38e législature, 1re session

No. 1

No 1

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Wednesday
November 19, 2003


Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 1

Mercredi
19 novembre 2003


Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 1

1st Session,
38th Parliament

1re session
38e législature

3:00 P.M.

15 H

(Great Seal of Ontario)

(Grand sceau de l'Ontario)

K. Bartleman

K. Bartleman

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

ELIZABETH DEUX, par la grâce de Dieu, Reine du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, Défenseur de la Foi.

Michael Bryant a première session

Procureur général de la 38ème législature de la province de l'Ontario en vue d'expédier les affaires parlementaires soit convoquée, à 15 heures, mercredi le 19 novembre 2003.

WITNESS:

TÉMOIN :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES K. BARTLEMAN

L'HONORABLE JAMES K. BARTLEMAN

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF OUR PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

LIEUTENANT-GOUVERNEUR DE NOTRE PROVINCE DE L'ONTARIO

GIVEN at Toronto, Ontario, on November 3, 2003.

FAIT à Toronto, en Ontario, le 3 novembre 2003.

BY COMMAND Gerry Phillips

PAR ORDRE Gerry Phillips

Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet

Président du Conseil de gestion du gouvernement

This being the first day of the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Parliament convoked by Proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor to take part in the business of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly laid upon the Table a Roll, hereinafter fully set out, containing a list of the names of the members who had been returned at the General Election to serve in this Parliament.

THIRTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ELECTION

Officer of the Assembly and Chief Election Officer

Toronto, November 5, 2003

This is to certify that by reason of the Dissolution of the last Legislature on the second day of September, 2003, and by virtue of the Writs of Election dated on the second day of September, 2003, issued by the Honourable Lieutenant Governor, and addressed to the hereinafter-named persons as Returning Officers for all the Electoral Districts in the Province of Ontario, for the election of Members to represent the several Electoral Districts in the Legislature of the Province in the Parliament convened to meet on the nineteenth day of November, 2003, the following named persons have been duly elected to represent the Electoral Districts set opposite their respective names as appears by the Returns of the said Writs of Election, which are now lodged of record in my office.

TRENTE-HUITIÈME ÉLECTION GÉNÉRALE

Officier de l'Assemblée et Directeur général des élections

Toronto, le 5 novembre 2003

Nous attestons par la présente que suite à la dissolution de la dernière Assemblée législative le deuxième jour de septembre 2003, et en vertu des décrets de convocation des électeurs et des électrices émis le deuxième jour de septembre 2003 par Son Honneur le lieutenant-gouverneur à l'adresse des personnes sous-nommées à titre de directeurs et directrices du scrutin de toutes les circonscriptions électorales de la province de l'Ontario en vue de l'élection des députés pour représenter les circonscriptions électorales à l'Assemblée législative de la province lors de l'Assemblée convoquée pour le dix-neuvième jour de novembre 2003, les personnes sous-nommées ont été dument élues pour représenter la circonscription inscrite à côté de leur nom respectif, tel qu'en font foi les rapports des élections tenues en conformité avec les dits décrets et déposés au registre de mon bureau.

ELECTORAL DISTRICT/ CIRCONSCRIPTION ÉLECTORALE

MEMBER ELECT/ DÉPUTÉ(E) ÉLU(E)

