Votes and Proceedings 2006-May-16 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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No. 77	N^o 77

Votes and Proceedings	Procès-verbaux
Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Assemblée législative de l'Ontario
Tuesday May 16, 2006 Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 115 Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 116	Mardi 16 mai 2006 Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 115 Séance du soir - jour de session 116
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 114, An Act to amend the Environmental Protection Act to protect the Halton waste disposal site. Mr. Chudleigh.			Projet de loi 114, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la protection de l'environnement afin de protéger le lieu d'élimination des déchets de Halton. M. Chudleigh.

MOTIONS			MOTIONS
With unanimous consent, on motion by Mr. Bradley,			Avec le consentement unanime, sur la motion de M. Bradley,
Ordered, That notwithstanding Standing Order 96(d), the following change be made to the ballot list of private members' public business: Mr. Dunlop and Ms. Scott exchange places in order of precedence such that Mr. Dunlop assumes ballot item number 62 and Ms. Scott assumes ballot item number 40. And that, pursuant to Standing Order 96(g), notice be waived for ballot item number 40.

With unanimous consent, on motion by Mr. Bradley,			Avec le consentement unanime, sur la motion de M. Bradley,
Ordered, That the following substitution be made to the membership of a Committee: On the Standing Committee on General Government: Mr. Tabuns replaces Ms. Horwath.

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, May 16, 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 - 51

Arthurs Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bountrogianni Bradley Broten Bryant Cansfield Caplan	Chambers Colle Delaney Di Cocco Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle	Hoy Jeffrey Kennedy Kular Kwinter Leal Levac Marsales Matthews Mauro		McMeekin Mitchell Orazietti Parsons Patten Peters Phillips Pupatello Racco Ramal	Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Smith Smitherman Sorbara Van Bommel Wong Wynne Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 23

Arnott Barrett Bisson Chudleigh Dunlop	Elliott Hardeman Jackson Klees Kormos	Marchese Martiniuk Miller Munro Murdoch		O'Toole Prue Runciman Tabuns	Tascona Tory Witmer Yakabuski

PETITIONS			PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to funding the treatment of IBI and an ABA education program in the school system (Sessional Paper No. P-9) Mr. Jackson.
Petitions relating to funding to community agencies to ensure quality support and services to people who have an intellectual disability (Sessional Paper No. P-15) Mr. Hampton and Mr. Murdoch.
Petitions relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. Hardeman and Mr. Runciman.
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. Kular.
Petition relating to passing Bill 67, the Organ and Tissue Donation Mandatory Declaration Act, 2006 (Sessional Paper No. P-142) Mr. Hardeman.
Petition relating to not approving the expansion of the Carp landfill (Sessional Paper No. P-146) Mr. Sterling.
Petition relating to supporting the JobsNow Program (Sessional Paper No. P-169) Ms. Smith.
Petition relating to proclaiming the month of May as "Better Speech, Language and Hearing Month"(Sessional Paper No. P-172) Mrs. Van Bommel.
Petitions relating to improving home care and implementing the Caplan Review (Sessional Paper No. P-179) Mr. Leal, Ms. Matthews and Mr. Ruprecht.

ORDERS OF THE DAY			ORDRE DU JOUR
Opposition Day			Jour de l'opposition
Mr. Runciman moved,			M. Runciman propose,
That the Legislative Assembly calls upon the government, To recognize that the McGuinty Liberals have cut the Ministry of Tourism budget in both of their last two budgets by a total of $46 million and cut this year's budget by $25 million alone; and To recognize that a strong Canadian dollar, increased border security, high gas prices and numerous anti-American statements made by prominent Liberals are just some of the many things that are currently hindering the tourism and hospitality industries in Ontario and despite all of these challenges, the McGuinty government has continually undertaken initiatives that further damage these sectors, such as the City of Toronto Act and greater regulation of Ontario's farmer markets; and To recognize that besides criticizing the federal government, the McGuinty government has not taken any sort of meaningful action or demonstrated any kind of leadership in helping to solve current border issues with the United States or challenges facing the hospitality sector; and To recognize that in 2005, U.S. border crossings to Ontario reached their lowest level since 1972 and that this decline in U.S. visitation is significant because, in 2004, Americans accounted for 18% of Ontario's total visitors and 26% of the province's visitors' spending; and
To recognize that the total number of person visits to Ontario has steadily declined under the McGuinty government and that, under their watch, these numbers have declined to levels not seen since the early and mid 1990's; and To recognize that in January 2006, U.S. entries to Ontario fell to their lowest level for the month in 12 years and that in January 2006, Ontario received 40% fewer entries from the U.S. compared to January 2001, the historical peak for the month and 27% fewer compared to January 2003, yet the McGuinty government has continued to cut the Ministry of Tourism budget and proceed with legislative and policy initiatives that further jeopardize the economic well being of the hospitality sector.
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 - 21

