No. 82 N^o 82

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Assemblée législative de l'Ontario

1st Session, 36th Parliament

1re session, 36e législature

Tuesday, June 4, 1996

Mardi 4 juin 1996

PRAYERS 1:30 P.M.

PRIÈRES 13 H 30

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to Opposing the Sale of Ontario Housing Units to the Private Sector (Sessional Paper No. P-11) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Mr J. Cleary.

Petition relating to the Child Care System (Sessional Paper No. P-27) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Mr B. Grimmett.

Petition relating to Transition House in Chatham (Sessional Paper No. P-59) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Mr P. Hoy.

Petition relating to Opposing the Privatization of Ontario Hydro (Sessional Paper No. P-69) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Ms M. Churley.

Petitions relating to Bill 31, Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1995 (Sessional Paper No. P-77) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Mr J. Bradley and Ms A. Castrilli.

Petition relating to Banning the Spring Bear Hunt (Sessional Paper No. P-84) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Ms I. Bassett.

Petitions relating to the Co-op Housing Sector (Sessional Paper No. P-89) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Mr A. Curling and Mr T. Silipo.

Petition relating to The Dellcrest Children's Centre (Sessional Paper No. P-100) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Mr T. Ruprecht.

Petition relating to Bill 27, Children's Law Reform Amendment Act (Sessional Paper No. P-112) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Mr J. Hastings.

Petition relating to the Fishleigh Drive erosion control project (Sessional Paper No. P-113) (Tabled June 4, 1996) Mr D. Newman.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPOT DES PROJETS DE LOI

The following Bills were introduced and read the first time:-	Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés et lus une première fois:-
Bill 59, An Act to provide Ontario drivers with fair, balanced and stable automobile insurance and to make other amendments related to insurance matters. Hon. E. Eves.	Projet de loi 59, Loi visant à offrir une assurance-automobile équitable, équilibrée et stable aux conducteurs ontariens et à apporter d'autres modifications portant sur des questions d'assurance. L'hon. E. Eves.

Bill 60, An Act respecting the participation of workers and contractors from Quebec in Ontario's construction industry workforce. Mr J.-M. Lalonde.

Projet de loi 60, Loi concernant la participation des travailleurs et entrepreneurs du Québec à la main-d'oeuvre de l'industrie de la construction de l'Ontario. M. J.-M. Lalonde.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Mrs McLeod moved,

Mme McLeod propose,

Whereas the actions taken by Mike Harris and his government have reduced the excellence and accessibility of our education system; and

Whereas Mike Harris promised in the Common Sense Revolution that any funding cuts to education would not come from the classroom; and

Whereas Mike Harris and his government have in fact affected classroom funding with an initial cut of $400 million, which annualized will equal $800 million, and which has resulted in the elimination of the classroom for many young Ontarians and adult students; and

Whereas Mike Harris and his government have acknowledged that the current drop-out rate will cost the country $23 billion in lost productivity, $9.9 billion in lost taxes and $1.4 billion in welfare and unemployment benefits; and

Whereas many adult learners are high school drop-outs who realize the need to complete their high school education; and

Whereas Mike Harris' actions through Bill 34 will make adult education unaffordable for many; and

Whereas Mike Harris has closed the doors of education and opportunities for these individuals by a reduction of funding for adult education with the intended passage of Bill 34; and

Whereas the government's own studies have shown that junior kindergarten has a positive impact on children; and

Whereas the Royal Commission on Learning recommended that schooling begin at age three to maximize the benefit of early childhood education for each child; and

Whereas Mike Harris also promised to present a tool kit to the education sector to help them reduce their costs and failed to provide an adequate set of tools; and

Whereas, for many Ontarians the cost of the tax cut promised by Mike Harris will be a poorer education system;

Therefore this House calls on the Mike Harris government to fulfil its promise not to affect classroom spending; to refocus its priorities on the quality of our education system rather than simply cutting and slashing programs; and to promise no further cuts to the education system.

A debate arising, after some time, the motion was lost on the following division:-

Un débat s'ensuit et après quelque temps, la motion est rejetée par le vote suivant:-

AYES / POUR - 39

Bisson Curling McGuinty

Boyd Duncan McLeod

Bradley Gerretsen Miclash

Brown Grandmaître Morin

(Algoma-Manitoulin) Gravelle Patten

Caplan Hampton Phillips

Castrilli Hoy Pupatello

Churley Kennedy Ramsay

Cleary Kormos Ruprecht

Colle Lalonde Sergio

Conway Lankin Wildman

Cooke Laughren Wood

Cordiano Marchese (Cochrane North)

Crozier Martel

NAYS / CONTRE - 61

Arnott Galt Murdoch

Baird Gilchrist O'Toole

Barrett Grimmett Ouellette

Bassett Guzzo Palladini

Beaubien Hardeman Parker

Boushy Hastings Rollins

Brown Hodgson Ross

(Scarborough West) Hudak Runciman

Carr Jackson Sampson

Chudleigh Johnson Saunderson

Clement (Brantford) Shea

Danford Johnson Sheehan

DeFaria (Don Mills) Snobelen

Doyle Johnson Spina

Ecker (Perth) Sterling

Elliott Jordan Stewart

Eves Kells Stockwell

Fisher Leadston Tascona

Flaherty Marland Tsubouchi

Ford Martiniuk Turnbull

Fox Maves Young

Froese Munro

At 6:00 p.m., the question "That this House do now adjourn" was deemed to have been proposed pursuant to Standing Order 34(b).	À 18 heures, la motion portant «Que la présente Assemblée ajourne les débats maintenant» est réputée avoir été proposée conformément à l'article 34(b) du Règlement.
After two matters were considered, the question was deemed to have been adopted.	Après l'étude de deux questions, la motion d'ajournement des débats est réputée avoir été adoptée.

The House then adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

À 18 h 25, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Allan K. McLean

Speaker

Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 39(c):-

Documents Parlementaires Déposés Conformément à l'article 39(c) du Règlement:-

Compendia:

Bill 59, An Act to provide Ontario drivers with fair, balanced and stable automobile insurance and to make other amendments related to insurance matters (No. 166) (Tabled June 4, 1996).

Ontario Film Development Corporation / Société de Développement de l'Industrie Cinématographique Ontarienne, Annual Report for the year ending March 31, 1995 (No. 165) (Tabled June 4, 1996).