Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 254

No 254

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Wednesday
April 28, 2021

Mercredi

28 avril 2021

9:00 A.M.

9 H

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 282, An Act in respect of various road safety matters.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 282, Loi concernant diverses questions de sécurité routière.

Debate resumed and after some time the debate adjourned at 10:15 a.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 10 h 15, le débat était ajourné.

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That the Member for Windsor—Tecumseh (Mr. Hatfield) be permitted to immediately move Government Notice of Motion 108 to provide for the appointment by Order of the House of the Poet Laureate of Ontario.

On motion by Mr. Hatfield,

Sur la motion de M. Hatfield,

Ordered, That, in accordance with subsection 1 (2) and section 2 of the Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie), 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 16, Randell Adjei be appointed Poet Laureate of Ontario for a term of two years, commencing on April 28, 2021.

The Speaker informed the House,

Le Président a informé l’Assemblée,

That the following documents were tabled:-

Que les documents suivants ont été déposés :-

Report entitled “Explaining the Decline in Ontario Insolvencies During the Pandemic” from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. 737).

Rapport intitulé « La baisse des cas d’insolvabilité en Ontario pendant la pandémie » du Bureau de la Responsabilité Financière de l’Ontario (Document parlementaire no 737).

Report entitled “COVID-19 Preparedness and Management: Special Report on Pandemic Readiness and Response in Long-Term Care” from the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. 738).

Rapport intitulé « Préparation et gestion en lien avec la COVID-19 : Rapport spécial sur la préparation et la réponse à la pandémie dans les foyers de soins de longue durée » du Bureau de la vérificatrice générale de l’Ontario (Document parlementaire no 738).

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

The House recessed at 11:43 a.m.

À 11 h 43, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

3:00 P.M.

15 H

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

Mr. Calandra moved,

M. Calandra propose,

That in addition to its regularly scheduled meeting times, the Standing Committee on Estimates be authorized to meet during the week of May 24, 2021 and during the month of June 2021.

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.

Ordered, That in addition to its regularly scheduled meeting times, the Standing Committee on Estimates be authorized to meet during the week of May 24, 2021 and during the month of June 2021.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

International travel and COVID-19 (Sessional Paper No. P-327) Ms. Kusendova.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l’opposition

Ms. Horwath moved,

Mme Horwath propose,

Whereas April 28 is the National Day of Mourning honouring the lives of workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illnesses on or because of their jobs, and the families and communities impacted by these tragedies; and

Whereas COVID-19 has revealed the inequities faced by many workers, particularly racialized and low-waged workers in Ontario and the risks they face simply doing their jobs; and

Whereas workplace transmission has accounted for two-thirds of community outbreaks in some municipalities, leaving workers with the added stress of potentially exposing their loved ones to infection just by going to work; and

Whereas the Ford government has repeatedly refused to take action to protect Ontario’s workers and ignores the advice of its own experts calling for paid sick days, paid time off for vaccinations, and the closure of non-essential workplaces while offering supports for the workers and businesses affected; and

Whereas previous Liberal and Conservative governments ignored lessons from SARS, failed to maintain critical stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) and allowed N95 masks and other vital protective equipment to expire without making any effort to replace them; and

Whereas many of Ontario’s essential workers still have to fight for adequate personal protective equipment, and the Ford government forces workers in jobs with high risk of COVID-19 exposure to prove they contracted the disease on the job in order to receive WSIB supports; and

Whereas the Ford government still has yet to provide a clear strategy to ensure vaccination of Ontario’s essential workers despite having more than a year to develop a plan;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to better protect Ontario’s workers by legislating paid sick days, ensuring access to high-quality PPE, developing an effective essential worker vaccination strategy with paid time off for vaccination and extending full WSIB protections to all Ontario workers.

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.

Lost on the following division:-

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 16

Andrew

Begum

Collard

Fraser

Gates

Gélinas

Gretzky

Hassan

Horwath

Karpoche

Kernaghan

Schreiner

Singh (Brampton East)

Taylor

Vanthof

Yarde

NAYS / CONTRE - 30

Babikian

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Elliott

Fullerton

Hogarth

Ke

Lecce

MacLeod

Martin

McKenna

Mitas

Mulroney

Pang

Park

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Smith (Peterborough–Kawartha)

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

The House recessed at 5:37 p.m.

À 17 h 37, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

6:00 P.M.

18 H

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D’INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉES ET DÉPUTÉS

Ballot Item Number 77 was not moved.

Billet de député numéro 77 n’était pas proposé.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 282, An Act in respect of various road safety matters.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 282, Loi concernant diverses questions de sécurité routière.

Debate resumed, during which the Speaker interrupted the proceedings and announced that there had been six and one-half hours of debate and that the debate would be deemed adjourned.

Le débat a repris. Le Président a interrompu les travaux et a annoncé qu’il y avait eu six heures et demie de débat et que le débat serait 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,

Le débat a repris 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 General Government.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales.

At 9:03 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 9(e), the Government House Leader indicated that no further business would be called and therefore the House adjourned.

À 21 h 03, conformément à l’article 9 e) du Règlement, le leader parlementaire du gouvernement a indiqué qu’aucune autre affaire ne serait à l’ordre du jour et par conséquent, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Numbers: 296 and 297.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Safe plan to re-open schools and childcare centres (Sessional Paper No. P-253):

(Tabled March 4, 2021) Ms. Karpoche.