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Events in Mississauga–Erin Mills
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Sheref Sabawy", "text": [ "On May 18, the Canadian Egyptian Heritage Association once again hosted Canada’s largest Egyptian festival, the sixth annual Discover Egypt festival at Celebration Square in Mississauga. Over 28,000 people gathered to enjoy Egyptian music, listen to enterta...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Legislative pages
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "I will now ask our pages to assemble for their introductions.", "It is my pleasure to introduce this group of legislative pages: from the riding of Chatham-Kent–Leamington, Paige Armstrong; from the riding of Milton, Archibald Coleman; fro...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
ᐃᔑᑭᔑᐍᐏᓇᐣ ᑲᔭᐸᑕᑭᐣ / Use of Indigenous languages
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "I’m going to recognize the member for Kiiwetinoong on a point of order." ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Sol Mamakwa", "text": [ "Point of order, Speaker: If you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to allow me to speak for 10 m...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
ᓄᒪᑫ ᑲᓇᐍᓂᒥᐍᐏᐣ / Long-term care
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Sol Mamakwa", "text": [ "ᒥᑵᐨ", "ᑭᒉᐦᐊᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᓇᐍᓂᒥᐣᑢ ᑲᓇᐍᓂᒧᐍᐏᐣ ᐍᑎ ᐘᐘᓇᐘᑲᐣᐠ ᐍᑎ ᑲᔦ ᑭᐍᑎᓅᐠ ᑲᐏᓂᐣ ᑿᔭᐠ ᒋᓭᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᓄᐍᓂᒥᐣᑢ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒉᐦᐊᐏᑲᒥᑯᐣᐠ ᐁᑳ ᑌᐻ ᐁᒥᔑᓇᑎᐦᑭᐣ ᐁᑕᑿᒋᓇᑐᑭᐣ ᐅᑯ ᐃᑵᓄᐘᐣ ᑲᔦ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐍᓂᒥᑢ ᑭᒉᐦᐊᐠ ᐍᑎ ᐘᐘᓇᐘᑲᐣᐠ", "ᒥᔭᐦᐸᐣ ᐊᑯᓯᐏᑲᒥᑯᐣᐠ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᔕᐏᐣᑢ ᐁᑿ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐁᐏᐣᑕᒥᓭᑭᐣ ᐃᑵᓄᐘᐣ ᒪᓑᑭᑭᐏᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑫᑭᔭᐘᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒉᐦᐊᐏᑲᒥᑯᐣᐠ", ...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Mercury poisoning
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "It is indeed a historic day here in the Legislature. I want to use this opportunity to raise another issue of great concern to so many people across this province. This question is for the Minister of the Environment.", "Yesterday, the opposition deput...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Government accountability
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "It should have been an easy answer: “We’re going to stop the poisoning of the people of Grassy Narrows.”", "But anyway, this question is for the Premier. Yesterday, the NDP revealed that the Premier’s chief of staff, Patrick Sackville, was routinely us...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "MPP Zee Hamid", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister of Energy.", "I’m proud to be standing here today in this Legislature to bring forward the concerns of my constituents in Milton.", "Speaker, due to the impact of the rising Liberal carbon tax, Milton residents are fa...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Indigenous rights
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Sol Mamakwa", "text": [ "Speaker, the Red River Métis, Inuit and Ontario First Nations are calling on Ontario to retract its 2017 identification of the “six new historic Métis communities” in the Ontario region. There was never any consultation with First Nations to recognize these n...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "The next question, the member for Brampton North." ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Andrew Dowie", "text": [ "This is awkward." ] }, { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "The member for Windso...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Workplace safety
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Peter Tabuns", "text": [ "Speaker, through you to the Premier: Every year, workers in Ontario are hospitalized because of heat stress. Some of them die.", "Last year, you carried out a consultation on new heat stress regulations and you didn’t increase protection for any worker...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
School facilities
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Mary-Margaret McMahon", "text": [ "Good morning, everyone. The Ministry of Education asked the Toronto District School Board to submit business cases for schools that urgently need a renovation or a rebuild. The priority was for shovel-ready schools. The criteria included accommodati...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Steve Pinsonneault", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The Liberal carbon tax harms hard-working individuals, businesses and farmers. People in my riding of Lambton–Kent–Middlesex and across the province rely on Ontario farmers to grow...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Child care
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong", "text": [ "My question is to the Premier. Later today, I will be debating my PMB, Bill 191, Childcare and Early Years Workforce Strategy Advisory Committee Act. The bill seeks—", "Interjections." ] }, { "speaker": "Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong", ...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Beverage alcohol sales
