Legislative Assembly of Ontario

No. 2	No 2
Votes and Proceedings	Procès-verbaux
Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Assemblée législative de l'Ontario
Monday April 23, 2001 Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 2 Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 3	Lundi 23 avril 2001 Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 2 Séance du soir - jour de session 3
2nd Session, 37th Parliament	2e session 37e législature

Prayers 1:30 P.M.

Prières 13 H 30

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

I beg to inform the House that on Wednesday, January 10, 2001 the Report of the Integrity Commissioner regarding the Honourable Michael D. Harris, Premier of Ontario, was tabled.

I beg to inform the House that during the adjournment, the Clerk received the Seventeenth Report of the Standing Committee on Government Agencies.

I beg to inform the House that on Wednesday, January 31, 2001 the Report of the Integrity Commissioner regarding the Honourable Michael D. Harris, Premier of Ontario, was tabled.

I beg to inform the House that on February 16, 2001 a request by the Member for Timiskaming-Cochrane, pursuant to section 30 of the Members' Integrity Act, 1994, to the Honourable Robert C. Rutherford, Integrity Commissioner, for an opinion on whether the Honourable Michael D. Harris, Premier of Ontario has contravened the Act or Ontario Parliamentary Convention, was tabled.

I beg to inform the House that I have today laid upon the Table a copy of an Order in Council, made pursuant to subsection 23(6) of the Members' Integrity Act, 1994, appointing the Honourable Gregory Evans as Acting Integrity Commissioner effective March 5, 2001 until a new Integrity Commissioner is appointed under subsection 23(2) of the Members' Integrity Act, 1994, and revoking, as of March 5, 2001, Order in Council number O.C. 2070/97 dated November 19, 1997.

The Speaker delivered the following ruling:-

Earlier today, the Member for Windsor-St. Clair, Mr. Duncan, provided me with written notice of a point of privilege, as required by Standing Order 21(c). I would like to thank the Member for giving me sufficient time to carefully review this matter.

I wish to advise that I will be deciding on this matter without further hearing directly from the Member at this time, as Standing Order 21(d) permits me to do.

The issue the Member raises has to do with attendance by members of the Executive at the daily oral question period.

This House has never imposed an obligation upon Members to attend all meetings of the Legislature; indeed this Assembly is constitutionally competent to carry out its business with a quorum of 12 Members. Additionally, the Speaker is not vested with the authority to compel the attendance of any Member.

As we all know, the many and varied duties of being an elected Member of this House often legitimately demand our attendance elsewhere. Honourable Members are assumed by their honourable colleagues to have valid, defensible and justifiable reasons for being absent from the House when it is meeting. This is one of the principal reasons why it is prohibited by our traditions and practices to draw the attention of the House to the absence of another Member.

This convention is observed for good reason and I will say that the tenor of the Member's written submission itself is in conflict with the spirit of this tradition.

For all of the above reasons, I find the Member has not made out a prima facie case of privilege.

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 2, An Act respecting Accountability for Ministerial Travel. Mr. Bartolucci.	Projet de loi 2, Loi concernant l'obligation de rendre compte des voyages ministériels. M. Bartolucci.
Bill 3, An Act to restore public confidence in the quality of drinking water in Ontario. Ms. Churley.	Projet de loi 3, Loi visant à rétablir la confiance publique dans la qualité de l'eau potable en Ontario. Mme Churley.
Bill 4, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act to provide a tax credit for contributions to registered education savings plans. Mr. Hastings.	Projet de loi 4, Loi modifiant la Loi de l'impôt sur le revenu en vue de prévoir un crédit d'impôt pour les cotisations versées à un régime enregistré d'épargne-études. M. Hastings.
Bill 5, An Act to amend the Audit Act to insure greater accountability of hospitals, universities and colleges, municipalities and other organizations which receive grants or other transfer payments from the government or agencies of the Crown. Mr. Gerretsen.	Projet de loi 5, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la vérification des comptes publics afin d'assurer une responsabilité accrue de la part des hôpitaux, des universités et collèges, des municipalités et d'autres organisations qui reçoivent des subventions ou d'autres paiements de transfert du gouvernement ou d'organismes de la Couronne. M. Gerretsen.
Bill 6, An Act to protect minors from exposure to sexually explicit goods and services. Mr. Wood.	Projet de loi 6, Loi visant à protéger les mineurs contre les biens et services sexuellement explicites. M. Wood.
Bill 7, An Act to amend the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Mr. Bartolucci.	Projet de loi 7, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1996 sur la divulgation des traitements dans le secteur public. M. Bartolucci.
Bill 8, An Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act to provide for the singing of O Canada. Mr. Colle.	Projet de loi 8, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'Assemblée législative pour prévoir que soit chanté le Ô Canada. M. Colle.
Motions	Motions
Mrs. Ecker moved,	Mme Ecker propose,
That pursuant to Standing Order 9(c)(i), the House shall meet from 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday, April 23, 2001, for the purpose of considering government business.
During the recorded division the Speaker determined that Mr. Ouellette and Mr. Spina had inadvertantly voted while not at their own seats. The Speaker thereupon accepted re-cast votes and the motion was carried on the following division:-	Durant le vote par appel nominal, le président a établi que M. Ouellette et M. Spina avaient voté par mégarde alors qu'ils n'étaient pas à leur place. Le président a sur ce accepté les nouveaux votes et la motion a été adoptée par le vote suivant :

