37th Parliament, 1st Session

Wednesday
December 15, 1999

Mercredi
15 décembre 1999

Prayers

1:30 P.M.

Prières

13 H 30

Reports by Committees

Rapports des Comités

Mr. Wettlaufer from the Standing Committee on Estimates presented the Committee's report as follows:-

Pursuant to Standing Order 60(a), the following Estimates (1999-2000) are reported back to the House as they were not previously selected by the Committee for consideration and are deemed to be received and concurred in:-

OFFICE OF THE ASSEMBLY

201 Office of the Assembly $ 94,608,700

202 Commission(er)'s 9,011,600

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER

501 Office of the Chief Election Officer $ 1,812,700

OMBUDSMAN ONTARIO

2301 Ombudsman Ontario $ 7,782,800

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL AUDITOR

2501 Office of the Provincial Auditor $ 7,733,100

Pursuant to Standing Order 61(c), the Supplementary Estimates (1999-2000) of the following ministries and offices not selected for consideration are deemed passed by the Committee and reported to the House in accordance with the terms of the Standing Order and deemed to be received and concurred in:-

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

1203 Economic, Fiscal, and Financial Policy $ 100,000,000

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

2703 Road User Safety $ 10,110,100

The Speaker addressed the House as follows:-

Standing Order 62(a) provides that "the Standing Committee on Estimates shall present one report with respect to all of the Estimates and Supplementary Estimates considered pursuant to Standing Orders 59 and 61 no later than the third Thursday in November of each calendar year".

The House not having received a report from the Standing Committee on Estimates for certain ministries on Thursday, November 18, 1999, as required by the Standing Orders of this House, pursuant to Standing Order 62(b) the Supplementary Estimates before the Committee of the Ministry of Community and Social Services, Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, are deemed to be passed by the Committee and are deemed to be reported to and received by the House.

Accordingly, the Supplementary Estimates (1999-2000) of the following ministries were deemed to be passed by the Standing Committee on Estimates and were deemed to be reported to and received by the House:-

MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES

(SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES ONLY)

702 Adults' and Children's Services $ 106,207,100

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

(SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES ONLY)

1003 Postsecondary Education $ 107,071,500

1004 Training and Employment 47,200,000

MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING

(SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES ONLY)

1904 Social Housing $ 196,000,000

Introduction of Bills

Dépôt des Projets de Loi

The following Bill was introduced and read the first time:-

Le projet de loi suivant est présenté et lu une première fois:-

Bill 35, An Act to regulate Franchise Agreements. Mr. Martin.

Projet de loi 35, Loi visant à réglementer les contrats de franchisage. M. Martin.

Petitions

Pétitions

Petitions relating to the Northern Health Travel Grant program (Sessional Paper No. P-1) Mr. Brown and Mrs. McLeod.

Petition relating to the Defence of Marriage (Sessional Paper No. P-7) Mr. Dunlop.

Petition relating to Upgrading Highway 401 and investing federal gasoline tax revenue in Ontario road improvements (Sessional Paper No. P-9) Mr. Hoy.

Petition relating to Retroactive cap on revenue earned by medical laboratories and the protection of property rights (Sessional Paper No. P-28) Mr. Curling.

Petitions relating to the Government of Ontario ensuring that Karla Homolka serves her full sentence in prison (Sessional Paper No. P-38) Mr. Gill, Ms. Mushinski and Mr. Newman.

Petition relating to the Abolishment of the maximum rent provision under the Tenant Protection Act. (Sessional Paper No. P-41) Mr. Kennedy.

Petitions relating to Wasting of public funds to produce Ontario Millennium Memento souvenir (Sessional Paper No. P-43) Mr. Bartolucci and Ms. Di Cocco.

Petition relating to Conducting an administrative audit and mediating a solution to construct new school buildings in Simcoe (Sessional Paper No. P-46) Mr. Barrett.

Orders of the Day

Ordre du Jour

Mr. Klees moved,

M. Klees propose,

That, pursuant to Standing Order 46 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 27, An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Act and the MPPs Pension Act, when Bill 27 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 at such time, the bill shall be ordered for third reading;

That no deferral of the second reading vote pursuant to Standing Order 28(h) shall be permitted; and

That the Order for third reading of the bill may then immediately be called; and

That one hour shall be allotted to the third reading stage of the bill after which the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of this stage of the bill without further debate or amendment;

That the vote on third reading may, pursuant to Standing Order 28(h), be deferred until the next Sessional day during the Routine Proceeding "Deferred Votes"; and

That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the bill, the division bell shall be limited to five minutes.

A debate arising, after some time, the motion was carried on the following division:-

Un débat s'ensuit et après quelque temps, la motion est adoptée par le vote suivant:-

AYES / POUR - 48

Arnott

Hastings

Runciman

Baird

Hodgson

Sampson

Chudleigh

Hudak

Skarica

Clark

Jackson

Snobelen

Coburn

Johnson

Spina

Cunningham

Kells

Sterling

DeFaria

Klees

Stewart

Dunlop

Marland

Stockwell

Ecker

Martiniuk

Tilson

Elliott

Maves

Tsubouchi

Eves

Mazzilli

Turnbull

Galt

Molinari

Wettlaufer

Gill

Munro

Wilson

Guzzo

Mushinski

Witmer

Hardeman

Newman

Wood

Harris

Ouellette

Young

NAYS / CONTRE - 17

Boyer

Duncan

Marchese

Bradley

Gerretsen

Patten

Caplan

Kennedy

Peters

Churley

Kormos

Phillips

Conway

Kwinter

Ramsay

Curling

Lalonde

The House then adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

À 18 h, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

6:45 P.M.

18 H 45

Orders of the Day

Ordre du Jour

Debate was resumed on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 25, An Act to provide for the restructuring of four regional municipalities and to amend the Municipal Act and various other Acts in connection with municipal restructuring and with municipal electricity services.

Le débat reprend sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 25, Loi prévoyant la restructuration de quatre municipalités régionales et modifiant la Loi sur les municipalités et diverses autres lois en ce qui a trait aux restructurations municipales et aux services municipaux d'électricité.

After some time, pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the motion for the adjournment of the debate was deemed to have been made and carried.

Après quelque temps, conformément à l'article 9(a) du Règlement, la motion d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir été proposée et adoptée.

The House then adjourned at 9:35 p.m.

À 21 h 35, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président

GARY CARR

Speaker