That, pursuant to Standing Order 50 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or special Order of the House relating to Bill 223, An Act to enact two Acts and to amend various Acts with respect to public safety and the justice system, and Bill 227, An Act to amend various Acts;

That when Bill 223 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, upon receiving Second Reading the Bill shall be ordered for Third Reading, which Order may be called the same day; and

That when the Order for Third Reading of Bill 223 is called, one hour shall be allotted to debate with 25 minutes for Members of His Majesty's Government, 25 minutes for Members of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, and 10 minutes for the independent Members as a group; and

That, at the end of this time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Third Reading stage of Bill 223 without further debate or amendment; and

That when Bill 227 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, upon receiving Second Reading the Bill shall be ordered for Third Reading, which order may be called the same day; and

That when the Order for Third Reading of Bill 227 is called, one hour shall be allotted to debate with 25 minutes for Members of His Majesty's Government, 25 minutes for Members of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, and 10 minutes for the independent Members as a group; and

That, at the end of this time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Third Reading stage of Bill 227 without further debate or amendment.

Whereas Cabinet Ministers are responsible for billions of taxpayer dollars and make important decisions that impact people's everyday lives; and

Whereas Ontarians have watched the Government consistently make policy and funding decisions that benefit their donors at the public's expense; and

Whereas the fundraising activities of this Government's Ministers, and their apparent coordination with their Party, is a continuation of the cash-for-access culture from the former Liberal Government; and

Whereas this has led Ontarians to believe that they must make political donations to Ministers in order to be heard and to get things done; and

Whereas it is not acceptable for Ministers of the Crown to raise large sums of money from stakeholders with active files within their Ministries;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Government must close loopholes and strengthen the rules in the Members' Integrity Act, 1994 to prohibit Ministers from accepting personal benefits connected directly or indirectly to their duties and to end cash-for-access in Ontario.

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