Legislative Assembly of Ontario

No. 83

N^o 83

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Wednesday
November 3, 2004

Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 122

Mercredi
3 novembre 2004

Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 122

1^st Session,
38^th Parliament

1^re session
38^e législature

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 143, An Act to amend the Child and Family Services Act and the Education Act with respect to teachers' assistants. Mr. Flaherty.

Projet de loi 143, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les services à l'enfance et à la famille et la Loi sur l'éducation en ce qui a trait aux aides-enseignants. M. Flaherty.

Bill 144, An Act to amend certain statutes relating to labour relations. Hon. Mr. Bentley.

Projet de loi 144, Loi modifiant des lois concernant les relations de travail. L'hon. M. Bentley.

Bill 145, An Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act to name a portion of Highway 62 and Highway 33 the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Memorial Highway. Mr. Parsons.

Projet de loi 145, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'aménagement des voies publiques et des transports en commun pour nommer une section des routes 62 et 33 route commémorative Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. M. Parsons.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to providing better access to GO train service on the Milton Line for residents of western Mississauga (Sessional Paper No. P-93) Mr. Delaney.

Petition relating to freezing gas prices, lowering taxes on gas and initiating a Royal Commission to investigate gas prices (Sessional Paper No. P-114) Mr. Martiniuk.

Petition relating to resuming negotiations between the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Ontario Association of Optometrists and appointing a mediator (Sessional Paper No. P-118) Mrs. Munro.

Petitions relating to OHIP coverage of chiropractic services (Sessional Paper No. P-119) Mr. Arnott, Mr. Arthurs and Mr. Klees.

Petitions relating to restoring funding for eye exams, chiropractic and physiotherapy services (Sessional Paper No. P-127) Ms. Churley and Ms. Scott.

Petitions relating to reversing the decision to close the Leslie M. Frost Centre (Sessional Paper No. P-169) Mr. Miller and Ms. Scott.

Petition relating to protecting the right of fire fighters to volunteer in their home communities on their own free time (Sessional Paper No. P-175) Mr. Arnott.

Petition relating to placing restrictions on the eligibility of persons who act as volunteers in schools (Sessional Paper No. P-183) Mr. Flaherty.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Mr. Runciman moved,

M. Runciman propose,

That the Legislative Assembly call upon the government,

To guarantee that no nurses will be laid off and no hospital beds will be closed over the course of the mandate of the McGuinty government.

A debate arising, after some time, the motion was lost on the following division:-

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

AYES / POUR - 22

Arnott

Baird

Barrett

Chudleigh

Flaherty

Hardeman

Horwath

Hudak

Jackson

Klees

Kormos

Martiniuk

Miller

Munro

O'Toole

Prue

Runciman

Scott

Sterling

Tascona

Witmer

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 46

Arthurs

Bartolucci

Berardinetti

Bountrogianni

Broten

Brown

Bryant

Cansfield

Cordiano

Delaney

Dhillon

Di Cocco

Duncan

Fonseca

Jeffrey

Kennedy

Kular

Kwinter

Leal

Levac

Marsales

Mauro

McMeekin

Milloy

Mitchell

Mossop

Orazietti

Parsons

Peters

Peterson

Phillips

Pupatello

Qaadri

Racco

Ramal

Ramsay

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Smith

Sorbara

Van Bommel

Wilkinson

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

The House then adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

À 18 h 00, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Alvin Curling

Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(a)

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

Compendia:

Bill 144, An Act to amend certain statutes relating to labour relations (No. 289).

Ontario Human Rights Commission / Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne, Annual Report 2003-2004 (No. 288) (Tabled November 2, 2004).

Law Foundation of Ontario / Fondation du droit de l'Ontario, Annual Report 2003 (No. 287) (Tabled November 2, 2004).

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to increasing social assistance rates to reflect the true cost of living (Sessional Paper No. P-96):

(Tabled June 2 and 15, 2004) Ms. Martel.

Petition relating to providing immediate financial relief to the Kingston Stockyards (Sessional Paper No. P-168):

(Tabled October 12, 2004) Mr. Hardeman.

Petition relating to reinstating the Town of Paris as an independent stand alone municipality (Sessional Paper No. P-120):

(Tabled October 13, 2004) Mr. Levac.

Petition relating to a landfill at site 41 (Sessional Paper No. P-27):

(Tabled October 12 and 13, 2004) Mr. Dunlop.