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Legislative Assembly |
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Assemblée législative |
Votes and Proceedings |
Procès-verbaux |
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No. 236 |
No 236 |
1st Session |
1re session |
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Monday March 22, 2021 |
Lundi 22 mars 2021 |
9:00 A.M. |
9 H | ||||
PRAYERS |
PRIÈRES | ||||
The Speaker informed the House, |
Le Président a informé l’Assemblée, | ||||
That during the adjournment, the following document was tabled:- |
Que pendant l’ajournement, le document suivant a été déposé :- | ||||
Report entitled, The Cost of Subsidizing Green Energy Contracts for Industrial and Large Commercial Ratepayers from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. 711) (Tabled March 18, 2021). |
Rapport intitulé, Coût du financement public des contrats d’énergie verte pour les clients industriels et les grands clients commerciaux du Bureau de la Responsabilité Financière de l’Ontario (Document parlementaire no 711) (Déposé le 18 mars 2021). | ||||
PRIVATE MEMBERS’ PUBLIC BUSINESS |
AFFAIRES D’INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉES ET DÉPUTÉS | ||||
Ms. Monteith-Farrell moved, |
Mme Monteith-Farrell propose, | ||||
Second Reading of Bill 256, An Act to amend the Photo Card Act, 2008 and the Vital Statistics Act respecting access to identification documents. |
Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 256, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2008 sur les cartes-photo et la Loi sur les statistiques de l’état civil en ce qui concerne l’accès aux pièces d’identité. | ||||
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. | ||||
At 9:43 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 9(e), the Deputy Government House Leader indicated that no further business would be called and therefore the House recessed. |
À 9 h 43, conformément à l’article 9 e) du Règlement, la leader parlementaire adjointe du gouvernement a indiqué qu’aucune autre affaire ne serait à l’ordre du jour et par conséquent, l’Assemblée suspendait ses travaux. | ||||
10:15 A.M. |
10 H 15 | ||||
QUESTION PERIOD |
PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS | ||||
DEFERRED VOTES |
VOTES DIFFÉRÉS | ||||
Motion for closure on Second Reading of Bill 254, An Act to amend various Acts with respect to elections and members of the Assembly. |
Motion de clôture sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 254, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne les élections et les députés à l’Assemblée. | ||||
Carried on the following division:- |
Adoptée par le vote suivant :- | ||||
AYES / POUR - 41 | |||||
Anand Babikian Bouma Calandra Cho (Willowdale) Coe Crawford Cuzzetto Downey Dunlop Fullerton |
Gill Harris Hogarth Jones Kanapathi Ke Khanjin Kusendova Lecce Martin |
McNaughton Mitas Mulroney Nicholls Pang Park Parsa Phillips Piccini Rasheed |
Sabawy Sandhu Sarkaria Skelly Surma Tangri Thanigasalam Tibollo Triantafilopoulos Wai | ||
NAYS / CONTRE - 32 | |||||
Andrew Begum Bell Berns-McGown Blais Collard Fraser Gates |
Gélinas Glover Gretzky Harden Hassan Horwath Hunter Karahalios |
Karpoche Mamakwa Mantha Monteith-Farrell Morrison Rakocevic Sattler Schreiner |
Simard Singh (Brampton East) Stevens Stiles Tabuns Vanthof West Yarde | ||
The question was then put. |
La question a ensuite été mise aux voix. | ||||
Second Reading of Bill 254, An Act to amend various Acts with respect to elections and members of the Assembly. |
Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 254, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne les élections et les députés à l’Assemblée. | ||||
Carried on the following division:- |
Adoptée par le vote suivant :- | ||||
AYES / POUR - 41 | |||||
Anand Babikian Bouma Calandra Cho (Willowdale) Coe Crawford Cuzzetto Downey Dunlop Fullerton |
Gill Harris Hogarth Jones Kanapathi Ke Khanjin Kusendova Lecce Martin |
McNaughton Mitas Mulroney Nicholls Pang Park Parsa Phillips Piccini Rasheed |
Sabawy Sandhu Sarkaria Skelly Surma Tangri Thanigasalam Tibollo Triantafilopoulos Wai | ||
NAYS / CONTRE - 32 | |||||
Andrew Begum Bell Berns-McGown Blais Collard Fraser Gates |
Gélinas Glover Gretzky Harden Hassan Horwath Hunter Karahalios |
Karpoche Mamakwa Mantha Monteith-Farrell Morrison Rakocevic Sattler Schreiner |
Simard Singh (Brampton East) Stevens Stiles Tabuns Vanthof West Yarde | ||
Referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly. |
Renvoyé au Comité permanent de l’Assemblée législative. | ||||
