No. 23

N^o 23

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Monday
June 4, 2001

Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 30
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 31

Lundi
4 juin 2001

Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 30
Séance du soir - jour de session 31

2nd Session,
37th Parliament

2^e session
37^e législature

Prayers
1:30 P.M.

Prières
13 H 30

Introduction of Bills

Dépôt des Projets de Loi

The following Bill was introduced and read the first time:-

Le projet de loi suivant est présenté et lu une première fois:-

Bill 67, An Act to amend the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 to provide for protection against increases in the rates charged for the distribution of electricity. Mr. Lalonde.

Projet de loi 67, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1998 sur la Commission de l'énergie de l'Ontario de façon à prévoir une protection contre les augmentations des tarifs exigés pour la distribution d'électricité. M. Lalonde.

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

Le projet de loi suivant est présenté, lu une première fois et déféré au Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d'intérêt privé:-

Motions

Motions

Mrs. Ecker moved,

M^me 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, June 4, 2001 and Tuesday, June 5, 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:-

Arnott

Baird

Barrett

Bartolucci

Beaubien

Bountrogianni

Bradley

Brown

Bryant

Caplan

Chudleigh

Clark

Clement

Coburn

Conway

Crozier

Cunningham

Curling

DeFaria

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duncan

Dunlop

Ecker

Elliott

Flaherty

Galt

Gerretsen

Gilchrist

Gill

Gravelle

Hardeman

Hastings

Hodgson

Hoy

Hudak

Jackson

Johns

Klees

Kwinter

Lalonde

Levac

Marland

Martiniuk

Maves

Mazzilli

McMeekin

Miller

Molinari

Murdoch

Mushinski

Newman

O'Toole

Ouellette

Parsons

Patten

Phillips

Pupatello

Ramsay

Runciman

Sampson

Sergio

Smitherman

Snobelen

Spina

Sterling

Stewart

Stockwell

Tascona

Tilson

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Witmer

Wood

Young

Bisson

Churley

Hampton

Kormos

Lankin

Marchese

Martel

Petitions

Pétitions

Petition relating to Northern Health Travel Grant program / Programme de subventions accordées aux résidents du nord de l'Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-1) Mr. Bartolucci.

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

Pétition ayant rapport à la garde d'enfants en résidence privée (No. P-16) Mr. Lalonde.

Petition relating to the Link between cancer and occupation (Sessional Paper No. P-19)
Mr. Christopherson.

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

Petition relating to the Sithe project (Sessional Paper No. P-58) Mrs. Marland.

Petition relating to the New City of Kawartha Lakes (Sessional Paper No. P-59) Mr. Levac.

Petitions relating to Passing the Budget Bill giving tax credits to parents whose children attend independent schools (Sessional Paper No. P-62) Mr. Galt and Mr. Murdoch.

Petitions relating to Voucher plans for private schools (Sessional Paper No. P-64) Mr. Kormos and Mr. Marchese.

Petition relating to a Long weekend in June (Sessional Paper No. P-68) Mr. O'Toole.

Orders of the Day

Ordre du Jour

Mrs. Ecker moved,

M^me Ecker propose,

That pursuant to Standing Order 46 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 45, An Act to Implement measures contained in the 2001 Budget and to amend various statutes, when Bill 45 is next called as a government Order, the Speaker shall put every question necessary to dispose of the second reading stage of the bill without further debate or amendment, and at such time, the bill shall be ordered referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs;

That no deferral of the second reading vote pursuant to Standing Order 28(h) shall be permitted;

That the Committee shall be authorized to meet on Friday June 8, 2001 in St. Catharines, on Monday June 11 through Thursday June 14, 2001 in Toronto, on Friday June 15, 2001 in London, on Monday June 18, 2001 in Sudbury and on Tuesday June 19, 2001 in Ottawa;

That the Committee meet on Wednesday June 20, 2001 and Thursday June 21, 2001 for clause-by-clause consideration of the bill;

That, on these dates, the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs shall be authorized to meet outside of its regularly scheduled meeting times, but when meeting in Toronto, not during Routine Proceedings and that the Committee be authorized to meet on June 21, 2001 until completion of clause-by-clause consideration;

That pursuant to Standing Order 75(c), the Chair of the Standing Committee shall establish the deadline for the tabling of amendments or for filing them with the Clerk of the Committee;

That, at 4:30 pm on Thursday June 21, 2001, those amendments which have not been moved shall be deemed to have been moved, and the Chair of the Committee shall interrupt the proceedings and shall, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary to dispose of all remaining sections of the bill, and any amendments thereto;

Any division required shall be deferred until all remaining questions have been put and taken in succession with one 20-minute waiting period allowed pursuant to Standing Order 127(a);

That the Committee shall report the bill to the House not later than the first Sessional day that reports from Committees may be received following the completion of clause-by-clause consideration, and not later than June 25, 2001;

In the event that the committee fails to report the bill on the date provided, the bill shall be deemed to have been passed by the Committee and shall be deemed to be reported to and received by the House;

That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith, and at such time the bill shall be ordered for third reading;

When the Order for Third Reading is called, that two hours shall be allotted to the Third Reading stage of the bill, to be divided equally among all recognized parties, and at the end of that time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of this stage of the bill without further debate or amendment;

That, the vote on third reading may, pursuant to Standing Order 28(h), be deferred until the next Sessional day during the Routine Proceeding "Deferred Votes"; and

That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the bill, the division bell shall be limited to five minutes.

