Votes and Proceedings 2001-Nov-19 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario



No. 66	N^o 66

Votes and Proceedings	Procès-verbaux
Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Assemblée législative de l'Ontario
Monday November 19, 2001 Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 100 Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 101	Lundi 19 novembre 2001 Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 100 Séance du soir - jour de session 101
2nd Session, 37th Parliament	2^e session 37^e législature


PRAYERS 1:30 P.M.	PRIÈRES 13 H 30
The Speaker addressed the House as follows:- I beg to inform the House that pursuant to Section 30 of the Members' Integrity Act, 1994, I have today laid upon the Table a request by the Member for Toronto Centre--Rosedale to the Honourable Coulter Osborne, Integrity Commissioner, for an opinion on whether the Honourable James M. Flaherty, Minister of Finance, has contravened the Act or Ontario Parliamentary Convention. (Sessional Paper No. 169).

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 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 8, 2001, as required by the Standing Orders of this House, pursuant to Standing Order 62(b) the Estimates before the Committee of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, the Ministry of Community and Social Services, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs are deemed to be passed by the Committee and are deemed to be reported to and received by the House. Accordingly, the Estimates (2001-2002) 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 TOURISM, CULTURE AND RECREATION: 3801 Ministry Administration Program $ 4,563,100 3802 Tourism Program $ 62,851,900 3803 Culture Program $ 140,745,800 3804 Sport and Recreation Program $ 23,151,300 3805 Policy and Agency Partnerships Program $ 101,564,100 3806 Tourism, Culture and Recreation Capital Program $ 64,000,000 MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES: 701 Ministry Administration Program $ 27,930,800 702 Adults' and Children's Services Program $ 7,834,067,200 MINISTRY OF TRAINING, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: 3001 Ministry Administration Program $ 9,790,000 3002 Postsecondary Education Program $ 3,087,229,500 3003 Training and Employment Program $ 388,934,400 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION: 2701 Ministry Administration Program $ 44,989,800 2702 Transportation Policy and Planning Program $ 61,002,100 2703 Road User Safety Program $ 142,709,300 2704 Provincial Highways Management Program $ 927,364,900 2705 Transportation Information and Information Technology Cluster Program $ 46,062,300 MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINES: 2201 Ministry Administration Program $ 9,441,300 2202 Northern Development Program $ 416,378,400 2203 Mines and Minerals Program $ 44,855,000 MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES: 2101 Ministry Administration Program $ 32,226,200 2102 Geographic Information Program $ 47,772,100 2103 Natural Resource Management Program $ 295,935,500 2104 Public Safety and Emergency Response Program $ 64,138,100 MINISTRY OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS: 1501 Ministry Administration Program $ 1,900,500 1502 Intergovernmental Relations $ 2,831,400

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS	DÉPÔT DES PROJETS DE LOI
The following Bills were introduced and read the first time:-	Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés et lus une première fois:-
Bill 134, An Act to amend the Tenant Protection Act, 1997 to ensure fairness to Ontario's tenants. Mr. Caplan.	Projet de loi 134, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1997 sur la protection des locataires en vue d'assurer un traitement équitable des locataires de l'Ontario. M. Caplan.
Bill 135, An Act to recognize Ontario's recreational hunting and fishing heritage and to establish the Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission. Hon. Mr. Snobelen.	Projet de loi 135, Loi visant à reconnaître le patrimoine de la chasse et de la pêche sportives en Ontario et à créer la Commission du patrimoine chasse et pêche. L'hon. M. Snobelen.


