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Legislative    Assemblée
          Assembly      législative
         of Ontario     de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings   Procès-verbaux

      No. 174               No 174

     1st Session         1re session
   42nd Parliament      42e législature

       Monday               Lundi
    July 13, 2020       13 juillet 2020
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10:15 A.M.                                                                                               10 H 15
PRAYERS                                                                                                PRIÈRES
The Speaker addressed the House:-                          Le Président s’adresse à l’Assemblée :-
I beg to inform the House that, pursuant to Standing Order 74(b), the Member for Timmins (Mr. Bisson)
has notified the Clerk of his intention to file notice of a reasoned amendment to the motion for Second
Reading of Bill 197, An Act to amend various statutes in response to COVID-19 and to enact, amend
and repeal various statutes (Sessional Paper No. 516) (Tabled July 9, 2020).
The Order for Second Reading of Bill 197 may therefore not be called today.
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The Speaker addressed the House:-                          Le Président s’adresse à l’Assemblée :-
I beg to inform the House that, pursuant to Standing Order 74(c), the Member for Timmins (Mr. Bisson)
has filed with the Clerk a reasoned amendment to the motion for Second Reading of Bill 195, An Act to
enact the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020.
The Order for Second Reading of Bill 195 may therefore not be called today.
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               QUESTION PERIOD                                        PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS
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                   DEFERRED VOTES                                            VOTES DIFFÉRÉS
Motion for allocation of time on Bill 167, An Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act and to make
consequential amendments to other Acts.
Carried on the following division:-                        Adoptée par le vote suivant :-
                                         AYES / POUR - 60
Anand                      Fullerton                  McNaughton                     Sarkaria
Baber                      Harris                     Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)   Scott
Bailey                     Hogarth                    Mitas                          Skelly
Bethlenfalvy               Jones                      Nicholls                       Smith (Bay of Quinte)
Bouma                      Kanapathi                  Oosterhoff                     Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)
Calandra                   Karahalios                 Pang                           Surma
Cho (Willowdale)           Ke                         Park                           Tangri
Clark                      Khanjin                    Parsa                          Thanigasalam
Coe                        Kramp                      Pettapiece                     Thompson
Crawford                   Lecce                      Phillips                       Tibollo
Cuzzeto                    MacLeod                    Piccini                        Triantafilopoulos
Downey                     Martin                     Rasheed                        Wai
Dunlop                     Martow                     Roberts                        Walker
Elliott                    McDonell                   Sabawy                         Yakabuski
Fee                        McKenna                    Sandhu                         Yurek
                                        NAYS / CONTRE - 16
Andrew                     Fraser                     Monteith-Farrell               Singh (Brampton East)
Bell                       Hatfield                   Morrison                       Stevens
Bisson                     Horwath                    Natyshak                       Taylor
Fife                       Kernaghan                  Schreiner                      Vanthof
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Ordered, That pursuant to Standing Order 50 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special
Order of the House relating to Bill 167, An Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act and to make
consequential amendments to other Acts, the Order of the House dated February 18, 2020 referring the
Bill to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly be discharged, and the Bill be ordered for
Third Reading; and
That when the Order for Third Reading of the Bill is called, one hour shall be allotted to the Third
Reading stage of the Bill, with 20 minutes apportioned to the Government, 20 minutes to Her Majesty’s
Loyal Opposition, 10 minutes to the Independent Liberal Members as a group and 10 minutes to the
Green Party Independent Member; and
At the end of this time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary
to dispose of this stage of the Bill without further debate or amendment.
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The House recessed at 12:10 p.m.                          À 12 h 10, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.
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1:00 P.M.                                                                                            13 H
      REPORTS BY COMMITTEES                                           RAPPORTS DE COMITÉS
Standing Committee        on    Finance    and            Comité permanent des finances et des affaires
Economic Affairs:-                                        économiques :-
First Interim Report: Economic and Fiscal                 Premier rapport provisoire : Loi de 2020 sur
Update Act, 2020 (Sessional Paper No. 522).               la mise à jour économique et financière
                                                          (Document parlementaire no 522).
Report presented.                                         Rapport présenté.
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                PETITIONS                                                    PÉTITIONS
Climate action plan and carbon pricing mechanisms (Sessional Paper No. P-59) Ms. Bell.
Justices of the Peace (Sessional Paper No. P-247) Ms. Fee, Ms. Ghamari, Mr. Harris and Ms.
Triantafilopoulos.
