37th Parliament, 2nd Session

No. 17

No 17

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Wednesday
May 16, 2001


Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 20
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 21

Mercredi
16 mai 2001


Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 20
Séance du soir - jour de session 21

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 I have today laid upon the Table copies of Orders in Council appointing the Honourable Janet Lynne Ecker and the Honourable Chris Stockwell as Commissioners to the Board of Internal Economy, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council from among the members of the Executive Council, in the place of the Honourable Norman W. Sterling and the Honourable Chris Hodgson;

Appointing James Stevenson Gilchrist, M.P.P. as a Commissioner to the Board of Internal Economy, appointed by the Caucus of the Government, in the place of Doug Galt, M.P.P.; and

Appointing Gilles Bisson, M.P.P. as a Commissioner to the Board of Internal Economy, appointed by the Caucus of the New Democratic Party, in the place of David Christopherson, M.P.P. (Sessional Paper
No. 29).

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

I further beg to inform the House that I have today laid upon the Table the Report of the Acting Integrity Commissioner, the Honourable Gregory T. Evans, responding to the request by the Member for Timiskaming concerning the Honourable Michael D. Harris, Premier of Ontario and the Rail Cycle North Waste Proposal (Sessional Paper No. 30).

Reports by Committees

Rapports des Comités

Ms. Lankin from the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills presented the Committee's Report which was read as follows and adopted:-

Mme Lankin du Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d'intérêt privé 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 Pr7, An Act to revive Premium Auto Collision Inc.

Bill Pr9, An Act respecting the Town of Newmarket.

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

I beg to inform the House that today the Clerk received the Fourth Report/quatrième rapport of the Standing Committee on Government Agencies. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(e), the Report is deemed to be adopted by the House (Sessional Paper No. 28).

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 50, An Act to improve safety on 400 series highways. Mr. Mazzilli.

Projet de loi 50, Loi visant à accroître la sécurité des routes de la série 400. M. Mazzilli.

Bill 51, An Act to help save the lives of Ontarians who suffer from cardiac arrest by promoting the widespread availability and use of portable heart defibrillators in public places. Mr. Colle.

Projet de loi 51, Loi visant à contribuer à sauver la vie des Ontariens qui souffrent d'un arrêt cardiaque en promouvant la disponibilité et l'usage généralisés de défibrillateurs cardiaques portatifs dans les lieux publics. M. Colle.

Bill 52, An Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act. Mr. O'Toole.

Projet de loi 52, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'Assemblée législative. M. O'Toole.

Bill 53, An Act requiring the disclosure of payments to former public sector employees arising from the termination of their employment. Mrs. Bountrogianni.

Projet de loi 53, Loi exigeant la divulgation des versements effectués aux anciens employés du secteur public par suite de la cessation de leur emploi. Mme Bountrogianni.

Bill 54, An Act to amend the Retail Sales Tax Act to provide an exemption for fire education equipment. Mr. Parsons.

Projet de loi 54, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la taxe de vente au détail pour prévoir une exemption à l'égard du matériel d'enseignement des mesures anti-incendie. M. Parsons.

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 Wednesday, May 16, 2001, for the purpose of considering government business.

The question being put on the motion, it was carried on the following division:-

La motion, mise aux voix, est adoptée par le vote suivant:-

AYES / POUR - 71

Agostino

Baird

Barrett

Bartolucci

Bountrogianni

Boyer

Bradley

Brown

Bryant

Caplan

Chudleigh

Clark

Cleary

Coburn

Colle

Conway

Cordiano

Crozier

Cunningham

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duncan

Dunlop

Ecker

Elliott

Galt

Gerretsen

Gilchrist

Gill

Hastings

Hodgson

Hoy

Hudak

Jackson

Johns

Johnson

Kells

Kennedy

Klees

Kwinter

Marland

Martiniuk

Mazzilli

Miller

Molinari

Munro

Mushinski

Newman

O'Toole

Ouellette

Parsons

Peters

Phillips

Pupatello

Ramsay

Runciman

Ruprecht

Sampson

Smitherman

Snobelen

Spina

Sterling

Stewart

Stockwell

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Witmer

Wood

Young

NAYS / CONTRE - 7

Bisson

Churley

Hampton

Kormos

Lankin

Marchese

Martin

Petitions

Pétitions

Petition relating to Protecting minors from exposure to sexually explicit materials / Protection des mineurs contre les biens et services sexuellement explicites (Sessional Paper No. P-10) Mr. O'Toole.

