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Supportive housing
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank Dan Lebrun for these petitions called “Supportive Housing.”", "Whereas there are 2.6 million Ontarians living with a disability that require different levels of support, Ontarians with disabilities face a higher risk of instituti...
November 5, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-05/hansard
Northern Health Travel Grant
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is entitled “Let’s Fix the Northern Health Travel Grant.” It’s a petition I’ve spoken about in the past. The short version of this really is that the Northern Health Travel Grant hasn’t been updated in a very, very long time, and the costs that w...
November 5, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-05/hansard
Arts and cultural funding
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank Stephanie Poirier from Hanmer in my riding for these petitions. They’re called “Invest in Ontario’s Arts and Culture Sector.”", "Did you know, Speaker, that the arts and culture sector contributes $28 billion to Ontario’s GDP and...
November 5, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-05/hansard
Time allocation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Steve Clark", "text": [ "I move that, pursuant to standing order 50 and notwithstanding any other standing order or special order of the House relating to Bill 212, An Act to enact two Acts and amend various Acts with respect to highways, broadband-related expropriation and other tra...
November 5, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-05/hansard
Trucking safety / Sécurité du transport routier
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Amarjot Sandhu", "text": [ "I move that, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Transportation should explore the establishment or adjustment of a waiting period for drivers holding a class G licence before they can apply for commercial vehicle licences, such as class A or cla...
November 5, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-05/hansard
Brockville General Hospital
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Steve Clark", "text": [ "Speaker, under the new leadership of president and CEO Julie Caffin and board chair James Eastwood, Brockville General Hospital is in good hands.", "But today I want to go back 2017 when our cherished community hospital was struggling. Enter Nick Vlacho...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Welland Food Drive
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Jeff Burch", "text": [ "This weekend, the Hope Centre, Open Arms Mission and the Salvation Army hosted their annual food drive in Welland at Club Richelieu. On Saturday, I stopped by to thank the 500 volunteers and community members who came together to help sort donations. They’ve a...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Government investments
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Hardeep Singh Grewal", "text": [ "I’m very excited today because I have great news for Bramptonians. Under the leadership of Premier Ford, our government is committed to building the great infrastructure that Ontario needs and the infrastructure that Brampton needs. As a result, we’r...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Public safety
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Jennifer K. French", "text": [ "Everyone should be able to count on government to protect our vehicles, but across Ontario, people are experiencing auto theft every day. Car thieves are gaming the system to get new VINs for stolen vehicles at ServiceOntario counters. Other provinces ...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Remembrance Day
[ { "speaker": "MPP Zee Hamid", "text": [ "Yesterday, I had the honour of attending a touching Remembrance Day ceremony at Haltonville war memorial in the former township of Nassagaweya in my riding of Milton. As we gathered to pay tribute, we reflected on the immense sacrifices made by whose who fought...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Remembrance Day
[ { "speaker": "Miss Monique Taylor", "text": [ "Today, I rise to honour our veterans, the men and women who have served, those who have been wounded, those who made the ultimate sacrifice, active service members and all of their families.", "Many of us will attend services in our communities.In H...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Remembrance Day
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Ernie Hardeman", "text": [ "Mr. Speaker, today marks the start of Remembrance Week. It is an honour to commemorate the brave men and women who currently serve, have served or have sacrificed their lives for our country. I had the pleasure of attending two Armistice Day dinners over t...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Automotive industry
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Anthony Leardi", "text": [ "Everybody knows about the incredible investments being made in the automotive industry in the province of Ontario. These investments are going to be a boon not only for manufacturers, but also in the mining industry, especially in the area of critical mine...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Women’s employment
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Natalie Pierre", "text": [ "Last month, I had the privilege of attending an announcement at the Centre for Skills Development in my riding of Burlington. Alongside the Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, we highlighted the Women’s Economic Security Program, which equ...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Murray Sinclair
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "I recognize the member for Kiiwetinoong on a point of order." ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Sol Mamakwa", "text": [ "Meegwetch, Speaker. I’d like to ask for a moment of silence. We just got word that Murray Sinclair, the groundbre...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Affordable housing
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "This question is for the Premier. The fall economic statement showed a pretty bleak outlook for housing in our province. Housing starts are down, and this government is nowhere near being able to meet their own targets. They wasted years chasing schemes, all...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Government accountability
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "I want to go back to the Premier again. We know one of the reasons why this Premier has so utterly failed to get housing built is because they were too busy carving up the greenbelt for their speculator friends.", "One of the key staffers involved in t...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Public safety
