Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 153

No 153

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Monday

March 9, 2020

Lundi

9 mars 2020

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

The House recessed at 11:43 a.m.

À 11 h 43, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DE COMITÉS

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs:-

Comité permanent des finances et des affaires économiques :-

Report on Pre-Budget Consultation 2020 (Sessional Paper No. 452).

Rapport sur les consultations prébudgétaires pour 2020 (Document parlementaire no 452).

Report presented and adoption of recommendations moved.

Rapport présenté et adoption des recommandations proposée.

Mr. Sandhu moved adjournment of the debate.

M. Sandhu propose l’ajournement du débat.

Carried.

Adoptée.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

Mr. Calandra moved,

M. Calandra propose,

That the Standing Committee on Justice Policy be authorized to meet on Monday, March 23, 2020, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, and Friday, April 3, 2020.

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.

Carried on division.

Adoptée au vote.

Ordered, That the Standing Committee on Justice Policy be authorized to meet on Monday, March 23, 2020, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, and Friday, April 3, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That the Order of the House dated Wednesday, March 4, 2020, referring Bill 156, An Act to protect Ontario's farms and farm animals from trespassers and other forms of interference and to prevent contamination of Ontario's food supply, to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy be discharged and the Bill be referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That the requirement for notice be waived for ballot item numbers 10, 11, 12 and 13 in the Order of Precedence Private Members’ Public Business.

Il est ordonné que l’obligation de donner avis fasse l’objet d’une exemption pour les billets des députées et députés numéro 10, 11, 12 et 13 dans l’ordre de priorité des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députées et députés.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

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

Full-day kindergarten (Sessional Paper No. P-112) Mr. Hassan, Mr. Rakocevic, Mrs. Stevens and Ms. Stiles.

Operating funding for Toronto Transit Commission (Sessional Paper No. P-114) Ms. Karpoche.

Multiple sclerosis clinic in Sudbury (Sessional Paper No. P-162) Mme Gélinas.

Farm animal protection zones (Sessional Paper No. P-192) Mr. Bouma.

Justice system reform (Sessional Paper No. P-208) Mr. Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha).

Transit infrastructure projects (Sessional Paper No. P-213) Mr. Nicholls.

Food Day Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-220) Mrs. Martow.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l’opposition

Ms. Horwath moved,

Mme Horwath propose,

Whereas the Ford government’s decision to end the double-fare discount for commuters who use both GO Transit and TTC on their daily commute will cost transit riders an extra $720 a year; and

Whereas the government’s $184 million cut to transit operating funding means less service and higher fares; and

Whereas previous Liberal governments refused to restore the 50% operating subsidy to transit cut by the last PC government; and

Whereas the Ford government’s cut to Gas Tax funding will only make it more difficult for municipalities to deliver transit service that would allow GO Transit riders to take transit to the station and leave the car at home; and

Whereas the Ford government is currently reviewing plans to convert a majority of GO Station parking spots from free to paid, costing GTA commuters up to $1,200 more each year to take transit; and

Whereas affordable and effective public transit is essential to long-term strategies to address climate change, equity concerns and stimulate local economic development;

Therefore the Legislative Assembly calls on the Government of Ontario to reverse its planned cancellation of the double-fare discount for GO-TTC commuters and restore the 50% operating subsidy to municipal transit agencies to make it easier for Ontario commuters to take transit.

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.

Lost on the following division:-

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 35

Armstrong

Arthur

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Burch

Fife

Fraser

French

Gates

Gélinas

Glover

Harden

Hassan

Hatfield

Horwath

Karpoche

Kernaghan

Lindo

Mamakwa

Mantha

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Stiles

Vanthof

West

Yarde

NAYS / CONTRE - 62

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Barrett

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzeto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fedeli

Fee

Fullerton

Gill

Hardeman

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

MacLeod

Martin

Martow

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Rasheed

Rickford

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

Yakabuski

Second Reading of Bill 175, An Act to amend and repeal various Acts respecting home care and community services.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 175, Loi modifiant et abrogeant diverses lois en ce qui concerne les services de soins à domicile et en milieu communautaire.

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, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 43

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 43 DU RÈGLEMENT

Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 111(f)(1) re intended appointments dated March 6, 2020 (No. 451) (Tabled March 6, 2020).

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Numbers: 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172 and 174.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (Sessional Paper No. P-1):

(Tabled December 4, 2019) Mr. Mantha.

(Tabled November 25, 2019; February 27, 2020) Ms. Sattler.

(Tabled February 27, 2020) Ms. Stiles.

Changes to education funding (Sessional Paper No. P-123):

(Tabled February 20, 2020) Mr. Hatfield.

(Tabled November 25, 2019) Ms. Lindo.

(Tabled February 25, 2020) Ms. Sattler.

(Tabled February 19, 2020) Ms. Stiles.

E-learning (Sessional Paper No. P-147):

(Tabled November 25, 2019) Ms. Stiles.

Housing and shelter support in London (Sessional Paper No. P-179):

(Tabled November 25, 26, 2019) Ms. Armstrong.

Oral health services (Sessional Paper No. P-180):

(Tabled November 25, 2019) Mrs. Martow.