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No. 200	N^o 200
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Votes and Proceedings	Procès-verbaux
Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Assemblée législative de l'Ontario
Wednesday December 9, 2009 Sessional Day 208	Mercredi 9 décembre 2009 Jour de session 208
1^st Session, 39^th Parliament	1^re session 39^e législature
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PRAYERS	PRIÈRES
9:00 A.M.	9 H
ORDERS OF THE DAY	ORDRE DU JOUR

A debate arose on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 218, An Act to implement 2009 Budget measures and to enact, amend or repeal various Acts.			Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 218, Loi mettant en oeuvre certaines mesures énoncées dans le Budget de 2009 et édictant, modifiant ou abrogeant diverses lois.
Pursuant to the Orders of the House of December 1 and 2, 2009, the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings and put the question, which motion was carried on the following division:-			Conformément à les ordres adopté par l'Assemblée le 1^er et 2 décembre 2009, le Vice-Président interrompt les délibérations et met la motion aux voix et ladite motion est adoptée par le vote suivant:-
	AYES / POUR - 56

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bradley Broten Brown Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan	Colle Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Jeffrey Johnson Kular Kwinter		Lalonde Leal Levac Mangat Matthews Mauro McNeely Meilleur Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast	Phillips Qaadri Ramsay Rinaldi Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 29

	Arnott Bailey Barrett Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Dunlop Hampton	Hardeman Horwath Hudak Jones Klees MacLeod Marchese		Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek) Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Prue Runciman	Savoline Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson 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.
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The Order of the Day for Third Reading of Bill 175, An Act to enhance labour mobility between Ontario and other Canadian provinces and territories having been called, and the motion for Third Reading having been moved,			À l'appel de l'ordre du jour sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 175, Loi visant à accroître la mobilité de la main-d'œuvre entre l'Ontario et les autres provinces et les territoires du Canada, et la motion portant troisième lecture a été proposée,
Pursuant to the Order of the House of November 30, 2009, the Deputy Speaker put the question forthwith on the motion, which question was carried on the following division:-			Conformément à l'ordre adopté par l'Assemblée le 30 novembre 2009, le Vice-Président met la motion aux voix immédiatement, et cette motion est adoptée par le vote suivant:-
	AYES / POUR - 56

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bradley Broten Brown Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan	Colle Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Jeffrey Johnson Kular Lalonde			Leal Levac Mangat Matthews Mauro McNeely Meilleur Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips		Qaadri Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 28

	Arnott Bailey Barrett Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Dunlop	Hampton Hardeman Horwath Hudak Jones Klees MacLeod		Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek) Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Prue		Runciman Savoline Shurman Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And the Bill was accordingly read the third time and passed.

En conséquence, ce projet de loi est lu une troisième fois et adopté.

