Assemblée législative de l'Ontario

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 1

No 1

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Wednesday

July 11, 2018

Mercredi

11 juillet 2018

10:00 A.M.

10 H 00

(Great Seal of Ontario)

(Grand sceau de l’Ontario)

V. Elizabeth Dowdeswell

V. Elizabeth Dowdeswell

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

ELIZABETH DEUX, par la grâce de Dieu, Reine du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, Défenseur de la Foi.

Caroline Mulroney

Attorney General

Caroline Mulroney

Procureur général

The First Session of the 42nd Parliament of the Province of Ontario be convened for the actual dispatch of business at 10:00 am on Wednesday, the 11th day of July, 2018.

Que la première session de la 42e législature de la province de l’Ontario soit convoquée en vue d’expédier les affaires à 10 heures, le mercredi 11 juillet 2018.

WITNESS:

TÉMOIN :

THE HONOURABLE

L’HONORABLE

V. ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL

V. ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF OUR PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

LIEUTENANTE-GOUVERNEURE DE NOTRE PROVINCE DE L’ONTARIO

GIVEN at Toronto, Ontario, on July 5, 2018.

FAIT à Toronto (Ontario) le 5 juillet 2018.

BY COMMAND

PAR ORDRE

TODD SMITH

TODD SMITH

Minister of Government and Consumer Services

ministre des Services gouvernementaux et des Services aux consommateurs

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This being the first day of the First Session of the Forty-Second Parliament convoked by Proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor to take part in the business of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly laid upon the Table a Roll, hereinafter fully set out, containing a list of the names of the members who had been returned at the General Election to serve in this Parliament. (Sessional Paper No. 6ii) (Tabled June 22, 2018).

FORTY-SECOND GENERAL ELECTION

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Toronto, June 25, 2018

This is to certify that by reason of the Dissolution of the last Legislature on the eighth day of May, 2018, and by virtue of the Writs of Election dated on the ninth day of May, 2018, issued by the Honourable Lieutenant Governor, and addressed to the hereinafter named persons as Returning Officers for all the Electoral Districts in the Province of Ontario, for the election of Members to represent the several Electoral Districts in the Legislature of the Province in the Parliament, the following named persons have been duly elected to represent the Electoral Districts set opposite their respective names as appears by the Returns of the said Writs, deposited of Record in my office.

QUARANTE-ET-DEUXIÈME ÉLECTION GÉNÉRALE

Bureau du Directeur général des élections

Toronto, le 25 juin 2018

Nous attestons par la présente que suite à la dissolution de la dernière Assemblée législative le huitième jour de mai 2018, et en vertu des décrets de convocation des électeurs et des électrices émis le neuvième jour de mai 2018 par Son Honneur la lieutenante-gouverneure à l’adresse des personnes sous-nommées à titre de directeurs et directrices du scrutin de toutes les circonscriptions électorales de la province de l’Ontario en vue de l’élection des députés pour représenter les circonscriptions électorales à l’Assemblée législative de la province lors de l’Assemblée, les personnes sous-nommées ont été dûment élues pour représenter la circonscription inscrite à côté de leur nom respectif, tel qu’en font foi les rapports des élections tenues en conformité avec les dits décrets et déposés au registre de mon bureau.

ELECTORAL DISTRICT /

CIRCONSCRIPTION

ÉLECTORALE

MEMBER ELECT / DÉPUTÉ(E) ÉLU(E)

