No. 110

No 110

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l’Ontario

1st Session
41st Parliament

1re session
41e législature

Thursday
October 22, 2015

Jeudi
22 octobre 2015

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

9:00 A.M.

9 H

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Amendment to Government Order Number 30 relating to allocation of time on Bill 112, An Act to amend the Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 and the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Mr. Smith moved,

M. Smith propose,

That, the paragraph starting “That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill” be struck out and replaced with:

That, the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 5, 2015

And;

That the third bullet be struck out and replaced with:

Carried.

Adoptée.

Government Order Number 30, as amended, relating to allocation of time on Bill 112, An Act to amend the Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 and the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998.

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Vote deferred.

Le vote est différé.

Second Reading of Bill 85, An Act to strengthen and improve government by amending or repealing various Acts.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 85, Loi visant à renforcer et à améliorer la gestion publique en modifiant ou en abrogeant diverses lois.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

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

Le Vice-Président a informé la Chambre des changements suivants dans l’ordre de priorité des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députés :-

Mr. Clark assumes ballot item number 10 and

Ms. Scott assumes ballot item number 56.

The House recessed at 10:17 a.m.

À 10 h 17, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

Following remarks by Hon. Ms. Wynne, Mr. Brown and Ms. Horwath, the House observed a moment of silence in respect of the tragic events at the National War Memorial and on Parliament Hill on October 22, 2014.

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Government Order Number 30, as amended, relating to allocation of time on Bill 112, An Act to amend the Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 and the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 54

Albanese

Anderson

Baker

Balkissoon

Ballard

Berardinetti

Bradley

Chan

Chiarelli

Colle

Coteau

Crack

Damerla

Del Duca

Delaney

Dhillon

Dickson

Dong

Duguid

Flynn

Fraser

Gravelle

Hoggarth

Hoskins

Hunter

Jaczek

Kiwala

Lalonde

Leal

MacCharles

Malhi

Martins

Matthews

McGarry

McMahon

Meilleur

Milczyn

Moridi

Murray

Naidoo-Harris

Naqvi

Orazietti

Potts

Qaadri

Rinaldi

Sandals

Sergio

Sousa

Takhar

Thibeault

Vernile

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 36

Armstrong

Arnott

Bailey

Barrett

Brown

Campbell

Clark

Fedeli

Fife

French

Gates

Gélinas

Gretzky

Hardeman

Harris

Hatfield

Hillier

Horwath

Jones

MacLaren

Mantha

Martow

Miller (Hamilton East-Stoney Creek)

Natyshak

Nicholls

Pettapiece

Sattler

Scott

Singh

Tabuns

Taylor

Thompson

Vanthof

Walker

Yakabuski

Yurek

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 112, An Act to amend the Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 and the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, when the Bill 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 General Government; and,

That the Standing Committee on General Government be authorized to meet on Monday, November 2, 2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday, November 4, 2015, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., in Toronto for the purpose of public hearings on the Bill; and

That the Clerk of the Committee, in consultation with the Committee Chair, be authorized to arrange the following with regard to Bill 112:

That, the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 5, 2015; and

That the Committee be authorized to meet on Monday, November 16, 2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday, November 18, 2015, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., in Toronto, for the purpose of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill;

On Monday, November 16, 2015, at 5:00 p.m., 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. At this time, the Chair shall allow one 20-minute waiting period pursuant to Standing Order 129(a); and

That the Committee shall report the Bill to the House no later than Thursday, November 19, 2015. 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 General Government, 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 that same day; and

That, when the order for Third Reading of the Bill is called, two hours of debate shall be allotted to the Third Reading stage of the Bill, apportioned equally among the recognized parties. At the end of this time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of this stage of the Bill without further debate or amendment; and

The votes on Second and Third Reading may be deferred pursuant to Standing Order 28(h); and

That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 5 minutes.

The House recessed at 11:58 a.m.

À 11 h 58, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

Standing Committee on General Government:-

Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales :-

Bill 9, An Act to amend the Environmental Protection Act to require the cessation of coal use to generate electricity at generation facilities.

Projet de loi 9, 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.

Reported without amendment.

Rapport est fait sans propositions d’amendement.

Report adopted.

Rapport adopté.

Pursuant to the Order of the House dated June 2, 2015,

Conformément à l’ordre de l’Assemblée du 2 juin 2015,

Ordered for Third Reading.

