access to their essential caregivers, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, and what staffing and additional resources they are allocating to facilitate this.

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Question 242 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please confirm whether Franco-Ontarians will see French accents (for example: ç, è, é, ê, ë) on their Health Cards before year-end 2020.

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Question 241 : M. Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Attorney General provide the full cost of hiring Benjamin Zycher as an expert witness for the Government of Ontario in the recent hearing on the constitutionality of the Government mandated anti-gas tax pump stickers.

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Question 240 : M. Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines provide the full cost of hiring Benjamin Zycher as an expert witness for the Government of Ontario in the recent hearing on the constitutionality of the Government mandated anti-gas tax pump stickers.

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Question 239 : M. Fraser (Ottawa-Sud) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General elaborate on what the Ministry has done to ensure the safety of inmates, those awaiting trial and employees in Ontario’s correctional facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and indicate what provisions and supplies have been provided to reduce the likelihood that anyone in Ontario’s correctional facilities contracts the COVID-19 virus.

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Question 238 : M. Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks provide a comparison showing how each mandatory condition contained in the recently revoked Declaration Order MNR-75 under the Environmental Assessment Act is maintained and continued in specific policies, manuals, programs, regulations, or procedures developed or promulgated under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act.

Réponse finale:

Question 237 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the relevant documents to support her claim made during Question Period on July 7, 2020 that 96% of Ontario’s COVID-19 test results are returned within 24 hours.

Réponse finale:

Question 236 : Mme Collard (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing elaborate on how the Ministry’s relief measures for renters during COVID-19, including stays on residential and commercial evictions and rent relief measures, constitute part of a balanced approach to accommodating the unique challenges faced by both tenants and landlords during these difficult times for all.

Réponse finale:

Question 235 : Mme Collard (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services elaborate on why the Ministry does not intend to extend the enhanced emergency benefit for Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) clients for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, and explain why this emergency benefit provides ODSP clients with substantially less monthly income than Canada Emergency Response Benefit recipients.

Réponse finale:

Question 234 : M. Schreiner (Guelph) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks please provide a full list of all the proposals for policies, acts, regulations and instruments that were approved while Regulation 115/20 was in place, which exempted these changes from full oversight under the Environmental Bill of Rights.

Réponse finale:

Question 233 : M. Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—Baie James) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please explain why the Ministry of Transportation Estimates for 2020-2021 do not include funding to restore the Ontario Northland passenger rail service, nor show any evidence of progress toward this goal, and whether the Minister intends to deliver the reopening of the Northlander before the next provincial election.

Réponse finale:

Question 232 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House what amount of the $237 million settlement will be returned and/or not paid because Crosslink Transit Solutions will not complete the Eglinton Crosstown project by the September 2021 deadline.

Réponse finale:

Question 231 : M. Schreiner (Guelph) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please explain if the government is currently considering expanding access to safer drug supplies by including injectable Opioid Agonist Therapies (OATs) in the Ontario Drug Benefit formulary in an effort to prevent overdose deaths, which are on the rise in recent months as people face new barriers accessing Consumption and Treatment Services.

Réponse finale:

Question 230 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services provide details of the number of available stock of already-manufactured white “Yours to Discover” license plates existing on March 1, April 1, May 1 and June 1, 2020, providing details of which Service Ontario locations had inventory on-site and which open-during-COVID Service Ontario locations were with and without inventory, providing specific details as to the timelines of availability of plates – specifying both the original white and the blue, while explaining the process for relocating inventory as needed.

Réponse finale:

Question 229 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide details of the process for municipalities and regional municipalities to follow for ensuring that infrastructure projects’ business cases completed by Metrolinx can meet provincial Ministry criteria so as to prevent delays and additional cost to municipalities, and provide a list of municipal projects affected by the need to resubmit new business plans, as the originals done by Metrolinx did not meet Ministry criteria, and provide an update on the status of these affected projects.

Réponse finale:

Question 228 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide details as to how the changes to traffic and road use during the COVID-19 pandemic are being measured, and specifically outline any impact that traffic patterns and volume may have on both the speed limit increase pilot and the study of tolls on the 412, 418 and 407 highways.

Réponse finale:

Question 227 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide details both of the rationale for introducing the speed limit increase pilot in the province of Ontario, and for continuing with the pilot during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Réponse finale:

Question 226 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide details of the data collection methods, statistics, and specific databases that are being implemented or utilized in the provincial speed limit increase pilot project, and specifically address whether or not statistics and/or data from the Traffic Injury Research Foundation, from the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) and/or Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) circle of care databases, insurance claims, severe injury statistics and Coroners’ data are being included in the pilot.

Réponse finale:

Question 225 : M. Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—Baie James) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please indicate the precise date and location of the Ministry of Transportation’s increased speed limit pilot project in Northern Ontario (as mentioned in the News Release of March 11, 2020), and specify what type of data the Ministry will use to evaluate this specific project’s performance.

Réponse finale:

Question 224 : M. Schreiner (Guelph) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please explain why Ontario’s full testing capacity is not already being used to test asymptomatic people in high-risk categories such as health workers, manufacturing and food processing workers, and taxi drivers.

Réponse finale:

Question 223 : M. Schreiner (Guelph) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please explain if Ontario acted on the advice of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health by entering Stage 1 of reopening before beginning asymptomatic or surveillance testing.

Réponse finale:

Question 222 : M. Schreiner (Guelph) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please explain if Ontario’s public health units have received additional funding to increase capacity for rapid contact tracing of COVID-19 positive tests and for data entry of testing results.

Réponse finale:

Question 221 : M. Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please explain what steps has the Ministry taken to ensure that FAC (Functional Assessment Centre) clients are made aware that there is an appeal and/or complaints process available to them, should they feel they were treated unjustly or unfairly during their Functional Assessment (FA) examination(s) or by the examination provider.

