Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 134

No 134

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Monday

December 2, 2019

Lundi

2 décembre 2019

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

O Canada

Ô Canada

The House expressed its condolence on the death of Richard Alexander Allen, Member for the Electoral District of Hamilton West from June 17, 1982 to June 7, 1995.

The Speaker informed the House,

Le Président a informé la Chambre,

That the following document was tabled:-

Que le document suivant a été déposé :-

Report entitled Expenditure Monitor 2019-2020: Q2 from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. 397).

Rapport intitulé, Suivi des dépenses 2019-2020 : T2 du Bureau de la Responsabilité Financière de l’Ontario (Document parlementaire no 397).

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

The House recessed at 11:57 a.m.

À 11 h 57, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS

The Deputy Speaker addressed the House:-

Le Vice-Président s’adresse à la Chambre :-

Standing Order 63(a) provides that “the Standing Committee on Estimates shall present one report with respect to all of the Estimates and Supplementary Estimates considered pursuant to Standing Orders 60 and 62 no later than the third Thursday in November of each calendar year.”

The House not having received a report from the Standing Committee on Estimates for certain ministries on Thursday, November 28, 2019, as required by the Standing Orders of this House and as required by the Order of the House dated May 28, 2019, pursuant to Standing Order 63(b) the Estimates before the Committee of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs are deemed to be passed by the Committee and are deemed to be reported to and received by the House.

Accordingly, the Estimates (2019-2020) of the following ministries were deemed to be passed by the Standing Committee on Estimates and were deemed to be reported to and received by the House:-

MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE

4001

Ministry Administration

$

6,768,900

4003

Infrastructure Policy and Planning

456,857,700

MINISTRY OF CHILDREN, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES

701

Ministry Administration

$

123,074,900

702

Children and Adult Services

16,659,467,500

703

Poverty Reduction Strategy

7,301,000

704

Children, Community and Social Services Capital

60,707,900

MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND PARKS

1101

Ministry Administration

$

66,414,200

1112

Environmental Policy

28,742,300

1114

Environmental Sciences and Standards

92,347,000

1116

Environmental Compliance and Operations

113,255,800

1118

Environmental Assessment and Permissions

25,990,400

1119

Climate Change and Resiliency

18,885,100

1120

Land and Water

51,129,600

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

101

Ministry Administration

$

23,160,900

107

Better Public Health and Environment

88,515,200

108

Strong Agriculture, Food and Bio-product Sectors and Strong Rural Communities

620,976,100

109

Policy Development

17,634,400

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 155, An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 with respect to rules relating to rent. Ms. Morrison.

Project de loi 155, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2006 sur la location à usage d’habitation en ce qui concerne les règles relatives au loyer. Mme Morrison.

Bill 156, An Act to protect Ontario’s farms and farm animals from trespassers and other forms of interference and to prevent contamination of Ontario’s food supply. Hon. Mr. Hardeman.

Project de loi 156, Loi visant à protéger les fermes et les animaux d’élevage en Ontario contre les entrées sans autorisation et d’autres actes susceptibles de les déranger et à prévenir la contamination de l’approvisionnement alimentaire en Ontario. L’hon. M. Hardeman.

The following Bill was introduced, read the first time and referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills:-

Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés, lus une première fois et renvoyés au Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d’intérêt privé :-

Bill Pr22, An Act to revive Olympic Floor Cleaning Inc. Mr. Thanigasalam.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That sign-language interpreters may be present on the floor of the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 to interpret Statements by the Ministry and Responses.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

School repair funding (Sessional Paper No. P-24) Ms. Singh (Brampton Centre).

Social and economic rights for women and marginalized people (Sessional Paper No. P-107) Ms. Morrison.

Beer and wine sales (Sessional Paper No. P-128) Mrs. Martow.

Library funding (Sessional Paper No. P-134) Ms. Monteith-Farrell.

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

Carbon tax (Sessional Paper No. P-167) Mrs. Martow.

Fee regulation for access to personal health records (Sessional Paper No. P-175) Mrs. Martow.

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

Housing and shelter support in London (Sessional Paper No. P-179) Ms. Armstrong.

Student tenants (Sessional Paper No. P-184) Ms. Fife.

Endangered species (Sessional Paper No. P-185) Ms. Wynne.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Amendment to the motion, as amended, regarding amendments to the Standing Orders.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

Ms. Singh (Brampton Centre) moved,

Mme Singh (Brampton-Centre) propose,

That the amendment be amended by adding the following paragraph after the words “February 28, 2020; and”:

“That, for the duration of the 42nd Parliament, the Speaker may alter the application of any Standing or special Order or practice of the House, other than those that deal with number of times or duration of time a member may speak, the timing of proceedings or the time allotted to proceedings, in order to permit the full participation in the proceedings of the House of any member with a disability; and”.

Debate arose, during which the Acting Speaker (Mrs. Gretzky) interrupted the proceedings and announced that there had been more than six and one-half hours of debate and that the debate would be deemed adjourned.

Il s’élève un débat. La présidente suppléante (Mme Gretzky) a interrompu les travaux et a annoncé qu’il y avait eu plus de six heures et demie de débat et que le débat est réputé ajourné.

The Government House Leader directed that the debate should continue.

Le leader parlementaire du gouvernement a indiqué que le débat devrait se poursuivre.

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

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 40

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 40 DU RÈGLEMENT

COMPENDIA:

Bill 156, An Act to protect Ontario’s farms and farm animals from trespassers and other forms of interference and to prevent contamination of Ontario’s food supply (No. 398) (Tabled December 2, 2019).

Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 108(f)(1) re intended appointments dated November 29, 2019 (No. 396) (Tabled November 29, 2019).

Ontario Government 2019-2020 Published Plans and 2018-2019 Annual Reports, Volume 1: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs – Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; Volume 2: Ministry of Indigenous Affairs – Treasury Board Secretariat / Gouvernement de l’Ontario, Plans publiés 2019-2020 et rapports annuels 2018-2019 du gouvernment de l’Ontario, Volume 1 : Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation et des Affaires rurales – Ministère de la Santé et des Soins de longue durée; Volume 2 : Ministère des Affaires autochtones – Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor (No. 395) (Tabled November 29, 2019).

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Number: 144.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Changes to OSAP funding (Sessional Paper No. P-97):

(Tabled May 16, 2019) Ms. Begum.

Housing for seniors (Sessional Paper No. P-106):

(Tabled May 29, 2019) Mrs. Martow.

Campus radio stations (Sessional Paper No. P-117):

(Tabled May 16, 2019) Mr. Harden.

(Tabled June 5, 2019) Mr. Schreiner.

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

(Tabled May 29, 2019) Ms. Begum.

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Ms. Bell.

(Tabled May 28, 2019) Ms. Karpoche.

Liquor Control Board of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-144):

(Tabled May 29, 2019) Ms. Karpoche.

(Tabled May 29; June 3, 2019) Ms. Shaw.

Billy Bayou program (Sessional Paper No. P-145):

(Tabled May 29, 2019) Mr. Bourgouin.