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Jennifer K. French", "text": [ "My question is to the Premier. We learned last week that while the government was appointing an associate minister responsible for auto thefts, there was a car theft ring operating within ServiceOntario—right under the Premier’s nose. These public empl...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Brian Saunderson", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister of Finance.", "The hard-working men and women across this great province are feeling the pressure of rising costs on their personal finances.", "We all know that the Trudeau-Crombie carbon tax is driving up pri...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Labour dispute
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier.", "Last week, the member for Oshawa and I asked about the 600 government engineers who have been without a collective agreement for over 22 months. The Professional Engineers Government of Ontario workers design, plan and ...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Mining industry
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Rudy Cuzzetto", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister of Mines.", "Ontario has a rich mining history, especially gold mining, which has long provided jobs and economic strength for our communities. Gold is more than a mineral in Ontario; it represents opportunity, innovati...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Child and family services
[ { "speaker": "Miss Monique Taylor", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier. A memo prepared last fall for the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services told you that children with complex needs are being placed in hotels, Airbnbs and even in CAS offices due to a lack of suitable placement...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Health care
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Adil Shamji", "text": [ "For the Premier, who has 32,000 people in his riding without a family doctor: Yesterday, the Premier posted about an interactive map showing all the new places you can buy booze one year early. All it took was a billion dollars. Everyone knows this was a last...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Affordable housing
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Effie J. Triantafilopoulos", "text": [ "My question is to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. People across Ontario want to see more homes built, and they need affordable options, but high interest rates from the federal government are slowing things down. High interest ra...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Domestic violence
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Joel Harden", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier.", "For folks tuning in and folks in the House—I’m just going to warn people that my question is about gender-based violence.", "People in Ottawa have been mourning the loss of Brkti Berhe, a 36-year-old mother who w...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Energy policies
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Mike Schreiner", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier. In BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nova Scotia, cash-strapped municipalities are allowed to charge private utilities like Enbridge a fee for the use of public land for their fossil gas infrastructure, but not in Onta...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Small business
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Natalie Pierre", "text": [ "My question is for the Associate Minister of Small Business. Young entrepreneurs and small businesses are the backbone of Ontario’s economy, driving innovation, job creation and growth. Yet these emerging business owners often face numerous and unique chal...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Natural gas leaks
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Peter Tabuns", "text": [ "My question is to the Premier. Unifor is launching a campaign to stop the leaks in our natural gas system here in Ontario. Unifor leaders are here with us today to push this cause. Enbridge is not acting to prevent or stop those leaks. Leaking gas means high...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Lorne Coe", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister of Rural Affairs. The Trudeau-Crombie carbon tax is disproportionately impacting families and businesses in rural Ontario. People in rural and remote communities have to travel longer distances and rely on their vehicles more hea...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Reception
[ { "speaker": "Hon. Graham McGregor", "text": [ "I just want to invite members—a lot of the veteran organizations that are here today, we’re doing a little reception in room 247. Members of all parties are welcome. I hope to see you guys there." ] } ]
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Andy Haydon
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Stephen Blais", "text": [ "I’d like to ask for the House to take a moment of silence in honour of Andy Haydon. Andy Haydon was a reeve and the first mayor of the city of Nepean, and he chaired the regional municipality of Ottawa-Carleton from 1978 to 1991. Last week, Andy died at the...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Birth of member’s grandchild
[ { "speaker": "Miss Monique Taylor", "text": [ "I would like to take a moment to welcome my beautiful brand new granddaughter, who was born on Thursday. Her name is Aspen Cooper, and the family is thrilled to have a new addition.", "Applause." ] }, { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted ...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Honouring Veterans Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 visant à honorer les anciens combattants
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? Carried.", "First reading agreed to." ] }, { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Would the associate minister care to briefly explain his bill?...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
No Free Ride for Fossil Fuels Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 visant à empêcher les combustibles fossiles de bénéficier d’un passe-droit
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? Carried.", "First reading agreed to." ] }, { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Would the member for Kitchener Centre like to briefly explain ...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC. Act, 2024
