42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario


Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 125

No 125

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Thursday
November 7, 2019

Jeudi
7 novembre 2019

9:00 A.M.
9 H
PRAYERS
PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 136, An Act to enact the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 and make consequential amendments with respect to animal protection.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 136, Loi édictant la Loi de 2019 sur les services provinciaux visant le bien-être des animaux et apportant des modifications corrélatives concernant la protection des animaux.

Debate resumed and after some time the House recessed at 10:15 a.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 10 h 15, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

10:30 A.M.
10 H 30

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

With remarks by Mr. Schreiner, Mr. Fraser, Mrs. Stevens, and Mr. Ford, the House paid tribute in respect of Remembrance Day.

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for allocation of time on Bill 132, An Act to reduce burdens on people and businesses by enacting, amending and repealing various Acts and revoking various Regulations.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 64

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzeto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Ford

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Hardeman

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

Martow

McDonell

McKenna

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

Yakabuski

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 41

Andrew

Armstrong

Begum

French

Gates

Gélinas

Mamakwa

Mantha

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

NAYS / CONTRE - Continued

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Burch

Coteau

Fife

Fraser

Glover

Gretzky

Harden

Hassan

Hatfield

Horwath

Kernaghan

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Natyshak

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Yarde

Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 132, An Act to reduce burdens on people and businesses by enacting, amending and repealing various Acts and revoking various Regulations, when the Bill 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

That at such time the Bill shall be ordered referred to the Standing Committee on General Government; and

That the Standing Committee on General Government be authorized to meet from Tuesday, November 19, 2019 until Friday, November 29, 2019 for public hearings; and

That the Committee shall meet in London, Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, Kenora, and Toronto; and

That the Clerk of the Committee, in consultation with the Committee Chair, be authorized to arrange the following with regard to Bill 132:

• Notice of public hearings; and

• That the deadline for requests to appear be 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019; and

• That the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee and their designate following the deadline for requests to appear by 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019; and

• That each member of the Sub-committee or their designate provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters received by the Clerk, by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019; and

• That each witness will receive up to ten minutes for their presentation followed by twenty minutes for questioning, with eight minutes allotted to the Government, ten minutes allotted to the Official Opposition and two minutes allotted to the Green Party Independent Member; and

That the deadline for filing written submissions be 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 29, 2019; and

That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 2, 2019; and

That the Standing Committee on General Government shall be authorized to meet on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. for clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 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. At this time, the Chair shall allow one 20-minute waiting period pursuant to Standing Order 129(a); and

That the Committee shall report the Bill to the House no later than Wednesday, December 4, 2019. 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 that same day; and

That 5 hours and 20 minutes shall be allotted to Third Reading debate: 2 hours and 30 minutes allotted to the Government, 2 hours and 30 minutes allotted to the Official Opposition, and 20 minutes allotted to the Independents; and

That notwithstanding Standing Order 81(c), the Bill may be called for Third Reading more than once in the same sessional day; and

That in the event of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 5 minutes; and

That except in the case of a recorded division arising from morning Orders of the Day, pursuant to Standing Order 9(c), no deferral of the Second Reading vote shall be permitted.

The House recessed at 12:10 p.m.

À 12 h 10, la Chambre a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.
13 H

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DES PROJETS DE LOI

The following Bill was introduced, read the first time and referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills:-

Le projet de loi suivant est présenté, lu une première fois et renvoyé au Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d’intérêt privé :-

Bill Pr14, An Act respecting the Special Ability Riding Institute. Mr. Pettapiece.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

The Long-Term Care Homes Act (Sessional Paper No. P-13) Ms. Armstrong and Mr. Yarde.

School repair funding (Sessional Paper No. P-24) Ms. Singh (Brampton Centre).

Alzheimer’s disease (Sessional Paper No. P-44) Mr. Hatfield.

Memorial honouring war veterans (Sessional Paper No. P-68) Ms. Hogarth, Mrs. Karahalios and Mr. Sabawy.

Public service funding and withdrawal of Bill 124 (Sessional Paper No. P-160) Mr. West.

Amber light installation for eight-lamp warning system on school buses (Sessional Paper No. P-168) Mr. Cho (Willowdale) and Mr. Harris.

Math proficiency test (Sessional Paper No. P-172) Miss Taylor.

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D’INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉS

Mr. Bourgouin moved,

M. Bourgouin propose,

Second Reading of Bill 125, An Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act to make Northern Ontario Highways Safer.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 125, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’aménagement des voies publiques et des transports en commun pour accroître la sécurité des voies publiques dans le nord de l’Ontario.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Lost on the following division:-

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 38

Andrew

Armstrong

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Burch

Coteau

Fife

Fraser

Gélinas

Glover

Harden

Hassan

Hatfield

Horwath

Kernaghan

Mamakwa

Mantha

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Natyshak

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Yarde

NAYS / CONTRE - 59

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzeto

Downey

Elliott

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Hardeman

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

Martow

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mitas

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

Yakabuski

Mr. Pang moved,

M. Pang propose,

Second Reading of Bill 112, An Act to proclaim Lupus Awareness Day.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 112, Loi proclamant la Journée de sensibilisation au lupus.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried.

