Votes and Proceedings 2007-Apr-16 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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No. 157	N^o¹⁵⁷

Votes and Proceedings	Procès-verbaux
Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Assemblée législative de l'Ontario
Monday April 16, 2007 Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 238 Evening Meeting - Sessional Day 239	Lundi 16 avril 2007 Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 238Séance du soir - jour de session 239
2^ndSession, 38^th Parliament	2^e session 38^elégislature

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 205, An Act to amend the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 with respect to payday loans. Mr. Tascona.			Projet de loi 205, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2002 sur la protection du consommateur en ce qui a trait aux prêts sur salaire. M. Tascona.

Motions			Motions
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 16, 2007, and Tuesday, April 17, 2007 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 - 42

Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bradley Broten Brownell Bryant Cansfield	Caplan Chambers Chan Colle Craitor Dhillon Dombrowsky Duguid Flynn	Gravelle Jeffrey Kular Kwinter Lalonde Marsales Matthews Mauro			McMeekin McNeely Meilleur Mitchell Parsons Patten Phillips Racco	Ruprecht Sandals Sergio Smith Smitherman Watson Wynne Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 24

Arnott Chudleigh DiNovo Dunlop Elliott	Ferreira Hardeman Horwath Hudak Klees	Kormos Miller Munro Murdoch O'Toole			Ouellette Prue Savoline Scott Tabuns	Tascona Tory Witmer Yakabuski

With unanimous consent, on motion by Mr. Bradley,			Avec le consentement unanime, sur la motion de M. Bradley,
Ordered, That pursuant to Section 76(5) of the Commodity Futures Act, the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs be authorized to review the January 2007 Report of the Ontario Commodity Futures Act Advisory Committee (Sessional Paper No. 417); and That the Committee be authorized to report to the House its opinions, observations and recommendations concerning amendments to the Commodity Futures Act.

Following remarks by Mr. Kwinter, Mr. Tory and Mr. Ferreira, the House observed a moment of silence in commemoration of Yom ha-Shoah – Holocaust Memorial Day.

Petitions			Pétitions
Petition relating to not approving the expansion of the Carp landfill (Sessional Paper No. P-146) Mr. Sterling. Petition relating to amending the Children's Law Reform Act to emphasize the importance of children's relationships with their parents and grandparents (Sessional Paper No. P-205) Mr. Craitor. Petition relating to amending the Ontario Pension Benefits Act to give seniors the option of transferring locked-in pension funds into an R.R.S.P. at the age of 55 (Sessional Paper No. P-238) Ms. DiNovo. Petition relating to enacting Bill 25, An Act that will preserve the gravesites of the former Premiers of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-250) Mr. Brownell. Petition relating to supporting the Regulation of Zoos Act (Sessional Paper No. P-264) Mr. Prue. Petition relating to increasing long-term care operating funding in 2007 and 2008 and introducing a capital renewal and retrofit program (Sessional Paper No. P-282) Mr. Milloy. Petition relating to funding the eight million dollar shortfall for Lakeridge Health (Sessional Paper No. P-286) Mr. Ouellette. Petition relating to providing the required $1.4 million in new funding to Stevenson Memorial Hospital (Sessional Paper No. P-288) Mr. Wilson. Petition relating to supporting Bill 156 to reclassify the double-crested cormorant (Sessional Paper No. P-297) Mr. Miller. Petition relating to appealing the Ontario Court decision allowing more than two legal parents (Sessional Paper No. P-301) Mr. Murdoch. Petitions relating to upholding the standards of integrity, responsibility and accountability and demand the resignation of David Caplan, the minister responsible for the lottery system (Sessional Paper No. P-303) Mr. O'Toole and Mrs. Savoline. Petitions relating to starting construction of the Spadina-York Subway extension during the year 2007 (Sessional Paper No. P-304) Mr. Racco, Mrs. Sandals and Mr. Sergio. Petition relating to rebuilding or replacing the Shewfelt Bridge (Sessional Paper No. P-305) Mrs. Van Bommel.

