Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 133

No 133

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Thursday
November 28, 2019

Jeudi
28 novembre 2019

9:00 A.M.

9 H

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Mr. Calandra moved,

M. Calandra propose,

That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 116, An Act to enact the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence Act, 2019 and the Opioid Damages and Health Costs Recovery Act, 2019, when the Bill is next called as a Government Order, the Speaker shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Second Reading stage of the Bill without further debate or amendment; and

That at such time the Bill shall be ordered referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy; and

That the Clerk of the Committee, in consultation with the Committee Chair, be authorized to arrange the following with regard to Bill 116:

That the Standing Committee on Social Policy be authorized to meet on Friday, December 6, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the purpose of public hearings; and

That the deadline for requests to appear be Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.; and

That the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee and their designate following the deadline for requests to appear by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2019; and

That each member of the Sub-committee or their designate provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters received by the Clerk by 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4; 2019 and

That each witness will receive up to 5 minutes for their presentation followed by 8 minutes divided equally amongst the recognized parties for questioning, and 2 minutes for the Independent Member; and

That the deadline for filing written submissions be Friday, December 6, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.; and

That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be Monday, December 9, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.; and

That the Standing Committee on Social Policy be authorized to meet on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. those amendments which have not yet been moved shall be deemed to have been moved, and the Chair of the Committee shall interrupt the proceedings and shall, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary to dispose of all remaining sections of the Bill and any amendments thereto. At this time, the Chair shall allow one 20-minute waiting period pursuant to Standing Order 129(a); and

That the Committee shall report the Bill to the House no later than Wednesday, December 11, 2019. In the event that the Committee fails to report the Bill on that day, the Bill shall be deemed passed by the Committee and shall be deemed to be reported to and received by the House; and

That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on Social Policy, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith, and at such time the Bill shall be ordered for Third Reading, which Order may be called that same day; and

That notwithstanding Standing Order 81(c), the Bill may be called for Third Reading more than once in the same sessional day; and

That in the event of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 20 minutes; and

That Third Reading debate be limited to two hours, with 50 minutes for the Government, 50 minutes for the Official Opposition, and 20 minutes for the Independents.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Vote deferred.

Le vote est différé.

At 10:09 a.m., the Government House Leader indicated that no further morning business would be called and therefore the House recessed.

À 10 h 09, le leader parlementaire du gouvernement a indiqué que l’ordre du jour de la séance du matin étant épuisé, la Chambre suspendait ses travaux.

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

The House expressed its condolence on the death of John Roxborough Smith, Member for the Electoral District of Hamilton Mountain from October 17, 1967 to June 8, 1977.

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for allocation of time on Bill 116, An Act to enact the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence Act, 2019 and the Opioid Damages and Health Costs Recovery Act, 2019.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 59

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Crawford

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Harris

Hogarth

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mitas

Mulroney

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Rickford

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Walker

Yakabuski

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 34

Andrew

Armstrong

Fife

Fraser

Mamakwa

Mantha

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

NAYS / CONTRE - Continued

Arthur

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Burch

French

Gélinas

Glover

Hassan

Hatfield

Kernaghan

Lindo

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

Yarde

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 116, An Act to enact the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence Act, 2019 and the Opioid Damages and Health Costs Recovery Act, 2019, when the Bill is next called as a Government Order, the Speaker shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Second Reading stage of the Bill without further debate or amendment; and

That at such time the Bill shall be ordered referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy; and

That the Clerk of the Committee, in consultation with the Committee Chair, be authorized to arrange the following with regard to Bill 116:

That the Standing Committee on Social Policy be authorized to meet on Friday, December 6, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the purpose of public hearings; and

That the deadline for requests to appear be Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.; and

That the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee and their designate following the deadline for requests to appear by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2019; and

That each member of the Sub-committee or their designate provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters received by the Clerk by 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4; 2019 and

That each witness will receive up to 5 minutes for their presentation followed by 8 minutes divided equally amongst the recognized parties for questioning, and 2 minutes for the Independent Member; and

That the deadline for filing written submissions be Friday, December 6, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.; and

That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be Monday, December 9, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.; and

That the Standing Committee on Social Policy be authorized to meet on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. those amendments which have not yet been moved shall be deemed to have been moved, and the Chair of the Committee shall interrupt the proceedings and shall, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary to dispose of all remaining sections of the Bill and any amendments thereto. At this time, the Chair shall allow one 20-minute waiting period pursuant to Standing Order 129(a); and

That the Committee shall report the Bill to the House no later than Wednesday, December 11, 2019. In the event that the Committee fails to report the Bill on that day, the Bill shall be deemed passed by the Committee and shall be deemed to be reported to and received by the House; and

That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on Social Policy, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith, and at such time the Bill shall be ordered for Third Reading, which Order may be called that same day; and

That notwithstanding Standing Order 81(c), the Bill may be called for Third Reading more than once in the same sessional day; and

That in the event of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 20 minutes; and

That Third Reading debate be limited to two hours, with 50 minutes for the Government, 50 minutes for the Official Opposition, and 20 minutes for the Independents.

