Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 118

No 118

2nd Session
41st Parliament

2e session
41e législature

Thursday
November 16, 2017

Jeudi
16 novembre 2017

9:00 A.M.

9 H

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Chan,

Sur la motion de M. Chan,

Ordered, That the Member for Haliburton––Kawartha Lakes––Brock (Ms. Scott) be allowed to speak from her place while seated.

Second Reading of Bill 175, An Act to implement measures with respect to policing, coroners and forensic laboratories and to enact, amend or repeal certain other statutes and revoke a regulation.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 175, Loi mettant en oeuvre des mesures concernant les services policiers, les coroners et les laboratoires médico-légaux et édictant, modifiant ou abrogeant certaines autres lois et abrogeant un règlement.

Debate resumed and after some time the House recessed at 10:14 a.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 10 h 14, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

Le Président s'adresse à la Chambre comme suit :-

That, pursuant to Standing Order 71(c), the Member for Timiskaming––Cochrane has filed a reasoned amendment to the motion for Second Reading of Bill 177, An Act to implement Budget measures and to enact and amend various statutes.

The Order for Second Reading of Bill 177 may therefore not be called today.

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for allocation of time on Bill 148, An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Labour Relations Act, 1995 and to make related amendments to other Acts.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 49

Albanese

Anderson

Baker

Berardinetti

Bradley

Chan

Chiarelli

Colle

Coteau

Crack

Des Rosiers

Dhillon

Dickson

Dong

Duguid

Flynn

Fraser

Hoggarth

Hoskins

Hunter

Lalonde

Leal

MacCharles

Malhi

Mangat

Martins

Matthews

Mauro

McGarry

McMahon

Naidoo-Harris

Naqvi

Potts

Qaadri

Rinaldi

Sandals

Sousa

Takhar

Thibeault

Vernile

AYES / POUR - Continued

Damerla

Del Duca

Delaney

Jaczek

Kiwala

Milczyn

Moridi

Wong

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 38

Armstrong

Arnott

Bailey

Barrett

Bisson

Campbell

Cho

Clark

Coe

Fedeli

Fife

Forster

French

Gates

Gélinas

Gretzky

Hillier

Horwath

Jones

MacLaren

MacLeod

Mantha

McNaughton

Munro

Natyshak

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Sattler

Scott

Smith

Tabuns

Taylor

Thompson

Vanthof

Walker

Wilson

Yakabuski

Yurek

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 148, An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Labour Relations Act, 1995 and to make related amendments to other Acts, the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs shall be 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2017; and

On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 4:00 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 Monday, November 20, 2017. 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 Finance and Economic Affairs, 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, 30 minutes 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 vote on 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 11:49 a.m.

À 11 h 49, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

Ms. Hoggarth from the Standing Committee on Estimates reported the following Resolutions:-

Resolved, That Supply in the following amounts and to defray the expenses of the following ministries be granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018:-

TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT

3401

Ministry Administration

$

29,678,200

3402

Labour Relations and Compensation

62,255,700

3403

Employee and Pensioner Benefits (Employer Share)

925,538,000

3404

Treasury Board Support

670,132,000

3405

Governance, Agency Oversight and Centre for Leadership and Learning

37,001,200

3406

Audit

4,754,900

3408

Enterprise Information Technology Services

104,490,400

3409

Central Agencies Cluster

53,292,200

3410

Agencies, Boards and Commissions

857,500

3411

Bulk Media Buy

56,681,500

MINISTRY OF ENERGY

2901

Ministry Administration

$

15,075,200

2902

Energy Development and Management

24,461,500

2905

Electricity Price Mitigation

2,564,000,000

2906

Strategic Asset Management

280,000,000

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Stevenson Memorial Hospital (Sessional Paper No. P-5) Mr. Wilson.

The Long-Term Care Homes Act (Sessional Paper No. P-23) Mme Gélinas.

Oral health services (Sessional Paper No. P-51) Mme Gélinas.