RETURNING OFFICER /

DIRECTEUR OU

DIRECTRICE DU SCRUTIN

Ajax

Rod Phillips

Roxanne Tommasulo

Algoma—Manitoulin

Michael Mantha

Norma I. Cochrane

Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill

Michael Parsa

Lawrence Allison

Barrie—Innisfil

Andrea Khanjin

Dennis Chronopoulos

Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte

Doug Downey

Maura I. Bolger

Bay of Quinte / Baie de Quinte

Todd Smith

Lorraine O’Leary

Beaches—East York

Rima Berns-McGown

Jeff Paulin

Brampton Centre / Brampton-Centre

Sara Singh

Malcolm Scott Ching

Brampton East / Brampton-Est

Gurratan Singh

Bridge Ramdewar

Brampton North / Brampton-Nord

Kevin Yarde

Paul McMorrow

Brampton South / Brampton-Sud

Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria

Janice A. Barber

Brampton West / Brampton-Ouest

Amarjot Sandhu

Jim Kotsianas

Brantford—Brant

Will Bouma

Julia Jacobson

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Bill Walker

Linda van Aalst

Burlington

Jane McKenna

Mary-Ellen Heiman

Cambridge

Belinda Karahalios

Cherelynn Minshall

Carleton

Goldie Ghamari

Judy Cosby

Chatham-Kent—Leamington

Rick Nicholls

George Guy Taylor

Davenport

Marit Stiles

Rocco D’Amico

Don Valley East / Don Valley-Est

Michael Coteau

Sean Graney

Don Valley North / Don Valley-Nord

Vincent Ke

Denise Davis

Don Valley West / Don Valley-Ouest

Kathleen Wynne

Nasir Addetia

Dufferin—Caledon

Sylvia Jones

Sandra Gilmer

Durham

Lindsey Park

Ralph Werry

Eglinton—Lawrence

Robin Martin

Craig E. Sparling

Elgin—Middlesex—London

Jeff Yurek

Carrie Woolley

Essex

Taras Natyshak

Heather Kennedy

Etobicoke Centre / Etobicoke-Centre

Kinga Surma

Martin Riley

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Christine Hogarth

Wendy Gibbs

Etobicoke North / Etobicoke–Nord

Doug Ford

Anne Yurkiv

Flamborough—Glanbrook

Donna Skelly

Susan Curtis

Glengarry—Prescott—Russell

Amanda Simard

Richard Lalonde

Guelph

Mike Schreiner

Susan Dickert

Haldimand—Norfolk

Toby Barrett

Carl D. Maynard

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock

Laurie Scott

Lorne Arscott

Hamilton Centre / Hamilton-Centre

Andrea Horwath

Ryan Leverton

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek / Hamilton-Est—Stoney Creek

Paul Miller

Catherine A. Cousins

Hamilton Mountain

Monique Taylor

James Nelson

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas / Hamilton-Ouest—Ancaster—Dundas

Sandy Shaw

Warren Oda

Hastings—Lennox and Addington

Daryl Kramp

Christine McIvor

Humber River—Black Creek

Tom Rakocevic

Gus Caruso

Huron—Bruce

Lisa Thompson

Jacquie Bishop

Kanata—Carleton

Merrilee Fullerton

Edward W. Wilson

Kenora—Rainy River

Greg Rickford

Ian Simpson

King—Vaughan

Stephen Lecce

Susan Harding

Kingston and the Islands / Kingston et les Îles

Ian Arthur

Elizabeth M. McIver

Kitchener Centre / Kitchener-Centre

Laura Mae Lindo

Louis Silcox

Kitchener—Conestoga

Mike Harris

Nick Driedger

Kitchener South—Hespeler / Kitchener-Sud—Hespeler

Amy Fee

Glenn M. Norman

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

Monte McNaughton

Denise Haslam

Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston

Randy Hillier

Caroline McMillan

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Island and Rideau Lakes / Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Island et Rideau Lakes