Réponse finale:

Question 220 : M. Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please explain why a government service (Functional Assessments) that is being provided by a contractor (DAC/Larry’s Drive School), is not required to accept electronic payments (ie: visa, debit etc.), and is permitted to operate on a cash-only basis.

Réponse finale:

Question 219 : M. Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please indicate how many complaints were filed with the Ministry regarding Larry’s Drive School Functional Assessments for each of the five previous fiscal years.

Réponse finale:

Question 218 : M. Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please provide a summary of complaints filed with the Ministry regarding drivers’ experiences with the FAC (Functional Assessment Centre) contractors for each of the five previous fiscal years.

Réponse finale:

Question 217 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Long-Term Care please advise when Bill 153, Long-Term Care Homes Amendment (Till Death Do Us Part) Act will be called for hearings at the Standing Committee on Justice Policy.

Réponse finale:

Question 216 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services provide comprehensive details of the testing process of the blue licence plates as well as a thorough cost breakdown of any public money spent on the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and disposal of both the blue licence plates and the enhanced licence plates.

Réponse finale:

Question 215 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide a copy of the names, titles, and organizational affiliations of the expert advisory panel set up by Metrolinx in November 2019, to review the criteria used to develop business cases for transit projects, as well as the criteria used to select panel members, any payment panel members receive, and the scope of the panel’s work.

Réponse finale:

Question 214 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health indicate when she will change the scope of practice to allow Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists to convey a diagnosis for the conditions they treat and make direct referral to Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist and Psychologists.

Réponse finale:

Question 213 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide copies of the 12 letters of direction from the Ministers of Transportation to Metrolinx from August 2017 to the present day.

Réponse finale:

Question 212 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please advise how much money the Ministry of Health has spent on transfer payments to third parties through the Smoke Free Ontario Strategy, how much is projected to be transferred by the end of the fiscal year and provide a list of recipient organizations and funds received to date for each of those.

Réponse finale:

Question 211 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please advise whether or not Ontario Health is currently able to accept funding for research from other Ministries, the Government of Canada and/or non-profit organizations without the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Réponse finale:

Question 210 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please advise the total number of applicants that were deemed ineligible to receive supports through the Ontario Drug Benefit, Trillium Drug Program, Exceptional Access Program and Case-by-Case Review Program when applying for coverage of any form of take-home cancer drug.

Réponse finale:

Question 209 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health provide an itemized breakdown of money spent to date through the Canada-Ontario Bilateral Agreement to Improve Healthcare Service.

Réponse finale:

Question 208 : Mme Begum (Scarborough-Sud-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services describe what emergency plan is being developed now to deal with programming losses for children with autism in Northern Ontario.

Réponse finale:

Question 207 : Mme Begum (Scarborough-Sud-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services describe what plan is being created by the Ministry to begin monitoring the incidence/level of ASD in Ontario, region by region, to better understand the future program needs of families in those regions.

Réponse finale:

Question 206 : Mme Begum (Scarborough-Sud-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide the most recent data regarding children on the waitlist for autism services versus those children who are now in service, in the 9 regions.

Réponse finale:

Question 205 : Mme Begum (Scarborough-Sud-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide data showing the total hours of ABA therapy provided by age of child and DSO versus DFO in each of the 9 regional autism programs.

Réponse finale:

Question 204 : Mme Begum (Scarborough-Sud-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide details showing the total cost of the Ontario Autism Program broken down by age of child and DSO versus DFO in each of the 9 regional autism programs.

Réponse finale:

Question 203 : Mme Begum (Scarborough-Sud-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide details showing the number of clinical staff for each regional autism program compared to the number of hours of direct service provided to families of children with autism thus far in the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

Réponse finale:

Question 202 : M. Natyshak (Essex) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services confirm if an RFP was issued for the contract it has with the Hanen Centre to provide “More than Words and TalkAbility” programs, or if it was sole-sourced and what are the terms, conditions and value of the contract.

Réponse finale:

Question 201 : M. Natyshak (Essex) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide the breakdown by region, of the number of parents with children on the wait list for OAP services who are expected to access this training.

Réponse finale:

Question 200 : M. Natyshak (Essex) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services confirm if an RFP was issued for this work or if it was sole-sourced and what are the terms, conditions and value of the contract.

Notes: Question retirée.

Question 199 : M. Natyshak (Essex) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services describe the process used to select the Hanen Centre to provide “More than Words and TalkAbility” programs to parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder beginning February 2020.

Réponse finale:

Question 198 : M. Natyshak (Essex) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services specify if an RFP was issued for the contract it has with the Child and Parent Resource Institute or if this was sole-sourced by the Ministry and what are the terms, conditions and value of this contract.

Réponse finale:

Question 197 : M. Natyshak (Essex) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide details of the contract it has with the Child and Parent Resource Institute to provide 15 in-person training sessions to community-based mental health stakeholders and caregivers in 2020.

Réponse finale:

Question 196 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please indicate what resources, if any, will be provided to municipalities for the enforcement and administration of the e-scooters pilot program.

Réponse finale:

Question 195 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please indicate whether any communication with the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility took place prior to the announcement of the e-scooters pilot program.

Réponse finale:

Question 194 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please describe what measures are being put in place to ensure the safety of people with disabilities, particularly blind and partially-sighted people, following the e-scooters pilot program’s implementation.

Réponse finale:

Question 193 : M. Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—Baie James) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please indicate how long ministry contractors took to achieve the bare pavement standard after the snow fall on November 27, 2019 for Highway 11 from the junction of Highway 655 to Highway 11 at the junction with Phillip Creek Road (49°45’38.9”N 85°11’37.5”W) and how these times were calculated.

Réponse finale:

Question 192 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please indicate how long ministry contractors took to achieve the bare pavement standard after the snow fall on November 27, 2019 for Highway 144 from Cartier to the junction of Highway 101, for Highway 17 from Lively to Nairn Centre and from Kukagami Lake Road to Coniston, for Highway 69 from the French River to the City of Sudbury city limit as well as Highway 101 between Ivanhoe Lake and the Highway 144 junction and how those times were calculated.

