Letter: F

• Fairclough, L. (LIB, Etobicoke—Lakeshore)

  • Affordable housing
    • government strategy, 412
  • Business - local
    • promotion of
      • Buy Ontario, Buy Canadian Day, 231
  • Commuting
    • multiple methods, 63
  • Craft breweries
    • government strategy, 232
  • Drugs - illegal
    • criminalization
      • government strategy, 413
  • Education
    • government strategy, 125
  • Food banks
    • demographics, 412
  • Health care
    • government strategy, 180
    • nature, 62
  • International trade
    • tariffs, United States, 230
  • Interprovincial trade
    • facilitation of
      • and reciprocity, 231–233, 235
    • labour mobility
      • impact, 120–121
      • interprovincial recruitment and retention, 229–233, 236, 239
  • Land use planning
    • special economic zones
      • accountability and oversight, 355
      • in other jurisdictions, 344
  • Members' inaugural speeches, 59–62
  • Members' statements
    • Mental health and addiction services, 254
  • Members'/ministers' constituencies
    • Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 60–61
  • Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 59–62
  • Mental health and addictions services
    • in correctional facilities, 413
    • general remarks, 254
  • Mining industry - Indigenous communities
    • duty to consult, 297
  • Opioid addiction
    • government response, 412
  • Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
    • second reading, 275, 280
    • legal challenges, protection from, 280
  • Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
    • second reading, 120–121, 125, 229–233, 235–237, 239
    • impact
      • evaluation strategy, 231, 237
  • Public health
    • measles
      • government strategy, 209
  • Question period
    • Public health
      • presented, 209
  • Special economic zones
    • selection of
      • accountability and transparency, 284
  • Species at risk
    • government strategy, 275
    • protection
      • government strategy, 352
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 59–63, 180
  • Unhoused persons
    • encampments, 411
      • removal and jail capacity, 412
    • factors affecting, 413
    • and municipalities, 413
    • service needs, 412
    • statistics and research, 411–412

• Fedeli, Hon. V. (PC, Nipissing)

  • Business
    • facilitation of
      • government strategy, 76–77
  • Canadian Free Trade Agreement
    • party-specific exemptions
      • in other jurisdictions, 74–75
      • removal, 74
  • Economic development
    • government strategy, 143–144
  • Employment
    • creation/loss, 155
  • Government accountability and transparency
    • response to tariffs, 205
  • International trade
    • missions
      • Asia, 156
    • tariffs, United States, 151
      • government strategy, 73–74, 141–142, 160
  • Interprovincial trade
    • barriers
      • impact, 74
    • direct-to-consumer alcohol sales, 76, 81
    • government strategy, 74
    • impact, 74
    • labour mobility, 75–76
    • mutual recognition of goods and services, 75
      • economic impact, 75
  • Land use planning
    • special economic zones, 160
  • Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
    • second reading, 141–144
  • Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
    • first reading, 33
    • second reading, 73–77, 81–82
    • statements by stakeholders, 82
  • Question period
    • Automotive industry
      • responded to, 151–152
    • Government accountability
      • responded to, 160, 205, 263–264
    • International trade
      • responded to, 156
    • Job creation
      • responded to, 155
  • Regulations
    • and provincial economy, 263
  • Trade with United States
    • economy, impact on, 73

• Fife, C. (NDP, Waterloo)

  • Economic development
    • government strategy, 236
  • Forestry industry
    • US tariffs, impact on, 54
  • Housing development
    • construction starts, 27
    • government funding, 27–28
  • International trade
    • government strategy, 237
    • tariffs, United States
      • motivating factors, 235
  • Interprovincial trade
    • facilitation of
      • and reciprocity, 238
    • labour mobility
      • as deregulation, 236–237
      • interprovincial recruitment and retention, 232, 236
    • mutual recognition of goods and services
      • as deregulation, 230, 237
  • Land use planning
    • special economic zones
      • accountability and oversight, 342
  • New Democratic Party
    • governing strategy, 59
  • Petitions
    • Land use planning, 214
  • Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
    • second reading, 230, 232, 235–238
    • stakeholder consultations, 237
  • Question period
    • Housing
      • presented, 27–28
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 54, 59, 63

