Legislative Assembly of Ontario

No. 89

No 89

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l’Ontario

Monday

November 25, 2013

Lundi

25 novembre 2013

2nd Session,
40th Parliament

2e session
40e législature

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

The House recessed at 11:42 a.m.

À 11 h 42, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

Standing Order 63(a) provides that “the Standing Committee on Estimates shall present one report with respect to all of the Estimates and Supplementary Estimates considered pursuant to Standing Orders 60 and 62 no later than the third Thursday in November of each calendar year”.

The House not having received a report from the Standing Committee on Estimates for certain ministries and offices on Thursday, November 21, 2013, as required by the Standing Orders of this House, pursuant to Standing Order 63(b) the Estimates before the Committee of the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Children and Youth Services, Office of Francophone Affairs, and Ministry of Consumer Services are deemed to be passed by the Committee and are deemed to be reported to and received by the House.

Accordingly, the Estimates (2013-2014) of the following ministries and office were deemed to be passed by the Standing Committee on Estimates and were deemed to be reported to and received by the House:-

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DES PROJETS DE LOI

The following Bills were introduced and read the first time:-

Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés et lus une première fois :-

Bill 136, An Act to cap the top public sector salaries. Ms. Horwath.

Projet de loi 136, Loi plafonnant les hauts traitements du secteur public. Mme Horwath.

Bill 137, An Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act and the Highway Traffic Act to construct paved shoulders and permit bicycles to ride on them. Mr. Miller. (Parry Sound–Muskoka).

Projet de loi 137, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'aménagement des voies publiques et des transports en commun et le Code de la route pour construire des accotements stabilisés et permettre aux bicyclettes d'y circuler. M. Miller. (Parry Sound–Muskoka).

Bill 138, An Act to amend the Environmental Protection Act to require the cessation of coal use to generate electricity at generation facilities. Hon. Mr. Bradley.

Projet de loi 138, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la protection de l'environnement pour exiger la cessation de l'utilisation du charbon pour produire de l'électricité dans les installations de production. L’hon. M. Bradley.

Bill 139, An Act to amend various Acts in respect of the corporation designated under the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act. Mr. Marchese.

Projet de loi 139, Loi modifiant diverses lois à l'égard de la société désignée en application de la Loi sur le Régime de garanties des logements neufs de l'Ontario. M. Marchese.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Building the Air-Rail Link (Sessional Paper No. P-19) Ms. DiNovo.

Public Safety Related to Dogs (Sessional Paper No. P-21) Ms. DiNovo.

PET scans (Sessional Paper No. P-29) Mme Gélinas.

Phasing out of the Drive Clean Program (Sessional Paper No. P-33) Mr. Ouellette.

Banning the use of Temporary Replacement Workers (Sessional Paper No. P-34) Mme Gélinas.

Personal Support Workers (Sessional Paper No. P-36) Mme Gélinas.

Clarington Transformer Station (Sessional Paper No. P-90) Mr. O'Toole.

Markdale Hospital (Sessional Paper No. P-109) Mr. Walker.

Calling an election (Sessional Paper No. P-177) Mr. McDonell.

Increase the minimum wage (Sessional Paper No. P-187) Ms. Forster and Mr. Prue.

The drug Avastin and Kimm Fletcher (Sessional Paper No. P-191) Mr. Chudleigh and Mr. Wilson.

Avalon Public School in Orléans (Sessional Paper No. P-200) Mr. McNeely.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Mr. Hudak moved,

M. Hudak propose,

That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario calls upon the government,

To recognize that Niagara Health System supervisor, Dr. Kevin Smith, recommended that consolidating existing hospitals in Niagara into a new Niagara South Hospital will provide better services for patients and families by simplifying physician and staff coverage to enhance response times and reduce wait times; attracting and retaining specialists because of increased workload; and investing in state of the art equipment by eliminating the costs of duplicate machines at multiple facilities;

To recognize that the Wynne Liberal government received Dr. Smith's final report to build a South Niagara Hospital in September 2012 and for 14 months have dragged their feet on implementing his recommendations that would save taxpayers $285 million in capital costs and $10 million annually in operating costs - money that can be used to attract and hire more nurses and specialists.

To recognize that Dr. Smith stated on November 15th, 2013, that “it doesn't make financial or medical sense to build a new South Niagara Hospital and keep the existing sites open”;

Therefore, it is the opinion of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario that a new Niagara South Hospital should be built at the Lyons Creek location in Niagara Falls, along with two additional urgent care facilities, to replace the Douglas Memorial Hospital, Greater Niagara General Hospital, Port Colborne Hospital, and the Welland Hospital.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 71

NAYS / CONTRE - 15

Armstrong

Bisson

Campbell

DiNovo

Fife

Forster

Gélinas

Mantha

Marchese

Natyshak

Prue

Sattler

Schein

Singh

Taylor

The Speaker informed the House of the following changes in the Order of Precedence for Private Members’ Public Business:-

Le Président a informé la Chambre des changements suivants dans l’ordre de priorité pour les affaires émanant des députés :-

Mr. Chudleigh assumes ballot item number 72 and

Mr. Hudak assumes ballot item number 74.

Second Reading of Bill 122, An Act respecting collective bargaining in Ontario's school system.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 122, Loi concernant la négociation collective dans le système scolaire de l’Ontario.

Debate resumed and after some time, Mr. Bailey moved the adjournment of the debate.

Le débat reprend et après quelque temps, M. Bailey propose l'ajournement du débat.

Lost on the following division:-

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES - 0 NAYS - 31

POUR - 0 CONTRE - 31

Debate resumed.

Le débat reprend.

The House adjourned at 5:58 p.m.

À 17 h 58, la chambre a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Dave Levac

Speaker

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO
STANDING ORDER 39(a)

PÉTITIONS DÉPOSÉES CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE
39a) DU RÈGLEMENT

Increase the minimum wage (Sessional Paper No. P-187) (Tabled November 25, 2013) Mrs. Albanese.

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 40

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 40 DU RÈGLEMENT

COMPENDIA:

Bill 138, An Act to amend the Environmental Protection Act to require the cessation of coal use to generate electricity at generation facilities (No. 206) (Tabled November 25, 2013).

Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 108(f)(1) re intended appointments dated November 22, 2013 (No. 205) (Tabled November 22, 2013).

Walkerton Clean Water Centre / Centre de Walkerton pour l'assainissement de l'eau, Annual Report 2012-2013 (No. 207) (Tabled November 25, 2013).

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Number: 339.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary (Sessional Paper No. P-93):

(Tabled September 18, 2013) Mr. O'Toole.

The introduction of genetically modified alfalfa in Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-164):

(Tabled September 25, 2013) Mr. Hardeman.