Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 36

No 36

2nd Session
42nd Parliament

2e session
42e législature

Monday

February 28, 2022

Lundi

28 février 2022

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

O Canada

Ô Canada

Royal Anthem

Hymne royale

The Speaker addressed the House:-

Le Président s’adresse à l’Assemblée :-

I would like to bring the attention of Members of the House to the appointment of Chris Tyrell as Clerk-at-the-Table and as Senior Clerk, Committees.

We know Chris from his work as a committee clerk in the Procedural Services Branch and a friend to all of us. I know that all members join me in congratulating Chris as he assumes his new responsibilities.

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

The House recessed at 11:38 a.m.

À 11 h 38, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

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 88, An Act to enact, amend and repeal various statutes. Hon. Mr. McNaughton.

Projet de loi 88, Loi édictant, modifiant et abrogeant diverses lois. L’hon. M. McNaughton.

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 Pr63, An Act to revive Superior Corporate Services Limited. Mr. Fraser.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Optometry (Sessional Paper No. P-2) Ms. Bell, Mr. Bourgouin, Mr. Hatfield, Ms. Monteith-Farrell, Mr. Rakocevic and Mr. West.

Changes to education funding (Sessional Paper No. P-55) Mr. Harden and Ms. Shaw.

Islamophobia (Sessional Paper No. P-56) Mr. Glover and Mr. Rakocevic.

Repeal of breed specific legislation for dogs (Sessional Paper No. P-60) Ms. Bell.

On-screen smoking (Sessional Paper No. P-73) Ms. Armstrong.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l’opposition

Ms. Horwath moved,

Mme Horwath propose,

Whereas it has been estimated that up to a million Ontarians have been forced to postpone surgeries including cancer surgeries, heart bypass surgeries and knee and hip replacements, and people have been forced to delay cancer screenings, CT and MRI scans and other medically necessary procedures – and many will have to wait almost three years before receiving care; and

Whereas more than 80% of Ontarians have listed the backlog of services among their top healthcare concerns; and

Whereas Ontarians in rural areas are often forced to wait even longer than those in urban areas for treatment, and are regularly required to leave their communities for care; and

Whereas the former Liberal government froze hospital budgets and cut 1,600 nurses, and the Ford government’s failure to adequately fund hospitals and community clinics only worsened the impact of the pandemic; and

Whereas the Ford government’s 2021 budget promised less than half of the funding Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer and the Ontario Medical Association identified as necessary to clear the surgical backlog in 2021; and

Whereas the cost of the backlog has likely grown as a result of additional surgical delays brought about by the January 2022 directive to cancel 8,000-10,000 surgeries and procedures during the Omicron wave;

Therefore the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to: follow the advice of Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer and immediately allocate a minimum of $1.3B in new funding to address the backlog; work in consultation with communities and locally-based service providers to develop and implement a strategy to provide additional funding and supports necessary to address health care needs in rural and small town Ontario; and extend support for local hospitals and community clinics via a healthcare hiring strategy that includes the repeal of Bill 124.

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.

Lost on the following division:-

Rejetée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 23

Armstrong

Bell

Bisson

Blais

Bourgouin

Collard

Fraser

Glover

Harden

Hatfield

Horwath

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Simard

Stiles

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

West

NAYS / CONTRE - 46

Anand

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Dunlop

Elliott

Fedeli

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Harris

Hogarth

MacLeod

Martin

McDonell

McNaughton

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Pang

Parsa

Rasheed

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Tibollo

NAYS / CONTRE - Continued

Clark

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzetto

Jones

Kanapathi

Ke

Kusendova

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Triantafilopoulos

Walker

Yakabuski

With unanimous consent to move a motion without notice,

Avec le consentement unanime de proposé une motion sans préavis,

On motion by Mr. Calandra,

Sur la motion de M. Calandra,

Ordered, That for the duration of the 42nd Parliament or until such earlier date as indicated by the Government House Leader, in addition to any Speaker’s directives for the rest of the legislative precinct, except when recognized by the Speaker to speak, or the Chair of a Committee to speak, every Member shall wear a tightly woven fabric mask that completely covers the mouth and nose and fits snugly against the sides of the face without gaps while in the Chamber, or either of the Members’ lobbies, or any committee room, as the case may be.

Third Reading of Bill 84, An Act to enact two Acts and amend various other Acts.

Troisième lecture du projet de loi 84, Loi visant à édicter deux lois et à modifier diverses autres lois.

Debate arose and after some time the House adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps, à 18 h, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

PETITIONS TABLED PURSUANT TO
STANDING ORDER 42(a)

PÉTITIONS DÉPOSÉES CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE
42 a) DU RÈGLEMENT

Optometry (Sessional Paper No. P-2) (Tabled February 28, 2022) Ms. Ghamari, Mrs. Karahalios and Mr. Ke.

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 43

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 43 DU RÈGLEMENT

COMPENDIA:

Bill 88, An Act to enact, amend and repeal various statutes / Loi édictant, modifiant et abrogeant diverses lois (No. 135) (Tabled February 28, 2022).

Adjudicative Tribunals, Ontario Review Board, 2020-2021 Annual Report / Tribunaux décisionnels, Commission ontarienne d’examen, Rapport annuel 2020-2021 (No. 133) (Tabled February 25, 2022).

Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 111(f)(1) re intended appointments dated February 25, 2022 (No. 132) (Tabled February 25, 2022).

Letter to the Speaker from the Government House Leader respecting COVID-19 protocols in the Legislature (No. 134) (Tabled February 28, 2022).

RESPONSES TO PETITIONS

RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS

Overdose prevention and support services in Northern Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-23):

(Tabled October 27; November 15, 29, 2021) Ms. Monteith-Farrell.

Healthcare funding and policies (Sessional Paper No. P-26):

(Tabled October 28, 2021) Ms. Stiles.

Mental health coverage (Sessional Paper No. P-28):

(Tabled November 1, 2021) Mr. Schreiner.