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          ORDERS OF THE DAY                                               ORDRE DU JOUR
Ms. Jones moved,                                          M   me
                                                                   Jones propose,
Whereas an emergency was declared by Order in Council 518/2020 (Ontario Regulation 50/20) on March
17, 2020 pursuant to section 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act; and
Whereas the emergency was extended past the end of March 31, 2020 for a period of 14 days by Ontario
Regulation 84/20 on March 30, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (2) of the Act; and
Whereas the emergency was extended by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a period
of 28 days on April 14, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act; and
Whereas the emergency was extended by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a period
of 21 days on May 12, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act; and
Whereas the emergency was extended by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a period
of 28 days on June 2, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act ending June 30, 2020; and
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Whereas the emergency was extended by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a period
of 15 days past the end of June 30, 2020 on June 24, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act;
and
Whereas the period of the emergency may be further extended only by resolution of the Legislative
Assembly of Ontario pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act; and
Whereas the Premier has recommended that the period of the emergency be extended for 9 days past the
end of July 15, 2020;
Therefore, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario hereby declares that the period of the emergency is
extended past the end of July 15, 2020 for a further period of 9 days.
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, Whereas an emergency was declared by Order in Council 518/2020 (Ontario Regulation
50/20) on March 17, 2020 pursuant to section 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection
Act; and
Whereas the emergency was extended past the end of March 31, 2020 for a period of 14 days by Ontario
Regulation 84/20 on March 30, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (2) of the Act; and
Whereas the emergency was extended by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a period
of 28 days on April 14, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act; and
Whereas the emergency was extended by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a period
of 21 days on May 12, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act; and
Whereas the emergency was extended by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a period
of 28 days on June 2, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act ending June 30, 2020; and
Whereas the emergency was extended by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a period
of 15 days past the end of June 30, 2020 on June 24, 2020 pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act;
and
Whereas the period of the emergency may be further extended only by resolution of the Legislative
Assembly of Ontario pursuant to subsection 7.0.7 (3) of the Act; and
Whereas the Premier has recommended that the period of the emergency be extended for 9 days past the
end of July 15, 2020;
Therefore, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario hereby declares that the period of the emergency is
extended past the end of July 15, 2020 for a further period of 9 days.
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Mr. Calandra moved,                                     M. Calandra propose,
That a Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight be appointed to receive oral reports from
the Premier or his designate(s) on any extensions of emergency orders by the Lieutenant Governor in
Council related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rationale for those extensions; and
That the Committee shall have a membership of up to eleven Members, comprised as follows:
•   Up to seven members of the Government party
•   Up to three members of the Official Opposition
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•   Up to one Independent Member; and
That the House Leaders of each of the Recognized Parties shall indicate in writing to the Clerk of the
House, their Party’s membership on the Committee; and
That the Government House Leader, in consultation with the Independent Members, shall indicate in
writing to the Clerk of the House, the Independent Member on the Committee; and
That the deadline for indicating Committee Membership with the Clerk of the House shall be Thursday,
August 20, 2020; and
That the Committee shall meet at the call of the Chair as follows:
•   Up to 30 minutes for the Premier or his designate(s) to make an opening statement
•   Up to 60 minutes for Members of the recognized Parties to pose questions to the Premier or his
    designate(s) in 3 rounds of 10 minutes for each Party
•   Up to 10 minutes for the Independent Member to pose questions to the Premier or his designate(s)
    in 2 rounds of 5 minutes each
•   Report writing in closed session; and
That the Clerk of the Committee shall convene the first meeting of the Committee no later than Thursday,
August 27, 2020 to elect a Chair and Vice-Chair of the Committee, but no Sub-committee shall be
appointed; and
That for business conducted under this order of reference, the provisions of Standing Orders 38 (b), (c),
and (d) and 134 (c) and (d) shall be suspended.
That the Committee is authorized to present interim reports summarizing each hearing to the House, or
deposit interim reports with the Clerk if the Legislature is not in session; and
That the Committee’s final report shall be a compilation of all interim reports; and
That the Committee shall be dissolved 30 days following the Government House Leader indicating in
writing to the Speaker that the Committee is no longer required; and
That the Committee’s final report shall be tabled in the House, or deposited with the Clerk if the
Legislature is not in session, before the Committee is dissolved; and
That if the Committee fails to meet this deadline the cumulative interim reports shall be deemed to be
the Committee’s final report and deemed to be tabled on the date that the Committee is dissolved; and
That an Order shall be placed on the Orders and Notices Paper for discussion of the Final Report of the
Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight following its presentation to the House.
Debate arose and after some time,                         Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,
Mr. Bisson moved,                                         M. Bisson propose,
That the motion be amended by striking out “eleven” in the second paragraph and replacing it with
“nine”; and striking out “seven” and replacing it with “five”; and
By striking out everything after the first “the” in the third paragraph and replacing it with “Independent
Members shall indicate in writing to the Clerk of the Assembly the name of the Independent Member on
the Committee.”
