Legislative Assembly of Ontario

No. 102

N^o 102

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Wednesday
October 4, 2006

Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 153

Mercredi
4 octobre 2006

Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 153

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 143, An Act respecting ground current pollution in Ontario. Mrs. Van Bommel.

Projet de loi 143, Loi concernant la pollution causée par le courant tellurique en Ontario. M^me Van Bommel.

With unanimous consent, on motion by Mr. Tabuns,

Avec le consentement unanime, sur la motion de M. Tabuns,

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, June 22 be recognized as Chinese Canadian Head Tax Redress Day to honour the head tax families, Chinese Canadian National Council, Ontario Coalition of Chinese Head Tax Payers and Families, and the entire Chinese Canadian community; their efforts seeking to rectify injustices that resulted from the Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act; and their contributions in making Ontario a more prosperous and inclusive society.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petitions relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. O'Toole and Mr. Tascona.

Petition relating to supporting the JobsNow Program (Sessional Paper No. P-169) Mr. Leal.

Petitions relating to supporting the Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, 2006 (Sessional Paper No. P-202) Mr. Balkissoon, Mr. Delaney and Mr. Ruprecht.

Petition relating to amending the Children's Law Reform Act to emphasize the importance of children's relationships with their parents and grandparents (Sessional Paper No. P-205) Mr. Craitor.

Petition relating to stopping repairs, securing funding and constructing a new facility for St. Paul's Elementary School (Sessional Paper No. P-207) Mr. Wilson.

Petition relating to not passing Bill 43 (The Clean Water Act) until proper funding and amendments are in place (Sessional Paper No. P-222) Mrs. Munro.

Petition relating to enacting a minimum standard of 3.5 hours of nursing care for each nursing home resident per day (Sessional Paper No. P-228) Ms. Horwath.

Petition relating to leadership in land dispute in Caledonia (Sessional Paper No. P-229) Mr. Barrett.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Mr. Tory moved,

M. Tory propose,

That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario recognize that it has been three years since the Liberals took office;

That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario recognize that shortly after taking office the Liberals and their Premier began breaking their promises;

That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario recognize that ever since the Liberals broke their first promise, they have looked high and low for others to blame;

That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario recognize that the only people to blame for making these promises are the Liberals themselves;

That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario recognize that with one year to go before the next election, the Liberals must begin taking responsibility for the promises that they themselves made;

That the Legislative Assembly recognize that this list of broken promises includes, but is not limited to, the following 50 broken promises:

1 "I won't raise your taxes"

2 Roll back tolls on the 407

3 Fund medically-necessary health care services (de-listed eye exams, chiropractic care and physiotherapy)

4 Not add to the province's debt

5 Stop 6,600 houses from being built on the Oak Ridges Moraine

6 Abide by the balanced budget law

7 Cap hydro rates at 4.3¢ per kilowatt hour until 2006

8 Respect MPPs and democracy

9 Allow all non-cabinet MPPs to criticize and vote against government legislation

10 Provide autism treatment beyond age six

11 Reduce auto insurance rates by 10% within 90 days

12 Reduce the use of private consultants

13 Cancel P3 hospitals in Brampton and Ottawa

14 Public inquiry into meat inspection

15 Withdraw government appeal on the Richmond Landfill

16 Make Ontario's Chief Medical Officer an independent officer of the Legislature

17 Govern with honesty and integrity

18 Provide better mental health care

19 Value and support the public service

20 Divert 60% of municipal garbage to recycling by 2005

21 Close "private" MRI and CT clinics

22 Stop school closings

23 Introduce Status of the Artist legislation

24 Close coal-fired electricity plants by 2007

25 Create tens of thousands of new child care spaces

26 End federal Child Tax Credit "clawback"

27 Build 20,000 new affordable housing units

28 Spend "every penny" of the new health tax on health care

29 Eliminate barriers to foreign-trained professionals within one year

30 Require trades and professions to accept qualified immigrants within one year

31 Repeal the Tenant Protection Act within one year

32 Establish a Standing Committee on Education to hold yearly hearings

33 Hire 8,000 nurses

34 Provide legal rights to victims of crime

35 Make the Ministry of Agriculture a lead ministry

36 Support the province's cities

37 Ensure health dollars are spent wisely

38 Stop the waste of taxpayers' dollars

39 Guarantee stable, long-term funding for our rural and northern communities

40 Operate an open and transparent government

41 Provide a new funding formula for rural and northern schools

42 Hard cap of 20 students for early grades

43 Ensure 75% of students meet or exceed the provincial standard on province-wide tests within first mandate

44 Tackle gridlock

45 Give taxpayers better value for money while keeping taxes down

46 Eliminate mercury emissions from its coal-fired electric power generation plants by 2010 as part of the Canada-Wide Standard (CWS) agreement

47 Balance the budget every year of their mandate

48 Put the public interest ahead of special interests

49 Unclog Emergency Rooms

50 Give the Ministry of Natural Resources the resources to protect fish and wildlife;

That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario recognize this government's endless promise-breaking has left a trail of damage across this province;

That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ask the Premier to apologize to the citizens of Ontario for his legacy of broken promises.

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

Arnott

Barrett

Bisson

Chudleigh

Dunlop

Elliott

Hardeman

Horwath

Hudak

Kormos

MacLeod

Martel

Miller

Munro

O'Toole

Scott

Sterling

Tascona

Tory

Witmer

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 48

Arthurs

Balkissoon

Bartolucci

Bentley

Broten

Cansfield

Caplan

Chambers

Colle

Craitor

Crozier

Delaney

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duncan

Flynn

Fonseca

Gerretsen

Hoy

Jeffrey

Lalonde

Leal

Levac

Marsales

Matthews

McMeekin

McNeely

Meilleur

Milloy

Mitchell

Mossop

Orazietti

Patten

Peters

Phillips

Qaadri

Ramal

Ramsay

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Sergio

Smith

Smitherman

Sorbara

Van Bommel

Wilkinson

Zimmer

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

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

le président

Mike Brown

Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(a)

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

QUESTIONS ANSWERED (SEE SESSIONAL PAPER NO. 5):-

Final Answers to Question Numbers: 183, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214.