42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario


Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 214

No 214

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Thursday
November 26, 2020

Jeudi
26 novembre 2020

9:00 A.M.
9 H
PRAYERS
PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Third Reading of Bill 201, An Act to proclaim Magna Carta Day.

Troisième lecture du projet de loi 201, Loi proclamant le Jour de la Grande Charte.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Carried.

Adoptée.

The Bill passed.

Le projet de loi est adopté.

At 10:01 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 01 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

The Speaker informed the House,

Le Président a informé l’Assemblée,

That the following document was tabled:-

Que le document suivant a été déposé :-

Report entitled Provincial Infrastructure: A Review of the Province’s Infrastructure and an Assessment of the State of Repair from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. 629).

Rapport intitulé L’infrastructure provinciale : Examen de l’infrastructure de la province et évaluation de son état du Bureau de la Responsabilité Financière de l’Ontario (Document parlementaire no 629).

At 10:29 a.m., the House observed a moment of silence in honour of the Trans Day of Remembrance.

À 10 h 29, l’Assemblée a observé une minute de silence pour marquer la Journée du souvenir trans.

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion that this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 55

Anand

Baber

Babikian

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Dunlop

Elliott

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

McDonell

McKenna

Mitas

Mulroney

Nicholls

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

AYES / POUR - Continued

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Khanjin

Lecce

MacLeod

Martin

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Skelly

Smith (Peterborough–Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Wai

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 25

Armstrong

Begum

Berns-McGown

Burch

Collard

Fraser

Gélinas

Glover

Hassan

Hatfield

Hunter

Karahalios

Karpoche

Kernaghan

Monteith-Farrell

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Stiles

Taylor

Vanthof

West

And it was,

Resolved, That this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government.

Motion for closure on the amendment to the motion regarding the reappointment of the Chief Medical Officer of Health.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 53

Anand

Babikian

Barrett

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Harris

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Khanjin

MacLeod

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

Mulroney

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Simard

Skelly

Smith (Peterborough–Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Wai

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 21

Armstrong

Begum

Berns-McGown

Burch

Fraser

Gélinas

Glover

Hassan

Hatfield

Hunter

Kernaghan

Monteith-Farrell

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Stiles

Taylor

Vanthof

West

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

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

Mr. Calandra moved,

M. Calandra propose,

That an humble Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council as follows:-

“We, Her Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, now assembled, request the reappointment of Dr. David Williams as Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Province of Ontario as provided in Section 81 (1.1) of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, to hold office under the terms and conditions of the said Act, commencing February 16, 2021 until September 1, 2021.”;

And that the Address be engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council by the Speaker.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 52

Anand

Babikian

Barrett

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Scarborough North)

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fraser

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Harris

Hogarth

Hunter

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Khanjin

MacLeod

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

Mulroney

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Rasheed

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Peterborough–Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Wai

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 18

Armstrong

Begum

Berns-McGown

Gélinas

Glover

Hassan

Karahalios

Kernaghan

Monteith-Farrell

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Stiles

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council as follows:-

“We, Her Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, now assembled, request the reappointment of Dr. David Williams as Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Province of Ontario as provided in Section 81 (1.1) of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, to hold office under the terms and conditions of the said Act, commencing February 16, 2021 until September 1, 2021.”;

And, it was Ordered, That the Address be engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council by the Speaker.

The House recessed at 12:52 p.m.

À 12 h 52, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.
13 H

REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

RAPPORTS DE COMITÉS

The Speaker addressed the House:-

Le Président s’adresse à l’Assemblée :-

Standing Order 66(a) provides that “the Standing Committee on Estimates shall present one report with respect to all of the Estimates and Supplementary Estimates considered pursuant to Standing Orders 63 and 65 no later than the third Thursday in November of each calendar year.”

The House not having received a report from the Standing Committee on Estimates for certain offices on Thursday, November 19, 2020, as required by the Standing Orders of this House, pursuant to Standing Order 66(b) the Estimates before the Committee of the Office of the Assembly, Office of the Auditor General, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, and Ombudsman Ontario are deemed to be passed by the Committee and are deemed to be reported to and received by the House.

