Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The committee met at 0901 in room 151.

SUBCOMMITTEE BUSINESS

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): We’ll call the meeting to order. We have one housekeeping item before I call Ms. Albanese forward. The first housekeeping item, I’m given to understand, is that Mr. Martiniuk has a motion.

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: I move that Mr. Rinaldi be appointed as government member of the subcommittee on committee business.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Any discussion on the motion? All those in favour? Opposed? That carries. Welcome, Mr. Rinaldi.

Mr. Lou Rinaldi: Very glad to be here.

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: You lucky guy.

Mr. Lou Rinaldi: I hear the Chair supplies wine at every meeting.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Upon request—okay, next meeting.

DEEPA GAS LIMITED ACT, 2010

Consideration of Bill Pr31, An Act to revive Deepa Gas Limited.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): We’re going to deal with the bills, probably in reverse order, upon the request of some of the sponsors. Therefore, I’d like to call Bill Pr31 and for Ms. Albanese and the deputant to come forward. For the purposes of Hansard, if the deputant could identify himself.

Mr. Ashok Kumar: My first name is Ashok and my last name is Kumar.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): All right, now to the sponsor, if you have any comments on the bill.

Mrs. Laura Albanese: I would like to say that I’m very pleased to be here. I’m here with Mr. Ashok Kumar for An Act to revive Deepa Gas Limited. I’m pleased to be sponsoring this bill on his behalf.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Okay. Applicant: Do you have any comments that you wish to make?

Mr. Ashok Kumar: Just that, by mistake, it was dissolved. It was kind of a miscommunication between the accountant and myself. We didn’t know that he had transferred the assets before dissolving it, so it was kind of dissolved in a hurry. So we are asking to revive it so we can transfer the assets.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Thank you very much. Are there any interested parties? Does anyone else wish to speak to this bill? Seeing none, parliamentary assistant, are there any comments from the government?

Mr. Lou Rinaldi: No, we have no objection. We’d like to see this move forward, if possible.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Are there any questions from committee members? Seeing none, are the members ready to vote? All right. Then we have the following:

Shall section 1 carry? Carried.

Shall section 2 carry? Carried.

Shall section 3 carry? Carried.

Shall the preamble carry? Carried.

Shall the title carry? Carried.

Shall the bill carry? Carried.

Shall I report the bill to the House? Carried.

962 BLOOR STREET WEST
LIMITED ACT, 2010

Consideration of Bill Pr29, An Act to revive 962 Bloor Street West Limited.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I see Mr. Ruprecht has arrived, so we’re going to go to Bill Pr29. For the purposes of Hansard, if the deputant could identify himself.

Mr. David Moretti: David Moretti.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Thank you very much. Mr. Ruprecht, do you have any comments?

Mr. Tony Ruprecht: Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate your ruling to tie this over for a few minutes.

I’m here with David Moretti, who has applied for special legislation to revive 962 Bloor Street West Ltd. The applicant represents that he was a director and the president of the corporation when it was dissolved. The corporation was voluntarily dissolved under the Business Corporations Act on February 23, 2009, pursuant to an article for dissolution. The applicant would like to revive this corporation in order to deal with a certain property that was held in the corporation’s name at the time of the dissolution.

It is appropriate to grant this application, in my view.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Does the applicant have any comments?

Mr. David Moretti: I do not.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Is there anyone present who wishes to speak to this bill? Seeing none, parliamentary assistant, are there any comments from the government?

Mr. Lou Rinaldi: No, we have no comments. We’d like to see this move forward as well.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Any questions from committee members? Seeing none, are the members ready to vote? Okay.

Shall section 1 carry? Carried.

Shall section 2 carry? Carried.

Shall section 3 carry? Carried.

Shall the preamble carry? Carried.

Shall the title carry? Carried.

Shall the bill carry? Carried.

Shall I report the bill to the House? Carried.

Mr. David Moretti: Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Tony Ruprecht: And I want to thank Mr. Moretti for his patience.

DURHAM REGION CLASSIC
MUSTANG CLUB ACT, 2010

Consideration of Bill Pr30, An Act to revive the Durham Region Classic Mustang Club.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Last, but not least, Mr. O’Toole, if you would come forward with the deputant. If the deputant could, for the purposes of Hansard, identify himself.

Mr. Frank Fielding: Frank Fielding.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Mr. O’Toole, the floor is yours. Do you have any comments?

Mr. John O’Toole: Yes. It’s a pleasure to be here this morning with my constituent Frank Fielding, who has worked so hard to bring forward Bill Pr30, An Act to revive the Durham Region Classic Mustang Club.

That’s the statement. He has done all of the rigorous requirements to meet this opportunity to present to the committee. He’s seeking your support to resurrect the registration of this once-established classic Mustang club. Again, I’m happy that my constituent has done all the work and I’m just taking all the glory.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Very good. Mr. Fielding, do you have anything you wish to say?

