Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 25

No 25

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Thursday
September 20, 2018

Jeudi
20 septembre 2018

9:00 A.M.

9 H

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Amendment to the amendment to the motion regarding amendments to the Standing Orders.

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 Speaker addressed the House:-

Le Président s’adresse à la Chambre :-

I beg to inform the House that, pursuant to Standing Order 71(b), the Member for Ottawa—Vanier (Mme Des Rosiers) has notified the Clerk of her intention to file notice of a reasoned amendment to the motion for Second Reading of Bill 32, An Act to amend the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 (Sessional Paper No. 49).

The Order for Second Reading of Bill 32 may therefore not be called today.

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

The House recessed at 11:38 a.m.

À 11 h 38, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

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 des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députés :-

Mr. Singh (Brampton East) assumes ballot item number 28;

Mr. Natyshak assumes ballot item number 69.

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Ms. Hunter,

Sur la motion de Mme Hunter,

Ordered, That the Member for Scarborough—Guildwood (Ms. Hunter) assumes the place of the Member for Thunder Bay—Superior North (Mr. Gravelle) in the Independent Members’ rotation for Members’ Statements.

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 34, An Act to repeal the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to amend the Electricity Act, 1998, the Environmental Protection Act, the Planning Act and various other statutes. Hon. Mr. Rickford.

Projet de loi 34, Loi abrogeant la Loi de 2009 sur l’énergie verte et modifiant la Loi de 1998 sur l’électricité, la Loi sur la protection de l’environnement, la Loi sur l’aménagement du territoire et diverses autres lois. L’hon. M. Rickford.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Smith (Bay of Quinte),

Sur la motion de M. Smith (Baie de Quinte),

Ordered, That the Chair, the Clerk of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and one Member of each of the recognized parties be authorized to adjourn to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to attend the annual meeting of the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees in September 2018.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (Sessional Paper No. P-1) Mr. Hatfield and Ms. Karpoche.

Health and physical education curriculum (Sessional Paper No. P-2) Ms. Karpoche and Mr. Schreiner.

Implementing minimum wage (Sessional Paper No. P-4) Ms. Karpoche.

Universal pharmacare (Sessional Paper No. P-14) Ms. Sattler.

Transit fare integration (Sessional Paper No. P-16) Mrs. Martow.

Toronto municipal elections (Sessional Paper No. P-18) Ms. Shaw.

Affordable housing (Sessional Paper No. P-32) Mr. Harden.

The price of gasoline (Sessional Paper No. P-34) Mme Gélinas.

Mental health funding (Sessional Paper No. P-37) Miss Taylor.

Animal welfare standards (Sessional Paper No. P-43) Ms. Hogarth.

Alzheimer’s disease (Sessional Paper No. P-44) Ms. Fife.

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D’INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉS

Mr. Hatfield moved,

M. Hatfield propose,

Second Reading of Bill 6, An Act to establish the Poet Laureate of Ontario in memory of Gord Downie.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 6, Loi visant à créer la charge de poète officiel de l’Ontario à la mémoire de Gord Downie.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried.

Adoptée.

Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d’intérêt privé.

Mr. Piccini moved,

M. Piccini propose,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 14:-

Avis de motion émanant des députés no 14 :-

That, in the opinion of the House, the Government of Ontario should promote organ donation and should make the completion of the renewal or issuance of a health card or driver’s licence conditional on a declaration that forms part of the card or licence renewal process; and that specifies whether or not the person consents to having their organs or tissue used for transplant purposes after the person’s death; and that in the event more than one such valid consent is made, the most recent declaration prevails over all previous ones.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried.

Adoptée.

Miss Taylor moved,

Mlle Taylor propose,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 12:-

Avis de motion émanant des députés no 12 :-

That, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario should honour its commitments and work in the best interests of all Ontarians, regardless of ability, occupation, income or socio-economic status, by immediately reversing its callous decisions to (a) slash expected increases to social assistance rates in half, dragging Ontario backwards and pushing vulnerable Ontarians deeper into poverty, and (b) cancel the Basic Income Pilot Project in Hamilton, Brantford, Brant County, Lindsay and Thunder Bay, a project that has lifted thousands of Ontarians out of poverty and was in the process of collecting invaluable data about the long-term effectiveness and sustainability of such a program.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Lost on the following division:-.

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 29

Andrew

Armstrong

Arthur

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Fife

French

Gates

Glover

Harden

Hatfield

Karpoche

Kernaghan

Mamakwa

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Yarde

NAYS / CONTRE - 51

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Bethlenfalvy

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Ghamari

Gill

Hardeman

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Martow

McDonell

McKenna

Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka)

Mulroney

Pang

Park

Romano

Sabawy

Sarkaria

Simard

Skelly

Smith (Peterborough–Kawartha)

Tangri

NAYS / CONTRE - Continued

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzeto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Khanjin

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

MacLeod

Martin

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Rickford

Roberts

Thanigasalam

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Wilson

Yakabuski

During “Private Members’ Public Business”, proceedings were suspended until the end of the time allotted.

Pendant la période des « Affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députés », les travaux ont été suspendus jusqu’à la fin du temps alloué.

Mr. Bethlenfalvy moved that the House do now adjourn.

M. Bethlenfalvy propose que la Chambre ajourne ses travaux.

Carried on division.

Adoptée au vote.

The House adjourned at 4:24 p.m.

À 16 h 24, la Chambre a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 40

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 40 DU RÈGLEMENT

COMPENDIA:

Bill 34, An Act to repeal the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to amend the Electricity Act, 1998, the Environmental Protection Act, the Planning Act and various other statutes (No. 50) (Tabled September 20, 2018).