Réponse finale:

Question 191 : Mme Stevens (St. Catharines) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health provide an update on what process and criteria applicants are required to satisfy to be approved for the drug Spinraza under the Ministry’s Exceptional Access Program, and how are physicians made aware of the aforementioned criteria and the process.

Réponse finale:

Question 190 : Mme Morrison (Toronto-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Attorney General provide an update on what processes are in place at the Landlord Tenant Board to ensure that landlords and tenants are notified when orders of above-the-guideline rent increases expire to ensure that tenants receive their legally mandated increases and explain how orders of above-the-guideline increases are tracked.

Réponse finale:

Question 189 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide a copy of the procurement options analysis for the Ontario Line.

Réponse finale:

Question 188 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide a list of transit projects in the 2041 Regional Transportation Plan in order of priority, and identity which projects are funded, to what amount and by who, and which projects are unfunded.

Réponse finale:

Question 187 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Attorney General provide an estimate of the cost to the Ontario Government of appealing the Federal Government’s carbon tax rules to the Supreme Court.

Réponse finale:

Question 186 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Colleges and Universities please advise how much money the Ministry of Colleges and Universities has spent on transfer payments to post-secondary institutions through the Women’s Campus Safety Grant in this fiscal year, how much is projected to be transferred by the end of the fiscal year, and provide a list of recipient institutions and funds received to date for each of those.

Réponse finale:

Question 185 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Colleges and Universities please provide the current Terms of Reference for the Women’s Campus Safety Grant, the dates on which the Terms of Reference for the Women’s Campus Safety Grant have been reviewed since 1991, and the date on which the Terms of Reference for the Women’s Campus Safety Grant can be expected to be reviewed next.

Réponse finale:

Question 184 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the timing for when the allocation will be released for future stages of work for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 183 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide if an allocation remains for the Stages 2 and 3 costs as was previously identified and approved for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 182 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the timeline for completing Stage 2 for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 181 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the allocated funding amount for Stage 2 for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 180 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the timing for funding Stage 2 work for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 179 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the timing for Stage 3 approval for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 178 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the timing for Stage 2 approval for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 177 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the planning for establishing a firm RFQ date based on previous approval for Stage 2 status, upon completion of the outstanding Stage 1 requirement for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 176 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the timing for when funding will flow for Stage 2 work, upon completion of the outstanding Stage 1 requirement for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 175 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please provide the timing for listing the RFQ date upon completion of the outstanding Stage 1 requirement for the Windsor Regional Hospital.

Réponse finale:

Question 174 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide the date on which the Anti-Racism Directorate began drafting its targets and indicators as they currently appear online as well as the date on which those targets and indicators were published online.

Réponse finale:

Question 173 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Colleges and Universities please advise how much money the Ministry of Colleges and Universities has spent on transfer payments to third parties delivering anti-racism initiatives in this fiscal year, how much is projected to be transferred by the end of the fiscal year and provide a list of recipient organizations and funds received to date for each of those.

Réponse finale:

Question 172 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please advise how much money the Ministry of Education has spent on transfer payments to third parties delivering anti-racism initiatives in this fiscal year, how much is projected to be transferred by the end of the fiscal year and provide a list of recipient organizations and funds received to date for each of those.

Réponse finale:

Question 171 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please advise how much money the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services has spent on transfer payments to third parties delivering anti-racism initiatives in this fiscal year, how much is projected to be transferred by the end of the fiscal year and provide a list of recipient organizations and funds received to date for each of those.

Réponse finale:

Question 170 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please advise how much money the Ministry of the Solicitor General has spent on transfer payments to third parties delivering anti-racism initiatives in this fiscal year, how much is projected to be transferred by the end of the fiscal year and provide a list of recipient organizations and funds received to date for each of those.

Réponse finale:

Question 169 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please advise how much money the Anti-Racism Directorate has spent on transfer payments to third parties delivering anti-racism initiatives in this fiscal year, how much is projected to be transferred by the end of the fiscal year and provide a list of recipient organizations and funds received to date for each of those.

Réponse finale:

Question 168 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please advise how much money the Anti-Racism Directorate has spent on services in this fiscal year and how much is projected to be spent on services by the end of the fiscal year; and would she please provide a list of the services being funded, the amounts spent to date for each, and the amounts projected to be spent, by service, by the end of the fiscal year.

Réponse finale:

Question 167 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please advise how much money the Anti-Racism Directorate has spent in this fiscal year on salaries and how much is projected to be spent on salaries by the end of the fiscal year.

Réponse finale:

Question 166 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry explain what the Ministry is doing to make up for the loss of a local fish and wildlife biologist in Owen Sound who played a vital role in the carrying out hatchery programs, stream rehabilitation and wildlife projects.

Réponse finale:

Question 165 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks explain what actions the Ministry is taking to monitor and mitigate environmental impacts of a proposed hydro-electric generation project in Meaford.

Réponse finale:

Question 164 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade explain what the Ministry is doing to attract full-time jobs to my riding of Simcoe—Grey.

Réponse finale:

Question 163 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health provide a timeline of when the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital can expect to receive funding for their redevelopment.

Réponse finale:

Question 162 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health provide a timeline of when Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston can expect to receive funding for their redevelopment.

Réponse finale:

Question 161 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Long-Term Care commit to supporting applications for more long-term care bed licenses in my riding.

Réponse finale:

Question 160 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Long-Term Care provide an update on when Hospice Georgian Triangle can expect to receive operational funding for the four of their ten beds that continue to sit idle.

Réponse finale:

Question 159 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health provide an update on what the government is doing to develop a rare drug strategy in Ontario.

Réponse finale:

Question 158 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health provide an update on the status of OHIP approval for the medications Orkambi and Symdeko as a treatment for cystic fibrosis, or if any actions have been taken to negotiate a better price for these medications.