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Michael Mantha", "text": [ "My question is to the Premier. Last week, the Premier announced that the government will be spending $225 million to introduce and expedite alcohol sales into convenience stores and gas stations.", "Meanwhile, in northern Ontario, we continue to see ...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Dave Smith", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister of Mines. The Liberal carbon tax is punishing families and businesses in northern Ontario by driving up costs and making life more unaffordable. To add insult to injury, the opposition members that represent northern communities...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Small business
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jill Andrew", "text": [ "Over the last four years, many of our small businesses have been abandoned, while this government was busy bailing out big-box stores and granting funds to some businesses that weren’t even located in Ontario.", "We called for a ban on all evictions by ...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "MmeDawn Gallagher Murphy", "text": [ "My question is for the Minister of Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development. Ontarians have had enough of the Liberal carbon tax. It is driving up the cost of daily necessities for communities across the province, especially in the north.", ...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Standing Committee on Social Policy
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Steve Clark", "text": [ "I beg leave to present a report from the Standing Committee on Social Policy and move its adoption." ] }, { "speaker": "The Clerk-at-the-Table (Mr. Christopher Tyrell)", "text": [ "Your committee begs to report the following bill without...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Standing Committee on Public Accounts
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Tom Rakocevic", "text": [ "I beg leave to present a report on Value-for-Money Audit: Ontario Energy Board: Electricity Oversight and Consumer Protection, 2022 Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario, from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and move the ad...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Laboratory services
[ { "speaker": "Miss Monique Taylor", "text": [ "It is unfortunate that I have to bring this petition forward, and I want to thank—" ] }, { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "I’m going to remind the members that we don’t allow any debate or editorializing on pre...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Child care
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Sandy Shaw", "text": [ "Speaker, I have a petition: “A Future for Childcare in Ontario.” As you would know, currently, there are as many as 65,000 new child care workers needed to meet the expected child care demand.", "I had a child care day in my riding, and so many people to...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Addiction services
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank all of the supporters of the Spot—this is the supervised consumption site—for their signatures on their petition. You can sort of hear them because they’re outside of the Legislature right now.", "Did you know, Speaker, that in S...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Child care
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong", "text": [ "This petition has been signed by a few people here on the sheet that I have. The petition is a solution to a problem that we have in this Legislature, in the province of Ontario. The solution is, we need to pass Bill 191. It’s a bill that creates a ch...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Social assistance
[ { "speaker": "Miss Monique Taylor", "text": [ "I have a petition and would once again like to thank Dr. Sally Palmer from McMaster University, who continues to send these petitions here our way to have read in the Legislature. This is to raise the social assistance rates.", "We know that people ...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Hospital services
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance GĂŠlinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank the 8,000 people from the Muskoka area who have signed this petition. Basically, they wrote up this petition because the board of directors of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare is looking at closing the hospital in south Muskoka and moving ...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Laboratory services
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Sandy Shaw", "text": [ "I have a petition here entitled “Prioritize Public Health: Keep Our Community” Public Health Ontario “Labs Open.” This was signed by thousands and thousands of people across the province. Their concern is that this government is closing local public health lab...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Emergency services
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank the members of Beaver Lake fire services for these petitions. The petition is called “911 Everywhere in Ontario.” We all know—and the pages know this—that if you get into trouble, you dial 911, and either an ambulance, firefighters or ...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Doctor shortage
