Votes and Proceedings 1998-May-04 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario




No. 6	N^o 6




Monday, May 4, 1998	Lundi, 4 mai 1998



1:30 P.M.		13 H 30
Motions		Motions
On motion by Mr. Sterling		Sur la motion de M. Sterling
Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 9(c), the House shall meet from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on May 4 and 6, 1998 for the purpose of considering government business.

Deferred Votes		Votes diffÉrés
The deferred vote on the Amendment to the Amendment to the Motion for an Address in Reply to the Speech of Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the Opening of the Session was lost on the following division:-
	AYES / POUR - 10

Boyd	Lankin		Silipo
Christopherson	Marchese		Wildman
Churley	Martel
Hampton	Pouliot

	NAYS / CONTRE - 78

Agostino	Grandmaître		Patten
Arnott	Gravelle		Pettit
Baird	Grimmett		Phillips
Barrett	Guzzo		Preston
Bartolucci	Hardeman		Pupatello
Bassett	Harnick		Ramsay
Beaubien	Harris		Rollins
Boushy	Hodgson		Runciman
Bradley	Hudak		Ruprecht
Brown	Johns		Sampson
(Scarborough West)	Johnson		Shea
Castrilli	(Don Mills)		Skarica
Clement	Johnson		Smith
Conway	(Perth)		Spina
Cullen	Kennedy		Sterling
Cunningham	Klees		Stewart
Danford	Leach		Tilson
DeFaria	Leadston		Tsubouchi
Doyle	Marland		Turnbull
Ecker	McLeod		Villeneuve
Elliott	Miclash		Wettlaufer
Eves	Munro		Wilson
Fisher	Mushinski		Witmer
Flaherty	Newman		Wood
Ford	O'Toole		(London South)
Froese	Ouellette		Young
Galt	Palladini
Gilchrist	Parker

The amendment to the motion as follows:-		La modification de la motion est la suivante:-

That the motion be amended by adding the following thereto:-

"Whereas the Harris government has ignored the needs of patients and compromised patient care by firing 10,000 nurses, cutting hospital budgets by $800 million annually and threatening to close 32 community hospitals; and

Whereas the Harris government has ignored teachers, parents and students by cutting over $1 billion from our children's classrooms, forcing the elimination of programs such as Junior Kindergarten and Adult Education and continually attacked friends of public education; and

Whereas the Harris government has refused to listen to the voices of children by ignoring the need to reform the child welfare system, by reducing the benefits available to children on welfare; and by failing to make children a real priority in Ontario; and

Whereas despite promises not to open unwelcomed neighbourhood casinos, the Harris government has recklessly moved ahead to create 44 neighbourhood casinos; and

Whereas the Mike Harris government has broken his promise to not cut programs to the disabled and has done nothing to increase access that disabled people desperately need to go to school and find jobs and to participate in our communities; and

Whereas Mike Harris holds those less fortunate in contempt and continues his personal attack on the poor and most vulnerable in Ontario;

This House profoundly regrets that the Harris government has acted on an agenda which has caused significant hardship for our youngest, our oldest, our sickest and our least fortunate in society."



having been put, was lost on the following division:-		mise aux voix, est rejetée par le vote suivant:-
	AYES / POUR - 27

Agostino	Cullen		Miclash
Bartolucci	Grandmaître		Patten
Boyd	Gravelle		Phillips
Bradley	Hampton		Pouliot
Castrilli	Kennedy		Pupatello
Christopherson	Lankin		Ramsay
Churley	Marchese		Ruprecht
Conway	Martel		Silipo
Crozier	McLeod		Wildman

	NAYS / CONTRE - 62

Arnott	Grimmett		Parker
Baird	Guzzo		Pettit
Barrett	Hardeman		Preston
Bassett	Harnick		Rollins
Beaubien	Harris		Runciman
Boushy	Hodgson		Sampson
Brown	Hudak		Shea
(Scarborough West)	Johns		Skarica
Clement	Johnson		Smith
Cunningham	(Don Mills)		Spina
Danford	Johnson		Sterling
DeFaria	(Perth)		Stewart
Doyle	Klees		Tilson
Ecker	Leach		Tsubouchi
Elliott	Leadston		Turnbull
Eves	Marland		Villeneuve
NAYS / CONTRE - Continued
Fisher	Munro		Wettlaufer
Flaherty	Mushinski		Wilson
Ford	Newman		Witmer
Froese	O'Toole		Wood
Galt	Ouellette		(London South)
Gilchrist	Palladini		Young

The main motion, having then been put, was carried on the following division:-		La motion principale, après avoir mise aux voix, est adoptée par le vote suivant:-
	AYES / POUR - 62