Réponse finale:

Question 157 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health provide an update on what the government is doing to help people with cystic fibrosis.

Réponse finale:

Question 156 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry please indicate when the Ministry will make a final decision regarding the future of the spring bear hunt as the 5 year pilot project is soon ending.

Réponse finale:

Question 155 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services please share when Franco-Ontarians can expect to have accents on their driver's licences and health cards.

Réponse finale:

Question 154 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs please confirm whether or not an agricultural producer or farm that uses biosolids or human excrement as fertilizer can be considered for, or be successful in achieving the “organic” designation in the province of Ontario.

Réponse finale:

Question 153 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs please provide the number and type of farms or agricultural organizations that purchase, apply or use biosolids and/or human excrement and provide the details of the use of the product.

Réponse finale:

Question 152 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health please state when she will release the terms of reference, membership and first meeting of the committee to implement the recommendations included in the Final Report of the Task Force on Environmental Health – “Care Now: An Action Plan to Improve Care for People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM) and Environmental Sensitivities/Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (ES/MCS)”.

Réponse finale:

Question 151 : Mme Singh (Brampton-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care explain, (considering that on April 15, 2019, correspondence from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to Ameek Singh was received stating that The Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine is receiving input through regional focus group sessions with front line providers and patients in communities across Ontario through early spring and that there was no specific session planned for Brampton), why Brampton was not included in the consultation to end hallway medicine, given that Brampton receives the least per capita healthcare funding allocation by the province of Ontario. Furthermore: (a) When is the next report expected to be published on the regional focus group sessions and are any consultations from Brampton included in this report; (b) If recommendations in the Premier’s Council report were not made for Brampton, what is the government’s plan in addressing hallway healthcare and the capacity issues in Brampton; (c) If there is no plan for Brampton to receive additional healthcare funding, why will Brampton not receive any additional funding.

Réponse finale:

Question 150 : M. Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services indicate what actions he intends to take to address concerns raised by Canadians for Properly Built Homes and other consumer advocates concerning whether or not the Tarion Warranty Corporation will finally be required to publicly disclose the salaries of its executives and board members, and whether Tarion will be subject to the same “Sunshine List” salary disclosure requirements as public sector employees under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, and what are the timelines or funding for such actions, if any.

Réponse finale:

Question 149 : M. Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services please share what steps have been taken to implement the recommendation of the Honorable Justice Douglas Cunningham in his review of the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act, released in his final report on March 28, 2017 that the Government provide new home buyers with access to neutral and independent adjudication delivered by a body separate from the warranty provider, in order to resolve disputes between consumers and their builders and the Tarion Warranty Corporation, and what are the timelines or funding for such actions, if any.

Réponse finale:

Question 148 : M. Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Government and Consumer Services indicate what actions he intends to take to address concerns raised by Canadians for Properly Built Homes and other consumer advocates concerning the nearly $600 million the Tarion Warranty Corporation has accumulated in its guarantee fund representing unspent fees ultimately collected from new home buyers, despite estimating its future warranty liabilities at less than half of this, and what are the timelines or funding for such actions, if any.

Réponse finale:

Question 147 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide the breakdown of revenue generated from the tolls on the 407 East Extension and 412; and, further, provide the isolated revenue from the 412 only.

Réponse finale:

Question 146 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House as to the status of the planned GO expansion to Bowmanville including the expected completion date of the project.

Réponse finale:

Question 145 : Mme Singh (Brampton-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Attorney General indicate what actions she intends to take to address concerns raised by Canadians for Properly Built Homes and other consumer advocates about access to justice at the Licence Appeal Tribunal, and what are the timelines or funding for such actions, if any.

Réponse finale:

Question 144 : M. Burch (Niagara-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing indicate what actions he intend to take to address concerns raised by Canadians for Properly Built Homes and other consumer advocates concerning inadequate or inconsistent Ontario Building Code inspections during new home construction, and what are the timelines and funding for such actions, if any.

Réponse finale:

Question 143 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please indicate how the government ensures that sufficient time is devoted to the acceptance, education and respect of LGBTQ rights in Health and Physical Education classes across the province.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 142 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please indicate how the government ensures that sufficient time is devoted to the issue of consent in Health and Physical Education classes across the province.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 141 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please indicate how much the advertisements from the Ontario government on the federal carbon tax cost to create and distribute.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 140 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Ministry of Transportation provide the proposed alignment and the location of the stations/stops for the proposed Ontario Line.

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Question 139 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide an estimate of the operating costs, ridership projections, and cost of each of the four transit projects (Ontario Line, Line 2 East Extension, Eglinton West LRT, Sheppard East Extension) identified in the transit proposal outlined in the 2019 Budget.

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Question 138 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide a copy of the 2018 Vendor Performance Report of Jacobs for its consulting work for Metrolinx.

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Question 137 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide a summary of the changes to ridership growth projections of the Hurontario LRT as a result of the removal of the three stop Mississauga loop.

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Question 136 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long Term Care please share what steps have been taken to implement the nineteen recommendations on the delivery of health care for Ontarians living with a diagnosed or undiagnosed rare disease as outlined in the Final Report presented by the Rare Diseases Working Group on March 10, 2017.

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Question 135 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please indicate when she intends to publically release the final report of the Task Force on Environmental Health which was submitted to the Ministry in December 2018.

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Question 134 : Mme Hunter (Scarborough—Guildwood) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade inform the House as to, with regards to polls administrated by the government since June 29, 2018, broken down by department or agency: (a) how many public opinion polls have been administered; (b) what amount has been spent on polls; and (c) what are the details of each poll administered, including (i) start and end date, (ii) pollster or vendor, (iii) list of all poll questions and subjects, (iv) results of each poll.

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Question 133 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Finance please advise if there has been Ministerial approval of the Long Term Funding Agreements as set out in the recent amendment to the OLG Act 1999.

