42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario


Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 184

No 184

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Tuesday
September 22, 2020

Mardi

22 septembre 2020

9:00 A.M.
9 H
PRAYERS
PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Motion, as amended, regarding amendments to the Standing Orders.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

Ms. McKenna moved, under Standing Order 51 “That this question be now put”.

Mme McKenna propose, conformément à l’article 51 du Règlement « Que cette question soit maintenant mise aux voix ».

Vote deferred.

Le vote est différé.

At 10:12 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 9(e), the Government House Leader indicated that no further business would be called and therefore the House recessed.

À 10 h 12, conformément à l’article 9 e) du Règlement le leader parlementaire du gouvernement a indiqué qu’aucune autre affaire ne serait à l’ordre du jour et par conséquent, l’Assemblée suspendait ses travaux.

10:15 A.M.
10 H 15

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for closure on the motion, as amended, regarding amendments to the Standing Orders.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 34

Anand

Babikian

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Downey

Elliott

Fullerton

Hogarth

Kusendova

Lecce

McDonell

McKenna

Mitas

Mulroney

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Pettapiece

Rasheed

Roberts

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Thompson

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 21

Andrew

Armstrong

Arthur

Bell

Bisson

Blais

Bourgouin

Collard

Coteau

Fraser

Gates

Gélinas

Hunter

Mantha

Sattler

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Stevens

Stiles

Vanthof

The question was then put on the motion, as amended, as follows:-

La question sur la motion, telle que modifiée, a ensuite été mise aux voix, comme suite :-

Mr. Calandra moved:-

M. Calandra propose :-

That the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly be amended as follows:

Standing Order 7(d) is deleted and the following substituted:

7(d) Such motion may stipulate that the House shall continue to meet to a specified time not later than midnight.

Such a motion may apply to one day or to more than one day and, in the latter case, shall specify whether a different specified time applies to different days. The question on such a motion shall be put forthwith and without amendment or debate. If a recorded vote is requested by 5 members, the division bell shall be limited to 5 minutes.

Standing Order 9(a) is deleted and the following substituted, subject to the proviso noted below:

9. (a) The weekly meeting schedule for the House when it is in session shall be:

DAY

TIME

PROCEEDING

Monday

10:15 a.m.

Morning Routine:

Members’ Statements

Introduction of Visitors

Question Period

Deferred Votes

Following Morning Routine

Recess

1:00 p.m.

Afternoon Routine:

Introduction of Visitors

Reports by Committees

Introduction of Bills

Statements by the Ministry and Responses

Motions

Petitions

Following Afternoon Routine

Orders of the Day

6:00 p.m.

Adjournment

Tuesday

9:00 a.m.

Orders of the Day

10:15 a.m.

Morning Routine:

Members’ Statements

Introduction of Visitors

Question Period

Deferred Votes

Following Morning Routine

Recess

3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Routine:

Introduction of Visitors

Reports by Committees

Introduction of Bills

Statements by the Ministry and Responses

Motions

Petitions

Following Afternoon Routine

Orders of the Day

6:00 p.m.

Private Members’ Public Business

Following Private Members’ Public Business

Adjournment

Wednesday

9:00 a.m.

Orders of the Day

10:15 a.m.

Morning Routine:

Members’ Statements

Introduction of Visitors

Question Period

Deferred Votes

Following Morning Routine

Recess

3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Routine:

Introduction of Visitors

Reports by Committees

Introduction of Bills

Statements by the Ministry and Responses

Motions

Petitions

Following Afternoon Routine

Orders of the Day

6:00 p.m.

Private Members’ Public Business

Following Private Members’ Public Business

Adjournment

Thursday

9:00 a.m.

Orders of the Day

10:15 a.m.

Morning Routine:

Members’ Statements

Introduction of Visitors

Question Period

Deferred Votes

Following Morning Routine

Recess

1:00 p.m.

Afternoon Routine:

Introduction of Visitors

Reports by Committees

Introduction of Bills

Statements by the Ministry and Responses

Motions

Petitions

Following Afternoon Routine

Orders of the Day

6:00 p.m.