The House recessed at 12:04 p.m.

À 12 h 04, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

Pursuant to the Order of the House dated May 28, 2019, Mr. Tabuns from the Standing Committee on Estimates reported the following Resolutions:-

Resolved, That Supply in the following amounts and to defray the expenses of the following ministries be granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020:-

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE

1401

Ministry Administration

$

117,449,400

1402

Health Policy and Research

797,572,900

1403

eHealth and Information Management

447,954,800

1405

Ontario Health Insurance

21,525,860,200

1406

Population and Public Health

1,289,809,000

1411

Local Health Integration Networks and Related Health Service Providers

29,529,245,600

1412

Provincial Programs and Stewardship

4,380,178,500

1413

Information Systems

161,290,200

1407

Health Capital

1,809,052,400

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

1001

Ministry Administration

$

20,016,000

1002

Elementary and Secondary Education

27,003,165,200

1003

Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster

56,014,600

1004

Child Care and Early Years

2,206,571,700

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

2701

Ministry Administration

$

69,825,700

2702

Policy and Planning

5,103,335,600

2703

Road User Safety

150,776,800

2704

Provincial Highways Management

2,822,931,200

2705

Labour and Transportation Cluster

59,136,200

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 154, An Act to proclaim Stop Cyberbullying in Ontario Day. Mr. Rasheed.

Projet de loi 154, Loi proclamant la Journée pour l’élimination de la cyberintimidation en Ontario. M. Rasheed.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That the requirement for notice be waived for ballot item number 91 in the Order of Precedence on the ballot list draw of July 11, 2018 for Private Members’ Public Business.

Il est ordonné que l’obligation de donner avis fasse l’objet d’une exemption pour le billet de député numéro 91 dans l’ordre de priorité du tirage au sort tenu le 11 juillet 2018 pour les des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députés.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

The Long-Term Care Homes Act (Sessional Paper No. P-13) Ms. Armstrong and Miss Taylor.

Alzheimer’s disease (Sessional Paper No. P-44) Mr. Hatfield.

Memorial honouring war veterans (Sessional Paper No. P-68) Ms. Hogarth.

Intervention d’urgence 911 (Document parlementaire no P-103) M. Mantha.

Highway of Heroes tree campaign (Sessional Paper No. P-110) Mr. Mantha.

Post secondary education (Sessional Paper No. P-130) Mr. Rakocevic.

Amending Ontario Regulation 493/17 for pet-friendly spaces in small businesses (Sessional Paper No. P-161) Mrs. Tangri.

Animal welfare (Sessional Paper No. P-178) Ms. Hogarth.

Polar Bear Express (Sessional Paper No. P-183) Mr. Bourgouin.

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D’INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉS

Mr. Coe moved,

M. Coe propose,

Second Reading of Bill 123, An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act respecting electric vehicle charging stations.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 123, Loi modifiant le Code de la route en ce qui concerne les stations de recharge pour véhicules électriques.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 88

Anand

Andrew

Armstrong

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bouma

Bourgouin

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Coteau

Crawford

Downey

Dunlop

Fife

Fraser

Fullerton

Gates

Ghamari

Glover

Gretzky

Hardeman

Harris

Hassan

Hatfield

Hogarth

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Kernaghan

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

Lindo

Mamakwa

Mantha

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mitas

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rakocevic

Rasheed

Rickford

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Sattler

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Stevens

Stiles

Surma

Tabuns

Tangri

Taylor

Thanigasalam

Triantafilopoulos

Vanthof

Walker

West

Yarde

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 0

Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

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

Ms. McKenna moved,

Mme McKenna propose,

Second Reading of Bill 152, An Act to proclaim Occupational Safety and Health Day.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 152, Loi proclamant la Journée de la sécurité et de la santé au travail.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 58

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Coteau

Crawford

Downey

Dunlop

Fraser

Fullerton

Ghamari

Hardeman

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mitas

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Rickford

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Simard

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Triantafilopoulos

Walker

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 30

Andrew

Armstrong

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Fife

Gates

Glover

Gretzky

Hassan

Hatfield

Kernaghan

Lindo

Mamakwa

Mantha

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Yarde

Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent de la politique sociale.

