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44th Parliament, 1st session

44e Législature, 1re session

Votes and Proceedings



Procès-verbaux



No. 57




Nº 57




Tuesday
March 31, 2026



Mardi
31 mars 2026



Hon. Donna Skelly
Speaker

L'hon. Donna Skelly
la présidente

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2026
FIFTY-SEVENTH DAY

MARDI 31 MARS 2026
CINQUANTE-SEPTIÈME JOUR

9:00 A.M.

Prayers

9 H

Prières

Orders of the Day

Ordres du jour

Second Reading of Bill 97, An Act to implement Budget measures, to enact, amend or repeal various statutes and to revoke various regulations.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 97, Loi visant à mettre en oeuvre les mesures budgétaires, à édicter, à modifier ou à abroger diverses lois et à abroger divers règlements.

Debate resumed, during which the Acting Speaker (Ric Bresee) interrupted the proceedings and announced that there had been six and one-half hours of debate and that the debate would be deemed adjourned.

Le débat a repris. Le président suppléant (Ric Bresee) a interrompu les travaux et a annoncé qu’il y avait eu six heures et demie de débat et que le débat serait réputé ajourné.

The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (Trevor Jones) directed that the debate should continue.

Le ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et de l'Agroentreprise (Trevor Jones) a indiqué que le débat devrait se poursuivre.

Debate resumed and after some time, the debate adjourned at 10:15 a.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 10 h 15, le débat était ajourné.

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15


The House recessed at 11:40 a.m.

À 11 h 40, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.


3:00 P.M.

15 H

Petitions

Pétitions

No./ Petition title/Titre de la pétition Presented by/Présentée par
P-17 Social assistance rates Karen McCrimmon
P-25 Public education funding Karen McCrimmon
P-95 Hospital staffing Mike Schreiner
P-153 OSAP funding and grants France Gélinas
P-153 OSAP funding and grants Karen McCrimmon
P-153 OSAP funding and grants Catherine McKenney
P-153 OSAP funding and grants Chandra Pasma
P-153 OSAP funding and grants Mike Schreiner
P-153 OSAP funding and grants Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens
P-153 OSAP funding and grants Kristyn Wong-Tam
P-160 Public sector procurement Anthony Leardi
P-162 Lakeshore East noise mitigation Mary-Margaret McMahon
P-163 Mental health professionals and community outreach Mary-Margaret McMahon

Orders of the Day

Ordres du jour

Opposition Day

Jour de l’opposition

Marit Stiles moved,

Marit Stiles a proposé,

Whereas the Ford government has proposed reducing the proportion of grants available from the Ontario Student Assistance Program from 85% to 25%; and
Whereas previous McGuinty and Wynne Liberal governments allowed Ontario tuition fees to become the highest in the country, while providing colleges and universities with the lowest per-student funding in Canada; and
Whereas one of the Ford government's first actions in 2019 was to cut approximately $700 million from OSAP; and
Whereas shifting OSAP from grants to loans will leave students buried in long-term debt and unable to build a future after graduation, or force students to reconsider attending college or university; and
Whereas young people in Ontario are facing a dual crisis of sky-high unemployment and rising unaffordability; and
Whereas one out of three Ontario families with student debt are living pay cheque to pay cheque; and
Whereas interest has been removed from Canada Student Loans, as well as provincial student loans from Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia, Manitoba and New Brunswick;
Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to immediately restore the maximum proportion of Ontario Student Assistance Program grants to 85%, and remove interest from all new and existing Ontario Student Assistance Program loans.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Lost on the following division:

Rejetée par le vote suivant :

