No. 162

N^o162

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Tuesday
April 24, 2007

Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 246
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 247

Mardi
24 avril 2007

Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 246
Séance du soir - jour de session 247

2^ndSession,
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 I have today laid upon the Table a Special Report of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario concerning the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Natural Resources (Sessional Paper No. 434).

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 217, An Act to establish a deposit and return system for batteries.  Mr. Miller.

Projet de loi 217, Loi établissant un régime de consignation pour les piles.  M. Miller.

Motions

Motions

Mr. Bradley moved,

M. Bradley propose,

That notwithstanding any other Order of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 9(c)(i), the House shall meet from 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 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

Bradley

Broten

Bryant

Cansfield

Caplan

Chan

Craitor

Crozier

Delaney

Dhillon

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duguid

Duncan

Flynn

Fonseca

Gravelle

Hoy

Jeffrey

Kular

Kwinter

Lalonde

Leal

Levac

Marsales

Matthews

Mauro

McMeekin

McNeely

Mitchell

Mossop

Orazietti

Patten

Peters

Phillips

Ramal

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Sergio

Smith

Smitherman

Takhar

Van Bommel

Watson

Wilkinson

Wynne

NAYS / CONTRE - 23

Chudleigh

DiNovo

Dunlop

Elliott

Ferreira

Hardeman

Horwath

Hudak

Klees

Kormos

Martel

Martiniuk

Miller

Munro

Murdoch

O'Toole

Ouellette

Prue

Savoline

Scott

Tabuns

Tascona

Yakabuski

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 consideration for a full-service passport office in the City of Barrie (Sessional Paper No. P-163) Mr. Tascona.

Petition relating to supporting the Ombudsman having the power to probe decisions and investigate complaints concerning the Children's Aid Societies (Sessional Paper No. P-211) Ms. Horwath.

Petition relating to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) (Sessional Paper No. P-252) Mr. Hardeman.

Petitions relating to supporting the Regulation of Zoos Act (Sessional Paper No. P-264) Mr. Klees, Mr. Leal and Mr. Miller.

Petition relating to increasing long-term care operating funding in 2007 and 2008 and introducing a capital renewal and retrofit program (Sessional Paper No. P-282) Mr. Tascona.

Petition relating to allocating funding for affordable and supportive housing in Ontario's 2007 provincial budget and re-assume financial responsibility for the cost and repair of the current social housing stock  (Sessional Paper No. P-283) Mr. Dunlop.

Petition relating to appealing the Ontario Court decision allowing more than two legal parents (Sessional Paper No. P-301) Mr. Murdoch.

Petition relating to a bill entitled An Act to proclaim Pope John Paul II Day (Sessional Paper No. P-307) Mr. Klees.

Petition relating to passing Bill 150, the NDP's Living Wage Bill (Sessional Paper No. P-309) Ms. Horwath.

Orders of the Day

Ordre du Jour

Debate was resumed on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 203, An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act and the Remedies for Organized Crime and Other Unlawful Activities Act, 2001 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. 

Le débat reprend sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 203, Loi modifiant le Code de la route et la Loi de 2001 sur les recours pour crime organisé et autres activités illégales et apportant des modifications corrélatives à d'autres lois. 

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 Finance and Economic Affairs.

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 des finances et des affaires économiques.

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 198, An Act to amend the Ontario Water Resources Act to safeguard and sustain Ontario's water, to make related amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 and to repeal the Water Transfer Control Act, when Bill 198 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 Justice Policy; and

That the Standing Committee on Justice Policy shall be authorized to meet, in addition to its regularly scheduled meeting times, on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 and Thursday, May 10, 2007 following Routine Proceedings until 6:00 p.m. if needed for the purpose of conducting public hearings on the bill and that the Committee be further authorized to meet on May 16, 2007 following Routine Proceedings for the purpose of clause by clause consideration of the bill; and

That the deadline for filing amendments to the bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 pm on Monday May 14, 2007. No later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2007 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 May 17, 2007.  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 Justice Policy, 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 no deferral of the Second Reading vote pursuant to Standing Order 28(h) shall be permitted; and

That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the bill, except in the case of any vote deferred pursuant to Standing Order 28(h), the division bell shall be limited to ten minutes.

A debate arising, after some time, the motion was declared carried.

Un débat s'ensuit et après quelque temps, la motion est déclarée adoptée.

Mr. Peters moved, That the House do now adjourn.

M. Peters propose que l'Assemblée ajourne les débats maintenant.

The question, having been put on the motion, was declared carried.

Cette motion, mise aux voix, est déclarée adoptée.

The House then adjourned at 8:08 p.m.

À 20 h 08, 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

Electrical Safety Authority, Annual Report – Fiscal 2006, Business Plan – Fiscal 2007-2009 and Electrical Safety in Ontario Summary Report 2005 (No. 435).

Questions Answered (See Sessional Paper No. 5):-

Final Answers to Question Numbers: 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 357 and 359.