MOTIONS	MOTIONS
Mrs. Ecker moved,	M^me Ecker propose,
That pursuant to Standing Order 9(c)(i), the House shall meet from 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday, November 19, Tuesday, November 20, and Wednesday, November 21, 2001, for the purpose of considering government business.
The question being put on the motion, it was carried on the following division:-	La motion, mise aux voix, est adoptée par le vote suivant:-

AYES / POUR - 68

Agostino

Arnott

Baird

Barrett

Beaubien

Bradley

Bryant

Caplan

Christopherson

Clark

Coburn

Colle

Conway

Cordiano

Crozier

Cunningham

Curling

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duncan

Ecker

Elliott

Flaherty

Galt

Gilchrist

Gill

Gravelle

Hardeman

Hastings

Hoy

Hudak

Jackson

Johns

Kells

Klees

Kwinter

Levac

Maves

Mazzilli

McLeod

McMeekin

Miller

Molinari

Munro

Murdoch

Mushinski

Newman

O'Toole

Ouellette

Parsons

Peters

Phillips

Ramsay

Runciman

Sampson

Sergio

Snobelen

Spina

Sterling

Stewart

Stockwell

Tilson

Tsubouchi

Turnbull

Wettlaufer

Wilson

Wood

Young

NAYS / CONTRE - 7


Bisson Hampton	Kormos Marchese	Martel		Martin	Prue

PETITIONS			PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to Brain Tumour Awareness Month (Sessional Paper No. P-27) Mr. Wood. Petition relating to the New City of Kawartha Lakes (Sessional Paper No. P-59) Mr. Bradley. Petition relating to Shortage of Nursing staff in Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-61) Mrs. McLeod. Petition relating to Kidney and Urinary Tract Diseases (Sessional Paper No. P-87) Mr. Gerretsen. Petition relating to Amendments to the cruelty to animal provisions in the Criminal Code (Sessional Paper No. P-94) Mrs. Mushinski. Petition relating to Ending Homelessness in Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-106) Mr. Gerretsen. Petition relating to Repealing the Education Bill (Sessional Paper No. P-113) Mr. Ruprecht. Petition relating to Ensuring that Medical Education is Financially Accessible (Sessional Paper No. P-114) Mr. Hoy. Petition relating to Enacting a Revision of the Child and Family Service Act (Sessional Paper No. P-119) Ms. Churley. Petition relating to Regulating a Minimun Requirement of Daily Care for Seniors in Nursing Homes (Sessional Paper No. P-121) Mr. Hampton. Petition relating to Restoring Medical and Surgical Subspecialty Paediatric Services to the London Health Sciences Centre (Sessional Paper No. P-122) Mr. Hoy. Petition relating to the tenants of 145 Liberty Street South wishing to continue Renting their apartments (Sessional Paper No. P-123) Mr. O'Toole.

ORDERS OF THE DAY			ORDRE DU JOUR
Mrs. Ecker moved,			M^me Ecker propose,
That, pursuant to Standing Order 46 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 110, An Act to promote quality in the classroom, when Bill 110 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 referred to the Standing Committee on General Government; and That, notwithstanding Standing Order 28(h), no deferral of the second reading vote may be permitted; and That, the Standing Committee on General Government shall be authorized to meet during its regularly scheduled meeting time, for one day in Toronto for public hearings and for one day in Toronto for clause-by-clause consideration of the bill; and That, at 4:30 p.m. on the day the committee is scheduled for clause-by-clause consideration, those amendments which have not yet been moved shall be deemed to have been moved, and the Chair of the Committee shall interrupt the proceedings and shall, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary to dispose of all remaining sections of the bill, and any amendments thereto. The committee shall be authorized to meet beyond its normal hour of adjournment until completion of clause-by-clause consideration. Any division required shall be deferred until all remaining questions have been put and taken in succession with one 20-minute waiting period allowed pursuant to Standing Order 127(a); and That, the Committee shall report the bill to the House on the first Sessional day that reports from committees may be received following the completion of clause-by-clause consideration and not later than December 6, 2001. In the event that the committee fails to report the bill on the date provided, the bill shall be deemed to have been passed by the Committee and shall be deemed to be reported to and received by the House; and That, upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on General Government, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith, and at such time the bill shall be ordered for third reading; and That, when the Order for Third Reading is called, ninety minutes shall be allotted to the Third Reading stage of the bill, to be divided equally among all recognized parties, and at the end of that time, 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; and 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 - 50