Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 237

No 237

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Tuesday
March 23, 2021

Mardi

23 mars 2021

9:00 A.M.

9 H

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Third Reading of Bill 245, An Act to amend and repeal various statutes, to revoke various regulations and to enact the Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021.

Troisième lecture du projet de loi 245, Loi modifiant et abrogeant diverses lois, abrogeant divers règlements et édictant la Loi de 2021 sur le Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire.

Debate arose and after some time the debate adjourned at 10:13 a.m.

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps, à 10 h 13, le débat était ajourné.

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for allocation of time on Bill 257, An Act to enact the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and to make other amendments in respect of infrastructure and land use planning matters.

Motion d’attribution de temps du projet de loi 257, Loi édictant la Loi de 2021 sur la réalisation accélérée de projets d’Internet à haut débit et apportant d’autres modifications en ce qui concerne les infrastructures et des questions d’aménagement du territoire.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 36

Anand

Babikian

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Fullerton

Gill

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

Mitas

Mulroney

Nicholls

Pang

Park

Parsa

Rasheed

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

NAYS / CONTRE - 18

Blais

Bourgouin

Burch

Collard

Fraser

Harden

Horwath

Mantha

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Sattler

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton East)

Stiles

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 50 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or special Order of the House relating to Bill 257, An Act to enact the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and to make other amendments in respect of infrastructure and land use planning matters;

That 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 General Government; and

That the Standing Committee on General Government be authorized to meet on Thursday, March 25, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. to receive a 20-minute opening statement on the Bill, jointly, from the Minister of Infrastructure and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, followed by 40 minutes of question and answer divided into two rounds of 7.5 minutes for the Government Members, two rounds of 7.5 minutes for the Official Opposition Members, and two rounds of 5 minutes for the independent Member of the Committee; and

That the Committee be authorized to meet for the purpose of public hearings on Friday, March 26, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and

That the Clerk of the Standing Committee on General Government, in consultation with the Committee Chair, be authorized to arrange the following with regard to the Bill:

• That the deadline for requests to appear be 12:00 noon on Wednesday, March 24, 2021; 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; 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, by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24, 2021; and

• That witnesses shall be scheduled in groups of three for each one-hour time slot, with each presenter allotted 7 minutes for an opening statement followed by 39 minutes of questioning for all three witnesses, divided into two rounds of 7.5 minutes for the Government Members, two rounds of 7.5 minutes for the Official Opposition Members, and two rounds of 4.5 minutes for the independent Member of the Committee; and

• That the deadline for written submissions be 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 26, 2021; and

• That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 noon on Monday, March 29, 2021; and

That the Committee be authorized to meet on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m., from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., and from 6:30 p.m. until midnight for the purpose of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 6:30 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; and at this time, the Chair shall allow one 20-minute waiting period, if requested by a member of the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 132(a); and

That the Committee shall report the Bill to the House no later than Wednesday, March 31, 2021 and if the Committee fails to report the Bill on that day, the Bill shall be deemed passed by the Committee and shall be deemed reported to and received by the House; and

That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on General Government, 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 the same day; and

That when the Order for Third Reading is called, four hours shall be allotted to debate with 1 hour and 45 minutes for Members of the Government party, 1 hour and 45 minutes for Members of the Official Opposition, and 30 minutes for the Independent Members as a group; and

That except in the case of a recorded division arising from morning Orders of the Day, no deferral of the Second Reading vote on the Bill shall be permitted.

Amendment to the motion regarding amendments to the Standing Orders, as follows:-

Amendement à la motion concernant des amendements au Règlement, comme suit :-

Mr. Calandra moved:-

M. Calandra propose :-

That the motion be amended as follows:

That the words “for the duration of the 42nd Parliament” be deleted; and

That the following be added:

Standing Order 77(d) is amended to add the words “the Government House Leader,” before the words “the minister”; and

Standing Order 120 is amended by adding the following clauses:

120(d) Where the Chair of a Standing Committee is a member of the Party forming the government, the Vice-Chair shall be a member of a recognized Party in opposition to the government or an independent member; and where the Chair is a member of a recognized Party in opposition to the government, the Vice-Chair shall be a member of the Party forming the government.

