 It is now time for members' statements, the member from Rimfrew Nipissing Pembroke. Thank you, Speaker. The peace and tranquility of the Madawaska Valley was shattered yesterday with the news of a fatal shooting. I was attending the international plowing match in Finch when I was first informed. As the news developed, it got much worse. In the end, it turned out that three innocent women were the victims of a single male suspect, who was later apprehended by police. By now everyone has heard or seen the news reports of how these tragic events unfolded. It is clear that the gunman knew his victims, knew their whereabouts, and methodically went about executing his plan to murder them. I knew one of the victims, Anastasia Kuzek. She was a hard-working and well-respected real estate agent working in the area. On a number of occasions I would have spoken to her while she was working on a transaction with my white Vicki, who was also an agent. The Madawaska Valley was in a state of shock, as this is not the kind of thing we expect to hear about. But it illustrates to all of us that we are not immune to the evil and criminal acts that rural people tend to associate with larger communities. We are left with many questions as to why something like this could happen. How could someone do this? Some questions may never be answered, but as the investigation unfolds, some most certainly will be. I want to congratulate and thank the police for acting quickly, marshalling all the necessary resources, and apprehending the suspect as quickly as they did. This allowed a lot of worried people to sleep better last night. I also want to thank the staff and teachers in those schools that were in lockdown yesterday. They took care of our children during the emergency, and we're all grateful for that. Finally, I want to thank the people of the Valley for their cooperation and composure during this crisis. Most importantly, on behalf of my constituents, I want to extend my heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends of the victims. Anastacia Cusick, Natalie Warmerdam, and Carl Culliton. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Thank you. Thank you. Further statements? The member for Windsor to come see. Thank you, Speaker. It's an honor for me to stand in the house today and remind you that this Friday is Franco-Ontarian Day. As you know, Speaker, our province officially recognized and proclaimed Franco-Ontarian Day back in 2010. Ontario is home to well over 600,000 Francophones. This is the largest population of French-speaking Canadians outside of the province of Quebec. Forty years ago, we raised the Franco-Ontario flag for the first time. This was a symbolic gesture recognizing and promoting contributions made by our French-speaking friends and neighbors in the development of Ontario's culture and in our shared history. In my part of the province, we are home to the oldest continuous French settlement in Ontario, dating way back to the early 1700s. But even before the French settlers, the Jesuit missionaries were there as early as 1640. A.T.N. Brule used to be a trader along our waterfront. Sierra de Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain de Trois. What we now know today is Detroit, just across the river from us. On Friday morning, I will join my friend Gerard Mallot, the local president of LACFO, the French-Canadian Association of Ontario, in raising the Franco-Ontarian flag at City Hall in Windsor. Like myself, Gerard is a retired journalist who worked for the CBC and, Speaker, I am so proud of his work these days in promoting French language and culture in Windsor to come see. Thank you for the member statements from Durham. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On August 12th, I was fortunate enough to welcome members from all parties in our legislature to Durham for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's annual Field Day. Everyone, of course, knows that the riding of Durham has a strong agricultural community. But Algoma archers and Wilmot archers in Newcastle were able to represent the many great family farms of Durham that supply Ontario with produce, and I think people may have been surprised at how the farms in our community mix technologies to ensure good agricultural products. Algoma and Wilmot, as with all the family farms in Durham, are extraordinary corporate citizens for our area. Their products travel far and wide, but they keep the focus on the local community, sponsoring many programs and initiatives that help make Durham a great place to live. Ultimately, the farmers and their hard work give Durham the amazing character that it has, and I was very glad to be able to join the OFA and so many members from our house to help showcase that. Thank you to everyone who came out and thank you to Wilmot and Algoma and the OFA. I look forward to seeing everyone at Field Day next year. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Speaker, a group will be coming to Oxford to the legislature from the great riding of Oxford tomorrow. They should celebrate our proud heritage and ask the government to protect our future by turning down the proposed landfill site. As I've explained in this legislature previously, this proposal is to locate a landfill site at Beechville in an old quarry. There are a number of concerns about the site, such as the fact that the landfill would be located on Fractured Bedrock. My number one concern is the risk to our drinking water. This proposed landfill site is located close to the quarry lake, the Thames River, and one of the town of Ingersoll's main wells. A leak would not have to travel far to contaminate the drinking water. As the mayor of Ingersoll often says, why take the risk? I want to commend that many people have taken their time to raise their concerns through letters, petitions, and coming to Queens Park. I know how hard these volunteers have been working. They are raising money to help in these efforts, and they are taking steps to reduce the amount of waste produced in Oxford. Again, I commend them for their efforts, and I hope that tomorrow all members will join me in welcoming this group to Queens Park and to take time to listen to their concerns and try to help solve their problems. