Government motion 15

42nd Parliament, 1st Session


Motion moved by Todd Smith on

That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 47, An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000, the Labour Relations Act, 1995 and the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 and make complementary amendments to other Acts, 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, the vote on Second Reading may not be deferred pursuant to Standing Orders 9(c) or 28(h); and That, at such time the Bill shall be ordered referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs; and That the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for public hearings on the Bill; and That the Clerk of the Committee, in consultation with the Committee Chair, be authorized to arrange the following with regard to Bill 47: • That the deadline for requests to appear be 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018; and • That, the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee or their designate following the deadline for requests to appear by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018; 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 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2018; and • That each witness will receive up to five minutes for their presentation followed by ten minutes for questions divided equally amongst the recognized parties; and That the deadline for filing written submissions be 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 15, 2018; and That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 16, 2018; and That the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs shall be authorized to meet on Monday, November 19, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and That on Monday, November 19, 2018 at 5:30 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 Tuesday, November 20, 2018. 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 Finance and Economic Affairs, 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, notwithstanding Standing Order 81(c), the Bill may be called more than once in the same sessional day; and That, when the Order for Third Reading of the Bill is called, two hours of debate shall be allotted to the Third Reading stage of the Bill with fifty minutes allotted to the Government; forty minutes allotted to Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition; fifteen minutes to the Independent Liberal Members, and fifteen minutes allotted to the Independent Green Member; and That at the end of this time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of this stage of the Bill without further debate or amendment; 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 Third Reading vote shall be permitted; and That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 10 minutes.

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Amendment moved by Teresa Armstrong on and lost on division on

That the motion be amended as follows: In paragraph four insert the words “Monday, November 19, 2018, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 and Thursday, November 22, 2018” after the words “November 15, 2018”; and In paragraph six delete the words “November 15” and replace with the words “November 22”; and In paragraph seven delete the words “Friday, November 16” and replace with the words “November 26”; and In paragraph eight delete everything after the word “Monday” and replace with “November 19, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Monday, December 3, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and”; and In paragraph nine delete the words “November 19” and replace with the words “December 3”; and In paragraph 10 delete the words “November 20” and replace with the words “December 4”; and In paragraph 13 delete the words “two hours” and replace with the words “three hours and forty-five minutes”; delete the words “fifty minutes” and replace with the words “one hour and thirty minutes”; delete the words “forty minutes” and replace with the words “one hour and thirty minutes”; and delete the words “fifteen minutes” and replace with the words “thirty minutes”.

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