I beg to inform the House that
today the Clerk received the Report on Intended Appointments
dated December 15, 2004 of the Standing Committee on Government
Agencies. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(e)(9), the Report is
deemed to be adopted by the House (Sessional Paper No.
331).
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 164, An Act to rename and
amend the Tobacco Control Act, 1994, repeal the Smoking in the
Workplace Act and make complementary amendments to other Acts.
Hon. Mr. Smitherman.
Projet de loi 164, Loi visant
à modifier le titre et la teneur de la Loi de 1994 sur la
réglementation de l'usage du tabac, à abroger la Loi
limitant l'usage du tabac dans les lieux de travail et à
apporter des modifications complémentaires à d'autres
lois. L'hon. M. Smitherman.
Bill 165, An Act to provide
elected members of municipal councils and school boards with
certain privileges, immunities and powers. Mr.
Ouellette.
Projet de loi 165, Loi octroyant
certains privilèges et pouvoirs et certaines immunités
aux membres élus des conseils municipaux et des conseils
scolaires. M. Ouellette.
MOTIONS
MOTIONS
With unanimous consent, on a
motion moved without notice by Mr. Duncan,
Ordered, That an humble Address
be presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council as
follows:-
"To the Lieutenant Governor in
Council:-
We, Her Majesty's most dutiful
and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of
Ontario, now assembled, request the appointment of Jim McCarter
as Auditor General for the Province of Ontario, as provided in
section 3 of the Audit Act, R.S.O. 1990, to hold office under the
terms and conditions of the said Act."
And, that the Address be
engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council by
the Speaker.
With unanimous
consent,
Mr. Duncan moved the following
motion without notice,
That, an humble Address be
presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council as
follows:-
"To the Lieutenant Governor in
Council:-
We, Her Majesty's most dutiful
and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of
Ontario, now assembled, request the appointment of André
Marin as the Ombudsman for the Province of Ontario, as provided
in section 3 of the Ombudsman Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.0.6, to hold
office under the terms and conditions of the said
Act."
And that the address be
engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council by
the Speaker.
After some time, the question,
having been put on the motion, was declared carried.
Après quelque temps, cette
motion, mise aux voix, est déclarée
adoptée.
With unanimous consent, on a
motion moved without notice by Mr. Duncan,
Ordered, That, an humble Address
be presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council as
follows:-
"To the Lieutenant Governor in
Council:-
We, Her Majesty's most dutiful
and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of
Ontario, now assembled, request the extension of the appointment
of Gord Miller as the Environmental Commissioner for the Province
of Ontario to May 1, 2005, as provided in section 49 of the
Environmental Bill of Rights Act, S.O. 1993, c.28, to hold office
under the terms and conditions of the said Act."
And that the address be
engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council by
the Speaker.
On motion by Mr.
Duncan,
Ordered, That the December 2,
2004 Order of the House referring Bill 17, An Act to amend the
Executive Council Act, to the Standing Committee on the
Legislative Assembly be discharged, and that the Bill be Ordered
for Third Reading.
DEFERRED VOTES
VOTES
DIFFÉRÉS
The deferred vote on the motion
for Third Reading of Bill 82, An Act to amend the Ontario College
of Teachers Act, 1996 to cancel the Professional Learning
Program, was carried on the following division:-
La motion portant troisième
lecture du projet de loi 82, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1996 sur
l'Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l'Ontario en vue
d'annuler le programme de perfectionnement professionnel, mise
aux voix sur le vote différé, est adoptée par le
vote suivant:-
AYES / POUR -
67
Arthurs
Bartolucci
Bentley
Berardinetti
Bisson
Bountrogianni
Bradley
Broten
Brown
Brownell
Bryant
Cansfield
Caplan
Chambers
Colle
Cordiano
Craitor
Delaney
Dhillon
Di Cocco
Dombrowsky
Duguid
Duncan
Flynn
Fonseca
Gerretsen
Hoy
Jeffrey
Kennedy
Kormos
Kular
Kwinter
Lalonde
Levac
Marchese
Martel
Matthews
Mauro
McGuinty
McMeekin
McNeely
Meilleur
Milloy
Mitchell
Orazietti
Parsons
Patten
Peters
Phillips
Prue
Pupatello
Racco
Ramal
Ramsay
Rinaldi
Ruprecht
Sandals
Smith
Smitherman
Sorbara
Takhar
Van Bommel
Watson
Wilkinson
Wong
Wynne
Zimmer
NAYS / CONTRE -
18
Arnott
Baird
Barrett
Hardeman
Jackson
Klees
Martiniuk
Miller
Munro
O'Toole
Ouellette
Runciman
Scott
Sterling
Tascona
Wilson
Witmer
Yakabuski
And the Bill was accordingly
read the third time and was passed.
