Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The committee met at 0902 in room 151.

RESPECT FOR MUNICIPALITIES ACT
(CITY OF TORONTO), 2014
LOI DE 2014 SUR LE RESPECT
DES MUNICIPALITÉS
(CITÉ DE TORONTO)

Consideration of the following bill:

Bill 20, An Act respecting the City of Toronto and the Ontario Municipal Board / Projet de loi 20, Loi portant sur la cité de Toronto et la Commission des affaires municipales de l’Ontario.

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): Good morning. I call this committee to order. We are here to consider Bill 20, An Act respecting the City of Toronto and the Ontario Municipal Board. Are there any comments, questions, amendments?

Mr. Rick Bartolucci: Chair, we’re going to try to make this easy. I move that all amendments that were introduced be struck, be removed. We’re withdrawing our amendments.

Mr. Rosario Marchese: God bless.

Mr. Rick Bartolucci: What do I have to do to do that?

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): So how would you like me to proceed? Would you like me to—

Mr. Rosario Marchese: All in favour of the bill?

Mr. Rick Bartolucci: All in favour. Okay. Let’s have that. Let’s bundle this all in one. There’s no use wasting a lot of time.

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): Is there agreement?

Mr. Michael Prue: It’s their amendments. If that’s what they want to do, I’m happy.

Mr. Rosario Marchese: There are no amendments.

Mr. Michael Prue: But it was their proposed amendments.

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): So there are no amendments to the bill. Is there agreement to treat it as a whole? Okay. No debate?

Shall section 1 to section 33 inclusive, carry?

Interjections.

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): No? Okay, all those in favour—

Mr. Rosario Marchese: Recorded vote.

Ayes

Marchese, Prue.

Nays

Hillier, McDonell, McNaughton.

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): So that’s defeated.

At this point, we’ll move on to, shall I report that the bill not be reported to the House?

Mr. Randy Hillier: Another recorded vote.

Interjection: Could you read the question again, please?

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): Shall I report that the bill not be reported to the House?

Ayes

Hillier, McDonell, McNaughton.

Nays

Marchese, Prue.

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): We’re done and the meeting is adjourned.

The committee adjourned at 0905.

CONTENTS

Thursday 1 May 2014

Respect for Municipalities Act (City of Toronto), 2014, Bill 20, Mr. Marchese / Loi de 2014 sur le respect des municipalités (cité de Toronto), projet de loi 20, M. Marchese F-879

STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

Chair / Présidente

Mrs. Laura Albanese (York South–Weston / York-Sud–Weston L)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente

Ms. Soo Wong (Scarborough–Agincourt L)

Mrs. Laura Albanese (York South–Weston / York-Sud–Weston L)

Mr. Steven Del Duca (Vaughan L)

Mr. Victor Fedeli (Nipissing PC)

Ms. Catherine Fife (Kitchener–Waterloo ND)

Mr. Douglas C. Holyday (Etobicoke–Lakeshore PC)

Ms. Mitzie Hunter (Scarborough–Guildwood L)

Mr. Monte McNaughton (Lambton–Kent–Middlesex PC)

Mr. Michael Prue (Beaches–East York ND)

Ms. Soo Wong (Scarborough–Agincourt L)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Mr. Rick Bartolucci (Sudbury L)

Mr. Randy Hillier (Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington PC)

Mr. Rosario Marchese (Trinity–Spadina ND)

Mr. Jim McDonell (Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry PC)

Clerk / Greffier

Mr. Katch Koch

Staff / Personnel

Ms. Laura Hopkins, legislative counsel