Steve Clark

Barbara Marlene Mills

London—Fanshawe

Teresa J. Armstrong

Marcia Cooper

London North Centre / London-Centre-Nord

Terence Devin Kernaghan

George C. P. McIntyre

London West / London-Ouest

Peggy Sattler

Karen Mazereeuw

Markham—Stouffville

Paul Calandra

Linda Jankowski

Markham—Thornhill

Logan Kanapathi

Darlene Macartney

Markham—Unionville

Billy Pang

Jamie Norton

Milton

Parm Gill

John Ariyo

Mississauga Centre / Mississauga-Centre

Natalia Kusendova

Shanlini Alleluia

Mississauga East—Cooksville / Mississauga-Est—Cooksville

Kaleed Rasheed

Vijay Kumar Ramadorai

Mississauga—Erin Mills

Sheref Sabawy

Monica E. Kefentse

Mississauga—Lakeshore

Rudy Cuzzetto

Patricia Noonan

Mississauga—Malton

Deepak Anand

Mary-Barbara Cosgriffe

Mississauga—Streetsville

Nina Tangri

Linda Thomas

Nepean

Lisa MacLeod

Mary (Molly) McGoldrick-Larsen

Newmarket—Aurora

Christine Elliott

Tina Basso

Niagara Centre / Niagara-Centre

Jeff Burch

Robert Diakow

Niagara Falls

Wayne Gates

Kathleen J. Quiquero

Niagara West / Niagara-Ouest

Sam Oosterhoff

Robert Ciarlo

Nickel Belt

France Gélinas

Pauline Renaud

Nipissing

Vic Fedeli

Thomas James Mallory

Northumberland—Peterborough South / Northumberland—Peterborough-Sud

David Piccini

Ann L. MacDonald

Oakville

Stephen Crawford

Liz Behrens

Oakville North—Burlington / Oakville-Nord—Burlington

Effie Triantafilopoulos

Michelle Joy

Orléans

Marie-France Lalonde

Maret Swayze

Oshawa

Jennifer French

Sharon Steel

Ottawa Centre / Ottawa-Centre

Joel Harden

David Allston

Ottawa South / Ottawa-Sud

John Fraser

Eileen P. Raven

Ottawa—Vanier

Nathalie Des Rosiers

Rachel Crête

Ottawa West—Nepean / Ottawa-Ouest—Nepean

Jeremy Roberts

Patricia J. DiMillo

Oxford

Ernie Hardeman

Elizabeth Martin

Parkdale—High Park

Bhutila Karpoche

James Cooper

Parry Sound—Muskoka

Norm Miller

Kim Bordeleau

Perth—Wellington

Randy Pettapiece

Pat Ranney

Peterborough—Kawartha

Dave Smith

Edward W. Boynton

Pickering—Uxbridge

Peter Bethlenfalvy

Sandi Sullivan

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

John Yakabuski

Lewis MacDonald

Richmond Hill

Daisy Wai

Renu Duggal

St. Catharines

Jennie Stevens

Marianne Bowman

Sarnia—Lambton

Bob Bailey

Robert Gordon McKinley

Sault Ste. Marie

Ross Romano

Geoff Shaw

Scarborough—Agincourt

Aris Babikian

Lynda Robinson

Scarborough Centre / Scarborough-Centre

Christina Mitas

Gerald Henderdon

Scarborough—Guildwood

Mitzie Hunter

Darryl A. D’Sousa

Scarborough North / Scarborough-Nord

Raymond Cho

Hebe Ong-Lim

Scarborough—Rouge Park

Vijay Thanigasalam

Michael Pinto

Scarborough Southwest / Scarborough-Sud-Ouest

Doly Begum

Eddy Gasparotto

Simcoe—Grey

Jim Wilson

Anita Hamilton Laking

Simcoe North / Simcoe-Nord

Jill Dunlop

Grace Isgro-Topping

Spadina—Fort York

Chris Glover

Deborah Konecny

Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Jim McDonell

Gerald Montcalm

Sudbury

Jamie West

Kathy Ruszala

Thornhill

Gila Martow

Anna Di Ruscio

Thunder Bay—Atikokan

Judith Monteith-Farrell

Tracy Tieman

Thunder Bay—Superior North / Thunder Bay—Supérieur-Nord

Michael Gravelle

Julio Gomes

Timiskaming—Cochrane

John Vanthof

Maurice Landriault

Timmins

Gilles Bisson

Denise Labelle

Toronto Centre / Toronto-Centre

Suze Morrison

Glenda Day

Toronto—Danforth

Peter Tabuns

Diane Stevenson

Toronto—St. Paul’s

Jill Andrew

S. Scott Sima

University—Rosedale

Jessica Bell

Kelly Walters

Vaughan—Woodbridge

Michael Tibollo

Maya Krymchakova

Waterloo

Catherine Fife

Marshall D. Port

Wellington—Halton Hills

Ted Arnott

Yolanda Fellows

Whitby

Lorne Coe

Wm. J. Paul Jones

Willowdale

Stan Cho

May Lynne Fong

Windsor—Tecumseh

Percy Hatfield

Mark Moore

Windsor West / Windsor-Ouest

Lisa Gretzky

April Adams

York Centre / York-Centre

Roman Baber

Suzy Laredo

York—Simcoe

Caroline Mulroney

Nina Willcocks

York South—Weston / York-Sud—Weston

Faisal Hassan

Mary Grogan

Kiiwetinoong

Sol Mamakwa

Cam Greene

Mushkegowuk—James Bay / Mushkegowuk—Baie James

Guy Bourgouin

Michel Girouard

The members, having taken the Oath of Allegiance, took their seats in the Legislative Chamber.

Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor entered the Chamber and took her seat upon the Throne.

The Government House Leader said:-

“I am commanded by Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor to state that she does not see fit to declare the causes of the summoning of the present legislature of this Province until a Speaker of this House shall have been chosen according to law, but tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. Her Honour will declare the causes of the calling of this Legislature.”

Her Honour was then pleased to retire.

The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly addressed the Members as follows:-

“Members of the Legislative Assembly, it is my duty to call upon you to elect one of your numbers to preside over your deliberations as Speaker, therefore, I ask for nominations for the Office of the Speaker.”

Mrs. Martow moved, seconded by Mr. Pettapiece, That Mr. Arnott, member for the Electoral District of Wellington—Halton Hills, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker.

Ms. Mitas moved, seconded by Mr. Oosterhoff, That Mr. Hillier, member for the Electoral District of Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker.

Ms. Skelly moved, seconded by Mr. Crawford, That Ms. McKenna, member for the Electoral District of Burlington, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker.

Mrs. Karahalios moved, seconded by Mr. Bouma, That Mr. Nicholls, member for the Electoral District of Chatham-Kent—Leamington, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker.

There being no further nominations, the Clerk declared the nominations closed.

And the election process having ensued, after some time, it was,

Resolved, That Mr. Arnott do take the Chair of this House as Speaker.

The Clerk having declared the Honourable Mr. Arnott duly elected, he was conducted by Mrs. Martow and Mr. Pettapiece to the dais, where, standing on the upper step of the dais, he returned his humble acknowledgement to the House for the great honour that had been conferred on him by the members choosing him to be their Speaker.

The Speaker assumed the Chair and the Mace was laid upon the Table.

On motion by Mr. Smith (Bay of Quinte), it was Ordered that the House adjourn.

Sur la motion de M. Smith (Baie de Quinte), il est ordonné que la Chambre ajourne ses travaux.

The House adjourned at 10:41 a.m.

À 10 h 41, la Chambre a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker