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44th Parliament, 1st session

44e Législature, 1re session

Votes and Proceedings



Procès-verbaux



No. 64




Nº 64




Monday
April 20, 2026



Lundi
20 avril 2026



Hon. Donna Skelly
Speaker

L'hon. Donna Skelly
la présidente

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026
SIXTY-FOURTH DAY

LUNDI 20 AVRIL 2026
SOIXANTE-QUATRIÈME JOUR

9:00 A.M.

Prayers

9 H

Prières

Orders of the Day

Ordres du jour

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

Motion portant que la présente Assemblée adopte en général la politique budgétaire du gouvernement.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

Pursuant to Standing Order 61(d), the Acting Speaker (Ric Bresee) interrupted the proceedings and announced that there had been eight hours of debate on the motion.

Conformément à l’article 61 d) du Règlement, le président suppléant (Ric Bresee) a interrompu les travaux et a annoncé qu’il y avait eu huit heures de débat sur la motion.

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Vote deferred.

Le vote est différé.

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15

Deferred Votes

Votes différés

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

Motion portant que la présente Assemblée adopte en général la politique budgétaire du gouvernement.

Carried on the following division:

Adoptée par le vote suivant :

Ayes/pour (63)
Allsopp
Allsopp
Anand
Anand
Babikian
Babikian
Bailey
Bailey
Bethlenfalvy
Bethlenfalvy
Bouma
Bouma
Bresee
Bresee
Calandra
Calandra
Cho (Scarborough North)
Cho (Scarborough-Nord)
Clark
Clark
Coe
Coe
Cooper
Cooper
Crawford
Crawford
Cuzzetto
Cuzzetto
Denault
Denault
Dixon
Dixon
Dowie
Dowie
Downey
Downey
Dunlop
Dunlop
Firin
Firin
Flack
Flack
Gallagher Murphy
Gallagher Murphy
Grewal
Grewal
Gualtieri
Gualtieri
Hamid
Hamid
Hardeman
Hardeman
Harris
Harris
Holland
Holland
Jones (Dufferin—Caledon)
Jones (Dufferin—Caledon)
Jordan
Jordan
Kanapathi
Kanapathi
Kerzner
Kerzner
Khanjin
Khanjin
Kusendova-Bashta
Kusendova-Bashta
Leardi
Leardi
Lecce
Lecce
Lumsden
Lumsden
McCarthy
McCarthy
Mulroney
Mulroney
Pang
Pang
Parsa
Parsa
Piccini
Piccini
Pierre
Pierre
Pinsonneault
Pinsonneault
Pirie
Pirie
Quinn
Quinn
Racinsky
Racinsky
Rae
Rae
Rickford
Rickford
Riddell
Riddell
Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Sabawy
Sabawy
Sandhu
Sandhu
Sarkaria
Sarkaria
Saunderson
Saunderson
Smith (Parry Sound—Muskoka)
Smith (Parry Sound—Muskoka)
Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)
Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)
Smith (Scarborough Centre)
Smith (Scarborough-Centre)
Smith (Thornhill)
Smith (Thornhill)
Thompson
Thompson
Tibollo
Tibollo
Vickers
Vickers
Williams
Williams
 
Nays/contre (39)
Armstrong
Armstrong
Bell
Bell
Blais
Blais
Bourgouin
Bourgouin
Bowman
Bowman
Burch
Burch
Cerjanec
Cerjanec
Clancy
Clancy
Collard
Collard
Fairclough
Fairclough
Fife
Fife
Fraser
Fraser
French
French
Gates
Gates
Gélinas
Gélinas
Gilmour
Gilmour
Glover
Glover
Gretzky
Gretzky
Hazell
Hazell
Hsu
Hsu
Kernaghan
Kernaghan
Lennox
Lennox
McKenney
McKenney
McMahon
McMahon
Pasma
Pasma
Rakocevic
Rakocevic
Sattler
Sattler
Schreiner
Schreiner
Shaw
Shaw
Smyth
Smyth
Stevens
Stevens
Stiles
Stiles
Tabuns
Tabuns
Tsao
Tsao
Vanthof
Vanthof
Vaugeois
Vaugeois
Watt
Watt
West
West
Wong-Tam
Wong-Tam
 
And it was,
Resolved, That this House approves in general the Budgetary Policy of the Government.