Orders of the Day			Ordre du Jour
Opposition Day			Jour de l'opposition
Mr. Tory moved,			M. Tory propose,
That the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly shall meet for the purposes of an inquiry. The terms of reference of this inquiry include but are not limited to: an investigation into the flow of information between the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the Minister and Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal and the Premier's Office regarding the issues of fraud and other irregularities within Ontario's provincial lottery system, including documentary and viva voce evidence, and a review of the actions taken and the actions which might more appropriately have been taken to protect the interests of the citizens of Ontario and restore their faith and confidence in the integrity of Ontario's lottery system; That the Committee for the purpose of this referral is to be chaired by a member of the Official Opposition; That the subcomittee of the Committee be composed of one representative from each party plus the Chair; That the subcommittee shall have the ultimate decision-making power with respect to the calling of witnesses and any other procedural aspects of the proceedings and all matters arising relevant to the execution of the terms of reference of the Committee. A minimum list of witnesses will be determined by the House Leaders; additional witnesses to be determined by the subcommittee; That there shall be a Committee counsel hired and directed by the subcommittee paid for by the Legislative Assembly;
That the subcommittee can through Speaker's warrant compel the attendance of any person to attend and give evidence; That the subcommittee can through Speaker's warrant require any person to produce in evidence such documents and things as the subcommittee may specify; That the members of the Committee and/or their counsel shall be permitted to obtain production and review of any document or thing and disclosure of any viva voce evidence necessary and ancillary to the purpose of this investigation; That prior to the commencement of the Committee hearings the subcommittee may require the attendance of any person or production of any document for the purpose of a preliminary examination for discovery; That the Legislative Assembly Committee has priority over all other Committees with respect to its sitting time and in any event, the Committee shall not sit as a Committee for the purposes of this matter prior to the 1^st day of May, 2007. The Committee shall complete its investigation and file its report on this matter no later than the 30^th day of June, 2007; That the Legislative Assembly Committee be authorized to meet at the call of the Chair and notwithstanding prorogation; That any witness compelled to appear before the Committee may attend with counsel and shall be required to give testimony upon oath pursuant to section 59 of the Legislative Assembly Act; and That the Committee may if requested permit any portion of its proceedings to occur in camera.
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 - 29

Arnott Barrett Bisson Chudleigh DiNovo Dunlop	Elliott Ferreira Hardeman Horwath Hudak Klees	Kormos Marchese Martiniuk Miller Munro Murdoch			O'Toole Ouellette Prue Runciman Savoline Scott	Sterling Tory Wilson Witmer Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 48

Balkissoon Bartolucci Bentley Berardinetti Bountrogianni Bradley Brownell Bryant Caplan Chan	Craitor Dhillon Dombrowsky Duguid Flynn Fonseca Gerretsen Gravelle Jeffrey Kular	Kwinter Lalonde Leal Levac Marsales Matthews Mauro McMeekin Meilleur Milloy			Mitchell Mossop Orazietti Patten Peters Phillips Racco Ramal Ramsay	Sandals Sergio Smith Smitherman Takhar Van Bommel Watson Wynne Zimmer

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 155, An Act to provide for a referendum on Ontario's electoral system, when Bill 155 is next called as a Government Order the Speaker shall 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 ten 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 - 31

Balkissoon Bentley Berardinetti Bountrogianni Bradley Brownell Craitor	Crozier Dombrowsky Duguid Flynn Fonseca Gravelle	Jeffrey Lalonde Leal Matthews McNeely Meilleur			Milloy Mitchell Mossop Racco Ramal Ruprecht	Sandals Smith Smitherman Van Bommel Watson Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 9

Elliott Ferreira	Kormos Miller	Murdoch Ouellette			Scott Sterling	Yakabuski

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

April 16, 2007