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Sandy Shaw", "text": [ "I have a petition entitled “Putting Patients First: Fix the Doctor Shortage.”", "As you will have heard, Speaker, in the House, Ontario currently has about 2.4 million Ontarians who do not have access to a family physician or primary care, and we know th...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Road maintenance
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance GĂŠlinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank Dan Bazinet from my riding for these petitions.", "There are about 200 people who have signed because most of them live either on Joe Lake East or on Dixon Lake Road. Those two roads in Nickel Belt used to be maintained when they...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Environmental protection
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Sandy Shaw", "text": [ "I have a petition entitled “Stand Up for Local Conservation Authorities.” I would say that this petition addresses the major concerns the people across Ontario have about this government’s devastating changes that they’ve made to the Conservation Authorities A...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Northern Health Travel Grant
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance Gélinas", "text": [ "I would like to thank Madame Suzanne Legault from Val Caron in my riding for these petitions. They’re called “Let’s Fix the Northern Health Travel Grant.”", "As you know, Speaker, in northern Ontario, we don’t have access to all of the health care ser...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 pour prĂŠvoir des routes et des collectivitĂŠs plus sĂťres
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Would the minister care to lead off the debate? I recognize the Minister of Transportation." ] }, { "speaker": "Hon. Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria", "text": [ "I’d like to state before starting that I’ll be sharing my time with t...
May 28, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-28/hansard
Sunrise Montessori School
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Logan Kanapathi", "text": [ "Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the 35th anniversary celebration of the Sunrise Montessori School in my riding of Markham–Thornhill. This milestone marks over three decades of commitment to nurturing young minds and shaping our community’s futu...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Library services
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Wayne Gates", "text": [ "The closure of the Chippawa library branch is a significant loss for our community. The building is in desperate need of massive repairs, and the costs have largely fallen on the shoulders of our community. This is not a burden we should bear alone.", "...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Tamil genocide / Asian Heritage Month
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Aris Babikian", "text": [ "On the 50th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal massacre, the Tamil community gathered at Albert Campbell Square to remember the victims and call on Canada and the international community to bring the perpetrators of the Tamil genocide to justice and fight agai...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Conflict in Middle East
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Joel Harden", "text": [ "After seven and a half months of heartbreak, of horror and tragedy for Palestinian and Israeli communities, I’m going to ask a question, Speaker: Does anybody in this House or in our country or around the world feel safer? I certainly don’t feel safer. I didn...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Automotive industry
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Anthony Leardi", "text": [ "Today I’m going to talk about the incredible growth in Ontario’s auto sector, and to make my point I’m going to be quoting Professor Dimitry Anastakis. He’s a professor of Canadian business history at the University of Toronto. This is what Professor Anast...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Jerry Moskotaywenene / Jack McKay
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Sol Mamakwa", "text": [ "I want to recognize Jerry Moskotaywenene and Jack McKay for their decades of service with the Ontario Provincial Police. Jerry’s career began on April 26, 1993, and he officially retired November 30, 2023, after 30.5 years of service. Jack began his career wi...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Government investments
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Sam Oosterhoff", "text": [ "Just over a week ago, I joined Premier Ford along with the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade on the banks of the Welland Canal in Port Colborne as our government welcomed one of the largest private sector investments in Niagara’s his...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Centre des services communautaires Vanier
[ { "speaker": "MmeLucille Collard", "text": [ "C’est avec un très grand plaisir ce matin que je veux profiter de l’occasion pour souligner et féliciter le Centre des services communautaires Vanier dans ma circonscription. Le CSC Vanier est un organisme francophone qui se démarque par son travail except...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Corbyn Smith
