No. 50

N^o 50

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Monday
May 1, 2000

Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 72
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 73

Lundi
1^er mai 2000

Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 72
Séance du soir - jour de session 73

1st Session,
37th Parliament

1^re session
37^e législature

Prayers
1:30 P.M.

Prières
13 H 30

Reports by Committees

Rapports des Comités

Mr. Stewart from the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly presented the Committee's Report. Pursuant to Standing Order 109(b), the Report is deemed to be adopted by the House (Sessional Paper No. 105).

Motions

Motions

On motion by Mr. Sterling,

Sur la motion de M. Sterling,

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 9(c)(i), the House shall meet from 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday, May 1, 2000 for the purpose of considering government business.

On motion by Mr. Sterling,

Sur la motion de M. Sterling,

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 9(c)(i), the House shall meet from 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2000 for the purpose of considering government business.

During "Oral Questions," as a result of disruptions, the Speaker ordered the West Gallery and portions of the East Gallery to be cleared, and the House recessed for 15 minutes.

Petitions

Pétitions

Petition relating to the Northern Health Travel Grant program (Sessional Paper No. P-1) Mr. Gravelle.

Petition relating to Upgrading Highway 401 and investing federal gasoline tax revenue in Ontario road improvements (Sessional Paper No. P-9) Mr. Hoy.

Petition relating to the Link between cancer and occupation (Sessional Paper No. P-32) Mr. Christopherson.

Petition relating to Restructuring of Developmental Services and services to the developmentally disabled (Sessional Paper No. P-42) Mr. Curling.

Petition relating to Morgentaler abortuary (Sessional Paper No. P-64) Mr. O'Toole.

Petition relating to Timber cutters (Sessional Paper No. P-67) Mr. Gravelle.

Petition relating to Affordable accommodation for low income families (Sessional Paper No. P-72) Mr. Christopherson.

Petitions relating to Maintaining the Lord's Prayer in the Parliament of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-76) Mr. Beaubien and Mr. Dunlop.

Petition relating to Banning hunting in Wilderness Provincial Parks (Sessional Paper No. P-82) Mr. Bradley.

Petition relating to Allowing charitable organizations to conduct fundraising campaigns on roadways, sidewalks and parking lots (Sessional Paper No. P-83) Mr. Crozier.

Orders of the Day

Ordre du Jour

Mrs. Cunningham moved,

M^me Cunningham propose,

That pursuant to Standing Order 46 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 62, An Act to enact, amend and repeal various Acts in order to encourage direct democracy through municipal referendums, to provide additional tools to assist restructuring municipalities and to deal with other municipal matters, when Bill 62 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 at such time, the bill shall be ordered referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy; and

That no deferral of the second reading vote pursuant to Standing Order 28(h) shall be permitted; and

That the Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy shall be authorized to meet for one day, and that the Committee be authorized to meet beyond its normal hour of adjournment on that day until completion of clause-by-clause consideration; and

That, at 4:30 p.m. on that day, those amendments which have not 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. Any division required shall be deferred until all remaining questions have been put and taken in succession with one 20-minute waiting period allowed pursuant to Standing Order 127(a); and

That the Committee shall report the bill to the House not later than the first Sessional day that reports from Committees may be received following the completion of clause-by-clause consideration, and not later than May 17, 2000. In the event that the committee fails to report the bill on or before May 17, 2000, the bill shall be deemed to have been passed by the Committee and shall be deemed to be reported to and received by the House;

That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith, and at such time the bill shall be ordered for third reading;

That, when the Order for Third Reading is called, 1 hour shall be allotted to the Third Reading stage of the bill. At the end of such time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of this stage of the bill without further debate or amendment;

That, the vote on third reading may, pursuant to Standing Order 28(h), be deferred until the next Sessional day during the Routine Proceeding "Deferred Votes"; and

That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the bill, the division bell shall be limited to five minutes.

A debate arose and, after some time, the motion was carried on the following division:-

Il s'élève un débat et après quelque temps, la motion est adoptée par le vote suivant:-

AYES / POUR - 50

Arnott

Hardeman

Ouellette

Baird

Hastings

Palladini

Barrett

Hodgson

Runciman

Beaubien

Hudak

Sampson

Chudleigh

Jackson

Snobelen

Clark

Johns

Spina

Coburn

Johnson

Sterling

Cunningham

Kells

Stewart

DeFaria

Klees

Stockwell

Dunlop

Marland

Tascona

AYES / POUR - Continued

Ecker

Martiniuk

Tilson

Elliott

Mazzilli

Tsubouchi

Flaherty

Molinari

Wettlaufer

Galt

Munro

Witmer

Gilchrist

Mushinski

Wood

Gill

Newman

Young

Guzzo

O'Toole

NAYS / CONTRE - 23

Agostino

Di Cocco

Levac

Bartolucci

Dombrowsky

Marchese

Bountrogianni

Duncan

Martel

Christopherson

Gravelle

McLeod

Churley

Hampton

Peters

Conway

Hoy

Pupatello

Crozier

Lalonde

Ramsay

Curling

Lankin

The House then adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

À 18 h 05, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

6:45 P.M.

18 H 45

Orders of the Day

Ordre du Jour

A debate arose on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 69, An Act to amend the Labour Relations Act, 1995 in relation to the construction industry.

Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 69, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1995 sur les relations de travail en ce qui a trait à l'industrie de la construction.

After some time, pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the motion for the adjournment of the debate was deemed to have been made and carried.

Après quelque temps, conformément à l'article 9(a) du Règlement, la motion d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir été proposée et adoptée.

The House then adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

À 21 h 30, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président

GARY CARR

Speaker

Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 39(A):-

Documents Parlementaires Déposés Conformément à l'Article 39(A) du Règlement

Part-time appointments re intended Order-in-Council dated April 25, 2000 (No. 104) (Tabled April 28, 2000).

Office of the Chief Election Officer, Meeting the needs of a modern electorate / Bureau du Directeur général des élections, Répondre aux besoins d'un électorat moderne (No. 106).

Questions Answered (See Sessional Paper No. 5):-

Final Answer to Question Number 22.

Responses to Petitions

Réponses aux Pétitions

Petitions relating to Wasting of public funds to produce Ontario Millennium Memento souvenir (Sessional Paper No. P-43):

(Tabled December 13, 1999) Mr. Bartolucci.

(Tabled December 14, 1999) Mr. Phillips and Mrs. Pupatello.

(Tabled December 15, 1999) Mr. Bartolucci and Ms. Di Cocco.