Amendment to the amendment to the motion regarding amendments to the Standing Orders, as follows:- |
Sous-amendement à la motion concernant des amendements au Règlement, comme suit :- | ||||
Mr. Hatfield moved:- |
M. Hatfield propose :- | ||||
That the amendment be amended by adding the following words after “government” at the end of clause 120(d): “and that the appointments made under the Standing Order must be agreed to by the party assuming the Vice-Chairship”. | |||||
Lost on the following division:- |
Rejetée par le vote suivant :- | ||||
AYES / POUR - 32 | |||||
Andrew Begum Bell Berns-McGown Blais Collard Fraser Gates |
Gélinas Glover Gretzky Harden Hassan Horwath Hunter Karahalios |
Karpoche Mamakwa Mantha Monteith-Farrell Morrison Rakocevic Sattler Schreiner |
Simard Singh (Brampton East) Stevens Stiles Tabuns Vanthof West Yarde | ||
NAYS / CONTRE - 41 | |||||
Anand Babikian Bouma Calandra Cho (Willowdale) Coe Crawford Cuzzetto Downey Dunlop Fullerton |
Gill Harris Hogarth Jones Kanapathi Ke Khanjin Kusendova Lecce Martin |
McNaughton Mitas Mulroney Nicholls Pang Park Parsa Phillips Piccini Rasheed |
Sabawy Sandhu Sarkaria Skelly Surma Tangri Thanigasalam Tibollo Triantafilopoulos Wai | ||
Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 143:- |
Avis de motion émanant des députées et députés no 143 :- | ||||
Ms. Berns-McGown moved:- |
Mme Berns-McGown propose :- | ||||
That, in the opinion of this House, the Ford Government should establish a rent relief program issued directly to residential tenants who have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic to help ensure no tenant faces eviction for pandemic-related rent arrears or debts both during and after the pandemic. | |||||
Lost on the following division:- |
Rejetée par le vote suivant :- | ||||
AYES / POUR - 27 | |||||
Andrew Begum Berns-McGown Blais Collard Fraser Gates |
Gélinas Glover Harden Hassan Hunter Karpoche Mamakwa |
Mantha Monteith-Farrell Morrison Rakocevic Sattler Schreiner Simard |
Singh (Brampton East) Stevens Stiles Tabuns Vanthof Yarde | ||
NAYS / CONTRE - 39 | |||||
Anand Babikian Bouma Calandra Cho (Willowdale) Coe Crawford Cuzzetto Downey Dunlop |
Fullerton Gill Harris Hogarth Jones Kanapathi Ke Khanjin Kusendova Lecce |
Martin McNaughton Mulroney Nicholls Pang Park Parsa Phillips Piccini Sabawy |
Sandhu Sarkaria Skelly Surma Tangri Thanigasalam Tibollo Triantafilopoulos Wai | ||
Second Reading of Bill 256, An Act to amend the Photo Card Act, 2008 and the Vital Statistics Act respecting access to identification documents. |
Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 256, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2008 sur les cartes-photo et la Loi sur les statistiques de l’état civil en ce qui concerne l’accès aux pièces d’identité. | ||||
Lost on the following division:- |
Rejetée par le vote suivant :- | ||||
AYES / POUR - 27 | |||||
Andrew Begum Berns-McGown Blais Collard Fraser Gates |
Gélinas Glover Harden Hassan Hunter Karpoche Mamakwa |
Mantha Monteith-Farrell Morrison Rakocevic Sattler Schreiner Simard |
Singh (Brampton East) Stevens Stiles Tabuns Vanthof Yarde | ||
NAYS / CONTRE - 39 | |||||
Anand Babikian Bouma Calandra Cho (Willowdale) Coe Crawford Cuzzetto Downey Dunlop |
Fullerton Gill Harris Hogarth Jones Kanapathi Ke Khanjin Kusendova Lecce |
Martin McNaughton Mulroney Nicholls Pang Park Parsa Phillips Piccini Sabawy |
Sandhu Sarkaria Skelly Surma Tangri Thanigasalam Tibollo Triantafilopoulos Wai | ||
The House recessed at 12:30 p.m. |
À 12 h 30, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance. | ||||
1:00 P.M. |
13 H | ||||
REPORTS BY COMMITTEES |
RAPPORTS DE COMITÉS | ||||
Standing Committee on General Government:- |
Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales :- | ||||
Bill 238, An Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997. |
Projet de loi 238, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1997 sur la sécurité professionnelle et l’assurance contre les accidents du travail. | ||||
Reported without amendment. |
Rapport est fait sans propositions d’amendement. | ||||
Report adopted. |
Rapport adopté. | ||||
Ordered for Third Reading. |
Ordonné pour la troisième lecture. | ||||
Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly:- |
Comité permanent de l’Assemblée législative :- | ||||
Bill 245, An Act to amend and repeal various statutes, to revoke various regulations and to enact the Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021. |
Projet de loi 245, Loi modifiant et abrogeant diverses lois, abrogeant divers règlements et édictant la Loi de 2021 sur le Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire. | ||||