Adoptée.

Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales.

Mrs. Tangri moved,

Mme Tangri propose,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 83:-

Avis de motion émanant des députés no 83 :-

That, in the opinion of this House, it is crucial to educate Ontario Secondary School Students in the areas of life-saving CPR techniques and the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in an effort to increase public awareness and improve the rates of bystander intervention in medical emergencies.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 98

Anand

Andrew

Armstrong

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bethlenfalvy

Bisson

Bouma

Bourgouin

Burch

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Coteau

Crawford

Cuzzeto

Downey

Elliott

Fife

Fraser

Fullerton

Gélinas

Ghamari

Gill

Glover

Hardeman

Harden

Harris

Hassan

Hatfield

Hogarth

Horwath

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Kernaghan

Khanjin

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

Mamakwa

Mantha

Martin

Martow

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mitas

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Natyshak

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rakocevic

Rasheed

Roberts

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Sattler

Schreiner

Scott

Shaw

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Stevens

Stiles

Surma

Tabuns

Tangri

Taylor

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Vanthof

Wai

Walker

West

Yakabuski

Yarde

NAYS / CONTRE - 0

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Coteau,

Sur la motion de M. Coteau,

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, Ontario and its government shall oppose any law that would seek to restrict or limit the religious freedoms of our citizens; and, that Ontario’s Legislature should affirm that we value our diversity and assert that we shall promote and protect free expression and the rights of religious minorities, consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 132, An Act to reduce burdens on people and businesses by enacting, amending and repealing various Acts and revoking various Regulations.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 132, Loi visant à alléger le fardeau administratif qui pèse sur la population et les entreprises en édictant, modifiant ou abrogeant diverses lois et en abrogeant divers règlements.

Pursuant to the Order of the House passed earlier today,

Conformément à l’ordre de l’Assemblée adopté plus tôt aujourd’hui,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 56

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzeto

Downey

Elliott

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

Martin

Martow

McDonell

McKenna

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mitas

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

NAYS / CONTRE - 39

Andrew

Armstrong

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Burch

Coteau

Fife

Fraser

Gélinas

Glover

Harden

Hassan

Hatfield

Horwath

Hunter

Kernaghan

Mamakwa

Mantha

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Natyshak

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Yarde

Pursuant to the Order of the House passed earlier today,

Conformément à l’ordre de l’Assemblée adopté plus tôt aujourd’hui,

Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales.

Third Reading of Bill 124, An Act to implement moderation measures in respect of compensation in Ontario’s public sector.

Troisième lecture du projet de loi 124, Loi visant à mettre en oeuvre des mesures de modération concernant la rémunération dans le secteur public de l’Ontario.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

At 4:08 p.m., as a result of disruptions, the Acting Speaker (Ms. French) ordered the Public Galleries to be cleared.

À 16 h 08 à cause des interruptions, la présidente suppléante (Mme French) a donné des directives pour évacuer les tribunes réservées au public.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

Pursuant to the Order of the House dated October 31, 2019,

Conformément à l’ordre de l’Assemblée du 31 octobre 2019,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 63

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzeto

Downey

Elliott

Ford

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Hardeman

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

Kramp

Lecce

Martin

Martow

McDonell

McKenna

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Mitas

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

Yakabuski

Yurek

NAYS / CONTRE - 41

Andrew

Armstrong

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Bourgouin

Burch

Fife

Fraser

Gates

Gélinas

Glover

Gretzky

Harden

Hassan

Hatfield

Horwath

Hunter

Karpoche

Kernaghan

Mamakwa

Mantha

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Natyshak

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Yarde

The Bill passed.

Le projet de loi est adopté.

On motion by Mr. Calandra, it was Ordered that the House adjourn.

Sur la motion de M. Calandra, il est ordonné que la Chambre ajourne ses travaux.

The House adjourned at 5:26 p.m.

À 17 h 26, la Chambre a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Numbers: 132 and 133.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Provincial Wage Enhancement Grant (Sessional Paper No. P-96):

(Tabled May 7, 2019) Ms. Armstrong.

(Tabled June 6, 2019) Ms. Monteith-Farrell.

Changes to OSAP funding (Sessional Paper No. P-97):

(Tabled May 7, 2019) Ms. Fife.

(Tabled May 7, 2019) Mr. Kernaghan.

Lupus awareness day (Sessional Paper No. P-135):

(Tabled May 7, 2019) Mr. Pang.