36e législature, 1re session

No. 11 No 11

Orders and Notices

Legislative Assembly

of Ontario

Feuilleton et Avis

Assemblée législative

de l'Ontario

1st Session,

36th Parliament

Tuesday,

October 17, 1995

1re session,

36e législature

Mardi

17 octobre 1995

TABLE OF CONTENTS / TABLE DES MATIÈRES

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS / AFFAIRES ÉMANANT DU

GOUVERNEMENT 3

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS / AFFAIRES ÉMANANT DES

DÉPUTÉS 4

NOTICES / AVIS 5

BILLS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES / PROJETS DE LOI DÉFÉRÉS AUX COMITÉS 6

QUESTIONS / QUESTIONS 7

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

AFFAIRES ÉMANANT DU GOUVERNEMENT

1. Second Reading Bill 1, An Act to amend the Executive Council Act. Hon. E. Eves. PRINTED.

Deuxième lecture Projet de loi 1, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le Conseil exécutif. L'hon. E. Eves. IMPRIMÉ.

2. Second Reading Bill 5, An Act respecting Shortline Railways. Hon. A. Palladini. PRINTED.

Deuxième lecture Projet de loi 5, Loi concernant les chemins de fer d'intérêt local. L'hon. A. Palladini. IMPRIMÉ.

3. Second Reading Bill 6, An Act to amend the Corporations Information Act. Hon. N. Sterling. PRINTED.

Deuxième lecture Projet de loi 6, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les renseignements exigés des personnes morales. L'hon. N. Sterling. IMPRIMÉ.

4. Second Reading Bill 7, An Act to restore balance and stability to labour relations and to promote economic prosperity and to make consequential changes to statutes concerning labour relations. Hon. E. Witmer. PRINTED.

Deuxième lecture Projet de loi 7, Loi visant à rétablir l'équilibre et la stabilité dans les relations de travail et à promouvoir la prospérité économique et apportant des modifications corrélatives à des lois en ce qui concerne les relations de travail. L'hon. E. Witmer. IMPRIMÉ.

5. Second Reading Bill 8, An Act to repeal job quotas and to restore merit-based employment practices in Ontario. Hon. M. Mushinski. PRINTED.

Deuxième lecture Projet de loi 8, Loi abrogeant le contingentement en matière d'emploi et rétablissant en Ontario les pratiques d'emploi fondées sur le mérite. L'hon. M. Mushinski. IMPRIMÉ.

6. Resuming the Adjourned Debate on the motion to authorize the House to meet at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 19, 1995.

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

AFFAIRES ÉMANANT DES DÉPUTÉS

7. Second Reading Bill 2, An Act to amend the Election Act. Mr D. McGuinty. PRINTED.

Deuxième lecture Projet de loi 2, Loi modifiant la Loi électorale. M. D. McGuinty. IMPRIMÉ.

8. Second Reading Bill 3, An Act to amend the Solicitors Act. Mr R. Chiarelli. PRINTED.

Deuxième lecture Projet de loi 3, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les procureurs. M. R. Chiarelli. IMPRIMÉ.

9. Second Reading Bill 4, An Act to amend the Law Society Act. Mr R. Chiarelli. PRINTED.

Deuxième lecture Projet de loi 4, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le Barreau. M. R. Chiarelli. IMPRIMÉ.

10. Second Reading Bill 9, An Act respecting the rounding of the Penny in Cash Transactions. Mr D. Tilson.

NOTICES

AVIS

SPECIAL DEBATES

DÉBATS SPÉCIAUX

OPPOSITION DAY

JOUR DE L'OPPOSITION

2. Mr Rae - Whereas the Common Sense Revolution states that "our obligation to those in need is even greater in the case of our children"; and

Whereas the Common Sense Revolution also notes that "children living in poverty suffer from significantly higher infant mortality rates, lower life expectancies and tend to receive poor nutrition and education"; and

Whereas Mike Harris's government is hurting kids who live on welfare through cuts in welfare benefits, because 41% of the people living on welfare are children; and

Whereas the 22% cut in welfare benefits hurts children most of all - children who will have to do without the food, clothing or adequate housing they need, children who have no way to fight back against the cuts; and

Whereas, Mike Harris's government is hurting kids who need day care by cutting the funding for day care provided through jobsOntario Training, so parents can't look for work or take job training; and

Whereas, this punishes families trying to help themselves and makes safe and dependable day care for their kids less accessible; and

Whereas Mike Harris's government is hurting kids who need extra help - abused children, children with disabilities, children from troubled homes - by cutting the budget for services like Children's Aid Societies, children's mental health centres and second-stage housing for women and children seeking refuge from domestic violence and abuse; and

Whereas Mike Harris's government is hurting kids and their families by eliminating jobs, by making it harder for them to make ends meet and harder to get training to get back to work; and

Whereas Mike Harris's government is cancelling early childhood education pilot projects and making junior kindergarten less accessible for children across the province, despite a generation's evidence that education supports in the early years pay huge positive dividends later in children's lives;

Therefore, this House calls on the Mike Harris government to stop hurting Ontario's children, primarily by restoring the benefits it has seized by means of welfare rate cuts, but also by restoring the funding cuts it has made to child care provision, to training, and to social service agencies. Minister of Community and Social Services. To be debated today.

