The following Bills were
introduced and read the first time:-
Les projets de loi suivants sont
présentés et lus une première fois:-
Bill 20, An Act to amend the
Occupational Health and Safety Act to increase the penalties for
contraventions of the Act and regulations. Mr. Kormos.
Projet de loi 20, Loi modifiant
la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail en
vue d'augmenter les peines en cas d'infraction aux dispositions
de la Loi et des règlements. M. Kormos.
Bill 21, An Act to amend the
Ontario Water Resources Act with respect to water source
protection. Ms. Churley.
Projet de loi 21, Loi modifiant
la Loi sur les ressources en eau de l'Ontario en ce qui concerne
la protection des sources d'alimentation en eau. Mme
Churley.
Bill 22, An Act to promote
patients' rights. Ms. Martel.
Projet de loi 22, Loi visant
à promouvoir les droits des patients. Mme
Martel.
MOTIONS
MOTIONS
With unanimous consent, on
motion by Mr. Bisson,
Avec le consentement unanime,
sur la motion de M. Bisson,
Ordered, That notwithstanding
the Order of the House dated November 26, 2003, when the House
adjourns at 6:00 p.m. today, it shall stand adjourned until 10:00
a.m. tomorrow morning.
DEFERRED VOTES
VOTES
DIFFÉRÉS
The deferred vote on the motion
by Mr. Caplan that the Speech of His Honour the Lieutenant
Governor to this House be taken into consideration as early as
the first sessional day following passage of this motion was
carried on the following division:-
AYES / POUR -
86
Agostino
Arnott
Arthurs
Baird
Barrett
Bartolucci
Bentley
Berardinetti
Bountrogianni
Bradley
Broten
Brown
Brownell
Bryant
Cansfield
Caplan
Chambers
Chudleigh
Colle
Cordiano
Craitor
Crozier
Delaney
Dhillon
Di Cocco
Dombrowsky
Duguid
Duncan
Dunlop
Eves
Flaherty
Flynn
Fonseca
Gerretsen
Gravelle
Hardeman
Hoy
Hudak
Jackson
Jeffrey
Kennedy
Klees
Kwinter
Lalonde
Leal
Levac
Marsales
Martiniuk
Matthews
Mauro
McGuinty
McMeekin
McNeely
Meilleur
Miller
Milloy
Munro
Orazietti
O'Toole
Ouellette
Parsons
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pupatello
Qaadri
Ramal
Ramsay
Rinaldi
Runciman
Ruprecht
Sandals
Sergio
Smith
Smitherman
Sorbara
Takhar
Tascona
Van Bommel
Watson
Wilkinson
Wilson
Wong
Wynne
Yakabuski
Zimmer
NAYS / CONTRE -
6
Bisson
Churley
Kormos
Marchese
Martel
Prue
PETITIONS
PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to protecting
rights of consumers to purchase tobacco (Sessional Paper No. P-1)
Mr. O'Toole.
Petitions relating to freezing
and reducing tuition fees (Sessional Paper No. P-10) Mr. Brown
and Mr. Ruprecht.
Petition relating to
investigating the Toronto District School Board leasing
arrangements (Sessional Paper No. P-11) Mr. Ruprecht.
Petitions relating to equity in
education tax credit (Sessional Paper No. P-21) Mr. Hudak and Mr.
Martiniuk.
Petition relating to a
referendum allowing the citizens of the former Town of Dundas to
vote on de-amalgamating from the City of Hamilton (Sessional
Paper No. P-22) Mr. McMeekin.
Petition relating to helping
needy students with tuition waivers, creating a rapid
re-employment and training project and creating an employee
training tax credit (Sessional Paper No. P-25) Mr.
McMeekin.
ORDERS OF THE
DAY
ORDRE DU JOUR
Opposition Day
Jour de l'opposition
Mr. Eves moved,
M. Eves propose,
That the Legislative Assembly
call upon the government,
To recognize that the government
has imposed retroactive tax increases on the people of Ontario
which is bad public policy and to recognize that the government
is increasing the tax burden on low and middle income earners
while at the same time breaking several of the more than 230
promises made during the 2003 general election
campaign,
To honour their promise to the
people of Ontario from page 13 of the Liberal Platform document -
Government That Works For You: The Liberal Plan for a More
Democratic Ontario and "comply with the Taxpayer
Protection Act and balanced budget legislation (and) not bend
the law at whim." and
That the Liberal government not
pass Bill 2 until it has obtained the express permission of the
people of Ontario by way of a referendum as required by the
Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999 and in accordance with the
Taxpayer Protection Pledge from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
signed by Mr. McGuinty. Premier of Ontario.
A debate arising, after some
time, the motion was lost on the following division:-
Un débat s'ensuit et
après quelque temps, la motion est rejetée par le vote
suivant:-
AYES / POUR -
21
Arnott
Baird
Barrett
Chudleigh
Dunlop
Eves
Flaherty
Hardeman
Hudak
Jackson
Martiniuk
Miller
Munro
O'Toole
Ouellette
Runciman
Scott
Sterling
Tascona
Wilson
Yakabuski
NAYS / CONTRE -
66
Agostino
Arthurs
Bartolucci
Bentley
Berardinetti
Bountrogianni
Bradley
Broten
Brown
Brownell
Bryant
Cansfield
Caplan
Chambers
Colle
Cordiano
Craitor
Delaney
Di Cocco
Dombrowsky
Duguid
Duncan
Flynn
Fonseca
Gerretsen
Gravelle
Hoy
Jeffrey
Kennedy
Kular
Kwinter
Lalonde
Leal
Levac
Marsales
Matthews
Mauro
McGuinty
McMeekin
McNeely
Meilleur
Milloy
Mitchell
Mossop
Orazietti
Parsons
Patten
Peterson
Phillips
Qaadri
Racco
Ramal
Ramsay
Ruprecht
Sandals
Sergio
Smith
Smitherman
Sorbara
Takhar
Van Bommel
Watson
Wilkinson
Wong
Wynne
Zimmer
The House then adjourned at 6:05
p.m.
À 18 h 05, la chambre a
ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
le président
Alvin Curling
Speaker
SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED
PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(A):-
DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES
DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 39(A) DU
RÈGLEMENT
Ontario Securities
Commission/Commission des valeurs mobilières de l'Ontario,
Annual Report 2003 (No. 21).