Arnott	Grimmett		Parker
Baird	Guzzo		Pettit
Barrett	Hardeman		Preston
Bassett	Harnick		Rollins
Beaubien	Harris		Runciman
Boushy	Hodgson		Sampson
Brown	Hudak		Shea
(Scarborough West)	Johns		Skarica
Clement	Johnson		Smith
Cunningham	(Don Mills)		Spina
Danford	Johnson		Sterling
DeFaria	(Perth)		Stewart
Doyle	Klees		Tilson
Ecker	Leach		Tsubouchi
Elliott	Leadston		Turnbull
Eves	Marland		Villeneuve
Fisher	Munro		Wettlaufer
Flaherty	Mushinski		Wilson
Ford	Newman		Witmer
Froese	O'Toole		Wood
Galt	Ouellette		(London South)
Gilchrist	Palladini		Young

	NAYS / CONTRE - 28

Agostino	Grandmaître		Patten
Bartolucci	Gravelle		Phillips
Boyd	Hampton		Pouliot
Bradley	Hoy		Pupatello
Castrilli	Kennedy		Ramsay
Christopherson	Lankin		Ruprecht
Churley	Marchese		Silipo
Conway	Martel		Wildman
Crozier	McLeod
Cullen	Miclash

And it was, Resolved, that an humble Address be presented to Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor as follows: "To the Honourable Hilary M. Weston, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario: We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, now assembled, beg leave to thank Your Honour for the gracious speech Your Honour has addressed to us."
Ordered, That the Address be engrossed and presented to Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor by those Members of this House who are Members of the Executive Council.

Petitions		Pétitions
Petition relating to Stopping the funding of abortions (Sessional Paper No. P-1) (Tabled May 4, 1998) Mr. P. Hoy, Ms. S. Martel, Mr. J. O'Toole and Mr R. Patten. Petition relating to Stopping cuts to the Workers Health and Safety Centre (Sessional Paper No. P-4) (Tabled May 4, 1998) Mr. D. Christopherson and Mr. W. Lessard. Petition relating to Enacting legislation to recognize freedom of health care workers (Sessional Paper No. P-7) (Tabled May 4, 1998) Mrs. H. Johns. Petition relating to the Recognition of the contributions of chiropractors to Ontario Health Care (Sessional Paper No. P-9) (Tabled May 4, 1998) Mr. F. Klees. Petition relating to the Expedient passage of the Safe Schools Act (Sessional Paper No.P-10) (Tabled May 4, 1998) Mr. D. Newman. Petition relating to the Provision of more Long Term Care Services and Beds (Sessional Paper No. P-12) (Tabled May 4, 1998) Mr. M. Gravelle. Petition relating to the Implementation of an immediate tuition freeze (Sessional Paper No. P-16) (Tabled May 4, 1998) Mr. W. Lessard.

Orders of the Day		Ordre du Jour
With unanimous consent, Opposition Day Number 1 was not proceeded with and the following was agreed to:-
That the Premier be permitted to move a motion without notice with respect to Hepatitis C compensation; that the time available this afternoon for the debate of this resolution be divided equally among the Parties; that at 5:55 p.m. the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and put the question without further debate; and that, if a recorded vote is requested, the division bells shall be limited to 5 minutes.
Mr. Harris moved,		M. Harris propose,
That the Legislative Assembly support the Ontario government's call for a compensation package for Ontarians who were infected with the Hepatitis C virus through the blood system prior to 1986, and that pending a resolution of federal liability for the contaminated blood problem, Ontario agree in the interim that such new package be funded by Ontario and the federal government on the same basis as the federal-provincial agreement covering 1986-1990.
A debate arose and, after some time, the motion was carried on the following division:-		Il s'élève un débat et après quelque temps, la motion est adoptée par le vote suivant:-
	AYES / POUR - 96

Agostino	Gilchrist		O'Toole
Arnott	Grandmaître		Ouellette
Baird	Gravelle		Parker
Barrett	Grimmett		Phillips
Bartolucci	Guzzo		Pouliot
Bassett	Hampton		Preston
Beaubien	Hardeman		Pupatello
Bisson	Harnick		Ramsay
Boushy	Harris		Rollins

AYES/POUR - Continued



Boyd	Hodgson		Runciman
Bradley	Hoy		Ruprecht
Brown	Hudak		Sampson
(Scarborough West)	Johns		Saunderson
Caplan	Johnson		Shea
Carroll	(Don Mills)		Sheehan
Christopherson	Johnson		Silipo
Churley	(Perth)		Skarica
Cleary	Jordan		Smith
Colle	Kells		Spina
Conway	Kennedy		Sterling
Crozier	Klees		Stewart
Cullen	Kormos		Tsubouchi
Cunningham	Lankin		Turnbull
Danford	Leach		Vankoughnet
DeFaria	Leadston		Villeneuve
Doyle	Lessard		Wettlaufer
Ecker	Marchese		Wildman
Eves	Marland		Wilson
Fisher	Martel		Witmer
Flaherty	McLeod		Wood
Ford	Miclash		(London South)
Fox	Munro		Young
Froese	Mushinski
Galt	Newman

	NAYS / CONTRE - 0

The House then adjourned at 6:00 p.m.		A 18 h, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