Petition relating to Terminating expenditure on political advertising and investing the money in health care (No. P-20) Mr. Bradley.

Petition relating to All diabetic supplies as prescribed by an Endocrinologist be covered under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (Sessional Paper No. P-38) Mrs. Mushinski.

Petition relating to Three remaining Developmentally Handicapped Regional Centres (Sessional Paper No. P-52) Mr. Hoy.

Petition relating to Electricity generating facility (Sessional Paper No. P-55) Mrs. Marland.

Petitions relating to the New City of Kawartha Lakes (Sessional Paper No. P-59) Ms. Churley, Mr. Colle, Mr. Kormos and Mr. Marchese.

Petition relating to the Highway 401 and Victoria Park Avenue exit ramp (Sessional Paper No. P-60)
Mr. Caplan.

Orders of the Day

Ordre du Jour

Debate was resumed on the Amendment to the motion that this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government.

Le débat reprend sur l'amendement à la motion portant que la présente Assemblée adopte en général la politique budgétaire du gouvernement.

After some time,

Après quelque temps,

Mr. Martin moved:-

That the amendment moved by Mr. McGuinty to the motion moved by the Minister of Finance on May 9, "That this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the government" be amended by deleting the words after "Recognizes that this budget fails our families and our future by" and substituting the following:-

"Taking inspiration from the provincial Liberal party's policy of creating "more choice" in the school system and by using the code word "choice" as an excuse to implement a "voucher" system for private schools - jeopardizing the future of public education in Ontario;

Recognizing that this budget is driven by the Conservative government's strategic commitment to sell off Ontario through a systematic agenda of privatization, beginning with the privatization of electric power generation - with the support of the provincial Liberals;

Recognizing that the deregulation of Ontario's hydro system is a dirty deal that will create chaos in our electricity system and raise electricity prices;

Recognizing that selling out our public schools system for private vouchers and selling off hydro and the province's bank is part of a long-running and dangerous competition by the Conservative government to out-do the Ottawa Liberals' tax cuts for the wealthy;

Putting the interests of corporations ahead of the interests of working families;

Therefore, this House has lost confidence in this government."

The debate continued and, after some time, the Amendment to the Amendment to the motion as follows:-

That the amendment moved by Mr. McGuinty to the motion moved by the Minister of Finance on May 9, "That this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the government" be amended by deleting the words after "Recognizes that this budget fails our families and our future by" and substituting the following:-

"Taking inspiration from the provincial Liberal party's policy of creating "more choice" in the school system and by using the code word "choice" as an excuse to implement a "voucher" system for private schools - jeopardizing the future of public education in Ontario;

Recognizing that this budget is driven by the Conservative government's strategic commitment to sell off Ontario through a systematic agenda of privatization, beginning with the privatization of electric power generation - with the support of the provincial Liberals;

Recognizing that the deregulation of Ontario's hydro system is a dirty deal that will create chaos in our electricity system and raise electricity prices;

Recognizing that selling out our public schools system for private vouchers and selling off hydro and the province's bank is part of a long-running and dangerous competition by the Conservative government to out-do the Ottawa Liberals' tax cuts for the wealthy;

Putting the interests of corporations ahead of the interests of working families;

Therefore, this House has lost confidence in this government."