Barrett Bisson Chudleigh Dunlop Hardeman	Jackson Klees Kormos Marchese	Martiniuk Miller Munro Murdoch		Prue Runciman Scott Sterling	Tascona Tory Witmer Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 46

Arthurs Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bradley Brownell Chambers Cordiano Delaney	Dombrowsky Duguid Flynn Gerretsen Kular Kwinter Leal Levac Matthews	Mauro McMeekin McNeely Meilleur Milloy Orazietti Patten Peters Peterson		Phillips Pupatello Qaadri Racco Ramal Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals	Sergio Smith Smitherman Sorbara Van Bommel Wilkinson Wong Wynne Zimmer
After some time, pursuant to Standing Order 9, the motion for the adjournment of the debate was deemed to have been made and carried.			Après quelque temps, conformément à l'article 9 du Règlement, la motion d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir été proposée et adoptée.

The House then adjourned at 6:00 p.m.			À 18 h, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

6:45 P.M.			18 H 45
ORDERS OF THE DAY			ORDRE DU JOUR
Mr. Bradley moved,			M. Bradley propose,
That, pursuant to Standing Order 46 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 109, An Act to revise the law governing residential tenancies, when Bill 109 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 General Government; and That, in addition to its regularly scheduled meeting times, the Standing Committee on General Government shall be authorized to meet at the call of the Chair on May 29, May 31, June 5, June 7, 2006 for the purpose of conducting public hearings and clause-by-clause on the bill; and That, the deadline for filing amendments to the bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 noon on June 7, 2006. On that day, at not later than 5:00 p.m. those amendments which have not yet 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. The Committee shall be authorized to meet beyond the normal hour of adjournment until completion of clause-by-clause consideration. 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); and That, the Committee shall report the bill to the House not later than Thursday, June 8, 2006. In the event that the Committee fails to report the bill on that day, the bill shall be deemed to be passed by the Committee and shall be deemed to be reported to and received by the House; and That, upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on General Government, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith, and at such time the bill shall be ordered for Third Reading which order may be called on that same day; and That, on the day the order for Third Reading for the bill is called, the time available for debate up to 5:50 p.m. or 9:20 p.m. as the case may be, shall be apportioned equally among the recognized Parties; and That, when the time allotted for debate has expired, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and put every question necessary to dispose of the Third Reading stage of the bill without further debate or amendment; and That, there shall be no deferral of any vote allowed pursuant to Standing Order 28(h); and That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the bill, the division bell shall be limited to 10 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 - 30

Arthurs Berardinetti Bradley Chambers Delaney Dombrowsky	Duguid Flynn Gerretsen Levac Mauro McMeekin	McNeely Milloy Mitchell Orazietti Peters Peterson		Pupatello Qaadri Racco Ramal Rinaldi Ruprecht	Sandals Sergio Smith Van Bommel Wynne Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 8

Barrett Klees	Marchese Miller	Runciman Tabuns		Tascona	Yakabuski
After some time, pursuant to Standing Order 9, the motion for the adjournment of the debate was deemed to have been made and carried.			Après quelque temps, conformément à l'article 9 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 Mike Brown Speaker
PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 38(a) Petitions relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mrs. Jeffrey and Ms. Smith.

May 16, 2006