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Matthew Rae", "text": [ "It is a pleasure to rise today to recognize the amazing accomplishments of one of my constituents in Perth–Wellington. Earlier this month, Corbyn Smith from Monkton, Ontario, along with his teammates on Canada’s para hockey team, took home the gold medal in t...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Ambulanciers paramĂŠdicaux
[ { "speaker": "M. Stéphane Sarrazin", "text": [ "La semaine dernière, du 19 au 25 mai, était la semaine nationale des paramédics, monsieur le Président. J’aimerais prendre cette opportunité pour rendre hommage à ces hommes et ces femmes qui sont parmi les premiers répondants qui sont toujours prêts à o...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Jaye Robinson
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "The member for Don Valley West I believe has a point of order." ] }, { "speaker": "Ms. Stephanie Bowman", "text": [ "Thank you, Speaker. A point of order: I am seeking unanimous consent to observe a moment of silence in rem...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Introduction of member for Milton / Introduction of member for Lambton–Kent–Middlesex
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "I beg to inform the House that the Clerk has received from the Chief Electoral Officer and laid upon the table certificates of the by-elections in the electoral districts of Milton and Lambton–Kent–Middlesex." ] }, { "speaker": "The ...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Government accountability
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "This question is for the Premier. The Information and Privacy Commissioner has confirmed that she’s going to be releasing a special report on his government’s conduct in relation to the greenbelt scandal. She’s looking into allegations that political staffer...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Mercury poisoning
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "Speaker, the member doesn’t have to worry, because it’s going to go straight to the RCMP, all that information, let me tell you.", "This question is for the Premier again. We’ve known for decades—decades—that mercury was being dumped in the Wabigoon-En...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Government contract
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "Speaker, that was a disappointing response from the minister, and I’ll point out, there were no answers there for the people of Grassy Narrows.", "People are struggling all across this province to find a family doctor and rural emergency rooms are clos...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Matthew Rae", "text": [ "I think everyone is just excited for my question this morning. I’d really like to ask a question to the Premier, but unfortunately, my question is to the Minister of Energy.", "The Liberal carbon tax is driving up the cost of food and everyday essential...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Education funding / Violence in schools
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Chandra Pasma", "text": [ "Every parent knows that without caring, qualified teachers and education workers, there is no education. Yet this government’s cuts to education funding, their refusal to take action on violence and mental health and their contempt for teachers are driving ...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Aris Babikian", "text": [ "Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.", "Ontario’s farmers pride themselves on being great stewards of the land and the environment. But the federal Liberals refuse to take that into account when they saddle ...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
First responders
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Sol Mamakwa", "text": [ "First responders, including police officers, across the north often work alone. They are the first ones who see accidents and tragedies when they happen, but they are not given the tools they need to process the traumatic events.", "Speaker, will this g...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Government’s record
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Adil Shamji", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier. Mr. Speaker, $1 billion of taxpayer money is currently on its way to the Premier’s wealthy, well-connected friends at the Beer Store and LCBO. This isn’t about convenience. This is about favouring insiders, furthering political...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Rick Byers", "text": [ "Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Energy. As the cost of living continues to rise, Ontarians cannot afford the costly federal carbon tax. But the federal Liberals do not care, and neither do the Ontario Liberals, under the carbon tax queen, Bonnie Cr...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Justice system
[ { "speaker": "MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam", "text": [ "My question is to the Premier. Ontario’s justice system has made recent headlines for all the wrong reasons.", "CityNews has broadcasted: “‘Stop with the Excuses:’ Emotional Appeals to Overhaul Court System Amid Growing Backlogs.”", "Toronto ...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Climate change