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Pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the Deputy Speaker recessed the House at 10:23 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.	Conformément à l'article 9 a) du Règlement, le Vice-Président ordonne une pause à l'Assemblée à 10 h 23 jusqu'à 10 h 30.
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10:30 A.M.	10 H 30
INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS	PRÉSENTATION DES VISITEURS
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, visitors were introduced.	Conformément à l'article 36 du Règlement, les visiteurs sont présentés.
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The Speaker delivered the following ruling:-	Le Président a rendu la décision suivante :-
On Thursday, November 19, the Member for Oshawa raised a point of order with respect to the authority of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to summon witnesses. To the extent that his point of order touched on specific proceedings of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, I will say that it is not the place of the Speaker to become involved. The Committee, like every committee of the House, has the ability to regulate its own affairs. Where it needs the guidance or intervention of the House, or when there is a problem it cannot solve itself, the proper course is for the committee to make a report to the House setting out the matter at issue in the committee. This not having occurred, I can only assume that within the scope of its authority the committee has been successfully dealing with its own affairs to the satisfaction of its members. To answer the Member's direct and specific question, though, I can confirm that committees do have the authority to summon witnesses of their choosing. Standing Order 110(b) states that "(e)xcept when the House otherwise orders, each Committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and things." This is a power delegated from the House, which retains the authority to compel attendance or production. There are therefore some practical and contextual limitations on a committee's authority but in general, committees may invite any witnesses it considers to be in a position to offer testimony that will be helpful to the committee in its inquiries.
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The Speaker delivered the following ruling:-	Le Président a rendu la décision suivante :-
On December 2, 2009, the Member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills (Mr. Sterling) rose on a point of order concerning his inability to vote from his assigned seat during recorded divisions held on December 1. The House will recall that the Member had not been able to vote from his assigned seat because a named Member had refused to withdraw from the Chamber on November 30; that Member, along with another named Member, had been suspended from the service of the House for the remainder of the session when the Sergeant-at-Arms indicated that force was necessary to compel obedience. However, those suspended Members were still in the Chamber on December 1, and one of them was occupying the seat assigned to the Member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills during a recorded division on the motion for second reading of Bill 175, and during other divisions that morning. Members will recall that, in the immediate aftermath of the first division, I responded to points of order and points of privilege on what had happened. Later, in response to concerns that certain Members of the Official Opposition would be unable to vote from their assigned seats because the suspended Members were occupying them, I indicated to the Member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills that he could assume the unoccupied seat of another Member. I made a similar accommodation with respect to the Member for Simcoe-Grey (Mr. Wilson), whose seat was also being occupied by another suspended Member.
The Member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills now asks why I ignored Standing Orders 20 and 28 in making this accommodation. Standing Order 20 requires Members to "remain in their places and refrain from interrupting the Speaker" in certain situations, and to not interrupt the Member who has the floor. Standing Order 28 deals with the procedure for taking divisions; in particular, Standing Order 28(a) states that it requires "five members standing in their places" to force a division after a voice vote, and Standing Order 28(c) states that a Member wishing to vote "shall rise and record his or her vote".
Let me first say that neither Standing Order 20 nor Standing Order 28 specifically indicates that a Member wishing to vote in a division must do so from an assigned seat, and so I did not ignore any Standing Order when I acted as I did. Nevertheless, as Members well know, it is our settled practice that Members wishing to vote in a division do so from their assigned seats. Speakers of this House have long upheld the practice that members must vote from their assigned places in the Chamber, and so have I. In point of fact though, seating assignments of all Members of the Assembly are ultimately made by the Speaker. In practice, of course, the Speaker assigns blocks of seats and then generally acquiesces in the recommendations of the various recognized parties on their seating wishes for their individual Members. But as I said, ultimately it is the Speaker's decision, as demonstrated by the fact that the Speaker takes full responsibility for assigning the seats of any Independent Members. That being the case, when I indicated that the Member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills could vote from another seat, I was in effect assigning him that seat, if only temporarily. Additionally though, one has to look at this issue in the context of the nature and extent of the disorder that erupted last Monday. It cannot but have been apparent to any observer in the Chamber at the time of the naming of the Member for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound that he was acting in concert with a plan understood by his caucus, and participated in by the caucus as a collective. Indeed, the Member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills is one of several members who put themselves between the named Member and the Sergeant-at-Arms, preventing the removal of the named Member from the Legislative Chamber. As business carried on and the House entered into the recorded vote on Second Reading of Bill 175, the Member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills was seated at a place other than his assigned seat. The Member did not at that point complain either that he wished to vote but might not be able to because another Member was in his seat, or that the Member occupying his seat refused to leave when asked to do so. The confusion that ensued, and the basis of the complaint now made by the Member for Carelton-Misissippi Mills, was to a significant extent of his own making. As I said at that time, "you cannot contrive a breach of your own privileges." In a subsequent vote, however, the Member for Mississippi Mills and the Member for Simcoe-Grey were again both prevented from being in their seats because they were occupied by the 2 previously-named Members. At this time, the members did draw this situation to my attention before the roll-call commenced, and it was at this point that I made the accommodation I referred to previously. I regret that my approach inconvenienced the Members who sought to vote from their regular seats, but I hope that they can appreciate that, shortly after the consequences of the mischief being perpetrated by the suspended Members became clear to everyone in the House, I was able to ensure that Members wishing to vote were able to do so. I stand by my approach to dealing with the issue. In looking into how other Speakers have handled challenging situations in this Chamber, I came across Speaker Stockwell's ruling at page 538 of the Journals for April 6, 1997. This is what Speaker Stockwell said:
I believe that the modern definition of Speaker requires that decisions are taken which are also in the best interests of the institution of Parliament. On occasion, in particular when faced with extraordinary circumstances, Speakers may have to intervene in a way, which seeks to enable the Parliamentary process to accomplish the business at hand.... In this House, Speaker Warner quoting Speaker Fraser, said on May 27, 1991 that, "the Speaker does have a latitude to act in exceptional instances".
I agree with Speaker Stockwell's statement. That statement was made in 1997 in the course of the longest voting process in the history of this Assembly. A few months later, the House adopted Standing Order changes that strengthened the hand of the Speaker and of the House in dealing with disorder and the progress of Assembly business. Those changes appear to have been informed by a desire by the House to ensure that disorder does not trump the democratic rights of Members. I have already provided my thoughts to the House on the events of last week. I will repeat one part of those comments:- "respect is a mutual obligation. There are boundaries to which Members must also adhere and standards of conduct that must be upheld. This is not about the Chair's discretion or the opinion of an individual Speaker. It is about failing to show due deference to this institution and the traditions of civil debate; it is about failing to show due deference to the privileges of fellow members of this Parliament, including members from all parties; and importantly, it's about failing to display an image of parliamentary conduct that the public would rightly regard as appropriate." In closing, I thank the Member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills for raising his point of order. His concerns do not raise a matter of order, but they have given me an opportunity to reflect on the events of last week, and on how such events might be dealt with in the future.
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ORAL QUESTIONS			QUESTIONS ORALES
Pursuant to Standing Order 37, the House proceeded to Oral Questions.			Conformément à l'article 37 du Règlement, la chambre passe aux questions orales.
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DEFERRED VOTES			VOTES DIFFÉRÉS
The deferred vote on Government Order Number 31, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Economic Development, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 32, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 33, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Finance, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 34, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Research and Innovation, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 35, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 36, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (including supplementaries), was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 37, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 38, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Community and Social Services (including supplementaries), was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 39, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Labour, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 40, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Tourism, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.			En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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The deferred vote on Government Order Number 41, on the motion for Concurrence in Supply for the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, was carried on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 54