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? Carried.", "First reading agreed to." ] } ]
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Child and family services
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Terence Kernaghan", "text": [ "The petition I would like to read into the record is entitled “Protect Children and Youth in Care: Cuts Hurt Kids.”", "The content of this petition talks about this government’s dismal track record: how it has failed children and youth in care, ho...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Tuition
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Chandra Pasma", "text": [ "I’m pleased to be able to rise today to table a petition that has been signed by hundreds of post-secondary students, including Tahmeed Hasan from Carleton University in Ottawa.", "These students note that post-secondary education has become very unaf...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Sexual violence and harassment
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Peggy Sattler", "text": [ "November being woman abuse prevention and awareness month, I’m very pleased to present this petition entitled “Pass the Safe Night Out Act.” It was signed by many residents of London, and it acknowledges the epidemic that we are seeing of sexual violence, g...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Land use planning
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Chris Glover", "text": [ "This petition is entitled “No Dump Trucks in Liberty Village.” It is addressed to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.", "It points out that the Toronto Region Board of Trade estimates that traffic congestion in the greater Toronto area costs $11 billi...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Tenant protection
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Jessica Bell", "text": [ "This is a petition entitled “It’s Time for a Moratorium on Demovictions.”", "In my riding, in many ridings downtown, many large purpose-built rentals, 10 to 20 storeys in height, are being slated for demolishment, to be replaced with condos. This is wh...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Education funding
[ { "speaker": "MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam", "text": [ "It’s always an honour to rise and speak in this House on behalf of the good people of Toronto Centre.", "I’d like to present this petition. It’s to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and it is from the Elementary Teachers of Toronto. They’re call...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Renewable energy
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "I want to thank Elizabeth Carswell for this petition. It’s entitled “Transform Ontario’s Energy Sector.”", "It talks about how 2023 was the hottest year on record, and how we had the most severe wildfire season on record as well.", "They explain th...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Labour legislation
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This is a petition that’s very important to me: “Pass Anti-Scab Labour Legislation.” It talks about how the worker’s responsibility or their only real negotiating chip is to withdraw their labour, and how without anti-scab labour legislation, it undermines tha...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Ambulance services
[ { "speaker": "MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam", "text": [ "I rise to present this petition. It’s entitled “Stop Billing Recipients of OW and ODSP for Ambulance Transportation.” It’s entitled to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.", "We know that ambulance fees for those who are on OW, ODSP and who are GAI...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Animal protection
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Peggy Sattler", "text": [ "I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of many Londoners who are really outraged at the province’s decision to bring back licences for trial and training areas. These are penned dog hunting facilities that were phased out in 1997.", "This govern...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Social assistance
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is entitled a petition “To Raise Social Assistance Rates.” Basically, what it talks about is that our social assistance for OW and ODSP, Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program, are way below Canada’s official Market Basket Measu...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Employment standards
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Peggy Sattler", "text": [ "I’m very pleased to present a petition in support of the Stay Home If You Are Sick Act. The petition highlights the overwhelming and very compelling public health evidence to show the importance of paid sick days in preventing the spread of infectious disea...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries Act, 2024
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "I beg to inform the House that the clerk has received a submission related to Bill Pr55, An Act respecting Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. Pursuant to standing order 93(a), the submission stands referred to the Standing Committee on Procedur...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Affordable housing
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "It’s a pleasure today to rise and move the following motion:", "Whereas everyone has the right to an affordable home; and", "Whereas the private market alone has not been able to build the affordable housing Ontario needs; and", "Whereas an...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 / Loi de 2024 visant à bâtir l’Ontario pour vous (mesures budgétaires)
[ { "speaker": "The Acting Speaker (Ms. Patrice Barnes)", "text": [ "When we last debated the bill, the member from London–Fanshawe had the floor." ] }, { "speaker": "Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong", "text": [ "Thank you, Speaker. It’s an honour to rise again today and talk about the fall...
November 4, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-11-04/hansard
Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 / Loi de 2024 visant à bâtir l’Ontario pour vous (mesures budgétaires)
[ { "speaker": "The Acting Speaker (Ms. Patrice Barnes)", "text": [ "Further debate?" ] }, { "speaker": "Ms. Stephanie Bowman", "text": [ "I rise today to speak to Bill 216, the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures).", "I want to start by saying a positive thing abou...