AYES / POUR - 76

Arnott Baird Barrett Bartolucci Beaubien Bountrogianni Boyer Bradley Brown Bryant Caplan Chudleigh Clark

Colle Crozier Cunningham Curling DeFaria Di Cocco Dombrowsky Duncan Dunlop Ecker Elliott Flaherty Galt

Gill Gravelle Hardeman Hastings Hodgson Hoy Hudak Jackson Johns Johnson Kells Klees Kwinter

Mazzilli Miller Munro Murdoch Newman O'Toole Ouellette Parsons Peters Phillips Pupatello Ramsay Runciman

Sergio Snobelen Spina Sterling Stewart Stockwell Tascona Tilson Tsubouchi Turnbull Wettlaufer Wilson Witmer

AYES / POUR - Continued

Cleary Clement Coburn

Gerretsen Gilchrist

Lalonde Levac

Ruprecht Sampson

Wood Young

NAYS / CONTRE - 7

Bisson Churley	Hampton Kormos	Lankin		Marchese	Martel
On motion by Mrs. Ecker,			Sur la motion de Mme Ecker,
Ordered, That, notwithstanding Standing Order 96(g), the requirement for notice be waived with respect to ballot items 1, 2, 3 and 4.
With unanimous consent, the following motion was moved without notice:-			Avec le consentement unanime, la motion suivante est proposée sans préavis:-
On motion by Mrs. Ecker,			Sur la motion de Mme Ecker,
Ordered, That, notwithstanding Standing Order 30(b), that Routine Proceedings continue past 4:00 p.m. today but not past 5:00 p.m. and that Orders of the Day shall begin no later than 5:00 p.m.
The House observed a moment of silence in commemoration of Yom ha-Shoa - Holocaust Memorial Day.

The House expressed its condolence on the death of Al Palladini, Member for the Electoral District of York Centre from June 8, 1995 to June 2, 1999 and Member for the Electoral District of Vaughan-King-Aurora from June 3, 1999 to March 7, 2001.

The House expressed its condolence on the death of Ellen MacKinnon, Member for the Electoral District of Lambton from September 6, 1990 to April 28, 1995.

The House expressed its condolence on the death of Joseph Wilfred Spooner, Member for the Electoral District of Cochrane South from June 9, 1955 to October 16, 1967.

Petitions	Pétitions

Petition relating to Northern Health Travel Grant Program (No. P-1) Mr. Bartolucci.

Petition relating to Regulated child care spaces (No. P-2) Ms. Martel.

Petition relating to Storage of sewage sludge and biosolids (No. P-3) Mr. O'Toole.

Petition relating to Bob's Lake and Tay River watershed (No. P-4) Mrs. Dombrowsky.

Petition relating to St. Edward Catholic School, Nipigon, Ontario (No. P-5) Mr. Gravelle.

Petition relating to Halton Handicapped Homeless Advocacy Group (No. P-6) Mr. Chudleigh.

Petition relating to Funding allocations to the Developmental Services Section in Sarnia-Lambton, Chatham-Kent and Windsor-Essex (No. P-7) Ms. Di Cocco.