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the member's statements. The member from Tomiskimi Cochrane. Thank you, Speaker. Yesterday it was an honour to attend the plowing match in Finch, along with many of my colleagues from across the house. For a lot of people, it's their once-a-year taste of rural culture. Just to truly understand the plowing match, the IPM, we should be able to go a month before and a week after. Because a month before, a month ago, there was nothing on that site. There was no town, no streets, no water, no hydro. That was all built in the last month. And if we go next week, it'll all be gone. It will turn back to a farmer's field. And that's a true demonstration of rural culture. Because in Finch, as happens every year, a group of community leaders would get together four or five years ago and say, you know what, we could do the plowing match. And they'll gather a thousand or so volunteers, and over three years of hard work, it'll culminate to that week. And for that week, they'll pray they don't get rain, because if they get inches of rain, it could be a disaster. But they do this year in, year out. And that shows the strength of rural culture. They're forever optimists and forever working hard to make their communities better. I'd like to commend the people of Finch, the committee, and from all plowing match committees throughout their history for the ones in the past and the ones we're going to have in the future. Congratulations. Thank you. Member Steele, the member from Mrs. Saga-Brenton-Saul. Mr. Speaker, it's a pleasure to share with the House news of the great work that is being done in my writing of Mrs. Saga-Brenton-Saul by Community Living, Mrs. Saga. On Thursday, September 10th, I attended the grand opening of the Matheson community's base site, which is just one part of an expansion of service in my writing. The agency supports more than 2,300 people with intellectual disabilities, helping them to live with dignity and with the high quality of life where they belong in our community. Their services are tailored to their clients' needs and interests, and they are very wide reached, including lifestyle planning, residential options, respite care services, J activities, advocacy, and community engagement. The agency's work, Mr. Speaker, has made all the more important because they not only organize care for their clients, but also engage them meaningfully as contributors to society. So I would like to thank all the volunteers, staff, and donors of Community Living, Mrs. Saga for their dedicated and very worthwhile cause in support of our community. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. We'll remember statements from the member from Nipissing. Thank you, Speaker. I'm pleased to pay tribute to a business in my writing recently recognized on this year's list of Canada's fastest growing companies. Jincor Industries, based in Madawa, ranked 276th out of 500, with five-year revenue growth of 209%. Jincor's success has led to expansion across Ontario with parts and service locations in Carlton Place in Kingston and an affiliate company, Durabody Industries, located in Bondhead. Jincor is an industry leader in the custom manufacturing of specialized service vehicles. So when you're on the road and see the Jincor brand on dump trucks, snow plows, sanders, hook lifts, or roll-offs, you're looking at one of the best-built, best-backed pieces of equipment in Canada. This is not the first honour of distinction for Jincor. In 2012, President and CEO Luke Stang was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Northern Ontario Business Awards. That same year, Jincor was named Business of the Year by the North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce. There's a long tradition of entrepreneurial success in nipissing that spans our province, our country, and indeed the globe. On behalf of the people of nipissing, I offer congratulations to Luke, his staff, and everyone in the town of Madawa. Well done, everybody. And well done to you. Thank you. Further member Sting is the member from Barrie. Thank you, Speaker. In my great riding of Barrie and many ridings across the province, there is a non-profit organization called the Society of the St. Vincent de Paul. They provide a variety of different ways of assisting my community. One manner in which they help us is providing food vouchers and grocery assistance to people who qualify. They also give financial assistance to eligible parents who need help getting their children ready for school with books, clothes, shoes, and backpacks filled with school supplies. The help that the SSVP provides varies depending on the amount of support it receives. That's why I'm proud of one of the ways my community helps support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Every year, for the last four years, community volunteers have run a charity golf tournament where all the funds go to the SSVP's Back to School Assistance Project. In the first year, the tournament raised $722. And Mr. Speaker, I'm proud to say that this year, the fourth year of the tournament, they raised $5,140. All of that money is going back to the school program. But the tournament would be nothing without the amazing sponsors. Sponsors like Farm is Saved, Barrie Firefighters, the Royal Canadian Legion, Barrie Hill Farms, just to name a few. I'd like to take this time to recognize all the sponsors and volunteers that help support the tournament and make it possible. They run this tournament so that children who need it can feel special, too, on that first day back to school. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Thank you. Further members of the committee are from Glengary, Prescott Russell. Thank you very much, best speaker. What a pleasure it is to rise here today and thank the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengary, the local mayors, the councillors and the numerous volunteers who together organize an incredibly successful event, the 2015 edition of the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in Finch, Ontario, which is, by the way, only about 30 minutes from my home, so that was quite convenient for me. To see Ontario's agricultural community come together and showcase their important contribution to Ontario's economy is nothing short of spectacular. Speaker, agricultural practices have greatly evolved over the years since the first plowing match in 1913, and our farmers are second to none here in Ontario. They run efficient agriculture and agriculture-related businesses that contribute approximately 34 billion to the provincial economy and employ almost 800,000 Ontarians. From a political perspective, it's an opportunity for all of us members of the legislature to visit different parts of rural Ontario each year, and specifically this year how beautiful Eastern Ontario really is, what beautiful landscape that I get to enjoy every time I go and do my work in my riding of Glengary, Prescott and Russell, Speaker. So not only did the United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengary showcase all the great things on offer in their region, but also the United Counties of Prescott, Russell and my riding, they had wonderful tents that were full of all information about local municipalities and what they all offer to the people and visitors. Congratulations to former MPP Jim Brownell, who was chair of this year's edition of the International Plowing Match, and to his incredible team of volunteers for the years of work in ensuring this successful event and providing everyone with an enjoyable experience. Congratulations. Thank you. Great job. Thank you. Thank you. To the Government House Leader on a point of order. Speaker, I know this is not a point of order, but I just want to very quickly introduce a good friend of mine that I noticed in the gallery, Dr. Faheem Ali, who is the father of Paige Neu, and Faheem and I went to university together, it's great to see him here and see Neu in our legislature. Welcome to Queensborough. Government House Leader is correct, it's not a point of order. Welcome. I thank all members for their statements. It's now time for report.