The House recessed at 11:47 a.m.

À 11 h 47, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.


1:00 P.M.

13 H

Introduction of Government Bills

Dépôt de projets de loi émanant du gouvernement

The following Bill was introduced and read the first time:

Le projet de loi suivant est présenté et lu une première fois :

Bill 105, An Act to enact the Strengthening Talent Agency Regulation Act, 2026 and to amend various Acts. Hon. Andrea Khanjin (Minister of Red Tape Reduction).

Projet de loi 105, Loi édictant la Loi de 2026 visant à renforcer la réglementation des agences artistiques et modifiant diverses lois. L'hon. Andrea Khanjin (Ministre de la Réduction des formalités administratives).

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 106, An Act to proclaim Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week. Billy Pang.

Projet de loi 106, Loi proclamant la Semaine de sensibilisation à la déficience intellectuelle. Billy Pang.

Bill Pr46, An Act respecting Base31 Community Association. Tyler Allsopp.

Bill Pr49, An Act to revive 2343967 Ontario Inc. Deepak Anand.

Bill 107, An Act to amend the Gaming Control Act, 1992. Lee Fairclough; Stephen Blais; John Fraser; Ted Hsu.

Projet de loi 107, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1992 sur la réglementation des jeux. Lee Fairclough; Stephen Blais; John Fraser; Ted Hsu.

Petitions

Pétitions

No./ Petition title/Titre de la pétition Presented by/Présentée par
P-7 Health care privatization Peter Tabuns
P-17 Social assistance rates Catherine McKenney
P-25 Public education funding Stephanie Bowman
P-25 Public education funding Sandy Shaw
P-95 Hospital staffing Stephanie Bowman
P-95 Hospital staffing Ted Hsu
P-98 Post-secondary education funding Alexa Gilmour
P-160 Public sector procurement Deepak Anand
P-160 Public sector procurement Andrew Dowie
P-160 Public sector procurement Anthony Leardi
P-160 Public sector procurement Steve Pinsonneault
P-176 Standard of care for students with diabetes Peggy Sattler

Orders of the Day

Ordres du jour

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Marit Stiles moved,

Marit Stiles a proposé,

Whereas the cost of basic groceries has increased by at least 30 per cent in the last five years under this government; and
Whereas surveillance pricing allows corporations to use secret algorithms to take personal data, browsing habits, purchase history, and location to charge different prices to different people for the same product or service; and
Whereas companies like Uber are already taking advantage of surveillance pricing to unfairly inflate fares, and companies like Walmart are lobbying governments to expand the use of surveillance pricing for groceries; and
Whereas the federal government is monitoring the rise of surveillance pricing because of its impact on anti-competitive behaviour, but has not taken any action; and
Whereas the NDP government of Manitoba is taking leadership on consumer protection as the first province in Canada to take action against misuse of personalized data by banning surveillance pricing; and
Whereas Canadians overwhelmingly agree that surveillance pricing should be banned to prevent corporations from gouging consumers at the check out;
Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to ban surveillance pricing practices that misuse personal data to unfairly inflate prices, and ensure a fair and affordable price for groceries and other goods and services.

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 (35)
Bell
Bell
Blais
Blais
Bourgouin
Bourgouin
Bowman
Bowman
Burch
Burch
Cerjanec
Cerjanec
Clancy
Clancy
Fairclough
Fairclough
Fife
Fife
Fraser
Fraser
French
French
Gates
Gates
Gélinas
Gélinas
Gilmour
Gilmour
Glover
Glover
Gretzky
Gretzky
Hsu
Hsu
Kernaghan
Kernaghan
Lennox
Lennox
McKenney
McKenney
McMahon
McMahon
Pasma
Pasma
Rakocevic
Rakocevic
Sattler
Sattler
Schreiner
Schreiner
Shaw
Shaw
Smyth
Smyth
Stevens
Stevens
Stiles
Stiles
Tabuns
Tabuns
Vanthof
Vanthof
Vaugeois
Vaugeois
Watt
Watt
West
West
Wong-Tam
Wong-Tam
 