Ayes/pour (40)
Armstrong
Armstrong
Bell
Bell
Blais
Blais
Bourgouin
Bourgouin
Bowman
Bowman
Burch
Burch
Cerjanec
Cerjanec
Clancy
Clancy
Collard
Collard
Fairclough
Fairclough
Fife
Fife
Fraser
Fraser
French
French
Gates
Gates
Gélinas
Gélinas
Gilmour
Gilmour
Glover
Glover
Gretzky
Gretzky
Hazell
Hazell
Hsu
Hsu
Kernaghan
Kernaghan
Lennox
Lennox
McCrimmon
McCrimmon
McKenney
McKenney
McMahon
McMahon
Pasma
Pasma
Rakocevic
Rakocevic
Sattler
Sattler
Schreiner
Schreiner
Shaw
Shaw
Smyth
Smyth
Stevens
Stevens
Stiles
Stiles
Tabuns
Tabuns
Tsao
Tsao
Vanthof
Vanthof
Vaugeois
Vaugeois
Watt
Watt
West
West
Wong-Tam
Wong-Tam
Nays/contre (60)
Anand
Anand
Babikian
Babikian
Bailey
Bailey
Bouma
Bouma
Calandra
Calandra
Cho (Scarborough North)
Cho (Scarborough-Nord)
Cho (Willowdale)
Cho (Willowdale)
Clark
Clark
Coe
Coe
Cooper
Cooper
Crawford
Crawford
Darouze
Darouze
Denault
Denault
Dixon
Dixon
Dowie
Dowie
Downey
Downey
Dunlop
Dunlop
Firin
Firin
Flack
Flack
Gallagher Murphy
Gallagher Murphy
Gualtieri
Gualtieri
Hamid
Hamid
Hardeman
Hardeman
Harris
Harris
Holland
Holland
Jones (Chatham-Kent—Leamington)
Jones (Chatham-Kent—Leamington)
Jordan
Jordan
Kanapathi
Kanapathi
Kerzner
Kerzner
Leardi
Leardi
Lumsden
Lumsden
McCarthy
McCarthy
McGregor
McGregor
Mulroney
Mulroney
Oosterhoff
Oosterhoff
Pang
Pang
Parsa
Parsa
Pierre
Pierre
Pinsonneault
Pinsonneault
Quinn
Quinn
Racinsky
Racinsky
Rae
Rae
Rickford
Rickford
Riddell
Riddell
Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Sabawy
Sabawy
Sandhu
Sandhu
Sarkaria
Sarkaria
Sarrazin
Sarrazin
Saunderson
Saunderson
Scott (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock)
Scott (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock)
Smith (Parry Sound—Muskoka)
Smith (Parry Sound—Muskoka)
Smith (Scarborough Centre)
Smith (Scarborough-Centre)
Smith (Thornhill)
Smith (Thornhill)
Tangri
Tangri
Thanigasalam
Thanigasalam
Thompson
Thompson
Triantafilopoulos
Triantafilopoulos
Vickers
Vickers
Williams
Williams

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

Ordered, That notwithstanding Standing Order 9(a), the House agreed to commence Private Members’ Public Business before 6:00 p.m. today.

Ordonné que, nonobstant l’article 9 a) du Règlement, l’Assemblée a accepté de commencer les affaires d’intérêt public émanant des députées et députés avant 18 h aujourd’hui.

Private Members' Public Business

Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés

Billy Denault moved,

Billy Denault a proposé,

Private Members’ Notice of Motion No. 45:

Avis de motion émanant des députées et députés no 45 :

That, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario should recognize the vitality and importance of rural Ontario by designating the third week of September of every year as Rural Ontario Week.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Carried.

Adoptée.

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario should recognize the vitality and importance of rural Ontario by designating the third week of September of every year as Rural Ontario Week.

The House adjourned at 6:19 p.m.

À 18 h 19, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.


Sessional Papers Presented Pursuant to Standing Order 43

Documents Parlementaires déposés conformément à l'article 43 du règlement

No., Suffix/Nº, Suffixe Title/Titre Date tabled/Date de dépôt
273 Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2025 Annual Report/Ministère des Services à l'enfance et des Services sociaux et communautaires, Stratégie de réduction de la pauvreté, Rapport annuel 2025 March 31, 2026/31 mars 2026

Responses to Petitions

Réponses aux pétitions

No./ Petition title/Titre de la pétition Presented by/Présentée par Date tabled/Date de dépôt
P-8 Northern Health Travel Grant France Gélinas November 4, 2025/ 4 novembre 2025
  November 25, 2025/25 novembre 2025
  December 2, 2025/ 2 décembre 2025
Lise Vaugeois December 9, 2025/ 9 décembre 2025
P-51 Lupus-specific biologics France Gélinas November 4, 2025/ 4 novembre 2025
P-104 Childcare services Jamie West November 4, 2025/ 4 novembre 2025
P-111 Accessibility in buildings Ted Hsu November 4, 2025/ 4 novembre 2025
P-112 Electrification planning Ted Hsu November 4, 2025/ 4 novembre 2025
P-113 Post-stroke rehabilitation program Ted Hsu November 4, 2025/ 4 novembre 2025