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Question 132 : M. Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Finance please advise if there has been any grant of governmental approval or appointment of Ontario Horse Racing as the sole authority for the entire racing industry.

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Question 131 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Question au Ministère — Est-ce que la Procureure générale pourrait fournir la liste des actions en justice présentement entamées contre la Couronne du Chef de l’Ontario à l’exception des poursuites en révision judiciaire.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 130 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please provide the status of the GTA West Corridor Environmental Assessment process and outline the Ministry’s plans, decisions, timelines and estimated completion date for the corridor including specifically – but not limited to – details about highways and a dedicated transit right-of-way, as well as confirm whether funding has been set aside for the highway in its 10-year infrastructure plan, and if so, how much.

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Question 129 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Infrastructure provide details and confirm that the Province of Ontario has a climate change plan in place that the Federal Government has confirmed will satisfy the Federal Government’s requisite condition for securing the transfer of over $1.4 billion in infrastructure dollars to Ontario’s municipalities as Phase 2 of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Plan.

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Question 128 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide the status of the community asset inventories developed collaboratively with the Anishinabek Nation and provide a detailed time frame and plan for the roll out of the asset inventories to communities across the four regions that will serve as test cases.

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Question 127 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Infrastructure confirm or provide details as to whether the Minister will support the Town of Erin and provide the necessary funding for the implementation phase of the Town’s municipally-owned wastewater treatment facility along with a specific timeline of when the Town can expect the funds.

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Question 126 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport provide specific rationale as to why Durham Region does not qualify for the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit (OFTTC) 10% Regional Bonus that is available to productions shot outside the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), despite the fact that much of Durham Region is of comparable distance from Toronto film studios as other jurisdictions that do successfully qualify for the same OFTTC Regional Bonus.

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Question 125 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Indigenous Affairs advise what the status is of the FASD Indigenous Partner Projects and whether or not the jurisdictional scans to explore foundational issues is on track to be finished by 2019.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 124 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services advise (a) if the FASD Public Awareness Campaign has been paid for and if so when, and (b) when will this campaign be launched, and (c) if the contractor who created the campaign has not been paid, when will that happen and what were the penalties if any for breaking this contract.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 123 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services advise what their plans are with respect to continuing the membership with the CanFASD Research Network and what has been communicated to that group to this effect.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 122 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Indigenous Affairs advise if (a) their plans are to continue the Indigenous Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder/Child Nutrition Program and (b) whether or not the First Nations groups that were receiving support through this program have been informed of what the status is, and (c) how many Indigenous service providers were serving how many Indigenous communities under this program.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 121 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services advise how many FASD workers have been hired, and how many of those are in First Nations communities.

Notes: La députée a démissionné le 31 juillet 2019.

Question 120 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide race-based data for government employees and appointees, and advise of strategies to diversify public employees and appointees.

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Question 119 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide details of anti-racism strategies, including implementation timelines.

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Question 118 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide details of meetings since June 2018 related to Ontario's anti-racism strategies, and any meeting notes from said meetings, whether internal or with external stakeholders.

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Question 117 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide details of the anti-racism initiatives continued and implemented since June 2018.

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Question 116 : Mme Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please advise on the total amount of funding granted to Consumption and Treatment Service applicants approved on March 29 2019.

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Question 115 : Mme Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please advise what the total number of Consumption and Treatment Service applications the Ministry has received to date.

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Question 114 : Mme Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please provide a copy of the evaluation and/or scoring criteria used to determine the eligibility for Consumption and Treatment Service funding, including any and all rubrics, scoring cards, and/or weighting systems used to evaluate/score applications.

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Question 113 : Mme Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Finance please provide all definitions of “new rental units” as per the 2018 Fall Economic Statement, “reintroduction of the rent control exemption that will apply to new rental units first occupied after today”.

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Question 112 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please advise of all the data collected regarding the Anti-Racism Directorate and/or anti-racism work and provide the report and analysis of the data collected to date.

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Question 111 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please advise what actions and programs will be continued with the Anti-Racism Directorate and the strategy being implemented since June 2018.

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Question 110 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide details of the plans and/or strategies developed and implemented with the Anti-Racism Directorate and the Black Youth Action Plan since June 2018.

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Question 109 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide details of the meetings related to the Anti-Racism Directorate and any meeting notes from said meetings, whether internal or with external stakeholders.

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Question 108 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Solicitor General please provide details of the actions taken with the Anti-Racism Directorate since June 2018.

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Question 107 : Mme Morrison (Toronto-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide details of funding allocated and spent for the Investing in Women's Futures Fund for fiscal year 2018-2019 and how much has been budgeted for this fund for fiscal year 2019/2020.

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Question 106 : Mme Morrison (Toronto-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services provide the total amount budgeted in fiscal year 2019-2020 for all programs, services and transfer payments within her Ministry which were previously funded under the Ministry of the Status of Women.

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Question 105 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Infrastructure please describe what contingency plans exist should Bondfield Construction Company Inc., currently under creditor protection, be unable to fulfill its contractual obligations with respect to several public-private partnership projects procured by Infrastructure Ontario, and what costs could be incurred by the provincial government or its agencies as a consequence.

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Question 104 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please advise (a) how many people with developmental disabilities are currently waiting to receive passport funding from the provincial government, and (b) how many people have received the guaranteed $5,000 per year funding as was committed to in Budget 2018.

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Question 103 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide a breakdown of the purported $17 billion cost of the Basic Income Pilot Project.

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Question 102 : Mme Gretzky (Windsor-Ouest) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please provide a specific timeline for the implementation of the amendment to Health Insurance Act - Regulation 552: General.

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Question 101 : M. Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide for each of the 5 previous fiscal years how many Ontario residents have been treated out of province through the Out-of-Province Prior-approval process (OOP) for services that either weren't available in Ontario, or were not available in a timely manner.

