 It's now time for Member Statements. I recognize the Member for Essex. Thank you very much, Speaker. As always, it is a pleasure to rise in this house to recognize the children of the great people of my right of Essex. Today, I have the distinct honor and pleasure of recognizing a friend of mine, Christine Hayes, who has been named the Essex 2008 Citizen of the Year Award recipient. Christine is an enthusiastic, dedicated and compassionate volunteer for so many organizations in various capacities in our community. She's the Treasurer of the Essex Region Goodfellas, the Secretary of the Essex Legion to a one-way auxiliary. A canvasser for the Essex County of Windsor-Communist Society. A volunteer for the big bike ride or hunched joke. She sings in the resurrection choir holding of Jesus' Church. She also supports numerous other charities. She does this all, Speaker, who has been working in Essex and raising her brilliant teenage son, Connor, a citizen of the Year Award recognizes an individual who has given the time to volunteer, has made a public impact on the citizen and has been dedicated to improving and serving the community. The award is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 3305, the Essex Rotary, and the town of Essex Heritage and the Essex Legion. Christine is also the daughter who was my political mentor. Christine carries on the tradition of activism involved in a genuine compassion that her community or her community that her father instilled. I know that Pat will be looking down on her being with pride for all the accomplishments of his daughter and I'm truly honored to be able to do all of this recognition in the same chamber where Pat served the people of Essex County, Speaker, on behalf of the Ontario IDP, the members of this legislature and the community of Essex County, I would like to congratulate Christine Hayes. We love you, thank you, and congratulations. Congratulations. Members, thank you. Member for Scarborough Ancient Court. Mr. Speaker, I rise in the house this afternoon with a heavy heart. Yesterday around 1.30 p.m., gunshots were heard in my riding in the vicinity of two high schools. The shooting that had taken place on Bournemouth Avenue and Birchmont Road has taken the life of a young man aged 18 and destroyed the lives of many others who the police are so bravely looking to capture. Yesterday, I was thinking of the parents and the students who were locked down in their places of learning and enlightenment. Following the incident, I had a person who's spoken to some of these families and students and I would like to reassure them that we will do our best to protect and secure our community. Mr. Speaker, as the MPP and resident of Scarborough Ancient Court for the past 28 years, I am looking to reassert that we still do live in a safe, diverse and vibrant community. I am sure that this incident will make us stronger and allow us to look for solutions to the gun crimes that have rid of our community and City of Toronto this year. I look forward to being part of this process of the coming days and months. Finally, Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the first responders and the police services for the diligent and swift actions and commitment to our safety today and always. I know that the members of the police department and paramedic services have been very much involved in ensuring that our communities, neighborhoods and city are well protected and served. Thank you. Thank you. Member Statements, the member for Hamilton West and Caster Dundas. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to share with the members some positive environmental initiatives that are happening right in my own right at Hamilton West and Caster Dundas. Mr. Speaker, I recently had the pleasure of touring Mohawk College's net zero industrial building. I was sharing that tour with the Mohawk College president, Ron McCurley, and with my colleague the member from Hamilton Mountain. This new joint center for partnership and innovation will be Canada's largest net zero building in all of Canada. The center will provide students and our communities with our labs. They include workshops, lecture theaters and industrial training centers. In addition, they will have a large solar car port at 50,000 square feet. And this has been engineered by a local firm with the NASA University. They also the joint center is very beautiful and it has been engineered by a local firm, B&H, but how to say that it really is truly a sight to behold. But unfortunately with the recent climate change action plan, they lost 1.2 million dollars in a building and they're going to have to seek other funding. But as the students make clear to me that during our tour they're very excited about the building, they want us to understand that it's very important to ensure that we understand that projects such as this make business sense. They save money in the long run and more importantly, they help to reduce our carbon which is very important for the future generations. So I congratulate Mohawk for their success. Member statements, the member for Mrs. Augustine. Thank you Mr. Speaker. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and Tuesday was Mental Health Action Day. I think it is important to distinguish these two great causes because we have arrived at a point in which we understand that awareness only goes so far without action. I had the opportunity to speak on behalf of our government at the Medical Psychiatry Alliance, at the living art center in my home writing of Mrs. Augustine. There I introduced the novel Hazel McAlliam Endowed Lecture in Shaping Healthier Communities with this focus on bridging the gap between mental health and physical health. I was invited by Trillium Health to celebrate the first lecture that I will see as being our great former mayor, Hazel McAlliam, and the mayor of Action and Change. I am so proud of T.A.S.E. with their leadership and political and excellent. And providing the largest health company in Ontario with renowned state of the art care, including their outstanding work on mental health, which demonstrates that with action, we can have great impact. I look forward to working with their leadership team on this low-cost issue. Member statements? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to think about the issue that in the workers in St. Catherine have faced for a number of years. No one chooses to obtain a workplace during Mr. Speaker. However, we, in this lecture, choose how we are going to support those who have been injured at work. Today, I want to speak about the issue that allows the WSIB to assume that injured workers have a job, even if that worker is unemployed for the purpose of their claim. This means that the injured workers are going to have an income that they in fact do not. This practice allows the WSIB to find a thing. The claimant is receiving income for a job they do not have. And what is their injury from doing? Deeming is their use to find a benefit for injured workers right across this province. This one just works deeper into poverty for the work addiction and in fact their mental health by no fault of their own. In this government really cares about working people it would end deeming immediately if this worker the benefits they rightly deserve. If we are going to change this right here then why not change it or the better? Wrap over the right of working people across this province. I sincerely hope that the government benches will stand up