 Therefore, it's time for a member's statements to the member from Bruce Greyhound South. Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, today I stand to pay tribute to a great constituent, a terrific community entrepreneur, an exemplary citizen of this province, philanthropist and a man who exemplifies the very best of Canadian values, Frank Calder. Frank was a large in life business person who truly lived life to the fullest. He was a farmer from day one who never lost his connection to his rural roots, a man who ruled up his sleeves to get things done, and an innovator who used his terrific people skills, honesty and sense of humor to build a small empire that included a farm chemical and supply business, better known today as Sprucedale Agamart, with offices in Tara, Hanover and Manitoulin Island. In addition to his many interests, Frank was also one of the original six investors who bought the Owensound Platers, now the Owensound Attack, and was a driving force in helping keep the attack in Owensound. To his last day, Frank was a visionary behind the attack being such a significant part of our Graeber's Owensound community. But besides being a naturally gifted salesman, Frank also liked to give back to the Owensound community, donating countless hours of personal time to bettering the lives of all around him, and serving on a variety of foundations and boards, including Trillium Mutual Insurance and the Owensound Regional Hospital Foundation, that support the MRI campaign and the Cancer Suite at Graeber's Health Services. A quiet and humble man, Frank's actions spoke volumes, and as such he was a true role model for his sons, Chris, Jeff and Ted, in so many ways. I attend numerous fundraising events throughout our community, and I can attest that there is probably not a charity in our area that has not been blessed with the generosity of Frank and his life sharing. They are the epitome of community builders who have made a difference. And so it is with a heavy heart that I announce that Frank passed away suddenly on November 2nd, leaving behind a legacy of salesmanship, community pride, strong family values, and a community that is better because of him. Frank's death is a devastating loss for Bruce Graeber's Owensound, the enteral hockey league, and the many great cause he worked on. However, through his community contributions and fondly remembered reputation, his legacy will undoubtedly live on and have a positive impact in the lives of many, for many, many years. Thank you, Frank, for all that you achieved and contributed throughout your very successful life. Farewell, my friend. May you rest in peace. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. For the member Siemens, the member from London Fanshawe. It is always a pleasure to rise in legislature as the MPP for London Fanshawe on behalf of my constituents. Today I am bringing to attention a very serious issue that is happening in London with regard to children and youth mental health community services. Over the summer, I met with Vanier, Ways, Craigwood, Marymount and Aggo and the London Family Court Clinic. These agencies provide community treatment that helps our vulnerable children with their mental health therapy. They told me that in the span of two years, there has been an increase of 23 in crisis intake for children's mental health services with almost one quarter of clients having developed a suicide plan or attempt. Thousands of children are on the wait list. What happens when youth cannot access the mental health services they need? They end up in crisis. They find themselves in emergency rooms or entangled with law enforcement. Something has to be done about the chaos that has been created in London's children's and youth mental health services. At your request, Minister Matthews, 11 core agencies for children's mental health in our area compose a document outlining a reasonable funding increase, what a reasonable funding increase would entail if it were to happen. The agencies are still waiting to hear back from this Liberal government if additional funding has been approved. Two to years of underfunding, agencies are speaking up and struggling to stay afloat. Now it's your turn to act. I am calling on the minister to take action. Will the minister commit to increasing funding in the Liberal budget? It's time to improve the funding for agencies in Ontario that provide direct support for our children and youth with mental health needs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For their member statements, the member from Eglinton Morris. