Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 142
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 143
Lundi
6 décembre 2004
Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 142
Séance du soir - jour de session 143
1st Session,
38th Parliament
1re session
38e législature
PRAYERS
1:30 P.M.
PRIÈRES
13 H 30
Mr. Phillips delivered to the
Speaker a message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor signed
by his own hand, and the said message was read by the Speaker and
is as follows:-
James K. Bartleman
The Lieutenant Governor
transmits Estimates and Supplementary Estimates of certain sums
required for the services of the Province for the year ending
31st March 2005 and recommends them to the Legislative
Assembly.
Le lieutenant-gouverneur
transmet les prévisions et les prévisions
supplémentaires de certains montants nécessaires pour
assurer les services de la province pour l'exercice se terminant
le 31 mars 2005 et les recommande à l'Assemblée
législative.
Toronto, 6th December
2004.
Toronto, le 6 décembre
2004.
(Sessional Paper No. 321, Health
and Long-Term Care (Supplementaries only); Auditor General,
Office of the; Office of the Assembly; Office of the Chief
Election Officer; Ombudsman Ontario.
(Document parlementaire
no 321, Santé et Soins de longue durée
(Seulement les supplémentaires); Bureau du vérificateur
général; Bureau de l'Assemblée législative;
Bureau du directeur général des élections;
Ombudsman Ontario.
Ordered, That the message of the
Lieutenant Governor together with the Estimates and Supplementary
Estimates accompanying same be deemed to be referred to the
Standing Committee on Estimates pursuant to Standing Order
58.
MOTIONS
MOTIONS
Mr. Duncan moved,
M. Duncan propose,
That pursuant to Standing Order
9(c)(i), the House shall meet from 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on
Monday, December 6, 2004, for the purpose of considering
government business.
The question being put on the
motion, it was declared carried.
La motion, mise aux voix, est
déclarée adoptée.
DEFERRED VOTES
VOTES
DIFFÉRÉS
The deferred vote on the motion
for Third Reading of Bill 25, An Act respecting government
advertising was carried on the following division:-
La motion portant troisième
lecture du projet de loi 25, Loi concernant la publicité
gouvernementale, mise aux voix sur le vote différé, est
adoptée par le vote suivant:-
AYES / POUR -
50
Arthurs
Bartolucci
Bentley
Berardinetti
Bountrogianni
Bradley
Broten
Brown
Bryant
Caplan
Chambers
Crozier
Dhillon
Dombrowsky
Flynn
Fonseca
Gerretsen
Gravelle
Hoy
Jeffrey
Kennedy
Kular
Kwinter
Lalonde
Levac
Marsales
Matthews
Mauro
McMeekin
McNeely
Meilleur
Milloy
Mitchell
Peters
Phillips
Pupatello
Qaadri
Ramsay
Rinaldi
Ruprecht
Sandals
Smith
Smitherman
Takhar
Van Bommel
Watson
Wilkinson
Wong
Wynne
Zimmer
NAYS / CONTRE -
17
Arnott
Baird
Barrett
Hardeman
Horwath
Jackson
Klees
Marchese
Martel
Martiniuk
Miller
O'Toole
Prue
Sterling
Tascona
Witmer
Yakabuski
And the Bill was accordingly
read the third time and was passed.
En conséquence, ce projet
de loi est lu une troisième fois et adopté.
The deferred vote on the motion
for Third Reading of Bill 73, An Act to enhance the safety of
children and youth on Ontario's roads was carried on the
following division:-
La motion portant troisième
lecture du projet de loi 73, Loi visant à accroître la
sécurité des enfants et des jeunes sur les routes de
l'Ontario, mise aux voix sur le vote différé, est
adoptée par le vote suivant:-
AYES / POUR -
69
Arnott
Arthurs
Baird
Barrett
Bartolucci
Bentley
Berardinetti
Bountrogianni
Bradley
Broten
Brown
Bryant
Caplan
Chambers
Churley
Crozier
Dhillon
Dombrowsky
Duncan
Flynn
Fonseca
Gerretsen
Gravelle
Hardeman
Horwath
Hoy
Jackson
Jeffrey
Kennedy
Klees
Kular
Kwinter
Lalonde
Levac
Marchese
Marsales
Martel
Martiniuk
Matthews
Mauro
McMeekin
McNeely
Meilleur
Miller
Milloy
Mitchell
O'Toole
Peters
Phillips
Prue
Pupatello
Qaadri
Ramsay
Rinaldi
Ruprecht
Sandals
Smith
Smitherman
Sterling
Takhar
Tascona
Van Bommel
Watson
Wilkinson
Witmer
Wong
Wynne
Yakabuski
Zimmer
NAYS / CONTRE -
0
And the Bill was accordingly
read the third time and was passed.