Private Members’ Public Business

Following Private Members’ Public Business

Adjournment

Provided that until the end of the Spring 2021 Meeting Period, the following is deemed to be part of the chart in the new Standing Order 9(a):

DAY

TIME

PROCEEDING

Monday

9:00 a.m.

Private Members’ Public Business

Following Private Members’ Public Business

Orders of the Day

Standing Order 10(b) is deleted and the following substituted:

10 (b) At the points each day when the House arrives at a transition from one proceeding to another, as set out in Standing Order 9(a), the Speaker shall interrupt and call the next proceeding and, if applicable, the matter under consideration at the point of interruption shall be deemed to be adjourned.

Standing Order 27 is amended by adding after the first sentence “This time will be reduced to 5 minutes for speeches to which less than 10 minutes is allotted.”

Standing Order 30(i) is deleted and the following substituted:

30 (i) Divisions requested on motions to adjourn the House or the debate, or that the Chair of a Committee of the Whole House report progress and ask for leave to meet again or leave the chair, shall not be deferred.

Standing Order 35(g) is amended, for the duration of the 42nd Parliament only, by adding “In addition to the Speaker’s allotment of questions to independent Members under this Standing Order, the Speaker may also allot to independent Members the slots for what would otherwise be the fourth and fifth questions allotted to government Members.”

Standing Order 36(a) is amended by deleting the words “on the adjournment of the House” and “at the time of adjournment that day”.

Standing Order 36(b) is deleted and the following substituted:

(b) Where notice has been given and reasons filed, as provided in clause (a), following Private Members’ Public Business on any Tuesday or Wednesday, the Speaker shall call for the matter to be debated for not more than 10 minutes, 5 minutes to be allotted to the member raising the matter and 5 minutes to the minister or to his or her parliamentary assistant to reply if he or she so wishes.

Standing Order 36 (c) is deleted and the following substituted:

(c) No more than 3 such matters of which notice has been given and reasons filed shall be debated on any single Sessional day. No motion may be moved and no other business may be conducted during the time provided for in this Standing Order. At the conclusion of such debate or debates the Speaker shall adjourn the House to the next Sessional day or, pursuant to Standing Order 7(d) or 47.1, call Orders of the Day, as the case may be.

Standing Order 36(e) is deleted and the following substituted:

36 (e) When an evening meeting period has been scheduled on a government motion as provided in Standing Order 7(d), the evening meeting period shall begin following the conclusion of the adjournment proceeding under this Standing Order.

Standing Order 36(f) is deleted.

Standing Order 37 is deleted and the following substituted:

37. Any divisions deferred under Standing Orders 10(c), 30(h) or 101(d) shall be disposed of consecutively during the proceeding “Deferred Votes” and the bells shall be rung for 5 minutes prior to each division.

Standing Order 38(a) is deleted and the following substituted:

38 (a) The report of a Standing or Select Committee on any bill shall be taken into consideration immediately and the Speaker shall put the question on the motion for the adoption of the report forthwith, which question shall be decided without amendment.

(a.1) If 12 members stand in their places when the Speaker puts the question on the motion for adoption of a report on a government bill, 30 minutes shall be allotted to an immediate report-stage debate on the motion. The time for the debate shall be allotted equally among the recognized Parties, after first allotting 6 minutes to the independent member(s) of the House, if any. Only one report-stage debate may be requested on any single Sessional day.

(a.2) If a recorded vote is requested on the motion for the adoption of the report on any bill, the division bells shall be limited to 5 minutes.

Standing Order 44 is deleted.

The following new Standing Order is added:

47.1 (a) A minister of the Crown, following consultation with the House Leaders of the Recognized Parties, may place a substantive motion on the Orders and Notices Paper identifying an issue to be debated in a take-note debate.

(b) The motion in clause (a) shall set out the day and time for the take-note debate.

(c) The debate indicated in the notice shall be taken up

(i) upon the commencement of Orders of the Day in the afternoon of the designated day; or

(ii) at the ordinary hour of adjournment on a Monday; or

(iii) following Private Members’ Public Business on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday,

whichever the notice in clause (a) specifies.