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Question 100 : M. Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide for each of the 5 previous fiscal years how many Ontario residents have been treated out of country through the Out-of-Country Prior-approval process (OOC) for services that either weren't available in Ontario, or were not available in a timely manner.

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Question 99 : M. Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide for each of the 5 previous fiscal years the number of OHIP claims submitted by physicians in private practice, and what number were paid out to physicians, and what percentage of claims were rejected, and what was their total value in dollars.

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Question 98 : Mme Hunter (Scarborough—Guildwood) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education inform the House as to the status of the government's plan for the Early Childhood Educators' wage subsidy; how much has been spent on this wage subsidy so far; is there a plan from this government to continue this subsidy program; if not, when will this wage subsidy stop.

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Question 97 : M. Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide for each of the five previous fiscal years how many OHIP claims were rejected because of each of these reasons: no OHIP coverage, invalid number, or an incorrect version code.

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Question 96 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House as to the status of the government’s plan for the future rehabilitation and/or expansion of Highway 401, including the reconstruction of the Highway 401 Harmony Road interchange.

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Question 95 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House as to the status of the planned GO expansion to Bowmanville including the expected completion date of the project.

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Question 94 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House as to the status of the government's plan to implement GO Regional Express Rail (RER) service along the GO Lakeshore East rail corridor in Durham Region with electrified service between Union Station and Oshawa.

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Question 93 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide the exact reason in writing for denying St. Stephen's Community House in Kensington, Toronto, approval to run a safe consumption and treatment site.

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Question 92 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation provide an estimate on the projected change to ridership on GO as a result of the GO fare changes announced April 1, 2019 which include a new $3.70 fare on short trips and up to a 4% increase on long trips.

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Question 91 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Infrastructure please confirm whether Clark Savolaine, recently appointed to the Infrastructure Ontario board of directors, has resigned his position at KPMG as Senior Manager, Deal Advisory-Infrastructure, and what steps have been taken, if any, to avoid a real or perceived conflict of interest.

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Question 90 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry please explain why there is a dual regulation of water management and groundwater extraction at waterpower facilities between the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act, administered by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and the Ontario Water Resources Act, administered by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks.

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Question 89 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care explain what actions are being taken by the government to recruit and train more personal support workers in rural areas and across the province.

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Question 88 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide the government’s palliative care strategy.

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Question 87 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care explain what the current standard of care is and the actions being taken to improve the standard of care for residents of long-term care homes in Ontario.

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Question 86 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide an update on what the government is doing for people with cystic fibrosis who are over the age of 18.

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Question 85 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide the role Cysitic Fibrosis Canada played in the process of establishing a prescribing criteria for the medication Orkambi.

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Question 84 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care explain if they have had or plan to have any conversations with the pharmaceutical company Vertex about the medication Symdeko.

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Question 83 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide an update on the status of OHIP approval for the medication Symdeko as a treatment for cystic fibrosis.

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Question 82 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care provide the reasoning behind the prescribing criteria for the medication Orkambi considering it is preventative medication.

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Question 81 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care explain what the government is doing to remove the prescribing criteria of the medication Orkambi.

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Question 80 : M. Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care explain what the Ministry is doing to negotiate a better price for the medication Orkambi.

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Question 79 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please inform the House: (1) what plans have been made for storing data related to mandatory e-learning courses in Ontario, (2) whether this data will remain on servers while e-learning grows exponentially and what privacy protections have been put in place to ensure student privacy will be protected, including how the Ministry plans to monitor education workers and students participating in the new program, and (3) particularly how the Ministry will ensure the protection of privacy of students with Individual Education Plans with the transmission of sensitive files.

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Question 78 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please inform the House: (1) what the policy will be regarding students who drop or fail a mandatory e-learning course, (2) will the student be required to take the course a second time and will the cost be covered by the Ministry of Education, (3) and will they be required to take the course online again even if they prefer face-to-face options.

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Question 77 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please inform the House how attendance will be tracked if a student enrolled in a mandatory e-learning course is not required to physically be present in class, and what advice the ministry has received regarding liability related to a student being injured during their allotted mandatory e-learning time, if the student is not physically present in school during the course.

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Question 76 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please advise whether teachers will be required to respond to student inquiries after the face-to-face workday, as many students currently access e-learning after school hours.

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Question 75 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please advise whether the proposed mandatory e-learning courses will count as part of a student's full-time funding at their respective schools or will the funding model be changed to reflect different streams.

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Question 74 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please confirm whether or not e-learning programs will be offered to private schools, either in Ontario or abroad, for a fee, and whether private school students in Ontario will also be required to complete four mandatory online courses in order to graduate.

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Question 73 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education inform the House whether the Ministry is currently considering delivery and development of e-learning services through private companies and provide names of any privately funded company that has approached, or has been approached by the Ministry of Education to discuss the subject of e-learning or the expansion of e-learning services.

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Question 72 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education inform the House whether the Ministry intends to use D2L and OERB content to deliver e-learning classes.

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Question 71 : Mme Shaw (Hamilton-Ouest—Ancaster—Dundas) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please provide a copy of all Treasury Board orders since June 29, 2018, including orders to adjust the authorized spending for any ministry program or sub-program.

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Question 70 : Mme Shaw (Hamilton-Ouest—Ancaster—Dundas) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please provide details of planned spending changes to approximately 40 ministry programs referred to in the Financial Accountability Officer’s report, “Expenditure Estimates: A Review of Ontario's Proposed Spending Requirements for the 2018-2019 Supply Bill,” reflecting the differences in planned spending between the Expenditure Estimates published by the previous government and subsequently tabled by the current government, and the spending program outlined in the 2018 Fall Economic Statement.

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Question 69 : Mlle Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the President of the Treasury Board please provide a copy of the request from the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services to the Treasury Board “for an emergency $102 million” for the Ontario Autism Program, as mentioned by the Minister during Question Period on February 21, 2019, as well as the Treasury Board's response, including any Treasury Board orders.

