Legislative Assembly of Ontario

No. 4

N^o 4

Wednesday,
April 28, 1999

Mercredi
28 avril 1999

Prayers
1:30 P.M.

Prières
13 H 30

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 16, An Act to revise the Endangered Species Act and to protect Threatened and Vulnerable Species. Mr. B. Wildman.

Projet de loi 16, Loi révisant la Loi sur les espèces en voie de disparition et visant à protéger les espèces vulnérables et les espèces menacées. M. B. Wildman.

Bill 17, An Act respecting Labour Mobility in the Construction Industry aimed at Restricting Access to Those Taking Advantage of Ontario's Policy of Free Mobility. Hon. J. Flaherty.

Projet de loi 17, Loi sur la mobilité de la main-d'oeuvre dans l'industrie de la construction visant à restreindre l'accès de ceux qui profitent de la politique de libre mobilité de l'Ontario. L'hon. J. Flaherty.

Bill 18, An Act to promote patients' rights and to increase accountability in Ontario's health care system. Mrs. M. Boyd.

Projet de loi 18, Loi visant à promouvoir les droits des patients et à accroître l'obligation de rendre des comptes dans le système de soins de santé de l'Ontario. M^me M. Boyd.

Bill 19, An Act, in memory of Christopher Stephenson, to establish and maintain a registry of sex offenders to protect children and communities. Hon. R. Runciman.

Projet de loi 19, Loi à la mémoire de Christopher Stephenson visant à créer et à tenir un registre des délinquants sexuels en vue de protéger les enfants et les collectivités. L'hon. R. Runciman.

Bill 20, An Act to require fair dealing between parties to franchise agreements, to ensure that franchisees have the right to associate and to impose disclosure obligations on franchisors. Hon. D. Tsubouchi.

Projet de loi 20, Loi obligeant les parties aux contrats de franchisage à agir équitablement, garantissant le droit d'association aux franchisés et imposant des obligations en matière de divulgation aux franchiseurs. L'hon. D. Tsubouchi.

The following Bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills:-

Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés, lus une première fois et déférés au Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi privés:-

Bill Pr1, An Act respecting the City of Ottawa. Mr. G. Guzzo.

Bill Pr7, An Act respecting the City of Windsor. Mrs. S. Pupatello.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petitions relating to enacting legislation that will protect minors from unwanted exposure to pornography (Sessional Paper No. P-1) Mr. McLean and Mr. Wood (London South).

Petition relating to keeping the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital site open (Sessional Paper No. P-2) Mr. Christopherson.

Petition relating to changing the funding formula in the education system (Sessional Paper No. P-7) Mr. Cullen.

Petition relating to stopping the funding of abortions (Sessional Paper No. P-10) Mr. Cullen.

Petition relating to installing red light cameras at high collision intersections (Sessional Paper No. P-12) Mr. Cullen.

Petition relating to providing funding for a treatment centre in Windsor for children with cancer (Sessional Paper No. P-16) Mr. Lessard.

Petition relating to urging the federal government to restrict use of the north-south runways at Pearson International Airport (Sessional Paper No. P-17) Mr. DeFaria.

Petition relating to stopping cuts to base funding for hospitals in Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-18) Mrs. McLeod.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

The Order of the Day for resuming the Adjourned Debate on the Amendment to the Motion for an Address in Reply to the Speech of Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the Opening of the Session having been read,

The debate was resumed, and after some time,

Pursuant to the Order of the House of April 26, 1999 the debate was then adjourned.

Conformément à l'ordre adopté par l'Assemblée le 26 avril 1999, le débat est ensuite ajourné.

The House then adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

À 16 h 35, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

6:30 P.M.

18 H 30

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Debate was resumed on the Amendment to the Motion for an Address in Reply to the Speech of Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the Opening of the Session.

Le débat reprend sur l'amendement à la motion portant l'Adresse en réponse au discours prononcé par Son Honneur la lieutenante-gouverneure à l'ouverture de la session.

After some time, the question being put on the Amendment to the motion as follows:

Après quelque temps, l'amendement à la motion mise aux voix est comme suit:

That the amendment to the motion be amended by adding the following thereto:-

This House profoundly regrets that the Mike Harris government has acted on an agenda that has created a crisis in health care and education and threatens our economic future, and condemns the government for:

· Breaking its promises in health care by cutting $870 million from our hospitals, closing one out of every five hospitals and imposing $300 million worth of new user fees;

· hurting patient care by turning our emergency rooms into waiting rooms, firing nurses until Ontario had the fewest nurses per capita in the country; and forcing more and more patients to go to the U.S. or turn to private companies for everything from basic medical care to cancer treatment;

· breaking its promises in education by cutting $1 billion from our schools -- after promising not to take one cent out of classroom education;

· hurting our children and students by closing schools, slashing special education and English-as-a-second-language programs, forcing more and more parents to turn to private school, where enrolment is up 15 percent; and raising tuition fees by more than 60 percent to make Ontario the most expensive place in Canada to get a post-secondary education;

· threatening our economic future by increasing property taxes and introducing new user fees, failing to balance the budget, and adding $22 billion to the provincial debt to raise the total provincial debt to over $110 billion.

It was declared lost.

Elle est déclarée rejetée.

The question having been put on the main motion, it was declared carried,

La question mise aux voix sur la motion principale est déclarée adoptée.

And it was,

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor as follows:-

"To the Honourable Hilary M. Weston, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario:

We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, now assembled, beg leave to thank Your Honour for the gracious speech Your Honour has addressed to us."

The House then adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

À 21 h 30, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président
CHRISTOPHER M. STOCKWELL
Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(A):-

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 39(A) DU RÈGLEMENT

Compendia:

Bill 17, An Act respecting Labour Mobility in the Construction Industry aimed at Restricting Access to Those Taking Advantage of Ontario's Policy of Free Mobility (No. 16).

Bill 19, An Act, in memory of Christopher Stephenson, to establish and maintain a registry of sex offenders to protect children and communities (No. 15).

Bill 20, An Act to require fair dealing between parties to franchise agreements, to ensure that franchisees have the right to associate and to impose disclosure obligations on franchisors (No. 14).

Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Annual Report 1998 (No. 13).