	Aggelonitis Albanese Arthurs Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Best Bradley Broten Cansfield Caplan Carroll Chan Colle	Crozier Dickson Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Flynn Fonseca Gravelle Hoskins Jaczek Johnson Kwinter Leal Levac		Mangat Matthews Mauro McMeekin McNeely Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips Ramal	Ramsay Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wynne Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 27

	Arnott Bailey Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Elliott Hampton	Hardeman Hudak Jones MacLeod Marchese Martiniuk Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline	Shurman Sterling Tabuns Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

And Supply was accordingly concurred in.	En conséquence, le budget des dépenses est adopté.
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Pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the Speaker recessed the House at 12:04 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.	Conformément à l'article 9 a) du Règlement, le Président ordonne une pause à l'Assemblée à 12 h 04 jusqu'à 15 h.
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3:00 P.M.	15 H
INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS	PRÉSENTATION DES VISITEURS
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, visitors were introduced.	Conformément à l'article 36 du Règlement, les visiteurs sont présentés.
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MEMBERS' STATEMENTS	DÉCLARATIONS DES DÉPUTÉS
Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.	Conformément à l'article 31 du Règlement, des députés font des déclarations.
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REPORTS BY COMMITTEES	RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

Mr. Prue from the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills presented the Committee's Report which was read as follows and adopted:	M. Prue du Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d'intérêt privé présente le rapport du comité qui est lu comme suit et adopté:-
Your Committee recommends that the following Bill be not reported:-	Votre comité recommande que le projet de loi suivant ne soit pas reporté:-
Bill 132, An Act to amend the Liquor Licence Act.	Projet de loi 132, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les permis d'alcool.