BILLS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES

PROJETS DE LOI DÉFÉRÉS

AUX COMITÉS

STANDING COMMITTEE ON REGULATIONS AND PRIVATE BILLS

Bill Pr9, An Act respecting the City of Brampton. Mr T. Clement. (Referred October 10, 1995).

Bill Pr11, An Act respecting the Waterloo County Board of Education. Mr G. Leadston. (Referred October 10, 1995).

Bill Pr12, An Act respecting Canadian Niagara Power Company, Limited. Mr T. Hudak. (Referred October 11, 1995).

Bill Pr13, An Act respecting the City of Nepean. Mr J. Baird. (Referred October 10, 1995).

Bill Pr14, An Act respecting the City of Nepean. Mr J. Baird. (Referred October 10, 1995).

Bill Pr37, An Act respecting the City of Mississauga. Mr R. Sampson. (Referred October 11, 1995).

Bill Pr38, An Act respecting the Waterloo-Guelph Regional Airport. Mr G. Leadston. (Referred October 10, 1995).

QUESTIONS

(Questions are to appear on the day after they are received and on every subsequent day in that week and then subsequently only on each Monday until an Answer (other than an Interim Answer) is received. A question first appearing on a Thursday will appear on each day of the following week.)

QUESTIONS

(Les questions seront publiées le jour suivant leur réception et tous les jours de la semaine. Elles seront ensuite publiées tous les lundis jusqu'à ce qu'une réponse autre qu'une réponse provisoire soit reçue. Une question publiée le jeudi pour la première fois sera publiée tous les jours de la semaine suivante.)

28. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.5303)M for 1995-96 as applied to fire management and the shortening of contracts of seasonal staff. October 17, 1995.

29. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (19.0397)M for 1995-96 as applied to timber environmental assessment/sustainable forestry reductions. October 17, 1995.

30. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.4204)M for 1996-97 as applied to a reduction in aviation, fire and flood management capabilities. October 17, 1995.

31. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (19.0397)M for 1996-97 as applied to savings through revisions to the forest management business plan. October 17, 1995.

32. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.3805)M for 1995-96 and (0.6680M) for 1996-97 as applied to the closing of Kemptville, Orono, Thessalon Tree Nurseries and closure of Midhurst and Kirkland Lake/Thunder Bay support units. October 17, 1995.

33. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.0644M) for 1995-96 and (0.2339)M for 1996-97 as applied to the reduction in parks Ontario staff. October 17, 1995.

34. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (l.2000)M for 1995-96 and (1.2000)M for 1996-97 as applied to reduce conservation authorities operating TPs. October 17, 1995.

35. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (1.8710)M for 1995-96 and (1.8710)M for 1996-97 as applied to aboriginal program reductions. October 17, 1995.

36. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (1.1518)M for 1995-96 and( 2.0371)M for 1996-97 as applied to the downsizing and re-engineering of field operations. October 17, 1995.

37. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (1.0122)M for 1995-96 and (1.0122)M for 1996-97 to eliminate selected programs funded by ADM operations. October 17, 1995.

38. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.4597)M for 1995-96 and (0.4620)M for 1996-97 as applied to reduction in the Great Lakes Resource Management Program. October 17, 1995.

39. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (1.2599)M for 1995-96 and (1.2711)M for 1996-97 as applied to reduce policy and planning activities. October 17, 1995.

40. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (1.5122)M for 1995-96 and (1.7328)M for 1996-97 as applied to corporate support and management reductions. October 17, 1995.

41. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Natural Resources provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (2.9256)M for 1995-96 and (3.0103)M for 1996-97 as applied to reduce science and information resource activities. October 17, 1995.

42. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister responsible for Native Affairs provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.2500)M for 1995-96 as applied to reduce salaries and wages. October 17, 1995.

43. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister responsible for Native Affairs provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.2500)M for 1995-96 and (0.2500)M for 1996-97 as applied to a reduction in SPR transfer payments. October 17, 1995.

44. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister responsible for Native Affairs provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.2500)M for 1996-97 as applied to a reduction in support for community negotiations fund. October 17, 1995.

45. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister responsible for Native Affairs provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.6000)M for 1995-96 and (0.6000)M for 1996-97 as applied to a reduction in ODOE. October 17, 1995.

46. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Community and Social Services provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.2698)M for 1995-96 and (1.0579)M for 1996-97 as applied to L'il Beavers - recreation program - funding elimination. October 17, 1995.

47. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Community and Social Services provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.3021)M for 1995-96 and (1.1772)M for 1996-97 as applied to Native Community Development Worker funding elimination. October 17, 1995.

48. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Community and Social Services provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.0567)M for 1996-97 as applied to Ontario Native Council on Justice funding elimination. October 17, 1995.

49. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Community and Social Services provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.3000)M for 1995-96 and (0.3000)M for 1996-97 as applied to reduction of "Back of Track" funding to aboriginals. October 17, 1995.

50. Mr Brown (Algoma-Manitoulin) - Enquiry of the Ministry - Would the Minister of Community and Social Services provide details of the Ministry's operating spending reductions as announced on October 6, 1995 of (0.0186)M for 1995-96 and (0.0372)M for 1996-97 as applied to Ontario Native Welfare Administrator Assoc. operating budget-funding elimination. October 17, 1995.