Film Classification Act (Sessional Paper No. P-120) Mme Gélinas.

Fair treatment of the elderly seeking long-term care placement (Sessional Paper No. P-123) Mme Gélinas.

Funding long-term care beds to the cost of living (Sessional Paper No. P-192) Ms. Jones.

Wasaga Beach maintenance (Sessional Paper No. P-228) Mr. Wilson.

Highway 661 winter maintenance (Sessional Paper No. P-231) Mme Gélinas.

Organic products regulation (Sessional Paper No. P-233) Ms. Jones.

Residential Treatment Facilities (Sessional Paper No. P-236) Ms. Jones.

Proposed Dovercourt and Sudbury SmartTrack station (Sessional Paper No. P-263) Mr. Dong and Mr. Potts.

Sewage bypass reporting (Sessional Paper No. P-270) Ms. Jones.

PRIVATE MEMBERS' PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D'INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉS

Mr. Wilson moved,

M. Wilson propose,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 67:-

Avis de motion émanant des députés no 67:-

That, in the opinion of this House, the Wynne government must immediately increase the number of long-term-care beds in the Counties of Simcoe and Grey so as to eliminate the waitlist of people who can no longer stay in their own homes and/or are stuck inappropriately in a hospital bed through no fault of their own.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried.

Adoptée.

Ms. Scott moved,

Mme Scott propose,

Second Reading of Bill 120, An Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act and the Justices of the Peace Act.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 120, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les tribunaux judiciaires et la Loi sur les juges de paix.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s'élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried.

Adoptée.

Referred to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent de la justice.

Ms. Malhi moved,

Mme Malhi propose,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 70:-

Avis de motion émanant des députés no 70 :-

That, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care should continue to work with local health care planners and hospital officials to ensure that Brampton receives proportional treatment that reflects the community’s rapidly increasing population; and to continue to work to improve the local patient experience when it comes to hospital care, including examining the potential for reducing emergency room wait times and other resources to address acute care capacity challenges at the Brampton Civic Hospital.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried.

Adoptée.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 174, An Act to enact the Cannabis Act, 2017, the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017 and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017, to repeal two Acts and to make amendments to the Highway Traffic Act respecting alcohol, drugs and other matters.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 174, Loi édictant la Loi de 2017 sur le cannabis, la Loi de 2017 sur la Société ontarienne de vente du cannabis et la Loi de 2017 favorisant un Ontario sans fumée, abrogeant deux lois et modifiant le Code de la route en ce qui concerne l'alcool, les drogues et d'autres questions.

Debate resumed and after some time the House adjourned at 5:59 p.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 17 h 59, la Chambre a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Dave Levac

Speaker

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Sale of Hydro One (Sessional Paper No. P-9):

(Tabled September 27, 2017) Ms. Forster.

(Tabled October 26, 2017) Mr. Natyshak.

(Tabled September 21, 2017) Mr. Walker.

The Long-Term Care Homes Act (Sessional Paper No. P-23):

(Tabled October 26, 2017) Mr. Coe.

(Tabled September 21, 26; October 16; November 2, 2017) Mme Gélinas.

(Tabled October 2, 2017) Mr. McDonell.

(Tabled October 18; November 2, 2017) Ms. Sattler.

(Tabled October 24, 2017) Mr. Yakabuski.

Oral health services (Sessional Paper No. P-51):

(Tabled September 25, 28; October 2, 16, 17, 19, 2017) Mrs. Martins.

(Tabled September 21, 2017) Mr. Potts.

(Tabled September 28; October 5, 2017) Mr. Rinaldi.

Long-Term Care Homes (Sessional Paper No. P-139):

(Tabled September 21, 25; October 17, 23, 24, 2017) Mme Gélinas.

Provincial Highway 559 (Sessional Paper No. P-239):

(Tabled September 21, 25, 28, 2017) Mr. Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka).

Free access to clean water (Sessional Paper No. P-240):

(Tabled September 21, 2017) Ms. Kiwala.