36th Parliament, 1st Session

No. 209 No 209

Votes and

Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly

of Ontario

Assemblée législative

de l'Ontario

1st Session,

36th Parliament

1re session,

36e législature

Monday,

June 23, 1997

Lundi

23 juin 1997

PRAYERS

1:30 P.M.

PRIÈRES

13 H 30

With unanimous consent, "Oral Questions" was taken as the first Routine Proceeding.

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

I beg to inform the House, that on Friday, June 20, 1997, the Twenty-second Annual Report of the Commission on Election Finances / Vingt-deuxième rapport annuel de la Commission sur le financement des élections for the year 1996 was tabled (Sessional Paper No. 520).

At 2:40 p.m., the deferred vote on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 129, An Act to stimulate job growth, to reduce taxes and to implement other measures contained in the 1997 Budget was carried on the following division:-

À 14 h 40, la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 129, Loi visant à stimuler la croissance de l'emploi, à réduire les impôts et à mettre en oeuvre d'autres mesures mentionnées dans le budget de 1997, mise aux voix sur le vote différé, est adoptée par le vote suivant:-

AYES / POUR - 49

Arnott Hardeman Rollins

Baird Hodgson Ross

Barrett Johns Sampson

Beaubien Johnson Shea

Boushy (Don Mills) Sheehan

Brown Johnson Skarica

(Scarborough West) (Perth) Smith

Carr Jordan Snobelen

Carroll Kells Spina

Chudleigh Klees Stewart

Danford Leadston Tilson

Doyle Martiniuk Tsubouchi

Elliott Maves Vankoughnet

Fisher Munro Villeneuve

Froese Mushinski Wood

Galt O'Toole (London South)

Gilchrist Ouellette Young

Grimmett Parker

NAYS / CONTRE - 26

Agostino Grandmaître Miclash

Bisson Gravelle Morin

Bradley Hoy North

Christopherson Kormos Patten

Churley Lalonde Pupatello

NAYS / CONTRE - Continued

Colle Marchese Ramsay

Conway Martel Silipo

Duncan Martin Wildman

Gerretsen McLeod

And the Bill was accordingly read the second time and Ordered referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

En conséquence, ce projet de loi est lu une deuxième fois et déféré au Comité plénier.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to Demanding public hearings on the Review of the Occupational Health and Safety Act discussion paper (Sessional Paper No. P-249) (Tabled June 23, 1997) Mr D. Christopherson.

Petition relating to the Rural Health Policy (Sessional Paper No. P-270) (Tabled June 23, 1997) Mr T. Barrett.

Petition relating to Funding of prevention services provided by the Workers Health and Safety Centre (Sessional Paper No. P-273) (Tabled June 23, 1997) Mr D. Christopherson.

Petition relating to Support for all current forms of black bear hunting (Sessional Paper No. P-275) (Tabled June 23, 1997) Mr P. North.

Petition relating to Enacting legislation to require women to wear tops in public places (Sessional Paper No. P-278) (Tabled June 23, 1997) Mr B. Johnson (Perth).

Pétition ayant rapport à l'opposer réduire la période de temps allouée aux députés pour débattre de questions importantes au feuilleton (Sessional Paper No. P-279) (Tabled June 23, 1997) Mr J.-M. Lalonde.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Debate was resumed on the motion for Adoption of amendments to the Standing Orders.

Le débat reprend sur la motion portant adoption des modifications au Règlement.

After some time,

Après quelque temps,

Mr Sampson moved that the motion to amend the Standing Orders be amended as follows:-

That the proposed clause 9(c) be amended by adding, immediately following the first sentence, the sentence "Such a motion requires notice, and must appear on the Orders and Notices paper by the first Sessional day of the first week to which the motion applies."

That the proposed clause 9(c) be further amended by adding, immediately following the words "according to the terms of the motion" in the sixth line, the words "but no government bill shall be called on more than one Sessional day during a single calendar day without unanimous consent."

That the proposed clause 16(b) be struck out.

That the proposed clause 25(a) be amended by striking out the words "but only during the first five hours of debate."