(d) A take-note debate shall not be designated to be taken up during afternoon Orders of the Day on a day on which notice of an Opposition Day has already been given.

(e) Notwithstanding Standing Order 26(a), no member may speak for longer than 10 minutes.

(f) The Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and declare the debate concluded,

(i) At 6:00 p.m. for a debate that takes place pursuant to clause (c)(i), or

(ii) After no more than 4 hours for a debate that takes place pursuant to clauses (c)(ii) or (iii).

(g) No motion may be moved during a take-note debate.

(h) When a take-note debate is designated to be taken up at the ordinary hour of adjournment on a Tuesday or Wednesday, the adjournment proceedings under Standing Order 36 shall not apply.

Standing Order 49(d) is amended by adding at the end “nor shall such a motion be made more than once during a single speech, within the meaning of Standing Order 26(d)”.

Standing Order 51 is amended by deleting the words “Except as provided by Standing Order 10(c), the vote on a motion for closure shall not be deferred” from the end.

Standing Order 61(c) is deleted and the following substituted:

(c) Private Members’ Public Business will not take place on the day the Budget is presented.

Standing Orders 74(b) and (c) are deleted.

Standing Order 84(c) is deleted and the following substituted:

(c) Without unanimous consent, no government bill shall be considered during Orders of the Day during an evening meeting of the House if that same bill has been considered on both the morning and afternoon meetings of the House on that same Sessional day.

Standing Order 92 is deleted and the following substituted:

92. The Clerk of the House shall publish 5 calendar days’ notice of the date on which any private bill is to be considered by the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Standing Order 101(a) is amended by deleting the first paragraph and substituting the following:

101. (a) One item of Private Members’ Public Business shall be considered at the times as set out in Standing Order 9 (a), and the time provided for each shall be allotted as follows:

Standing Order 101(d) is deleted and the following substituted:

101. (d) The Speaker shall cause any recorded division required upon any item of Private Members’ Public Business to be deferred to the proceeding “Deferred Votes”.

Temporary Standing Order 116(e) adopted on December 4, 2019 is deleted.

Standing Order 116(e) is deleted and the following substituted:

(e) A temporary substitution in the membership of a Standing or Select Committee may be made provided a notification thereof, signed by the member acting as the Whip of a recognized Party, is filed with the Clerk of the Committee either before or within 30 minutes of a Committee meeting being called to order. In the case of independent members, the notification must be signed by the independent permanent member and the independent substituting member.

(f) If a committee meeting is divided into morning and afternoon segments on the same sitting day, clause (e) applies to each segment individually.

Standing Order 117 is amended by deleting the words “post in the Legislative Building” and substituting “publish”.

Standing Order 128 is amended by deleting the word “Session” and substituting “Parliament”.

Standing Order 138(d) is amended by deleting the words “post on all notice boards” and substituting “publish”; and

That the Clerk is authorized to re-number the Standing Orders and to make such other consequential, editorial or other minor changes as may be required to ensure a consistent form of expression throughout the Standing Orders; and

That the terms of this motion shall come into force at 12:01 a.m. on the Friday of the week following the week in which this motion is adopted.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 34

Anand

Babikian

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Downey

Elliott

Fullerton

Hogarth

Kusendova

Lecce

McDonell

McKenna

Mitas

Mulroney

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Pettapiece

Rasheed

Roberts

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Thompson

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 17

Andrew

Armstrong

Bell

Bisson

Blais

Bourgouin

Collard

Coteau

Fraser

Gélinas

Mantha

Schreiner

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Stevens

Stiles

Vanthof

Ordered, That the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly be amended as follows:

Standing Order 7(d) is deleted and the following substituted:

7(d) Such motion may stipulate that the House shall continue to meet to a specified time not later than midnight.

Such a motion may apply to one day or to more than one day and, in the latter case, shall specify whether a different specified time applies to different days. The question on such a motion shall be put forthwith and without amendment or debate. If a recorded vote is requested by 5 members, the division bell shall be limited to 5 minutes.