Debate arose and after some time,                         Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,
The amendment was withdrawn.                              L’amendement a été retiré.
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Mr. Bisson moved,                                         M. Bisson propose,
That the motion be amended by striking out “eleven” in the second paragraph and replacing it with
“nine”; and striking out “seven” and replacing it with “five”; and
By striking out everything after the first “the” in the fourth paragraph and replacing it with “Independent
Members shall indicate in writing to the Clerk of the Assembly the name of the Independent Member on
the Committee.”
Debate arose and after some time,                         Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,
Mr. Calandra moved adjournment of the                     M. Calandra propose l’ajournement du débat.
debate.
Carried on division.                                      Adoptée au vote.
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Third Reading of Bill 167, An Act to amend                Troisième lecture du projet de loi 167, Loi
the Legislative Assembly Act and to make                  modifiant la Loi sur l’Assemblée législative
consequential amendments to other Acts                    et apportant des modifications corrélatives à
                                                          d’autres lois.
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.
The Bill passed.                                          Le projet de loi est adopté.
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Third Reading of Bill 159, An Act to amend                Troisième lecture du projet de loi 159, Loi
various statutes in respect of consumer                   modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne la
protection.                                               protection du consommateur.
Debate resumed and after some time,                       Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,
Mr. Coe moved adjournment of the debate.                  M. Coe propose l’ajournement du débat.
Lost on the following division:-                          Rejetée par le vote suivant :-
           AYES - 0     NAYS - 53                                   POUR - 0     CONTRE - 53
Debate resumed and after some time,                       Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,
Mr. Coe moved, under Standing Order 51                     M. Coe propose, conformément à l’article 51
“That this question be now put”.                           du Règlement « Que cette question soit
                                                           maintenant mise aux voix ».
Carried on division.                                      Adoptée au vote.
The question was then put.                                La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.
Third Reading of Bill 159, An Act to amend                Troisième lecture du projet de loi 159, Loi
various statutes in respect of consumer                   modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne la
protection.                                               protection du consommateur.
Vote deferred on request of the Chief                     Le vote est différé par requête du Whip en
Government Whip.                                          chef du gouvernement.
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Amendment to the motion regarding the                     L’amendement à la motion concernant la
appointment of a Select Committee.                        création d’un Comité spéciale.
Debate resumed and after some time,                       Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,
Mrs. Martin moved adjournment of the debate.              Mme Martin propose l’ajournement du débat.
Carried on the following division:-                       Adoptée par le vote suivant :-
           AYES - 19     NAYS - 6                                  POUR - 19     CONTRE - 6
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The House adjourned at 12:22 a.m. on                      À 00 h 22 le 14 juillet 2020, l’Assemblée a
Tuesday, July 14, 2020.                                   ajourné ses travaux.
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                                              le président
                                            TED ARNOTT
                                                Speaker
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  SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED                                 DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES
 PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 43                                DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À
                                                              L’ARTICLE 43 DU RÈGLEMENT
Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 111(f)(1) re intended appointments dated July 10, 2020 (No. 520)
(Tabled July 10, 2020).
Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission, 2017-2018 Annual Report (No. 518) (Tabled July 9, 2020).
Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission, 2018-2019 Annual Report (No. 519) (Tabled July 9, 2020).
Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation, 2018-2019 Annual Report (No. 517) (Tabled July 9,
2020).
Self-Directed Care Ontario, 2018-2019 Annual Report and Financial Statements / Soins Autogérés
Ontario, Rapport annuel 2018-2019 et États financiers (No. 521) (Tabled July 13, 2020).
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       RESPONSES TO WRITTEN                               RÉPONSES AUX QUESTIONS ÉCRITES
            QUESTIONS
Final Answers to Question Numbers: 209, 210, 211, 212, 213.
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      RESPONSES TO PETITIONS                                    RÉPONSES AUX PÉTITIONS
Ontario Disability Support Program (Sessional Paper No. P-5):
        (Tabled March 4, 2020) Miss Taylor.
Crisis bed facilities (Sessional Paper No. P-119):
         (Tabled February 27, 2020) Mr. Vanthof.
Food Day Ontario (Sessional Paper No. P-220):
       (Tabled March 4, 2020) Mr. Harris.
       (Tabled March 4, 2020) Mrs. Karahalios.
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Pediatric palliative care (Sessional Paper No. P-223):
         (Tabled March 4, 2020) Ms. Shaw.
Lead in water pipes (Sessional Paper No. P-224):
        (Tabled March 4, 2020) Ms. Stiles.
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