Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 74

No 74

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Tuesday
March 5, 2019

Mardi

5 mars 2019

9:00 A.M.

9 H

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Mr. Tibollo moved,

M. Tibollo propose,

That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 66, An Act to restore Ontario’s competitiveness by amending or repealing certain Acts, 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

That 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, March 18, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for 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 66:

• That the deadline for requests to appear be 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 8, 2019; and

• That the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee and their designate following the deadline for requests to appear by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2019; and

• That each member of the Sub-committee or their designate provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters received by the Clerk, by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, March 12, 2019; and

• That each witness will receive up to six minutes for their presentation followed by fourteen minutes divided equally amongst the recognized parties for questioning; and

That the deadline for filing written submissions be 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2019; and

That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2019; and

That the Standing Committee on General Government shall be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Monday March 25, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That on Monday, March 25, 2019 at 5:30 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 Tuesday, March 26, 2019. 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 notwithstanding Standing Order 81(c), the Bill may be called for Third Reading more than once in the same sessional day; and

That in the event of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 20 minutes.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Vote deferred.

Le vote est différé.

The House recessed at 10:15 a.m.

À 10 h 15, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

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 :-

Ms. Lindo assumes ballot item number 60;

Ms. Fife assumes ballot item number 73.

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for allocation of time on Bill 68, An Act with respect to community safety and policing.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 61

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fedeli

Fee

Fullerton

Ghamari

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

Martow

McKenna

McNaughton

Mulroney

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

Yakabuski

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 42

Armstrong

Arthur

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

French

Gates

Gélinas

Glover

Gretzky

Lindo

Mamakwa

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

NAYS / CONTRE - Continued

Bourgouin

Burch

Coteau

Des Rosiers

Fife

Fraser

Harden

Hassan

Hatfield

Hunter

Karpoche

Kernaghan

Natyshak

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Wynne

Yarde

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 68, An Act with respect to community safety and policing, that the Standing Committee on Justice Policy be authorized to meet on Thursday, March 7, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for 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 68:

• That the deadline for requests to appear be 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 2019; and

• That the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee and their designate following the deadline for requests to appear by 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 2019; and

• That, each member of the Sub-committee or their designate provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters received by the Clerk, by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6, 2019; and

• That each witness will receive up to eight minutes for their presentation followed by twelve minutes divided equally amongst the recognized parties for questioning; and

That the deadline for filing written submissions be 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2019; and

That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 noon on Tuesday, March 12, 2019; and

That the Standing Committee on Justice Policy shall be authorized to meet on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 21, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 5:30 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, March 25, 2019. 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 Justice Policy, 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 with fifty minutes allotted to Her Majesty’s Government; fifty minutes allotted to Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition; 10 minutes to the Independent Liberal Members, and 10 minutes to the Independent Green Member; and

That, notwithstanding Standing Order 81(c), the Bill may be called for Third Reading more than once in the same sessional day; and

That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 20 minutes.

Motion for allocation of time on Bill 66, An Act to restore Ontario’s competitiveness by amending or repealing certain Acts.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 61

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fedeli

Fee

Fullerton

Ghamari

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

Martow

McKenna

McNaughton

Mulroney

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

Yakabuski

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 42

Armstrong

Arthur

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Burch

Coteau

Des Rosiers

Fife

Fraser

French

Gates

Gélinas

Glover

Gretzky

Harden

Hassan

Hatfield

Hunter

Karpoche

Kernaghan

Lindo

Mamakwa

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Natyshak

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Wynne

Yarde

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 66, An Act to restore Ontario’s competitiveness by amending or repealing certain Acts, 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

That 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, March 18, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for 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 66:

• That the deadline for requests to appear be 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 8, 2019; and

• That the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee and their designate following the deadline for requests to appear by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2019; and

• That each member of the Sub-committee or their designate provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters received by the Clerk, by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, March 12, 2019; and

• That each witness will receive up to six minutes for their presentation followed by fourteen minutes divided equally amongst the recognized parties for questioning; and

That the deadline for filing written submissions be 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2019; and

That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2019; and

That the Standing Committee on General Government shall be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Monday March 25, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That on Monday, March 25, 2019 at 5:30 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 Tuesday, March 26, 2019. 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 notwithstanding Standing Order 81(c), the Bill may be called for Third Reading more than once in the same sessional day; and

That in the event of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 20 minutes.