Standing Order 9(a) is deleted and the following substituted, subject to the proviso noted below:

9. (a) The weekly meeting schedule for the House when it is in session shall be:

DAY

TIME

PROCEEDING

Monday

10:15 a.m.

Morning Routine:

Members’ Statements

Introduction of Visitors

Question Period

Deferred Votes

Following Morning Routine

Recess

1:00 p.m.

Afternoon Routine:

Introduction of Visitors

Reports by Committees

Introduction of Bills

Statements by the Ministry and Responses

Motions

Petitions

Following Afternoon Routine

Orders of the Day

6:00 p.m.

Adjournment

Tuesday

9:00 a.m.

Orders of the Day

10:15 a.m.

Morning Routine:

Members’ Statements

Introduction of Visitors

Question Period

Deferred Votes

Following Morning Routine

Recess

3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Routine:

Introduction of Visitors

Reports by Committees

Introduction of Bills

Statements by the Ministry and Responses

Motions

Petitions

Following Afternoon Routine

Orders of the Day

6:00 p.m.

Private Members’ Public Business

Following Private Members’ Public Business

Adjournment

Wednesday

9:00 a.m.

Orders of the Day

10:15 a.m.

Morning Routine:

Members’ Statements

Introduction of Visitors

Question Period

Deferred Votes

Following Morning Routine

Recess

3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Routine:

Introduction of Visitors

Reports by Committees

Introduction of Bills

Statements by the Ministry and Responses

Motions

Petitions

Following Afternoon Routine

Orders of the Day

6:00 p.m.

Private Members’ Public Business

Following Private Members’ Public Business

Adjournment

Thursday

9:00 a.m.

Orders of the Day

10:15 a.m.

Morning Routine:

Members’ Statements

Introduction of Visitors

Question Period

Deferred Votes

Following Morning Routine

Recess

1:00 p.m.

Afternoon Routine:

Introduction of Visitors

Reports by Committees

Introduction of Bills

Statements by the Ministry and Responses

Motions

Petitions

Following Afternoon Routine

Orders of the Day

6:00 p.m.

Private Members’ Public Business

Following Private Members’ Public Business

Adjournment

Provided that until the end of the Spring 2021 Meeting Period, the following is deemed to be part of the chart in the new Standing Order 9(a):

DAY

TIME

PROCEEDING

Monday

9:00 a.m.

Private Members’ Public Business

Following Private Members’ Public Business

Orders of the Day

Standing Order 10(b) is deleted and the following substituted:

10 (b) At the points each day when the House arrives at a transition from one proceeding to another, as set out in Standing Order 9(a), the Speaker shall interrupt and call the next proceeding and, if applicable, the matter under consideration at the point of interruption shall be deemed to be adjourned.

Standing Order 27 is amended by adding after the first sentence “This time will be reduced to 5 minutes for speeches to which less than 10 minutes is allotted.”

Standing Order 30(i) is deleted and the following substituted:

30 (i) Divisions requested on motions to adjourn the House or the debate, or that the Chair of a Committee of the Whole House report progress and ask for leave to meet again or leave the chair, shall not be deferred.

Standing Order 35(g) is amended, for the duration of the 42nd Parliament only, by adding “In addition to the Speaker’s allotment of questions to independent Members under this Standing Order, the Speaker may also allot to independent Members the slots for what would otherwise be the fourth and fifth questions allotted to government Members.”

Standing Order 36(a) is amended by deleting the words “on the adjournment of the House” and “at the time of adjournment that day”.

Standing Order 36(b) is deleted and the following substituted:

(b) Where notice has been given and reasons filed, as provided in clause (a), following Private Members’ Public Business on any Tuesday or Wednesday, the Speaker shall call for the matter to be debated for not more than 10 minutes, 5 minutes to be allotted to the member raising the matter and 5 minutes to the minister or to his or her parliamentary assistant to reply if he or she so wishes.

