Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 76

No 76

2nd Session
41st Parliament

2e session
41e législature

Wednesday
May 3, 2017

Mercredi

3 mai 2017

9:00 A.M.

9 H

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Motion for allocation of time on Bill 124, An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.

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.

Vote deferred.

Le vote est différé.

Motion that this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government.

Debate resumed and after some time the House recessed at 10:15 a.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 10 h 15, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

The House expressed its condolence on the death of Ken Black, Member for the Electoral District of Muskoka—Georgian Bay from September 10, 1987 to September 05, 1990.

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for the allocation of time on Bill 124, An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 51

Albanese

Anderson

Baker

Ballard

Berardinetti

Bradley

Chan

Chiarelli

Colle

Coteau

Crack

Damerla

Del Duca

Delaney

Des Rosiers

Dhillon

Dong

Duguid

Flynn

Fraser

Hoskins

Hunter

Jaczek

Kiwala

Lalonde

Leal

MacCharles

Malhi

Mangat

Martins

Matthews

Mauro

McGarry

McMahon

McMeekin

Milczyn

Moridi

Murray

Naidoo-Harris

Naqvi

Potts

Qaadri

Rinaldi

Sandals

Sousa

Takhar

Thibeault

Vernile

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 40

Arnott

Bailey

Barrett

Bisson

Fife

Forster

French

Gates

Mantha

Martow

McDonell

McNaughton

Pettapiece

Sattler

Scott

Smith

NAYS / CONTRE - Continued

Brown

Cho

Clark

Coe

DiNovo

Fedeli

Gélinas

Gretzky

Hardeman

Hatfield

MacLaren

MacLeod

Miller (Hamilton East-Stoney Creek)

Miller (Parry Sound-Muskoka)

Munro

Natyshak

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Tabuns

Thompson

Vanthof

Walker

Wilson

Yurek

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 124, An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, 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 Tuesday, May 9, 2017, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 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 124:

• Notice of public hearings on the Ontario Parliamentary Channel, the Legislative Assembly's website, and Canada NewsWire; and

• That, the deadline for requests to appear be 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 5, 2017; and

• That, should the hearings be oversubscribed, the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to the Sub-committee by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 5, 2017; and;

• That, each Sub-committee member, or their delegate, provide a prioritized list of witness selections based on the list of interested presenters received from the Clerk of the Committee by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 5, 2017; and;

• That, each witness will receive up to 5 minutes for their presentation followed by 9 minutes for questions from Committee members; and

• That, the deadline for written submissions be 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2017; and

That, the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2017; and

That, the Committee be authorized to meet on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, from 3:30 p.m. to midnight for the purpose of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 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, one 20-minute waiting period pursuant to Standing Order 129(a) being permitted; and

That, the Committee shall report the Bill to the House no later than Wednesday, May 17, 2017; and

That, 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, one hour of debate shall be allotted to the Third Reading stage of the Bill, apportioned equally among the recognized parties and;

That, 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

That, 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 12:22 p.m.

À 12 h 22, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

3:00 P.M.

15 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

Standing Committee on Social Policy:-

Comité permanent de la politique sociale :-

Bill 68, An Act to amend various Acts in relation to municipalities

Projet de loi 68, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne les municipalités.

Reported as amended.

Rapport est fait du projet de loi modifié.

Report adopted and Ordered for Third Reading.

Rapport adopté et passage à la troisième lecture.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills:-

Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d’intérêt privé :-

Bill Pr61, An Act to revive Braiseryy Chicken Ltd.

Bill Pr62, An Act to revive Roy Wilson Real Estate Inc.

Bill Pr63, An Act respecting The East York Foundation.

Reported without amendment.

Rapport est fait sans propositions d’amendement.

Ordered for Second Reading.

Ordonées pour la deuxième lecture.

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 129, An Act to amend the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 with respect to medical assistance in dying. Mr. Yurek.