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Mike Schreiner", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier. Extreme heat is already here. Fire season started early. Toxic air from fires last year cost our health care system $1.3 billion. Climate-fuelled extreme weather caused insurable losses of $3.1 billion last year alone. The c...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Mr. David Smith", "text": [ "My question is for the great Associate Minister of Small Business. The federal government’s carbon tax continues to make life more expensive for Ontarians. Small business owners across our province cannot afford the high prices of essential goods and services...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Pharmacists
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance GĂŠlinas", "text": [ "Ma question est pour la ministre de la SantĂŠ.", "Since the government introduced new sources of profit for pharmacies, pharmacists at Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart are being directed by their corporations to perform unnecessary MedsCheck to drive pro...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "MmeDawn Gallagher Murphy", "text": [ "My question is for the Solicitor General. From groceries to gas, the Liberal carbon tax is making life more expensive for everyone in our province. People in my riding of Newmarket–Aurora have told me that they are concerned about the impact that thi...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Child care
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong", "text": [ "My question is to the Premier. Child care operators have been warning this government since 2022 about the mismanagement on the Canada-wide Early Learning Child Care program file.", "Child care operators like Ola have already opted out, and now,...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Reception
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Aris Babikian", "text": [ "Point of order, Mr. Speaker." ] }, { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "I recognize the member for Scarborough–Agincourt on a point of order." ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Aris Babikian", "text": [ "...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Taxation Amendment Act (Promoting Leisure Activities for Youth), 2024 / Loi de 2024 modifiant la Loi sur les impĂ´ts (promotion des activitĂŠs de loisir pour les jeunes)
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Call in the members. This is a five-minute bell.", "The division bells rang from 1157 to 1202." ] }, { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "On May 16, 2024, Mr. Blais moved second reading of Bill 178...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
House sittings
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Point of order, the member for Chatham-Kent–Leamington." ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Trevor Jones", "text": [ "Pursuant to standing order 7(e), I wish to inform the House that tonight’s evening meeting is cancelled." ] } ]
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Homeowner Protection Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 sur la protection des propriĂŠtaires de logements
[ { "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": [ "I invite the minister to briefly explain his bill." ] },...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Commercial to Residential Conversion Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 sur la conversion d’un usage commercial à un usage résidentiel
[ { "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 Kanata–Carleton like to briefly explain h...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Standing Committee on Public Accounts
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Trevor Jones", "text": [ "I move that the Standing Committee on Public Accounts be authorized to attend the 2024 annual conference of the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees in Quebec City, Quebec, from September 7 to September 10, 2024." ] }, { "speaker": "The...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Petitions
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Before I invite the members to present petitions this afternoon, I wish to address the House on the importance of petitions in light of the recent changes to the standing orders.", "In keeping with centuries of parliamentary tradition, pet...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Labour legislation
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is called “Pass Anti-Scab Labour Legislation”—Speaker, as you know, very dear to my heart. The short version of this as a summary is that without anti-scab legislation, strikes, labour disputes and lockouts tend to last a lot longer. The ACTRA lo...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Landfill
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Mary-Margaret McMahon", "text": [ "Hello, everyone. I have a petition here on behalf of the residents of Flamborough–Glanbrook, the group Standing Up for Stoney Creek. Essentially, the petition actually has 4,150 signatures from east Hamilton and Stoney Creek. It calls for the Minist...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Road safety
[ { "speaker": "MPP Lise Vaugeois", "text": [ "This is a petition to the Ministry of Transportation regarding early warning lights. It’s a request to have warning lights all along the Thunder Bay Expressway as it goes from the very beginning of Thunder Bay to the very end, so it circles the entire city....