October 31, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-31/hansard-1
Affordable Energy Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 sur l’énergie abordable
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Further debate?" ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Peter Tabuns", "text": [ "I’m pleased to speak in this House—I always am—but I have to say, I’m not pleased by this bill.", "As you are well aware, Speaker, all governments are ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Lajpat Rai Prasher
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Amarjot Sandhu", "text": [ "Today, I rise to recognize the inspiring journey and contributions of Mr. Lajpat Rai Prasher. A Canadian success story, Mr. Prasher came to this country over 50 years ago with a vision for a better future. Through hard work and dedication, he established a...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Baboth family charitable donation
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Sandy Shaw", "text": [ "I was honoured to join Rob Baboth, his family and colleagues as they presented a cheque to McMaster Children’s Hospital to purchase a new Cribette for the neonatal intensive care unit. This is in honour of Dianne Baboth. The Baboth family has raised funds for ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Health care
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Deepak Anand", "text": [ "Ontario’s 31,500 physicians delivering emergency care, managing chronic conditions, promoting preventive health are the backbone of happy and healthy communities. Thank you for your service. With Ontario’s population growing and aging, having access to quali...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Government spending
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jill Andrew", "text": [ "Today is a big day. The Conservative government will unleash their fall economic statement, letting Ontarians know what is and what is not their priority.", "So far, we know that the government has committed to giving Ontarians $200 rebate cheques. Some...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Events in Kitchener South–Hespeler
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Jess Dixon", "text": [ "On October 19, I held my second annual fall festival, which is the one community event that I do. My main goal there is to provide a day that, for families and children, is really, really worth coming out to. We rent out beautiful Steckle Heritage Farm in Kitc...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Replacement workers
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong", "text": [ "I rise today to speak on behalf of the workers of Ontario, who are the backbone of our province. And yet, despite all they do for us, they continue to face challenges. This government pretends to work for workers, but recent events tell a different st...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Remembrance Day
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Ric Bresee", "text": [ "As we approach Remembrance Day, I want to take a moment to recognize the many meaningful services that are held across Hastings–Lennox and Addington. Each year, these ceremonies allow us to honour and remember those who have sacrificed for our freedom.", ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Community Living Guelph Wellington
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Mike Schreiner", "text": [ "I rise on behalf of the board, staff, volunteers and clients of Community Living Guelph Wellington.", "I participated in a meet-and-greet with CLGW on the weekend, which the Speaker attended, representing the Wellington part of GW. The stories I hear...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Sarnia-Lambton Rebound
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Robert Bailey", "text": [ "It’s a privilege to rise in the Legislature today.", "Last week, I was honoured to participate in the 40th anniversary celebration of Sarnia-Lambton Rebound, an award-winning organization in Lambton county that focuses on the well-being of young peopl...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Hospice Face to Face campaign
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Andrew Dowie", "text": [ "One week ago, the Hospice of Windsor and Essex County revealed some incredible news: The 22nd annual Hospice Face to Face campaign raised, this year, just over $110,000—a new record. This brings the total campaign fundraising to more than $1.8 million for th...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Government’s record
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "This question is for the Premier.", "People in Ontario are working harder than ever and paying more than ever for rent, for mortgages, for groceries, for heat and hydro. While they try to make every single dollar stretch, the least they can expect is a...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Home care
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "This is the same government that drove health care workers by the thousands out of this province because they tried to freeze their pay just when we needed them more than ever. So that’s a bit rich.", "People deserve a government that works just as har...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Government spending
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Catherine Fife", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier.", "People across this province are struggling and they are hurting. Their rents are higher. They can’t find a family doctor. Kids in our schools are learning in classrooms with leaky roofs, with garbage pails catching ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Manufacturing sector
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Ernie Hardeman", "text": [ "My question is to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.", "Good-paying jobs that were lost under the Liberals are being brought back to the province. The Liberals turned their backs on southwestern Ontario, and hard-working fa...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Health care