Petition relating to Halting the closure of local schools in the province (No. P-8) Mrs. Pupatello.

Petition relating to Quinte Healthcare Corporation (No. P-9) Mr. Parsons.

Petition relating to Protecting minors from exposure to sexually explicit materials (No. P-10) Mr. Gill, Mr O'Toole and Mr Wood.

Orders of the Day	Ordre du Jour
The Order of the Day for the Consideration of the Speech of Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the opening of the Session having been read,
Mr. Miller moved, seconded by Mr. Arnott,

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."

And a debate having ensued,	Un débat s'ensuit et,
On motion by Mr. Sergio,	Sur la motion de M. Sergio,
Ordered, That the debate be adjourned.	Il est ordonné que le débat soit ajourné.
Mr. Turnbull moved, That the House do now adjourn.	M. Turnbull propose que l'Assemblée ajourne les débats maintenant.
The question, having been put on the motion, was declared carried.	Cette motion, mise aux voix, est déclarée adoptée.
The House then adjourned at 5:53 p.m.	À 17 h 53, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
6:45 P.M.	18 H 45
Orders of the Day	Ordre du Jour
Mrs. Ecker moved,	Mme Ecker propose,
That the Minister of Finance be authorized to pay the salaries of the civil servants and other necessary payments pending the voting of supply for the period commencing May 1, 2001 and ending October 31, 2001, such payments to be charged to the proper appropriation following the voting of supply.
A debate arose and, after some time, the motion was declared carried.	Il s'élève un débat et après quelque temps, la motion est déclarée adoptée.
The House then adjourned at 9:20 p.m.	À 21 h 20, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
le président GARY CARR Speaker
Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 39(A):-	Documents Parlementaires Déposés Conformément à l'Article 39(A) du Règlement
Order-in-Council number 428/2001, dated March 6, 2001, appointing The Honourable Gregory Evans as Acting Integrity Commissioner (No. 8) (Tabled April 23, 2001). Part-time appointments re intended order-in-council dated April 18, 2001 (No. 7) (Tabled April 20, 2001).

Sessional Papers Tabled During the Interval Between the First and Second Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Parliament

Algonquin Forestry Authority, Annual Report 1999-2000 (No. 2i) (Tabled March 7, 2001).

COMMITTEE REPORTS (STANDING)

Standing Committee on Government Agencies / Comité permanent des organismes gouvernementaux

Twentieth Report / vingtième rapport (No. 3i) (Tabled March 8, 2001).

Twenty-first Report / vingt et unième rapport (No. 8i) (Tabled April 4, 2001).

Forest Management / Gestion forestière, Annual Report 1998-1999 (No. 1i) (Tabled March 7, 2001).

Forest Renewal Trust, Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 1999 (No. 16i) (Tabled April 18, 2001).

Forest Renewal Trust, Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2000 (No. 17i) (Tabled April 18, 2001).

Forestry Futures Trust, Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 1999 (No. 14i) (Tabled April 18, 2001).

Forestry Futures Trust, Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2000 (No. 15i) (Tabled April 18, 2001).

Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee / Comité consultatif sur les nominations à la magistrature, Annual Report for the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999 (No. 6i) (Tabled March 30, 2001).

Niagara Parks Commission / Commission des parcs du Niagara, Annual Report 1999 (No. 11i) (Tabled April 11, 2001).

Ontario Board of Parole, Annual Report 2000 (No. 13i) (Tabled April 17, 2001).

Ottawa Congress Centre / Centre des Congrès d'Ottawa, Annual Report 1999-2000 (No. 10i) (Tabled April 11, 2001).

Part-time appointments re intended Order-in-Council dated March 5, 2001 (No. 4i) (Tabled March 9, 2001).

Part-time appointments re intended Order-in-Council dated March 21, 2001 (No. 5i) (Tabled March 23, 2001).

Part-time appointments re intended Order-in-Council dated April 4, 2001 (No. 9i) (Tabled April 6, 2001).

Part-time appointments re intended Order-in-Council dated April 11, 2001 (No. 12i) (Tabled April 12, 2001).

Professional Engineers Annual Report 1999 (No. 7i) (Tabled March 30, 2001).