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Heritage conservation
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Stephanie Bowman", "text": [ "I have a petition from residents in my riding of Don Valley West who are concerned about government changes to the Ontario Heritage Act, which will strip heritage protections from 36,000 buildings across the province on January 1, 2025, unless new protec...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Laboratory testing
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is entitled “Prioritize Public Health: Keep our Community PHO Labs Open.” This was a petition that was collected very quickly—9,000 signatures. I have a stack down here.", "One of the main concerns has to do with the water testing. If that ...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Social assistance
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Bobbi Ann Brady", "text": [ "I have a petition here to raise social assistance rates, signed by over 230 organizations who recommend social assistance rates in Ontario be doubled. Both Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program recipients are grappling with alarming inflati...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Health care funding
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Peggy Sattler", "text": [ "I would like to express thanks to London West resident Johanne Nichols, who collected about a hundred signatures on a petition that addresses increasing costs in health care for corporate executives and administration. She notes that our health care system ...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Social assistance
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is entitled “To Raise Social Assistance Rates.” It illustrates that during CERB, the basic income was basically pegged at $2,000 a month and compares it to the income for OW at $733 a month or $1,308 for a single individual on ODSP. It been signe...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Taxation
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Bobbi Ann Brady", "text": [ "I have a petition here: “Time Ontario Provides Relief to Families From Federal Carbon Tax.” It talks about the fact that the government of Saskatchewan has removed the federal carbon tax from home heating, natural gas and electricity, which results in sav...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Mental health services
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Peggy Sattler", "text": [ "I would again like to thank London West constituent Johanne Nichols, who developed a petition and collected almost a hundred signatures. The petition is regarding the absence of mental health care in our communities. She notes that there is a very negative ...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Northern Health Travel Grant
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is entitled “Let’s Fix the Northern Health Travel Grant.” In a nutshell, what this petition talks about is the funding for the Northern Health Travel Grant, for the people in northern Ontario who have to go to southern Ontario for medical attenti...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Tenant protection
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Peggy Sattler", "text": [ "I have a petition signed by hundreds of Londoners that is calling on this Legislature to bring back real rent control. The petition notes there is no rent control on buildings that were constructed in this province after November 2018, and that people who a...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Public safety
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is entitled “Protect 2SLGBTQI+ Communities and Drag Artists.” There has been an increase in anti-2SLGBTQ2I+ hate crimes and harassment across Ontario. And particularly drag artists were specifically targeted by these extremists. We believe, and I...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Tuition
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is entitled “Fight the Fees.” It has to do with the price of tuition and the increase in tuition over time. They’re saying the average domestic undergrad tuition has increased by 215% and the average domestic graduate tuition has increased by 247...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Assistive devices
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Peggy Sattler", "text": [ "This is a petition from the Disability Justice Network of Ontario. It is calling for some significant reforms to the Assistive Devices Program of this government. As we know, the Assistive Devices Program helps people who have long-term physical disabilitie...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Social assistance
[ { "speaker": "MPP Jamie West", "text": [ "This petition is a petition to raise social assistance rates. The petition was very strongly supported. They point out that the CERB, when it rolled out, found people need a basic income of about $2,000 a month and compared that to the $733 that individuals on...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
New members of provincial Parliament
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Further debate?" ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Steve Pinsonneault", "text": [ "Mr. Speaker, fellow members of the Legislative Assembly, esteemed colleagues, family, friends and Ontario residents, I stand before you today. I’m deep...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 sur l’amélioration des soins professionnels prodigués aux animaux
[ { "speaker": "The Acting Speaker (Ms. Bhutila Karpoche)", "text": [ "Further debate?" ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. John Vanthof", "text": [ "It’s always an honour to stand in the House.", "Before I start my formal remarks, I would like to congratulate the new members from Milton ...
