Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 82
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 83
Lundi
10 avril 2006
Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 82
Séance du soir - jour de session 83
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 three certificates of by-elections in the
Electoral Districts of Whitby-Ajax, Nepean-Carleton, and
Toronto-Danforth.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF
WHITBY-AJAX -- CHRISTINE ELLIOTT
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Mr. Claude L.
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
First day of March, 2006, was issued by the Honourable Lieutenant
Governor of the Province of Ontario and was addressed to Elinor
Kidd, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
Whitby-Ajax, for the election of a Member to represent the said
Electoral District of Whitby-Ajax in the Legislative Assembly of
this Province in the room of Jim Flaherty who, since his election
as representative of the said Electoral District of Whitby-Ajax,
has resigned his seat. This is to certify that, a poll having
been granted and held in Whitby-Ajax on the Thirtieth day of
March, 2006, Christine Elliott has been returned as duly elected
as appears by the Return of the said Writ of Election, dated the
7th day of April, 2006, which is now lodged of record in my
office.
JOHN L. HOLLINS
Toronto, April 10, 2006 CHIEF
ELECTION OFFICER
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF
NEPEAN-CARLETON -- LISA MACLEOD
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Mr. Claude L.
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
First day of March, 2006, was issued by the Honourable Lieutenant
Governor of the Province of Ontario and was addressed to M. Wayne
Beaten, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
Nepean-Carleton, for the election of a Member to represent the
said Electoral District of Nepean-Carleton in the Legislative
Assembly of this Province in the room of John Baird who, since
his election as representative of the said Electoral District of
Nepean-Carleton, has resigned his seat. This is to certify that,
a poll having been granted and held in Nepean-Carleton on the
Thirtieth day of March, 2006, Lisa MacLeod has been returned as
duly elected as appears by the Return of the said Writ of
Election, dated the 7th day of April, 2006, which is now lodged
of record in my office.
JOHN L. HOLLINS
Toronto, April 10, 2006 CHIEF
ELECTION OFFICER
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF
TORONTO-DANFORTH -- PETER TABUNS
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Mr. Claude L.
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
First day of March, 2006, was issued by the Honourable Lieutenant
Governor of the Province of Ontario and was addressed to
Krystianna Sofroniou, Returning Officer for the Electoral
District of Toronto-Danforth, for the election of a Member to
represent the said Electoral District of Toronto-Danforth in the
Legislative Assembly of this Province in the room of Marilyn
Churley who, since her election as representative of the said
Electoral District of Toronto-Danforth, has resigned her seat.
This is to certify that, a poll having been granted and held in
Toronto-Danforth on the Thirtieth day of March, 2006, Peter
Tabuns has been returned as duly elected as appears by the Return
of the said Writ of Election, dated the 7th day of April, 2006,
which is now lodged of record in my office.
JOHN L. HOLLINS
Toronto, April 10, 2006 CHIEF
ELECTION OFFICER
Christine Elliott, member for
the Electoral District of Whitby-Ajax, having taken the oath and
subscribed the Roll, took her seat.
Lisa MacLeod, member for the
Electoral District of Nepean-Carleton, having taken the Oath and
subscribed the Roll, took her seat.
Peter Tabuns, member for the
Electoral District of Toronto-Danforth, 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 98, An Act to require
reporting on increased electricity consumption. Mr.
Lalonde.
Projet de loi 98, Loi sur le
signalement obligatoire de toute augmentation de la consommation
d'électricité. M. Lalonde.
MOTIONS
MOTIONS
With unanimous consent, on
motion by Mr. Bradley,
Avec le consentement unanime,
sur la motion de M. Bradley,
Ordered, That notwithstanding
Standing Order 96(d), the following change be made to the ballot
list of private members' public business.
Mr. Orazietti and Mr. Wilkinson
exchange places in order of precedence such that Mr. Orazietti
assumes ballot item 51 and Mr. Wilkinson assumes ballot item
37.
