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No. 54	N^o 54

Votes and Proceedings	Procès-verbaux
Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Assemblée législative de l'Ontario
Tuesday April 4, 2006 Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 78	Mardi 4 avril 2006 Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 78
2^nd Session, 38^th Parliament	2^e session 38^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 87, An Act to extend Highway 406 to Port Colborne. Mr. Hudak.			Projet de loi 87, Loi prolongeant l'autoroute 406 jusqu'à Port Colborne. M. Hudak.

MOTIONS			MOTIONS
Mr. Bradley moved,			M. Bradley propose,
That pursuant to Standing Order 9(c)(i), the House shall meet from 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 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 - 73

Arnott Arthurs Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bountrogianni Bradley Broten Brownell Cansfield Caplan Chambers Colle Cordiano	Craitor Crozier Delaney Dhillon Di Cocco Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gerretsen Gravelle Hardeman Hoy Hudak	Jackson Jeffrey Kular Kwinter Lalonde Leal Levac Marsales Martiniuk Matthews Mauro McNeely Miller Milloy Mossop		Munro Orazietti O'Toole Parsons Patten Peters Peterson Phillips Pupatello Ramal Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals	Scott Sergio Smith Smitherman Takhar Tascona Tory Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wong Wynne Yakabuski Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 10

Bisson Dunlop	Horwath Klees	Kormos Marchese		Martel Murdoch	Ouellette Prue

DEFERRED VOTES			VOTES DIFFÉRÉS
The deferred vote on the amendment to the motion, moved by Mr. Tory, on March 27, 2006, as follows:-
That the motion moved by the Minister of Finance on March 23, 2006 "That this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the government" be amended by deleting the words following the words "that this House" and adding thereto the following:-
"Recognizes that the budgetary policy put forward by the Minister of Finance continues the McGuinty government's legacy of broken promises and demands more and more from taxpayers while delivering less and less; and that this House condemns the government for:- Not living up to its promise to balance the budget, and actually making strong efforts to avoid doing so; Using questionable accounting tricks to inflate an artificial deficit that suits their own political agenda;
Failing to support Ontario farmers and their plight while simultaneously cutting the Ministry of Agriculture more than $240 million; Suffocating the Ontario economy and competitiveness with out of control taxation, spending, and ill-advised electricity policy and allowing Ontario to fall further and further behind the rest of the country in economic success and growth; Losing more than 80,000 well-paying manufacturing jobs under their watch and failing to have an overall plan that will aid the many communities now affected by mass layoffs and plant closures; Allowing and implementing more than $2,000.00 in government fees and charges to accumulate on Ontarians' pocket books under their watch and as a result of their policies. Therefore the government has lost the confidence of this House"
was lost on the following division:-
AYES / POUR - 25

Arnott Bisson Dunlop Hampton Hardeman	Horwath Hudak Jackson Klees Kormos	Marchese Martel Martiniuk Miller Munro		Murdoch O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman	Scott Sterling Tascona Tory Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 66

Arthurs Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bountrogianni Bradley Broten Brownell Cansfield Caplan Chambers Colle Cordiano	Craitor Crozier Delaney Dhillon Di Cocco Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gerretsen Gravelle Hoy	Jeffrey Kennedy Kular Kwinter Lalonde Leal Levac Marsales Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Meilleur		Milloy Mossop Orazietti Parsons Patten Peters Peterson Phillips Pupatello Qaadri Racco Ramal Ramsay	Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Smitherman Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wong Wynne Zimmer
The deferred vote on the main motion, having then been put, was carried on the following division:-
AYES / POUR - 67

Arthurs Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bountrogianni Bradley Broten Brownell Cansfield Caplan Chambers Colle Cordiano	Craitor Crozier Delaney Dhillon Di Cocco Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gerretsen Gravelle Hoy Jeffrey	Kennedy Kular Kwinter Lalonde Leal Levac Marsales Matthews Mauro McGuinty McMeekin McNeely Meilleur		Milloy Mossop Orazietti Parsons Patten Peters Peterson Phillips Pupatello Qaadri Racco Ramal Ramsay	Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Smitherman Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wong Wynne Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 25

Arnott Bisson Dunlop Hampton Hardeman	Horwath Hudak Jackson Klees Kormos	Marchese Martel Martiniuk Miller Munro		Murdoch O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman	Scott Sterling Tascona Tory Yakabuski
And it was,
Resolved, That this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government.

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:- I beg leave to inform the House that I have today received a letter of resignation effective June 9, 2006 from Jim McCarter, Auditor General of Ontario. On behalf of all Members I would like to acknowledge and thank Mr. McCarter for his service to Ontario and to wish him well in all future endeavours.

PETITIONS			PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to funding the treatment of the occult sub-type of macular degeneration with photodynamic therapy for all patients (Sessional Paper No. P-108) Mr. Dunlop.
Petition relating to funding to homes for special care (Sessional Paper No. P-120) Mrs. Munro.
Petitions relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. Arnott, Mr. Crozier, Mr. Jackson, Ms. Martel, and Mrs. Van Bommel.
Petition relating to supporting and funding the ongoing service delivery of the Peel Community Mediation Service through Inter-Cultural Neighbourhood Social Services (Sessional Paper No. P-137) Mr. Arthurs.
Petition relating to supporting public education (Sessional Paper No. P-139) Mr. Leal.
Petition relating to Sotalol medication (Sessional Paper No. P-148) Mr. Hardeman.

With unanimous consent, on motion by Mr. Bradley,			Avec le consentement unanime, sur la motion de M. Bradley,
Ordered, That notwithstanding any Standing Order or the Order of the House of earlier today, the House continue to meet beyond 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of completing consideration of the motion for Second Reading of Bill 190, An Act to promote good government by amending or repealing certain Acts and by enacting one new Act; and That following completion of consideration of Bill 190, the Speaker shall adjourn the House until Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.

ORDERS OF THE DAY			ORDRE DU JOUR
Debate was resumed on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 53, An Act to revise the City of Toronto Acts, 1997 (Nos. 1 and 2), to amend certain public Acts in relation to municipal powers and to repeal certain private Acts relating to the City of Toronto.			Le débat reprend sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 53, Loi révisant les lois de 1997 n^os 1 et 2 sur la cité de Toronto, modifiant certaines lois d'intérêt public en ce qui concerne les pouvoirs municipaux et abrogeant certaines lois d'intérêt privé se rapportant à la cité de Toronto.
After some time, on motion by Mr. Hudak ,			Après quelque temps, sur la motion de M. Hudak,
Ordered, That the debate be adjourned.			Il est ordonné que le débat soit ajourné.

A debate arose on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 190, An Act to promote good government by amending or repealing certain Acts and by enacting one new Act.			Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 190, Loi visant à promouvoir une saine gestion publique en modifiant ou en abrogeant certaines lois et en édictant une nouvelle loi.
After some time, the motion was declared carried and the Bill was accordingly read the second time and Ordered referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.			Après quelque temps, la motion est déclarée adoptée et en conséquence, ce projet de loi est lu une deuxième fois et renvoyé au Comité permanent de la politique sociale.

The House then adjourned at 6:10 p.m.			À 18 h 10, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président Mike Brown Speaker

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 38(a) Petition relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. Berardinetti.

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(a)			DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 39 a) DU RÈGLEMENT
Ontario Trillium Foundation / Fondation Trillium de l'Ontario, Annual Report 2004-2005 (No. 116). QUESTIONS ANSWERED (SEE SESSIONAL PAPER NO. 5):- Final Answers to Question Numbers: 80, 84, 87, and 88.

April 4, 2006