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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS	DÉPÔT DES PROJETS DE LOI
The following Bills were introduced and read the first time:-	Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés et lus une première fois:-
Bill 236, An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Act. Hon. Mr. Duncan.	Projet de loi 236, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les régimes de retraite. L'hon. M. Duncan.
Bill 237, An Act to sustain and encourage improvement in Ontario's water and waste water services and to establish the Ontario Water Board. Mr. Caplan.	Projet de loi 237, Loi visant à assurer la viabilité des services d'approvisionnement en eau et des services relatifs aux eaux usées de l'Ontario et à favoriser leur amélioration et créant la Commission des eaux de l'Ontario. M. Caplan.
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STATEMENTS BY THE MINISTRY AND RESPONSES	DÉCLARATIONS MINISTÉRIELLES ET RÉPONSES
Pursuant to Standing Order 35, a Minister made a statement and Opposition Members responded.	Conformément à l'article 35 du Règlement, un ministre fait une déclaration et des députés de l'opposition y répondent.
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PETITIONS	PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to zero tolerance of violence on public transit (Sessional Paper No. P-201) Mr. Colle.
Petition relating to a blended or harmonized sales tax (Sessional Paper No. P-224) Mr. Runciman and Mr. Yakabuski.
Petition relating to stopping the 13% combined sales tax (Sessional Paper No. P-235) Mr. Arnott, Mr. Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka), Mrs. Munro and Mr. Ouellette.
Petition relating to cancelling the scheduled implementation of sales tax harmonization (Sessional Paper No. P-244) Mr. Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek).
Petition relating to stopping the closure of independently owned and operated Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Offices in Ontario by Service Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-287) Mr. Runciman.
Petition relating to providing adequate increases in the operating budget of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare to maintain current health services and provide long-term care beds (Sessional Paper No. P-291) Mr. Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka).
Petition relating to requesting that the current privately operated Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Offices of Ontario remain open (Sessional Paper No. P-295) Mr. Yakabuski.
Petition relating to approving and initiating the process to expand the Milton District Hospital (Sessional Paper No. P-298) Mr. Chudleigh.
Petition relating to abandoning the RFP process for school bus companies (Sessional Paper No. P-303) Mr. Yakabuski.
Petition relating to not imposing the harmonized provincial and GST tax on Ontario's hard-working families and businesses (Sessional Paper No. P-317) Mr. Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka).
Petition relating to a full public inquiry into spending at eHealth (Sessional Paper No. P-326) Mrs. Savoline.
Petition relating to initiating a joint process with the Federal Government to reconsider the HST (Sessional Paper No. P-327) Mr. Chudleigh.
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ORDERS OF THE DAY	ORDRE DU JOUR

A debate arose on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 168, An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace and other matters.			Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 168, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail en ce qui concerne la violence et le harcèlement au travail et d'autres questions.
After some time, pursuant to the Order of the House of December 8, 2009, the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings and put the question, which motion was carried on the following division:-			Après quelque temps, conformément à l'ordre adopté par l'Assemblée le 8 décembre 2009, le Vice-Président interrompt les délibérations et met la motion aux voix et ladite motion est adoptée par le vote suivant:-
	AYES / POUR - 66

	Albanese Arnott Arthurs Balkissoon Berardinetti Bisson Broten Brown Caplan Carroll Chudleigh Colle Dhillon Dickson DiNovo Duguid Elliott	Flynn Fonseca Hampton Hardeman Horwath Hoskins Jaczek Jeffrey Johnson Jones Klees Lalonde Leal Levac MacLeod Mangat Marchese		Martiniuk Mauro McMeekin McNeely Meilleur Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek) Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Milloy Mitchell Moridi Munro Naqvi Orazietti O'Toole Ouellette Pendergast	Phillips Prue Rinaldi Runciman Ruprecht Sandals Savoline Sergio Smith Sousa Tabuns Van Bommel Wilkinson Witmer 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.
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A debate arose on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 210, An Act to protect foreign nationals employed as live-in caregivers and in other prescribed employment and to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000.			Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 210, Loi visant à protéger les étrangers employés comme aides familiaux et dans d'autres emplois prescrits et modifiant la Loi de 2000 sur les normes d'emploi.
After some time, pursuant to the Order of the House of November 26, 2009, the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings and put the question, which motion was carried on the following division:-			Après quelque temps, conformément à l'ordre adopté par l'Assemblée le 26 novembre 2009, le Vice-Président interrompt les délibérations et met la motion aux voix et ladite motion est adoptée par le vote suivant:-
	AYES / POUR - 48

