Letter: V

• Vanthof, J. (NDP, Timiskaming—Cochrane)

  • Highways and roads
    • northern Ontario, 42–43
  • Highways and roads safety
    • government strategy, 43
  • Land use planning
    • special economic zones
      • allocation, 339
  • Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
    • committee process, 283
  • Question period
    • Highway safety
      • presented, 159
  • Special economic zones
    • government strategy, 282–283
  • Species at risk
    • government strategy, 283
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 42–44
  • Trucking industry
    • certifications
      • visitor visas, 159

• Vaugeois, L. (NDP, Thunder Bay—Superior North)

  • Business - local
    • promotion of
      • Buy Ontario, Buy Canadian Day, 243
  • Gender-based violence - prevention
    • programs
      • Ontario-STANDS, 71
  • Government contracts
    • domestic vs. international corporations, 69
  • Government regulation
    • role of, 20
  • Interprovincial trade
    • direct-to-consumer alcohol sales, 243
    • labour mobility, 242
    • mutual recognition of goods and services
      • as deregulation, 229
    • safety and health standards, 68
    • skilled workers, 71
  • Legislative procedure
    • inter-party collaboration, 69–70
  • Members' statements
    • Interprovincial trade, 20
    • Ring of Fire, 20
  • Mining industry - Indigenous communities
    • duty to consult, 68, 71
    • Indigenous consultation and consent, 147
  • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
    • and Canada Disability Benefit, 156–157
  • Petitions
    • Ontario Place, 97
  • Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5)
    • second reading, 147
  • Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025 (Bill 2)
    • second reading, 229, 240–243
  • Question period
    • Ontario Disability Support Program
      • presented, 156–157
  • Ring of Fire development
    • Indigenous consultation and consent, 20
  • Steel industry
    • Canadian content requirements, 70
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 67–71
  • Workerplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
    • government strategy, 68–69
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
    • compensation
      • beneficiary criteria, 242–243
      • and payroll refunding, 241–242
      • permanent injuries, 241
    • general remarks, 241–242

• Vickers, P. (PC, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound)

  • Environmental protection
    • government strategy, 344
  • Forestry industry
    • government strategy, 94
    • and United States tariffs, 94
  • Land use planning
    • special economic zones
      • and duty to consult, 341
  • Question period
    • Forest industry
      • presented, 94
  • Throne speech debate
    • participation, 174, 184