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'd like to speak about a wonderful local champion who passed away on Sunday, Salvatore D'Amico. Sammy, as he was known, lived till he was 38 years of old of age. He had his loving brother Frank and his sisters, Maria and Lena. Laura, I should say. His mom and dad, Antonio and Katrina loved him so much and he was a very special person in that he received a great deal of love, yet he gave back so much to his family and everybody around him. He was always a positive force in the community. He participated continually, but always with a smile on his face and always sharing his love with others. And I think Sammy and his family are a shining example of how when we have someone that's a member of our family that needs sometimes a little bit of extra help, when we help them, we are the ones that receive the love and the favour back. So Sammy was that kind of special person. He is now gone upstairs and we hope that he can still follow his maple leaves upstairs and that he can still cheer for his favourite wrestlers up in heaven. So we all say goodbye, Sammy. We're all going to miss you. Thank you for the members. Statements to the member from Elgin Middlesex London. Thank you very much, Speaker. Speaker, I rise today to raise awareness and about a very important campaign which originated in London, Ontario. The London Abuse Women's Centre has launched its eighth annual Shine the Light campaign. The campaign runs every November for the entire month coinciding with Ontario's Women Abuse Prevention campaign. The campaign's purpose is to raise awareness of violence against women by turning communities across the country purple for the month of November. I'm proud that all members are wearing a purple ribbon today to show their support for this local campaign and I hope that next year we're able to light the outside of legislative building in purple to further show our support. The London Abuse Women's Centre website states that purple is a symbol of courage, survival and honour and has come to symbolize the fight to end women abuse. During the month of November they are inviting businesses, schools, places of worship, homes and everywhere else to go purple. The campaign started to expand in its second year across Ontario and then into Canada. This year the campaign has grown internationally and has been adopted in Sweden and Australia. November 15th every year has been designated as Wear Purple All Day. It is my hope that one day soon this campaign will no longer be needed as we as a province, nation and world and the violence against women. I want to give a special thank to Megan Walker, the Executive Director of London Abuse Women's Centre and her team for the outstanding work they do day in and day out to keep our women in our community safe and the awareness that they continue to raise to stop violence against women. Thank you. Well, Mr Speaker, like all members here, we live very busy work lives. We're trying to be in five places at once and today while I was on committee I unfortunately missed I think a meeting that would have been interesting which was an update on winter road maintenance to happen this winter and I just want to say to my friends on the government side I may have not made that briefing because of committee engagements but I've got to say let's hope that we get it right. There used to be a time not that long ago that when you took the road in Northern Ontario or Southern Ontario for that fact and you wanted to go from point A to point B with reasonable weather you knew you got reasonable rows and they were in pretty good shape. We had this wonderful system a hybrid where we had public operators under MTO that operated snow plows, salt trucks, sand trucks and others and we would augment that with private contractors and the MTO themselves were responsible for monitoring and making sure that equipment was dispatched. Unfortunately the Liberals who were afford to privatization privatized the entire system and we now have a system that's entirely run by the private sector that has led to a lot of problems when it comes to the condition of our highways. So let's hope that the government has learned as a result of some of these contracts. I know that they've made some changes. There's been some improvement but we still have a long ways to go and I just want to put the government on notice. All Northerners and I think all Ontarians will be keeping a close eye on the condition of our roads and you can rest assured we'll be back to talk to the government should we see a repeat of previous years. Thank you. For the member students the member from Ajax Picker. Good afternoon Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to stand in the house today to officially mark November as Hindu Heritage Month on December 8th 2016. My private members bill 56 received royal assent that we all proclaimed unanimously. Pardon me November to be Hindu Heritage Month in Ontario. Here we are at home to a large and vibrant Hindu community who have made significant contributions across fields including science, education, medicine, law, politics, business, culture and sport. Hindus have helped to build Ontario into the multicultural success story that is and have helped to build this province into the best place to live, work and raise families. I had the distinct pleasure to attend a special Hindu Heritage Month celebration by writing in Ajax on Sunday November 5th. The event was organized by Sandu Mochan, Hanuman Mander and Cultural Centre in Ajax in partnership with the town of Ajax and during that celebration Ajax resident, community leader and member of the Sandcat, Cecil Ramnoth, honoured me with a very special personal tribute that included a signed frame staircase photo by Premier Kathleen Wynne's signature in place with that commemorated on bill 56. I witnessed firsthand that Hinduism stands for