The House recessed at 11:55 a.m.

À 11 h 55, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

3:00 P.M.

15 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

The Speaker informed the House,

Le Président a informé la Chambre,

That the Clerk received the Report on Intended Appointments dated March 5, 2019 of the Standing Committee on Government Agencies. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(f)(9), the Report is deemed to be adopted by the House (Sessional Paper No. 160).

Que le greffier a reçu le rapport sur les nominations prévues daté le 5 mars 2019 du Comité permanent des organismes gouvernementaux. Conformément à l’article 108 f) 9) du Règlement, le rapport est réputé adopté par la Chambre (Document parlementaire no 160).

Standing Committee on Social Policy:-

Comité permanent de la politique sociale :-

Bill 48, An Act to amend various Acts in relation to education and child care.

Projet de loi 48, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne l’éducation et la garde d’enfants.

Reported without amendment.

Rapport est fait sans propositions d’amendement.

Report adopted.

Rapport adopté.

Pursuant to the Order of the House dated February 21, 2019,

Conformément à l’ordre de l’Assemblée du 21 février 2019,

Ordered for Third Reading.

Ordonné pour la troisième 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 75, An Act to enact the 9-1-1 Everywhere in Ontario Act, 2019 and to amend the Ombudsman Act to create an Assistant Ombudsman responsible for the oversight of 9-1-1 operations. Mme Gélinas.

Projet de loi 75, Loi édictant la Loi de 2019 sur le 9-1-1 partout en Ontario et modifiant la Loi sur l’ombudsman pour créer le poste d’ombudsman adjoint chargé de surveiller les activités du système 9-1-1. Mme Gélinas.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Memorial honouring war veterans (Sessional Paper No. P-68) Mr. Barrett.

Hunting and trapping of the eastern hybrid wolf (Sessional Paper No. P-71) Mr. Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha).

911 Emergency response coverage (Sessional Paper No. P-72) Mme Gélinas.

Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Sessional Paper No. P-79) Mr. Bouma.

Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth (Sessional Paper No. P-84) Ms. Stiles.

Autism (Sessional Paper No. P-87) Ms. Fife, Ms. French, Ms. Karpoche and Mr. Rakocevic.

Paris Galt moraine (Sessional Paper No. P-98) Mr. Schreiner.

Hospital funding (Sessional Paper No. P-100) Mr. Anand.

Seat belt installation on school buses (Sessional Paper No. P-101) Ms. Wynne.

Ontario dairy farmers (Sessional Paper No. P-104) Mrs. Martow.

The Acting Speaker (Mr. Hatfield) informed the House,

Le président suppléant (M. Hatfield) a informé la Chambre,

That I have today laid upon the Table a request by the Member for Brampton North (Mr. Yarde) to the Honourable J. David Wake, Integrity Commissioner, for an opinion pursuant to Section 30 of the Members’ Integrity Act, 1994, on whether the Member for Etobicoke North, Doug Ford, has contravened the Act or Ontario parliamentary convention (Sessional Paper No. 161).

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 74, An Act concerning the provision of health care, continuing Ontario Health and making consequential and related amendments and repeals.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 74, Loi concernant la prestation de soins de santé, la prorogation de Santé Ontario, l’ajout de modifications corrélatives et connexes et des abrogations.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

At 5:57 p.m., the following matter was considered in an adjournment debate.

À 17 h 57, la question suivante a été examinée dans un débat d’ajournement.

Member for Ottawa—Vanier (Mme Des Rosiers) to the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services – Dismissal of Brad Blair and appointment of Ron Taverner.

The House adjourned at 6:07 p.m.

À 18 h 07, la Chambre a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO
STANDING ORDER 39(a)

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

Health and physical education curriculum (Sessional Paper No. P-2) (Tabled March 5, 2019) Ms. French.

Implementing minimum wage (Sessional Paper No. P-4) (Tabled March 5, 2019) Ms. French.

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Number: 33.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Health and physical education curriculum (Sessional Paper No. P-2):

(Tabled November 20, 2018) Mr. Burch.

(Tabled November 20, 2018) Mr. Kernaghan.

(Tabled November 20, 2018) Mme Lalonde.

Memorial honouring war veterans (Sessional Paper No. P-68):

(Tabled November 19, 2018) Mlle Simard.