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "Ma question est pour la ministre de la Santé.", "Palliative care physicians from all over the province are still reaching out to me about the crisis in home care medical supplies. The minister’s decision to hand off the last mile of medical supplies d...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. David Smith", "text": [ "My question is to the Minister of Transportation.", "Costs keep rising in Ontario in terms of groceries, gas—everything is more expensive, and the Trudeau-Crombie carbon tax is making it worse.", "Our government has not raised taxes, and we are wo...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Government advertising
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Chandra Pasma", "text": [ "While our kids are in schools with floods, crumbling ceilings and lead in the drinking water, this government is forcing school boards to print and post signs at schools promoting the government. They’re even making school boards pay for the signs with fund...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Health care
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Ted Hsu", "text": [ "We hear countless stories from the 2.5 million Ontarians this government has left without a family doctor.", "Two constituents in Kingston and the Islands who served with the Canadian Forces were left with no family doctor when they finished their service. ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Infrastructure funding
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Logan Kanapathi", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister of Infrastructure.", "Across Ontario, we know there is a housing crisis. Communities are growing. Young people, families, and new Ontarians all need places to call home. But building homes is only part of the answer. ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Missing persons
[ { "speaker": "Miss Monique Taylor", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier.", "It has been over two weeks since Logan went missing from his home in Havelock-Belmont-Methuen—a vulnerable, autistic 18-year-old who has other needs, including ADHD and anxiety.", "Over a year and a half ago,...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Health care
[ { "speaker": "MPP Andrea Hazell", "text": [ "Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier.", "Today, the government will release their fall economic statement. This will be their sixth one since 2018—six, Mr. Speaker. Six statements—and what do they have to show for it? Well, 2,000 people a day a...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Seniors’ services
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Anthony Leardi", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister for Seniors and Accessibility. Seniors in my riding of Essex are looking for ways to stay active and involved in the community. They want to stay socially connected because they know that social isolation is enemy number one...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Energy policies
[ { "speaker": "MPP Lise Vaugeois", "text": [ "Thanks. Interesting, though, because this week I received a letter from a constituent in the neighbouring riding of Thunder Bay–Atikokan asking me to lobby for the same heat pump rebates offered to Kenora and 16 other Ontario municipalities. The grants are ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Northern Ontario development
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Ross Romano", "text": [ "My question is to the Minister of Northern Development.", "Communities in the north, like my own of Sault Ste. Marie, have some challenges. As we like to say, sometimes we have to work twice as hard to get half as far in the north—and, certainly, specif...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 / Loi de 2024 visant à bâtir l’Ontario pour vous (mesures budgétaires)
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? Carried.", "First reading agreed to." ] }, { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Would the minister care to briefly explain his bill?" ] ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
1485997 Ontario Limited Act, 2024
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? Carried.", "First reading agreed to." ] } ]
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Economic outlook and fiscal review
[ { "speaker": "Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy", "text": [ "It’s always an honour to rise.", "I’ve developed a tradition—I think this is my eighth FES, fall economic statement—to acknowledge someone, and I’m going to acknowledge Peter Bethlenfalvy. Now, before you think I’m being a little immodest here, ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Child care
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank Suzanne Leblanc from Hanmer in my riding for this petition. It’s called “A Future for Child Care in Ontario.”", "You know, Speaker, that without child care, people can’t work; people can’t go to work. The child care centres are p...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Social assistance
[ { "speaker": "MmeLucille Collard", "text": [ "I have a petition here from Dr. Sally Palmer that is signed by 27 Ontarians. The petition asks the Legislative Assembly to double social assistance rates for OW and ODSP. It outlines a few reasons for this, including the fact that the current rates are wel...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Highway maintenance
[ { "speaker": "Mr. John Vanthof", "text": [ "I have a petition signed by over 600 people, originated by Roger Hardy and Jim Brown, regarding the former Highway 67 by Iroquois Falls. The previous Conservative government downloaded provincial highways to municipalities of over 5,000 people. Later, Iroquo...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Addiction services
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank Madame Nicole Sabourin, from Hanmer in my riding, for this petition, called, “Northern Ontario’s Opioid Overdose Crisis is a Public Health Emergency.”", "As you know, Speaker, first responders in my community respond to a minimum...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Supportive housing
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank Rob Walker from my riding for these petitions. It’s called, “Supportive Housing.”", "Did you know, Speaker, that there are 2.6 million Ontarians living with a disability that requires different levels of support? Ontarians living...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Social assistance
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Bhutila Karpoche", "text": [ "This petition is titled, “Double Social Assistance Rates.” There are about 900,000 people who rely on social assistance in Ontario, and the Ontario Disability Support Program only provides about $1,200 and Ontario Works only provides just over $700. This...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Doctor shortage