Reported as amended. |
Rapport est fait du projet de loi modifié. | ||||
Report adopted. |
Rapport adopté. | ||||
Ordered for Third Reading. |
Ordonné pour la troisième lecture. | ||||
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS |
DÉPÔT DE PROJETS DE LOI | ||||
The following Bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills:- |
Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés, lus une première fois et renvoyés au Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d’intérêt privé :- | ||||
Bill Pr41, An Act to revive 2560462 Ontario Ltd. Mr. Crawford. |
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Bill Pr50, An Act to revive Whittrick N D T Services Ltd. Ms. Fife. | |||||
PETITIONS |
PÉTITIONS |
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Film Classification Act and on-screen smoking (Sessional Paper No. P-10) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
Multiple sclerosis clinic in Sudbury (Sessional Paper No. P-162) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
Les accents de la langue française sur les documents et cartes émis par le gouvernement de l’Ontario (Document parlementaire no P-174) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
Residents Bill of Rights (Sessional Paper No. P-207) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
Health care providers and the temporary pandemic pay program (Sessional Paper No. P-230) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
E-commerce and package theft (Sessional Paper No. P-304) Mr. Crawford and Ms. Hogarth. | |||||
Retirement home fees (Sessional Paper No. P-311) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
Highway 413 (Sessional Paper No. P-313) Mr. Fraser. | |||||
Affordable internet access for ODSP and OW recipients (Sessional Paper No. P-316) Mr. Hatfield. | |||||
Duffins Creek Wetland development and MZO revocation (Sessional Paper No. P-318) Mr. Schreiner. | |||||
ORDERS OF THE DAY |
ORDRE DU JOUR |
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Ms. Khanjin moved, |
Mme Khanjin propose, | ||||
That, pursuant to Standing Order 50 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or special Order of the House relating to Bill 257, An Act to enact the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and to make other amendments in respect of infrastructure and land use planning matters; That 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 Thursday, March 25, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. to receive a 20-minute opening statement on the Bill, jointly, from the Minister of Infrastructure and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, followed by 40 minutes of question and answer divided into two rounds of 7.5 minutes for the Government Members, two rounds of 7.5 minutes for the Official Opposition Members, and two rounds of 5 minutes for the independent Member of the Committee; and That the Committee be authorized to meet for the purpose of public hearings on Friday, March 26, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and That the Clerk of the Standing Committee on General Government, in consultation with the Committee Chair, be authorized to arrange the following with regard to the Bill | |||||
• That the deadline for requests to appear be 12:00 noon on Wednesday, March 24, 2021; 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; 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, by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24, 2021; and | |||||
• That witnesses shall be scheduled in groups of three for each one-hour time slot, with each presenter allotted 7 minutes for an opening statement followed by 39 minutes of questioning for all three witnesses, divided into two rounds of 7.5 minutes for the Government Members, two rounds of 7.5 minutes for the Official Opposition Members, and two rounds of 4.5 minutes for the independent Member of the Committee; and • That the deadline for written submissions be 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 26, 2021; and • That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 noon on Monday, March 29, 2021; and | |||||
