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No. 54 |
No 54 |
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Votes and Proceedings |
Procès-verbaux |
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Legislative Assembly |
Assemblée législative |
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Monday |
Lundi |
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1st Session, |
1re session |
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Prayers |
Prières |
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Motions |
Motions |
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On motion by Mr. Sterling, |
Sur la motion de M. Sterling, |
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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 8, Tuesday, May 9 and Wednesday, May 10, 2000 for the purpose of considering government business. |
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On motion by Mr. Sterling, |
Sur la motion de M. Sterling, |
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Ordered, That the Standing Committee on General Government be authorized to meet on the evening of May 15 at Queen's Park, and May 12, and 2 days during Constituency Week for travel, for the consideration of Bill 68, An Act, in memory of Brian Smith, to amend the Mental Health Act and the Health Care Consent Act, 1996. |
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Petitions |
Pétitions |
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Petitions relating to the Northern Health Travel Grant program (Sessional Paper No. P-1) Mr. Bartolucci, Mr. Brown, Mr. Gravelle and Mrs. McLeod. Petition relating to Compensating family members who develop occupational illness due to workplace toxins brought home inadvertently (Sessional Paper No. P-34) Mr. Christopherson. Petition relating to Use of funds from the Ministry of Natural Resources Special Purpose Account to maintain the Black Sturgeon Road (Sessional Paper No. P-36) Mr. Gravelle. Petition relating to Protecting minors from exposure to sexually explicit material (Sessional Paper No. P-70) Mr. Bartolucci. Petition relating to Further exemption of Highway 407 from provincial environmental laws (Sessional Paper No. P-100) Mr. O'Toole. Petition relating to the Township of Nakina (Sessional Paper No. P-101) Mr. Gravelle. Petition relating to G467 Therapeutic Physiotherapy Services (Sessional Paper No. P-102) Mr. Gravelle. |
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Orders of the Day |
Ordre du Jour |
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Debate was resumed on the Amendment to the Amendment to the motion that this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government. |
Le débat reprend sur le sous-amendement à la motion portant que la présente Assemblée adopte en général la politique budgétaire du gouvernement. |
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After some time, the Amendment to the Amendment to the motion as follows:- |
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That the Amendment to the motion be amended by adding, following the words " the Minister of Finance fails to use today's wealth to secure tomorrow's prosperity" in the first paragraph, the following: "and recognizing that the Ontario government's budgetary policy is a carbon copy of the Ottawa Liberals' emphasis on tax cuts over investment in health care and education," |
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having been put, was declared lost.
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The Amendment to the motion as follows:- |
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That the motion moved by the Minister of Finance on May 2 "That this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the government" be amended by deleting the words following the words "that this House" and adding thereto the following: |
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"Recognizing that the budgetary policy put forward by the Minister of Finance fails to use today's wealth to secure tomorrow's prosperity condemns the government for: Spending $200 million less on operating universities and colleges than it did five years ago when higher education is the key to better jobs and a better future for Ontarians; Funding our high schools and schools less by breaking its commitment to offset revenue lost to education property tax cuts; Failing to modernize front line health care and demonstrating, as the government's own health reform panel said, that it has no vision for our health care system; |
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Spreading any new health care spending so thinly that there is no evidence any aspect of care will improve; Claiming it is investing in primary care reform when its deal with the Ontario Medical Association will put that reform off for another decade; |
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Cutting the Ministry of the Environment budget another 9% - for a total cut of 40% - when Ontario already has the second worst environmental record in North America; Failing to deliver tax fairness by giving a $4 billion tax break to corporations, and a $650 million break for those wealthy enough to play the stock market, but offering little to struggling middle class and working poor families; |
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Spending much more on prisons than on affordable housing when homelessness is increasing; Doing nothing to reduce poverty - increasing even as the economy booms; Condemning Ontarians to traffic gridlock by abdicating any responsibility for public transportation; Failing to balance the budget until after the federal government and every other provincial government but the NDP in BC; Adding $24 billion to Ontario's debt, creating the first twelve-digit debt ever in Ontario, a further burden to future generations of Ontarians; Therefore, this Government has lost the confidence of this House." |
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having been put, was lost on the following division:- |
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AYES / POUR - 21 |
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Agostino |
Conway |
Kormos |
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Bartolucci |
Di Cocco |
Lankin |
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Boyer |
Dombrowsky |
Levac |
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Bryant |
Gerretsen |
Martel |
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Caplan |
Gravelle |
McGuinty |
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Christopherson |
Hampton |
McLeod |
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Churley |
Kennedy |
Parsons |
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NAYS / CONTRE - 52 |
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Arnott |
Harris |
Palladini |
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Baird |
Hastings |
Runciman |
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Barrett |
Hodgson |
Sampson |
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Chudleigh |
Hudak |
Snobelen |
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Clark |
Johns |
Spina |
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Clement |
Johnson |
Sterling |
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Coburn |
Klees |
Stewart |
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NAYS / CONTRE - Continued |
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Cunningham |
Marland |
Stockwell |
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DeFaria |
Martiniuk |
Tascona |
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Dunlop |
Maves |
Tilson |
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Ecker |
Mazzilli |
Tsubouchi |
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Elliott |
Molinari |
Turnbull |
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Eves |
Munro |
Wettlaufer |
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Galt |
Murdoch |
Wilson |
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Gilchrist |
Mushinski |
Wood |
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Gill |
Newman |
Young |
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Guzzo |
O'Toole |
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Hardeman |
Ouellette |
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The Main motion having then been put was declared carried. |
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And it was, Resolved, That this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government. |
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The House then adjourned at 6:10 p.m. |
À 18 h 10, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux. |
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6:45 P.M. |
18 H 45 |
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Orders of the Day |
Ordre du Jour |
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Debate was resumed on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 69, An Act to amend the Labour Relations Act, 1995 in relation to the construction industry. |
Le débat reprend 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. |
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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. |
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The House then adjourned at 9:30 p.m. |
À 21 h 30, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux. |
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le président GARY CARR Speaker |
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Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 39(A):- |
Documents Parlementaires Déposés Conformément à l'Article 39(A) du Règlement |
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Part-time appointments re intended Order-in-Council dated May 3, 2000 (No. 109) (Tabled May 5, 2000). Provincial Judges Pension Board, Eleventh Report for the period April 1, 1998 to March 31, 1999 (No. 110). |
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