	Albanese Arthurs Balkissoon Berardinetti Bisson Broten Brown Colle Dhillon Dickson DiNovo Duguid	Flynn Fonseca Hampton Horwath Hoskins Jaczek Jeffrey Johnson Lalonde Leal Levac Mangat		Marchese Mauro McMeekin McNeely Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek) Milloy Mitchell Moridi Naqvi Orazietti Pendergast Phillips	Prue Ramal Rinaldi Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Sousa Tabuns Van Bommel Wilkinson Zimmer

	NAYS / CONTRE - 13

	Arnott Chudleigh Dunlop Elliott	Hardeman Jones Martiniuk		Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka) Munro O'Toole	Savoline 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.
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Mr. Duguid moved, That the House do now adjourn.	M. Duguid 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.
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The House then adjourned at 5:52 p.m.	À 17 h 52, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
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le président Steve Peters Speaker
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PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(a)
Petition relating to a blended or harmonized sales tax (Sessional Paper No. P-224) (Tabled December 9, 2009) Mr. Yakabuski.
Petition relating to amending the Liquor Control Act to permit the sale of beer and wine in local convenience stores (Sessional Paper No. P-277) (Tabled December 9, 2009) Mr. Chudleigh.
Petition relating to the labour dispute between Serco DES and DriveTest (Sessional Paper No. P-320) (Tabled December 9, 2009) Mrs. Van Bommel.
Petition relating to not increasing taxes and not bringing into effect any combination of the Provincial / Retail Sales Tax with the G.S.T. for Ontario consumers (Sessional Paper No. P-323) (Tabled December 9, 2009) Mr. Yakabuski.
Petition relating to oral chemotherapy (Sessional Paper No. P-328) (Tabled December 9, 2009) Ms. Jaczek.
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SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 40	DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 40 DU RÈGLEMENT
compendia: Bill 236, An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Act (No. 609) (Tabled December 9, 2009).
Algoma Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 570) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Brant Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 571) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Chatham/Kent Community Care Access Centre / Centre d'accèss aux soins communautaires de Chatham/Kent, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 572) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Cochrane District Community Care Access Centre / Centre d'accèss aux soins communautaire du district de Cochrane, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 573) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Community Care Access Centre for the Eastern Counties, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 576) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Community Care Access Centre of the District of Thunder Bay, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 602) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Community Care Access Centre of Waterloo Region, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 605) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Community Care Access Centre of Wellington-Dufferin, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 606) (Tabled December 9, 2009) Community Care Access Centre of York Region, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 608) (Tabled December 9, 2009).
Durham Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 574) (Tabled December 9, 2009). East York Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 575) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Elgin Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 577) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Etobicoke and York Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 578) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Grey-Bruce Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 579) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Haldimand-Norfolk Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 580) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Haliburton, Northumberland and Victoria Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 581) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Halton Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 582) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Hamilton Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 583) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Hastings & Prince Edward Counties Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 584 (Tabled December 9, 2009). Huron Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 585) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Kenora and Rainy River Districts Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 586) (Tabled December 9, 2009).
Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 587) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 588) (Tabled December 9, 2009). London-Middlesex Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 589) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Manitoulin-Sudbury Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 590) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Minister of Tourism, correspondence from The Council of The Corporation of the City of North Bay, dated December 2, 2009 (No. 568) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Near North Community Care Access Centre / Centre d'accèss aux soins communautaires du moyen-nord, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 591) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Niagara Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 592) (Tabled December 9, 2009). North York Community Care Access Centre / Centre d'accèss aux soins communautaires de North York, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 610) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Ottawa Community Care Access Centre / Centre d'accèss aux soins communautaires d'Ottawa, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 593) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Oxford Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 594) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Peel Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 595) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Perth County Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 596) (Tabled December 9, 2009).
Peterborough Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 597) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Renfrew County Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 598) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Sarnia-Lambton Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 599) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Scarborough Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 600) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Simcoe County Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 601) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Social Benefits Tribunal / Tribunal de l'aide sociale, Annual Report 2008-2009 (No. 569) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Timiskiming Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 603) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Toronto Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 604) (Tabled December 9, 2009). Windsor/Essex Community Care Access Centre, Annual Report 2005-2006 (No. 607) (Tabled December 9, 2009).

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