Legislative Assembly of Ontario

No. 80

N^o 80

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Monday
May 29, 2006

Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 119
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 120

Lundi
29 mai 2006

Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 119
Séance du soir - jour de session 120

2^nd Session,
38^th Parliament

2^e session
38^e législature

PRAYERS
1:30 P.M.

PRIÈRES
13 H 30

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

I beg to inform the House that a vacancy has occurred in the membership of the House by reason of the resignation of Gerard Kennedy as the Member for the Electoral District of Parkdale-High Park.

Accordingly, I have issued my warrant to the Chief Election Officer for the issue of a writ for a by-election.

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

I beg to inform the House that on May 18, 2006, in the name of Her Majesty the Queen, His Honour the Lieutenant Governor was pleased to Assent to the following Bills in his office:-

Bill 41, An Act to create a comprehensive system of rules for the transfer of securities that is consistent with such rules across North America and to make consequential amendments to various Acts.

Projet de loi 41, Loi instituant un régime global de règles régissant le transfert des valeurs mobilières qui cadre avec celui qui s'applique dans ce domaine en Amérique du Nord et apportant des modifications corrélatives à diverses lois.

Bill 81, An Act to implement 2006 Budget measures and to enact, amend or repeal various Acts.

Projet de loi 81, Loi mettant en oeuvre certaines mesures énoncées dans le Budget de 2006 et édictant, modifiant ou abrogeant diverses lois.

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 Monday, May 29, 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 - 55

Arnott

Arthurs

Balkissoon

Barrett

Bartolucci

Bentley

Berardinetti

Bradley

Broten

Brownell

Cansfield

Chudleigh

Colle

Craitor

Delaney

Dhillon

Dombrowsky

Duguid

Duncan

Elliott

Flynn

Fonseca

Hoy

Hudak

Jackson

Jeffrey

Kular

Kwinter

Leal

Levac

Marsales

McMeekin

McNeely

Miller

Milloy

Mitchell

O'Toole

Parsons

Peters

Peterson

Phillips

Pupatello

Ramal

Ramsay

Runciman

Ruprecht

Sandals

Smitherman

Takhar

Tory

Van Bommel

Witmer

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 6

Horwath

Kormos

Marchese

Martel

Prue

Tabuns

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to providing access to Velcade and other intravenous cancer chemotherapy drugs (Sessional Paper No. P-7) Mr. Jackson.

Petition relating to maintaining and preserving the Banting homestead (Sessional Paper No. P-21) Mr. Wilson.

Petition relating to extending the GO transit tunnel beyond St. Clair Avenue West (Sessional Paper No. P-23) Mr. Ruprecht.

Petition relating to insuring PSA tests through OHIP (Sessional Paper No. P-48) Mr. Craitor.

Petition relating to Ontario's Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (Sessional Paper No. P-119) Mr. Ruprecht.

Petitions relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. Jackson and Mr. Wilson.

Petition relating to proclaiming the month of May as "Better Speech, Language and Hearing Month"(Sessional Paper No. P-172) Mr. Milloy.

Petition relating to banning the use of terminator seeds in Canada and the Province of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-188) Mr. Murdoch.

Petition relating to passing Bill 89, Kevin & Jared's Law, An Act to amend the Child and Family Services Act and the Coroners Act (Sessional Paper No. P-189) Mr. Jackson.

Petition relating to holding a referendum in rural wards of the City of Ottawa (Sessional Paper No. P-190) Mr. Prue.

Petition relating to locating an LCBO Agency Store on the Rockton Berry Farm and Country Market property (Sessional Paper No. P-191) Mr. McMeekin.

With unanimous consent, the following motion was moved without notice:-

On motion by Mr. Bradley,

Ordered, That notwithstanding any Standing Order, at 6:00 p.m. today the Speaker shall adjourn the debate on Bill 117, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act to provide for an Ontario home electricity payment, and call Orders of the Day and;

That the debate on Bill 117 shall be considered to be one full sessional day and;

That, the House be authorized to meet beyond 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of considering Bill Pr24, An Act respecting the City of London, for which the Orders for Second and Third Reading may be called consecutively, and on which the Speaker shall immediately put the questions, without debate and;

That upon completion of consideration of Third Reading of Bill Pr24, the Speaker shall adjourn the House until 6:45 p.m. this evening.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

A debate arose on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 117, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act to provide for an Ontario home electricity payment.

Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 117, Loi modifiant la Loi de l'impôt sur le revenu pour prévoir un paiement au titre des factures d'électricité résidentielle de l'Ontario.

At 6:00 p.m., pursuant to the Order of the House of earlier today, the Speaker adjourned the debate.

The following Bill was read the second time and Ordered for Third Reading

Bill Pr24, An Act respecting the City of London.

The following Bill was read the third time and was passed.

Bill Pr24, An Act respecting the City of London.

The House then adjourned at 6:01 p.m.

À 18 h 01, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

6:45 P.M.

18 H 45

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

A debate arose on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 78, An Act to amend the Education Act, the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and certain other statutes relating to education.

Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 78, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'éducation, la Loi de 1996 sur l'Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l'Ontario et certaines autres lois se rapportant à l'éducation.