Standing Order 36 (c) is deleted and the following substituted:

(c) No more than 3 such matters of which notice has been given and reasons filed shall be debated on any single Sessional day. No motion may be moved and no other business may be conducted during the time provided for in this Standing Order. At the conclusion of such debate or debates the Speaker shall adjourn the House to the next Sessional day or, pursuant to Standing Order 7(d) or 47.1, call Orders of the Day, as the case may be.

Standing Order 36(e) is deleted and the following substituted:

36 (e) When an evening meeting period has been scheduled on a government motion as provided in Standing Order 7(d), the evening meeting period shall begin following the conclusion of the adjournment proceeding under this Standing Order.

Standing Order 36(f) is deleted.

Standing Order 37 is deleted and the following substituted:

37. Any divisions deferred under Standing Orders 10(c), 30(h) or 101(d) shall be disposed of consecutively during the proceeding “Deferred Votes” and the bells shall be rung for 5 minutes prior to each division.

Standing Order 38(a) is deleted and the following substituted:

38 (a) The report of a Standing or Select Committee on any bill shall be taken into consideration immediately and the Speaker shall put the question on the motion for the adoption of the report forthwith, which question shall be decided without amendment.

(a.1) If 12 members stand in their places when the Speaker puts the question on the motion for adoption of a report on a government bill, 30 minutes shall be allotted to an immediate report-stage debate on the motion. The time for the debate shall be allotted equally among the recognized Parties, after first allotting 6 minutes to the independent member(s) of the House, if any. Only one report-stage debate may be requested on any single Sessional day.

(a.2) If a recorded vote is requested on the motion for the adoption of the report on any bill, the division bells shall be limited to 5 minutes.

Standing Order 44 is deleted.

The following new Standing Order is added:

47.1 (a) A minister of the Crown, following consultation with the House Leaders of the Recognized Parties, may place a substantive motion on the Orders and Notices Paper identifying an issue to be debated in a take-note debate.

(b) The motion in clause (a) shall set out the day and time for the take-note debate.

(c) The debate indicated in the notice shall be taken up

(i) upon the commencement of Orders of the Day in the afternoon of the designated day; or

(ii) at the ordinary hour of adjournment on a Monday; or

(iii) following Private Members’ Public Business on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday,

whichever the notice in clause (a) specifies.

(d) A take-note debate shall not be designated to be taken up during afternoon Orders of the Day on a day on which notice of an Opposition Day has already been given.

(e) Notwithstanding Standing Order 26(a), no member may speak for longer than 10 minutes.

(f) The Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and declare the debate concluded,

(i) At 6:00 p.m. for a debate that takes place pursuant to clause (c)(i), or

(ii) After no more than 4 hours for a debate that takes place pursuant to clauses (c)(ii) or (iii).

(g) No motion may be moved during a take-note debate.

(h) When a take-note debate is designated to be taken up at the ordinary hour of adjournment on a Tuesday or Wednesday, the adjournment proceedings under Standing Order 36 shall not apply.

Standing Order 49(d) is amended by adding at the end “nor shall such a motion be made more than once during a single speech, within the meaning of Standing Order 26(d)”.

Standing Order 51 is amended by deleting the words “Except as provided by Standing Order 10(c), the vote on a motion for closure shall not be deferred” from the end.

Standing Order 61(c) is deleted and the following substituted:

(c) Private Members’ Public Business will not take place on the day the Budget is presented.

Standing Orders 74(b) and (c) are deleted.

Standing Order 84(c) is deleted and the following substituted:

(c) Without unanimous consent, no government bill shall be considered during Orders of the Day during an evening meeting of the House if that same bill has been considered on both the morning and afternoon meetings of the House on that same Sessional day.

Standing Order 92 is deleted and the following substituted:

92. The Clerk of the House shall publish 5 calendar days’ notice of the date on which any private bill is to be considered by the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Standing Order 101(a) is amended by deleting the first paragraph and substituting the following:

101. (a) One item of Private Members’ Public Business shall be considered at the times as set out in Standing Order 9 (a), and the time provided for each shall be allotted as follows:

Standing Order 101(d) is deleted and the following substituted:

101. (d) The Speaker shall cause any recorded division required upon any item of Private Members’ Public Business to be deferred to the proceeding “Deferred Votes”.