Nays/contre (58)
Allsopp
Allsopp
Anand
Anand
Babikian
Babikian
Bailey
Bailey
Bethlenfalvy
Bethlenfalvy
Bouma
Bouma
Calandra
Calandra
Cho (Scarborough North)
Cho (Scarborough-Nord)
Clark
Clark
Coe
Coe
Cooper
Cooper
Crawford
Crawford
Cuzzetto
Cuzzetto
Denault
Denault
Dixon
Dixon
Dowie
Dowie
Firin
Firin
Flack
Flack
Gallagher Murphy
Gallagher Murphy
Grewal
Grewal
Gualtieri
Gualtieri
Hamid
Hamid
Hardeman
Hardeman
Harris
Harris
Holland
Holland
Jordan
Jordan
Kanapathi
Kanapathi
Kerzner
Kerzner
Khanjin
Khanjin
Kusendova-Bashta
Kusendova-Bashta
Leardi
Leardi
Lecce
Lecce
McCarthy
McCarthy
McGregor
McGregor
Mulroney
Mulroney
Oosterhoff
Oosterhoff
Pang
Pang
Parsa
Parsa
Piccini
Piccini
Pierre
Pierre
Pinsonneault
Pinsonneault
Pirie
Pirie
Racinsky
Racinsky
Rae
Rae
Rickford
Rickford
Riddell
Riddell
Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Sabawy
Sabawy
Sandhu
Sandhu
Sarkaria
Sarkaria
Saunderson
Saunderson
Smith (Parry Sound—Muskoka)
Smith (Parry Sound—Muskoka)
Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)
Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)
Smith (Scarborough Centre)
Smith (Scarborough-Centre)
Smith (Thornhill)
Smith (Thornhill)
Thompson
Thompson
Tibollo
Tibollo
Vickers
Vickers
 

Hon. Steve Clark moved,

L'hon. Steve Clark a proposé,

That, pursuant to Standing Order 50 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 97, An Act to implement Budget measures, to enact, amend or repeal various statutes and to revoke various regulations; Bill 98, An Act to enact the Fare Alignment and Seamless Transit Act, 2026 and to amend various Acts; and Bill 101, An Act to amend various Acts in respect of education and child care;
That the Order of the House dated April 2, 2026, referring Bill 97 to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs be discharged, and the Bill be ordered for Third Reading; and
That the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy be authorized to meet for public hearings on Bill 98 on Monday, May 4, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and
That the deadline for requests to appear for hearings on Bill 98 be Thursday, April 23, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.; and
That the Clerk of the Committee shall provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee on Committee Business and their designate as soon as possible following the deadline for requests to appear; and
That if all requests to appear cannot be accommodated, each member of the Sub-committee or their designate may provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters for those respective hearings by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2026; and
That the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing be invited to appear as the sponsor of Bill 98 at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 4, 2026, and that the Minister shall have 20 minutes to make an opening statement followed by 39 minutes of questions and answers divided into two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Government members, two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Official Opposition members and two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Third Party; and
That witnesses shall be scheduled in groups of three for each one-hour time slot, with each presenter allotted 7 minutes to make an opening statement followed by 39 minutes of questioning for all three witnesses, divided into two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Government members, two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Official Opposition members and two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Third Party; and
That the deadline for written submissions on Bill 98 be 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2026; and
That the deadline for filing amendments to Bill 98 be 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2026; and
That the Committee meet for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 98 on Thursday, May 7, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:15 a.m.; and from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and from 7:00 p.m. until midnight; and
That on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., those amendments to Bill 98 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; and
At this time, the Chair shall allow one waiting period, if requested by a member of the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 131(a); and
That the Committee shall report Bill 98 to the House no later than Monday, May 11, 2026, and if the Committee fails to report the Bill on that day, the Bill shall be deemed passed by the Committee and shall be deemed reported to and received by the House; and
That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy on Bill 98, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith; and
That upon adoption of the report, Bill 98 shall be ordered for Third Reading, which Order may be called the same day; and
That the Standing Committee on Social Policy be authorized to meet for public hearings on Bill 101 on Monday, April 27, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and
That the deadline for requests to appear for hearings on Bill 101 be Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.; and
That the Clerk of the Committee shall provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee on Committee Business and their designate as soon as possible following the deadline for requests to appear; and
That if all requests to appear cannot be accommodated, each member of the Sub-committee or their designate may provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters for those respective hearings by 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, 2026; and
That the Minister of Education be invited to appear as the sponsor of Bill 101 at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 27, 2026, and that the Minister shall have 20 minutes to make an opening statement followed by 39 minutes of questions and answers divided into two rounds of 5.5 minutes for the Government members, two rounds of 5.5 minutes for the Official Opposition members, two rounds of 5.5 minutes for the Third Party and two rounds of 3 minutes for the independent Member of the Committee; and
That witnesses shall be scheduled in groups of three for each one-hour time slot, with each presenter allotted 7 minutes to make an opening statement followed by 39 minutes of questions and answers divided into two rounds of 5.5 minutes for the Government members, two rounds of 5.5 minutes for the Official Opposition members, two rounds of 5.5 minutes for the Third Party and two rounds of 3 minutes for the independent Member of the Committee; and
That the deadline for written submissions on Bill 101 be 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2026; and
That the deadline for filing amendments to Bill 101 be 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 28, 2026; and
That the Committee meet for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 101 on Thursday, April 30, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon; and from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and from 7:00 p.m. until midnight; and
That on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at 4:00 p.m., those amendments to Bill 101 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; and
At this time, the Chair shall allow one waiting period, if requested by a member of the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 131(a); and
That the Committee shall report Bill 101 to the House no later than Monday, May 4, 2026, and if the Committee fails to report the Bill on that day, the Bill shall be deemed passed by the Committee and shall be deemed reported to and received by the House; and
That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 101, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith; and
That upon adoption of the report, Bill 101 shall be ordered for Third Reading, which Order may be called the same day.