Pursuant to Standing Order 64(b), the Estimates (2020-2021) of the following offices, not having been selected for consideration, were deemed to be received and concurred in:-

OFFICE OF THE ASSEMBLY

201

Office of the Assembly

$

160,233,000

202

Commission(er)’s

29,031,000

OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL

2501

Office of the Auditor General

$

25,561,700

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER

501

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

$

33,814,900

OMBUDSMAN ONTARIO

2301

Ombudsman Ontario

$

30,468,600

Standing Committee on General Government:-

Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales :-

Bill 3, An Act providing for the development of a provincial framework on hospice palliative care.

Projet de loi 3, Loi prévoyant l’élaboration d’un cadre provincial des soins palliatifs.

Reported as amended.

Rapport est fait du projet de loi modifié.

English long title amended to read:-

Le titre anglais est modifié comme suit :-

An Act providing for the development of a provincial framework on palliative care”.

Report adopted.

Rapport adopté.

Ordered for Third Reading.

Ordonné pour la troisième lecture.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DE 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 236, An Act in respect of food and beverage delivery fees. Hon. Mr. Sarkaria.

Projet de loi 236, Loi concernant les frais de livraison de nourriture et de boissons. L’hon. M. Sarkaria.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

The Long-Term Care Homes Act (Sessional Paper No. P-13) Ms. Armstrong, Mr. Kernaghan, Ms. Monteith-Farrell and Ms. Sattler.

Ranked ballot system (Sessional Paper No. P-276) Ms. Hunter.

Anti-abortion images (Sessional Paper No. P-281) Mr. Kernaghan.

Cannabis retail store location (Sessional Paper No. P-287) Mr. Babikian.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Third Reading of Bill 215, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to the economic recovery of Ontario and to make other amendments.

Troisième lecture du projet de loi 215, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne la reprise économique de l’Ontario et apportant d’autres modifications.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Carried.

Adoptée.

The Bill passed.

Le projet de loi est adopté.

Pursuant to Standing Order 7(e), the Government House Leader indicated that the evening meeting period was no longer required and therefore cancelled.

Conformément à l’article 7 e) du Règlement, le leader parlementaire du gouvernement a indiqué que la réunion en soirée n’était plus nécessaire et par conséquent était annulée.

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

That notwithstanding Standing Order 9(a), the House agreed to commence Private Members’ Public Business before 6:00 p.m. today.

Que nonobstant l’article 9 a) du Règlement, l’Assemblée a accepté de commencer les affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députées et députés avant 18 h aujourd’hui.

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ PUBLIC BUSINESS

AFFAIRES D’INTÉRÊT PUBLIC ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉES ET DÉPUTÉS

Mr. Vanthof moved,

M. Vanthof propose,

Second Reading of Bill 226, An Act to enact the Broadband is an Essential Service Act, 2020.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 226, Loi édictant la Loi de 2020 déclarant que le service à large bande est un service essentiel.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Carried.

Adoptée.

Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Renvoyé au Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales.

The House adjourned at 5:02 p.m.

À 17 h 02, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 43

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 43 DU RÈGLEMENT

COMPENDIA:

Bill 236, An Act in respect of food and beverage delivery fees/Projet de loi 236, Loi concernant les frais de livraison de nourriture et de boissons (No. 630) (Tabled November 26, 2020).

RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES

Final Answers to Question Numbers: 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 and 256.

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Social assistance policies (Sessional Paper No. P-28):

(Tabled October 5, 2020) Ms. Armstrong.

(Tabled October 8, 2020) Ms. Karpoche.

La Loi sur les foyers de soins de longue durée (Document parlementaire no P-42):

(Déposée le 5 octobre 2020) Mme Shaw.

Motorcycle operation without a helmet (Sessional Paper No. P-158):

(Tabled October 5, 2020) Mr. Nicholls.