Temporary Standing Order 116(e) adopted on December 4, 2019 is deleted.

Standing Order 116(e) is deleted and the following substituted:

(e) A temporary substitution in the membership of a Standing or Select Committee may be made provided a notification thereof, signed by the member acting as the Whip of a recognized Party, is filed with the Clerk of the Committee either before or within 30 minutes of a Committee meeting being called to order. In the case of independent members, the notification must be signed by the independent permanent member and the independent substituting member.

(f) If a committee meeting is divided into morning and afternoon segments on the same sitting day, clause (e) applies to each segment individually.

Standing Order 117 is amended by deleting the words “post in the Legislative Building” and substituting “publish”.

Standing Order 128 is amended by deleting the word “Session” and substituting “Parliament”.

Standing Order 138(d) is amended by deleting the words “post on all notice boards” and substituting “publish”; and

That the Clerk is authorized to re-number the Standing Orders and to make such other consequential, editorial or other minor changes as may be required to ensure a consistent form of expression throughout the Standing Orders; and

That the terms of this motion shall come into force at 12:01 a.m. on the Friday of the week following the week in which this motion is adopted.

The House recessed at 12:24 p.m.

À 12 h 24, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

3:00 P.M.
15 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DE COMITÉS

Mr. Tabuns from the Standing Committee on Estimates presented the Committee’s report as follows:-

Pursuant to Standing Order 63, your Committee has selected the Estimates (2020-2021) of the following Ministries for consideration:-

Ministry of Long-Term Care (Including Supplementaries)

10 hrs. 00 mins.

Ministry of Education

5 hrs. 00 mins.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

7 hrs. 30 mins.

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

7 hrs. 30 mins.

Ministry of Health (Including Supplementaries)

15 hrs. 00 mins.

Ministry of Infrastructure

7 hrs. 30 mins.

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

7 hrs. 30 mins.

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Including Supplementaries)

15 hrs. 00 mins.

Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

7 hrs. 30 mins.

Ministry of Seniors and Accessibility (Including Supplementaries)

7 hrs. 30 mins.

Pursuant to Standing Order 64(a), the Estimates (2020-2021) of the following Ministries and Offices not selected for consideration are deemed to be passed by the Committee and are reported back to the House:-

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

101

Ministry Administration

$

22,624,900

107

Better Public Health and Environment

82,308,100

108

Strong Agriculture, Food and Bio-product Sectors and Strong Rural Communities

539,940,900

109

Policy Development

16,379,600

MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

301

Ministry Administration

$

258,781,600

302

Prosecuting Crime

293,783,100

303

Policy, Justice and Agencies

546,188,300

304

Legal Services

33,445,700

305

Court Services

836,163,700

306

Victims and Vulnerable Persons

204,365,600

307

Political Contribution Tax Credit

9,987,600

CABINET OFFICE

401

Cabinet Office

$

33,607,700

MINISTRY OF CHILDREN, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES (Including Supplementaries)

701

Ministry Administration

$

108,176,900

702

Children and Adult Services

17,870,231,700

703

Poverty Reduction Strategy

1,701,000

704

Children, Community and Social Services Capital

45,786,600

MINISTRY OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

3001

Ministry Administration

$

16,148,000

3002

Postsecondary Education

7,023,161,000

3005

Research

278,099,200

MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND PARKS

1101

Ministry Administration

$

63,195,000

1112

Environmental Policy

30,814,800

1114

Environmental Sciences and Standards

59,023,200

1116

Environmental Compliance and Operations

115,933,600

1118

Environmental Assessment and Permissions

27,243,500

1119

Climate Change and Resiliency

20,813,200

1120

Land and Water

60,704,600

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Including Supplementaries)