Ms. Singh (Brampton Centre) moved,

Mme Singh (Brampton Centre) propose,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 84:-

Avis de motion émanant des députés no 84 :-

That, in the opinion of this House, the Ministry of Education should commit to a fully independent, comprehensive public investigation of the charges of anti-Black racism within the Peel District School Board, and to presenting its findings and plan for action to the House, detailing the resources to be allocated to address this long-standing systemic issue.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 89

Anand

Andrew

Armstrong

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bouma

Bourgouin

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Coteau

Crawford

Downey

Dunlop

Fife

Fraser

Fullerton

Gates

Ghamari

Glover

Gretzky

Hardeman

Harris

Hassan

Hatfield

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Kernaghan

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

Lindo

Mamakwa

Mantha

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mitas

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rakocevic

Rasheed

Rickford

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Sattler

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Stevens

Stiles

Surma

Tabuns

Tangri

Taylor

Thanigasalam

Triantafilopoulos

Vanthof

Walker

West

Yarde

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 0

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Motion, as amended, regarding amendments to the Standing Orders.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

Mr. Bisson moved adjournment of the debate.

M. Bisson propose l’ajournement du débat.

Lost on the following division:-

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES - 18 NAYS - 54

POUR - 18 CONTRE - 54

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

La présidente suppléante (Mme French) a informé la Chambre des changements suivants dans l’ordre de priorité des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députés :-

On the ballot list draw of November 4, 2019:

Mr. Barrett assumes ballot item number 3;

Miss Mitas assumes ballot item number 32.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

Mr. Bisson moved,

M. Bisson propose,

That the motion be amended by deleting everything after the first “That” in the first paragraph and replacing with:

“a Select Committee on Modernizing the Standing Orders be appointed to consider and report to the House its observations and recommendations with respect to proposed changes to the Standing Orders that would better serve the democratic interests of the people of Ontario; and

That in developing its strategy and recommendations, the Committee shall focus on the following:

• Measures that reflect the Government’s right to carry out its agenda and opposition parties’ responsibility to hold the Government to account; and

That the Committee shall have the authority to call for persons, papers and things, and generally shall have such duties and powers as are required to carry out its mandate; and

That the Committee be composed of five members from the Government, one of which shall be the Chair, two members of the Official Opposition, one Liberal Independent member and one Green Independent member; and

That the Committee shall meet at the call of the Chair; and

That the Committee shall report back to the House by no later than February 28, 2020; and

That in exercising his discretion under Standing Orders 31(c), 37(i) and 98(a)(iv) the Speaker shall recognize Independent members for the duration of the 42nd Parliament as follows:

• During Members’ Statements: one per day

• During Oral Questions: two questions per day, each followed by one supplementary

• During Private Members’ Public Business: 5 minutes for each item of business, which may be shared.”

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Mr. Bisson moved adjournment of the House.

M. Bisson propose l’ajournement de la Chambre.

Lost on the following division:-

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES - 17 NAYS - 47

POUR - 17 CONTRE - 47

Debate resumed and after some time the House adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 18 h, la Chambre a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO
STANDING ORDER 39(a)

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

Drug consumption and treatment services site in Peterborough (Sessional Paper No. P-164) (Tabled November 28, 2019) Mr. Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha).

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Number: 137.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Ontario Disability Support Program (Sessional Paper No. P-5):

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. Hatfield.

The Long-Term Care Homes Act (Sessional Paper No. P-13):

(Tabled May 30, 2019) Ms. Armstrong.

(Tabled June 6, 2019) Mme Gélinas.

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. Hatfield.

Toronto municipal elections (Sessional Paper No. P-18):

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Ms. French.

Affordable housing (Sessional Paper No. P-32):

(Tabled June 4, 2019) Ms. Bell.

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. Hatfield.

Hunting and trapping of the eastern hybrid wolf (Sessional Paper No. P-71):

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. Bailey.

(Tabled May 29, 2019) Mrs. Fee.

(Tabled May 28, 30, 2019) Mr. Harris.

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. McDonell.

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. Oosterhoff.

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha).

Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth (Sessional Paper No. P-84):

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Ms. French.

Independent facilitation services (Sessional Paper No. P-105):

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. Hatfield.

Child care funding (Sessional Paper No. P-139):

(Tabled May 27; June 5, 2019) Ms. Begum.

(Tabled May 27, 2019) Ms. Karpoche.

Abuse awareness and prevention (Sessional Paper No. P-142):

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Mr. Mantha.

Community use of schools fund (Sessional Paper No. P-143):

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Ms. Stiles.