Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The committee met at 0904 in committee room 1.

The Vice-Chair (Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti): The Standing Committee on Justice Policy is now in session. I want to wish a good morning to everybody.

Subcommittee report

The Vice-Chair (Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti): The first item on the agenda here is the report of the subcommittee on committee business: Mrs. Martins.

Mrs. Cristina Martins: Your subcommittee on committee business met on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, to consider the method of proceeding on Bill 49, An Act with respect to immigration to Ontario and a related amendment to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 and recommends the following:

(1) That the committee meet in Toronto on Thursday, April 2, and Thursday, April 16, 2015, to hold public hearings.

(2) That the Committee Clerk, in consultation with the Chair, post information regarding public hearings on the Ontario parliamentary channel, the Legislative Assembly website and on Canada NewsWire.

(3) That interested parties who wish to be considered to make an oral presentation on Thursday, April 2, 2015, contact the committee Clerk by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

(4) That interested parties who wish to be considered to make an oral presentation on Thursday, April 16, 2015, contact the committee Clerk by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

(5) That, if all requests to appear can be scheduled, the committee Clerk can proceed to schedule all witnesses on a first-come, first-served basis.

(6) That, if there are more requests to appear than slots available, the Chair shall call a subcommittee meeting in order to adjust witness time slots in order to hear from all interested parties, if possible.

(7) That late requests be scheduled upon subcommittee approval.

(8) That expert witnesses be invited upon subcommittee approval.

(9) That witnesses be scheduled in 10-minute intervals, with five minutes allotted for their presentation and five minutes for questions from committee members (one caucus per presentation, on a rotational basis).

(10) That, if possible, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade be invited to appear as the first witness, to make a presentation of up to five minutes, and three minutes per caucus allotted for questions.

(11) That the deadline for written submissions be Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 5 p.m.

(12) That, for administrative purposes, proposed amendments to the bill be filed with the committee Clerk by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2015.

(13) That the committee meet on Thursday, April 23, and Thursday, April 30, 2015, for clause-by-clause consideration of the bill.

(14) That the research officer provide the committee with an overview of how Bill 49 would work with federal immigration rules, including changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program that take effect April 1, 2015, before the first day of public hearings.

(15) That the research officer provide the committee with a summary of presentations by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2015.

I move that the subcommittee report be adopted.

The Vice-Chair (Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti): Any questions or comments?

Mr. Bob Delaney: That sums it up.

Mr. Todd Smith: Sounds like our meeting yesterday.

The Vice-Chair (Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti): None? All right.

All those in favour, then, of the subcommittee report?

All those opposed?

Carried.

Are there any other matters that you want to discuss? None?

The committee is adjourned.

The committee adjourned at 0908.

Subcommittee report JP-11

STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE POLICY

Chair / Président

Mr. Shafiq Qaadri (Etobicoke North / Etobicoke-Nord L)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Président

Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti (Scarborough Southwest / Scarborough-Sud-Ouest L)

Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti (Scarborough Southwest / Scarborough-Sud-Ouest L)

Mr. Bob Delaney (Mississauga–Streetsville L)

Mr. Jack MacLaren (Carleton–Mississippi Mills PC)

Mr. Michael Mantha (Algoma–Manitoulin ND)

Mrs. Cristina Martins (Davenport L)

Ms. Indira Naidoo-Harris (Halton L)

Mr. Arthur Potts (Beaches–East York L)

Mr. Shafiq Qaadri (Etobicoke North / Etobicoke-Nord L)

Mr. Todd Smith (Prince Edward–Hastings PC)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong (London–Fanshawe ND)

Mr. Lou Rinaldi (Northumberland–Quinte West L)

Clerk / Greffière

Ms. Tamara Pomanski

Staff / Personnel

Mr. Andrew McNaught, research officer,
Research Services