Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 9

No 9

2nd Session
42nd Parliament

2e session
42e législature

Monday

October 25, 2021

Lundi

25 octobre 2021

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

The Speaker addressed the House:-

Le Président s’adresse à l’Assemblée :-

I wish to inform the House, that as a result of a change in the proportionality of Private Members within the Recognized Parties, both the Government and the Official Opposition are entitled to the same number of Members’ Statements each day. Therefore, both will be entitled to four Members’ Statements each day and the Independent Members will still be entitled to one.

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 4:-

Avis de motion émanant des députées et députés no 4 :-

Ms. Fife moved:-

Mme Fife propose :-

That, in the opinion of this House, the Ford government should immediately implement mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all education, health care, residential and congregate care workers as part of an overall strategy to better protect students, patients, residents, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable populations.

Lost on the following division:-

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 17

Blais

Bourgouin

Fraser

Glover

Harden

Hatfield

Hunter

Mantha

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

Tabuns

Wynne

NAYS / CONTRE - 37

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Cuzzetto

Downey

Elliott

Fedeli

Ford

Ghamari

Hardeman

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Nicholls

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Rasheed

Roberts

Sabawy

Skelly

Tangri

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

The House recessed at 12:08 p.m.

À 12 h 08, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DES PROJETS DE LOI

The following Bills were introduced and read the first time:-

Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés et lus une première fois :-

Bill 26, An Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act with respect to the jurisdiction and control of Ottawa Road 174 and County Road 17. Mr. Blais.

Projet de loi 26, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’aménagement des voies publiques et des transports en commun en ce qui concerne la compétence relative aux voies publiques connues sous le nom de Ottawa Road 174 et de County Road 17. M. Blais.

Bill 27, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to employment and labour and other matters. Hon. Mr. McNaughton.

Projet de loi 27, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne l’emploi, le travail et d’autres questions. L’hon. M. McNaughton.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

On motion by Ms. Khanjin,

Sur la motion de Mme Khanjin,

Ordered, That the following changes be made to membership of the following Committees:

On the Standing Committee on Estimates, Ms. Ghamari replaces Ms. Park; and

On the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Mr. Mantha replaces Mme Gelinas; and

On the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly, Mme Gelinas replaces Mr. Mantha.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Optometry (Sessional Paper No. P-2) Ms. Armstrong, Ms. Sattler and Ms. Shaw.

Gender-affirming health care (Sessional Paper No. P-16) Ms. Morrison.

Access to gyms and proof of vaccination (Sessional Paper No. P-17) Mr. Nicholls.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l’opposition

Ms. Horwath moved,

Mme Horwath propose,

Whereas nursing shortages across Ontario have resulted in temporary ER shutdowns, growing wait times for surgeries and procedures, and increased burnout for nurses who are working longer and harder because of the pandemic; and

Whereas the shortage has also impacted long-term care and persons with disabilities who rely on nurses for support to attend school and other daily activities; and

Whereas the former Liberal government froze hospital budgets and cut 1,600 nurses, and the Ford government has not restored these positions; and

Whereas the stress of understaffing and burnout caused by the pandemic was only made worse by the Ford government’s decisions to cut funding for sick leave for nurses isolating due to on-the-job COVID exposure; and

Whereas the rate of nurses leaving the profession is double what it was before the pandemic and Bill 124’s wage cap unfairly penalizes nurses and other frontline workers, preventing them from negotiating salaries that keep up with the cost of living in Ontario, and has forced nurses to pay back pay increases that have been fairly negotiated; and

Whereas Ontario is facing a dangerous shortage of critical care nurses, cancer care nurses and other essential ICU and surgical staff, yet the Ford government has failed to take decisive action on an aggressive recruitment and retention strategy;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to take immediate action on a province-wide healthcare hiring and retention plan that includes the repeal of Bill 124, more education and training opportunities, full-time hours, paid sick days for all health care workers, decent wages and the funding necessary to ensure sufficient staffing to prevent burnout, reduce wait times and ensure the high quality, timely care Ontarians deserve.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

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. Andrew assumes Ballot Item number 11;

Miss Taylor assumes Ballot Item number 77.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris 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 - 18

Armstrong

Blais

Bourgouin

Burch

Fraser

French

Glover

Harden

Hatfield

Horwath

Mantha

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

NAYS / CONTRE - 33

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Cuzzetto

Downey

Elliott

Fedeli

Ghamari

Hardeman

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Ke

Khanjin

Lecce

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Rasheed

Roberts

Sabawy

Skelly

Tangri

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

At 3:42 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 9(e), the Deputy Government House Leader (Ms. Khanjin) indicated that no further business would be called and therefore the House adjourned.

À 15 h 42, conformément à l’article 9 e) du Règlement, la leader parlementaire adjointe du gouvernement (Mme Khanjin) 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

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO
STANDING ORDER 42(a)

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

Optometry (Sessional Paper No. P-2) (Tabled October 25, 2021) Mrs. Martin and Mr. Nicholls.

Highway 26 and Carson Road (Sessional Paper No. P-18) (Tabled October 25, 2021) Mr. Bailey.

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 43

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 43 DU RÈGLEMENT

COMPENDIA:

Bill 27, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to employment and labour and other matters / Projet de loi 27, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne l’emploi, le travail et d’autres questions (No. 36) (Tabled October 25, 2021).

Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 111(f)(1) re intended appointments dated October 22, 2021 (No. 35) (Tabled October 22, 2021).

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2020-2021 Annual Report / Collection McMichael d’art Canadien, Rapport annuel 2020-2021 (No. 33) (Tabled October 22, 2021).

Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation, 2021 Annual Report / Société financière de l’industrie de l’électricité de l’Ontario, Rapport annuel 2021 (No. 34) (Tabled October 22, 2021).