Votes and Proceedings 2007-Apr-30 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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No. 165	N^o¹⁶⁵

Votes and Proceedings	Procès-verbaux
Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Assemblée législative de l'Ontario
Monday April 30, 2007 Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 251 Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 252	Lundi 30 avril 2007 Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 251Séance du soir - jour de session 252
2^ndSession, 38^th Parliament	2^e session 38^elégislature

Prayers 1:30 P.M.			Prières 13 H 30
Reports by Committees			Rapports des Comités
Mr. McMeekin from the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly presented the Committee's Report which was read as follows and adopted:-			M. McMeekin du Comité permanent de l'assemblée législative présente le rapport du comité qui est lu comme suit et adopté:-
Your Committee begs to report the following Bill as amended:-			Votre comité propose qu'il soit permis de faire rapport sur le projet de loi suivant avec des amendements:-
Bill 67, An Act to amend various Acts to require a declaration with respect to the donation of organs and tissue on death.			Projet de loi 67, Loi modifiant diverses lois pour exiger que soit faite une déclaration au sujet du don d'organes et de tissu au moment du décès.
Ordered for Third Reading.			Ordonné pour la troisième lecture.

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(g), notice for ballot items 6 and 7 be waived.

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 Monday, April 30, 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 - 39

Arthurs Balkissoon Bentley Bradley Brownell Bryant Cansfield Caplan	Chan Crozier Delaney Di Cocco Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn	Fonseca Hoy Kwinter Lalonde Marsales Matthews Mauro McMeekin		Meilleur Mitchell Orazietti Parsons Peters Pupatello Ramal Rinaldi	Ruprecht Sandals Smitherman Takhar Watson Wynne Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 22

Arnott DiNovo Dunlop Elliott Hardeman	Horwath Klees Kormos MacLeod Marchese	Martel Martiniuk Miller Munro		Murdoch O'Toole Ouellette Prue	Scott Tabuns Tory Yakabuski

Petitions			Pétitions
Petition relating to enacting Bill 25, An Act that will preserve the gravesites of the former Premiers of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-250) Mr. Brownell. Petitions relating to supporting the Regulation of Zoos Act (Sessional Paper No. P-264) Mr. Hardeman and Mr. Parsons. Petition relating to working with Hershey to reverse the decision to close the Smith Falls plant, fund infrastructure projects, complete the four-laning of Highway 7 and the reconstruction of Highway 15, postpone the closure of Rideau Regional Centre, create a fund to attract investment to Eastern Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-287) Mr. Sterling. Petition relating to appealing the Ontario Court decision allowing more than two legal parents (Sessional Paper No. P-301) Mr. Murdoch. Petition relating to changing the decision to cut mental health and addiction services from Lakeridge Health (Sessional Paper No. P-302) Mr. Ouellette. Petition relating to changing the provisions of the flexible part-time agreement (FPT) (Sessional Paper No. P-313) Mr. Klees. Petition relating to making the cost of living for ODSP recipients more affordable and helping them by giving a Christmas bonus (Sessional Paper No. P-314) Mr. Milloy. Petition relating to social services agencies serving cities within the 905 Belt (Sessional Paper No. P-315) Mr. McMeekin.

Orders of the Day			Ordre du Jour
Opposition Day			Jour de l'opposition
Mr. Tory moved,			M. Tory propose,
That, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration is the fourth McGuinty cabinet minister to fall under the cloud of scandal; That, in the opinion of this House, this scandal is a direct result of his failure to ensure the highest level of scrutiny over grants paid out of a year-end slush fund; That, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration should be expected to be able to answer the most basic questions about these grants, such as on what basis the money was granted and what accountability measures are in place to ensure that the money is used for its intended purpose;
That, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration should table the list of the "hundreds" of groups to whom he spoke about these grants; That, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration should table the written criteria he used to determine how the grants were allocated; and That, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration should table any written correspondence between his office and any groups that have received funding outside of existing formal government programs, including any and all application documents. Addressed to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
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 - 26

Arnott Bisson Chudleigh Dunlop Elliott Hardeman	Horwath Hudak Klees Kormos MacLeod	Marchese Martiniuk Miller Munro Murdoch		O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Scott Sterling Tory Wilson Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 46

Arthurs Balkissoon Bentley Bountrogianni Bradley Brownell Bryant Caplan Chan Colle	Delaney Dhillon Di Cocco Dombrowsky Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gerretsen Gravelle	Hoy Jeffrey Lalonde Marsales Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy		Mitchell Mossop Orazietti Parsons Peters Phillips Qaadri Ramal Ramsay	Rinaldi Sandals Smith Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

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
Debate was resumed on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 212, An Act to amend the Education Act in respect of behaviour, discipline and safety.			Le débat reprend sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 212, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'éducation en ce qui concerne le comportement, la discipline et la sécurité.
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

Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 39(a)			Documents Parlementaires Déposés Conformément à l'Article 39 a) du Règlement
Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 106(e)(1) re intended appointments dated April 27, 2007 (No. 443) (Tabled April 27, 2007). Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario / Société ontarienne d'assurance-dépôts, Annual Report 2005 (No. 441) (Tabled April 27, 2007). Financial Services Commission of Ontario, Annual Report 2003-2004 and Superintendent's Report on Insurance 2003 (No. 438) (Tabled April 27, 2007). Financial Services Commission of Ontario, Annual Report 2004-2005 and Superintendent's Report on Insurance 2004 (No. 439) (Tabled April 27, 2007). Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario, Annual Report 2003-2004 (No. 440) (Tabled April 27, 2007). Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario, Annual Report 2004-2005 (No. 442) (Tabled April 27, 2007). Questions Answered (See Sessional Paper No. 5):- Final Answers to Question Numbers: 355, 356, 358, 367, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388, 389, 390, 392, 402, 404, 412, 413, 414, 416, 418, 423, 420, 422, 428, 431, 432, 434, 436, 438, 440, and 437. Interim Answers to Question Numbers: 421 and 442.

April 30, 2007