Mr. Frank Fielding: Basically, the main reason that we want to revive it is so we can get liability insurance. It was set down accidentally, and the insurance companies require that you’re incorporated to get liability insurance, which means that the cruise night that we have—a couple of individuals have taken it over because the club doesn’t have the insurance to run it.

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The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I thank you very much. Are there any interested parties, anyone who wishes to speak to this bill? Anyone in attendance? I see no one. Parliamentary assistant, are there any comments from the government?

Mr. Lou Rinaldi: First of all, I congratulate MPP O’Toole for admitting that he doesn’t do much work; his constituents do all the work. Congratulations.

We don’t have any comments. I was hoping that we’d see a rare Mustang out here today, but I guess we’ll have to wait for a nicer day. We have no objections.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): All right. Are there questions from committee members? Any questions from committee members? Yes?

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: I just have a question to the parliamentary assistant. After the bill is passed, assuming it’s passed, would this—I would think that this being a non-profit corporation, this committee might wish to see it relieved of some of the costs that we can control as we have done for other non-profit organizations that come before us. Do you have any comments?

Mr. Lou Rinaldi: No. I don’t have any comments.

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: I’ll make the motion, and then we can discuss it.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I have been advised by the clerk, and it is my understanding as well, that it must be a charitable organization with a charitable number for this to work.

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Rather than a non-profit?

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Rather than a non-profit. Do you have a charitable number?

Mr. Frank Fielding: No. Just non-profit.

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Fine. That’s fine.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I would caution that it’s—

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: I will accept the clerk’s summation.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Any other questions from committee members? Any others? Are the members ready to vote?

Mr. John O’Toole: Chair, I just want to comment if I may, in the light-hearted nature of the discussion this morning, that quite frequently, Haugen’s chicken in Port Perry has what they call a drive night or a cruise night. When is it?

Mr. Frank Fielding: Cruise nights are Wednesday nights.

Mr. John O’Toole: They’re very well attended from across the GTA.

I think it’s important that Frank, being from the Port Perry area, takes this on. I want to clarify that I have no direct conflict myself because I worked at General Motors. I would have preferred it was called the Camaro, but nonetheless, we’ll leave that discussion to the other members.

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: He drives a German car.

Mr. John O’Toole: We all have our predispositions.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Are we ready to vote? Yes? Oh, a question.

Mr. Tony Ruprecht: Since I’m a Mustang fan, what do you mean exactly by a classic Mustang? Is it only the one year, the 1967 one?

Mr. Frank Fielding: The classic—the club goes from 1964 to 1978.

Mr. Tony Ruprecht: But the car itself, which is the classic Mustang? Which year is it?

Mr. Frank Fielding: From 1964 right to 1978.

Mr. Tony Ruprecht: Thank you.

The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): We’re going to proceed now to the vote. Everybody is ready?

Shall section 1 carry? Carried.

Shall section 2 carry? Carried.

Shall section 3 carry? Carried.

Shall the preamble carry? Carried.

Shall the title carry? Carried.

Shall the bill carry? Carried.

Shall I report the bill to the House? Agreed.

Thank you very much. That would conclude our business for today. Meeting adjourned.

The committee adjourned at 0913.

CONTENTS

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Subcommittee business T-25

Deepa Gas Limited Act, 2010, Bill Pr31, Mrs. Albanese T-25

Mr. Ashok Kumar

Mrs. Laura Albanese

962 Bloor Street West Limited Act, 2010, Bill Pr29, Mr. Ruprecht T-25

Mr. David Moretti

Mr. Tony Ruprecht

Durham Region Classic Mustang Club Act, 2010, Bill Pr30, Mr. O’Toole T-26

Mr. Frank Fielding

Mr. John O’Toole

STANDING COMMITTEE ON REGULATIONS AND PRIVATE BILLS

Chair / Président

Mr. Michael Prue (Beaches–East York ND)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Président

Mr. Paul Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek / Hamilton-Est–Stoney Creek ND)

Mr. David Caplan (Don Valley East / Don Valley-Est L)

Mr. Kim Craitor (Niagara Falls L)

Mr. Jeff Leal (Peterborough L)

Mr. Gerry Martiniuk (Cambridge PC)

Mr. Paul Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek / Hamilton-Est–Stoney Creek ND)

Mr. Bill Murdoch (Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound PC)

Mr. Michael Prue (Beaches–East York ND)

Mr. Lou Rinaldi (Northumberland–Quinte West L)

Mr. Tony Ruprecht (Davenport L)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Ms. Cheri DiNovo (Parkdale–High Park ND)

Clerk pro tem / Greffier par intérim

Mr. Trevor Day

Staff / Personnel

Ms. Susan Klein, legislative counsel