38e législature, 1re session

No. 13

No 13

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Wednesday
December 10, 2003


Daytime Meeting - Sessional Day 22

Mercredi
10 décembre 2003


Séance de l'après-midi - jour de session 22

1st Session,
38th Parliament

1re session
38e législature

PRAYERS
1:30 P.M.

PRIÈRES
13 H 30

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DES 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 20, An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act to increase the penalties for contraventions of the Act and regulations. Mr. Kormos.

Projet de loi 20, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail en vue d'augmenter les peines en cas d'infraction aux dispositions de la Loi et des règlements. M. Kormos.

Bill 21, An Act to amend the Ontario Water Resources Act with respect to water source protection. Ms. Churley.

Projet de loi 21, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les ressources en eau de l'Ontario en ce qui concerne la protection des sources d'alimentation en eau. Mme Churley.

Bill 22, An Act to promote patients' rights. Ms. Martel.

Projet de loi 22, Loi visant à promouvoir les droits des patients. Mme Martel.

MOTIONS

MOTIONS

With unanimous consent, on motion by Mr. Bisson,

Avec le consentement unanime, sur la motion de M. Bisson,

Ordered, That notwithstanding the Order of the House dated November 26, 2003, when the House adjourns at 6:00 p.m. today, it shall stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

The deferred vote on the motion by Mr. Caplan that the Speech of His Honour the Lieutenant Governor to this House be taken into consideration as early as the first sessional day following passage of this motion was carried on the following division:-

AYES / POUR - 86

Agostino

Arnott

Arthurs

Baird

Barrett

Bartolucci

Bentley

Berardinetti

Bountrogianni

Bradley

Broten

Brown

Brownell

Bryant

Cansfield

Caplan

Chambers

Chudleigh

Colle

Cordiano

Craitor

Crozier

Delaney

Dhillon

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duguid

Duncan

Dunlop

Eves

Flaherty

Flynn

Fonseca

Gerretsen

Gravelle

Hardeman

Hoy

Hudak

Jackson

Jeffrey

Kennedy

Klees

Kwinter

Lalonde

Leal

Levac

Marsales

Martiniuk

Matthews

Mauro

McGuinty

McMeekin

McNeely

Meilleur

Miller

Milloy

Munro

Orazietti

O'Toole

Ouellette

Parsons

Peters

Peterson

Phillips

Pupatello

Qaadri

Ramal

Ramsay

Rinaldi

Runciman

Ruprecht

Sandals

Sergio

Smith

Smitherman

Sorbara

Takhar

Tascona

Van Bommel

Watson

Wilkinson

Wilson

Wong

Wynne

Yakabuski

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 6

Bisson

Churley

Kormos

Marchese

Martel

Prue

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to protecting rights of consumers to purchase tobacco (Sessional Paper No. P-1) Mr. O'Toole.

Petitions relating to freezing and reducing tuition fees (Sessional Paper No. P-10) Mr. Brown and Mr. Ruprecht.

Petition relating to investigating the Toronto District School Board leasing arrangements (Sessional Paper No. P-11) Mr. Ruprecht.

Petitions relating to equity in education tax credit (Sessional Paper No. P-21) Mr. Hudak and Mr. Martiniuk.

Petition relating to a referendum allowing the citizens of the former Town of Dundas to vote on de-amalgamating from the City of Hamilton (Sessional Paper No. P-22) Mr. McMeekin.

Petition relating to helping needy students with tuition waivers, creating a rapid re-employment and training project and creating an employee training tax credit (Sessional Paper No. P-25) Mr. McMeekin.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Mr. Eves moved,

M. Eves propose,

That the Legislative Assembly call upon the government,

To recognize that the government has imposed retroactive tax increases on the people of Ontario which is bad public policy and to recognize that the government is increasing the tax burden on low and middle income earners while at the same time breaking several of the more than 230 promises made during the 2003 general election campaign,

To honour their promise to the people of Ontario from page 13 of the Liberal Platform document - Government That Works For You: The Liberal Plan for a More Democratic Ontario and "comply with the Taxpayer Protection Act and balanced budget legislation (and) not bend the law at whim." and

That the Liberal government not pass Bill 2 until it has obtained the express permission of the people of Ontario by way of a referendum as required by the Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999 and in accordance with the Taxpayer Protection Pledge from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation signed by Mr. McGuinty. Premier of Ontario.

A debate arising, after some time, the motion was lost on the following division:-

Un débat s'ensuit et après quelque temps, la motion est rejetée par le vote suivant:-

AYES / POUR - 21

Arnott

Baird

Barrett

Chudleigh

Dunlop

Eves

Flaherty

Hardeman

Hudak

Jackson

Martiniuk

Miller

Munro

O'Toole

Ouellette

Runciman

Scott

Sterling

Tascona

Wilson

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 66

Agostino

Arthurs

Bartolucci

Bentley

Berardinetti

Bountrogianni

Bradley

Broten

Brown

Brownell

Bryant

Cansfield

Caplan

Chambers

Colle

Cordiano

Craitor

Delaney

Di Cocco

Dombrowsky

Duguid

Duncan

Flynn

Fonseca

Gerretsen

Gravelle

Hoy

Jeffrey

Kennedy

Kular

Kwinter

Lalonde

Leal

Levac

Marsales

Matthews

Mauro

McGuinty

McMeekin

McNeely

Meilleur

Milloy

Mitchell

Mossop

Orazietti

Parsons

Patten

Peterson

Phillips

Qaadri

Racco

Ramal

Ramsay

Ruprecht

Sandals

Sergio

Smith

Smitherman

Sorbara

Takhar

Van Bommel

Watson

Wilkinson

Wong

Wynne

Zimmer

The House then adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

À 18 h 05, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Alvin Curling

Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 39(A):-

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 39(A) DU RÈGLEMENT

Ontario Securities Commission/Commission des valeurs mobilières de l'Ontario, Annual Report 2003 (No. 21).