Projet de loi 129, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1991 sur les professions de la santé réglementées en ce qui concerne l’aide médicale à mourir. M. Yurek.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mme Lalonde,

Sur la motion de Mme Lalonde,

Ordered, That the following changes be made in the Order of Precedence for Private Members’ Public Business:-

Il est ordonné que les changements suivants soient effectués dans l’ordre de priorité des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députés :-

Mr. Anderson assumes ballot item number 60

Mr. Baker assumes ballot item number 62; and

That the requirement for notice be waived for ballot item numbers 59, 60, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68 and 69.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Minimum Wage of $15 an hour (Sessional Paper No. P-21) Ms. Fife.

Shared public assets (Sessional Paper No. P-47) Ms. Forster.

Oral health services (Sessional Paper No. P-51) Ms. Scott and Mr. Smith.

Investing in interprofessional primary health care (Sessional Paper No. P-132) Mr. Rinaldi and Mr. Smith.

Fund a program to assist Ontarians who have been wrongfully accused (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. McDonell.

Elevator repair (Sessional Paper No. P-138) Mr. Rinaldi.

Grandview Children's Centre (Sessional Paper No. P-140) Miss Taylor.

Support the Ontario Fair Hydro Plan and provide relief for Ontario electricity consumers (Sessional Paper No. P-142) Mr. Dong.

Reversing the decision to move the Minden Provincial Offences Court to Lindsay (Sessional Paper No. P-171) Ms. Scott.

Hydro One charges (Sessional Paper No. P-188) Ms. Campbell.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 127, An Act to implement Budget measures and to enact, amend and repeal various statutes.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 127, Loi visant à mettre en oeuvre les mesures budgétaires et à édicter, à modifier ou à abroger diverses lois.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

At 5:56 p.m., the following matters were considered in an adjournment debate.

À 17 h 56, les questions suivantes ont été examinée dans un débat d’ajournement.

Member for Haldimand–Norfolk (Mr. Barrett) to the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care – Lyme disease.

Member for Chatham-Kent—Essex (Mr. Nicholls) to the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation – Student safety.

The House adjourned at 6:16 p.m.

À 18 h 16, 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

Price of electricity (Sessional Paper No. P-1) (Tabled May 3, 2017) Mr. Smith.

Cuts to physician services (Sessional Paper No. P-3) (Tabled May 3, 2017) Mr. Smith.

Seniors’ drug costs (Sessional Paper No. P-11) (Tabled May 3, 2017) Mr. Pettapiece.

Administration of ophthalmic ointment (Sessional Paper No. P-187) (Tabled May 3, 2017) Mr. Smith.

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 40

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 40 DU RÈGLEMENT

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Ojibway Prairie Complex (Sessional Paper No. P-19):

(Tabled March 9, 2017) Mr. Hatfield.

Cap and trade (Sessional Paper No. P-46):

(Tabled March 9, 2017) Mr. Fraser.

Continuous Glucose Monitors (Sessional Paper No. P-62):

(Tabled March 9, 30, 2017) Mr. Clark.

(Tabled March 9, 2017) Mr. Oosterhoff.

A universal early childhood education and child care system (Sessional Paper No. P-81):

(Tabled March 9, 2017) Mr. Hatfield.

Increase the coverage of ostomy supplies through the ADP program (Sessional Paper No. P-150):

(Tabled March 9, 2017) Mr. Fedeli.

Amend the Highway Traffic Act to set the default speed limit to 40 km/h on residential streets and 30 km/h in school zones (Sessional Paper No. P-151):

(Tabled March 9, 2017) Mr. Fraser.

Take immediate steps to reduce the price of electricity in Northwestern Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-152):

(Tabled March 9, 2017) Ms. Campbell.

Deem Hydro a necessity for all Ontarians and develop a cost effective long term sustainable plan (Sessional Paper No. P-153):

(Tabled March 9, 2017) Mr. Clark.