6:30 P.M.		18 H 30
Orders of the Day		Ordre du Jour
By unanimous consent, Government Notices of Motions 3 and 4 were moved and considered together.
Mrs. Cunningham moved,		M^me Cunningham propose,

That the membership of the Standing Committees for this session be as follows:

Standing Committee on Administration of Justice:

Mr. Boushy

Mr. Crozier

Mr. Kormos

Mr. Martiniuk

Mr. Ouellette

Mr. Ramsay

Mr. Rollins

Mr. Stewart

Mr. Wood (London South)

Standing Committee on General Government:

Mr. Colle

Mr. Danford

Mrs. Fisher

Mr. Froese

Mr. Gilchrist

Mr. Lessard

Mrs. Munro

Mr. O'Toole

Mr. Sergio

Standing Committee on Resources Development:

Mr. Chudleigh

Mr. Conway

Mr. Christopherson

Mrs. Elliott

Mr. Galt

Mr. Hastings

Mr. Hoy

Mr. Maves

Mr. Preston

Standing Committee on Social Development

Mrs. Boyd

Mr. Carroll

Ms. Castrilli

Mr. Duncan

Mr. Hudak

Mr. Klees

Mrs. McLeod

Mrs. Ross

Mr. Smith

Standing Committee on Estimates:

Mr. Bartolucci

Mr. Bisson

Mr. Cleary

Mr. Doyle

Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Parker

Mr. Pettit

Mr. Wettlaufer

Mr. Young

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs:

Mr. Arnott

Mr. Baird

Mr. Brown (Scarborough West)

Mr. Guzzo

Mr. Kwinter

Mr. Phillips

Mr. Rollins

Mr. Silipo

Mr. Wettlaufer

Standing Committee on Government Agencies:

Mr. Cullen

Mr. Gravelle

Mr. Grimmett

Mr. Johnson (Perth)

Ms. Lankin

Mr. Marchese

Mr. Newman

Mr. Spina

Mr. Stewart

Standing Committee on the Ombudsman:

Mr. Agostino

Mr. Beaubien

Mr. Ford

Mrs. Johns

Mr. McLean

Mr. Pettit

Mrs. Pupatello

Mr. Vankoughnet

Mr. Wood (Cochrane North)

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly:

Mr. Curling

Mr. DeFaria

Mr. Fox

Mr. Hardeman

Mrs. Johns

Mr. McLean

Mr. Morin

Mrs. Mushinski

Mr. North

Mr. Pouliot

Mr. Tascona

Standing Committee on Public Accounts:

Mr. Beaubien

Mr. Grandmaître

Mr. Grimmett

Mr. Lalonde

Ms. Martel

Mr. Patten

Mr. Preston

Mr. Tascona

Mr. Young

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills:

Mr. Barrett

Mr. Boushy

Mr. Caplan

Mr. Hardeman

Mr. Leadston

Mr. Martin

Mr. Ruprecht

Mr. Shea

Mr. Sheehan




Mrs. Cunningham moved,	M^me Cunningham propose,

That the following schedule for committee meetings be established for this session:

The Standing Committee on Administration of Justice may meet on:

Monday and Tuesday afternoons following Routine Proceedings

The Standing Committee on General Government may meet on:

Thursday mornings and Thursday afternoons following routine proceedings

The Standing Committee on Resources Development may meet on:

Monday and Wednesday afternoons following Routine Proceedings

The Standing Committee on Social Development may meet on:

Monday and Tuesday afternoons following Routine Proceedings

The Standing Committee on Estimates may meet on:

Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons following Routine Proceedings

The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs may meet on:

Thursday mornings and Thursday afternoons following Routine Proceedings

The Standing Committee on Government Agencies may meet on: Wednesday mornings

The Standing Committee on the Ombudsman may meet on: Wednesday mornings

The Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly may meet on:

Wednesday afternoons following Routine Proceedings

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts may meet on: Thursday mornings

The Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills may meet on: Wednesday mornings

That no standing or select committee may meet except in accordance with this schedule or as ordered by the House.



A debate arose and, after some time, the question having been put on Mrs. Cunningham's motion concerning the membership of the Standing Committees, it was carried. And the question having been put on Mrs. Cunningham's motion concerning the schedule for committee meetings, it was carried.



Ms. Bassett moved, That the House do now adjourn.	M^me. Bassett propose que l'Assemblée ajourne les débats maintenant.
The question, having been put on the motion, was declared carried.	Cette motion, mise aux voix, est déclarée adoptée.

The House then adjourned at 9:00 p.m.	A 21 h, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
le président CHRISTOPHER M. STOCKWELL Speaker

Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 39(A):-	Documents Parlementaires Déposés Conformément à l'Artile 39(A) du Règlement
Part-time appointments re intended Order-in-Council dated April 29, 1998. (No. 16) (Tabled May 1, 1998). Ontario Hydro Annual Report 1997 / Rapport Annuel, (No. 17) (Tabled May 1, 1998).

May 4, 1998