RETURNING OFFICER/ DIRECTEUR OU DIRECTRICE DU SCRUTIN

Algoma-Manitoulin

Mike Brown

Norma Cochrane

Barrie-Simcoe-Bradford

Joe Tascona

Bonnie J. Ainsworth

Beaches-East York

Michael David Prue

Ivor Vavasour

Bramalea-Gore-Malton-Springdale

Kuldip Kular

Sandra Hames

Brampton Centre / Brampton-Centre

Linda Jeffrey

M. Scott Ching

Brampton West-Mississauga /

Brampton-Ouest-Mississauga

Vic Dhillon

A. James Coups

Brant

Dave Levac

Carol Droeske

Toronto-Danforth

Marilyn Churley

Krystianna Sofroniou

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound

Bill Murdoch

Arlene Wright

Burlington

Cam Jackson

Jean Schemmer

Cambridge

Gerry Martiniuk

Alison Sanders

Davenport

Tony Ruprecht

Rocco D'Amico

Don Valley East /

Don Valley-Est

David Caplan

Camille A. Serrao

Don Valley West /

Don Valley-Ouest

Kathleen Wynne

George F. Hurst

Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey

Ernie Eves

Terry W. Sutton

Durham

John O'Toole

Ralph E. F. Werry

Eglinton-Lawrence

Mike Colle

Linda C. Sparling

Elgin-Middlesex-London

Steve Peters

Ross L. Harrison

Erie-Lincoln

Tim Hudak

Sonja Smith

Essex

Bruce Crozier

Nicole Baker

Etobicoke Centre /

Etobicoke-Centre

Donna Cansfield

Patricia Noonan

Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Laurel Broten

Donna Firman

Etobicoke North /

Etobicoke-Nord

Shafiq Qaadri

Janice Irene Hutchison

Glengarry-Prescott-Russsell

Jean-Marc Lalonde

Armand Brunet

Ottawa-Orléans

Philip McNeely

Maret Swayze

Guelph-Wellington

Liz Sandals

Kenneth H. Benn

Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant

Toby Barrett

James P. Maki

Halton

Ted Chudleigh

Don H. McMillan

Hamilton East /

Hamilton-Est

Dominic Agostino

E. Joyce Newman

Hamilton Mountain

Marie Bountrogianni

Maureen Radigan

Hamilton West /

Hamilton-Ouest

Judy Marsales

Geraldine Peterson

Hastings-Frontenanc-Lennox and Addington

Leona Dombrowsky

Bernadette Derry

Huron-Bruce

Carol Mitchell

Bruce Shaw

Kenora-Rainy River

Howard Hampton

Colin Murray Affleck

Chatham-Kent Essex

Pat Hoy

George Guy Taylor

Kingston and the Islands /

Kingston et les Îles

John Gerretsen

Lois I. Edwards

Kitchener Centre / Kitchener-Centre

John Milloy

Harold E. Hammond

Kitchener-Waterloo

Elizabeth Witmer

David G. Leeson

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex

Maria Van Bommel

Robert W. Bailey

Lanark-Carleton

Norm Sterling

Beth Sweetnam

Leeds-Grenville

Bob Runciman

Barbara Marlene Mills

London North Centre /

London-Centre-Nord

Deb Matthews

Donna Kleiman

London-Fanshawe

Khalil Ramal

Thomas D. McClenaghan

London West /

London-Ouest

Chris Bentley

Nikki A. Adam

Markham

Tony Wong

Clive D. Bloomfield

Mississauga Centre /

Mississauga-Centre

Harinder S. Takhar

Elaine Waterman

Mississauga East / Mississauga-Est

Peter Fonseca

Maureen Peirce

Mississauga South/ Mississauga-Sud

Tim Peterson

Wendy Pozak

Mississauga West /

Mississauga-Ouest

Bob Delaney

Janet Lynn Burghart

Nepean-Carleton

John Baird

M. Wayne Beaten

Niagara Centre /

Niagara-Centre

Peter Kormos

Joseph Atkinson

Niagara Falls

Kim Craitor

Jane Marshall

Nickel Belt

Shelley Martel

Richard Bois

Nipissing

Monique Smith

Ann Fudge

Northumberland

Lou Rinaldi

Winnifred A. Platt

Oak Ridges

Frank Klees

Samuel R. Bailie

Oakville

Kevin Flynn

Michael Abrahams

Oshawa

Jerry J. Ouellette

Donald P. Davidson

Ottawa Centre /

Ottawa-Centre

Richard Patten

Anita Hawdur

Ottawa South / Ottawa-Sud

Dalton McGuinty

A. Kingsley Beattie

Ottawa-Vanier

Madeleine Meilleur

Stephen M. Adler

Ottawa West-Nepean /

Ottawa-Ouest-Nepean

Jim Watson

Jane James

Oxford

Ernie Hardeman

Sandra Talbot

Parkdale-High Park

Gerard Kennedy

Ted Scaldwell

Parry Sound-Muskoka

Norm Miller

John M. Boyd

Perth-Middlesex

John Wilkinson

Marcia Cooper

Peterborough

Jeff Leal

Wellington Borland

Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge

Wayne Arthurs

Carol Sutton

Prince Edward-Hastings

Ernie Parsons

Joan Annette Guthrie

Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke

John Yakabuski

John Bromley

Sarnia-Lambton

Caroline Di Cocco

Sheila Henderson

Sault Ste. Marie

David Orazietti

James B. Myers

Scarborough-Agincourt

Gerry Phillips

Jean Pamenter

Scarborough Centre /

Scarborough-Centre

Brad Duguid

Marylois Bernard

Scarborough East / Scarborough-Est

Mary Anne Chambers

Patricia Eleanor Tays

Scarborough-Rouge River

Alvin Curling

George Tang

Scarborough Southwest /

Scarborough-Sud-Ouest

Lorenzo Berardinetti

Ed Travolo

Simcoe-Grey

Jim Wilson

Diann E. Gaston

Simcoe North / Simcoe-Nord

Garfield Dunlop

Gail O'Brien

St. Catharines

Jim Bradley

Ilse E. Dreifelds

St. Paul's

Michael Bryant

Denise Davis

Stoney Creek

Jennifer Mossop

Gary G. McKinney

Stormont-Dundas-Charlottenburgh

Jim Brownell

Claude Cousineau

Sudbury

Rick Bartolucci

Rosemarie Simmons

Thornhill

Mario G. Racco

Anthony Reale

Thunder Bay-Atikokan

Bill Mauro

Norma Hunt

Thunder Bay-Superior North /

Thunder Bay-Superior-Nord

Michael Gravelle

William Hogarth

Timiskaming-Cochrane

David Ramsay

