38th Parliament, 2nd Session

No. 77

No 77

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Tuesday
May 16, 2006


Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 115
Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 116

Mardi
16 mai 2006


Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 115
Séance du soir - jour de session 116

2nd Session,
38th Parliament

2e session
38e législature

PRAYERS
1:30 P.M.

PRIÈRES
13 H 30

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 114, An Act to amend the Environmental Protection Act to protect the Halton waste disposal site. Mr. Chudleigh.

Projet de loi 114, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la protection de l'environnement afin de protéger le lieu d'élimination des déchets de Halton. M. Chudleigh.

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. Dunlop and Ms. Scott exchange places in order of precedence such that Mr. Dunlop assumes ballot item number 62 and Ms. Scott assumes ballot item number 40.

And that, pursuant to Standing Order 96(g), notice be waived for ballot item number 40.

With unanimous consent, on motion by Mr. Bradley,

Avec le consentement unanime, sur la motion de M. Bradley,

Ordered, That the following substitution be made to the membership of a Committee:

On the Standing Committee on General Government:

Mr. Tabuns replaces Ms. Horwath.

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 Tuesday, May 16, 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 - 51

Arthurs

Balkissoon

Bartolucci

Bentley

Berardinetti

Bountrogianni

Bradley

Broten

Bryant

Cansfield

Caplan

Chambers

Colle

Delaney

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duguid

Duncan

Flynn

Fonseca

Gravelle

Hoy

Jeffrey

Kennedy

Kular

Kwinter

Leal

Levac

Marsales

Matthews

Mauro

McMeekin

Mitchell

Orazietti

Parsons

Patten

Peters

Phillips

Pupatello

Racco

Ramal

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Smith

Smitherman

Sorbara

Van Bommel

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 23

Arnott

Barrett

Bisson

Chudleigh

Dunlop

Elliott

Hardeman

Jackson

Klees

Kormos

Marchese

Martiniuk

Miller

Munro

Murdoch

O'Toole

Prue

Runciman

Tabuns

Tascona

Tory

Witmer

Yakabuski

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to funding the treatment of IBI and an ABA education program in the school system (Sessional Paper No. P-9) Mr. Jackson.

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) Mr. Hampton and Mr. Murdoch.

Petitions relating to increasing operating funding to Long Term Care homes (Sessional Paper No. P-136) Mr. Hardeman and Mr. Runciman.

Petition relating to supporting and funding the ongoing service delivery of the Peel Community Mediation Service through Inter-Cultural Neighbourhood Social Services (Sessional Paper No. P-137) Mr. Kular.

Petition relating to passing Bill 67, the Organ and Tissue Donation Mandatory Declaration Act, 2006 (Sessional Paper No. P-142) Mr. Hardeman.

Petition relating to not approving the expansion of the Carp landfill (Sessional Paper No. P-146) Mr. Sterling.

Petition relating to supporting the JobsNow Program (Sessional Paper No. P-169) Ms. Smith.

Petition relating to proclaiming the month of May as "Better Speech, Language and Hearing Month"(Sessional Paper No. P-172) Mrs. Van Bommel.

Petitions relating to improving home care and implementing the Caplan Review (Sessional Paper No. P-179) Mr. Leal, Ms. Matthews and Mr. Ruprecht.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Mr. Runciman moved,

M. Runciman propose,

That the Legislative Assembly calls upon the government,

To recognize that the McGuinty Liberals have cut the Ministry of Tourism budget in both of their last two budgets by a total of $46 million and cut this year's budget by $25 million alone; and

To recognize that a strong Canadian dollar, increased border security, high gas prices and numerous anti-American statements made by prominent Liberals are just some of the many things that are currently hindering the tourism and hospitality industries in Ontario and despite all of these challenges, the McGuinty government has continually undertaken initiatives that further damage these sectors, such as the City of Toronto Act and greater regulation of Ontario's farmer markets; and

To recognize that besides criticizing the federal government, the McGuinty government has not taken any sort of meaningful action or demonstrated any kind of leadership in helping to solve current border issues with the United States or challenges facing the hospitality sector; and

To recognize that in 2005, U.S. border crossings to Ontario reached their lowest level since 1972 and that this decline in U.S. visitation is significant because, in 2004, Americans accounted for 18% of Ontario's total visitors and 26% of the province's visitors' spending; and

To recognize that the total number of person visits to Ontario has steadily declined under the McGuinty government and that, under their watch, these numbers have declined to levels not seen since the early and mid 1990's; and

To recognize that in January 2006, U.S. entries to Ontario fell to their lowest level for the month in 12 years and that in January 2006, Ontario received 40% fewer entries from the U.S. compared to January 2001, the historical peak for the month and 27% fewer compared to January 2003, yet the McGuinty government has continued to cut the Ministry of Tourism budget and proceed with legislative and policy initiatives that further jeopardize the economic well being of the hospitality sector.

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

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

AYES / POUR - 21

Barrett

Bisson

Chudleigh

Dunlop

Hardeman

Jackson

Klees

Kormos

Marchese

Martiniuk

Miller

Munro

Murdoch

Prue

Runciman

Scott

Sterling

Tascona

Tory

Witmer

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 46

Arthurs

Balkissoon

Bartolucci

Bentley

Berardinetti

Bradley

Brownell

Chambers

Cordiano

Delaney

Dombrowsky

Duguid

Flynn

Gerretsen

Kular

Kwinter

Leal

Levac

Matthews

Mauro

McMeekin

McNeely

Meilleur

Milloy

Orazietti

Patten

Peters

Peterson

Phillips

Pupatello

Qaadri

Racco

Ramal

Ramsay

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Sergio

Smith

Smitherman

Sorbara

Van Bommel

Wilkinson

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

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

Mr. Bradley moved,

M. Bradley propose,

That, pursuant to Standing Order 46 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 109, An Act to revise the law governing
residential tenancies, when Bill 109 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, in addition to its regularly scheduled meeting times, the Standing Committee on General Government shall be authorized to meet at the call of the Chair on May 29, May 31, June 5, June 7, 2006 for the purpose of conducting public hearings and clause-by-clause on the bill; and

That, the deadline for filing amendments to the bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 noon on June 7, 2006. On that day, at not later than 5:00 p.m. 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 the 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 not later than Thursday, June 8, 2006. In the event that the Committee fails to report the bill on that day, the bill shall be deemed to be 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 which order may be called on that same day; and

That, on the day the order for Third Reading for the bill is called, the time available for debate up to 5:50 p.m. or 9:20 p.m. as the case may be, shall be apportioned equally among the recognized Parties; and

That, when the time allotted for debate has expired, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and put every question necessary to dispose of the Third Reading stage of the bill without further debate or amendment; and

That, there shall be no deferral of any vote allowed pursuant to Standing Order 28(h); and

That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the bill, the division bell shall be limited to 10 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 - 30

Arthurs

Berardinetti

Bradley

Chambers

Delaney

Dombrowsky

Duguid

Flynn

Gerretsen

Levac

Mauro

McMeekin

McNeely

Milloy

Mitchell

Orazietti

Peters

Peterson

Pupatello

Qaadri

Racco

Ramal

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Sergio

Smith

Van Bommel

Wynne

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 8

Barrett

Klees

Marchese

Miller

Runciman

Tabuns

Tascona

Yakabuski

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 9:30 p.m.

À 21 h 30, 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) Mrs. Jeffrey and Ms. Smith.