That the Committee be authorized to meet on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m., from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., and from 6:30 p.m. until midnight for the purpose of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and That on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 6:30 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; and at this time, the Chair shall allow one 20-minute waiting period, if requested by a member of the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 132(a); and That the Committee shall report the Bill to the House no later than Wednesday, March 31, 2021 and if the Committee fails to report the Bill on that day, the Bill shall be deemed passed by the Committee and shall be deemed 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 the same day; and That when the Order for Third Reading is called, four hours shall be allotted to debate with 1 hour and 45 minutes for Members of the Government party, 1 hour and 45 minutes for Members of the Official Opposition, and 30 minutes for the Independent Members as a group; and That except in the case of a recorded division arising from morning Orders of the Day, no deferral of the Second Reading vote on the Bill shall be permitted. | |||||
Debate arose and after some time, |
Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps, |
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The question was then put. |
La question a ensuite été mise aux voix. | ||||
Vote deferred on request of the Chief Government Whip. |
Le vote est différé par requête du Whip en chef du gouvernement. | ||||
The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Gretzky) informed the House of the following changes in the Order of Precedence for Private Members’ Public Business:- |
La présidente suppléante (Mme Gretzky) a informé l’Assemblée des changements suivants dans l’ordre de priorité des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députées et députés :- | ||||
Ms. Triantafilopoulos assumes Ballot Item number 69; | |||||
Ms. Fee assumes Ballot Item number 72. | |||||
Amendment to the motion regarding amendments to the Standing Orders. |
Amendement à la motion concernant des amendements au Règlement. | ||||
Mr. Calandra moved:- |
M. Calandra propose :- | ||||
That the motion be amended as follows: That the words “for the duration of the 42nd Parliament” be deleted; and That the following be added: Standing Order 77(d) is amended to add the words “the Government House Leader,” before the words “the minister”; and Standing Order 120 is amended by adding the following clauses: | |||||
120(d) Where the Chair of a Standing Committee is a member of the Party forming the government, the Vice-Chair shall be a member of a recognized Party in opposition to the government or an independent member; and where the Chair is a member of a recognized Party in opposition to the government, the Vice-Chair shall be a member of the Party forming the government. 120(e) Failing the appointment of a Vice-Chair pursuant to clause (d), any other member of the committee may be appointed as a Vice-Chair. | |||||
Debate resumed and after some time, |
Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, |
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The question was then put. |
La question a ensuite été mise aux voix. | ||||
Vote deferred on request of the Chief Government Whip. |
Le vote est différé par requête du Whip en chef du gouvernement. | ||||
At 3:29 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 9(e), the Deputy Government House Leader indicated that no further business would be called and therefore the House adjourned. |
À 15 h 29, conformément à l’article 9 e) du Règlement, la leader parlementaire adjointe du gouvernement a indiqué qu’aucune autre affaire ne serait à l’ordre du jour et par conséquent, 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 12, 2021 (No. 709) (Tabled March 12, 2021). | |||||
Soldiers’ Aid Commission, 2019-2020 Annual Report / Commission d’aide aux anciens combattants, Rapport annuel 2019-2020 (No. 710) (Tabled March 17, 2021). | |||||
RESPONSES TO PETITIONS |
RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS | ||||
Health and physical education curriculum (Sessional Paper No. P-2): (Tabled November 25, 2020) Mr. West. | |||||
911 Emergency response coverage (Sessional Paper No. P-72): (Tabled November 30, 2020) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
Liquor Control Board of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-144): (Tabled November 30, 2020) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
Residents Bill of Rights (Sessional Paper No. P-207): (Tabled November 30, 2020) Mme Gélinas. | |||||
Ranked ballot system (Sessional Paper No. P-276): (Tabled November 26, 2020) Ms. Hunter. | |||||
Glen Abbey Golf Course (Sessional Paper No. P-294): (Tabled November 30, 2020) Mr. Crawford. | |||||