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No. 57	N^o 57

Votes and Proceedings	Procès-verbaux
Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Assemblée législative de l'Ontario
Monday April 10, 2006 Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 82 Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 83	Lundi 10 avril 2006 Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 82 Séance du soir - jour de session 83
2^nd Session, 38^th Parliament	2^e session 38^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 the Clerk has received from the Chief Election Officer and laid upon the Table three certificates of by-elections in the Electoral Districts of Whitby-Ajax, Nepean-Carleton, and Toronto-Danforth.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF WHITBY-AJAX -- CHRISTINE ELLIOTT PROVINCE OF ONTARIO Mr. Claude L. DesRosiers Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Room 104 Legislative Building Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A2 Dear Mr. DesRosiers: A Writ of Election dated the First day of March, 2006, was issued by the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario and was addressed to Elinor Kidd, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Whitby-Ajax, for the election of a Member to represent the said Electoral District of Whitby-Ajax in the Legislative Assembly of this Province in the room of Jim Flaherty who, since his election as representative of the said Electoral District of Whitby-Ajax, has resigned his seat. This is to certify that, a poll having been granted and held in Whitby-Ajax on the Thirtieth day of March, 2006, Christine Elliott has been returned as duly elected as appears by the Return of the said Writ of Election, dated the 7th day of April, 2006, which is now lodged of record in my office. JOHN L. HOLLINS Toronto, April 10, 2006 CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER

ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF NEPEAN-CARLETON -- LISA MACLEOD PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Mr. Claude L. DesRosiers Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Room 104 Legislative Building Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A2 Dear Mr. DesRosiers: A Writ of Election dated the First day of March, 2006, was issued by the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario and was addressed to M. Wayne Beaten, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Nepean-Carleton, for the election of a Member to represent the said Electoral District of Nepean-Carleton in the Legislative Assembly of this Province in the room of John Baird who, since his election as representative of the said Electoral District of Nepean-Carleton, has resigned his seat. This is to certify that, a poll having been granted and held in Nepean-Carleton on the Thirtieth day of March, 2006, Lisa MacLeod has been returned as duly elected as appears by the Return of the said Writ of Election, dated the 7th day of April, 2006, which is now lodged of record in my office. JOHN L. HOLLINS Toronto, April 10, 2006 CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER

ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF TORONTO-DANFORTH -- PETER TABUNS PROVINCE OF ONTARIO Mr. Claude L. DesRosiers Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Room 104 Legislative Building Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A2 Dear Mr. DesRosiers: A Writ of Election dated the First day of March, 2006, was issued by the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario and was addressed to Krystianna Sofroniou, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Toronto-Danforth, for the election of a Member to represent the said Electoral District of Toronto-Danforth in the Legislative Assembly of this Province in the room of Marilyn Churley who, since her election as representative of the said Electoral District of Toronto-Danforth, has resigned her seat. This is to certify that, a poll having been granted and held in Toronto-Danforth on the Thirtieth day of March, 2006, Peter Tabuns has been returned as duly elected as appears by the Return of the said Writ of Election, dated the 7th day of April, 2006, which is now lodged of record in my office. JOHN L. HOLLINS Toronto, April 10, 2006 CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER

Christine Elliott, member for the Electoral District of Whitby-Ajax, having taken the oath and subscribed the Roll, took her seat.

Lisa MacLeod, member for the Electoral District of Nepean-Carleton, having taken the Oath and subscribed the Roll, took her seat.

Peter Tabuns, member for the Electoral District of Toronto-Danforth, having taken the Oath and subscribed the Roll, took his seat.

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 98, An Act to require reporting on increased electricity consumption. Mr. Lalonde.			Projet de loi 98, Loi sur le signalement obligatoire de toute augmentation de la consommation d'électricité. M. Lalonde.

MOTIONS			MOTIONS
With unanimous consent, on motion by Mr. Bradley,			Avec le consentement unanime, sur la motion de M. Bradley,
Ordered, That notwithstanding Standing Order 96(d), the following change be made to the ballot list of private members' public business. Mr. Orazietti and Mr. Wilkinson exchange places in order of precedence such that Mr. Orazietti assumes ballot item 51 and Mr. Wilkinson assumes ballot item 37.