En conséquence, ce projet
de loi est lu une troisième fois et adopté.
Following remarks by Ms.
Pupatello, Mrs. Witmer and Ms. Churley, the House observed a
moment of silence in rememberance of the tragic events at the
University of Montreal, Quebec on December 6, 1989.
PETITIONS
PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to a landfill
at site 41 (Sessional Paper No. P-27) Mr. Dunlop.
Petition relating to resuming
negotiations between the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
and the Ontario Association of Optometrists and appointing a
mediator (Sessional Paper No. P-118) Mrs. Munro.
Petitions relating to OHIP
coverage of chiropractic services (Sessional Paper No. P-119) Ms.
Horwath and Mr. O'Toole.
Petition relating to protecting
the right of fire fighters to volunteer in their home communities
on their own free time (Sessional Paper No. P-175) Mr.
Hudak.
Petition relating to funding for
the children's treatment center in Simcoe County and York Region
(Sessional Paper No. P-179) Mr. Dunlop.
Petition relating to passing
Bill 3, An Act to Protect Anaphylactic Students (Sessional Paper
No. P-180) Mr. Levac.
Petitions relating to refraining
from enacting provincial animal control legislation that is
breed-specific, and instead implementing a comprehensive bite
prevention strategy that encourages responsible ownership of all
breeds (Sessional Paper No. P-197) Mr. Barrett and Mrs.
Munro.
Petitions relating to funding
formula used by the Ministry of Health for Four Counties Health
Services in Newbury (Sessional Paper No. P-203) Mr. Hoy and Mrs.
Van Bommel.
Petition relating to saving
regional centres for people with developmental disabilities
(Sessional Paper No. P-210) Mr. Dunlop.
ORDERS OF THE
DAY
ORDRE DU JOUR
Debate was resumed on the motion
for Second Reading of Bill 149, An Act to implement 2004 Budget
measures, enact the Northern Ontario Grow Bonds Corporation Act,
2004 and amend various Acts.
Le débat reprend sur la
motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 149, Loi
mettant en oeuvre certaines mesures énoncées dans le
Budget de 2004, édictant la Loi de 2004 sur la
Société d'émission d'obligations de
développement du Nord de l'Ontario et modifiant diverses
lois.
After some time, pursuant to
Standing Order 9, the motion for the adjournment of the debate
was deemed to have been made and carried.
Après quelque temps,
conformément à l'article 9 du Règlement, la motion
d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir
été proposée et adoptée.
The House then adjourned at 6:00
p.m.
À 18 h, la chambre a
ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
6:45 P.M.
18 H 45
ORDERS OF THE
DAY
ORDRE DU JOUR
Mr. Kennedy moved,
M. Kennedy propose,
That pursuant to Standing Order
46 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order
of the House relating to Bill 135, An Act to establish a
greenbelt area and to make consequential amendments to the
Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act, the Oak Ridges
Moraine Conservation Act, 2001 and the Ontario Planning and
Development Act, 1994, when Bill 135 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 Social Policy;
and
That the Standing Committee on
Social Policy shall be authorized to meet on Thursday, December 9
and Monday, December 13, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and
following Routine Proceedings for the purpose of public hearings
on the bill; and that the Committee be further authorized to meet
on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and
following Routine Proceedings for the purpose of clause-by-clause
consideration of the bill; and
That the deadline for filing
amendments to the bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be
9:00 a.m. on December 14. No later than 5:00 p.m. on December 14,
those amendments which have not yet 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. The committee shall be
authorized to meet beyond the normal hour of adjournment until
completion of clause-by-clause consideration. 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 December 15, 2004. In the
event that the committee fails to report the bill on that day,
the bill shall be deemed to be passed by the committee and shall
be deemed to be reported to and received by the House;
and
That, upon receiving the report
of the Standing Committee on 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, which Order may
be called on that same day; and
That at 5:50 p.m. or 9:20 p.m.,
as the case may be, on the day that the Order for Third Reading
of the bill is called as the first Government Order, the Speaker
shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Third
Reading stage of the bill without further debate or amendment;
and
That there shall be no deferral
of any vote allowed pursuant to Standing Order 28(h);
and
That, in the case of any
division relating to any proceedings on the bill, the division
bell shall be limited to ten minutes.