May 27, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-27/hansard
Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act, 2024 / Loi de 2024 sur l’amélioration des soins professionnels prodigués aux animaux
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Would the minister care to lead off the debate?" ] }, { "speaker": "Hon. Lisa M. Thompson", "text": [ "It’s a pleasure to rise in the House today to continue our discussion on the importance of enhancing professional care f...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
House sittings
[ { "speaker": "The Acting Speaker (Ms. Patrice Barnes)", "text": [ "I recognize the deputy House leader." ] }, { "speaker": "Mr. Trevor Jones", "text": [ "On a point of order: Pursuant to standing order 7(e), I wish to inform the House that tonight’s evening meeting is cancelled."...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Hannah Pare
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Andrew Dowie", "text": [ "Recently, we lost a beloved member of our community and a health care hero, Hannah Pare. Hannah was just 22 years old and was a neurology nurse at Windsor Regional Hospital. She tragically passed away due to complications during surgery. Hannah was an amazin...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Labour dispute
[ { "speaker": "MmeFrance GĂŠlinas", "text": [ "Today, my colleague MPP West and I wish we were in our ridings so we could join the 900 health care professionals holding a rally at Health Sciences North. You see, Speaker, these workers have been working without a collective agreement since June 2022, two...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Transportation infrastructure
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Hardeep Singh Grewal", "text": [ "Our government, under Premier Ford’s leadership, is getting it done by building Highway 413. In the coming year, by 2025, we will move ahead with construction and get shovels in the ground as a part of our plan to build Ontario.", "With Halton,...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Diagnostic services
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Wayne Gates", "text": [ "We are facing unacceptable wait times for MRIs in Niagara right now. Right now, our community faces a staggering 306-day wait time for MRIs—a wait time that nearly doubled in the past year.", "Since 2016, we have fought tooth and nail to secure addition...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Health care funding
[ { "speaker": "Mr. John Jordan", "text": [ "I was pleased to join the Minister of Health last month for a very important virtual announcement which will positively affect many families in Lanark–Frontenac–Kingston. A new regional pediatric surgical program was launched to address the wait-list for surg...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Bicycle safety
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Chris Glover", "text": [ "In 2018, I was riding my bicycle along Bloor Street and a vehicle pulled past me, stopped, and a passenger got out the back door. There just was not time for me to react. I ran into the door. The bicycle was damaged. I was injured. I ended up with a horsesho...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
OSAID
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Natalie Pierre", "text": [ "It’s a pleasure for me to rise to talk about OSAID, Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to address some of OSAID’s amazing student delegates at the 2024 launch of SAID Day.", "OSAID was established in 1987 and ...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Climate change
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Mike Schreiner", "text": [ "It’s an honour to rise today to say thank you to the Guelph Climate Action Network and the Guelph-Wellington Coalition for Social Justice for organizing a community climate forum on May 4. I was so impressed that over 160 community members came out on a be...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Mother’s Day
[ { "speaker": "Mrs. Daisy Wai", "text": [ "I’m honoured to share a touching moment from this past Mother’s Day. With four children and seven grandchildren of my own, I deeply understand the joys and challenges of being a mother.", "As we celebrated Mother’s Day this past Sunday, I rise today on b...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Housing
[ { "speaker": "Mr. Anthony Leardi", "text": [ "It’s Building Safety Month. Ontario’s building officials play a critical role in tackling the province’s housing supply shortage, while keeping us safe in accordance with the building code.", "Since 1976, the Ontario building code has set the minimum...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Alice Munro
[ { "speaker": "The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott)", "text": [ "Point of order, President of the Treasury Board." ] }, { "speaker": "Hon. Caroline Mulroney", "text": [ "Speaker, if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent for the House to observe a moment of silence in remembrance o...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Sexual violence and harassment
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "My question is for the Premier.", "Survivors of sexual violence travelled from all across this province to hear this House discuss the crisis in our justice system yesterday, and their government betrayed them. They didn’t just kill the debate on an im...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Health care
[ { "speaker": "Ms. Marit Stiles", "text": [ "The next question is for the Premier again.", "Speaker, 10,000 patients are going to lose their primary care in Sault Ste. Marie by the end of this month, in just a couple of weeks, including retired steelworkers. Do you know why that matters? It’s bec...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard
Correctional services
[ { "speaker": "MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam", "text": [ "My question is to the Premier.", "In 2016, Soleiman Faqiri suffered from schizoaffective disorder. He was temporarily housed in a correctional facility. He was denied mental health resources. Pleas from his family were ignored even though he was cl...
May 16, 2024
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-05-16/hansard