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, April 10, 2006 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
Arnott
Arthurs
Balkissoon
Barrett
Bartolucci
Bentley
Berardinetti
Bradley
Broten
Bryant
Cansfield
Caplan
Chambers
Chudleigh
Colle
Craitor
Crozier
Delaney
Dhillon
Di Cocco
Dombrowsky
Duguid
Duncan
Dunlop
Elliott
Flynn
Gerretsen
Hardeman
Hoy
Hudak
Jackson
Jeffrey
Klees
Kular
Kwinter
Lalonde
Levac
MacLeod
Marsales
Martiniuk
Matthews
Meilleur
Miller
Mitchell
Mossop
Munro
Orazietti
O'Toole
Parsons
Patten
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Qaadri
Ramal
Sandals
Smith
Smitherman
Takhar
Tascona
Tory
Van Bommel
Watson
Wilkinson
Wilson
Witmer
Wynne
Yakabuski
NAYS / CONTRE -
8
Hampton
Horwath
Kormos
Marchese
Martel
Murdoch
Prue
Tabuns
PETITIONS
PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to OHIP
coverage for all forms of Macular Degeneration (Sessional Paper
No. P-16) Mr. Craitor.
Petition relating to freezing
gas prices temporarily and petitioning the federal government to
remove the GST (Sessional Paper No. P-31) Ms. MacLeod.
Petition relating to an increase
to the employment earnings exemption threshold for ODSP
recipients (Sessional Paper No. P-70) Ms. Horwath.
Petition relating to funding the
treatment of the occult sub-type of macular degeneration with
photodynamic therapy for all patients (Sessional Paper No. P-108)
Mr. Dunlop.
Petitions relating to increasing
operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No.
P-136) Mrs. Elliott, Mr. Flynn, Mr. Murdoch, and Mr.
O'Toole.
Petition relating to passing
Bill 67, the Organ and Tissue Donation Mandatory Declaration Act,
2006 (Sessional Paper No. P-142) Mr. Ouellette.
Petition relating to reforming
funding policies for social programs for the Region of Peel
(Sessional Paper No. P-143) Mr. Peterson.
Petition relating to school bus
crossing control arms (Sessional Paper No. P-147) Mr.
Parsons.
Petitions relating to
faith-based schools in Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-151) Mr.
Hardeman and Mr. Yakabuski.
ORDERS OF THE
DAY
ORDRE DU JOUR
Debate was resumed on the motion
for Second Reading of Bill 56, An Act to amend the Emergency
Management Act, the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
Le débat reprend sur la
motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 56, Loi
modifiant la Loi sur la gestion des situations d'urgence, la Loi
de 2000 sur les normes d'emploi et la Loi de 1997 sur la
sécurité professionnelle et l'assurance contre les
accidents du travail.
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 53, An Act to revise the City of
Toronto Acts, 1997 (Nos. 1 and 2), to amend certain public Acts
in relation to municipal powers and to repeal certain private
Acts relating to the City of Toronto.
Le débat reprend sur la
motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 53, Loi
révisant les lois de 1997 nos 1 et 2 sur la
cité de Toronto, modifiant certaines lois
d'intérêt public en ce qui concerne les pouvoirs
municipaux et abrogeant certaines lois d'intérêt
privé se rapportant à la cité de
Toronto.
After some time, the motion was
declared carried and the Bill was accordingly read the second
time and Ordered referred to the Standing Committee on General
Government.
Après quelque temps, la
motion est déclarée adoptée et en
conséquence, ce projet de loi est lu une deuxième fois
et renvoyé au Comité permanent des affaires
gouvernementales.
Mr. Bradley moved, That the
House do now adjourn.
M. Bradley propose que
l'Assemblée ajourne les débats maintenant.
The question, having been put on
the motion, was declared carried.
Cette motion, mise aux voix, est
déclarée adoptée.
The House then adjourned at 7:15
p.m.
À 19 h 15, la chambre a
ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
le président
Mike Brown
Speaker
PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO
STANDING ORDER 38(a)
Petitions relating to increasing
operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No.
P-136) Mr. Orazietti, Mr. Parsons, and Mr. Ramal.
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 April 7, 2006 (No.
123) (Tabled April 7, 2006).
QUESTIONS ANSWERED (SEE
SESSIONAL PAPER NO. 5):-
Final Answers to Question
Numbers: 103 and 104.
RESPONSES TO
PETITIONS
RÉPONSES AUX
PÉTITIONS
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)
(Tabled December 12, 2005) Mr.
Craitor and Mr. Ouellette.