120(e) Failing the appointment of a Vice-Chair pursuant to clause (d), any other member of the committee may be appointed as a Vice-Chair.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 36

Anand

Babikian

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Fullerton

Gill

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

Mitas

Mulroney

Nicholls

Pang

Park

Parsa

Rasheed

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

NAYS / CONTRE - 18

Blais

Bourgouin

Burch

Collard

Fraser

Harden

Horwath

Mantha

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Sattler

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton East)

Stiles

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Motion, as amended, regarding amendments to the Standing Orders, as follows:-

Motion, telle que modifiée, concernant des amendements au Règlement, comme suit :-

Ms. Khanjin moved:-

Mme Khanjin propose :-

That the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario be amended as follows:

Standing Order 10(c) is deleted.

Standing Order 30(a) is deleted and the following substituted:

30(a) When a voice vote has been taken on any question, a division may be required by 5 members standing in their places, in which case the Speaker shall then defer the taking of the vote to the next instance of the proceeding “Deferred Votes”, at which time the bells shall be rung for 5 minutes.

(a.1) Notwithstanding Standing Order 30(a), the following divisions shall not be deferred:

(i) Divisions arising out of any routine proceeding;

(ii) Divisions requested on motions to adjourn the House or the debate;

(iii) Divisions where a Standing Order or other Order specifies the time of the vote;

(iv) Divisions on motions that the Chair of a Committee of the Whole House report progress and ask for leave to meet again or leave the chair.

Standing Orders 30(h) and (i) are deleted.

Standing Order 37 is amended by deleting the words “Standing Orders 10(c), 30(h) or 101(d)” and substituting the words “the Standing Orders”.

Standing Order 67 is amended by deleting the words “under Standing Order 30(h)” in the last line.

Standing Order 77(d) is amended to add the words “the Government House Leader,” before the words “the minister”.

Standing Order 101(d) is deleted.

Standing Order 120 is amended by adding the following clauses:

120(d) Where the Chair of a Standing Committee is a member of the Party forming the government, the Vice-Chair shall be a member of a recognized Party in opposition to the government or an independent member; and where the Chair is a member of a recognized Party in opposition to the government, the Vice-Chair shall be a member of the Party forming the government.

120(e) Failing the appointment of a Vice-Chair pursuant to clause (d), any other member of the committee may be appointed as a Vice-Chair.

Standing Order 121 is deleted and the following substituted:

121(a) Upon a written request signed by a majority of the members of a Standing or Select Committee, the Chair of the Committee shall convene a meeting of the Committee within 7 calendar days following the receipt of such request by the Clerk of the Committee.

(b) The meeting request shall contain the text of a non-amendable motion proposing the consideration by the Committee of a bill or other matter within the mandate of the Committee.

(c) If the motion is in order, 30 minutes shall be allotted to debate the motion, at the end of which time the Chair shall put the question.

(d) For the purpose of this Standing Order, the Committee may meet, and may continue to meet, during any adjournment of the House.

That the following Standing Order be added:

9(f.1) No later than 12:00 noon on any Tuesday, the Government House Leader may indicate in the House, or may deposit written notice with the Clerk of the Assembly, that a temporary change in the weekly meeting schedule of the House is required, and in such case the Afternoon Routine on the Wednesday of that week shall commence at 1:00 p.m.

That the Clerk be authorized to re-number the Standing Orders and to make such other consequential, editorial or other minor changes as may be required to ensure a consistent form of expression throughout the Standing Orders; and

That the terms of this motion shall come into force at 12:01 a.m. on the Friday of the week in which this motion is adopted.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 36

Anand

Babikian

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Fullerton

Gill

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

Mitas

Mulroney

Nicholls

Pang

Park

Parsa

Rasheed

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

NAYS / CONTRE - 18

Blais

Bourgouin

Burch

Collard

Fraser

Harden

Horwath

Mantha

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Sattler

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton East)

Stiles

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Ordered, That the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario be amended as follows:

Standing Order 10(c) is deleted.

