Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 40

No 40

2nd Session
42nd Parliament

2e session
42e législature

Monday

March 7, 2022

Lundi

7 mars 2022

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

O Canada

Ô Canada

Royal Anthem

Hymne royale

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

The House recessed at 11:42 a.m.

À 11 h 42, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

Mr. Sarkaria delivered to the Speaker a message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor signed by her own hand, and the said message was read by the Speaker and is as follows:-

V. ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL

The Lieutenant Governor transmits Supplementary Estimates of certain sums required for the services of the Province for the year ending 31 March 2022 and recommends them to the Legislative Assembly.

La lieutenante-gouverneure transmet les prévisions supplémentaires des dépenses visant les montants nécessaires au fonctionnement de la province pour l’exercice se terminant le 31 mars 2022 et les recommande à l’Assemblée législative.

Toronto, 4 March, 2022.

Toronto, le 4 mars 2022.

(Sessional Paper No. 140, Health).

(Document parlementaire no 140, Santé).

Ordered, That the message of the Lieutenant Governor together with the Supplementary Estimates accompanying same be deemed to be referred to the Standing Committee on Estimates pursuant to Standing Order 65(a).

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DE 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 93, An Act to amend the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and the Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012. Hon. Miss Surma.

Projet de loi 93, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2021 sur la réalisation accélérée de projets d’Internet à haut débit et la Loi de 2012 sur un système d’information sur les infrastructures souterraines en Ontario. L’hon. Mlle Surma.

Bill 94, An Act to provide for the development of a strategic action plan respecting the impacts of the climate crisis on health, as well as the establishment of the Climate Crisis and Health Secretariat and a science advisory board. Ms. Karpoche and Mr. Tabuns.

Projet de loi 94, Loi prévoyant l’élaboration d’un plan d’action stratégique contre les effets de la crise climatique sur la santé et la constitution du Secrétariat de l’action relative à la crise climatique et à la santé et d’un conseil consultatif scientifique. Mme Karpoche et M. Tabuns.

Bill 95, An Act to amend the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 to provide spouses with the right to live together in a home. Ms. Fife and Ms. Singh (Brampton Centre).

Projet de loi 95, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2007 sur les foyers de soins de longue durée afin d’accorder aux conjoints le droit de vivre ensemble dans un foyer. Mme Fife et Mme Singh (Brampton-Centre).

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Price of gasoline (Sessional Paper No. P-9) Mme Gélinas.

Metrolinx train track construction in the Danforth and Oakridge area (Sessional Paper No. P-35) Ms. Begum.

Injured workers (Sessional Paper No. P-40) Ms. Andrew and Ms. Karpoche.

Islamophobia (Sessional Paper No. P-56) Mr. Hassan.

Vaccine mandates (Sessional Paper No. P-81) Mrs. Karahalios.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (Sessional Paper No. P-82) Ms. French.

Gender-based and sexual violence (Sessional Paper No. P-83) Mr. Kernaghan.

McIntyre Powder (Sessional Paper No. P-84) Mrs. Stevens and Mr. West.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l’opposition

Ms. Horwath moved,

Mme Horwath propose,

Whereas over 90% of Ontario’s seniors and people living with disabilities report that they prefer to receive care at home instead of entering institutionalized long-term care, and many Ontarians would benefit from culturally relevant home and community care; and

Whereas 85% of doctors surveyed by the Ontario Medical Association believe that increased access to home care would improve health outcomes for patients and allow people to stay in their homes longer, and the Ontario Hospital Association estimates that lack of access to home and community care costs the province hundreds of millions of dollars each year; and

Whereas home care providers have seen their ability to meet service requests cut in half since the start of the pandemic, leaving thousands of frail Ontarians without care due to underfunding and massive healthcare staffing shortages; and

Whereas cuts to home care and community care by successive Conservative and Liberal governments have failed patients, PSWs and nurses in home and community care even before COVID-19, with jobs that pay anywhere from 10-30% less than those in hospitals and long-term care settings while forcing some support workers to pay for the cost of travel between clients out of their own pockets; and

Whereas the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 (previously Bill 124) has made it nearly impossible for the home and community care sector to support hiring and retaining PSWs and nurses in full-time work, and has contributed to soaring vacancy rates for nurses and PSWs across the province; and

Whereas, despite the hard lessons of the pandemic, the Ford government failed to provide adequate funding for hiring and retention of home and community care workers in both the 2021 Budget and the 2021 Fall Economic Statement;

Therefore the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to make much needed investments in public, not-for-profit home care via a strategy that: increases access to affordable, high quality, culturally relevant home and community care services throughout the province; establishes provincial standards for the delivery of care across Ontario; commits to a public, not-for-profit system; and ensures adequate staffing levels for nurses, PSWs, and other care providers in the sector by closing the pay gap and repealing Bill 124.

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 - 26

Andrew

Begum

Bisson

Blais

Collard

Fife

Fraser

French

Gates

Gélinas

Hassan

Horwath

Kernaghan

Mamakwa

Mantha

Natyshak

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Vanthof

West

Yarde

NAYS / CONTRE - 54

Anand

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Fedeli

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Kusendova

MacLeod

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mulroney

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Piccini

Rasheed

Rickford

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Yakabuski

With unanimous consent to move a motion without notice,

Avec le consentement unanime de proposé une motion sans préavis,

Mr. Calandra moved,

M. Calandra propose,

That notwithstanding Standing Order 101(e), the Order for Second Reading of Bill 87, An Act to proclaim Black Mental Health Day and to raise awareness of related issues, standing in the name of Ms. Karpoche and Mr. Hassan, shall be called during ballot item number 30 on Thursday, March 10, 2022 during the time for Private Members’ Public Business.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Mr. Calandra withdrew the motion.

M. Calandra retire la motion.

At 3:51 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 9(e), the Government House Leader indicated that no further business would be called and therefore the House adjourned.

À 15 h 51, conformément à l’article 9 e) du Règlement, le leader parlementaire 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

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 March 7, 2022) Mr. Yakabuski.

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 43

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 43 DU RÈGLEMENT

COMPENDIA:

Bill 93, An Act to amend the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and the Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 / Loi modifiant la Loi de 2021 sur la réalisation accélérée de projets d’Internet à haut débit et la Loi de 2012 sur un système d’information sur les infrastructures souterraines en Ontario (No. 141) (Tabled March 7, 2022).

Adjudicative Tribunals, Consent and Capacity Board, 2020-2021 Annual Report / Tribunaux décisionnels, Commission du consentement et de la capacité, Rapport annuel 2020-2021 (No. 139) (Tabled March 4, 2022).

Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 111(f)(1) re intended appointments dated March 4, 2022 (No. 138) (Tabled March 4, 2022).

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Number: 16.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Cadets (Sessional Paper No. P-38):

(Tabled November 15, 2021) Mr. Bouma.