Passage à la troisième lecture.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Del Duca,

Sur la motion de M. Del Duca,

Ordered, That, notwithstanding Standing Order 60, and the Order of the House dated October 7, 2015, the Standing Committee on Estimates consider the 2015 - 2016 Estimates of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care on October 27, 2015; and,

That the Standing Committee on Estimates consider the remaining 2015-2016 Estimates of the Ministry of Energy on October 28, 2015. Upon completion of consideration of the remaining 2015-2016 Estimates of the Ministry of Energy, the Committee shall resume consideration of the 2015 - 2016 Estimates of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Fluoridation of drinking water (Sessional Paper No. P-114) Mr. Delaney and Mr. Fraser.

Microbilles (document parlementaire no P-165) M. Potts.

The ODSP Work-Related Benefit (Sessional Paper No. P-172) Ms. DiNovo.

Stopping the sale of Hydro One (Sessional Paper No. P-191) Ms. Campbell.

Bill 41, Lung Health Act 2014 (Sessional Paper No. P-206) Mrs. Martins.

Northern healthcare (Sessional Paper No. P-208) Ms. Campbell.

Protecting Ontario from hydro increases (Sessional Paper No. P-243) Mrs. Martow.

PRIVATE MEMBERS' PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D'INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉS

Mr. Baker moved,

M. Baker propose,

Second Reading of Bill 127, An Act to amend the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario Act, 2005 to require the Council to collect and publish information in respect of certain educational institutions.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 127, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2005 sur le Conseil ontarien de la qualité de l'enseignement supérieur pour exiger que le Conseil recueille et publie des renseignements concernant certains établissements d'enseignement.

Debate arose.

Il s’élève un débat.

Carried.

Adoptée.

Referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des finances et des affaires économiques.

Mr. Singh moved,

M. Singh propose,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 59:-

Avis de motion émanant des députés no 59 :-

That, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario should instruct all Police Services in Ontario that while the law allows them to stop, detain, investigate and search individuals where there are reasonable grounds to do so, arbitrary and/or discriminatory street checks/carding violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Ontario Human Rights Code, have no place in Ontario, and that such practices should be immediately stopped.

Debate arose.

Il s’élève un débat.

Carried.

Adoptée.

Mr. Arnott moved,

M. Arnott propose,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 58:-

Avis de motion émanant des députés no 58 :-

That, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry should lead a coordinated effort, working with municipalities, school boards, community organizations, the business community, the forestry industry and volunteers, to take the County of Wellington's Green Legacy Programme province-wide, with the stated goal of planting 150 million trees as a project to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Province in Confederation in 2017.

Debate arose.

Il s’élève un débat.

Carried.

Adoptée.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 115, An Act to enact the Representation Act, 2015, repeal the Representation Act, 2005 and amend the Election Act, the Election Finances Act and the Legislative Assembly Act.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 115, Loi édictant la Loi de 2015 sur la représentation électorale, abrogeant la Loi de 2005 sur la représentation électorale et modifiant la Loi électorale, la Loi sur le financement des élections et la Loi sur l'Assemblée législative.

Debate resumed and after some time the House adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 18 h, 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

Sexual education curriculum (Sessional Paper No. P-120) (Tabled October 22, 2015) Mrs. Albanese.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

RESPONSES TABLED ON OCTOBER 21, 2015

Repealing the Green Energy Act, 2009 (Sessional Paper No. P-1):

(Tabled May 27, 2015) Mr. McDonell.

(Tabled May 25, 2015) Mr. Walker.

Terry Fox Day (Sessional Paper No. P-167):

(Tabled May 26; June 2, 2015) Ms. Wong.

Stopping the sale of Hydro One (Sessional Paper No. P-191):

(Tabled May 27; June 2, 2015) Ms. Armstrong.

(Tabled May 27, 2015) Ms. French.

(Tabled May 27, 2015) Mr. Gates.

(Tabled May 28, 2015) Mr. Hatfield.

(Tabled June 1, 2015) Ms. Sattler.

(Tabled June 1, 2015) Miss Taylor.

RESPONSES TABLED ON OCTOBER 22, 2015

Carbon tax (Sessional Paper No. P-125):

(Tabled June 1, 2015) Mr. Clark.

(Tabled October 1, 2015) Mrs. Martow.

(Tabled May 26, 2015) Mr. McDonell.

(Tabled September 23, 2015) Mr. Nicholls.

(Tabled May 28, 2015) Ms. Scott.

(Tabled October 5, 8, 2015) Mr. Walker.

(Tabled October 20, 2015) Mr. Wilson.

(Tabled June 4, 2015) Mr. Yakabuski.