40e législature, 1re session

No. 87

No 87

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l’Ontario

Tuesday

October 2, 2012

Mardi

2 octobre 2012

1st Session,
40th Parliament

1re session
40e législature

PRAYERS
PRIÈRES
9:00 A.M.
9 H

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 65, An Act to amend the Co-operative Corporations Act and the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 in respect of non-profit housing co-operatives and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 65, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les sociétés coopératives et la Loi de 2006 sur la location à usage d’habitation en ce qui concerne les coopératives de logement sans but lucratif et apportant des modifications corrélatives à d’autres lois.

Debate arose and after some time, the House recessed at 10:12 a.m.

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps, à 10 h 12, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

10:30 A.M.
10 H 30

The Speaker informed the House,

Le Président a informé la Chambre,

That the following document was tabled:-

Que le document suivant a été déposé :-

The 2011-2012 Annual Report from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario entitled Losing Our Touch (Part 2) (Sessional Paper No. 200).

The Speaker delivered the following ruling:-

Le Président a rendu la décision suivante :-

The Member for Beaches–East York has given me written notice of his intention to raise a point of privilege relating to the lighting levels in the Legislative Chamber.

I will deal with this point of privilege without hearing from the Member as Standing Order 21(d) permits me to do.

I believe he may know that the matter he raises does not fall under the defined heads of privilege enjoyed by members of this House. Any Member seeking to draw attention to any failure or deficiency of equipment or furnishings in this Chamber may do so by advising the Sergeant–at–Arms, the Clerk or myself privately.

The Speaker delivered the following ruling:-

Le Président a rendu la décision suivante :-

The Member for Nickel Belt has given me written notice of her intention to raise a point of privilege, relating to the question of whether a witness who gave testimony to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Ornge Air Ambulance issue, is now being intimidated or retaliated against as a result of that testimony.

In her notice, the Member advises me that the Public Accounts Committee as a whole had considered and was concerned by this matter, and had earlier taken steps to begin to deal with it prior to the lapsing of the Committee's membership on September 9. In the interim, the file has evolved and the Member now seeks to bring the matter before the House in the face of the unavailability of the committee to deal with the new information.

I want to advise the Member for Nickel Belt that I will deal with this point of privilege without hearing further from the Member, as Standing Order 21(d) permits me to do.

Notwithstanding the Member's stated conundrum that, while committee matters need to be dealt with in committee, there is currently no committee membership to do so, nevertheless it must be the committee that deals first with this matter.

If I were to presume to rule on this matter now, I would effectively be substituting my judgment for the Committee's, which would have intimate knowledge I don't have of all the nuances involved. I would also be substituting my judgment for that of the House, which is first entitled to receive reports from its committees on such matters, and to determine the method of dealing with them.

I acknowledge that the current committee situation is unusual; however I have to assume that committees will eventually be struck and at that time the Standing Committee on Public Accounts may wish to deal with the serious issue that the Member has raised with me.

For these reasons I must rule that the proposed point of privilege is premature.

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Third Reading of Bill 2, An Act to amend the Taxation Act, 2007 to implement a healthy homes renovation tax credit.

Troisième lecture du projet de loi 2, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2007 sur les impôts en vue de mettre en œuvre le crédit d’impôt pour l’aménagement du logement axé sur le bien-être.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 68

Albanese

Armstrong

Balkissoon

Bartolucci

Bentley

Berardinetti

Best

Bisson

Broten

Campbell

Cansfield

Chan

Chiarelli

Colle

Coteau

Crack

Damerla

Del Duca

Delaney

Dhillon

Dickson

DiNovo

Duguid

Duncan

Fife

Flynn

Forster

Gélinas

Gerretsen

Gravelle

Horwath

Hoskins

Jaczek

Jeffrey

Kwinter

Leal

MacCharles

Mangat

Mantha

Marchese

Matthews

Mauro

McGuinty

McMeekin

McNeely

Meilleur

Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)

Milloy

Moridi

Murray

Naqvi

Natyshak

Orazietti

Piruzza

Prue

Qaadri

Sandals

Schein

Sergio

Singh

Sousa

Tabuns

Takhar

Taylor

Vanthof

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE – 36

Arnott

Bailey

Barrett

Chudleigh

Clark

Harris

Hillier

Hudak

Jackson

Jones

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka)

Milligan

Pettapiece

Scott

Shurman

Smith

Thompson

NAYS / CONTRE – Continued

Dunlop

Elliott

Fedeli

Hardeman

Klees

Leone

MacLaren

MacLeod

Munro

Nicholls

O’Toole

Ouellette

Walker

Wilson

Yakabuski

Yurek

The Bill passed.

Le projet de loi est adopté.

Motion by Mr. Leone arising from the Speaker’s ruling of September 13, 2012.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 53

Armstrong

Arnott

Bailey

Barrett

Campbell

Chudleigh

Clark

DiNovo

Dunlop

Elliott

Fedeli

Fife

Forster

Gélinas

Hardeman

Harris

Hillier

Horwath

Hudak

Jackson

Jones

Klees

Leone

MacLaren

MacLeod

Mantha

Marchese

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)

Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka)

Milligan

Munro

Natyshak

Nicholls

O’Toole

Ouellette

Pettapiece

Prue

Schein

Scott

Shurman

Singh

Smith

Tabuns

Taylor

Thompson

Vanthof

Walker

Wilson

Yakabuski

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 50

Albanese

Balkissoon

Bartolucci

Bentley

Berardinetti

Best

Broten

Cansfield

Chan

Chiarelli

Colle

Coteau

Crack

Damerla

Del Duca

Delaney

Dhillon

Dickson

Duguid

Duncan

Flynn

Gerretsen

Gravelle

Hoskins

Jaczek

Jeffrey

Kwinter

Leal

MacCharles

Mangat

Matthews

Mauro

McGuinty

McMeekin

McNeely

Meilleur

Milloy

Moridi

Murray

Naqvi

Orazietti

Piruzza

Qaadri

Sandals

Sergio

Sousa

Takhar

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

Pairs: Bisson and Bradley.