En conséquence, ce projet
de loi est lu une troisième fois et adopté.
The deferred vote on the motion
for Third Reading of Bill 96, An Act to amend the Liquor Licence
Act, was carried on the following division:-
La motion portant troisième
lecture du projet de loi 96, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les permis
d'alcool, mise aux voix sur le vote différé, est
adoptée par le vote suivant:-
AYES / POUR -
66
Arthurs
Bartolucci
Bentley
Berardinetti
Bountrogianni
Bradley
Broten
Brown
Brownell
Bryant
Cansfield
Caplan
Chambers
Colle
Cordiano
Craitor
Crozier
Delaney
Dhillon
Di Cocco
Dombrowsky
Duguid
Duncan
Flynn
Fonseca
Gerretsen
Hoy
Jeffrey
Kennedy
Kular
Kwinter
Lalonde
Levac
Matthews
Mauro
McGuinty
McMeekin
McNeely
Meilleur
Miller
Milloy
Mitchell
Orazietti
Peters
Phillips
Pupatello
Qaadri
Racco
Ramal
Ramsay
Rinaldi
Ruprecht
Sandals
Scott
Smith
Smitherman
Sorbara
Sterling
Takhar
Van Bommel
Watson
Wilkinson
Wong
Wynne
Yakabuski
Zimmer
NAYS / CONTRE -
18
Arnott
Baird
Barrett
Bisson
Hampton
Hardeman
Klees
Kormos
Marchese
Martel
Martiniuk
Munro
O'Toole
Ouellette
Runciman
Tascona
Wilson
Witmer
And the Bill was accordingly
read the third time and was passed.
En conséquence, ce projet
de loi est lu une troisième fois et adopté.
With unanimous consent, Donald
L. Revell was allowed to present himself on the floor of the
Chamber in order to accept the congratulations of the House on
the occasion of his retirement as Chief Legislative Counsel for
the Province of Ontario.
With unanimous consent, the
Routine Proceedings were extended by 15 minutes.
During Question Period, the
Speaker recessed the House for 5 minutes.
Pendant la période des
«Questions orales», le président ordonne une pause
de 5 minutes à l'Assemblée.
Upon his return, the Speaker
delivered the following ruling:-
Let me start by saying that it
is most helpful to me as Speaker if all Members would be
cognizant of the decorum in this place both in respect of their
actions and their words. Question Period is often in this place
somewhat raucous and given the nature of some of the subject
matter that is to an extent to be accepted. It is this very
nature of Question Period though that causes some difficulty for
the Speaker in terms of being able to maintain an appropriate
level of decorum. That is nevertheless my goal and my motivation.
Having said that, I have reconsidered my earlier decision with
respect to language used by the Member for Simcoe Grey and I am
prepared now to hear his supplementary.
With unanimous consent,
notwithstanding Standing Order 30(b), the House continued to meet
past 4:00 p.m. in order to complete the Routine
Proceedings.
PETITIONS
PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to the
national child tax benefit supplement (Sessional Paper No. P-30)
Mr. Bisson.
Petition relating to
facilitating the entry of skilled and professional newcomers to
Canada into the workforce (Sessional Paper No. P-37) Mr.
Delaney.
Petitions relating to restoring
funding for eye exams, chiropractic and physiotherapy services
(Sessional Paper No. P-127) Mr. Klees and Mr. Murdoch.
Petition relating to maintaining
the current definition of the District of Muskoka as part of
Northern Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr.
Miller.
Petition relating to reversing
the decision to close the Leslie M. Frost Centre (Sessional Paper
No. P-169) Ms. Scott.
Petition relating to calling on
the federal government to inject $3 billion into the Canada
Health and Social Transfer for post-secondary education
(Sessional Paper No. P-173) Mr. Kular.
Petition relating to passing
Bill 3, An Act to Protect Anaphylactic Students (Sessional Paper
No. P-180) Mr. Levac.
Petition relating to financial
commitments to all social service agencies regarding vulnerable
people in Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-181) Mr.
Racco.
Petition relating to ensuring
that the Banting Homestead is kept in good repair and preserved
(Sessional Paper No. P-189) Mr. Wilson.
Petition relating to passing
Bill 126 and protecting workers from sexual harassment (Sessional
Paper No. 222) Ms. Churley.
Petition relating to saving the
foreign film and television production sector of the Ontario Film
Production Industry (Sessional Paper No. 223) Mr.
Ruprecht.
With unanimous consent, the
House agreed to sit beyond 6:00 p.m. in order to consider
government business.
