Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 39
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 40
Lundi
5 décembre 2005
Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 39
Séance du soir - jour de session 40
2nd Session,
38th Parliament
2e session
38e législature
PRAYERS
1:30 P.M.
PRIÈRES
13 H 30
The Speaker addressed the House
as follows:-
I beg to inform the House that
the Clerk has received from the Chief Election Officer and laid
upon the Table the following certificate of a
by-election:
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF
SCARBOROUGH-ROUGE RIVER -- BAS BALKISSOON
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Mr. Claude DesRosiers
Clerk of the Legislative
Assembly
Room 104
Legislative Building
Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1A2
Dear Mr. DesRosiers:
A Writ of Election dated the
Twenty-sixth day of October, 2005 was issued by the Honourable
Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario, and was addressed
to George Tang, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
Scarborough-Rouge River, for the election of a Member to
represent the said Electoral District of Scarborough-Rouge River
in the Legislative Assembly of this Province in the room of Alvin
Curling who since his election as representative of the said
Electoral District of Scarborough-Rouge River has resigned his
seat. This is to certify that, a poll having been granted and
held in Scarborough-Rouge River on the Twenty-Fourth day of
November, 2005, Bas Balkissoon has been returned as duly elected
as appears by the Return of the said Writ of Election, dated the
2nd of December, 2005, which is now lodged of record
in my office.
JOHN L. HOLLINS
Toronto, December 5, 2005 CHIEF
ELECTION OFFICER
Bas Balkissoon, Member for the
Electoral District of Scarborough-Rouge River, having taken the
Oath and subscribed the Roll, took his seat.
INTRODUCTION OF
BILLS
DÉPÔT DES PROJETS
DE LOI
The following Bill was
introduced and read the first time:-
Le projet de loi suivant est
présenté et lu une première fois:-
Bill 43, An Act to protect
existing and future sources of drinking water and to make
complementary and other amendments to other Acts. Hon. Ms.
Broten.
Projet de loi 43, Loi visant
à protéger les sources existantes et futures d'eau
potable et à apporter des modifications complémentaires
et autres à d'autres lois. L'hon. Mme
Broten.
MOTIONS
MOTIONS
With unanimous consent, on
motion by Mr. Bradley,
Avec le consentement unanime,
sur la motion de M. Bradley,
Ordered, That the November 28,
2005 Order of the House referring Bill 16, An Act respecting the
Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, to the Standing Committee on
General Government be discharged, and that the Bill be referred
instead to the Standing Committee on the Legislative
Assembly.
Mr. Bradley moved,
M. Bradley 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 5, 2005, for the purpose of considering
government business.
The question being put on the
motion, it was carried on the following division:-
La motion, mise aux voix, est
adoptée par le vote suivant:-
AYES / POUR -
68
Arthurs
Balkisoon
Bartolucci
Bentley
Berardinetti
Bountrogianni
Bradley
Broten
Bryant
Cansfield
Caplan
Chambers
Chudleigh
Colle
Cordiano
Crozier
Delaney
Dombrowsky
Duguid
Flynn
Fonseca
Gerretsen
Hardeman
Hoy
Jackson
Jeffrey
Klees
Kular
Kwinter
Lalonde
Leal
Levac
Marsales
Matthews
Mauro
McMeekin
McNeely
Meilleur
Miller
Milloy
Mitchell
O'Toole
Ouellette
Parsons
Patten
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pupatello
Qaadri
Racco
Ramal
Ramsay
Runciman
Ruprecht
Smith
Smitherman
Sterling
Takhar
Tory
Van Bommel
Watson
Wilkinson
Wilson
Witmer
Wong
Wynne
Zimmer
NAYS / CONTRE -
5
Hampton
Horwath
Marchese
Martel
Prue
PETITIONS
PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to providing
access to Velcade and other intravenous cancer chemotherapy drugs
(Sessional Paper No. P-7) Mr. Jackson.
