Government motion 33

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Motion moved by Christine Elliott on March 26, 2019

That, pursuant to Standing Order 47 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 74, An Act concerning the provision of health care, continuing Ontario Health and making consequential and related amendments and repeals, that the Standing Committee on Social Policy be authorized to meet on Monday, April 1, 2019 and Tuesday, April 2, 2019 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 74: • That the deadline for requests to appear be 12:00 noon on Thursday, March 28, 2019; 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 Thursday, March 28, 2019; 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 9:00 a.m. on Friday March 29, 2019; and • That each witness will receive up to eight minutes for their presentation followed by twelve minutes for questions divided equally amongst the recognized parties; and That the deadline for filing written submissions be 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, 2019; and That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 noon on Thursday, April 4, 2019; and That the Standing Committee on Social Policy shall be authorized to meet on Monday, April 8, 2019 and Tuesday, April 9, 2019 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 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 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 Wednesday, April 10, 2019. 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 Social Policy, 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, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 20 minutes.

Amendment moved by Gilles Bisson on March 26, 2019 and lost on division on March 27, 2019

That the motion be amended by deleting all of the words following the word “meet” in paragraph one and replacing them with “anywhere in the province during the constituency weeks in April and May for the purpose of public hearings on Bill 74 and that the Sub-committee should meet to organize all deadlines related to Committee business for Bill 74.”