A debate arising, after some
time, the motion was carried on the following
division:-
Un débat s'ensuit et
après quelque temps, la motion est adoptée par le vote
suivant:-
AYES / POUR -
23
Bountrogianni
Brown
Crozier
Duncan
Fonseca
Gerretsen
Gravelle
Hoy
Leal
Levac
Marsales
Matthews
McNeely
Meilleur
Milloy
Mitchell
Patten
Peters
Rinaldi
Sandals
Smitherman
Van Bommel
Wilkinson
NAYS / CONTRE -
7
Dunlop
Hudak
Jackson
Marchese
Martiniuk
Miller
Yakabuski
The House then adjourned at 9:25
p.m.
À 21 h 25, 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
Canola, Fund for Producers of,
Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2004 (No. 319)
(Tabled December 3, 2004).
Certificate pursuant to Standing
Order 106(e) (1) re intended appointments dated December 1, 2004
(No. 316) (Tabled December 3, 2004).
Grain, Corn and Soybeans, Funds
for Producers of, Financial Statements for the year ended March
31, 2004 (No. 320) (Tabled December 3, 2004).
Greater Toronto Transit
Authority, Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2004
(No. 317) (Tabled December 3, 2004).
Greater Toronto Transit
Authority, Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2003
(No. 318) (Tabled December 3, 2004).
RESPONSES TO
PETITIONS
RÉPONSES AUX
PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to
recreational seasonal trailers (Sessional Paper No.
P-85):
(Tabled October 26 and 28, 2004)
Mr. O'Toole.
Petition relating to ensuring
that all of the McGuinty government's tax increases are put
before the people of Ontario in a referendum (Sessional Paper No.
P-143):
(Tabled October 19, 2004) Mr.
Hudak.
Petition relating to protecting
the right of fire fighters to volunteer in their home communities
on their own free time (Sessional Paper No. P-175):
(Tabled October 20, 2004) Mr.
Murdoch.
Petition relating to protecting
the right of fire fighters to volunteer in their home communities
on their own free time (Sessional Paper No. P-175):
(Tabled October 19, 2004) Mr.
Arnott.
Petition relating to Edwards
landfill site excavation (Sessional Paper No. P-177):
(Tabled October 18 and 19, 2004)
Mr. Barrett.
Petition relating to Edwards
landfill site excavation (Sessional Paper No. P-177):
(Tabled October 18 and 19, 2004)
Mr. Barrett.
Petition relating to claiming
public transit expenses on income tax (Sessional Paper No.
P-191):
(Tabled November 1, 2004) Mr.
O'Toole.
Responses to petitions tabled
on December 3, 2004
Petition relating to ensuring
that the Banting Homestead is kept in good repair and preserved
(Sessional Paper No. P-189):
(Tabled October 28, November 1
and 2, 2004) Mr. Wilson.
Petition relating to Edwards
landfill site excavation (Sessional Paper No. P-177):
(Tabled November 1, 2004) Mr.
Barrett.
Petition relating to maintaining
the current definition of the District of Muskoka as part of
Northern Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-136):
(Tabled October 19, 2004) Mr.
Miller.
Petition relating to conducting
a referendum on tax increases (Sessional Paper No.
P-170):
(Tabled October 13, 2004) Mr.
Miller.
Petition relating to
recreational seasonal trailers (Sessional Paper No.
P-85):
(Tabled October 13, 2004) Mr.
O'Toole.
(Tabled October 14, 2004) Ms.
Horwath.
(Tabled October 19, 2004) Mr.
O'Toole.
Petition relating to reversing
the decision to close the Leslie M. Frost Centre (Sessional Paper
No. P-169):
(Tabled November 17, 2004) Mr.
Miller.
Petition relating to reversing
the decision to close the Leslie M. Frost Centre (Sessional Paper
No. P-169):
(Tabled November 3, 2004) Mr.
Miller and Ms. Scott.
Petition relating to reversing
the decision to close the Leslie M. Frost Centre (Sessional Paper
No. P-169):
(Tabled October 27, 2004) Mr.
Miller.
Petition relating to not
imposing higher taxes (Sessional Paper No. P-135):
(Tabled June 2, 2004) Mr.
Martiniuk.
Petition relating to effluent
discharges by the Amherstview Water Pollution Control Plant in
Loyalist Township (Sessional Paper No. P-171):
(Tabled October 13, 2004) Mrs.
Van Bommel.
Petition relating to supporting
the McGuinty government and legislation that ensures that
governments cannot hide deficits again (Sessional Paper No.
P-166):