for injured workers and help all practices of deeming. Thank you. Thank you. Member Statements, the member for Don Valleys. Thank you Mr. President. Today I rise to talk about gun violence in the city of Toronto and in the GTA. And I think for the first time in this legislature I want to talk about the victims specifically black males who have been murdered in the city over the last 25 years. When I speak to this issue I remind people that I would guess that there is almost a thousand black males who have been murdered in the GTA in the last 25 years. The numbers are astonishing. And I want to recognize the hardship that the families go through. The mothers, the fathers, the families, the neighbourhoods I grew up in Flamington Park in the community that I grew up in. There was at least a dozen young men that were murdered during my time period. And I just want to remind you that if we talk about hundreds of black males especially teenagers in the city who have been murdered we all have a collective responsibility to work towards building a strategy to stop gun violence. The police and the approach we take is not necessarily the only one. The police acknowledge that it's getting the roots of the issue. The black youth action plan is a question of data to really better understand the issue. So I just want to again recognize the loss of life here in the city and pay tribute to the mothers and fathers and families who have struggled in this city. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Member Statements, the member for Scarborough, Rouge Park. Thank you Mr. Speaker. This year, Toronto City Council approved the meeting of a section called the name of a region in Toronto that runs through my writings across as a Ron Moser trial in honour of the late Ron Moser Ron Moser. On Saturday, residents of my writings and representatives of all who have gone into a gathering to dedicate this section of a lot of fun trial to him. Ron Moser was known as a quiet but effective consular. He was a veteran city councilman who served for the residents of this part of Scarborough for nearly three decades after his first election in 1988 during his time as a consular Ron fought for the creation and protection of public space and he was instrumental in the creation of Rouge National Urban Park Canada's largest urban park. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today to honour the late consular Ron Moser who was dedicated to helping to improve the lives of his constituents and the mayors of Scarborough Rouge Park. I'm standing for the work here done in the city for creating beautiful spaces for parks, forestry and waterfront for them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Remember for Scarborough so much. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last night a young boy, only 18 years old lost his life. He was hanging with some friends at the plaza where a lone gunman walked up and shot multiple times. This marks the 83rd on the side of the city. A few weeks ago, in my ride a few weeks ago, we were in and down forth we faced a very similar tragedy. And following the tragedy last night, the Toronto District School Board had four schools in Scarborough. A lot of parents were panicked. They called on the call line one so many times but the police had to do it out to keep the line free. We had a chance to talk to some residents in my ideas and teachers and they filled them out. They filled them out and the message is that people are now happening so much that we don't know what to do about it. And the message we're sending to our kids is that it's okay not to act. And I think we did do a lot more than just talk the issue. And I share the sentiments from my colleagues in the Scarborough Agent Course. My heart is to know with you with your residents in your riding as well as I agree with the member from Don't Believe. And I think what we need to do is to talk about the root causes here in the House for months now, for better affordable housing, public transit, child care, in my riding we have children living in the public and the highest child poverty in Scarborough, South-West. And Speaker, I cannot tell you the programs we have that are incredible but that means better funding because we really need to look at the root causes in our child discharge. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. Well I say today to bring to the attention of the House three milestones in the Canada, Japan relationship to myself and the people in my riding recently celebrated. I was glad within the Sakura tree planting and a heritage site unveiling ceremony back on September 7th. Honoring the two milestones I speak of the first is the 30th anniversary of the Canadian and American redress to Japanese Canadians for their internment in World War II, an act of reconciliation undertaken by two great servitors, Ronald Reagan and Ronald Reagan. This year also marks the 90th anniversary of the official diplomatic relations between our two countries but to speak at this point it's an important bond. Japan and Canada share and that is to hold up to the mistakes of the past. We both seek to love the history in order to grow. Japan is one of our strongest allies and they are our world leader in the morning peace, trade and human rights. Our nation will continue to work with the people of Japan. One of the many strengths of our growing relationship with Japan is the more than 85,000 jobs created in Canada's auto sector which over half are in Ontario. I hope to see this mutually benefit of job creation continue in the years to come especially in my writing of John Lamington. So speakers as we celebrate milestones of the past, it's an honor to offer the commitment of our community and between communities of diverse communities. I look forward to a positive future in Japanese Canadian relations. One where Ontario is not just open to business but open for a mutually deep relationship as well. Thank you. Member statements. The Member for Ottawa West Napien. Thank you Mr. Speaker. October is Canadian autism awareness month. As many in this chamber know my younger brother Dylan has autism. Growing up with my brother presented many challenges. Dylan doesn't speak. He finds bright lights and loud noises disruptive and he struggles to communicate what he wants. But as anyone who has had a individual with special needs and their life will know having them in your life brings you a special joy that is so innocent and so pure. It might be an unexpected laugh for a smile or a hand reaching out to grab yours as you walk down the street while we may never know what prompted that burst of laughter there is something so calming about these primal human emotions manifesting themselves in their purest forms laughter, happiness, love. Currently one in 66 children in Ontario are diagnosed with autism. It is the fastest growing neurological disorder in the world. Over the next four years we will have the chance in this chamber to debate ways that we can help individuals with autism and their families. But for today and for the month of October let us take a moment to celebrate the wonderful things that individuals with autism bring to our lives and to our communities. Take a moment this month to meet somebody with autism. Learn what makes them special. Experience their challenges and let them enrich your lives and maybe just maybe you'll learn a little something about yourself along the way. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Reports by committees.