39th Parliament, 1st Session

No. 148

No 148

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Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Monday

May 11, 2009

Sessional Day 156

Lundi

11 mai 2009

Jour de session 156

1st Session,
39th Parliament

1re session
39e législature

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PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS

PRÉSENTATION DES VISITEURS

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, visitors were introduced.

Conformément à l'article 36, les visiteurs sont présentés.

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ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

Pursuant to Standing Order 37, the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

Conformément à l'article 37, la chambre passe aux questions orales.

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Pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the Speaker recessed the House at 11:37 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

Conformément à l'article 9 a), le Président ordonne une pause à l'Assemblée à 11 h 37 jusqu'à 13 h.

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1:00 P.M.

13 H

MEMBERS' STATEMENTS

DÉCLARATIONS DES DÉPUTÉS

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Conformément à l'article 31, des députés font des déclarations.

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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 179, An Act to amend various Acts related to regulated health professions and certain other Acts. Hon. Mr. Caplan.

Projet de loi 179, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne les professions de la santé réglementées et d'autres lois. L'hon. M. Caplan.

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STATEMENTS BY THE MINISTRY AND RESPONSES

DÉCLARATIONS MINISTÉRIELLES ET RÉPONSES

Pursuant to Standing Order 35, Ministers made statements and Opposition Members responded.

Conformément à l'article 35, des ministres font des déclarations et des députés de l'opposition y répondent.

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PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to asking the Federal Government to reform the Employment Insurance program (Sessional Paper No. P-57) Mr. Colle.

Petition relating to requesting an amendment to the Children's Law Reform Act (Sessional Paper No. P-95) Mr. Brownell.

Petition relating to redistributing provincial gasoline tax revenues fairly to all communities across the province (Sessional Paper No. P-130) Mr. Murdoch.

Petition relating to enhancing long-term care (Sessional Paper No. P-161) Ms. Jones.

Petition relating to the creation of a second NHL hockey team in the Hamilton and Greater Toronto Area (Sessional Paper No. P-173) Mr. Flynn.

Petition relating to suspending enforcement and amending Bill 41, the speed limiter law (Sessional Paper No. P-209) Mr. Bisson and Mr. Prue.

Petition relating to Bill 149, Inactive Cemeteries Protection Act (Sessional Paper P-220) Mr. Brownell.

Petition relating to a blended or harmonized sales tax (Sessional Paper P-224) Mr. Murdoch.

Petition relating to rejecting the harmonization of GST and RST (Sessional Paper P-225) Mr. O'Toole.

Petition relating to the Clarkson Airshed Study (Sessional Paper P-226) Mr. Sousa.

Petition relating to protecting General Motors pensioners (Sessional Paper P-233) Mr. O'Toole.

Petition relating to removing the harmonized sales tax from the 2009-2010 budget (Sessional Paper P-236) Mr. Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka).

Petition relating to the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act being left intact and unchanged with respect to the physical presence of a pharmacist (Sessional Paper P-243) Ms. DiNovo.

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ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Ms. Horwath moved,

Mme Horwath propose,

Whereas over 65% of working Ontarians have no workplace pension coverage;

Whereas the current economic and financial crisis has highlighted the weaknesses in the Ontario pension system;

Whereas the stock market meltdown has highlighted the negative impact on individuals near retirement saving solely on their own;

Whereas legislation currently under debate clearly states that the province has no obligation to ensure that the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) can meet its commitments, potentially leaving tens of thousands of workers and retirees in the lurch and without a secure retirement; and

Whereas the under-funding of the PBGF means that members of under-funded plans may not even receive the $1,000 per month minimum amount guaranteed, something that has never happened before in Ontario:

That, in the opinion of this House, the Ontario government should ensure that all Ontarians who currently lack a workplace pension have access to a decent retirement income by:

             1. Providing a universally accessible province-wide pension plan;

             2. Fully backing the province's Pension Benefit Guarantee Fund so that all current Ontario              pensions are fully protected. This would require an increase in the monthly benefit guarantee to              at least $2,500 as recommended in the Arthurs pension report; and

             3. Ensuring that all pensions are fully portable and that plan members receive all monies paid    into their plans including all monies contributed by employers.

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 - 12

Bisson

Gélinas

Hampton

Horwath

Kormos

Marchese

Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)

Murdoch

O'Toole

Ouellette

Prue

Tabuns

NAYS / CONTRE - 47

Aggelonitis

Arnott

Arthurs

Balkissoon

Bentley

Berardinetti

Broten

Brown

Brownell

Chan

Colle

Crozier

Delaney

Dhillon

Dombrowsky

Flynn

Gravelle

Hoy

Jeffrey

Johnson

Jones

Kular

Kwinter

Lalonde

Leal

Levac

Matthews

Mauro

McNeely

Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka)

Milloy

Mitchell

Moridi

Naqvi

Orazietti

Pendergast

Phillips

Ramsay

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Smith

Sousa

Takhar

Van Bommel

Yakabuski

Zimmer

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Debate was resumed on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 150, An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes.

Le débat reprend sur la motion portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 150, Loi édictant la Loi de 2009 sur l'énergie verte et visant à développer une économie verte, abrogeant la Loi de 2006 sur le leadership en matière de conservation de l'énergie et la Loi sur le rendement énergétique et modifiant d'autres lois.

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After some time, pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the motion for the adjournment of the debate was deemed to have been made and carried.

Après quelque temps, conformément à l'article 9 a) du Règlement, la motion d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir été proposée et adoptée.

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The House then adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

À 18 h, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

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le président

Steve  Peters

Speaker

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SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 40

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 40 DU RÈGLEMENT

compendia:

             Bill 179, An Act to amend various Acts related to regulated health professions and certain other Acts. (No. 422) (Tabled May 11, 2009).

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