That the proposed clause 28(h) be deleted and the following substituted:

"(h) Except where a Standing Order or other order fixes the time of the vote, a vote may be deferred at the request of any Chief Whip of a recognized Party in the House. The Speaker shall then defer the taking of the vote to the next Sessional day during the routine proceeding "Deferred Votes" at which time the bells shall be rung for 5 minutes."

That the number "45" in the first line of proposed clause 36(h) be replaced with the number "24".

That the entire amendment to Standing Order 38 be struck out and the following substituted:

"That Standing Order 38 be amended by the addition of the following clause: '(g) No introduction of a single bill shall last more than 5 minutes.'"

That the time "5:45" in the first line of proposed clause 42(g) be replaced with the time "6:00."

That the number "15" in the third line of proposed clause 42(g) be replaced with the number "5."

That the time "5:45" in the second line of proposed clause 43(b) be replaced with the time "6:00."

That the time "5:45" in the first line of proposed clause 46(b) be replaced with the time "6:00."

That the number "15" in the fourth line of proposed clause 46(b) be replaced with the number "5."

That the following clause be added immediately following the proposed clause 46(c):

"(d) A time allocation motion may not be moved on the same calendar day that any of the bills that are the subject of the motion has been called as a Government order."

That the number "3" in the first line of the clause proposed to be added to Standing Order 57 be replaced with the number "4."

That the number "45" in the first line of proposed clause 97(d) be replaced with the number "24."

That the number "4" in proposed clause 97(g) be replaced with the number "10."

That the words "take effect on the first day after August 1, 1997" in the fourth last paragraph of the motion be replaced with the words "take effect on the third Sessional day after August 1, 1997."

That the date "June 12, 1997" in the second line of the second last paragraph of the motion be replaced with the date "June 23, 1997."

After some time, the question having been put, the Speaker declared his opinion that the Ayes had it, and a recorded vote having been demanded,

Après quelque temps, la motion mise aux voix, le Président déclare qu'à son avis les voix favorables l'emportent et un vote inscrit a été exigé.

The Speaker directed that the Members be called in, for which purpose the division bells were rung.

Le Président donne des directives pour convoquer les députés et la sonnerie d'appel est retentit à cette fin.

During the ringing of the bells, the Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

Pendant la sonnerie d'appel, le Président s'adresse à l'Assemblée en ces mots:-

I have received a request from the Chief Whip of the New Democratic Party, under Standing Order 28(g), that the vote on the Amendment to the motion for Adoption of amendments to the Standing Orders be deferred until Tuesday, June 24, 1997, at 5:55 p.m.

Therefore the vote is accordingly deferred.

En conséquence, le vote est différé.

Mr Gerretsen then moved the adjournment of the House, which motion was declared lost.

A debate arose on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 98, An Act to promote job creation and increased municipal accountability while providing for the recovery of development costs related to new growth.

Il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 98, Loi visant à promouvoir la création d'emplois et à accroître la responsabilité des municipalités tout en prévoyant le recouvrement des coûts d'aménagement liés à la croissance.

After some time, pursuant to the Order of the House of June 11, 1997, the motion for the adjournment of the debate was deemed to have been made and carried.

Après quelque temps, conformément à l'ordre adopté par l'Assemblée le 11 juin 1997, la motion d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir été proposée et adoptée.

The House then adjourned

at 12:00 o'clock midnight.

À minuit, la chambre a ensuite

ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Christopher M. Stockwell

Speaker

Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 39(c):-

Documents Parlementaires Déposés Conformément à l'article 39(c) du Règlement:-

Ontario Human Rights Commission / Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne, Annual Report 1990-91 (No. 521) (Tabled June 20, 1997).

Ontario Human Rights Commission / Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne, Annual Report 1991-1992 (No. 522) (Tabled June 20, 1997).

Ortech Annual Report - 1996 (No. 519) (Tabled June 20, 1997).

Questions Answered (see Sessional Paper No. 5):-

Final Answers to Question Numbers: 1186, 1559, 1567 and 1842-1844.