1201

Ministry Administration

$

36,821,200

1202

Regulatory Policy and Agency Relations

42,234,000

1203

Economic, Fiscal, and Financial Policy

261,560,800

1209

Tax, Benefits and Local Finance

985,335,000

1212

Support for People and Jobs

4,965,600,000

MINISTRY OF FRANCOPHONE AFFAIRS

1301

Francophone Affairs

$

6,074,100

MINISTRY OF GOVERNMENT AND CONSUMER SERVICES

1801

Ministry Administration

$

34,255,000

1809

Information, Privacy and Archives

20,070,000

1811

Ontario Shared Services

193,431,700

1812

Advertising Review Board

1,063,600

1814

ServiceOntario

237,991,000

1816

Consumer Services

29,756,800

1817

Government Services Integration Cluster

66,304,700

1820

Government Infrastructure Projects

679,378,100

1821

Enterprise Information Technology Services

133,794,800

MINISTRY OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

2001

Indigenous Affairs

$

80,725,400

MINISTRY OF LABOUR, TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

1601

Ministry Administration

$

20,163,300

1602

Pay Equity Commission

3,499,500

1603

Labour Relations

23,295,500

1604

Occupational Health and Safety

223,920,600

1605

Employment Rights and Responsibilities

46,909,900

1607

Employment Ontario

1,292,730,100

OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

1701

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

$

1,903,500

OFFICE OF THE PREMIER

2401

Office of the Premier

$

2,326,800

MINISTRY OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL (Including Supplementaries)

2601

Ministry Administration

$

153,130,800

2603

Public Safety Division

385,775,000

2604

Ontario Provincial Police

1,305,215,500

2605

Correctional Services

1,125,792,100

2606

Justice Technology Services

207,838,000

2607

Agencies, Boards and Commissions

907,800

2609

Emergency Planning and Management

89,194,700

2610

Strategic Policy Research and Innovation

4,554,800

2612

Inspectorate

3,646,200

2613

Anti-Racism Directorate

4,922,000

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION (Including Supplementaries)

2701

Ministry Administration

$

53,527,400

2702

Policy and Planning

6,361,595,100

2703

Road User Safety

135,011,900

2704

Provincial Highways Management

2,707,906,700

2705

Labour and Transportation Cluster

68,172,600

TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT (Including Supplementaries)

3401

Ministry Administration

$

23,249,500

3402

Labour Relations and Compensation

53,063,500

3403

Employee and Pensioner Benefits (Employer Share)

1,294,000,000

3404

Treasury Board Support

4,742,371,300

3405

Office of the Public Service Commission

25,194,900

3409

Central Agencies Cluster

44,041,600

3411

Bulk Media Buy

51,013,300

3412

Office of the Comptroller General

54,122,100

Pursuant to Standing Order 64(b), the Report of the Committee was deemed to be received and the Estimates of the Ministries and Offices named therein were deemed to be concurred in.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DE PROJETS DE LOI

The following Bills were introduced and read the first time:-

Les projets de loi suivants sont présentés et lus une première fois :-

Bill 205, An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and other Acts with respect to certain categories of evictions and the provision of legal representation with respect to such evictions. Ms. Bell.

Projet de loi 205, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2006 sur la location à usage d'habitation et d'autres lois en ce qui concerne certaines catégories d'expulsions et la représentation juridique en cas d'expulsions de ce genre. Mme Bell.

Bill 206, An Act to amend the Change of Name Act. Miss Mitas.

Projet de loi 206, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le changement de nom. Mlle Mitas.

The Speaker informed the House of the following changes in the Order of Precedence for Private Members’ Public Business:-

Le Président informé l’Assemblée des changements suivants dans l’ordre de priorité des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députées et députés :-

Mr. Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha) assumes Ballot Item number 26; and

Mr. Cho (Willowdale) assumes Ballot Item number 67.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That the requirement for notice be waived for ballot item numbers 17, 18, 19 and 20 in the Order of Precedence for Private Members’ Public Business.

Il est ordonné que l’obligation de donner avis fasse l’objet d’une exemption pour les billets des députées et députés numéro 17, 18, 19 et 20 dans l’ordre de priorité des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députées et députés.