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.

Vote deferred.

Le vote est différé.

Second Reading of Bill 100, An Act to amend the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 100, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2001 sur les municipalités et la Loi de 1996 sur les élections municipales.

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

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 18 h, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.

Changes To The Order Of Precedence Pursuant To Standing Order 100(c)

Changements Dans L'Ordre De Priorité conformément à l'article 100 c) du règlement

On the ballot list draw of March 20, 2025: Liste de billets de députées et députés établie le 20 mars 2025 :
Ballot no./Billet nº Assumed by/Assumé par
44 Catherine Fife
68 Jamie West

Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 43

Documents Parlementaires déposés conformément à l'article 43 du règlement

No., Suffix/Nº, Suffixe Title/Titre Date tabled/Date de dépôt
284 Cabinet Office, Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 110(f)(1) re Intended Appointments: April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026/17 avril 2026
285 Compendia: Hon. Andrea Khanjin, Bill 105, An Act to enact the Strengthening Talent Agency Regulation Act, 2026 and to amend various Acts/Dossier à l’appui : L'hon. Andrea Khanjin, Projet de loi 105, Loi édictant la Loi de 2026 visant à renforcer la réglementation des agences artistiques et modifiant diverses lois April 20, 2026/20 avril 2026

Responses To Written Questions

Réponses Aux Questions Écrites

No./ Submitted by/Présentée par Outcome/Résultat
100 Chandra Pasma Final answer tabled April 20, 2026/Réponse finale déposée le 20 avril 2026
101 Chandra Pasma Final answer tabled April 20, 2026/Réponse finale déposée le 20 avril 2026
102 Chandra Pasma Final answer tabled April 20, 2026/Réponse finale déposée le 20 avril 2026

Responses to Petitions

Réponses aux pétitions

No./ Petition title/Titre de la pétition Presented by/Présentée par Date tabled/Date de dépôt
P-119 Gender-based violence and community public services Alexa Gilmour November 17, 2025/17 novembre 2025
  November 24, 2025/24 novembre 2025
  December 4, 2025/ 4 décembre 2025
P-123 Life leases Dawn Gallagher Murphy December 4, 2025/ 4 décembre 2025
Joseph Racinsky November 24, 2025/24 novembre 2025
P-124 Farmland protection Mike Schreiner November 24, 2025/24 novembre 2025
P-125 Support staff for primary care providers Peggy Sattler November 24, 2025/24 novembre 2025
P-126 Nuclear waste management Peter Tabuns November 24, 2025/24 novembre 2025