Irene Stewart

Timmins-James Bay /

Timmins-Baie James

Gilles Bisson

Pierrette G. Lamarche

Toronto Centre-Rosedale /

Toronto-Centre-Rosedale

George Smitherman

Sharron L. E. Marlow

Trinity-Spadina

Rosario Marchese

Lesley E. Singer

Vaughan-King-Aurora

Greg Sorbara

Frances Romano

Haliburton-Victoria-Brock

Laurie Scott

Ruth Anne Matthews

Waterloo-Wellington

Ted Arnott

Pat Salter

Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Aldershot

Ted McMeekin

Franca Martino-Harper

Whitby-Ajax

Jim Flaherty

Elinor Kidd

Willowdale

David Zimmer

Frances Dobbs

Windsor-St. Clair

Dwight Duncan

James C. Evans

Windsor West / Windsor-Ouest

Sandra Pupatello

Anthony S. Brechkow

York Centre / York-Centre

Monte Kwinter

Susan Fletcher

York North / York-Nord

Julia Munro

Stephen Pallett

York South-Weston /

York-Sud-Weston

Joe Cordiano

Ken Paterson

York West / York-Ouest

Mario Sergio

Gus P. Caruso

The members, having taken the Oath of Allegiance, took their seats in the Legislative Chamber.

His Honour the Lieutenant Governor entered the Chamber and took his seat upon the Throne.

The Government House Leader said:-

"I am commanded by His Honour the Lieutenant Governor to state that he does not see fit to declare the causes of the summoning of the present legislature of this Province until a Speaker of this House shall have been chosen according to law, but tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. His Honour will declare the causes of the calling of this Legislature."

His Honour was then pleased to retire.

The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly addressed the Members as follows:-

"Members of the Legislative Assembly, it is my duty to call upon you to elect one of your numbers to preside over your deliberations as Speaker, therefore, I ask for nominations for the Office of the Speaker."

Mr. Lalonde moved, seconded by Ms. Churley, That Mr. Curling, member for the Electoral District of Scarborough-Rouge River, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker.

Mr. Sterling moved, seconded by Mr. Jackson, That Mr. Brown, member for the Electoral District of Algoma-Manitoulin, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Mr. Brown declined the nomination.

Mr. Hampton moved, seconded by Mr. Marchese, That Mr. Kular, member for the Electoral District of Bramalea-Gore-Malton-Springdale, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Mr. Kular declined the nomination.

Mr. Kormos moved, seconded by Mr. Bisson, That Mr. Colle, member for the Electoral District of Eglinton-Lawrence, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Mr. Colle declined the nomination.

Mr. Marchese moved, seconded by Ms. Martel, That Ms. Di Cocco, member for the Electoral District of Sarnia-Lambton, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Ms. Di Cocco declined the nomination.

Mr. Hampton moved, seconded by Mr. Kormos, That Mr. Qaadri, member for the Electoral District of Etobicoke North, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Mr. Qaadri declined the nomination.

Mr. Kormos moved, seconded by Mr. Marchese, That Ms. Cansfield, member for the Electoral District of Etobicoke Centre, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Ms. Cansfield declined the nomination.

Mr. Marchese moved, seconded by Mr. Hampton, That Mr. Dhillon, member for the Electoral District of Brampton West-Mississauga, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Mr. Dhillon declined the nomination.

Ms. Martel moved, seconded by Mr. Marchese, That Mr. Sergio, member for the Electoral District of York West, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Mr. Sergio declined the nomination.

Mr. Kormos moved, seconded by Mr. Hampton, That Ms. Wynne, member for the Electoral District of Don Valley West, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Ms. Wynne declined the nomination.

Mr. Kormos moved, seconded by Ms. Martel, That Mr. Agostino, member for the Electoral District of Hamilton East, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Mr. Agostino declined the nomination.

Ms. Martel moved, seconded by Mr. Bisson, That Mr. Brown, member for the Electoral District of Algoma-Manitoulin, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. The nomination was invalid as Mr. Brown had previously declined a nomination.

There being no further nominations, the Clerk declared the nominations closed.

And it was, Resolved, That Mr. Curling do take the Chair of this House as Speaker.

The Clerk having declared the Honourable Alvin Curling duly elected, he was conducted by Ms. Churley and Mr. Lalonde to the dais, where, standing on the upper step of the dais, he returned his humble acknowledgement to the House for the great honour that had been conferred on him by the members choosing him to be their Speaker.

The Speaker assumed the Chair and the Mace was laid upon the Table.

On motion by Mr. Duncan,

Ordered, That the House adjourn until 3:00 p.m. tomorrow.

The House then adjourned at 3:25 p.m.

À 15 h 25, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Alvin Curling

Speaker