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)

Petition relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. Arthurs.

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(a)

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

Crown Employees Grievance Settlement Board / Commission de règlement des griefs des employés de la Couronne, Annual Report 2004-2005 (No. 161) (Tabled May 25, 2006).

Office of the Employer Adviser / Bureau des conseillers des employeurs, Annual Report 2004-2005 (No. 159) (Tabled May 25, 2006).

Office of the Worker Adviser / Bureau des conseillers des travailleurs, Annual Report for the period April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005 (No. 158) (Tabled May 25, 2006).

Ontario Labour Relations Board / Commission des relations de travail de l'Ontario, Annual Report 2004-2005 (No. 160) (Tabled May 25, 2006).

Pay Equity Commission / Commission de l'équité salariale, Annual Report 2004-2005 (No. 162) (Tabled May 25, 2006).

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to ensuring that any strategy to fight gun violence includes funding for youth programs (Sessional Paper No. P-42):

(Tabled April 27, 2006) Mr. Berardinetti.

Petition relating to funding all diabetic supplies (Sessional Paper No. P-57):

(Tabled April 5, 2006) Mr. Delaney.

Petition relating to identity theft (Sessional Paper No. P-113):

(Tabled February 20, 23; March 27, 29, 30, 2006) Mr. Ruprecht.

Petition relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136):

(Tabled March 23, 2006) Mr. Hardeman and Mr. Tascona.

(Tabled March 27, 2006) Mr. Leal and Mr. O'Toole.

(Tabled March 28, 2006) Mr. Crozier, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Tascona.

(Tabled March 29, 2006) Mr. Leal and Mr. Levac.

(Tabled March 30, 2006) Mr. Hardeman.

(Tabled April 3, 2006) Mr. Craitor, Mr. Hampton, Mr. Hoy, Mr. Murdoch, Mr. O'Toole, and Mr. Wilson.

(Tabled April 4, 2006) Mr. Arnott, Mr. Berardinetti, Mr. Crozier, Mr. Jackson, Ms. Martel, and Mrs. Van Bommel.

(Tabled April 5, 2006) Mr. Arnott, Mr. Bisson, Mr. Brownell, Mr. Klees, Mr. O'Toole, Ms. Scott, and Mr. Wilson.

(Tabled April 6, 2006) Mr. Arnott, Ms. Martel, Mr. McMeekin, Mr. McNeely, Mr. Miller, Mr. Rinaldi, Ms. Scott, and Mr. Wilson.

(Tabled April 10, 2006) Mrs. Elliott, Mr. Flynn, Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Orazietti, Mr. O'Toole, Mr. Parsons, and Mr. Ramal.

(Tabled April 11, 2006) Mr. Chudleigh, Mr. Flynn, Mr. Kular, Mr. Mauro, Mr. O'Toole, Mr. Ouellette, Mr. Rinaldi, and Mr. Wilkinson.

(Tabled April 12, 2006) Mr. Marchese, Mr. Martiniuk, Mr. O'Toole, Mrs. Van Bommel, and Mr. Yakabuski.

(Tabled April 13, 2006) Mr. Chudleigh, Mr. Milloy, Ms. Mossop, and Ms. Scott.

(Tabled April 18, 2006) Mr. Chudleigh and Mr. Craitor.

(Tabled April 19, 2006) Mr. Arnott, Mr. Miller, Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. O'Toole, and Mr. Yakabuski.

(Tabled April 20, 2006) Mr. Arthurs, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Wilson.

Petition relating to providing access to Erbitux, Avastin, Velcade and other intravenous cancer chemotherapy drugs (Sessional Paper No. P-141):

(Tabled March 27, 2006) Mr. Fonseca.

Petition relating to passing Bill 67, the Organ and Tissue Donation Mandatory Declaration Act, 2006 (Sessional Paper No. P-142):

(Tabled March 27, 2006) Mr. Hardeman, Mr. Miller, Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Ouellette, Mrs. Witmer, and Mr. Yakabuski.

(Tabled March 28, 2006) Mr. Hardeman.

(Tabled March 29, 2006) Mr. Arnott, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Yakabuski.

(Tabled March 30, 2006) Mr. Klees and Ms. Scott.

(Tabled April 3, 2006) Mr. Ouellette.

(Tabled April 10, 2006) Mr. Ouellette.

(Tabled April 13, 2006) Mr. Klees.

(Tabled April 20, 2006) Mr. Klees.

Petition relating to ensuring that court orders for access to children are respected and enforced (Sessional Paper No. P-149):

(Tabled April 5, 2006) Mr. Brownell.

Petition relating to supporting the establishment of a bi-national group to consider alternatives to proposed border requirements (Sessional Paper No. P-150):

(Tabled April 5, 2006) Mr. Leal.

(Tabled April 6, 2006) Ms. Wynne.

(Tabled April 13, 2006) Mr. Sergio.

(Tabled April 24, 2006) Mr. Delaney.

(Tabled April 26, 2006) Mr. Leal.

(Tabled May 2, 2006) Mr. Ruprecht.

(Tabled May 3, 2006) Mr. Leal.