A debate arising, Mr. Duncan then moved that the motion be amended as follows:-

The third paragraph of the motion be struck out and the following inserted:-

"That the Committee shall be authorized to meet throughout the summer in at least 10 cities and towns, for at least 370 hours of public hearings. The venues for those hearings will be established by the Committee and shall include Sudbury, London, Toronto, and St. Catharines."

The fourth paragraph of the motion be struck out and the following inserted:-

"That the Committee shall meet for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 45 before the House resumes in the fall and that clause-by-clause consideration not conclude until all amendments placed by the government and opposition parties have been given due consideration."

That paragraph 5 be struck out.

That paragraph 7 and 8 be struck out.

That the words "and not later than June 25, 2001" in paragraph 9 be struck out.

That paragraph 10 be struck out.

That paragraph 12 be struck out and the following inserted:-

"The time allotted to the third reading stage of Bill 45 be the aggregate of twenty minutes times the number of Members who did not speak at the second reading stage of the bill, such aggregate amount to be divided equally among the recognized Parties."

The debate continued and after some time,

Mr. Marchese moved,

That the amendment to the motion be amended by striking out the first quoted paragraph and substituting the following:-

"That the Committee shall be authorized to meet for 80 days throughout the summer in locations across the province, including northern and rural communities, as recommended by Howard Hampton and the Ontario NDP Caucus in a letter to the Hon. Janet Ecker, Government House Leader, on May 17, 2001."

The debate continued and after some time, the question having been put on Mr. Marchese's amendment to the amendment to the motion, it was lost on the following division:-

Bartolucci

Bisson

Bountrogianni

Bradley

Caplan

Christopherson

Churley

Conway

Crozier

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duncan

Gravelle

Hampton

Hoy

Kennedy

Kormos

Kwinter

Lalonde

Levac

Marchese

Martel

McGuinty

McLeod

McMeekin

Phillips

Pupatello

Ramsay

Sergio

Smitherman

Baird

Barrett

Beaubien

Chudleigh

Clark

Clement

Coburn

Cunningham

DeFaria

Dunlop

Ecker

Elliott

Flaherty

Galt

Gilchrist

Gill

Guzzo

Hardeman

Hastings

Hudak

Jackson

Johns

Kells

Klees

Marland

Maves

Mazzilli

Miller

Molinari

Munro

Murdoch

Mushinski

Newman

O'Toole

Ouellette

Sampson

Snobelen

Spina

Sterling

Stockwell

Tascona

Tilson

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Witmer

Wood

Young

The question then having been put on Mr. Duncan's amendment to the motion, it was lost on the following division:-

Bartolucci

Bisson

Bountrogianni

Bradley

Caplan

Christopherson

Conway

Crozier

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duncan

Gravelle

Hampton

Hoy

Kennedy

Kormos

Kwinter

Lalonde

Levac

Marchese

Martel

McGuinty

McLeod

McMeekin

Phillips

Pupatello

Ramsay

Sergio

Smitherman

Baird

Barrett

Chudleigh

Clark

Clement

Coburn

Cunningham

DeFaria

Dunlop

Ecker

Elliott

Flaherty

Galt

Gilchrist

Gill

Guzzo

Hardeman

Hastings

Hudak

Jackson

Johns

Kells

Klees

Marland

Maves

Mazzilli

Miller

Molinari

Munro

Murdoch

Mushinski

Newman

O'Toole

Ouellette

Sampson

Snobelen

Spina

Sterling

Tascona

Tilson

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Witmer

Wood

Young

The main motion, having then been put, was declared carried.

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

À 18 h 25, 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 56, An Act to encourage the revitalization of contaminated land and to make other amendments relating to environmental matters.

Le débat reprend sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 56, Loi visant à encourager la revitalisation des terrains contaminés et apportant d'autres modifications se rapportant à des questions environnementales

After some time, pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the motion for the 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

Part-time appointments re intended order-in-council dated May 30, 2001 (No. 45) (Tabled June 1, 2001).

Responses to Petitions

Réponses aux Pétitions

Petitions relating to Northern Health Travel Grant program / Programme de subventions accordées aux résidents du nord de l'Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-1):

(Tabled April 23; May 7, 2001) Mr. Bartolucci.

(Tabled May 2, 2001) Mr. Gravelle.

(Tabled May 8, 2001) Mrs. McLeod.

(Tabled May 9, 2001) Mr. Peters.

(Tabled May 10, 2001) Mr. Gerretsen, Mrs. McLeod and Mr. Peters.

(Tabled May 15, 2001) Mr. Bartolucci and Mrs. Boyer.

Petitions relating to Regulated child care spaces (Sessional Paper No. P-2):

(Tabled April 23; May 2, 7, 9, 2001) Ms. Martel.

(Tabled April 25, 30, 2001) Mr. Kormos.

Petitions relating to Storage of sewage sludge and biosolids (Sessional Paper No. P-3):

(Tabled April 23; May 9, 2001) Mr. O'Toole.

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

(Tabled April 23, 2001) Mr. Chudleigh.

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

(Tabled April 23; May 2, 7, 2001) Ms. Di Cocco.

Petition relating to American Sign Language/English Interpreter Program at Cambrian College (Sessional Paper No. P-11):

(Tabled April 24, 2001) Mr. Bartolucci.

Petitions relating to the Link between cancer and occupation (Sessional Paper No. P-19):

(Tabled April 25; May 1, 14, 2001) Mr. Christopherson.

Petitions relating to Brain Tumour Awareness Month (Sessional Paper No. P-27):

(Tabled April 30, May 7, 8, 17, 2001) Mr. Wood.