• Firin, M. (PC, York South—Weston)

  • Economic conditions
    • government strategy, 265
  • International trade
    • tariffs, United States
      • government strategy, 30
  • Mining industry
    • government strategy, 30–31
  • Question period
    • Labour dispute
      • responded to, 265
    • Ontario economy
      • presented, 30–31

• Flack, Hon. R. (PC, Elgin—Middlesex—London)

  • Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program
    • government funding, 393–394
  • Housing
    • government strategy, 210–211
    • municipal partnerships, 211
  • Housing development
    • construction starts, 27
    • government strategy, 89
  • Housing supply
    • government strategy, 257–258
  • Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders (MZOs)
    • by site
      • Nanticoke Industrial Park, 210
  • Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
    • first reading, 267
  • Municipal finances
    • Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund, 394
  • Question period
    • Housing
      • responded to, 27, 89, 210–211
    • Land use planning
      • responded to, 210
    • Supportive housing
      • responded to, 257–258
  • Safer Municipalities Act, 2025 (Bill 6)
    • first reading, 213
  • Supportive housing
    • government funding, 394
      • Homelessness Prevention Program, 394
      • Indigenous Supportive Housing Program, 394
  • Unhoused persons
    • encampments, 395
      • alternatives to, 401
      • general remarks, 258, 392–393
      • government response, 393
  • Unhoused persons - support programs and services
    • HART hubs, 394
    • supportive housing, 393
    • temporary accommodations, 393

• Ford, Hon. D. (PC, Etobicoke North)

  • An Act to perpetuate an ancient parliamentary right (Bill 1)
    • first reading, 8
  • Cost of living
    • government strategy, 320
  • Government contracts
    • domestic procurement
      • Building Ontario Business Initiative (BOBI), 25
    • domestic vs. international corporations, 25
  • Housing supply
    • government strategy, 257–258
  • Interprovincial trade
    • government strategy, 24
  • Question period
    • Employment supports
      • responded to, 24
    • Government contracts
      • responded to, 25
    • Supportive housing
      • responded to, 258

• Fraser, J. (LIB, Ottawa South)

  • Consumer protection
    • product labelling
      • domestic/international/interprovincial, 218
      • price increases, 218–219
  • Cost of living
    • affordability, 327
  • Doctors - primary care
    • shortage
      • government strategy, 47
  • Electricity rates
    • government strategy, 316–317, 327
  • Government accountability and transparency
    • communication methods
      • personal device use, ministers, 205–206
    • special economic zones, 284–286
  • Health care services
    • clinic, service fees, 45
  • International trade - tariffs, United States
    • jobs, impact on, 46–47
  • Judges
    • independence of, 258–259
  • Judicial appointments
    • conflict of interest, 160
  • Land use planning
    • special economic zones, 154
  • Members'/ministers' remarks
    • withdrawn, 259
  • Ontario Place - lease of, redevelopment agreements
    • cancellation, 154
    • transparency and accountability, 25–27, 45–46, 87–89, 153–154, 205
  • Opposition day motions
    • Consumer protection
      • responded to, 218–219
  • Question of privilege
    • misrepresentation
      • responded to, 161
  • Question period
    • Government accountability
      • presented, 25–27, 87–89, 153–154, 205–206
    • Justice system
      • presented, 258–260
  • School facilities - maintenance and repair
    • backlog, 47
  • Special economic zones
    • selection of
      • accountability and transparency, 286–287, 288
  • Taxation
    • reduction, 315–316
      • impact, 338
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 44–46
  • WSIB Coverage for Workers in Residential Care Facilities and Group Homes Act, 2025 (Bill 8)
    • first reading, 214

• French, J.K. (NDP, Oshawa)

  • Automotive industry - employment
    • government strategy, 317–318
  • International trade
    • tariffs, United States
      • government strategy, 129
  • Members' statements
    • 44th Parliament, 83–84
  • Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
    • second reading, 128–129, 133
  • Trucking industry
    • International Registration Plan, 133