ORDERS OF THE
DAY
ORDRE DU JOUR
With unanimous consent, on
motion by Mr. Bisson,
Ordered, That the following be
agreed to with respect to this afternoon's debate: on Bill 17,
there shall be 5 minutes allocated to each recognized party and
at the end of that time the Speaker shall put every question
necessary to dispose of the Third Reading stage of the
Bill;
Thereafter, the remaining time
to 6:00 p.m. shall be split equally between consideration of Bill
124 and Bill 84 and the time for consideration of each Bill shall
be split equally among the recognized parties;
And at 6:00 p.m. the Speaker
shall put every question on the motions for Third Reading of Bill
84 and Bill 124.
A debate arose on the motion for
Third Reading of Bill 17, An Act to amend the Executive Council
Act.
Il s'élève un
débat sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet
de loi 17, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le Conseil
exécutif.
After some time, the question
having been put, the Deputy Speaker (Mr. Crozier) declared his
opinion that the Ayes had it, and a recorded vote having been
demanded,
Après quelque temps, la
motion mise aux voix, le vice-président, M. Crozier
déclare qu'à son avis les voix favorables l'emportent
et un vote par appel nominal a été
demandé,
The Deputy Speaker directed that
the Members be called in, for which purpose the division bells
were rung.
Le Vice-Président donne des
directives pour convoquer les députés et la sonnerie
d'appel se fait entendre.
During the ringing of the bells,
the Deputy Speaker addressed the House as follows:-
Pendant la sonnerie d'appel, le
Vice-Président s'adresse à l'Assemblée en ces
mots:-
I have received a request from
the Chief Government Whip, under Standing Order 28(h), that the
vote on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 17, An Act to amend
the Executive Council Act, be deferred until December 16,
2004.
J'ai reçu une requête
du Whip en chef du gouvernement, conformément à
l'article 28(h) du Règlement, que le vote sur la motion
portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 17, Loi modifiant
la Loi sur le Conseil exécutif, soit différé
jusqu'au 16 décembre 2004.
Therefore the vote is
accordingly deferred.
En conséquence, le vote est
différé.
A debate arose on the motion for
Third Reading of Bill 124, An Act to amend the Health Protection
and Promotion Act.
Il s'élève un
débat sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet
de loi 124, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la protection et la
promotion de la santé.
After some time, the motion was
declared carried and the Bill was accordingly read the third time
and was passed.
Après quelque temps, la
motion est déclarée adoptée et en
conséquence, ce projet de loi est lu une troisième fois
et adopté.
A debate arose on the motion for
Third Reading of Bill 84, An Act to provide for fiscal
transparency and accountability.
Il s'élève un
débat sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet
de loi 84, Loi prévoyant la transparence et la
responsabilité financières.
After some time, the question
having been put, the Deputy Speaker (Mr. Crozier) declared his
opinion that the Ayes had it, and a recorded vote having been
demanded,
Après quelque temps, la
motion mise aux voix, le vice-président, M. Crozier
déclare qu'à son avis les voix favorables l'emportent
et un vote par appel nominal a été
demandé,
The Deputy Speaker directed that
the Members be called in, for which purpose the division bells
were rung.
Le Vice-Président donne des
directives pour convoquer les députés et la sonnerie
d'appel se fait entendre.
During the ringing of the bells,
the Deputy Speaker addressed the House as follows:-
Pendant la sonnerie d'appel, le
Vice-Président s'adresse à l'Assemblée en ces
mots:-
I have received a request from
the Chief Government Whip, under Standing Order 28(h), that the
vote on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 84, An Act to
provide for fiscal transparency and accountability, be deferred
until December 16, 2004.
J'ai reçu une requête
du Whip en chef du gouvernement, conformément à
l'article 28(h) du Règlement, que le vote sur la motion
portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 84, Loi
prévoyant la transparence et la responsabilité
financières, soit différé jusqu'au 16
décembre 2004.
Therefore the vote is
accordingly deferred.
En conséquence, le vote est
différé.
After some time, pursuant to
Standing Order 9, the motion for the adjournment of the debate
was deemed to have been made and carried.
Après quelque temps,
conformément à l'article 9 du Règlement, la motion
d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir
été proposée et adoptée.
The House then adjourned at 6:00
p.m.
À 18 h, la chambre a
ensuite ajourné ses travaux.
le président
Alvin Curling
Speaker
PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO
STANDING ORDER 38(a)
Petition relating to the
Workers' Compensation Board (Sessional Paper No. P-156) Mr.
Kular.
SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED
PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(a)
DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES
DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 39(a) DU
RÈGLEMENT
Compendia:
Bill 164, An Act to rename and
amend the Tobacco Control Act, 1994, repeal the Smoking in the
Workplace Act and make complementary amendments to other Acts
(No. 332).
QUESTIONS ANSWERED (SEE
SESSIONAL PAPER NO. 5):-
Final Answers to Question
Numbers: 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 131, 132, 133 and
136.
