Votes and Proceedings 1996-Oct-16 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario

No. 109 N^o 109

Votes and

Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly

of Ontario

Assemblée législative

de l'Ontario

1st Session,

36th Parliament

1^re session,

36^e législature

Wednesday,

October 16, 1996

Mercredi

16 octobre 1996

PRAYERS

1:30 P.M.

PRIÈRES

13 H 30

MOTIONS

On motion by Mr Johnson (Don Mills),

Sur la motion de M. Johnson (Don Mills),

Ordered, That, notwithstanding Standing Order 59(c), the Standing Committee on Estimates be authorized to postpone consideration of the estimates of the Ministry of Health and proceed with consideration of the estimates of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to Banning the Spring Bear Hunt (Sessional Paper No. P-84) (Tabled October 16, 1996) Mr T. Martin.

Petition relating to the Removal of induced abortion from medically insured services (Sessional Paper No. P-103) (Tabled October 16, 1996) Mr J. O'Toole.

Petition relating to Workers Health and Safety Centre and Occupational Health Clinics (Sessional Paper No. P-118) (Tabled October 16, 1996) Mr D. Christopherson.

Petition relating to Bill 181, Ammunition Regulation Act, 1994 (Sessional Paper No. P-139) (Tabled October 16, 1996) Mr T. Barrett.

Petition relating to Closure of two Sudbury hospitals (Sessional Paper No. P-144) (Tabled October 16, 1996) Mr R. Bartolucci.

Petition relating to the Standard of patient care at Mount Sinai Hospital (Sessional Paper No. P-150) (Tabled October 16, 1996) Mrs E. Caplan.

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

Mr Gravelle from the Standing Committee on Government Agencies presented the Committee's Twenty-first Report (Sessional Paper No. 260) (Tabled October 16, 1996).	M. Gravelle du Comité permanent des organismes gouvernementaux présente le vingt et unième rapport du comité (document parlementaire n^o 260) (déposé le 16 octobre 1996).
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(g)(11), the Report was deemed to be adopted by the House.	Conformément à l'article 106(g)(11), le rapport est réputé avoir été adopté par l'Assemblée.

Mr Barrett from the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills presented the Committee's Report which was read as follows and adopted:-	M. Barrett du Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi privés présente le rapport du comité qui est lu comme suit et adopté:-
Your Committee begs to report the following Bills without amendment:-	Votre comité propose qu'il soit permis de faire rapport sur les projets de loi suivants sans amendement:-

Bill Pr66, An Act respecting the City of Toronto.

Bill Pr72, An Act respecting the University of St. Jerome's College.

Your Committee begs to report the following Bill as amended:-

Votre comité propose qu'il soit permis de faire rapport sur le projet de loi suivant avec des amendements:-

Bill Pr67, An Act respecting the Ontario Plumbing Inspectors Association Inc.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT 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 84, An Act to promote Fire Prevention and Public Safety in Ontario and to amend and repeal certain other Acts relating to Fire Services. Hon. R. Runciman.	Projet de loi 84, Loi visant à promouvoir la prévention des incendies et la sécurité publique en Ontario et modifiant ou abrogeant certaines autres lois relatives aux services de lutte contre les incendies. L'hon. R. Runciman.
Bill 85, An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act with respect to Impaired Driving Offences. Mrs M. Marland.	Projet de loi 85, Loi modifiant le Code de la route en ce qui concerne les infractions pour conduite avec facultés affaiblies. M^me M. Marland.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Mrs McLeod moved,

M^me McLeod propose,

Whereas Mike Harris promised Ontarians in the last election that there would be "no cuts to health care funding"; and

Whereas hospital funding has been slashed by $1.3 billion; and

Whereas the Big Blue Bulldozer -- the so-called "arms length" Health Service Restructuring Commission -- has begun to plough through communities across the province; and

Whereas this non-elected and unaccountable body wields dictatorial power over the fate of Ontarians' health care; and

Whereas all the work of the Commission has been conducted in secret; and

Whereas this government's hospital restructuring has nothing to do with improving the quality of patient care in Ontario and everything to do with funding the Tories' 30% tax cut promise; and

Whereas decisions of the Health Service Restructuring Commission to date will result in Thunder Bay and Sudbury losing 50% and 37% of their acute care hospital beds, respectively; and

Whereas the Common Sense Revolution promised that "local health care communities will share in any savings identified locally for reinvestment in community priorities"; and

Whereas of the $41 million cut from the operating budgets of Thunder Bay hospitals only $10 million has been committed to reinvestment and of the $41 million cut from the operating budgets of Sudbury hospitals only $13 million has been committed for reinvestment; and

Whereas the Minister of Health has reduced the amount the government is required to fund for capital projects from 2/3 of the capital required to 1/2; and

Whereas thousands of Ontarians in communities across the province, such as Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Kitchener, Wiarton and Kincardine have pleaded with the Minister to stop the destruction of health care in the province of Ontario and save their local hospitals; and

Whereas there is no regard for community input in the restructuring process; and

Whereas Jim Wilson has stated repeatedly that "bricks and mortar do not cure people, people cure people", and

Whereas the $1.3 billion cut to hospital funding over three years will result in 15,000 nurses losing their jobs; and

Whereas this loss of health care providers translates into patients losing 13 million hours of nursing care; and

Whereas the actions of the Harris government will result in the erosion of quality and accessible health care in the province of Ontario; and

Whereas Ontarians are frightened and angry that because of the actions of the Harris Conservatives they will be unable to access quality health care in their own communities; and

Whereas the Minister of Health is clearly in control of this process despite his attempts to deny it;

Therefore, this House calls on the Mike Harris government to admit that the so-called "arms length" Restructuring Commission is a sham; to dismantle the unaccountable and dictatorial Health Services Restructuring Commission; to restore the $1.3 billion it has stripped from Ontario's hospitals; and to live up to the promise it made to voters in the last election that access to quality health care will be protected.

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 - 31

Agostino Cooke Martin

Bartolucci Cordiano McLeod

Bisson Crozier Miclash

Boyd Duncan Phillips

Bradley Grandmaître Pouliot

Brown Gravelle Pupatello

(Algoma-Manitoulin) Hoy Ramsay

Caplan Kennedy Ruprecht

Christopherson Lalonde Sergio

Churley Laughren Wildman

Cleary Martel

NAYS / CONTRE - 58

Arnott Guzzo Ouellette

Baird Hardeman Parker

Barrett Harnick Pettit

Bassett Hastings Preston

Beaubien Hodgson Ross

Brown Hudak Runciman

(Scarborough West) Jackson Saunderson

Carr Johns Shea

Carroll Johnson Sheehan

Chudleigh (Don Mills) Sterling

Cunningham Johnson Tascona

Danford (Perth) Tilson

DeFaria Jordan Turnbull

Doyle Kells Vankoughnet

Ecker Klees Villeneuve

Fisher Leach Wettlaufer

Fox Marland Wilson

Froese Martiniuk Witmer

Galt Maves Young

Gilchrist Mushinski

Grimmett O'Toole

The House then adjourned

at 6:05 p.m.

À 18 h 5, la chambre a ensuite

ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Christopher M. Stockwell

Speaker

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

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

Compendia:

Bill 84, An Act to promote Fire Prevention and Public Safety in Ontario and to amend and repeal certain other Acts relating to Fire Services (No. 261) (Tabled October 16, 1996).

Ontario Board of Parole / Commission Ontarienne des Libérations Conditionnelles, Annual Report for the year ending March 31, 1996 (No. 259) (Tabled October 16, 1996).