Standing Order 30(a) is deleted and the following substituted:

30(a) When a voice vote has been taken on any question, a division may be required by 5 members standing in their places, in which case the Speaker shall then defer the taking of the vote to the next instance of the proceeding “Deferred Votes”, at which time the bells shall be rung for 5 minutes.

(a.1) Notwithstanding Standing Order 30(a), the following divisions shall not be deferred:

(i) Divisions arising out of any routine proceeding;

(ii) Divisions requested on motions to adjourn the House or the debate;

(iii) Divisions where a Standing Order or other Order specifies the time of the vote;

(iv) Divisions on motions that the Chair of a Committee of the Whole House report progress and ask for leave to meet again or leave the chair.

Standing Orders 30(h) and (i) are deleted.

Standing Order 37 is amended by deleting the words “Standing Orders 10(c), 30(h) or 101(d)” and substituting the words “the Standing Orders”.

Standing Order 67 is amended by deleting the words “under Standing Order 30(h)” in the last line.

Standing Order 77(d) is amended to add the words “the Government House Leader,” before the words “the minister”.

Standing Order 101(d) is deleted.

Standing Order 120 is amended by adding the following clauses:

120(d) Where the Chair of a Standing Committee is a member of the Party forming the government, the Vice-Chair shall be a member of a recognized Party in opposition to the government or an independent member; and where the Chair is a member of a recognized Party in opposition to the government, the Vice-Chair shall be a member of the Party forming the government.

120(e) Failing the appointment of a Vice-Chair pursuant to clause (d), any other member of the committee may be appointed as a Vice-Chair.

Standing Order 121 is deleted and the following substituted:

121(a) Upon a written request signed by a majority of the members of a Standing or Select Committee, the Chair of the Committee shall convene a meeting of the Committee within 7 calendar days following the receipt of such request by the Clerk of the Committee.

(b) The meeting request shall contain the text of a non-amendable motion proposing the consideration by the Committee of a bill or other matter within the mandate of the Committee.

(c) If the motion is in order, 30 minutes shall be allotted to debate the motion, at the end of which time the Chair shall put the question.

(d) For the purpose of this Standing Order, the Committee may meet, and may continue to meet, during any adjournment of the House.

That the following Standing Order be added:

9(f.1) No later than 12:00 noon on any Tuesday, the Government House Leader may indicate in the House, or may deposit written notice with the Clerk of the Assembly, that a temporary change in the weekly meeting schedule of the House is required, and in such case the Afternoon Routine on the Wednesday of that week shall commence at 1:00 p.m.

That the Clerk be authorized to re-number the Standing Orders and to make such other consequential, editorial or other minor changes as may be required to ensure a consistent form of expression throughout the Standing Orders; and

That the terms of this motion shall come into force at 12:01 a.m. on the Friday of the week in which this motion is adopted.

The House recessed at 12:08 p.m.

À 12 h 08, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

3:00 P.M.

15 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DE COMITÉS

The Speaker informed the House,

Le Président a informé l’Assemblée,

That the Clerk received the Report on Intended Appointments dated March 23, 2021 of the Standing Committee on Government Agencies. Pursuant to Standing Order 111(f)(9), the Report is deemed to be adopted by the House (Sessional Paper No. 712).

Que le greffier a reçu le rapport sur les nominations prévues daté le 23 mars 2012 du Comité permanent des organismes gouvernementaux. Conformément à l’article 111 f) 9) du Règlement, le rapport est réputé adopté par l’Assemblée (Document parlementaire no 712).