having been put, was lost on the following division:-

AYES / POUR - 8

Bisson

Christopherson

Churley

Hampton

Kormos

Lankin

Marchese

Martin

NAYS / CONTRE - 74

Agostino

Arnott

Baird

Barrett

Bartolucci

Bountrogianni

Boyer

Bradley

Bryant

Caplan

Clark

Clement

Coburn

Conway

Crozier

Cunningham

Di Cocco

Duncan

Dunlop

Ecker

Elliott

Flaherty

Galt

Gerretsen

Gilchrist

Gill

Hardeman

Hastings

Hodgson

Hoy

Hudak

Jackson

Johns

Johnson

Kells

Kennedy

Klees

Kwinter

Marland

Martiniuk

Maves

Mazzilli

McGuinty

McLeod

McMeekin

Miller

Molinari

Munro

Murdoch

Mushinski

Newman

O'Toole

Ouellette

Parsons

Peters

Phillips

Pupatello

Runciman

Ruprecht

Sampson

Smitherman

Snobelen

Spina

Sterling

Stockwell

Tascona

Tilson

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Witmer

Wood

Young

The Amendment to the motion as follows:-

That the motion moved by the Minister of Finance on May 9 "That this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the government" be amended by deleting the words after "That this House" and adding thereto the following:-

"Recognizes that this budget fails our families and our future by:

· introducing private school vouchers which jeopardize the future of public education of Ontario;

· putting the interests of corporations ahead of the interests of working families;

· and by failing to make strategic investments such as a real cap on class sizes in the early grades, or measures to reduce the doctors' shortage, or a clean drinking water plan.

Therefore, this House has lost confidence in this government."

having been put, was lost on the following division:-

AYES / POUR - 32

Agostino

Bartolucci

Bisson

Bountrogianni

Boyer

Bradley

Bryant

Caplan

Christopherson

Churley

Conway

Crozier

Di Cocco

Duncan

Gerretsen

Hampton

Hoy

Kennedy

Kormos

Kwinter

Lankin

Marchese

Martin

McGuinty

McLeod

McMeekin

Parsons

Peters

Phillips

Pupatello

Ruprecht

Smitherman

NAYS / CONTRE - 50

Arnott

Baird

Barrett

Clark

Clement

Coburn

Cunningham

Dunlop

Ecker

Elliott

Flaherty

Galt

Gilchrist

Gill

Hardeman

Hastings

Hodgson

Hudak

Jackson

Johns

Johnson

Kells

Klees

Marland

Martiniuk

Maves

Mazzilli

Miller

Molinari

Munro

Murdoch

Mushinski

Newman

O'Toole

Ouellette

Runciman

Sampson

Snobelen

Spina

Sterling

Stockwell

Tascona

Tilson

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Witmer

Wood

Young

The Main motion having then been put was carried on the following division:-

AYES / POUR - 50

Arnott

Baird

Barrett

Clark

Clement

Coburn

Cunningham

Dunlop

Ecker

Elliott

Flaherty

Galt

Gilchrist

Gill

Hardeman

Hastings

Hodgson

Hudak

Jackson

Johns

Johnson

Kells

Klees

Marland

Martiniuk

Maves

Mazzilli

Miller

Molinari

Munro

Murdoch

Mushinski

Newman

O'Toole

Ouellette

Runciman

Sampson

Snobelen

Spina

Sterling

Stockwell

Tascona

Tilson

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Witmer

Wood

Young

NAYS / CONTRE - 32

Agostino

Bartolucci

Bisson

Bountrogianni

Boyer

Bradley

Bryant

Caplan

Christopherson

Churley

Conway

Crozier

Di Cocco

Duncan

Gerretsen

Hampton

Hoy

Kennedy

Kormos

Kwinter

Lankin

Marchese

Martin

McGuinty

McLeod

McMeekin

Parsons

Peters

Phillips

Pupatello

Ruprecht

Smitherman

And it was,

Resolved, That this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government.

The House then adjourned at 6:16 p.m.

À 18 h 16, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

6:45 P.M.

18 H 45

Orders of the Day

Ordre du Jour

Debate was resumed on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 25, An Act to amend the Public Service Act and Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act, 1993.

Le débat reprend sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 25, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la fonction publique et la Loi de 1993 sur la négociation collective des employés de la Couronne.

After some time, pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the motion for adjournment of the debate was deemed to have been made and carried.

Après quelque temps, conformément à l'article 9(a) du Règlement, la motion d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir été proposée et adoptée.

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

À 21 h 30, 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

Amendment to intended order-in-council dated May 4, 2001 (No. 31).