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Question 68 : Mlle Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide details of the constraints on spending on the Ontario Autism Program that explain her statement during Question Period on February 21, 2019 that she was obliged to ask the Treasury Board “for an emergency $102 million” to maintain funding for a program whose budget was $321 million, according to the Expenditure Estimates published by the previous government and subsequently tabled by the current government.

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Question 67 : Mlle Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please reconcile her statement during Question Period on February 21, 2019 that she had increased the 2018-19 budget for the Ontario Autism Program from $256 million to $321 million, with the fact that the Expenditure Estimates published by the previous government and subsequently tabled by the current government showed planned spending for the OAP at $321 million in 2018-2019, and that actual spending for the OAP in 2017-2018 was $318 million, according to the Public Accounts.

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Question 66 : Mlle Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide details of all changes to authorized spending for the 2018-2019 fiscal year since April 1, 2018 for the Ontario Autism Program, budgeted at $321 million in the Expenditure Estimates published by the previous government and subsequently tabled by the current government.

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Question 65 : Mme Hunter (Scarborough—Guildwood) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Chair of Cabinet inform the House as to, with regards to polls administrated by the government since June 29, 2018, broken down by department or agency: (a) how many public opinion polls have been administered; (b) what amount has been spent on polls; and (c) what are the details of each poll administered, including (i) start and end date, (ii) pollster or vendor, (iii) list of all poll questions and subjects, (iv) results of each poll.

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Question 64 : Mme Hunter (Scarborough—Guildwood) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Premier inform the House as to, with regards to polls administrated by the government since June 29, 2018, broken down by department or agency: (a) how many public opinion polls have been administered; (b) what amount has been spent on polls; and (c) what are the details of each poll administered, including (i) start and end date, (ii) pollster or vendor, (iii) list of all poll questions and subjects, (iv) results of each poll.

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Question 63 : Mme Hunter (Scarborough—Guildwood) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community, and Social Services inform the House as to, with regards to polls administrated by the government since June 29, 2018, broken down by department or agency: (a) how many public opinion polls have been administered; (b) what amount has been spent on polls; and (c) what are the details of each poll administered, including (i) start and end date, (ii) pollster or vendor, (iii) list of all poll questions and subjects, (iv) results of each poll.

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Question 62 : Mme Stiles (Davenport) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please advise what the total cost of the 2018 education reform consultation was to the provincial government.

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Question 61 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide the new definition of disability for ODSP eligibility.

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Question 60 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please confirm when a new definition of disability for ODSP recipients is coming in to effect.

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Question 59 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide all definitions of disability under consideration to determine ODSP eligibility.

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Question 58 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please advise what the total cost of the December 2018 closure and relocation of the Cambridge Central Ambulance Communications Centre was for the provincial government.

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Question 57 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please advise if the review of the Highway 7 project as detailed in the southern highways program 2018-2022 (various twinning projects) is complete.

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Question 56 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please provide the Ministry's transition plans to help high-needs children with autism in schools under the new Ontario Autism Program.

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Question 55 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please explain what costing the government has done to determine the long-term cost-saving of the government's new Ontario Autism Program.

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Question 54 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please confirm how the government's Ontario Autism Program is supported by evidence-based medicine and clinicians.

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Question 53 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide the quantitative data used to determine the government's funding model for the Ontario Autism Program.

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Question 52 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide details on the funding model, including all carve-outs and funding geared to income, for the Ontario Autism Program.

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Question 51 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please advise what the expected cost is for the Ontario Autism Program for fiscal years 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.

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Question 50 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform of when it last provided gas tax money to local municipalities, and when it is scheduled to issue its next payment.

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Question 49 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform of its plan to provide gas tax money to local municipalities to use for transit, specifically if the government plans to keep the two cents a litre contribution or increase it to four cents a litre.

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Question 48 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform when Michael Lindsay submitted his report(s) on the subway upload to the Minister of Transportation, or the expected date of the report(s) if they have not yet been received.

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Question 47 : Mme Fife (Waterloo) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation please advise why Metrolinx's November 2018 business case creates a parallel program for two-way, all-day GO along the full length of the Kitchener line instead of including it in the main GO Expansion plan.

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Question 46 : M. Hassan (York-Sud—Weston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please outline the timeline and process for transitioning the caseload from the Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth to the Ombudsman's Office.

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Question 45 : M. Hassan (York-Sud—Weston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please advise which staff positions within the Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth will not be replicated within the Ombudsman's Office.

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Question 44 : M. Hassan (York-Sud—Weston) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please advise how much of the staff in the Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth will be transferred to work in the Ombudsman's Office.

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Question 43 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please provide a list of all of the Kitchener Centre schools that submitted contracts that were not considered “eligible” and/or “approved to proceed” under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Question 42 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Education please provide a list of all of the Kitchener Centre schools that submitted contracts for projects related to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) prior to its cancellation.

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Question 41 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please advise how many of the proposed 6,000 long term care beds will be assigned to the City of Kitchener and, specifically, to Kitchener Centre.

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Question 40 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please advise how many people are on the long-term care waitlist in the City of Kitchener and, specifically, in Kitchener Centre.

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Question 39 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services please provide details on the budget for the Anti-Racism Directorate as a whole and the specific funding allocations for the Black Youth Action Plan.

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Question 38 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities please provide details on the expected disciplinary measures to be exercised against students on university and college campuses should they contravene free speech policies and provide examples of approved disciplinary measures that would be enacted in response to a contravention of these policies.

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Question 37 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities please provide a copy of documents, list of experts, and list of the best practices that have been used to set the minimum standards for the Free Speech Policies that Ontario colleges and universities are now required to implement.

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Question 36 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities please provide a copy of the memo issued to colleges and universities that sets out the minimum standard for the Free Speech Policies.

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Question 35 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities provide details on the minimum standards for the Free Speech Policies that the government will be setting for colleges and universities.