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jill Andrew", "text": [ "This petition is titled “Fix Ontario’s Family Doctor Shortage,” and of course, it’s directed to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and this Conservative government. Point blank, it’s telling this government that 2.5 million Ontarians do not have family docto...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Doctor shortage
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Bhutila Karpoche", "text": [ "I too have a petition here entitled “Fix Ontario’s Family Doctor Shortage.”", "Right now in Ontario, 2.2 million residents do not have access to primary care, which puts their health at risk. We know that without proper access to primary care, more...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Organ donation
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank the members of the International Union of Operating Engineers who sent me this petition. It’s called “Saving Organs to Save Lives.”", "Did you know, Speaker, that we have about between 1,500 and 1,600 people in Ontario that are o...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Caregivers
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Bhutila Karpoche", "text": [ "This petition is entitled “Create a Caregiver Support Benefit.” There are 3.3 million Ontarians who have been an unpaid caregiver. Some 300,000 Ontario caregivers have said that they have experienced financial hardship, felt the burden of the caregiving ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Economic development
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Steve Clark", "text": [ "I have a petition that’s been certified by the table and signed. It’s a petition regarding the Ring of Fire. It basically acknowledges that it’s a critical resource for our province; it provides a number of things to various industries: clean tech, manufactur...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Affordable Energy Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 sur l’énergie abordable
[ { "speaker": "The Deputy Speaker (Ms. Donna Skelly)", "text": [ "Further debate?" ] }, { "speaker": "Ms. Patrice Barnes", "text": [ "Today I stand before you to discuss a critical piece of legislation that promises to shape the future of our great province. The Affordable Energy ...
October 30, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-30/hansard
Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 sur le désengorgement du réseau routier et le gain de temps
[ { "speaker": "The Acting Speaker (MmeLucille Collard)", "text": [ "We’re going to go to further debate." ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Will Bouma", "text": [ "I’m pleased to rise in the House today to speak about the Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act." ] }, { "speaker":...
October 29, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-29/hansard-1
Boating safety
[ { "speaker": "The Acting Speaker (MmeLucille Collard)", "text": [ "The member for Carleton has given notice of dissatisfaction with the answer to a question given by the Premier. The member has up to five minutes to debate the matter, and the parliamentary assistant may reply for up to five minutes.",...
October 29, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-29/hansard-1
Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 sur le désengorgement du réseau routier et le gain de temps
[ { "speaker": "The Acting Speaker (Ms. Bhutila Karpoche)", "text": [ "Further debate?" ] }, { "speaker": "M. Guy Bourgouin", "text": [ "Ça me fait toujours plaisir de représenter le monde de Mushkegowuk–Baie James, puis parler du projet de loi 212, « Reducing Gridlock, Saving You ...
October 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-28/hansard-1
Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 visant à oeuvrer pour les travailleurs, cinq
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Would the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development care to lead off the debate." ] }, { "speaker": "Hon. David Piccini", "text": [ "It’s an honour to rise for third reading of Bill 190, Working for W...
October 24, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-24/hansard
Elevate Plus
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Tyler Allsopp", "text": [ "I rise today to tell you about a graduation that occurred a little bit over a week ago in my home riding of Bay of Quinte from a great program called Elevate Plus. This program, funded through the Skills Development Fund and facilitated by Loyalist College ...
October 24, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-24/hansard
Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Peggy Sattler", "text": [ "Today is Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day, an annual opportunity to celebrate the commitment, skills and hard work of the people who care for Ontario’s kids.", "As the MPP for London West, I’m especially grateful to the ...
October 24, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-24/hansard
Right to Heal RedPath Programs
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Dave Smith", "text": [ "This past Sunday, October 20, I was at a fundraising event at 100 Acre Brewing. There was a bandshell set up, and a number of local artists all joined together to raise money for one of our local charities. We had local artists Mike Kidd, Sarah Jayne Riley, Br...
October 24, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-24/hansard
Tenant protection
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Chandra Pasma", "text": [ "This summer, while the Premier was busy telling people struggling with homelessness to get off their posteriors and get a job, my constituents in Aspen Towers were desperately trying to hold onto their housing. Their brand new landlord has been trying to ev...
October 24, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-24/hansard
Events in Scarborough–Agincourt
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Aris Babikian", "text": [ "The summer break was very productive. I managed to attend over 220 meetings, announcements, community events, new business openings in addition to attending standing committee meetings. It was informative to meet and listen to the daily challenges and conce...
October 24, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-10-24/hansard