throughout the very special days of Hindu people that evening. My wife Donna and I were welcomed with open arms. We both felt the Hindu love of humanity that evening and fully understood how important bill 56 is to Hindus and I'm honoured to stand here today to commemorate Hindus this month and every day the contributions that Hindu Canadians have made in Ontario are special and as Mahatma Gandhi said the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Are there members statements? The member from Prince Edward Hastings. Thanks speaker. Today my friends in Belleville set a final farewell to a local hockey legend. Floyd Crawford died in the early morning of November 11th with family at his side. He was 88. Floyd was best known as captain of the fabled Belleville McFarlane's that won the national senior hockey title the Allen Cup back in 1958 then represented Canada and won the world championship in the spring of 1959 in Prague. Floyd and his wife Pauline loved Belleville and they decided to raise their family there and were so blessed in Belleville that they did. Floyd and Pauline raised nine children who went on to be tremendous athletes in their own right. Three of their sons played in the NHL. Mark won a Stanley Cup as head coach of the Colorado Avalanche in 1996. All of the Crawford kids accomplished amazing feats too numerous to mention. Floyd didn't just raise his kids to be fierce competitors and community leaders he's credited with helping raise hundreds of young hockey players as a coach. Floyd was tough. He demanded commitment and effort from all of his kids and players. I remember riding on the Belleville Bulls team bus with Floyd during the nineties. He was the chief scout and architect of the Bulls drafts leading up to their only OHL championship in 1999. His son Lou was the head coach. Floyd had a keen eye for potential talent. I remember he was being criticized for using a second round draft pick to take this kid from Moose Factory who critics said was too slow. He said when Louis gets a hold of this kid on the ice he's going to make him pick up his feet he's got a shot that is unbelievable. He went on to score five goals in game seven of the OHL championship in 99 and then 56 goals one season with the San Jose Sharks. His name was Jonathan Chichu. To everybody in Belleville we've lost a hockey legend but his legacy will live on rest in peace. Floyd, Stone, Pete Crawford. Thank you for the member from Durham. Thank you speaker. It's a great great pleasure for me to rise in the house today to discuss the inspiring thoughtfulness and advocacy of a considerate of mind Ava Freela. She's sitting right here in this in the members gallery. In late August as you know there was a fire at Port Perry Hospital located in my riding of Durham. Thanks to the wonderful emergency crews and the unsighted personnel all patients and visitors were safe during that fire. It was a traumatic experience for the community but as I alluded to all was removed safely from the hospital. Mr. Speaker it is so nice to see community members come together in support of our beloved hospital. Nine-year-old Ava who is with us today held a fundraising drive at her parents Altamira gas station in Port Perry in which she raised so far over 165 dollars. The donation will be going towards new equipment for the new life center. The outpouring of support from the community has overwhelmed our hospital executives and staff as well as the community in general. Mr. Speaker great things happen when everyone comes together. Thank you again Ava for your fundraising efforts and for creating awareness in our community. Keep up the great work and I am sure you'll raise a lot more. Thank you. Thank you. Further member statements? The member from Nicholson. Thank you Speaker. Last month I introduced Bill my private members Bill 169 the Ontario Forestry Revitalization Act which would permit wood frame construction up to 14 stories in height. This is to accommodate two innovative projects here in Toronto being planned by George Brown College and the University of Toronto. The Council of Papinal Cameron Township in my writing has passed a resolution in support of Bill 169. They note that quote by increasing the use of harvested wood in construction it will help northern Ontario by providing jobs and will help southern Ontario meet targets to reduce urban sprawl and reduce construction costs. As stated repeatedly over the years since introducing my private members bill on this issue it's a win-win proposition for Ontario. Papinal Township Council uh Pap Papinal Township Paparone Pap okay Papinal Cameron Township Council. Resolve thank you. Resolve that quote Council supports Nipissing MPP Vic Fidelli's 14-story wood bill. It's worth noting that the federal government is currently accepting expressions of interest through its green construction through wood program for high-watt rise demonstration projects in Canada. So there's momentum here Speaker. I was very pleased when the government adopted my six-story proposal in 2015 and look forward to further discussion on bill 169. Thank you very much. Thank you. I thank all members for their statements it's therefore time for reports by committees the member from Toronto Danforth. Speaker