Petitions relating to funding to
community agencies to ensure quality support and services to
people who have an intellectual disability (Sessional Paper No.
P-15) Mr. Hudak, Mr. O'Toole and Mr. Ramal.
Petition relating to OHIP
coverage for all forms of Macular Degeneration (Sessional Paper
No. P-16) Mr. Balkissoon.
Petition relating to insuring
PSA tests through OHIP (Sessional Paper No. P-48) Mr.
Delaney.
Petitions relating to funding
all diabetic supplies (Sessional Paper No. P-57) Mr. Dunlop and
Mr. Leal.
Petition relating to restoring
the cuts to funding for Ontario public library services
(Sessional Paper No. P-77) Mr. Miller.
Petition relating to Brockville
General Hospital (Sessional Paper No. P-92) Mr.
Runciman.
Petition relating to endorsing
the Frederick Banting Homestead Preservation Act (Sessional Paper
No. P-95) Mr. Wilson.
ORDERS OF THE
DAY
ORDRE DU JOUR
Debate was resumed on the motion
for Second Reading of Bill 36, An Act to provide for the
integration of the local system for the delivery of health
services.
Le débat reprend sur la
motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 36, Loi
prévoyant l'intégration du système local de
prestation des services de santé.
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
Debate was resumed on the motion
for Second Reading of Bill 37, An Act to amend the Taxpayer
Protection Act, 1999 in relation to municipalities.
Le débat reprend sur la
motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 37, Loi
modifiant la Loi de 1999 sur la protection des contribuables en
ce qui concerne les municipalités.
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 9:30
p.m.
À 21 h 30, la chambre a
ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
le président
Mike Brown
Speaker
SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED
PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(a)
DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES
DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 39(a) DU
RÈGLEMENT
Certificate pursuant to Standing
Order 106(e)(1) re intended appointments dated December 2, 2005
(No. 33).
Compendia:
Bill 43, An Act to protect
existing and future sources of drinking water and to make
complementary and other amendments to other Acts (No.
34).
Ontario Clean Water Agency /
Agence ontarienne des eaux, Annual Report 2004 (No.
32).
QUESTIONS ANSWERED (SEE
SESSIONAL PAPER NO. 5):-
Final Answers to Question
Numbers: 4, 5, 6 and 7.
RESPONSES TO
PETITIONS
RÉPONSES AUX
PÉTITIONS
Petitions relating to appointing
a mediator and resuming negotiations with the Ontario Association
of Optometrists (OAO) (Sessional Paper No. P-3):
(Tabled October 13, 2005) Mr.
O'Toole.
(Tabled October 17, 2005) Ms.
Martel.
Petitions relating to cancelling
rent increases paid by the Queensway-Carleton Hospital (Sessional
Paper No. P-6):
(Tabled October 17, 2005) Ms.
Martel.
(Tabled October 17, 24, November
1 and 2, 2005) Mr. Baird.
Petitions relating to providing
access to Velcade and other intravenous cancer chemotherapy drugs
(Sessional Paper No. P-7):
(Tabled October 17, 20, 25, 26
and November 2, 2005) Mr. Jackson.
(Tabled October 26, 2005) Ms.
Martel.
Petition relating to freezing
gas prices for 90 days and to establishing a Gas Price Watchdog
(Sessional Paper No. P-11):
(Tabled October 17, 2005) Ms.
Martel.
Petition relating to maintaining
OHIP coverage for chiropractic services (Sessional Paper No.
P-22):
(Tabled October 19, 2005) Mr.
Hudak.
Petition relating to providing
consumers with a tax break on high gas prices (Sessional Paper
No. P-24):
(Tabled October 19, 2005) Mr.
Hudak.
Petitions relating to freezing
gas prices temporarily and petitioning the federal government to
remove the GST (Sessional Paper No. P-31):
(Tabled October 20 and November
2, 2005) Mr. Ouellette.