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That the following changes be made to the membership of the following Committees:

On the Standing Committee on Estimates, Mr. Cuzzetto replaces Mr. Rasheed;

On the Standing Committee on Government Agencies, Mr. Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka) replaces Mr. Cuzzetto; and

On the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Mr. Kramp replaces Mr. Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka).

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That in addition to the mandate set out for the Standing Committee on Government Agencies in Standing Order 111(f), the Committee be authorized to retroactively review selections made from certificates tabled between March 6, 2020 and August 21, 2020, inclusive; and

That this additional mandate be effective for the Fall 2020 meeting period and any extension thereof; and

That, to facilitate this additional mandate, the following rules and procedures apply to the Committee and Sub-committee on Committee Business:

a) In addition to the selections made by members of the Sub-committee on Committee Business pursuant to Standing Order 111(f)3, Sub-committee Members are further permitted to select from previously made selections on any certificate tabled between March 6, 2020 and August 21, 2020, inclusive.

b) Sub-committee Members shall submit their retroactive selections made pursuant to clause (a) to the Clerk at the time they submit selections from current certificates.

c) Retroactive selections made pursuant to clause (a) shall be effective for 30 days and, while effective, may be scheduled by the committee pursuant to its usual process.

d) There shall be no limit to the number of times a retroactive selection may be made.

That, for the purposes of this Order, when applying Standing Order 111(f)5, 7, and 8, the term “intended appointee” shall be deemed to refer to any previously appointed candidates who are selected for retroactive review by the committee; and

That the provisions of Standing Order 111(f)6 shall not apply to consideration of retroactive reviews under this order; and

That the Chair of the Committee on the advice of the Clerk is authorized to institute or amend any administrative process of the Committee to facilitate the requirements of this Order; and

That, notwithstanding any provision of this Order, once the Committee has reviewed an appointment, that appointment may not be reviewed a subsequent time.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

The Long-Term Care Homes Act (Sessional Paper No. P-13) Mme Gélinas.

Affordable housing (Sessional Paper No. P-32) Ms. Andrew.

Climate action plan and carbon pricing mechanisms (Sessional Paper No. P-59) Mr. Fraser.

Le bureau du Commissaire aux services en français et le financement de l'Université de l'Ontario français (Document parlementaire no P-75) Mme Gélinas.

Autism (Sessional Paper No. P-87) Mme Gélinas.

Abuse awareness and prevention (Sessional Paper No. P-142) Mr. Mantha.

Les accents de la langue française sur les documents et cartes émis par le gouvernement de l'Ontario (Document parlementaire no P-174) Mme Gélinas.

Clinique spécialisée en sclérose en plaques à Sudbury (Document parlementaire no P-191) Mme Gélinas.

Health care providers and the temporary pandemic pay program (Sessional Paper No. P-230) Mme Gélinas.

Pandemic-related emergency basic income plan (Sessional Paper No. P-262) Ms. Andrew.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 202, An Act to continue the Soldiers’ Aid Commission.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 202, Loi prorogeant la Commission d’aide aux anciens combattants.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The Acting Speaker (Mr. Hatfield) informed the House of the following changes in the Order of Precedence for Private Members’ Public Business:-

Le président suppléant (M. Hatfield) informé l’Assemblée des changements suivants dans l’ordre de priorité des affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députées et députés :-

Mr. McDonell assumes Ballot Item number 14; and

Ms. Skelly assumes Ballot Item number 34.

At 6:01 p.m., the following matter was considered in an adjournment debate.

À 18 h 01, la question suivante a été examinée dans un débat d’ajournement.

Member for Ottawa South (Mr. Fraser) to the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Long-Term Care – Second wave of COVID-19.

The House adjourned at 6:13 p.m.

À 18 h 13, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Hunting and trapping of the eastern hybrid wolf (Sessional Paper No. P-71):

(Tabled June 16, 2020) Ms. Ghamari.

(Tabled May 19, 2020) Mr. Harris.

Job creation and business environment (Sessional Paper No. P-217):

(Tabled May 19, 2020) Ms. Skelly.