Ordered, That this House directs the Minister of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority to table immediately with the Clerk of the House all remaining documents ordered by the Standing Committee on Estimates on May 16, 2012; and

That the matter of the Speaker's finding of a prima facie case of privilege, with respect to the production of documents by the Minister of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority to the Standing Committee on Estimates, be referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, which is hereby re-constituted as it existed on September 9, 2012; and

That the Committee shall be authorized to meet at the call of the Chair, and shall report back its findings and recommendations no later than November 19, 2012.

Referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des finances et des affaires économique.

Second Reading of Bill 50, An Act to amend the Ambulance Act with respect to air ambulance services.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 50, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les ambulances en ce qui concerne les services d’ambulance aériens.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 68

Albanese

Armstrong

Balkissoon

Bartolucci

Bentley

Berardinetti

Best

Bisson

Broten

Campbell

Cansfield

Chan

Chiarelli

Colle

Coteau

Crack

Damerla

Del Duca

Delaney

Dhillon

Dickson

DiNovo

Duguid

Duncan

Fife

Flynn

Forster

Gélinas

Gerretsen

Gravelle

Horwath

Hoskins

Jaczek

Jeffrey

Kwinter

Leal

MacCharles

Mangat

Mantha

Marchese

Matthews

Mauro

McGuinty

McMeekin

McNeely

Meilleur

Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)

Milloy

Moridi

Murray

Naqvi

Natyshak

Orazietti

Piruzza

Prue

Qaadri

Sandals

Schein

Sergio

Singh

Sousa

Tabuns

Takhar

Taylor

Vanthof

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 35

Arnott

Bailey

Barrett

Chudleigh

Clark

Dunlop

Elliott

Fedeli

Hardeman

Harris

Hillier

Hudak

Jackson

Jones

Leone

MacLaren

MacLeod

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka)

Milligan

Munro

Nicholls

O’Toole

Ouellette

Pettapiece

Scott

Shurman

Smith

Thompson

Walker

Wilson

Yakabuski

Yurek

Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d’intérêt privé .

The House recessed at 12:13 p.m.

À 12 h 13, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

3:00 P.M.
15 H

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 126, An Act to enact the Skin Cancer Prevention Act, 2012 and to amend various statutes with respect to health matters. Mme Gélinas.

Projet de loi 126, Loi édictant la Loi de 2012 sur la prévention du cancer de la peau et modifiant diverses lois à l’égard de questions relatives à la santé. Mme Gélinas.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Granting additional powers to the Ontario Ombudsman (Sessional Paper No. P-6) Mr. Nicholls.

Sale of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (Sessional Paper No. P-93) Mr. Vanthof.

Healing Arts Radiation Protection Act (Sessional Paper No. P-108) Ms. Jaczek and Mr. Moridi.

High gas prices (Sessional Paper No. P-118) Mr. Clark.

Picketing (Sessional Paper No. P-129) Ms. Jones.

Emissions exemptions (Sessional Paper No. P-147) Mr. O'Toole.

Cuts to health care (Sessional Paper No. P-151) Mr. Fedeli.

Supporting Bill 106, Prevention of Electoral Fraud Act, 2012 (Sessional Paper No. P-172) Mrs. Sandals and Ms. Wong.

UTV's on Class 2 Highways in Northern Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-183) Mr. Vanthof.

Supporting Bill 107, An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act with respect to tips and other gratuities (Sessional Paper No. P-184) Mr. Prue.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 75, An Act to amend the Electricity Act, 1998 to amalgamate the Independent Electricity System Operator and the Ontario Power Authority, to amend the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 and to make complementary amendments to other Acts.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 75, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1998 sur l’électricité pour fusionner la Société indépendante d’exploitation du réseau d’électricité et l’Office de l’électricité de l’Ontario, modifiant la Loi de 1998 sur la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario et apportant des modifications complémentaires à d’autres lois.

Debate resumed.

Le débat reprend.

The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Munro) informed the House of the following changes in the Order of Precedence for Private Members’ Public Business:-

La présidente par intérim, Mme Munro, a informé la Chambre des changements suivants dans l’ordre de priorité pour les affaires émanant des députés :-

Mr. Prue assumes ballot item number 67 and

Mme Gélinas assumes ballot item number 71.

The House adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

À 18 h, la chambre a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Dave Levac

Speaker

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO
STANDING ORDER 39(a)

PÉTITIONS DÉPOSÉES CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE
39a) DU RÈGLEMENT

Granting additional powers to the Ontario Ombudsman (Sessional Paper No. P-6) (Tabled October 2, 2012) Mme Gélinas.

Controlling the insurance industry by implementing a cap to the maximum of the insurance premiums (Sessional Paper No. P-185) (Tabled October 2, 2012) Ms. Wong.