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Question 34 : Mme Lindo (Kitchener-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House of the status of negotiations for all-day, two-way GO Train service between Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto, the funding commitment to this project, and the timeline for completing the project.

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Question 33 : M. Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines provide the Final Cost Estimate submitted by Monday, October 1, 2018 by Bruce Power to the IESO for its first reactor re-build and detail whether it exceeds the Cost Threshold.

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Question 32 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry for the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please advise what process the ministry used to come to the conclusion that 6,000 beds is the appropriate number of beds for alleviating waitlists in the province.

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Question 31 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry for the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please advise how many people are on the Long-Term Care waitlist in the City of London.

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Question 30 : Mme Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) le

Enquiry for the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please advise how many of the announced 6,000 beds will be allocated to South West LHIN and what is the breakdown by city, and specifically the City of London.

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Question 29 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services inform the House of the current number of federal immigration detainees currently held in provincial correctional facilities.

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Question 28 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Question au Ministère — Est-ce que la Procureure Générale pourrait informer la Chambre des subventions reçues par des organismes de défense des droits des femmes depuis le 1er juillet 2018 (montants et récipiendaires).

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Question 27 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues provide details as to the grants provided to women’s groups since July 1, 2018 (amounts and recipients).

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Question 26 : M. Harden (Ottawa-Centre) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please provide details regarding what steps have been taken to implement a comprehensive dental care program for low income seniors.

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Question 25 : Mme Hunter (Scarborough—Guildwood) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services please advise the number of outlets (both physical and online) licenced to sell ammunition in Ontario, by municipality, how much ammunition is sold, in Ontario, by municipality, each year, for the last ten (10) years.

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Question 24 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House what is the timeline for the completion of the Finch West LRT.

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Question 23 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House if they will introduce $3 fares for GO travel in Toronto and on trips 10 kms or less starting in January 2019.

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Question 22 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House of the Provincial Government's funding commitment to the Hurontario LRT.

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Question 21 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House of the operating costs of Presto, as well as the yearly state of good repair costs for Presto, for the most recent fiscal year.

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Question 20 : Mme Bell (University—Rosedale) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House of the operating costs of the Union Pearson Express for the 2017-2018 year.

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Question 19 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services inform the House of developments to their plan to address the settlement of asylum seekers and refugee claimants in Ontario.

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Question 18 : Mme Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks inform the House of the details of how the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account funds have been spent to date.

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Question 17 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services inform the House of the current number of Federal immigration detainees currently held in provincial correctional facilities.

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Question 16 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House as to the status of the planned GO expansion to Bowmanville including the expected completion date of the project.

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Question 15 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House as to the status of the government's plan for the future rehabilitation and/or expansion of Highway 401, including the reconstruction of the Highway 401 Harmony Road interchange.

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Question 14 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House as to the status of the government's plan to implement GO Regional Express Rail (RER) service along the GO Lakeshore East rail corridor in Durham Region with electrified service between Union Station and Oshawa.

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Question 13 : Mme French (Oshawa) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Transportation inform the House as to the status of the Durham-Scarborough bus rapid transit (BRT) route along Highway 2, including the expected completion date of the project.

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Question 12 : M. Gates (Niagara Falls) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Finance please inform the House as to when we can expect the 2017-2018 annual report to be tabled by the OLG, given that the 2016-2017 OLG annual report was tabled nearly a year late and the 2017-2018 report was to be tabled at the end of July 2018.

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Question 11 : M. Gates (Niagara Falls) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Finance please confirm that the Government will allow and support the continued operation of Ajax Downs regardless of any additional gaming services or sites, such as the proposed Durham Live, coming into operation within the GTA gaming bundle.

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Question 10 : M. Gates (Niagara Falls) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Finance please inform the House as to how much was paid by Gateway for each of the Southwest and North Gaming Bundles, respectively, that were both purchased for a total of $174,069,000, as stated on page 74 of the OLG 2016-2017 Annual Report.

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Question 9 : M. Gates (Niagara Falls) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Finance please confirm that the Government will be returning the slots to the Fort Erie Race Track as promised by Premier Doug Ford on May 29, 2018 at a campaign stop in Niagara and if so, when can the residents expect this promise to be fulfilled and the slots to be returned to the Racetrack.

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Question 8 : M. Schreiner (Guelph) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services please provide a breakdown detailing the $17 billion cost of the Basic Income program cited by the Minister and data showing the workplace participation rates of participants in the Basic Income Pilot project at the start of the program in April 2017 and on the day the Minister announced the cancellation of the program on July 31, 2018.

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Question 7 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long Term Care acknowledge that the IgA human tissue transglutaminase (IgA TTG) blood test which assists in the diagnosis of celiac disease and is recommended by experts from the Canadian Celiac Association and internationally should be included in the OHIP schedule of laboratory testing.

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Question 6 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care please explain how the Ministry is planning to address each of the recommendations in the Interim Report of the Minister’s Task Force on Environmental Health, titled “Time for Leadership: Recognizing and Improving Care” released publicly on September 29, 2017.

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Question 5 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Labour please provide statistics indicating how many worker’s appeals to the Ontario Labour Relations Board ended with a decision in the worker's favour for the years 2017, 2016 and 2015.

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Question 4 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Labour please provide statistics indicating how many times workers or unions approached the Ontario Labour Relations Board with regard to employer reprisals for the years 2017, 2016 and 2015.

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Question 3 : Mme Gélinas (Nickel Belt) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Labour please provide statistics indicating how many Ontario Labour Relations Board hearings were held in relation to employer reprisals toward workers refusing unsafe work for the years 2017, 2016 and 2015.

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Question 2 : M. Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services advise whether Ontario uses information collected by gun sellers about customers to track potential resellers of legal guns onto the illegal market. If yes, what are the results.

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Question 1 : M. Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) le

Enquiry of the Ministry — Would the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services advise whether Ontario uses the information collected by sellers of ammunition to identify potential illegal resales of the ammunition that is legally bought. If yes, what are the results.

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