42nd Parliament, 2nd Session

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario


Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 46

No 46

2nd Session
42nd Parliament

2e session
42e législature

Wednesday
March 23, 2022

Mercredi

23 mars 2022

9:00 A.M.
9 H
PRAYERS
PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 93, An Act to amend the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and the Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012.

Deuxième lecture du 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.

Debate resumed, during which the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings and announced that there had been six and one-half hours of debate and that the debate would be deemed adjourned.

Le débat a repris. Le Vice-Président a interrompu les travaux et a annoncé qu’il y avait eu six heures et demie de débat et que le débat serait réputé ajourné.

The Deputy Government House Leader (Mr. Parsa) directed that the debate should continue.

Le leader parlementaire adjoint du gouvernement (M. Parsa) a indiqué que le débat devrait se poursuivre.

Debate resumed and after some time the debate adjourned at 10:15 a.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 10 h 15, le débat était ajourné.

10:15 A.M.
10 H 15

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for closure on Second Reading of Bill 88, An Act to enact the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022 and to amend various Acts.

Motion de clôture sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 88, Loi édictant la Loi de 2022 sur les droits des travailleurs de plateformes numériques et modifiant diverses lois.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 44

Anand

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Hardeman

Jones

Ke

Martin

McKenna

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mulroney

Oosterhoff

Pang

Parsa

Pettapiece

Piccini

Rickford

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Surma

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

NAYS / CONTRE - 25

Armstrong

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bourgouin

Burch

Collard

Fraser

Gélinas

Glover

Hatfield

Mamakwa

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Park

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Second Reading of Bill 88, An Act to enact the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022 and to amend various Acts.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 88, Loi édictant la Loi de 2022 sur les droits des travailleurs de plateformes numériques et modifiant diverses lois.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 45

Anand

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Hardeman

Jones

Ke

Martin

McKenna

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mulroney

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Piccini

Rickford

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Surma

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

NAYS / CONTRE – 24

Armstrong

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bourgouin

Burch

Collard

Fraser

Gélinas

Glover

Hatfield

Mamakwa

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent de la politique sociale.

The House recessed at 11:45 a.m.

À 11 h 45, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.
13 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DE COMITÉS

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills:-

Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d’intérêt privé :-

Bill Pr62, An Act respecting Groves Memorial Community Hospital.

Bill Pr66, An Act to revive 2704395 Ontario Inc.

Bill Pr67, An Act to revive Frolander Island Resort (2003) Ltd.

Reported without amendment.

Rapport est fait sans propositions d’amendement.

Report adopted.

Rapport adopté.

Ordered for Second Reading.

Ordonnés pour la deuxième lecture.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Optometry (Sessional Paper No. P-2) Mr. Hatfield.

Child care program and federal-provincial agreement (Sessional Paper No. P-6) Mr. Rakocevic.

Environmental policies and funding (Sessional Paper No. P-61) Ms. Shaw.

Winter road maintenance (Sessional Paper No. P-69) Mme Gélinas.

On-screen smoking (Sessional Paper No. P-73) Ms. Armstrong.

Social assistance rates (Sessional Paper No. P-96) Mr. Glover, Ms. Monteith-Farrell and Ms. Morrison.

Soutien aux établissements de soins de longue durée (Document parlementaire no P-97) Mme Stiles.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l’opposition

Ms. Horwath moved,

Mme Horwath propose,

Whereas the shortage of health care workers creates barriers to timely care in Ontario’s northern, rural and remote communities, and lack of access to family medicine, mental health care, addiction treatment resources and other important services contribute to shorter life expectancies for Northerners compared to other Ontarians; and

Whereas the pandemic has exposed the problems caused by the underfunding of Northern Ontario healthcare by successive Liberal and Conservative governments, and Ford government policies such as the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 (previously Bill 124) intensify the staffing challenges faced by northern communities; and

Whereas vacancies for physicians and specialists have resulted in emergency departments and other hospital wings closing, cancellation of urgent care clinic services and wait times of up to 18 months for counselling and therapy services for children and youth in communities across Northern Ontario; and

Whereas Northern health teams have experienced difficulty retaining doctors due to high workloads and lack of access to integrated services, and emergency room patients can average wait times of up to 19 hours before being admitted to hospital; and

Whereas health care providers and advocates such as the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the Ontario Medical Association call for an urgent and immediate infusion of over 300 doctors, 100 specialists, and a minimum of 40 mental health practitioners to address healthcare needs in the region, and the Northern Policy Institute calls for the establishment of a Northern Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence to address the unique challenges of service and program delivery in Northern Ontario; and

Whereas NOSM and other stakeholders cite the need for measures to attract, train and retain doctors to include increasing training spaces from 64 to 100 students per year as well as improved access to housing and family supports;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to immediately fund and implement a plan to attract, train and retain nurses, physicians, and specialists in Northern Ontario that includes the expansion of training opportunities at NOSM, supports for housing, transportation, and family services and the repeal of 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 - 23

Armstrong

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Collard

Fife

Fraser

Gélinas

Glover

Harden

Hatfield

Horwath

Mamakwa

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Shaw

Simard

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

NAYS / CONTRE - 44

Anand

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Hardeman

Jones

Ke

Martin

McKenna

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mulroney

Oosterhoff

Pang

Parsa

Pettapiece

Piccini

Rasheed

Rickford

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Surma

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Second Reading of Bill 93, An Act to amend the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and the Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012.

Deuxième lecture du 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.

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.

Carried.

Adoptée.

Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales.

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That when the House adjourns today, it stand adjourned until March 24, 2022 at 10:15 a.m.

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

That notwithstanding Standing Order 9(a), the House agreed to commence Private Members’ Public Business before 6:00 p.m. today.

Que nonobstant l’article 9 a) du Règlement, l’Assemblée a accepté de commencer les affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députées et députés avant 18 h aujourd’hui.

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D’INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉES ET DÉPUTÉS

Mr. Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) moved,

M. Miller (Hamilton-Est—Stoney Creek) propose,

Second Reading of Bill 92, An Act to amend the Ministry of Community and Social Services Act to establish the Social Assistance Research Commission.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 92, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le ministère des Services sociaux et communautaires afin de créer la Commission de recherche sur l’aide sociale.

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 adjourned at 5:36 p.m.

À 17 h 36, 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

Public opinion polls commissioned between June 2021 to October 2021 for the following ministries – Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Cabinet Office; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Government and Consumer Services; Ministry of Health; Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development; Ministry of Natural Resources; Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility (No. 163) (Tabled March 23, 2022).

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Number: 19.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Vaccine mandate for health workers (Sessional Paper No. P-37):

(Tabled November 4, 2021) Ms. Andrew.

Reopening the economy (Sessional Paper No. P-41):

(Tabled November 17, 2021) Mr. Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha).

Opioid overdose epidemic (Sessional Paper No. P-47):

(Tabled November 18, 2021) Mr. Glover.

Critical care at Southlake Regional Health Centre (Sessional Paper No. P-49):

(Tabled November 25, 2021) Ms. Andrew.

(Tabled November 24, 2021) Mr. Gates.

(Tabled November 22; December 8, 2021) Mme Gélinas.

(Tabled November 29, 2021) Mr. Mantha.

(Tabled November 30, 2021) Ms. Sattler.

(Tabled November 23, 2021) Miss Taylor.