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DE 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 264, An Act to amend the Health Insurance Act respecting the collection of data respecting linguistic identity and to require health cards to display French diacritics and confirmation of linguistic identity. Mr. Bourgouin.

Projet de loi 264, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’assurance-santé concernant la collecte de données concernant l’identité linguistique et exigeant, d’une part, sur les cartes Santé, l’affichage des signes diacritiques du français et, d’autre part, la confirmation de l’identité linguistique. M. Bourgouin.

Bill 265, An Act to amend the Executive Council Act in respect of attendance at Question Period. Hon. Mr. Calandra.

Projet de loi 265, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le Conseil exécutif à l’égard de la présence à la période des questions. L’hon. M. Calandra.

Bill 266, An Act respecting minimum pay for support workers. Mr. West.

Projet de loi 266, Loi concernant la rémunération minimale des préposés aux services de soutien. M. West.

Bill 267, An Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 to establish a presumption for certain workers respecting chronic or traumatic mental stress in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Miss Taylor.

Projet de loi 267, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1997 sur la sécurité professionnelle et l’assurance contre les accidents du travail afin d’établir une présomption de stress mental chronique ou traumatique chez certains travailleurs en lien avec la pandémie de COVID-19. Mlle Taylor.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Uploading of Toronto Transit Commission services (Sessional Paper No. P-73) Ms. Stiles.

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

Changes to education funding (Sessional Paper No. P-123) Mr. Mantha and Ms. Stiles.

Residents Bill of Rights (Sessional Paper No. P-207) Mr. Mantha.

Optometry (Sessional Paper No. P-249) Ms. Triantafilopoulos.

Déclaration des droits des résidents (Document parlementaire no P-319) M. Mantha.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 257, An Act to enact the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and to make other amendments in respect of infrastructure and land use planning matters.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 257, Loi édictant la Loi de 2021 sur la réalisation accélérée de projets d’Internet à haut débit et apportant d’autres modifications en ce qui concerne les infrastructures et des questions d’aménagement du territoire.

Pursuant to the Order of the House passed earlier today,

Conformément à l’ordre de l’Assemblée adopté plus tôt aujourd’hui,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 36

Anand

Babikian

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Dunlop

Fullerton

Gill

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Khanjin

Kusendova

Lecce

MacLeod

Martin

McNaughton

Mitas

Mulroney

Nicholls

Pang

Parsa

Rasheed

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

NAYS / CONTRE - 16

Andrew

Berns-McGown

Blais

Bourgouin

Collard

Fraser

Gates

Glover

Mamakwa

Mantha

Sattler

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton East)

Stiles

West

Pursuant to the Order of the House passed earlier today,

Conformément à l’ordre de l’Assemblée adopté plus tôt aujourd’hui,

Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales.

Third Reading of Bill 238, An Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.

Troisième lecture du projet de loi 238, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1997 sur la sécurité professionnelle et l’assurance contre les accidents du travail.

Debate arose and after some time, the debate adjourned.

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps, le débat était ajourné.

6:00 P.M.

18 H

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D’INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉES ET DÉPUTÉS

Mr. Cho (Willowdale) moved,

M. Cho (Willowdale) propose,

Second Reading of Bill 262, An Act to proclaim Convenience Store Week.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 262, Loi proclamant la Semaine des dépanneurs.

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.

Carried.

Adoptée.

Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

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

At 6:46 p.m., the following matter was considered in an adjournment debate.

À 18 h 46, la question suivante a été examinée dans un débat d’ajournement.

Member for Scarborough—Guildwood (Ms. Hunter) to the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Long-Term Care – LTC and PSW including Paid Sick Leave.

The House adjourned at 6:56 p.m.

À 18 h 56, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 43

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 43 DU RÈGLEMENT

COMPENDIA:

Bill 265, An Act to amend the Executive Council Act in respect of attendance at Question Period/Projet de loi 265, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le Conseil exécutif à l’égard de la présence à la période des questions (No. 713) (Tabled March 23, 2021).