Legislative Assembly of Ontario

No. 66

N^o 66

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Tuesday
December 3, 2002

Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 115
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 116

Mardi
3 décembre 2002

Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 115
Séance du soir - jour de session 116

3rd Session,
37th Parliament

3^e session
37^e législature

PRAYERS
1:30 P.M.

PRIÈRES
13 H 30

During Members' Statements, as a result of disruptions, the Speaker ordered the East Public Gallery to be cleared.

Pendant la période des «Déclarations des députés», comme il y a des interruptions, le Président donne des directives pour évacuer la tribune est réservée au public.

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

I beg to inform the House that I have today laid upon the Table the 2002 Annual Report of the Provincial Auditor (Sessional Paper No. 1).

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

Mrs. Marland from the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly presented the Committee's Report on Enhancing the Role of the Private Member and moved the adoption of its recommendations.

On motion by Mrs. Marland,

Ordered, That the debate be adjourned.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(d), the Committee requested a comprehensive response from the government.

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 218, An Act to amend the Audit Act to insure greater accountability of hospitals, universities and colleges, municipalities and other organizations that receive grants or other transfer payments from the government or agencies of the Crown. Mr. O'Toole.

Projet de loi 218, 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. O'Toole.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to Amendments to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Sessional Paper No. P-12) Mrs. Pupatello.

Petition relating to Construction of a four-lane Highway 69 (Sessional Paper No. P-44) Mr. Bartolucci.

Petitions relating to Fee increase for long term care facilities / Augmentation des frais pour les soins de longue durée (Sessional Paper No. P-73) Mr. Bartolucci, Mr. Bradley and Mr. Cleary.

Petitions relating to Hydro rates / Les taux de prix d'Hydro (Sessional Paper No. P-84) Mr. Lalonde and Mr. Dunlop.

Petition relating to the Enactment of Bill 112, An Act to Amend the Highway Traffic Act to protect children while on school buses (Sessional Paper No. P-88) Mr. Hoy.

Petition relating to Water removal from Bob's Lake and the Tay River by OMYA Inc. (Sessional Paper No. P-89) Mrs. Dombrowsky.

Petition relating to Provincially subsidized policing for the Township of Atikokan, Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-110) Mrs. McLeod.

Petition relating to the Highway 407 Corporation (Sessional Paper No. P-113) Mr. Bradley.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Mr. Stockwell moved,

M. Stockwell propose,

That pursuant to Standing Order 46 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 210, An Act to amend various Acts in respect of the pricing, conservation and supply of electricity and in respect of other matters related to electricity, when Bill 210 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, at such time the bill shall be Ordered for third reading, which order may be called on that same day; and

That, when the order for third reading is called, the Speaker shall put every question necessary to dispose of this stage of the bill without further debate or amendment; and

That, the vote on second and third reading may, pursuant to Standing Order 28(h), be deferred; 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, after some time, the motion was carried on the following division:-

Un débat s'ensuit et après quelque temps, la motion est adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 44

Arnott

Baird

Beaubien

Chudleigh

Clark

Coburn

Cunningham

DeFaria

Dunlop

Ecker

Elliott

Galt

Gilchrist

Gill

Guzzo

Hardeman

Hastings

Hodgson

Jackson

Kells

Klees

Marland

Martiniuk

Maves

Mazzilli

McDonald

Miller

Molinari

Munro

Mushinski

O'Toole

Ouellette

Runciman

Sampson

Spina

Sterling

Stewart

Stockwell

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Wood

Young

NAYS / CONTRE - 38

Agostino

Bartolucci

Bountrogianni

Boyer

Bradley

Brown

Caplan

Christopherson

Cleary

Colle

Conway

Cordiano

Crozier

Curling

Dombrowsky

Duncan

Gerretsen

Hampton

Hoy

Kormos

Kwinter

Lalonde

Levac

Marchese

Martel

Martin

McGuinty

McLeod

McMeekin

Patten

Peters

Phillips

Prue

Pupatello

Ramsay

Ruprecht

Sergio

Smitherman

The House then adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

À 18 h 5, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

6:45 P.M.

18 H 45

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

With unanimous consent, the following was agreed to with respect to tonight's debate on Bill 216:

That one hour be divided equally among the parties, beginning with the Government caucus, and that each party's one hour lead-off speech be reserved to the next time this Bill is called;

And for the purposes of Standing Order 46 tonight's debate be considered one full sessional day;

And that at the end of tonight's debate the motion for adjournment of the debate shall be deemed to have been made and the Speaker adjourn the House.

A debate arose on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 216, An Act respecting access to information, the review of expenses and the accountability of Cabinet ministers, Opposition leaders and certain other persons.

Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 216, Loi concernant l'accès à l'information ainsi que l'examen des dépenses et l'obligation de rendre compte des ministres, des chefs d'un parti de l'opposition et de certaines autres personnes.

During the debate, the Acting Speaker (Mr. Brown) requested the Member for Kitchener Centre. (Mr. Wettlaufer) to come to order.

Pendant le débat, le Président par intérim, M. Brown, demande au député de Kitchener Centre, M. Wettlaufer de se comporter.

The Member having refused was named by the Acting Speaker and directed to withdraw from the service of the House for the balance of the sessional day.

Comme le député refuse d'obéir, le Président par intérim le désigne par son nom et l'ordonne de se retirer du service de l'Assemblée pour le reste du jour de session.

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 7:45 p.m.

À 19 h 45, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président

GARY CARR

Speaker

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 38 (A)

Petition relating to Freezing tuition fees (Sessional Paper No. P-28) Mr. Peters.

Petition relating to Disallowing retroactive rate hikes granted to Union Gas by the Ontario Energy Board (Sessional Paper No. P-78) Mr. Peters.