Mr. Bradley moved,			M. Bradley 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, April 10, 2006 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

Arnott Arthurs Balkissoon Barrett Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bradley Broten Bryant Cansfield Caplan Chambers Chudleigh	Colle Craitor Crozier Delaney Dhillon Di Cocco Dombrowsky Duguid Duncan Dunlop Elliott Flynn Gerretsen Hardeman	Hoy Hudak Jackson Jeffrey Klees Kular Kwinter Lalonde Levac MacLeod Marsales Martiniuk Matthews Meilleur		Miller Mitchell Mossop Munro Orazietti O'Toole Parsons Patten Peters Peterson Phillips Qaadri Ramal	Sandals Smith Smitherman Takhar Tascona Tory Van Bommel Watson Wilkinson Wilson Witmer Wynne Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 8

Hampton Horwath	Kormos Marchese	Martel Murdoch		Prue	Tabuns

PETITIONS			PÉTITIONS
Petition relating to OHIP coverage for all forms of Macular Degeneration (Sessional Paper No. P-16) Mr. Craitor.
Petition relating to freezing gas prices temporarily and petitioning the federal government to remove the GST (Sessional Paper No. P-31) Ms. MacLeod.
Petition relating to an increase to the employment earnings exemption threshold for ODSP recipients (Sessional Paper No. P-70) Ms. Horwath.
Petition relating to funding the treatment of the occult sub-type of macular degeneration with photodynamic therapy for all patients (Sessional Paper No. P-108) Mr. Dunlop.
Petitions relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mrs. Elliott, Mr. Flynn, Mr. Murdoch, and Mr. O'Toole.
Petition relating to passing Bill 67, the Organ and Tissue Donation Mandatory Declaration Act, 2006 (Sessional Paper No. P-142) Mr. Ouellette.
Petition relating to reforming funding policies for social programs for the Region of Peel (Sessional Paper No. P-143) Mr. Peterson.
Petition relating to school bus crossing control arms (Sessional Paper No. P-147) Mr. Parsons.
Petitions relating to faith-based schools in Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-151) Mr. Hardeman and Mr. Yakabuski.

ORDERS OF THE DAY			ORDRE DU JOUR
Debate was resumed on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 56, An Act to amend the Emergency Management Act, the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.			Le débat reprend sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 56, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la gestion des situations d'urgence, la Loi de 2000 sur les normes d'emploi et la Loi de 1997 sur la sécurité professionnelle et l'assurance contre les accidents du travail.
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.

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 53, An Act to revise the City of Toronto Acts, 1997 (Nos. 1 and 2), to amend certain public Acts in relation to municipal powers and to repeal certain private Acts relating to the City of Toronto.			Le débat reprend sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 53, Loi révisant les lois de 1997 n^os 1 et 2 sur la cité de Toronto, modifiant certaines lois d'intérêt public en ce qui concerne les pouvoirs municipaux et abrogeant certaines lois d'intérêt privé se rapportant à la cité de Toronto.
After some time, the motion was declared carried and the Bill was accordingly read the second time and Ordered referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.			Après quelque temps, la motion est déclarée adoptée et en conséquence, ce projet de loi est lu une deuxième fois et renvoyé au Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales.

Mr. Bradley moved, That the House do now adjourn.			M. Bradley 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 7:15 p.m.			À 19 h 15, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président Mike Brown Speaker

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 38(a) Petitions relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. Orazietti, Mr. Parsons, and Mr. Ramal.

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(a)			DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 39 a) DU RÈGLEMENT
Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 106(e)(1) re intended appointments dated April 7, 2006 (No. 123) (Tabled April 7, 2006). QUESTIONS ANSWERED (SEE SESSIONAL PAPER NO. 5):- Final Answers to Question Numbers: 103 and 104.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS			RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS
Petitions relating to funding to community agencies to ensure quality support and services to people who have an intellectual disability (Sessional Paper No. P-15) (Tabled December 12, 2005) Mr. Craitor and Mr. Ouellette.

April 10, 2006